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ArticleAmerican journal of human genetics2022

Leveraging the local genetic structure for trans-ancestry association mapping.

Jiashun Xiao, Mingxuan Cai, Xinyi Yu, Xianghong Hu, Gang Chen, Xiang Wan, Can Yang

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Article in American journal of human genetics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Jiashun XiaoGuangzhou HKUST Fok Ying Tung Research Institute, Guangzhou 511458, China; Department of Mathematics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Mingxuan CaiGuangzhou HKUST Fok Ying Tung Research Institute, Guangzhou 511458, China; Department of Mathematics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Xinyi YuGuangzhou HKUST Fok Ying Tung Research Institute, Guangzhou 511458, China; Department of Mathematics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Xianghong HuGuangzhou HKUST Fok Ying Tung Research Institute, Guangzhou 511458, China; Department of Mathematics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Gang ChenHunan Provincial Key Lab on Bioinformatics, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China.
Xiang WanShenzhen Research Institute of Big Data, Shenzhen 518172, China; Pazhou Lab, Guangzhou 510330, China. Electronic address: wanxiang@sribd.cn.
Can YangGuangzhou HKUST Fok Ying Tung Research Institute, Guangzhou 511458, China; Department of Mathematics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong SAR, China. Electronic address: macyang@ust.hk.

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Medical Research Council MC_PC_17228Medical Research Council MC_QA137853
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Abstract

Over the past two decades, genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have successfully advanced our understanding of the genetic basis of complex traits. Despite the fruitful discovery of GWASs, most GWAS samples are collected from European populations, and these GWASs are often criticized for their lack of ancestry diversity. Trans-ancestry association mapping (TRAM) offers an exciting opportunity to fill the gap of disparities in genetic studies between non-Europeans and Europeans. Here, we propose a statistical method, LOG-TRAM, to leverage the local genetic architecture for TRAM. By using biobank-scale datasets, we showed that LOG-TRAM can greatly improve the statistical power of identifying risk variants in under-represented populations while producing well-calibrated p values. We applied LOG-TRAM to the GWAS summary statistics of various complex traits/diseases from BioBank Japan, UK Biobank, and African populations. We obtained substantial gains in power and achieved effective correction of confounding biases in TRAM. Finally, we showed that LOG-TRAM can be successfully applied to identify ancestry-specific loci and the LOG-TRAM output can be further used for construction of more accurate polygenic risk scores in under-represented populations.

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Genome-Wide Association StudyPolymorphism, Single NucleotideBlack PeopleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetic StructuresHumansMultifactorial Inheritanceconfounding biasGWASlocal genetic architecturemeta-analysistrans-ancestry

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PMID35714612
PMCPMC9300880

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