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| Principal Investigator's Name: | Jingjing Yang |
| Institution: | Emory University |
| Department: | Human Genetics |
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| Proposed Analysis: | The objective of the proposed project is to derive novel Bayesian methods to integrate multi-omics data in genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for studying complex phenotypes, with the goal of prioritizing genetic variants and identifying causal genes. First, we will model the expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) and other molecular QTL information in GWAS by an adapted Bayesian variable selection model, such that the model can quantify the enrichment of associated genetic variants with respect to each annotation such as eQTL and prioritize genetic variants that are of the enriched annotation. Second, we will be conducting transcriptome-wide association studies (TWAS) by a Bayesian approach to identify potentially causal genes. Third, we will use our Bayesian GWAS results to evaluate a Bayesian polygenic risk score for the complex phenotype of interest. We will first learn molecular QTL information by using external transcriptomics data set such as GTEx V7 and external molecular QTL from TCGA, and then integrate this information with the whole genome sequence data from ADSP to prioritize genetic variants associated with complex phenotypes of interest and conduct TWAS to identify risk genes. We are interested in studying all complex phenotypes that were profiled for the ADSP samples, especially Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and AD-related complex phenotypes. Especially, our lab has access to the ROS/MAP multi-omics data shared by the Rush Alzheimer’s disease center (http://www.radc.rush.edu/). All samples in the ROS/MAP study are well-characterized with extensive complex phenotypes profiled, including clinical diagnosis of AD, AD-related complex phenotypes, and psychological phenotypes. We will combine the whole genome sequence data from both ADSP and ROS/MAP samples to increase the total sample size in our study, thus improving the mapping power. The purpose of using ADSP data is to increase sample size for testing our derived methods for functional genetic association studies of complex phenotypes. We are not limited to studying AD only. We are flexible to study any complex phenotypes that are profiled for both ADSP and ROS/MAP samples. |
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