1. Confirmation of HLA-II associations with TB susceptibility in admixed African samples

    This article has 6 authors:
    1. Dayna Croock
    2. Yolandi Swart
    3. Haiko Schurz
    4. Desiree C Petersen
    5. Marlo Möller
    6. Caitlin Uren
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      This valuable study confirms the association between the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-II region and tuberculosis (TB) susceptibility in genetically admixed South African populations, specifically identifying a near-genome-wide significant association in the HLA-DPB1 gene, which originates from KhoeSan ancestry. Whilst some of the evidence supporting the association between the HLA-II region and TB susceptibility is solid, the analysis is incomplete and requires further work for the study to achieve its full value. The work will be of interest to those studying the genetic basis of tuberculosis susceptibility/infection resistance.

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  2. Novel risk loci for COVID-19 hospitalization among admixed American populations

    This article has 122 authors:
    1. Silvia Diz-de Almeida
    2. Raquel Cruz
    3. Andre D Luchessi
    4. José M Lorenzo-Salazar
    5. Miguel López de Heredia
    6. Inés Quintela
    7. Rafaela González-Montelongo
    8. Vivian Nogueira Silbiger
    9. Marta Sevilla Porras
    10. Jair Antonio Tenorio Castaño
    11. Julian Nevado
    12. Jose María Aguado
    13. Carlos Aguilar
    14. Sergio Aguilera-Albesa
    15. Virginia Almadana
    16. Berta Almoguera
    17. Nuria Alvarez
    18. Álvaro Andreu-Bernabeu
    19. Eunate Arana-Arri
    20. Celso Arango
    21. María J Arranz
    22. Maria-Jesus Artiga
    23. Raúl C Baptista-Rosas
    24. María Barreda- Sánchez
    25. Moncef Belhassen-Garcia
    26. Joao F Bezerra
    27. Marcos AC Bezerra
    28. Lucía Boix-Palop
    29. María Brion
    30. Ramón Brugada
    31. Matilde Bustos
    32. Enrique J Calderón
    33. Cristina Carbonell
    34. Luis Castano
    35. Jose E Castelao
    36. Rosa Conde-Vicente
    37. M Lourdes Cordero-Lorenzana
    38. Jose L Cortes-Sanchez
    39. Marta Corton
    40. M Teresa Darnaude
    41. Alba De Martino-Rodríguez
    42. Victor del Campo-Pérez
    43. Aranzazu Diaz de Bustamante
    44. Elena Domínguez-Garrido
    45. Rocío Eirós
    46. María Carmen Fariñas
    47. María J Fernandez-Nestosa
    48. Uxía Fernández-Robelo
    49. Amanda Fernández-Rodríguez
    50. Tania Fernández-Villa
    51. Manuela Gago-Dominguez
    52. Belén Gil-Fournier
    53. Javier Gómez-Arrue
    54. Beatriz González Álvarez
    55. Fernan Gonzalez Bernaldo de Quirós
    56. Anna González-Neira
    57. Javier González-Peñas
    58. Juan F Gutiérrez-Bautista
    59. María José Herrero
    60. Antonio Herrero-Gonzalez
    61. María A Jimenez-Sousa
    62. María Claudia Lattig
    63. Anabel Liger Borja
    64. Rosario Lopez-Rodriguez
    65. Esther Mancebo
    66. Caridad Martín-López
    67. Vicente Martín
    68. Oscar Martinez-Nieto
    69. Iciar Martinez-Lopez
    70. Michel F Martinez-Resendez
    71. Angel Martinez-Perez
    72. Juliana F Mazzeu
    73. Eleuterio Merayo Macías
    74. Pablo Minguez
    75. Victor Moreno Cuerda
    76. Silviene F Oliveira
    77. Eva Ortega-Paino
    78. Mara Parellada
    79. Estela Paz-Artal
    80. Ney PC Santos
    81. Patricia Pérez-Matute
    82. Patricia Perez
    83. M Elena Pérez-Tomás
    84. Teresa Perucho
    85. Mellina Pinsach-Abuin
    86. Guillermo Pita
    87. Ericka N Pompa-Mera
    88. Gloria L Porras-Hurtado
    89. Aurora Pujol
    90. Soraya Ramiro León
    91. Salvador Resino
    92. Marianne R Fernandes
    93. Emilio Rodríguez-Ruiz
    94. Fernando Rodriguez-Artalejo
    95. José A Rodriguez-Garcia
    96. Francisco Ruiz-Cabello
    97. Javier Ruiz-Hornillos
    98. Pablo Ryan
    99. José Manuel Soria
    100. Juan Carlos Souto
    101. Eduardo Tamayo
    102. Alvaro Tamayo-Velasco
    103. Juan Carlos Taracido-Fernandez
    104. Alejandro Teper
    105. Lilian Torres-Tobar
    106. Miguel Urioste
    107. Juan Valencia-Ramos
    108. Zuleima Yáñez
    109. Ruth Zarate
    110. Itziar de Rojas
    111. Agustín Ruiz
    112. Pascual Sánchez
    113. Luis Miguel Real
    114. SCOURGE Cohort Group
    115. Encarna Guillen-Navarro
    116. Carmen Ayuso
    117. Esteban Parra
    118. José A Riancho
    119. Augusto Rojas-Martinez
    120. Carlos Flores
    121. Pablo Lapunzina
    122. Ángel Carracedo
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      The authors conduct a valuable GWAS meta-analysis for COVID-19 hospitalization in admixed American populations and prioritized risk variants and genes. The evidence supporting the claims of the authors is solid. The work will be of interest to scientists studying the genetic basis of COVID pathogenesis.

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  3. JAK inhibition decreases the autoimmune burden in Down syndrome

    This article has 22 authors:
    1. Angela L Rachubinski
    2. Elizabeth Wallace
    3. Emily Gurnee
    4. Belinda A Enriquez Estrada
    5. Kayleigh R Worek
    6. Keith P Smith
    7. Paula Araya
    8. Katherine A Waugh
    9. Ross E Granrath
    10. Eleanor Britton
    11. Hannah R Lyford
    12. Micah G Donovan
    13. Neetha Paul Eduthan
    14. Amanda A Hill
    15. Barry Martin
    16. Kelly D Sullivan
    17. Lina Patel
    18. Deborah J Fidler
    19. Matthew D Galbraith
    20. Cory A Dunnick
    21. David A Norris
    22. Joaquin M Espinosa
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      Rachubinski and colleagues provide an important manuscript that includes two major advances in understanding immune dysregulation in a large cohort of individuals with Down syndrome. The work comprises compelling, comprehensive, and state-of-the-art clinical, immunological, and autoantibody assessment of autoimmune/inflammatory manifestations. Additionally, the authors report promising results from a clinical trial with the JAK inhibitor tofacitinib for individuals with dermatological autoimmune disease.

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  4. Statistical examination of shared loci in neuropsychiatric diseases using genome-wide association study summary statistics

    This article has 8 authors:
    1. Thomas P Spargo
    2. Lachlan Gilchrist
    3. Guy P Hunt
    4. Richard JB Dobson
    5. Petroula Proitsi
    6. Ammar Al-Chalabi
    7. Oliver Pain
    8. Alfredo Iacoangeli
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      This paper presents a valuable pipeline based on state-of-the-art analytical software that was used to study genetic pleiotropy between neuropsychiatric disorders. The presented evidence supporting the claims is convincing and now includes an appropriate comparison to previously published methods as well as a detailed exploration of the findings. The created pipeline can thus be used by researchers from diverse fields to study different combinations of diseases and traits.

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  5. Maternal smoking DNA methylation risk score associated with health outcomes in offspring of European and South Asian ancestry

    This article has 17 authors:
    1. Wei Q Deng
    2. Nathan Cawte
    3. Natalie Campbell
    4. Sandi M Azab
    5. Russell J de Souza
    6. Amel Lamri
    7. Katherine M Morrison
    8. Stephanie A Atkinson
    9. Padmaja Subbarao
    10. Stuart E Turvey
    11. Theo J Moraes
    12. Koon K Teo
    13. Piush J Mandhane
    14. Meghan B Azad
    15. Elinor Simons
    16. Guillaume Paré
    17. Sonia S Anand
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      This study offers a useful advance by introducing a cord blood DNA methylation score for maternal smoking effects, with the inclusion of cohorts from diverse backgrounds. However, the overall strength of evidence is deemed incomplete, due to concerns regarding low exposure levels and low statistical power, which hampers the generalisability of their findings. The study provides an interesting basis for future studies, but would benefit from the addition of more cohorts to validate the findings and a focus on more diverse health outcomes.

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  6. Genotype-specific differences in infertile men due to loss-of-function variants in M1AP or ZZS genes

    This article has 19 authors:
    1. Nadja Rotte
    2. Jessica E.M. Dunleavy
    3. Michelle D. Runkel
    4. Daniela Fietz
    5. Adrian Pilatz
    6. Johanna Kuss
    7. Ann-Kristin Dicke
    8. Sofia B. Winge
    9. Sara Di Persio
    10. Christian Ruckert
    11. Verena Nordhoff
    12. Hans-Christian Schuppe
    13. Kristian Almstrup
    14. Sabine Kliesch
    15. Nina Neuhaus
    16. Birgit Stallmeyer
    17. Moira K. O’Bryan
    18. Frank Tüttelmann
    19. Corinna Friedrich

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  7. Genomic landscape of endometrial, ovarian and cervical cancers in Japan from database in the Center for Cancer Genomics and Advanced Therapeutics

    This article has 8 authors:
    1. Qian Xi
    2. Hidenori Kage
    3. Miho Ogawa
    4. Asami Matsunaga
    5. Akira Nishijima
    6. Kenbun Sone
    7. Kei Kawana
    8. Katsutoshi Oda

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  8. Ethnic and region-specific genetic risk variants of stroke and its comorbid conditions can define the variations in the burden of stroke and its phenotypic traits

    This article has 3 authors:
    1. Rashmi Sukumaran
    2. Achuthsankar S Nair
    3. Moinak Banerjee
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      This paper provides a useful analysis of the variation of the burden of strokes across geographic regions, finding differences in the relationship between strokes and their comorbidities. This dataset and the correlations found within will be a resource for directing the focus of future investigations. The results are technically solid, but there are cases where statistical analyses are yet to be carried out to support statements of statistical significance.

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  9. Risk factors affecting polygenic score performance across diverse cohorts

    This article has 21 authors:
    1. Daniel Hui
    2. Scott Dudek
    3. Krzysztof Kiryluk
    4. Theresa L. Walunas
    5. Iftikhar J. Kullo
    6. Wei-Qi Wei
    7. Hemant K. Tiwari
    8. Josh F. Peterson
    9. Wendy K. Chung
    10. Brittney Davis
    11. Atlas Khan
    12. Leah Kottyan
    13. Nita A. Limdi
    14. Qiping Feng
    15. Megan J. Puckelwartz
    16. Chunhua Weng
    17. Johanna L. Smith
    18. Elizabeth W. Karlson
    19. Regeneron Genetics Center
    20. Gail P. Jarvik
    21. Marylyn D. Ritchie
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      This study presents a convincing analysis of the effects of covariates, such as age, sex, socio-economic status, or biomarker levels, on the predictive accuracy of polygenic scores for body mass index; The work is further supported by important approaches for improving prediction accuracy by accounting for such covariates across a variety of association studies. The authors did a commendable job addressing reviewer suggestions and comments. The work will be of interest to colleagues using and developing methods for phenotypic prediction based on polygenic scores.

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  10. De novo variants in PLCG1 are associated with hearing impairment, ocular pathology, and cardiac defects

    This article has 23 authors:
    1. Mengqi Ma
    2. Yiming Zheng
    3. Shenzhao Lu
    4. Xueyang Pan
    5. Kim C. Worley
    6. Lindsay C. Burrage
    7. Lauren S. Blieden
    8. Aimee Allworth
    9. Wei-Liang Chen
    10. Giuseppe Merla
    11. Barbara Mandriani
    12. Jill A. Rosenfeld
    13. David Li-Kroeger
    14. Debdeep Dutta
    15. Shinya Yamamoto
    16. Michael F. Wangler
    17. Undiagnosed Diseases Network
    18. Ian A. Glass
    19. Sam Strohbehn
    20. Elizabeth Blue
    21. Paolo Prontera
    22. Seema R. Lalani
    23. Hugo J. Bellen
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      This important study reveals how Drosophila may be used to investigate the role of missense variants in the gene PLCG1 related to human disease in case studies. The evidence that most of these variants have a gain-of-function effect in the fly is convincing and supportive of their pathogenic effect. With some additional control experiments to assess overexpression toxicity, this work would be of relevance to human and Drosophila geneticists alike.

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