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范盛娟博士

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Specialty:
  • Genetic Statistics
  • Genetic Epidemiology

Education and Positions:
  • Division of Biostatistics, Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health,
    Ph.D. University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, US


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Unsupervised Clustering Identified Clinically Relevant Metabolic Syndrome Endotypes in UK and Taiwan Biobanks

Dr. Fann, Cathy S.-J.
iScience, Apr 25, 2024

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a collection of cardiovascular risk factors; however, the high prevalence and heterogeneity impede effective clinical management. We conducted unsupervised clustering on individuals from UK Biobank to reveal endotypes. Five MetS subgroups were identified; Cluster 1 (C1): non-descriptive, Cluster 2 (C2): hypertensive, Cluster 3 (C3): obese, Cluster 4 (C4): lipodystrophy-like, and Cluster 5 (C5): hyperglycaemic. For all of the endotypes, we identified the corresponding cardiometabolic traits and their associations with clinical outcomes. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) were conducted to identify associated genotypic traits. We then determined endotype-specific genotypic traits and constructed polygenic risk score (PRS) models specific to each endotype. GWAS of each MetS clusters revealed different genotypic traits. C1 GWAS revealed novel findings of TRIM63MYBPC3MYLPF, and RAPSN. Intriguingly, C1, C3, and C4 were associated with genes highly expressed in brain tissues. MetS clusters with comparable phenotypic and genotypic traits were identified in Taiwan Biobank.