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Genetic Predisposition to Disease

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    Wong A, Sealfon R, Theesfeld C, Troyanskaya O. Decoding disease: from genomes to networks to phenotypes. Nat Rev Genet. 2021;22(12):774–790. PMCID: 6786975
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    Park C, Zhou J, Wong A, Chen K, Theesfeld C, Darnell R, Troyanskaya O. Genome-wide landscape of RNA-binding protein target site dysregulation reveals a major impact on psychiatric disorder risk. Nat Genet. 2021;53(2):166–173. PMCID: PMC7886016
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    Richter F, Morton S, Kim S, Kitaygorodsky A, Wasson L, Chen K, Zhou J, Qi H, Patel N, DePalma S, Parfenov M, Homsy J, Gorham J, Manheimer K, Velinder M, Farrell A, Marth G, Schadt E, Kaltman J, Newburger J, Giardini A, Goldmuntz E, Brueckner M, Kim R, Porter G, Bernstein D, Chung W, Srivastava D, Tristani-Firouzi M, Troyanskaya O, Dickel D, Shen Y, Seidman J, Seidman C, Gelb B. Genomic analyses implicate noncoding de novo variants in congenital heart disease. Nat Genet. 2020;52(8):769–777. PMCID: PMC7415662
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    Zhou J, Park C, Theesfeld C, Wong A, Yuan Y, Scheckel C, Fak J, Funk J, Yao K, Tajima Y, Packer A, Darnell R, Troyanskaya O. Whole-genome deep-learning analysis identifies contribution of noncoding mutations to autism risk. Nat Genet. 2019;51(6):973–980. PMCID: PMC6758908
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    Shrine N, Guyatt A, Erzurumluoglu M, Jackson V, Hobbs B, Melbourne C, Batini C, Fawcett K, Song K, Sakornsakolpat P, Li X, Boxall R, Reeve N, Obeidat M, Zhao J, Wielscher M, Weiss S, Kentistou K, Cook J, Sun B, Zhou J, Hui J, Karrasch S, Imboden M, Harris S, Marten J, Enroth S, Kerr S, Surakka I, Vitart V, Lehtimäki T, Allen R, Bakke P, Beaty T, Bleecker E, Bossé Y, Brandsma C-A, Chen Z, Crapo J, Danesh J, DeMeo D, Dudbridge F, Ewert R, Gieger C, Gulsvik A, Hansell A, Hao K, Hoffman J, Hokanson J, Homuth G, Joshi P, Joubert P, Langenberg C, Li X, Li L, Lin K, Lind L, Locantore N, Luan J, Mahajan A, Maranville J, Murray A, Nickle D, Packer R, Parker M, Paynton M, Porteous D, Prokopenko D, Qiao D, Rawal R, Runz H, Sayers I, Sin D, Smith B, Artigas M, Sparrow D, Tal-Singer R, Timmers P, Van den Berge M, Whittaker J, Woodruff P, Yerges-Armstrong L, Troyanskaya O, Raitakari O, Kähönen M, Polašek O, Gyllensten U, Rudan I, Deary I, Probst-Hensch N, Schulz H, James A, Wilson J, Stubbe B, Zeggini E, Jarvelin M-R, Wareham N, Silverman E, Hayward C, Morris A, Butterworth A, Scott R, Walters R, Meyers D, Cho M, Strachan D, Hall I, Tobin M, Wain L, Understanding Society Scientific Group. New genetic signals for lung function highlight pathways and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease associations across multiple ancestries. Nat Genet. 2019;51(3):481–493. PMCID: PMC6397078
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    Yao V, Wong A, Troyanskaya O. Enabling Precision Medicine through Integrative Network Models. J Mol Biol. 2018;430(18 Pt A):2913–2923. PMID: 30003887
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    Zhou J, Theesfeld C, Yao K, Chen K, Wong A, Troyanskaya O. Deep learning sequence-based ab initio prediction of variant effects on expression and disease risk. Nat Genet. 2018;50(8):1171–1179. PMCID: PMC6094955
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    Cadoff E, Sheffer R, Wientroub S, Ovadia D, Meiner V, Schwarzbauer J. Mechanistic insights into the cellular effects of a novel FN1 variant associated with a spondylometaphyseal dysplasia. Clin Genet. 2018;94(5):429–437. PMCID: PMC6175647
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    Przytycki P, Singh M. Differential analysis between somatic mutation and germline variation profiles reveals cancer-related genes. Genome Med. 2017;9(1):79. PMCID: PMC5574113
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    vonHoldt B, Shuldiner E, Koch I, Kartzinel R, Hogan A, Brubaker L, Wanser S, Stahler D, Wynne C, Ostrander E, Sinsheimer J, Udell M. Structural variants in genes associated with human Williams-Beuren syndrome underlie stereotypical hypersociability in domestic dogs. Sci Adv. 2017;3(7):e1700398. PMCID: PMC5517105
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    Pujol F, Hodgson T, Martinez-Corral I, Prats A-C, Devenport D, Takeichi M, Genot E, Mäkinen T, Francis-West P, Garmy-Susini B, Tatin F. Dachsous1-Fat4 Signaling Controls Endothelial Cell Polarization During Lymphatic Valve Morphogenesis-Brief Report. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2017;37(9):1732–1735. PMID: 28705793
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    Chikina M, Gerald C, Li X, Ge Y, Pincas H, Nair V, Wong A, Krishnan A, Troyanskaya O, Raymond D, Saunders-Pullman R, Bressman S, Yue Z, Sealfon S. Low-variance RNAs identify Parkinson’s disease molecular signature in blood. Mov Disord. 2015;30(6):813–21. PMCID: PMC4439364
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    Gopalan P, Hao W, Blei D, Storey J. Scaling probabilistic models of genetic variation to millions of humans. Nat Genet. 2016;48(12):1587–1590. PMCID: PMC5127768
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    Krishnan A, Zhang R, Yao V, Theesfeld C, Wong A, Tadych A, Volfovsky N, Packer A, Lash A, Troyanskaya O. Genome-wide prediction and functional characterization of the genetic basis of autism spectrum disorder. Nat Neurosci. 2016;19(11):1454–1462. PMCID: PMC5803797
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    Zong W-X, Rabinowitz J, White E. Mitochondria and Cancer. Mol Cell. 2016;61(5):667–676. PMCID: PMC4779192
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    Mitchell C, McLanahan S, Brooks-Gunn J, Garfinkel I, Hobcraft J, Notterman D. Genetic differential sensitivity to social environments: implications for research. Am J Public Health. 2013;103 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S102–10. PMCID: PMC4012542
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