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A Penalized Regression Framework for Building Polygenic Risk Models Based on Summary Statistics From Genome-Wide Association Studies and Incorporating External Information

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  • Ting-Huei Chen
  • Nilanjan Chatterjee
  • Maria Teresa Landi
  • Jianxin Shi

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Large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWAS) provide opportunities for developing genetic risk prediction models that have the potential to improve disease prevention, intervention or treatment. The key step is to develop polygenic risk score (PRS) models with high predictive performance for a given disease, which typically requires a large training dataset for selecting truly associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and estimating effect sizes accurately. Here, we develop a comprehensive penalized regression for fitting l 1 regularized regression models to GWAS summary statistics. We propose incorporating pleiotropy and annotation information into PRS (PANPRS) development through suitable formulation of penalty functions and associated tuning parameters. Extensive simulations show that PANPRS performs equally well or better than existing PRS methods when no functional annotation or pleiotropy is incorporated. When functional annotation data and pleiotropy are informative, PANPRS substantially outperforms existing PRS methods in simulations. Finally, we applied our methods to build PRS for type 2 diabetes and melanoma and found that incorporating relevant functional annotations and GWAS of genetically related traits improved prediction of these two complex diseases. Supplementary materials for this article, including a standardized description of the materials available for reproducing the work, are available as an online supplement.

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  • Ting-Huei Chen & Nilanjan Chatterjee & Maria Teresa Landi & Jianxin Shi, 2021. "A Penalized Regression Framework for Building Polygenic Risk Models Based on Summary Statistics From Genome-Wide Association Studies and Incorporating External Information," Journal of the American Statistical Association, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 116(533), pages 133-143, January.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:jnlasa:v:116:y:2021:i:533:p:133-143
    DOI: 10.1080/01621459.2020.1764849
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    1. Jiacheng Miao & Hanmin Guo & Gefei Song & Zijie Zhao & Lin Hou & Qiongshi Lu, 2023. "Quantifying portable genetic effects and improving cross-ancestry genetic prediction with GWAS summary statistics," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-13, December.

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