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Proteome-wide association studies (PWAS) address gaps in post-transcriptional modifications that previous genome- and transcriptome-wide association studies could not capture. Zhao and colleagues conducted the first breast tissue-based PWAS and identified proteins associated with breast cancer risk, providing insights into the role of protein expression in breast cancer development.
