The Polygenic Risk Score Knowledge Base offers a centralized online repository for calculating and contextualizing polygenic risk scores
Authors: Page Madeline L. , Vance Elizabeth L. , Cloward Matthew E. , Ringger Ed , Dayton Louisa , Ebbert Mark T. W. ,   The Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative,   Principal Investigator, Weiner M. W. ,   ATRI PI and Director of Coordinating Center Clinical Core, Aisen P. , Petersen R. ,   Executive Committee, Jack C. R. , Jagust W. , Trojanowki J. Q. , Toga A. W. , Beckett L. , Green R. C. , Saykin A. J. , Morris J. C. , Perrin R. J. , Shaw L. M. ,   ADNI External Advisory Board (ESAB), Khachaturian Z. , Carrillo M. , Potter W. , Barnes L. , Bernard M. , González H. , Ho C. , Hsiao J. K. , Jackson J. , Masliah E. , Masterman D. , Okonkwo O. , Perrin R. , Ryan L. , Silverberg N. ,   ADNI 3 Private Partner Scientific Board (PPSB), Fleisher A. ,   Administrative Core - Northern California Institute for Research & Education (NCIRE / The Veterans Health Research Institute), Sacrey D. 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Published: September 2022

The process of identifying suitable genome-wide association (GWA) studies and formatting the data to calculate multiple polygenic risk scores on a single genome can be laborious. Here, we present a centralized polygenic risk score calculator currently containing over 250,000 genetic variant associations from the NHGRI-EBI GWAS Catalog for users to easily calculate sample-specific polygenic risk scores with comparable results to other available tools. Polygenic risk scores are calculated either online through the Polygenic Risk Score Knowledge Base (PRSKB; https://prs.byu.edu) or via a command-line interface. We report study-specific polygenic risk scores across the UK Biobank, 1000 Genomes, and the Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI), contextualize computed scores, and identify potentially confounding genetic risk factors in ADNI. We introduce a streamlined analysis tool and web interface to calculate and contextualize polygenic risk scores across various studies, which we anticipate will facilitate a wider adaptation of polygenic risk scores in future disease research.