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A draft human pangenome reference
Liao W, Asri M, Ebler J, Doerr D, Haukness M, Hickey G, Lu S, Lucas J, Monlong J, Abel H, Buonaiuto S, Chang X, Cheng H, Chu J, Colonna V, Eizenga J, Feng X, Fischer C, Fulton R, Garg S, Groza C, Guarracino A, Harvey W, Heumos S, Howe K, Jain M, Lu T, Markello C, Martin F, Mitchell M, Munson K, Mwaniki M, Novak A, Olsen H, Pesout T, Porubsky D, Prins P, Sibbesen J, Sirén J, Tomlinson C, Villani F, Vollger M, Antonacci-Fulton L, Baid G, Baker C, Belyaeva A, Billis K, Carroll A, Chang P, Cody S, Cook D, Cook-Deegan R, Cornejo O, Diekhans M, Ebert P, Fairley S, Fedrigo O, Felsenfeld A, Formenti G, Frankish A, Gao Y, Garrison N, Giron C, Green R, Haggerty L, Hoekzema K, Hourlier T, Ji H, Kenny E, Koenig B, Kolesnikov A, Korbel J, Kordosky J, Koren S, Lee H, Lewis A, Magalhães H, Marco-Sola S, Marijon P, McCartney A, McDaniel J, Mountcastle J, Nattestad M, Nurk S, Olson N, Popejoy A, Puiu D, Rautiainen M, Regier A, Rhie A, Sacco S, Sanders A, Schneider V, Schultz B, Shafin K, Smith M, Sofia H, Abou Tayoun A, Thibaud-Nissen F, Tricomi F, Wagner J, Walenz B, Wood J, Zimin A, Bourque G, Chaisson M, Flicek P, Phillippy A, Zook J, Eichler E, Haussler D, Wang T, Jarvis E, Miga K, Garrison E, Marschall T, Hall I, Li H, Paten B. A draft human pangenome reference. Nature 2023, 617: 312-324. PMID: 37165242, PMCID: PMC10172123, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05896-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe Human Pangenome Project: a global resource to map genomic diversity
Wang T, Antonacci-Fulton L, Howe K, Lawson HA, Lucas JK, Phillippy AM, Popejoy AB, Asri M, Carson C, Chaisson MJP, Chang X, Cook-Deegan R, Felsenfeld AL, Fulton RS, Garrison EP, Garrison N, Graves-Lindsay TA, Ji H, Kenny EE, Koenig BA, Li D, Marschall T, McMichael JF, Novak AM, Purushotham D, Schneider VA, Schultz BI, Smith MW, Sofia HJ, Weissman T, Flicek P, Li H, Miga KH, Paten B, Jarvis ED, Hall IM, Eichler EE, Haussler D. The Human Pangenome Project: a global resource to map genomic diversity. Nature 2022, 604: 437-446. PMID: 35444317, PMCID: PMC9402379, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04601-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsGenome, HumanGenomicsHaplotypesHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansSequence Analysis, DNAConceptsHuman reference genomeReference genomeGenomic diversityGenomic variationHuman genomic variationGlobal genomic diversitySingle nucleotide variantsGene-disease associationsDiploid genomeGenetic resourcesGenomeGenomic researchFuture biomedical researchHigh-quality referenceStructural variantsHuman geneticsRoutine assemblyCommon variantsFunctional elementsPolymorphic regionDiversityBiomedical researchVariantsMajor updateGeneticsAssociation of structural variation with cardiometabolic traits in Finns
Chen L, Abel HJ, Das I, Larson DE, Ganel L, Kanchi KL, Regier AA, Young EP, Kang CJ, Scott AJ, Chiang C, Wang X, Lu S, Christ R, Service SK, Chiang CWK, Havulinna AS, Kuusisto J, Boehnke M, Laakso M, Palotie A, Ripatti S, Freimer NB, Locke AE, Stitziel NO, Hall IM. Association of structural variation with cardiometabolic traits in Finns. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2021, 108: 583-596. PMID: 33798444, PMCID: PMC8059371, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.03.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllelesCardiovascular DiseasesCholesterolDNA Copy Number VariationsFemaleFinlandGenome, HumanGenomic Structural VariationGenotypeHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHumansMaleMitochondrial ProteinsPromoter Regions, GeneticPyruvate Dehydrogenase (Lipoamide)-PhosphatasePyruvic AcidSerum Albumin, HumanConceptsSingle nucleotide variantsCopy number variantsQuantitative traitsGenome-wide significant associationStructural variationsTrait mapping studiesDeep whole-genome sequencing dataGenome structural variationsWhole-genome sequencing dataStrong phenotypic effectsComplex genomic regionsCardiometabolic traitsLow-frequency structural variationsEvolutionary timeGenomic regionsPhenotypic effectsSequencing dataNucleotide variantsGenotype dataGene deletionNumber variantsTraitsGenetic associationCandidate associationsExome sequencingMapping 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 effectsGeneticssvtools: population-scale analysis of structural variation
Larson DE, Abel HJ, Chiang C, Badve A, Das I, Eldred JM, Layer RM, Hall IM. svtools: population-scale analysis of structural variation. Bioinformatics 2019, 35: 4782-4787. PMID: 31218349, PMCID: PMC6853660, DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btz492.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenomic Analysis in the Age of Human Genome Sequencing
Lappalainen T, Scott AJ, Brandt M, Hall IM. Genomic Analysis in the Age of Human Genome Sequencing. Cell 2019, 177: 70-84. PMID: 30901550, PMCID: PMC6532068, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2019.02.032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBiological Specimen BanksChromosome MappingGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetic TestingGenetic VariationGenome-Wide Association StudyGenome, HumanGenomicsHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHuman Genome ProjectHumansPolymorphism, Single NucleotideSequence Analysis, DNAWhole Genome SequencingConceptsFunctional genomics approachAllele frequency spectrumHuman genome sequencingGene mapping studiesGenome sequencing technologiesRare human diseasesWhole-genome sequencingGenomic approachesGenetic variant discoveryGenome variationHuman genomeGenome analysisGenomic analysisSequencing technologiesGenome sequencingVariant discoveryHuman diseasesHuman geneticsGenomeFunctional interpretationMapping studiesFunctional effectsSequencingGermline variantsGeneticsFunctional equivalence of genome sequencing analysis pipelines enables harmonized variant calling across human genetics projects
Regier AA, Farjoun Y, Larson DE, Krasheninina O, Kang HM, Howrigan DP, Chen BJ, Kher M, Banks E, Ames DC, English AC, Li H, Xing J, Zhang Y, Matise T, Abecasis GR, Salerno W, Zody MC, Neale BM, Hall IM. Functional equivalence of genome sequencing analysis pipelines enables harmonized variant calling across human genetics projects. Nature Communications 2018, 9: 4038. PMID: 30279509, PMCID: PMC6168605, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06159-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe impact of structural variation on human gene expression
Chiang C, Scott AJ, Davis JR, Tsang EK, Li X, Kim Y, Hadzic T, Damani FN, Ganel L, Montgomery S, Battle A, Conrad D, Hall I. The impact of structural variation on human gene expression. Nature Genetics 2017, 49: 692-699. PMID: 28369037, PMCID: PMC5406250, DOI: 10.1038/ng.3834.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpeedSeq: ultra-fast personal genome analysis and interpretation
Chiang C, Layer RM, Faust GG, Lindberg MR, Rose DB, Garrison EP, Marth GT, Quinlan AR, Hall IM. SpeedSeq: ultra-fast personal genome analysis and interpretation. Nature Methods 2015, 12: 966-968. PMID: 26258291, PMCID: PMC4589466, DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.3505.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLUMPY: a probabilistic framework for structural variant discovery
Layer RM, Chiang C, Quinlan AR, Hall IM. LUMPY: a probabilistic framework for structural variant discovery. Genome Biology 2014, 15: r84. PMID: 24970577, PMCID: PMC4197822, DOI: 10.1186/gb-2014-15-6-r84.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBreakpoint profiling of 64 cancer genomes reveals numerous complex rearrangements spawned by homology-independent mechanisms
Malhotra A, Lindberg M, Faust GG, Leibowitz ML, Clark RA, Layer RM, Quinlan AR, Hall IM. Breakpoint profiling of 64 cancer genomes reveals numerous complex rearrangements spawned by homology-independent mechanisms. Genome Research 2013, 23: 762-776. PMID: 23410887, PMCID: PMC3638133, DOI: 10.1101/gr.143677.112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplex genomic rearrangementsSingle mutational eventCancer genomesMutational eventsBreakpoint clusterDNA double-strand breaksHomology-independent mechanismsComplex rearrangementsDouble-strand breaksLarge-scale rearrangementsGenome architectureGenome rearrangementsNonhomologous repairGenomic rearrangementsChromothripsis eventsSelective advantageMore chromosomesTumor genomesGenomeGlioblastoma samplesTemplated insertionsState profilingPunctuated changeBreakpoint sequencesAllele frequencies
2022
Semi-automated assembly of high-quality diploid human reference genomes
Jarvis E, Formenti G, Rhie A, Guarracino A, Yang C, Wood J, Tracey A, Thibaud-Nissen F, Vollger M, Porubsky D, Cheng H, Asri M, Logsdon G, Carnevali P, Chaisson M, Chin C, Cody S, Collins J, Ebert P, Escalona M, Fedrigo O, Fulton R, Fulton L, Garg S, Gerton J, Ghurye J, Granat A, Green R, Harvey W, Hasenfeld P, Hastie A, Haukness M, Jaeger E, Jain M, Kirsche M, Kolmogorov M, Korbel J, Koren S, Korlach J, Lee J, Li D, Lindsay T, Lucas J, Luo F, Marschall T, Mitchell M, McDaniel J, Nie F, Olsen H, Olson N, Pesout T, Potapova T, Puiu D, Regier A, Ruan J, Salzberg S, Sanders A, Schatz M, Schmitt A, Schneider V, Selvaraj S, Shafin K, Shumate A, Stitziel N, Stober C, Torrance J, Wagner J, Wang J, Wenger A, Xiao C, Zimin A, Zhang G, Wang T, Li H, Garrison E, Haussler D, Hall I, Zook J, Eichler E, Phillippy A, Paten B, Howe K, Miga K. Semi-automated assembly of high-quality diploid human reference genomes. Nature 2022, 611: 519-531. PMID: 36261518, PMCID: PMC9668749, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05325-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiploid genome assemblyGenome assemblyProtein-coding genesGlobal genetic variationCurrent human reference genomeDiploid human genomeHigh-quality assemblyAccurate long readsNon-synonymous amino acid changesHuman reference genomeAmino acid changesMost chromosomesReference assemblyReference genomeHuman genomeCentromeric regionsGenetic variationHigh diversityGenome sequencingLong readsSingle nucleotideGenomeAcid changesManual curationBiological genomesHigh-coverage whole-genome sequencing of the expanded 1000 Genomes Project cohort including 602 trios
Byrska-Bishop M, Evani U, Zhao X, Basile A, Abel H, Regier A, Corvelo A, Clarke W, Musunuri R, Nagulapalli K, Fairley S, Runnels A, Winterkorn L, Lowy E, Consortium H, Eichler E, Korbel J, Lee C, Marschall T, Devine S, Harvey W, Zhou W, Mills R, Rausch T, Kumar S, Alkan C, Hormozdiari F, Chong Z, Chen Y, Yang X, Lin J, Gerstein M, Kai Y, Zhu Q, Yilmaz F, Xiao C, Flicek P, Germer S, Brand H, Hall I, Talkowski M, Narzisi G, Zody M. High-coverage whole-genome sequencing of the expanded 1000 Genomes Project cohort including 602 trios. Cell 2022, 185: 3426-3440.e19. PMID: 36055201, PMCID: PMC9439720, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.08.004.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
The impact of rare variation on gene expression across 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, 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. The impact of rare variation on gene expression across tissues. Nature 2017, 550: 239-243. PMID: 29022581, PMCID: PMC5877409, DOI: 10.1038/nature24267.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLandscape 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