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Randy L Parrish^1,2, Aron S Buchman³, Shinya Tasaki³

¹Center for Computational and Quantitative Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.

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|August 5, 2024

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Stacked Regression based TWAS (SR-TWAS) enhances gene discovery by optimally combining multiple expression imputation models. This approach boosts statistical power for identifying genetic risk factors in complex diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

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Area of Science:

Genetics
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology

Background:

Multiple reference panels and regression methods exist for training gene expression imputation models for transcriptome-wide association studies (TWAS).
Leveraging diverse training data and methods can improve the accuracy and power of TWAS.
Existing methods may not fully exploit the potential of combining multiple imputation models.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a novel tool, Stacked Regression based TWAS (SR-TWAS), for optimizing the combination of gene expression imputation models.
To enhance the power of TWAS by integrating information from multiple reference panels, tissues, and regression techniques.
To identify novel genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD).

Main Methods:

Developed SR-TWAS, a tool that employs stacked regression to find optimal linear combinations of pre-trained gene expression imputation models (base models).
Trained base models using multiple reference panels, regression methods, and tissues.
Validated SR-TWAS through simulations and real-world genetic association studies.

Main Results:

SR-TWAS demonstrated improved statistical power in both simulation and real studies compared to using single models.
The method effectively increased training sample sizes and leveraged 'borrowed strength' across diverse models and tissues.
Identified 6 significant risk genes for AD dementia in supplementary motor area tissue and 9 for PD in substantia nigra tissue.
Biological interpretations supported the relevance of the identified significant risk genes.

Conclusions:

SR-TWAS provides a powerful and flexible framework for integrating multiple gene expression imputation models.
The tool enhances the discovery of disease-associated genes by maximizing the utility of available genomic and transcriptomic data.
SR-TWAS successfully identified novel genetic risk loci for AD and PD, contributing to a better understanding of their etiology.