American Journal of Human Genetics

Papers
(The TQCC of American Journal of Human Genetics is 18. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)
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Whole-exome sequencing reveals common and rare variants in immunologic and neurological genes implicated in achalasia490
This month in The Journal308
Alternative polyadenylation quantitative trait methylation mapping in human cancers provides clues into the molecular mechanisms of APA302
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“Choice of law” in precision medicine research254
Potential corporate uses of polygenic indexes: Starting a conversation about the associated ethics and policy issues243
Variants in ZFX are associated with an X-linked neurodevelopmental disorder with recurrent facial gestalt191
Genomes and epigenomes of matched normal and tumor breast tissue reveal diverse evolutionary trajectories and tumor-host interactions182
Functional analysis of the 1p34.3 risk locus implicates GNL2 in high-grade serous ovarian cancer172
Plasma DNA Profile Associated with DNASE1L3 Gene Mutations: Clinical Observations, Relationships to Nuclease Substrate Preference, and In Vivo Correction168
Bayesian model comparison for rare-variant association studies132
Leveraging both individual-level genetic data and GWAS summary statistics increases polygenic prediction132
Genomic medicine year in review: 2021116
2022 Curt Stern Award introduction: Heidi Rehm113
AXIN1 bi-allelic variants disrupting the C-terminal DIX domain cause craniometadiaphyseal osteosclerosis with hip dysplasia109
Genome-wide aggregated trans-effects on risk of type 1 diabetes: A test of the “omnigenic” sparse effector hypothesis of complex trait genetics108
The genomic signatures of natural selection in admixed human populations104
Evaluating large language models on medical, lay-language, and self-reported descriptions of genetic conditions100
mBAT-combo: A more powerful test to detect gene-trait associations from GWAS data89
Polygenic transcriptome risk scores for COPD and lung function improve cross-ethnic portability of prediction in the NHLBI TOPMed program87
Allele-specific epigenetic activity in prostate cancer and normal prostate tissue implicates prostate cancer risk mechanisms87
Fast and accurate Bayesian polygenic risk modeling with variational inference86
Genetic determinants of IgG antibody response to COVID-19 vaccination83
Exome copy number variant detection, analysis, and classification in a large cohort of families with undiagnosed rare genetic disease76
Sub-genic intolerance, ClinVar, and the epilepsies: A whole-exome sequencing study of 29,165 individuals66
Haploinsufficiency of ZFHX3, encoding a key player in neuronal development, causes syndromic intellectual disability66
Optical genome mapping enables constitutional chromosomal aberration detection66
This month in The Journal65
2022 ASHG presidential address—One human race: Billions of genomes65
Bi-allelic premature truncating variants in LTBP1 cause cutis laxa syndrome63
Human leukocyte antigen variation is associated with cytomegalovirus serostatus in healthy individuals62
Actionable genetic variants in 4,198 Scottish participants from the Orkney and Shetland founder populations and implementation of return of results62
Hypometric genetics: Improved power in genetic discovery by incorporating quality control flags61
This month in The Journal60
Common variants increase risk for congenital diaphragmatic hernia within the context of de novo variants60
Biallelic Mutations in ADPRHL2, Encoding ADP-Ribosylhydrolase 3, Lead to a Degenerative Pediatric Stress-Induced Epileptic Ataxia Syndrome59
Genetic variants in DDX53 contribute to autism spectrum disorder associated with the Xp22.11 locus58
This Month in The Journal57
Clustered mutations in the GRIK2 kainate receptor subunit gene underlie diverse neurodevelopmental disorders57
The impact of inversions across 33,924 families with rare disease from a national genome sequencing project56
shaPRS: Leveraging shared genetic effects across traits or ancestries improves accuracy of polygenic scores56
Accounting for age of onset and family history improves power in genome-wide association studies52
Improved detection of aberrant splicing with FRASER 2.0 and the intron Jaccard index52
Sequence variants in HECTD1 result in a variable neurodevelopmental disorder52
Subcutaneous adipose tissue splice quantitative trait loci reveal differences in isoform usage associated with cardiometabolic traits52
Neurodevelopmental copy-number variants: A roadmap to improving outcomes by uniting patient advocates, researchers, and clinicians for collective impact52
A spectrum of recessiveness among Mendelian disease variants in UK Biobank51
2022 Curt Stern Award: Advancing genomic medicine through collaboration and data sharing51
Response to anti-IL17 therapy in inflammatory disease is not strongly impacted by genetic background50
2024 ASHG Scientific Achievement Award50
Structural biology in variant interpretation: Perspectives and practices from two studies50
Transcriptome-wide association study of the plasma proteome reveals cis and trans regulatory mechanisms underlying complex traits50
Epigenetic regulation of plastin 3 expression by the macrosatellite DXZ4 and the transcriptional regulator CHD449
SpliceVarDB: A comprehensive database of experimentally validated human splicing variants48
To boldly go: Unpacking the NHGRI’s bold predictions for human genomics by 203048
This month in The Journal48
Literature-based predictions of Mendelian disease therapies48
2021 ASHG presidential address—Imagination and daring: Past, present, and future47
The ancestry and geographical origins of St Helena’s liberated Africans47
Genetics of cell-type-specific post-transcriptional gene regulation during human neurogenesis46
A new annual feature of AJHG: All of Us Research Program year in review46
Robust genetic nurture effects on education: A systematic review and meta-analysis based on 38,654 families across 8 cohorts45
Evolving use of ancestry, ethnicity, and race in genetics research—A survey spanning seven decades45
Familial long-read sequencing increases yield of de novo mutations45
Addressing underrepresentation in genomics research through community engagement44
H3K27ac HiChIP in prostate cell lines identifies risk genes for prostate cancer susceptibility43
Benchmarking Mendelian randomization methods for causal inference using genome-wide association study summary statistics43
A syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder caused by rare variants in PPFIA343
Reduced penetrance of MODY-associated HNF1A/HNF4A variants but not GCK variants in clinically unselected cohorts42
Genome-wide analysis of common and rare variants via multiple knockoffs at biobank scale, with an application to Alzheimer disease genetics41
Closing the gap: Systematic integration of multiplexed functional data resolves variants of uncertain significance in BRCA1, TP53, and PTEN41
Bi-allelic variants in neuronal cell adhesion molecule cause a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by developmental delay, hypotonia, neuropathy/spasticity41
Tissue- and cell-type-specific molecular and functional signatures of 16p11.2 reciprocal genomic disorder across mouse brain and human neuronal models40
The association of cigarette smoking with DNA methylation and gene expression in human tissue samples40
Accurate long-read sequencing allows assembly of the duplicated RHD and RHCE genes harboring variants relevant to blood transfusion40
Mosaic human preimplantation embryos and their developmental potential in a prospective, non-selection clinical trial40
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Etiological involvement of KCND1 variants in an X-linked neurodevelopmental disorder with variable expressivity39
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Bi-allelic loss-of-function variants in BCAS3 cause a syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder39
2023 ASHG presidential address—Reflecting on our 75 years: Acknowledging our past, embracing our present, and dreaming about our future39
Whole-exome sequencing uncovers the genetic complexity of bicuspid aortic valve in families with early-onset complications38
A regulatory variant impacting TBX1 expression contributes to basicranial morphology in Homo sapiens38
Genome-wide association study of esophageal squamous cell cancer identifies shared and distinct risk variants in African and Chinese populations38
Whole-exome sequencing identifies rare genetic variants associated with human plasma metabolites36
Bi-allelic variants in COQ8B, a gene involved in the biosynthesis of coenzyme Q10, lead to non-syndromic retinitis pigmentosa36
The CGG repeat expansion in RILPL1 is associated with oculopharyngodistal myopathy type 436
This month in The Journal36
2022 William Allan Award introduction: Peter Donnelly36
A powerful approach to identify replicable variants in genome-wide association studies35
PLS3 missense variants affecting the actin-binding domains cause X-linked congenital diaphragmatic hernia and body-wall defects35
Pathogen exposure misclassification can bias association signals in GWAS of infectious diseases when using population-based common control subjects35
This Month in The Journal35
The ancestry and geographical origins of St Helena’s liberated Africans34
Identification and single-base gene-editing functional validation of a cis-EPO variant as a genetic predictor for EPO-increasing therapies34
Demographic history and genetic variation of the Armenian population34
Inferring population structure in biobank-scale genomic data33
Significance tests for R2 of out-of-sample prediction using polygenic scores33
Bi-allelic UGGT1 variants cause a congenital disorder of glycosylation33
Assortative mating and parental genetic relatedness contribute to the pathogenicity of variably expressive variants33
Identification and functional evaluation of GRIA1 missense and truncation variants in individuals with ID: An emerging neurodevelopmental syndrome32
The association of GNB5 with Alzheimer disease revealed by genomic analysis restricted to variants impacting gene function32
This month in The Journal32
Leveraging health systems data to characterize a large effect variant conferring risk for liver disease in Puerto Ricans32
Position effects at the FGF8 locus are associated with femoral hypoplasia31
Discovery of a DNA methylation profile in individuals with Sifrim-Hitz-Weiss syndrome31
Inherited HTT CAG repeat length does not have a major impact on Huntington disease duration31
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Prequalification of genome-based newborn screening for severe childhood genetic diseases through federated training based on purifying hyperselection31
Genome sequencing and comprehensive rare-variant analysis of 465 families with neurodevelopmental disorders30
Investigating the potential of single-cell DNA methylation data to detect allele-specific methylation and imprinting30
De novo variants in CDKL1 and CDKL2 are associated with neurodevelopmental symptoms30
Epilepsies of presumed genetic etiology show enrichment of rare variants that occur in the general population30
GLA-modified RNA treatment lowers GB3 levels in iPSC-derived cardiomyocytes from Fabry-affected individuals29
De novo missense variants in phosphatidylinositol kinase PIP5KIγ underlie a neurodevelopmental syndrome associated with altered phosphoinositide signaling29
Web-accessible application for identifying pathogenic transcripts with RNA-seq: Increased sensitivity in diagnosis of neurodevelopmental disorders29
RAB1A haploinsufficiency phenocopies the 2p14–p15 microdeletion and is associated with impaired neuronal differentiation29
Aspiring toward equitable benefits from genomic advances to individuals of ancestrally diverse backgrounds29
Trio RNA sequencing in a cohort of medically complex children29
eXclusionarY: 10 years later, where are the sex chromosomes in GWASs?29
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Biobank-scale inference of multi-individual identity by descent and gene conversion28
EPISPOT: An epigenome-driven approach for detecting and interpreting hotspots in molecular QTL studies28
Dissecting the high-resolution genetic architecture of complex phenotypes by accurately estimating gene-based conditional heritability28
Population structure and migration in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, a region impacted by the kuru epidemic27
Response to Li and Hopper27
Genotype error due to low-coverage sequencing induces uncertainty in polygenic scoring27
75 years of The American Journal of Human Genetics26
ACMG/AMP interpretation of BRCA1 missense variants: Structure-informed scores add evidence strength granularity to the PP3/BP4 computational evidence26
Misattributed paternity discovery: A critique of medical organizations’ recommendations26
Identification of genes associated with testicular germ cell tumor susceptibility through a transcriptome-wide association study26
An allelic-series rare-variant association test for candidate-gene discovery25
A multi-tissue, splicing-based joint transcriptome-wide association study identifies susceptibility genes for breast cancer25
Exome variant discrepancies due to reference-genome differences25
Genetics-informed precision treatment formulation in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder25
Bi-allelic variants in POPDC2 cause an autosomal recessive syndrome presenting with cardiac conduction defects and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy25
A form of inherited hyperferritinemia associated with bi-allelic pathogenic variants of STAB125
Consequences of chromosome gain: A new view on trisomy syndromes25
Frequencies of pharmacogenomic alleles across biogeographic groups in a large-scale biobank25
High-throughput functional dissection of noncoding SNPs with biased allelic enhancer activity for insulin resistance-relevant phenotypes25
The piRNA-pathway factor FKBP6 is essential for spermatogenesis but dispensable for control of meiotic LINE-1 expression in humans25
Improved pathogenicity prediction for rare human missense variants24
Understanding changes in genetic literacy over time and in genetic research participants24
CIROZ is dispensable in ancestral vertebrates but essential for left-right patterning in humans24
Integrating transcriptomics, metabolomics, and GWAS helps reveal molecular mechanisms for metabolite levels and disease risk24
Analysis of missense variants in the human genome reveals widespread gene-specific clustering and improves prediction of pathogenicity24
Bi-allelic MED16 variants cause a MEDopathy with intellectual disability, motor delay, and craniofacial, cardiac, and limb malformations24
CAG repeat mosaicism is gene specific in spinocerebellar ataxias24
A massively parallel assay accurately discriminates between functionally normal and abnormal variants in a hotspot domain of KCNH224
High-throughput characterization of functional variants highlights heterogeneity and polygenicity underlying lung cancer susceptibility24
2022 Victor A. McKusick Leadership Award24
Will variants of uncertain significance still exist in 2030?23
Genetic architecture of gene regulation in Indonesian populations identifies QTLs associated with global and local ancestries23
Prospective, multi-site study of healthcare utilization after actionable monogenic findings from clinical sequencing23
Opportunities and challenges of local ancestry in genetic association analyses23
Evaluation of DNA Methylation Episignatures for Diagnosis and Phenotype Correlations in 42 Mendelian Neurodevelopmental Disorders23
Implications of family history and polygenic risk scores for causation23
MARK2 variants cause autism spectrum disorder via the downregulation of WNT/β-catenin signaling pathway23
Overcoming constraints on the detection of recessive selection in human genes from population frequency data23
The 2023 Distinguished Speakers Symposium: The future of human genetics and genomics23
Leveraging drug perturbation to reveal genetic regulators of hepatic gene expression in African Americans23
Altered regulation of DPF3, a member of the SWI/SNF complexes, underlies the 14q24 renal cancer susceptibility locus23
Local genetic correlation via knockoffs reduces confounding due to cross-trait assortative mating23
MSL2 variants lead to a neurodevelopmental syndrome with lack of coordination, epilepsy, specific dysmorphisms, and a distinct episignature23
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An RNA-informed dosage sensitivity map reflects the intrinsic functional nature of genes22
Response to Bassett et al.22
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Toward clinical exomes in diagnostics and management of male infertility22
Genomic partitioning of inbreeding depression in humans22
An intronic GAA repeat expansion in FGF14 causes the autosomal-dominant adult-onset ataxia SCA27B/ATX-FGF1422
A novel CCDC91 isoform associated with ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament of the spine works as a non-coding RNA to regulate osteogenic genes22
KnockoffTrio: A knockoff framework for the identification of putative causal variants in genome-wide association studies with trio design21
STIGMA: Single-cell tissue-specific gene prioritization using machine learning21
Rare variants in long non-coding RNAs are associated with blood lipid levels in the TOPMed whole-genome sequencing study21
This month in The Journal21
Bi-allelic pathogenic variants in TRMT1 disrupt tRNA modification and induce a neurodevelopmental disorder21
International policies guiding the selection, analysis, and clinical management of secondary findings from genomic sequencing: A systematic review21
Neither cardiac mitochondrial DNA variation nor copy number contribute to congenital heart disease risk21
Response to Wyckelsma et al.: Loss of α-actinin-3 during human evolution provides superior cold resilience and muscle heat generation21
Bi-allelic genetic variants in the translational GTPases GTPBP1 and GTPBP2 cause a distinct identical neurodevelopmental syndrome20
Evidence of epistasis in regions of long-range linkage disequilibrium across five complex diseases in the UK Biobank and eMERGE datasets20
Pathogenic variants in KMT2C result in a neurodevelopmental disorder distinct from Kleefstra and Kabuki syndromes20
Homozygous variants in WDR83OS lead to a neurodevelopmental disorder with hypercholanemia20
GABBR1 monoallelic de novo variants linked to neurodevelopmental delay and epilepsy20
Envisioning a new era: Complete genetic information from routine, telomere-to-telomere genomes20
Distinct explanations underlie gene-environment interactions in the UK Biobank20
Fast, accurate local ancestry inference with FLARE20
Non-coding region variants upstream of MEF2C cause severe developmental disorder through three distinct loss-of-function mechanisms19
Human iPSC-derived neurons reveal early developmental alteration of neurite outgrowth in the late-occurring neurodegenerative Wolfram syndrome19
High-throughput identification of regulatory elements and functional assays to uncover susceptibility genes for nasopharyngeal carcinoma19
Combined CRISPRi and proteomics screening reveal a cohesin-CTCF-bound allele contributing to increased expression of RUVBL1 and prostate cancer progression19
Rare germline heterozygous missense variants in BRCA1-associated protein 1, BAP1, cause a syndromic neurodevelopmental disorder19
Exploring the noncoding genome with chromosomal structural rearrangements19
Using implementation science to evaluate a population-wide genomic screening program: Findings from the first 20,000 In Our DNA SC participants19
CHARR efficiently estimates contamination from DNA sequencing data19
Mapping chromatin interactions at melanoma susceptibility loci uncovers distant cis-regulatory gene targets19
Closing the loop: Editors' feedback on the ASHG readership survey19
Comprehensive evaluation and efficient classification of BRCA1 RING domain missense substitutions19
First steps toward building natural history of diseases computationally: Lessons learned from the Noonan syndrome use case18
Role of X chromosome and dosage-compensation mechanisms in complex trait genetics18
Addressing the challenges of polygenic scores in human genetic research18
Bi-allelic variants in HMGCR cause an autosomal-recessive progressive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy18
Family secrets: Experiences and outcomes of participating in direct-to-consumer genetic relative-finder services18
FBXO22 deficiency defines a pleiotropic syndrome of growth restriction and multi-system anomalies associated with a unique epigenetic signature18
Deciphering the digenic architecture of congenital heart disease using trio exome sequencing data18
Monoallelic pathogenic ALG5 variants cause atypical polycystic kidney disease and interstitial fibrosis18
GWAS of longitudinal trajectories at biobank scale18
Beyond factor H: The impact of genetic-risk variants for age-related macular degeneration on circulating factor-H-like 1 and factor-H-related protein concentrations18
Variants in ATRIP are associated with breast cancer susceptibility in the Polish population and UK Biobank18
Declining autozygosity over time: An exploration in over 1 million individuals from three diverse cohorts18
Impact of genome build on RNA-seq interpretation and diagnostics18
Variants in BSN, encoding the presynaptic protein Bassoon, result in a distinct neurodevelopmental disorder with a broad phenotypic range18
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