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ReviewGenes2024

Using Genetics to Investigate Relationships between Phenotypes: Application to Endometrial Cancer.

Kelsie Bouttle, Nathan Ingold, Tracy A O'Mara

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Review in Genes, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Kelsie BouttleCancer Research Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia.
Nathan IngoldCancer Research Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia.
Tracy A O'MaraCancer Research Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-5436-3232

Funding

National Health and Medical Research Council APP1173170
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have accelerated the exploration of genotype-phenotype associations, facilitating the discovery of replicable genetic markers associated with specific traits or complex diseases. This narrative review explores the statistical methodologies developed using GWAS data to investigate relationships between various phenotypes, focusing on endometrial cancer, the most prevalent gynecological malignancy in developed nations. Advancements in analytical techniques such as genetic correlation, colocalization, cross-trait locus identification, and causal inference analyses have enabled deeper exploration of associations between different phenotypes, enhancing statistical power to uncover novel genetic risk regions. These analyses have unveiled shared genetic associations between endometrial cancer and many phenotypes, enabling identification of novel endometrial cancer risk loci and furthering our understanding of risk factors and biological processes underlying this disease. The current status of research in endometrial cancer is robust; however, this review demonstrates that further opportunities exist in statistical genetics that hold promise for advancing the understanding of endometrial cancer and other complex diseases.

Indexed as

Endometrial NeoplasmsGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseFemaleGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansPhenotypeRisk Factorscross-phenotypeendometrial cancergenome-wide association studystatistical genetics

Identifiers

PMID39062718
PMCPMC11276418

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