Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Large-scale genomic analyses reveal insights into pleiotropy across circulatory system diseases and nervous system disorders

  • Xinyuan Zhang,
  • Anastasia M. Lucas,
  • Yogasudha Veturi,
  • Theodore G. Drivas,
  • William P. Bone,
  • Anurag Verma,
  • Wendy K. Chung,
  • David Crosslin,
  • Joshua C. Denny,
  • Scott Hebbring,
  • Gail P. Jarvik,
  • Iftikhar Kullo,
  • Eric B. Larson,
  • Laura J. Rasmussen-Torvik,
  • Daniel J. Schaid,
  • Jordan W. Smoller,
  • Ian B. Stanaway,
  • Wei-Qi Wei,
  • Chunhua Weng,
  • Marylyn D. Ritchie

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30678-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Circulatory system diseases and nervous system disorders often co-occur in patients. Here the authors use eMERGE and UK BioBank data to identify genomic regions associated with both phenotypes, providing insight into the relationship between these conditions.