https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 Multi-ancestry genome-wide association analyses improve resolution of genes and pathways influencing lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease risk https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:53295 Tue 21 Nov 2023 11:54:41 AEDT ]]> A trans-ancestral meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies reveals loci associated with childhood obesity https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:46943 METTL15). The variant was nominally associated with only the European subgroup analysis but had a consistent direction of effect in other ethnicities. We then utilized trans-ancestral Bayesian analysis to narrow down the location of the probable causal variant at each genome-wide significant signal. Of all the fine-mapped loci, we were able to narrow down the causative variant at four known loci to fewer than 10 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) (FAIM2, GNPDA2, MC4R and SEC16B loci). In conclusion, an ethnically diverse setting has enabled us to both identify an additional pediatric obesity locus and further fine-map existing loci.]]> Fri 09 Dec 2022 14:01:32 AEDT ]]>