Incorporating functional priors improves polygenic prediction accuracy in UK Biobank and 23andMe data sets

oleh: Carla Márquez-Luna, Steven Gazal, Po-Ru Loh, Samuel S. Kim, Nicholas Furlotte, Adam Auton, 23andMe Research Team, Alkes L. Price

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-10-01

Deskripsi

Incorporating functional information has shown promise for improving polygenic risk prediction of complex traits. Here, the authors describe polygenic prediction method LDpred-funct, and demonstrate its utility across 21 heritable traits in the UK Biobank.