2022
Understanding the complex genetic architecture connecting rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis and inflammation: discovering causal pathways
Kasher M, Williams F, Freidin M, Malkin I, Cherny S, Benjamin E, Chasman D, Dehghan A, Ahluwalia T, Meigs J, Tracy R, Alizadeh B, Ligthart S, Bis J, Eiriksdottir G, Pankratz N, Gross M, Rainer A, Snieder H, Wilson J, Psaty B, Dupuis J, Prins B, Vaso U, Stathopoulou M, Franke L, Lehtimaki T, Koenig W, Jamshidi Y, Siest S, Abbasi A, Uitterlinden A, Abdollahi M, Schnabel R, Schick U, Nolte I, Kraja A, Hsu Y, Tylee D, Zwicker A, Uher R, Davey-Smith G, Morrison A, Hicks A, van Duijn C, Ward-Caviness C, Boerwinkle E, Rotter J, Rice K, Lange L, Perola M, de Geus E, Morris A, Makela K, Stacey D, Eriksson J, Frayling T, Slagboom E, Livshits G. Understanding the complex genetic architecture connecting rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis and inflammation: discovering causal pathways. Human Molecular Genetics 2022, 31: 2623-2632. PMID: 35349660, PMCID: PMC9402243, DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddac061.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCausal single nucleotide polymorphismsSingle nucleotide polymorphismsGenetic architectureColocalization analysisSame molecular functionAnalysis of pleiotropyComplex genetic architectureGenome-wide association study summary statisticsOp phenotypeMolecular functionsGenomic regionsPleiotropyOsteoporosis ConsortiumGenetic relationshipsGenetic backgroundGenetic variantsNucleotide polymorphismsMendelian randomizationGenesTraitsPhenotypeGenetic factorsProtein bindingUK BiobankHorizontal pleiotropy
2016
RNA sequencing of transformed lymphoblastoid cells from siblings discordant for autism spectrum disorders reveals transcriptomic and functional alterations: Evidence for sex‐specific effects
Tylee DS, Espinoza AJ, Hess JL, Tahir MA, McCoy SY, Rim JK, Dhimal T, Cohen OS, Glatt SJ. RNA sequencing of transformed lymphoblastoid cells from siblings discordant for autism spectrum disorders reveals transcriptomic and functional alterations: Evidence for sex‐specific effects. Autism Research 2016, 10: 439-455. PMID: 27529825, DOI: 10.1002/aur.1679.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscriptomic differencesGenome-wide expression studiesGene co-expression network analysisCo-expression network analysisTranscriptomic signaturesGene-set analysisStructural genetic variantsIdentified transcriptsGenomic studiesExpression studiesLymphoblastoid cell linesGenetic variantsCell linesExpression valuesNetwork analysisSignificant overlapGenesTranscriptsRNAASD studiesAutism spectrum disorderMale samplesLarge numberSignaturesFemales