Balayage du génome et repérage des personnes à risque

Des GWAS aux GPS

Chroniques génomiques

From genome-wide association studies (gwas) to genome-wide polygenic scores (GPS)

UMR 7268 ADÉS, Aix-Marseille, Université/EFS/CNRS ; CoReBio PACA, case 901, Parc scientifique de Luminy, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France

^* brjordan@orange.fr

Abstract

The accumulation of extensive repositories linking phenotypic and genetic information, together with new computation methods, makes it possible to derive polygenic scores for susceptibility to common diseases that turn out to have strong predictive power. These will be clinically useful to identify individuals at high risk who may be eligible for protective interventions.