Nucleic Acids Res
November 2024
The Proteome-Wide Association Study (PWAS) is a protein-based genetic association approach designed to complement traditional variant-based methods like GWAS. PWAS operates in two stages: first, machine learning models predict the impact of genetic variants on protein-coding genes, generating effect scores. These scores are then aggregated into a gene-damaging score for each individual.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPWAS (proteome-wide association study) is an innovative genetic association approach that complements widely used methods like GWAS (genome-wide association study). The PWAS approach involves consecutive phases. Initially, machine learning modeling and probabilistic considerations quantify the impact of genetic variants on protein-coding genes' biochemical functions.
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