High-throughput genetic clustering of type 2 diabetes loci reveals heterogeneous mechanistic pathways of metabolic disease.
Hyunkyung KimKenneth E WestermanKirk SmithJoshua ChiouJoanne B ColeTimothy MajarianMarcin von GrotthussSoo Heon KwakJaegil KimJosep Maria MercaderJose C FlorezKyle J GaultonAlisa K ManningMiriam S UdlerPublished in: Diabetologia (2022)
Our approach stratifies type 2 diabetes loci into physiologically interpretable genetic clusters associated with distinct tissues and clinical outcomes. The pipeline allows for efficient updating as additional GWAS become available and can be readily applied to other conditions, facilitating clinical translation of GWAS findings. Software to perform this clustering pipeline is freely available.