Genetic Predisposition to Disease
"Genetic Predisposition to Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A latent susceptibility to disease at the genetic level, which may be activated under certain conditions.
| Descriptor ID |
D020022
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C23.550.291.687.500 G05.380.355
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| Concept/Terms |
Genetic Predisposition to Disease- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetic Susceptibility
- Genetic Susceptibilities
- Susceptibilities, Genetic
- Susceptibility, Genetic
- Genetic Predisposition
- Genetic Predispositions
- Predispositions, Genetic
- Predisposition, Genetic
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Genetic Predisposition to Disease" by people in this website by year, and whether "Genetic Predisposition to Disease" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2005 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2006 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2007 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
| 2008 | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2010 | 4 | 11 | 15 |
| 2011 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| 2012 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 2013 | 7 | 11 | 18 |
| 2014 | 3 | 16 | 19 |
| 2015 | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| 2016 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 2017 | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| 2018 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2019 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8 | 20 |
| 2021 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 2022 | 3 | 9 | 12 |
| 2023 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 2024 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 2025 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Genetic Predisposition to Disease" by people in Profiles.
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Integrating breast cancer polygenic risk scores at scale in the WISDOM Study: a national randomized personalized screening trial. Genome Med. 2025 Aug 28; 17(1):97.
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Large-scale GWAS of strabismus identifies risk loci and provides support for a link with maternal smoking. Nat Commun. 2025 Aug 23; 16(1):7890.
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Whole exome sequencing identifies FANCM as a susceptibility gene for estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer in Hispanic/Latina women. Nat Commun. 2025 Aug 21; 16(1):7816.
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Whole Exome Sequencing Study Uncovers Novel Candidate Genes and Protein-Coding Variants for Cataract. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2025 Aug 01; 66(11):32.
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Large-scale multi-omics analyses in Hispanic/Latino populations identify genes for cardiometabolic traits. Nat Commun. 2025 Apr 11; 16(1):3438.
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Association of genetic risk score for Alzheimer's disease with late-life body mass index in all of us: Evaluating reverse causation. Alzheimers Dement. 2025 Apr; 21(4):e14598.
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Unraveling the genetic landscape of susceptibility to multiple primary cancers. HGG Adv. 2025 Apr 10; 6(2):100413.
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Genome-wide association analyses identify distinct genetic architectures for age-related macular degeneration across ancestries. Nat Genet. 2024 Dec; 56(12):2659-2671.
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Racial and Ethnic Disease Phenotype Differences Are Driven by Genetics: No. Mult Scler. 2024 Dec; 30(5_suppl):9-11.
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Structural framework to address variant-gene relationship in primary open-angle glaucoma. Vision Res. 2025 Jan; 226:108505.