Identifying gene targets for brain-related traits using transcriptomic and methylomic data from blood
oleh: Ting Qi, Yang Wu, Jian Zeng, Futao Zhang, Angli Xue, Longda Jiang, Zhihong Zhu, Kathryn Kemper, Loic Yengo, Zhili Zheng, eQTLGen Consortium, Riccardo E. Marioni, Grant W. Montgomery, Ian J. Deary, Naomi R. Wray, Peter M. Visscher, Allan F. McRae, Jian Yang
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2018-06-01 |
Deskripsi
To comprehend the genetic regulatory mechanisms underlying brain-related traits in humans, Qi et al. estimate the correlation of expression and DNA methylation QTL effects in cis between blood and brain and show that using blood eQTL/mQTL data of large sample size can increase power in gene discovery for brain-related traits and diseases.