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Structural variants are a major source of gene expression differences in humans and often affect multiple nearby genes
Scott AJ, Chiang C, Hall IM. Structural variants are a major source of gene expression differences in humans and often affect multiple nearby genes. Genome Research 2021, 31: gr.275488.121. PMID: 34544830, PMCID: PMC8647827, DOI: 10.1101/gr.275488.121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRare structural variantsGene expression differencesStructural variantsNearby genesExpression differencesGene expressionMultiple nearby genesIndividual structural variantsHuman genome diversityMobile element insertionsGene expression changesGene expression outliersCommon structural variantsCurrent annotationGenome diversityPhenotypic variationGTEx projectRegulatory elementsElement insertionsExpression outliersMultiple genesDifferent genesExpression changesMultitissue analysesGenesMapping and characterization of structural variation in 17,795 human genomes
Abel HJ, Larson DE, Regier AA, Chiang C, Das I, Kanchi KL, Layer RM, Neale BM, Salerno WJ, Reeves C, Buyske S, Matise T, Muzny D, Zody M, Lander E, Dutcher S, Stitziel N, Hall I. Mapping and characterization of structural variation in 17,795 human genomes. Nature 2020, 583: 83-89. PMID: 32460305, PMCID: PMC7547914, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2371-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStructural variantsWhole-genome sequencingHuman genomeUltra-rare structural variantsRare structural variantsSuch structural variantsSingle nucleotide variantsNoncoding elementsDosage sensitivityGenomeHuman geneticsSmall insertionsComplex rearrangementsDeletion variantsSmall variantsStructural variationsGenesSequencingAllelesForm of variationVariantsElement classesSite frequency dataDeleterious effectsGeneticsRecurrent DNA copy number variation in the laboratory mouse
Egan CM, Sridhar S, Wigler M, Hall IM. Recurrent DNA copy number variation in the laboratory mouse. Nature Genetics 2007, 39: 1384-1389. PMID: 17965714, DOI: 10.1038/ng.2007.19.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCopy number variationsCopy numberNumber variationsGenome-wide analysisDNA copy number variationsRecent common ancestryGenerations of inbreedingRecurrent copy number variationsHigh-resolution microarraysCommon ancestryNatural variationGenetic differencesDifferent speciesDifferent lociGenerational timeLaboratory miceNonrandom processGenomeRecurrent mutationsLociAdditional strainsInbreedingLineagesGenesDiscrete segments
2023
Gaps and complex structurally variant loci in phased genome assemblies
Porubsky D, Vollger M, Harvey W, Rozanski A, Ebert P, Hickey G, Hasenfeld P, Sanders A, Stober C, Consortium H, Korbel J, Paten B, Marschall T, Eichler E, Abel H, Antonacci-Fulton L, Asri M, Baid G, Baker C, Belyaeva A, Billis K, Bourque G, Buonaiuto S, Carroll A, Chaisson M, Chang P, Chang X, Cheng H, Chu J, Cody S, Colonna V, Cook D, Cook-Deegan R, Cornejo O, Diekhans M, Doerr D, Ebert P, Ebler J, Eichler E, Eizenga J, Fairley S, Fedrigo O, Felsenfeld A, Feng X, Fischer C, Flicek P, Formenti G, Frankish A, Fulton R, Gao Y, Garg S, Garrison E, Garrison N, Giron C, Green R, Groza C, Guarracino A, Haggerty L, Hall I, Harvey W, Haukness M, Haussler D, Heumos S, Hickey G, Hoekzema K, Hourlier T, Howe K, Jain M, Jarvis E, Ji H, Kenny E, Koenig B, Kolesnikov A, Korbel J, Kordosky J, Koren S, Lee H, Lewis A, Li H, Liao W, Lu S, Lu T, Lucas J, Magalhães H, Marco-Sola S, Marijon P, Markello C, Marschall T, Martin F, McCartney A, McDaniel J, Miga K, Mitchell M, Monlong J, Mountcastle J, Munson K, Mwaniki M, Nattestad M, Novak A, Nurk S, Olsen H, Olson N, Paten B, Pesout T, Phillippy A, Popejoy A, Porubsky D, Prins P, Puiu D, Rautiainen M, Regier A, Rhie A, Sacco S, Sanders A, Schneider V, Schultz B, Shafin K, Sibbesen J, Sirén J, Smith M, Sofia H, Tayoun A, Thibaud-Nissen F, Tomlinson C, Tricomi F, Villani F, Vollger M, Wagner J, Walenz B, Wang T, Wood J, Zimin A, Zook J. Gaps and complex structurally variant loci in phased genome assemblies. Genome Research 2023, 33: 496-510. PMID: 37164484, PMCID: PMC10234299, DOI: 10.1101/gr.277334.122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein-coding genesGenome assemblyMbp of DNALinked-read dataLarge segmental duplicationsStrand-seqDiversity panelInversion polymorphismHaploid genomeSegmental duplicationsEuchromatic DNAMore haplotypesIdentical repeatsHaploid assembliesVariant lociDNAHaplotypesGenesFrequent expansionAssembly gapsImportant targetAssemblyHuman speciesHuman samplesMBP
2022
Integrating transcriptomics, metabolomics, and GWAS helps reveal molecular mechanisms for metabolite levels and disease risk
Yin X, Bose D, Kwon A, Hanks S, Jackson A, Stringham H, Welch R, Oravilahti A, Silva L, FinnGen, Locke A, Fuchsberger C, Service S, Erdos M, Bonnycastle L, Kuusisto J, Stitziel N, Hall I, Morrison J, Ripatti S, Palotie A, Freimer N, Collins F, Mohlke K, Scott L, Fauman E, Burant C, Boehnke M, Laakso M, Wen X. Integrating transcriptomics, metabolomics, and GWAS helps reveal molecular mechanisms for metabolite levels and disease risk. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2022, 109: 1727-1741. PMID: 36055244, PMCID: PMC9606383, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.08.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesMolecular mechanismsGWAS resultsDisease traitsGene expressionMetabolic pathwaysTranscriptome-wide associationSame causal variantsMetabolomics resultsTranscriptomic resultsMolecular traitsTranscriptomic dataGTEx projectCausal variantsGlycerophospholipid metabolic pathwayTranscriptomicsAssociation studiesColocalization analysisMetabolite levelsDistinct pathwaysPutative causal effectGenetic variantsGenesUGT1A4 expressionGenetic association
2017
Landscape of X chromosome inactivation across human tissues
Aguet F, Ardlie K, Cummings B, Gelfand E, Getz G, Hadley K, Handsaker R, Huang K, Kashin S, Karczewski K, Lek M, Li X, MacArthur D, Nedzel J, Nguyen D, Noble M, Segrè A, Trowbridge C, Tukiainen T, Abell N, Balliu B, Barshir R, Basha O, Battle A, Bogu G, Brown A, Brown C, Castel S, Chen L, Chiang C, Conrad D, Cox N, Damani F, Davis J, Delaneau O, Dermitzakis E, Engelhardt B, Eskin E, Ferreira P, Frésard L, Gamazon E, Garrido-Martín D, Gewirtz A, Gliner G, Gloudemans M, Guigo R, Hall I, Han B, He Y, Hormozdiari F, Howald C, Kyung Im H, Jo B, Yong Kang E, Kim Y, Kim-Hellmuth S, Lappalainen T, Li G, Li X, Liu B, Mangul S, McCarthy M, McDowell I, Mohammadi P, Monlong J, Montgomery S, Muñoz-Aguirre M, Ndungu A, Nicolae D, Nobel A, Oliva M, Ongen H, Palowitch J, Panousis N, Papasaikas P, Park Y, Parsana P, Payne A, Peterson C, Quan J, Reverter F, Sabatti C, Saha A, Sammeth M, Scott A, Shabalin A, Sodaei R, Stephens M, Stranger B, Strober B, Sul J, Tsang E, Urbut S, van de Bunt M, Wang G, Wen X, Wright F, Xi H, Yeger-Lotem E, Zappala Z, Zaugg J, Zhou Y, Akey J, Bates D, Chan J, Chen L, Claussnitzer M, Demanelis K, Diegel M, Doherty J, Feinberg A, Fernando M, Halow J, Hansen K, Haugen E, Hickey P, Hou L, Jasmine F, Jian R, Jiang L, Johnson A, Kaul R, Kellis M, Kibriya M, Lee K, Li J, Li Q, Li X, Lin J, Lin S, Linder S, Linke C, Liu Y, Maurano M, Molinie B, Montgomery S, Nelson J, Neri F, Oliva M, Park Y, Pierce B, Rinaldi N, Rizzardi L, Sandstrom R, Skol A, Smith K, Snyder M, Stamatoyannopoulos J, Stranger B, Tang H, Tsang E, Wang L, Wang M, Van Wittenberghe N, Wu F, Zhang R, Nierras C, Branton P, Carithers L, Guan P, Moore H, Rao A, Vaught J, Gould S, Lockart N, Martin C, Struewing J, Volpi S, Addington A, Koester S, Little A, Brigham L, Hasz R, Hunter M, Johns C, Johnson M, Kopen G, Leinweber W, Lonsdale J, McDonald A, Mestichelli B, Myer K, Roe B, Salvatore M, Shad S, Thomas J, Walters G, Washington M, Wheeler J, Bridge J, Foster B, Gillard B, Karasik E, Kumar R, Miklos M, Moser M, Jewell S, Montroy R, Rohrer D, Valley D, Davis D, Mash D, Undale A, Smith A, Tabor D, Roche N, McLean J, Vatanian N, Robinson K, Sobin L, Barcus M, Valentino K, Qi L, Hunter S, Hariharan P, Singh S, Um K, Matose T, Tomaszewski M, Barker L, Mosavel M, Siminoff L, Traino H, Flicek P, Juettemann T, Ruffier M, Sheppard D, Taylor K, Trevanion S, Zerbino D, Craft B, Goldman M, Haeussler M, Kent W, Lee C, Paten B, Rosenbloom K, Vivian J, Zhu J. Landscape of X chromosome inactivation across human tissues. Nature 2017, 550: 244-248. PMID: 29022598, PMCID: PMC5685192, DOI: 10.1038/nature24265.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenetic effects on gene expression across human tissues
Aguet F, Brown A, Castel S, Davis J, He Y, Jo B, Mohammadi P, Park Y, Parsana P, Segrè A, Strober B, Zappala Z, Cummings B, Gelfand E, Hadley K, Huang K, Lek M, Li X, Nedzel J, Nguyen D, Noble M, Sullivan T, Tukiainen T, MacArthur D, Getz G, Addington A, Guan P, Koester S, Little A, Lockhart N, Moore H, Rao A, Struewing J, Volpi S, Brigham L, Hasz R, Hunter M, Johns C, Johnson M, Kopen G, Leinweber W, Lonsdale J, McDonald A, Mestichelli B, Myer K, Roe B, Salvatore M, Shad S, Thomas J, Walters G, Washington M, Wheeler J, Bridge J, Foster B, Gillard B, Karasik E, Kumar R, Miklos M, Moser M, Jewell S, Montroy R, Rohrer D, Valley D, Mash D, Davis D, Sobin L, Barcus M, Branton P, Abell N, Balliu B, Delaneau O, Frésard L, Gamazon E, Garrido-Martín D, Gewirtz A, Gliner G, Gloudemans M, Han B, He A, Hormozdiari F, Li X, Liu B, Kang E, McDowell I, Ongen H, Palowitch J, Peterson C, Quon G, Ripke S, Saha A, Shabalin A, Shimko T, Sul J, Teran N, Tsang E, Zhang H, Zhou Y, Bustamante C, Cox N, Guigó R, Kellis M, McCarthy M, Conrad D, Eskin E, Li G, Nobel A, Sabatti C, Stranger B, Wen X, Wright F, Ardlie K, Dermitzakis E, Lappalainen T, Aguet F, Ardlie K, Cummings B, Gelfand E, Getz G, Hadley K, Handsaker R, Huang K, Kashin S, Karczewski K, Lek M, Li X, MacArthur D, Nedzel J, Nguyen D, Noble M, Segrè A, Trowbridge C, Tukiainen T, Abell N, Balliu B, Barshir R, Basha O, Battle A, Bogu G, Brown A, Brown C, Castel S, Chen L, Chiang C, Conrad D, Cox N, Damani F, Davis J, Delaneau O, Dermitzakis E, Engelhardt B, Eskin E, Ferreira P, Frésard L, Gamazon E, Garrido-Martín D, Gewirtz A, Gliner G, Gloudemans M, Guigo R, Hall I, Han B, He Y, Hormozdiari F, Howald C, Kyung Im H, Jo B, Yong Kang E, Kim Y, Kim-Hellmuth S, Lappalainen T, Li G, Li X, Liu B, Mangul S, McCarthy M, McDowell I, Mohammadi P, Monlong J, Montgomery S, Muñoz-Aguirre M, Ndungu A, Nicolae D, Nobel A, Oliva M, Ongen H, Palowitch J, Panousis N, Papasaikas P, Park Y, Parsana P, Payne A, Peterson C, Quan J, Reverter F, Sabatti C, Saha A, Sammeth M, Scott A, Shabalin A, Sodaei R, Stephens M, Stranger B, Strober B, Sul J, Tsang E, Urbut S, van de Bunt M, Wang G, Wen X, Wright F, Xi H, Yeger-Lotem E, Zappala Z, Zaugg J, Zhou Y, Akey J, Bates D, Chan J, Chen L, Claussnitzer M, Demanelis K, Diegel M, Doherty J, Feinberg A, Fernando M, Halow J, Hansen K, Haugen E, Hickey P, Hou L, Jasmine F, Jian R, Jiang L, Johnson A, Kaul R, Kellis M, Kibriya M, Lee K, Billy Li J, Li Q, Li X, Lin J, Lin S, Linder S, Linke C, Liu Y, Maurano M, Molinie B, Montgomery S, Nelson J, Neri F, Oliva M, Park Y, Pierce B, Rinaldi N, Rizzardi L, Sandstrom R, Skol A, Smith K, Snyder M, Stamatoyannopoulos J, Stranger B, Tang H, Tsang E, Wang L, Wang M, Van Wittenberghe N, Wu F, Zhang R, Nierras C, Branton P, Carithers L, Guan P, Moore H, Rao A, Vaught J, Gould S, Lockart N, Martin C, Struewing J, Volpi S, Addington A, Koester S, Little A, Brigham L, Hasz R, Hunter M, Johns C, Johnson M, Kopen G, Leinweber W, Lonsdale J, McDonald A, Mestichelli B, Myer K, Roe B, Salvatore M, Shad S, Thomas J, Walters G, Washington M, Wheeler J, Bridge J, Foster B, Gillard B, Karasik E, Kumar R, Miklos M, Moser M, Jewell S, Montroy R, Rohrer D, Valley D, Davis D, Mash D, Undale A, Smith A, Tabor D, Roche N, McLean J, Vatanian N, Robinson K, Sobin L, Barcus M, Valentino K, Qi L, Hunter S, Hariharan P, Singh S, Um K, Matose T, Tomaszewski M, Barker L, Mosavel M, Siminoff L, Traino H, Flicek P, Juettemann T, Ruffier M, Sheppard D, Taylor K, Trevanion S, Zerbino D, Craft B, Goldman M, Haeussler M, Kent W, Lee C, Paten B, Rosenbloom K, Vivian J, Zhu J. Genetic effects on gene expression across human tissues. Nature 2017, 550: 204-213. PMID: 29022597, PMCID: PMC5776756, DOI: 10.1038/nature24277.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene expression levelsGenetic effectsExpression levelsGenotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) projectLocal genetic variationMajority of genesHuman genetic traitsDisease-associated variationMolecular functionsGene regulationHuman genomeHuman tissuesExpression projectGenetic variationGenetic basisDiverse tissuesGene expressionTissue specificityGenetic traitsCellular mechanismsGenesFunctional propertiesGenomeTissueLoci