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ReviewGenes2022

Diversity in Polygenic Risk of Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma.

Jessica N Cooke Bailey, Kaitlyn L Funk, Lauren A Cruz, Andrea R Waksmunski, Tyler G Kinzy, Janey L Wiggs, Michael A Hauser

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Review in Genes, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
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  3. Parkinson's disease incidence in glaucoma patients from israel: insights from a 20-year follow-up sample.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2025
    Article
  4. Polygenic Risk Prediction for Normal-Tension Glaucoma.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025
    Article
  5. Review
  6. Article
  7. Epigenetics in Glaucoma.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024
    Review
  8. Article
  9. Review
  10. Big data to guide glaucoma treatment.Taiwan journal of ophthalmology
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Jessica N Cooke BaileyCleveland Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4001-8702
Kaitlyn L FunkCleveland Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5069-1610
Lauren A CruzCleveland Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
Andrea R WaksmunskiCleveland Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7223-7371
Tyler G KinzyCleveland Institute for Computational Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4314-9791
Janey L WiggsDepartment of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Michael A HauserDepartment of Ophthalmology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705, USA.

Funding

VISUAL SCIENCES TRAINING PROGRAMT32EY007157 · NEI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI Johannes Friedrich von Lintig · 2000 to 2026
$5.5M
Prioritizing diversity in polygenic risk prediction of primary open-angle glaucomaR01EY033829 · NEI · EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY · PI Jessica N Cooke Bailey · 2022 to 2026
$3.6M
NRSA Training CoreTL1TR002549 · NCATS · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI HARDING, CLIFFORD V · 2018 to 2022
$2.9M
BLRD VA I01 BX004557BLRD VA IK6 BX005233NCATS NIH HHS TL1 TR002549NEI NIH HHS R01 EY033829NEI NIH HHS T32 EY007157
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), the most common glaucoma subtype, is more prevalent and severe in individuals of African ancestry. Unfortunately, this ancestral group has been historically under-represented among genetic studies of POAG. Moreover, both genetic and polygenic risk scores (GRS, PRS) that are typically based on genetic data from European-descent populations are not transferable to individuals without a majority of European ancestry. Given the aspirations of leveraging genetic information for precision medicine, GRS and PRS demonstrate clinical potential but fall short, in part due to the lack of diversity in these studies. Prioritizing diversity in the discovery of risk variants will improve the performance and utility of GRS and PRS-derived risk estimation for disease stratification, which could bring about earlier POAG intervention and treatment for a disease that often goes undetected until significant damage has occurred.

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Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseGlaucoma, Open-AngleBlack PeopleBlindnessGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansWhite Peoplediversitygenetic risk scoreglaucomaglaucoma geneticspolygenic risk score

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PMID36672852
PMCPMC9859496

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