Mitochondrial genome copy number measured by DNA sequencing in human blood is strongly associated with metabolic traits via cell-type composition differences
Ganel L, Chen L, Christ R, Vangipurapu J, Young E, Das I, Kanchi K, Larson D, Regier A, Abel H, Kang CJ, Scott A, Havulinna A, Chiang CWK, Service S, Freimer N, Palotie A, Ripatti S, Kuusisto J, Boehnke M, Laakso M, Locke A, Stitziel NO, Hall IM. Mitochondrial genome copy number measured by DNA sequencing in human blood is strongly associated with metabolic traits via cell-type composition differences. Human Genomics 2021, 15: 34. PMID: 34099068, PMCID: PMC8185936, DOI: 10.1186/s40246-021-00335-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedApoptosis Regulatory ProteinsCell LineageDNA Copy Number VariationsDNA, MitochondrialExome SequencingFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome, MitochondrialGenome-Wide Association StudyGTP-Binding ProteinsHumansMaleMembrane ProteinsMendelian Randomization AnalysisMiddle AgedPhenotypePolymorphism, Single NucleotideProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mybSequence Analysis, DNAConceptsCell type compositionGenome copy numberBlood-derived DNAMitochondrial genome copy numberCombination of genomesCopy numberBulk DNA sequencingDNA sequencingPolygenic risk scoresNumber of mitochondriaExome sequencing dataRelated traitsSequencing dataMetabolic traitsTraitsCommon variantsLociRare variantsSequencingDNAFinnish individualsMendelian randomization frameworkUK BiobankMetS traitsGenomeRecurrent 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