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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 analysesGenes
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