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Five Years of GWAS Discovery
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The past five years have seen many scientific and biological discoveries made through the experimental design of genome-wide association studies (GWASs). These studies were aimed at detecting variants at genomic loci that are associated with complex traits in the population and, in particular, at detecting associations between common single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and common diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, auto-immune diseases, and psychiatric disorders. We start by giving a number of quotes from scientists and journalists about perceived problems with GWASs. We will then briefly give the history of GWASs and focus on the discoveries made through this experimental design, what those discoveries tell us and do not tell us about the genetics and biology of complex traits, and what immediate utility has come out of these studies. Rather than giving an exhaustive review of all reported findings for all diseases and other complex traits, we focus on the results for auto-immune diseases and metabolic diseases. We return to the perceived failure or disappointment about GWASs in the concluding section.
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“Many of the gene variants identified in GWAS are located in non-coding regions of DNA [92].”
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“The genes or functional DNA elements through which these variants exert their effects are often unknown.”
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“Indeed, the large-scale impact of large numbers of common variants may be a general feature of human complex traits 70–77”
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“Hypothesized genetic architectures consisting entirely of rare variants are inconsistent with the data for AD, ASD, BIP, and SCZ (as well as for multiple other complex biomedical diseases). 70–77”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Visscher, P. M., Brown, M. A., McCarthy, M. I., & Yang, J.
- Affiliations
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Centre for Human Genetics (GB)
- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Visscher, Peter M.
- Venue
- The American Journal of Human Genetics
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2012-01
- Volume
- 90
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 7-24
- ISSN
- 0002-9297 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3257326
- OpenAlex
- W2163924952
- Cited by
- 2,425
- References
- 218
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 27.66
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- The American Journal of Human Genetics (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust (090532)
- Australian Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council
- National Medical Research Council
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Keywords
- genome-wide association study, single nucleotide polymorphisms, complex traits, autoimmune disease, metabolic disorders, heart disease, diabetes mellitus, mental illness, genetic association
- MeSH terms
- Autoimmune Diseases, Female, Humans, Genetic Linkage, Male, Metabolic Diseases, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, History, 21st Century, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genetic Loci, Translational Research, Biomedical
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