多基因风险改变了单基因病的透率

Atlas Khan1, Ning Shang1, Jordan G Nestor1

  • 1Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

Nature communications
|December 14, 2023
PubMed
概括

多基因风险评分有助于预测慢性病 (CKD) 在单基因病如自体主导多囊性病 (ADPKD) 的个体. 这些遗传信息改善了携带这些特定基因变异的患者的风险评估.

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