Human GenomicsPub Date : 2024-10-19DOI: 10.1186/s40246-024-00685-7
Sophia Duenas, Zachary McGee, Ishani Mhatre, Karthikeyan Mayilvahanan, Kush Ketan Patel, Habiba Abdelhalim, Atharv Jayprakash, Uzayr Wasif, Oluchi Nwankwo, William Degroat, Naveena Yanamala, Partho P Sengupta, Daniel Fine, Zeeshan Ahmed
{"title":"Computational approaches to investigate the relationship between periodontitis and cardiovascular diseases for precision medicine.","authors":"Sophia Duenas, Zachary McGee, Ishani Mhatre, Karthikeyan Mayilvahanan, Kush Ketan Patel, Habiba Abdelhalim, Atharv Jayprakash, Uzayr Wasif, Oluchi Nwankwo, William Degroat, Naveena Yanamala, Partho P Sengupta, Daniel Fine, Zeeshan Ahmed","doi":"10.1186/s40246-024-00685-7","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40246-024-00685-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Periodontitis is a highly prevalent inflammatory illness that leads to the destruction of tooth supporting tissue structures and has been associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Precision medicine, an emerging branch of medical treatment, aims can further improve current traditional treatment by personalizing care based on one's environment, genetic makeup, and lifestyle. Genomic databases have paved the way for precision medicine by elucidating the pathophysiology of complex, heritable diseases. Therefore, the investigation of novel periodontitis-linked genes associated with CVD will enhance our understanding of their linkage and related biochemical pathways for targeted therapies. In this article, we highlight possible mechanisms of actions connecting PD and CVD. Furthermore, we delve deeper into certain heritable inflammatory-associated pathways linking the two. The goal is to gather, compare, and assess high-quality scientific literature alongside genomic datasets that seek to establish a link between periodontitis and CVD. The scope is focused on the most up to date and authentic literature published within the last 10 years, indexed and available from PubMed Central, that analyzes periodontitis-associated genes linked to CVD. Based on the comparative analysis criteria, fifty-one genes associated with both periodontitis and CVD were identified and reported. The prevalence of genes associated with both CVD and periodontitis warrants investigation to assess the validity of a potential linkage between the pathophysiology of both diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":13183,"journal":{"name":"Human Genomics","volume":"18 1","pages":"116"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11491019/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142464155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human GenomicsPub Date : 2024-10-15DOI: 10.1186/s40246-024-00681-x
Liena Elbaghir Omer Elsayed, Norah Ayed AlHarbi, Ashwaq Mohammed Alqarni, Huda Hussein Elwasila Eltayeb, Noura Mostafa Mohamed Mostafa, Maha Mohammed Abdulrahim, Hadeel Ibrahim Bin Zaid, Latifah Mansour Alanzi, Sarah Abdullah Ababtain, Khawlah Aldulaijan, Sheka Yagub Aloyouni, Moneeb Abdullah Kassem Othman, Mohammad Abdullah Alkheilewi, Adel Mohammed Binduraihem, Hadeel Abdollah Alrukban, Hiba Yousif Ahmed, Faten Abdullah AlRadini, Hadil Mohammad Alahdal, Aziza Mufareh Mushiba, Omaima Abdulazeem Alzaher
{"title":"Correction: Chromosome 16p11.2 microdeletion syndrome with microcephaly and Dandy-Walker malformation spectrum: expanding the known phenotype.","authors":"Liena Elbaghir Omer Elsayed, Norah Ayed AlHarbi, Ashwaq Mohammed Alqarni, Huda Hussein Elwasila Eltayeb, Noura Mostafa Mohamed Mostafa, Maha Mohammed Abdulrahim, Hadeel Ibrahim Bin Zaid, Latifah Mansour Alanzi, Sarah Abdullah Ababtain, Khawlah Aldulaijan, Sheka Yagub Aloyouni, Moneeb Abdullah Kassem Othman, Mohammad Abdullah Alkheilewi, Adel Mohammed Binduraihem, Hadeel Abdollah Alrukban, Hiba Yousif Ahmed, Faten Abdullah AlRadini, Hadil Mohammad Alahdal, Aziza Mufareh Mushiba, Omaima Abdulazeem Alzaher","doi":"10.1186/s40246-024-00681-x","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40246-024-00681-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":13183,"journal":{"name":"Human Genomics","volume":"18 1","pages":"115"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11475645/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142464156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fast and accurate DNASeq variant calling workflow composed of LUSH toolkit.","authors":"Taifu Wang, Youjin Zhang, Haoling Wang, Qiwen Zheng, Jiaobo Yang, Tiefeng Zhang, Geng Sun, Weicong Liu, Longhui Yin, Xinqiu He, Rui You, Chu Wang, Zhencheng Liu, Zhijian Liu, Jin'an Wang, Xiangqian Jin, Zengquan He","doi":"10.1186/s40246-024-00666-w","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40246-024-00666-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Whole genome sequencing (WGS) is becoming increasingly prevalent for molecular diagnosis, staging and prognosis because of its declining costs and the ability to detect nearly all genes associated with a patient's disease. The currently widely accepted variant calling pipeline, GATK, is limited in terms of its computational speed and efficiency, which cannot meet the growing analysis needs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Here, we propose a fast and accurate DNASeq variant calling workflow that is purely composed of tools from LUSH toolkit. The precision and recall measurements indicate that both the LUSH and GATK pipelines exhibit high levels of consistency, with precision and recall rates exceeding 99% on the 30x NA12878 dataset. In terms of processing speed, the LUSH pipeline outperforms the GATK pipeline, completing 30x WGS data analysis in just 1.6 h, which is approximately 17 times faster than GATK. Notably, the LUSH_HC tool completes the processing from BAM to VCF in just 12 min, which is around 76 times faster than GATK.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>These findings suggest that the LUSH pipeline is a highly promising alternative to the GATK pipeline for WGS data analysis, with the potential to significantly improve bedside analysis of acutely ill patients, large-scale cohort data analysis, and high-throughput variant calling in crop breeding programs. Furthermore, the LUSH pipeline is highly scalable and easily deployable, allowing it to be readily applied to various scenarios such as clinical diagnosis and genomic research.</p>","PeriodicalId":13183,"journal":{"name":"Human Genomics","volume":"18 1","pages":"114"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11465951/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142400199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human GenomicsPub Date : 2024-10-09DOI: 10.1186/s40246-024-00677-7
Sophie Zaaijer, Simon C Groen
{"title":"Implementing differentially pigmented skin models for predicting drug response variability across human ancestries.","authors":"Sophie Zaaijer, Simon C Groen","doi":"10.1186/s40246-024-00677-7","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40246-024-00677-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Persistent racial disparities in health outcomes have catalyzed legislative reforms and heightened scientific focus recently. However, despite the well-documented properties of skin pigments in binding drug compounds, their impact on therapeutic efficacy and adverse drug responses remains insufficiently explored. This perspective examines the intricate relationships between variation in melanin-based skin pigmentation and pharmacokinetics and -dynamics, highlighting the need for considering diversity in skin pigmentation as a variable to advance the equitability of pharmacological interventions. The article provides guidelines on the selection of New Approach Methods (NAMs) to foster inclusive study designs in preclinical drug development pipelines, leading to an improved level of translatability to the clinic.</p>","PeriodicalId":13183,"journal":{"name":"Human Genomics","volume":"18 1","pages":"113"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11465898/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142390204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human GenomicsPub Date : 2024-10-08DOI: 10.1186/s40246-024-00680-y
Qinlin Huang, Juan Wen, Hongyun Zhang, Yanling Teng, Wen Zhang, Huimin Zhu, Desheng Liang, Lingqian Wu, Zhuo Li
{"title":"Comprehensive analysis of NGS-based expanded carrier screening and follow-up in southern and southwestern China: results from 3024 Chinese individuals.","authors":"Qinlin Huang, Juan Wen, Hongyun Zhang, Yanling Teng, Wen Zhang, Huimin Zhu, Desheng Liang, Lingqian Wu, Zhuo Li","doi":"10.1186/s40246-024-00680-y","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40246-024-00680-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This study aimed to screen southern and southwestern Chinese individuals using expanded carrier screening (ECS), which explores the carrier status of recessively inherited diseases in southern and southwestern China, evaluates the clinical effectiveness of ECS application, and helps recognize high-risk fetuses that may have genetic disorders early in pregnancy, to provide better reproductive guidance.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>ECS for 220 diseases based on next-generation sequencing was performed on 3024 southern and southwestern Chinese individuals (1512 couples). Carrier status was analyzed; genes and loci with high frequencies of variants and on high-risk couples (ARCs) were focused to evaluate the clinical utility of our ECS technology and provide them precise fertility guidance.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In total, Pathogenic/likely pathogenic(P/LP) variants were found in 1885 individuals, so the carrier frequency was 62.3%, and 23.2% of the individuals were carriers of multiple diseases. furthermore, 2837 variants were detected, and the average number of P/LP variants carried per subject was 0.938. Additionally, 128 ARCs carried P/LP variants of the same gene, and the theoretical incidence rate in their offspring was as high as 2.12%.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study validated the application of our ECS technique for carrier screening in southern China, identifying carrier status and providing accurate carrier frequencies for hundreds of genetic diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":13183,"journal":{"name":"Human Genomics","volume":"18 1","pages":"111"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11462907/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142390203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human GenomicsPub Date : 2024-10-08DOI: 10.1186/s40246-024-00679-5
Deanne Nixie R Miao, MacKenzie A P Wilke, John Pham, Feryal Ladha, Mansumeet Singh, Janilyn Arsenio, Emilia Luca, Alain Dabdoub, Wejian Yang, Jun J Yang, Britt I Drögemöller
{"title":"Leveraging large-scale datasets and single cell omics data to develop a polygenic score for cisplatin-induced ototoxicity.","authors":"Deanne Nixie R Miao, MacKenzie A P Wilke, John Pham, Feryal Ladha, Mansumeet Singh, Janilyn Arsenio, Emilia Luca, Alain Dabdoub, Wejian Yang, Jun J Yang, Britt I Drögemöller","doi":"10.1186/s40246-024-00679-5","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40246-024-00679-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cisplatin-induced ototoxicity (CIO), characterized by irreversible and progressive bilateral hearing loss, is a prevalent adverse effect of cisplatin chemotherapy. Alongside clinical risk factors, genetic variants contribute to CIO and genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have highlighted the polygenicity of this adverse drug reaction. Polygenic scores (PGS), which integrate information from multiple genetic variants across the genome, offer a promising tool for the identification of individuals who are at higher risk for CIO. Integrating large-scale hearing loss GWAS data with single cell omics data holds potential to overcome limitations related to small sample sizes associated with CIO studies, enabling the creation of PGSs to predict CIO risk.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We utilized a large-scale hearing loss GWAS and murine inner ear single nuclei RNA-sequencing (snRNA-seq) data to develop two polygenic scores: a hearing loss PGS (PGS<sub>HL</sub>) and a biologically informed PGS for CIO (PGS<sub>CIO</sub>). The PGS<sub>CIO</sub> included only variants which mapped to genes that were differentially expressed within cochlear cells that showed differential abundance in the murine snRNA-seq data post-cisplatin treatment. Evaluation of the association of these PGSs with CIO in our target CIO cohort revealed that PGS<sub>CIO</sub> demonstrated superior performance (P = 5.54 × 10<sup>- 5</sup>) relative to PGS<sub>HL</sub> (P = 2.93 × 10<sup>- 3</sup>). PGS<sub>CIO</sub> was also associated with CIO in our test cohort (P = 0.04), while the PGS<sub>HL</sub> did not show a significant association with CIO (P = 0.52).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study developed the first PGS for CIO using a large-scale hearing loss dataset and a biologically informed filter generated from cisplatin-treated murine inner ear snRNA-seq data. This innovative approach offers new avenues for developing PGSs for pharmacogenomic traits, which could contribute to the implementation of tailored therapeutic interventions. Further, our approach facilitated the identification of specific cochlear cells that may play critical roles in CIO. These novel insights will guide future research aimed at developing targeted therapeutic strategies to prevent CIO.</p>","PeriodicalId":13183,"journal":{"name":"Human Genomics","volume":"18 1","pages":"112"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-10-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11463131/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142390205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human GenomicsPub Date : 2024-09-29DOI: 10.1186/s40246-024-00676-8
Ju Long, Di Cui, Chunhui Yu, Wanli Meng
{"title":"Evaluating the clinical efficacy of a long-read sequencing-based approach for carrier screening of spinal muscular atrophy.","authors":"Ju Long, Di Cui, Chunhui Yu, Wanli Meng","doi":"10.1186/s40246-024-00676-8","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40246-024-00676-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is the second most common fatal genetic disease in infancy. It is caused by deletion or intragenic pathogenic variants of the causative gene SMN1, which degenerates anterior horn motor neurons and leads to progressive myasthenia and muscle atrophy. Early treatment improves motor function and prognosis in patients with SMA, but drugs are expensive and do not cure the disease. Therefore, carrier screening seems to be the most effective way to prevent SMA birth defects. In this study, we genetically analyzed 1400 samples using multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), and compared the consistency of the results. We randomly selected 44 samples with consistent MLPA and qPCR results for comprehensive SMA analysis (CASMA) using a long-read sequencing (LRS)-based approach. CASMA results showed 100% consistency, visually and intuitively explained the inconsistency between exons 7 and 8 copy numbers detected by MLPA in 13 samples. A total of 16 samples showed inconsistent MLPA and qPCR results for SMN1 exon 7. CASMA was performed on all samples and the results were consistent with those of resampling for MLPA and qPCR detection. CASMA also detected an additional intragenic variant c.-39A>G in a sample with two copies of SMN1 (RT02). Finally, we detected 23 SMA carriers, with an estimated carrier rate of 1/61 in this cohort. In addition, CASMA identified the \"2 + 0\" carrier status of SMN1 and SMN2 in a family by analyzing the genotypes of only three samples (parents and one sibling). CASMA has great advantages over MLPA and qPCR assays, and could become a powerful technical support for large-scale screening of SMA.</p>","PeriodicalId":13183,"journal":{"name":"Human Genomics","volume":"18 1","pages":"110"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11440943/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142345802","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human GenomicsPub Date : 2024-09-27DOI: 10.1186/s40246-024-00661-1
Si Chen, Iram S Tyagi, Wai Kin Mat, Muhammad A Khan, Weijian Fan, Zhenggang Wu, Taobo Hu, Can Yang, Hong Xue
{"title":"Forward-reverse mutation cycles in cancer cell lines under chemical treatments.","authors":"Si Chen, Iram S Tyagi, Wai Kin Mat, Muhammad A Khan, Weijian Fan, Zhenggang Wu, Taobo Hu, Can Yang, Hong Xue","doi":"10.1186/s40246-024-00661-1","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40246-024-00661-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Spontaneous forward-reverse mutations were reported by us earlier in clinical samples from various types of cancers and in HeLa cells under normal culture conditions. To investigate the effects of chemical stimulations on such mutation cycles, the present study examined single nucleotide variations (SNVs) and copy number variations (CNVs) in HeLa and A549 cells exposed to wogonin-containing or acidic medium. In wogonin, both cell lines showed a mutation cycle during days 16-18. In acidic medium, both cell lines displayed multiple mutation cycles of different magnitudes. Genomic feature colocalization analysis suggests that CNVs tend to occur in expanded and unstable regions, and near promoters, histones, and non-coding transcription sites. Moreover, phenotypic variations in cell morphology occurred during the forward-reverse mutation cycles under both types of chemical treatments. In conclusion, chemical stresses imposed by wogonin or acidity promoted cyclic forward-reverse mutations in both HeLa and A549 cells to different extents.</p>","PeriodicalId":13183,"journal":{"name":"Human Genomics","volume":"18 1","pages":"106"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11437743/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142345803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human GenomicsPub Date : 2024-09-27DOI: 10.1186/s40246-024-00674-w
Priyanga Ranasinghe, Chiranthi Liyanage, Nirmala Sirisena, Sandamini Liyanage, C D Nelanka Priyadarshani, D P Bhagya Hendalage, Vajira H W Dissanayake
{"title":"Frequency of pharmacogenomic variants affecting safety and efficacy of immunomodulators and biologics in a South Asian population from Sri Lanka.","authors":"Priyanga Ranasinghe, Chiranthi Liyanage, Nirmala Sirisena, Sandamini Liyanage, C D Nelanka Priyadarshani, D P Bhagya Hendalage, Vajira H W Dissanayake","doi":"10.1186/s40246-024-00674-w","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40246-024-00674-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Immunomodulators are important for management of autoimmune diseases and hematological malignancies. Significant inter-individual variation in drug response/reactions exists due to genetic polymorphisms. We describe frequency of identified genetic polymorphisms among Sri Lankans.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Sri Lankan data were obtained from an anonymized database of 670 participants. Data on variants and global distribution of Minor Allele frequency (MAF) of other populations (South Asian, Ashkenazi-Jewish, East-Asian, European-Finnish, European-non-Finnish, Latino-American, African/African-American) were obtained from pharmGKB online database.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>SLC19A1 (rs1051266) variant had a MAF (95% CI) of 63.3% (60.7-65.9). Other common variants included FCGR3A (rs396991), MTHFR (rs1801133), ITPA (rs1127354), CYP2C9*3 (rs1057910) and NUD15*3 (rs116855232), with MAFs of 35.3% (32.7-37.9), 12.2% (10.4-13.9), 10.9% (9.2-12.6), 9.8% (8.2-11.4), 8.3% (6.8-9.8) respectively. Less commonly present variants included CYP2C9*2 (rs1799853) (2.5%[1.7-3.4]), TPMT*3C (rs1142345) (1.9%[1.1-2.6]), TPMT*3B (rs1800460) (0.2%[0-0.5]), CYP3A5*6 (rs10264272) (0.2%[0-0.4]) and CYP3A4*18 (rs28371759) (0.1%[0-0.2]). The SLC19A1 (rs1051266), NUD15*3 (rs116855232), CYP2C9*3 (rs1057910), FCGR3A (rs396991), and ITPA (rs1127354) showed significantly higher frequencies in Sri Lankans compared to many other populations, exceptions include FCGR3A in Ashkenazi-Jewish and ITPA in East-Asians. Conversely, MTHFR (rs1801133), TPMT*3B (rs1800460), and CYP2C9*2 (rs1799853) were significantly less prevalent among Sri Lankans than in many other populations. Sri Lankans exhibited lower prevalence of TPMT*3C (rs1142345) compared to European-non-Finnish, Latino-Americans, and African/African-Americans; CYP3A4*18 (rs28371759) compared to East-Asians; and CYP3A5*6 (rs10264272) compared to African/African-Americans and Latino-Americans.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Sri Lankans exhibit higher frequencies in variants reducing methotrexate efficacy (SLC19A1), increasing azathioprine myelotoxicity (NUDT15), and lower frequencies in variants linked to increased azathioprine toxicity (TPMT*3B, TPMT*3C), reduced tacrolimus efficacy (CYP3A4*18), and methotrexate toxicity risk (MTHFR). Beneficial variants enhancing rituximab efficacy (FCGR3A) are more prevalent, while those reducing tacrolimus dosage (CYP3A5*6) are less common. This highlights need for targeted medication strategies to improve treatment outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":13183,"journal":{"name":"Human Genomics","volume":"18 1","pages":"107"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11438298/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142345804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Human GenomicsPub Date : 2024-09-27DOI: 10.1186/s40246-024-00673-x
Hasan Çağın Lenk, Elise Koch, Kevin S O'Connell, Robert Løvsletten Smith, Ibrahim A Akkouh, Srdjan Djurovic, Ole A Andreassen, Espen Molden
{"title":"Genome-wide association analysis of treatment resistant schizophrenia for variant discovery and polygenic assessment.","authors":"Hasan Çağın Lenk, Elise Koch, Kevin S O'Connell, Robert Løvsletten Smith, Ibrahim A Akkouh, Srdjan Djurovic, Ole A Andreassen, Espen Molden","doi":"10.1186/s40246-024-00673-x","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40246-024-00673-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Treatment resistant schizophrenia (TRS) is broadly defined as inadequate response to adequate treatment and is associated with a substantial increase in disease burden. Clozapine is the only approved treatment for TRS, showing superior clinical effect on overall symptomatology compared to other drugs, and is the prototype of atypical antipsychotics. Risperidone, another atypical antipsychotic with a more distinctive dopamine 2 antagonism, is commonly used in treatment of schizophrenia. Here, we conducted a genome-wide association study on patients treated with clozapine (TRS) vs. risperidone (non-TRS) and investigated whether single variants and/or polygenic risk score for schizophrenia are associated with TRS status. We hypothesized that patients who are treated with clozapine and risperidone might exhibit distinct neurobiological phenotypes that match pharmacological profiles of these drugs and can be explained by genetic differences. The study population (n = 1286) was recruited from a routine therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) service between 2005 and 2022. History of a detectable serum concentration of clozapine and risperidone (without TDM history of clozapine) defined the TRS (n = 478) and non-TRS (n = 808) group, respectively.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified a suggestive association between TRS and a common variant within the LINC00523 gene with a significance just below the genome-wide threshold (rs79229764 C > T, OR = 4.89; p = 1.8 × 10<sup>-7</sup>). Polygenic risk score for schizophrenia was significantly associated with TRS (OR = 1.4, p = 2.1 × 10<sup>-6</sup>). In a large post-mortem brain sample from schizophrenia donors (n = 214; CommonMind Consortium), gene expression analysis indicated that the rs79229764 variant allele might be involved in the regulation of GPR88 and PUDP, which plays a role in striatal neurotransmission and intellectual disability, respectively.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We report a suggestive genetic association at the rs79229764 locus with TRS and show that genetic liability for schizophrenia is positively associated with TRS. These results suggest a candidate locus for future follow-up studies to elucidate the molecular underpinnings of TRS. Our findings further demonstrate the value of both single variant and polygenic association analyses for TRS prediction.</p>","PeriodicalId":13183,"journal":{"name":"Human Genomics","volume":"18 1","pages":"108"},"PeriodicalIF":3.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11438281/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142345805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}