Polygenic background modifies penetrance of monogenic variants conferring risk for coronary artery disease, breast cancer, or colorectal cancer
Akl C. Fahed, Minxian Wang, Julian R. Homburger, Aniruddh P. Patel, Alexander G. Bick, Cynthia L. Neben, Carmen Lai, Deanna Brockman, Anthony Philippakis, Patrick T. Ellinor, Christopher A. Cassa, Matthew S. Lebo, Kenney Ng, Eric S. Lander, Alicia Yiran Zhou, , Amit V. Khera
The paper examines how polygenic risk modifies the penetrance of monogenic variants in coronary artery disease, breast cancer, and colorectal cancer across multiple cohorts.
Nature Communications · Aug 20, 2020Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine