Cell Specific eQTL Analysis without Sorting Cells.
PLoS Genet
; 11(5): e1005223, 2015 May.
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ABSTRACT
The functional consequences of trait associated SNPs are often investigated using expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) mapping. While trait-associated variants may operate in a cell-type specific manner, eQTL datasets for such cell-types may not always be available. We performed a genome-environment interaction (GxE) meta-analysis on data from 5,683 samples to infer the cell type specificity of whole blood cis-eQTLs. We demonstrate that this method is able to predict neutrophil and lymphocyte specific cis-eQTLs and replicate these predictions in independent cell-type specific datasets. Finally, we show that SNPs associated with Crohn's disease preferentially affect gene expression within neutrophils, including the archetypal NOD2 locus.
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Linfocitos
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Polimorfismo de Nucleótido Simple
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Sitios de Carácter Cuantitativo
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Neutrófilos
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Prognostic_studies
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Systematic_reviews
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Humans
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En
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2015
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