Integration of Alzheimer’s disease genetics and myeloid genomics identifies disease risk regulatory elements and genes

oleh: Gloriia Novikova, Manav Kapoor, Julia TCW, Edsel M. Abud, Anastasia G. Efthymiou, Steven X. Chen, Haoxiang Cheng, John F. Fullard, Jaroslav Bendl, Yiyuan Liu, Panos Roussos, Johan LM Björkegren, Yunlong Liu, Wayne W. Poon, Ke Hao, Edoardo Marcora, Alison M. Goate

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Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-03-01

Deskripsi

This study integrates Alzheimer’s disease (AD) GWAS data with myeloid cell genomics, and reports that myeloid active enhancers are most burdened by AD risk alleles. The authors also nominate candidate causal regulatory elements, variants and genes that likely modulate the risk for AD.