Genetic drug target validation using Mendelian randomisation

Mendelian randomisation (MR) analysis of drug targets has potential to aid drug development. Here, the authors introduce a mathematical framework to elucidate this specific application of MR.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Amand F. Schmidt, Chris Finan, Maria Gordillo-Marañón, Folkert W. Asselbergs, Daniel F. Freitag, Riyaz S. Patel, Benoît Tyl, Sandesh Chopade, Rupert Faraway, Magdalena Zwierzyna, Aroon D. Hingorani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16969-0