Title | Identification of putative causal loci in whole-genome sequencing data via knockoff statistics. |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2021 |
Authors | He, Z, Liu, L, Wang, C, Le Guen, Y, Lee, J, Gogarten, S, Lu, F, Montgomery, S, Tang, H, Silverman, EK, Cho, MH, Greicius, M, Ionita-Laza, I |
Journal | Nat Commun |
Volume | 12 |
Issue | 1 |
Pagination | 3152 |
Date Published | 2021 05 25 |
ISSN | 2041-1723 |
Keywords | Algorithms, Causality, Computer Simulation, Data Interpretation, Statistical, Datasets as Topic, Genetic Loci, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome, Human, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Linkage Disequilibrium, Markov Chains, Models, Genetic, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Reproducibility of Results, Whole Genome Sequencing |
Abstract | <p>The analysis of whole-genome sequencing studies is challenging due to the large number of rare variants in noncoding regions and the lack of natural units for testing. We propose a statistical method to detect and localize rare and common risk variants in whole-genome sequencing studies based on a recently developed knockoff framework. It can (1) prioritize causal variants over associations due to linkage disequilibrium thereby improving interpretability; (2) help distinguish the signal due to rare variants from shadow effects of significant common variants nearby; (3) integrate multiple knockoffs for improved power, stability, and reproducibility; and (4) flexibly incorporate state-of-the-art and future association tests to achieve the benefits proposed here. In applications to whole-genome sequencing data from the Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project (ADSP) and COPDGene samples from NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Program we show that our method compared with conventional association tests can lead to substantially more discoveries.</p> |
DOI | 10.1038/s41467-021-22889-4 |
Alternate Journal | Nat Commun |
PubMed ID | 34035245 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC8149672 |
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