Genetic Predisposition to Disease
"Genetic Predisposition to Disease" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| 2026 | 3 | 4 | 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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APOE-e4 carriership and dementia risk over 10 years among Asian American and White older adults. Alzheimers Dement. 2026 Jul; 22(7):e71615.
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Multi-ancestry genome-wide association analyses of refractive error augment genetic discovery and polygenic prediction. Nat Genet. 2026 May; 58(5):1030-1039.
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Deleterious coding variation associated with autism is shared across ancestries. Nat Med. 2026 Apr; 32(4):1519-1529.
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Germline Pathogenic Variants Among Women Without a History of Breast Cancer: A Secondary Analysis of the WISDOM Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2026 03 01; 186(3):344-352.
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Genetic risk factors modulate the association between physical activity and colorectal cancer. BMC Med. 2026 02 05; 24(1).
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Multigene Germline Testing in Patients with DCIS vs Invasive Breast Cancer in a Large, Integrated Health Care System. Ann Surg Oncol. 2026 May; 33(5):4436-4442.
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Transcriptome-wide association study of cardiovascular outcomes in chronic kidney disease: The chronic renal insufficiency cohort. HGG Adv. 2026 Apr 09; 7(2):100562.
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A multi-ancestry meta genome-wide association study of migraine among veterans:?associations with traumatic brain injury, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Mol Psychiatry. 2026 May; 31(5):2660-2674.
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Cascade testing in an ovarian cancer traceback genetic testing program: The GRACE study experience. J Genet Couns. 2025 12; 34(6):e70133.
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Multiple polygenic score approach in colorectal cancer risk prediction. Sci Rep. 2025 Oct 30; 15(1):38006.