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全转录组关联分析大脑结构为复杂神经精神特征的多效性提供了见解。

Transcriptome-wide association analysis of brain structures yields insights into pleiotropy with complex neuropsychiatric traits.

机构信息

Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

Interdepartmental Program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA.

出版信息

Nat Commun. 2021 May 17;12(1):2878. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-23130-y.

Abstract

Structural variations of the human brain are heritable and highly polygenic traits, with hundreds of associated genes identified in recent genome-wide association studies (GWAS). Transcriptome-wide association studies (TWAS) can both prioritize these GWAS findings and also identify additional gene-trait associations. Here we perform cross-tissue TWAS analysis of 211 structural neuroimaging and discover 278 associated genes exceeding Bonferroni significance threshold of 1.04 × 10. The TWAS-significant genes for brain structures have been linked to a wide range of complex traits in different domains. Through TWAS gene-based polygenic risk scores (PRS) prediction, we find that TWAS PRS gains substantial power in association analysis compared to conventional variant-based GWAS PRS, and up to 6.97% of phenotypic variance (p-value = 7.56 × 10) can be explained in independent testing data sets. In conclusion, our study illustrates that TWAS can be a powerful supplement to traditional GWAS in imaging genetics studies for gene discovery-validation, genetic co-architecture analysis, and polygenic risk prediction.

摘要

人脑结构的变异是可遗传的高度多基因特征,在最近的全基因组关联研究(GWAS)中已经确定了数百个相关基因。转录组全基因组关联研究(TWAS)可以优先考虑这些 GWAS 发现,并确定额外的基因-性状关联。在这里,我们对 211 项结构性神经影像学进行了跨组织 TWAS 分析,发现了 278 个相关基因,超过了 1.04×10 的 Bonferroni 显著性阈值。大脑结构的 TWAS 显著基因与不同领域的广泛复杂特征有关。通过 TWAS 基于基因的多基因风险评分(PRS)预测,我们发现与传统基于变异的 GWAS PRS 相比,TWAS PRS 在关联分析中具有很大的优势,在独立测试数据集上,多达 6.97%的表型方差(p 值=7.56×10)可以得到解释。总之,我们的研究表明,TWAS 可以成为影像学遗传学研究中基因发现验证、遗传共构分析和多基因风险预测的一种有力补充。

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