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Boran Gao

University of MichiganORCID 0000-0002-8620-0534Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Bioinformatics· 1 Genetic & Genomic Medicine· 1 Genomics· 1

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Organism:human· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:fine-mapping· 1 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 1 Assay:proteomics· 1

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Xiang ZhouiD· 2 shared Ani W ManichaikuliD· 1 shared Apostolia TopaloudiiD· 1 shared Daiwei ZhangiD· 1 shared Daniel F. LeveyiD· 1 shared François AguetiD· 1 shared Gina Marie PelosoiD· 1 shared Guangxin CheniD· 1 shared

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Genetic & Genomic MedicinemedRxivPreprintDec 15, 2025

Multi-Ancestry GWAS of Neuroticism Identifies Novel Loci and Enhances Fine-Mapping Resolution

Mary Oluwatosin Kaka, Apostolia Topaloudi, Guangxin Chen…·Peristera Paschou

This study performs a multi-ancestry GWAS of neuroticism, identifying novel loci and improving fine-mapping resolution across diverse populations.

DOI 10.64898/2025.12.12.25342160

humanGWAS summary statistics

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BioinformaticsbioRxivPreprintMar 14, 2025

An alternative framework for transcriptome-wide association studies to detect and decipher gene-trait associations

Li Zheng, Boran Gao, Xiang Zhou

VINTAGE improves gene-trait association detection by integrating genetic variance and local genetic correlation tests, outperforming SKAT and TWAS in power and mediation effect identification.

2 citations

humanbulk RNA-seq

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GenomicsHuman Genetics and Genomics AdvancesPeer-reviewedNov 14, 2024

Proteome-Wide Association Studies for Blood Lipids and Comparison with Transcriptome-Wide Association Studies

Daiwei Zhang, Boran Gao, Qidi Feng…·Seunggeun Lee

The paper conducts proteome-wide and transcriptome-wide association studies for blood lipids, finding high-level consistency between proteome and transcriptome-lipid associations across tissues.

4 citations

humanproteomics

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