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ReviewScience China. Life sciences2024

An overview of detecting gene-trait associations by integrating GWAS summary statistics and eQTLs.

Yang Zhang, Mengyao Wang, Zhenguo Li, Xuan Yang, Keqin Li, Ao Xie, Fang Dong, Shihan Wang, Jianbing Yan, Jianxiao Liu

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Review in Science China. Life sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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10 authors.

Yang Zhang *National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Mengyao Wang *National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Zhenguo Li *National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Xuan YangNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Keqin LiNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Ao XieNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Fang DongCollege of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China.
Shihan WangCollege of Informatics, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Jianbing YanNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China.
Jianxiao LiuNational Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China. liujianxiao@mail.hzau.edu.cn.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Detecting genes that affect specific traits (such as human diseases and crop yields) is important for treating complex diseases and improving crop quality. A genome-wide association study (GWAS) provides new insights and directions for understanding complex traits by identifying important single nucleotide polymorphisms. Many GWAS summary statistics data related to various complex traits have been gathered recently. Studies have shown that GWAS risk loci and expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) often have a lot of overlaps, which makes gene expression gradually become an important intermediary to reveal the regulatory role of GWAS. In this review, we review three types of gene-trait association detection methods of integrating GWAS summary statistics and eQTLs data, namely colocalization methods, transcriptome-wide association study-oriented approaches, and Mendelian randomization-related methods. At the theoretical level, we discussed the differences, relationships, advantages, and disadvantages of various algorithms in the three kinds of gene-trait association detection methods. To further discuss the performance of various methods, we summarize the significant gene sets that influence high-density lipoprotein, low-density lipoprotein, total cholesterol, and triglyceride reported in 16 studies. We discuss the performance of various algorithms using the datasets of the four lipid traits. The advantages and limitations of various algorithms are analyzed based on experimental results, and we suggest directions for follow-up studies on detecting gene-trait associations.

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Genome-Wide Association StudyPolymorphism, Single NucleotideQuantitative Trait LociAlgorithmsHumansMendelian Randomization AnalysisTranscriptomecolocalizationeQTLgene-trait associationGWASMendelian randomization (MR)transcriptome-wide association study (TWAS)

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