| Title: | Integrative Multi-Omics Approach for Improving Causal Gene Identification |
| Journal: | Genetic Epidemiology |
| Published: | 23 Oct 2024 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39444114/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1002/gepi.22601 |
Publication 13384
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Abstract
Transcriptome-wide association studies (TWAS) have been widely used to identify thousands of likely causal genes for diseases and complex traits using predicted expression models. However, most existing TWAS methods rely on gene expression alone and overlook other regulatory mechanisms of gene expression, including DNA methylation and splicing, that contribute to the genetic basis of these complex traits and diseases. Here we introduce a multi-omics method that integrates gene expression, DNA methylation, and splicing data to improve the identification of associated genes with our traits of interest. Through simulations and by analyzing genome-wide association study (GWAS) summary statistics for 24 complex traits, we show that our integrated method, which leverages these complementary omics biomarkers, achieves higher statistical power, and improves the accuracy of likely causal gene identification in blood tissues over individual omics methods. Finally, we apply our integrated model to a lung cancer GWAS data set, demonstrating the integrated models improved identification of prioritized genes for lung cancer risk.</p>
2 Authors
- Austin King
- Chong Wu
1 Application
| Application ID | Title |
|---|---|
| 48240 | Integrative analysis of UK Biobank and other genetic and genomic datasets for complex disease detection and prevention |
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