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SUPERGNOVA: local genetic correlation analysis reveals heterogeneous etiologic sharing of complex traits
Zhang Y, Lu Q, Ye Y, Huang K, Liu W, Wu Y, Zhong X, Li B, Yu Z, Travers BG, Werling DM, Li JJ, Zhao H. SUPERGNOVA: local genetic correlation analysis reveals heterogeneous etiologic sharing of complex traits. Genome Biology 2021, 22: 262. PMID: 34493297, PMCID: PMC8422619, DOI: 10.1186/s13059-021-02478-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLocal genetic correlationsComplex traitsGenetic correlationsGenomic regionsLocal genetic correlation analysisGenome-wide association studiesLocal genomic regionsSpecific genomic regionsGenetic correlation analysisDistinct genetic signaturesGenetic similarityGenetic signaturesAssociation studiesTraitsSample overlapStatistical frameworkSummary statisticsDisequilibriumRegionAccurate estimationSimilarity
2018
Spatiotemporal transcriptomic divergence across human and macaque brain development
Zhu Y, Sousa AMM, Gao T, Skarica M, Li M, Santpere G, Esteller-Cucala P, Juan D, Ferrández-Peral L, Gulden FO, Yang M, Miller DJ, Marques-Bonet T, Imamura Kawasawa Y, Zhao H, Sestan N. Spatiotemporal transcriptomic divergence across human and macaque brain development. Science 2018, 362 PMID: 30545855, PMCID: PMC6900982, DOI: 10.1126/science.aat8077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAutism Spectrum DisorderBrainGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHumansMacaca mulattaNeurogenesisPrefrontal CortexSchizophreniaTranscriptomeConceptsBrain developmentHuman nervous system developmentHuman brain developmentNervous system developmentPostnatal patternSingle-cell transcriptomic dataSpatiotemporal transcriptional regulationBrain regionsNeuropsychiatric disordersLate fetalPrefrontal cortexTranscriptomic programsHuman dataTranscriptomic divergenceTranscriptional regulationTranscriptomic differencesAutism spectrum disorderTranscriptomic dataDisordersTranscriptomic patternsSpectrum disorderIntegrative analysisPathogenesis