Mapping the genetic architecture of gene regulation in whole blood.

<h4>Background</h4>We aimed to assess whether whole blood expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) with effects in cis and trans are robust and can be used to identify regulatory pathways affecting disease susceptibility.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>We performed whole-geno...

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Main Authors: Katharina Schramm, Carola Marzi, Claudia Schurmann, Maren Carstensen, Eva Reinmaa, Reiner Biffar, Gertrud Eckstein, Christian Gieger, Hans-Jörgen Grabe, Georg Homuth, Gabriele Kastenmüller, Reedik Mägi, Andres Metspalu, Evelin Mihailov, Annette Peters, Astrid Petersmann, Michael Roden, Konstantin Strauch, Karsten Suhre, Alexander Teumer, Uwe Völker, Henry Völzke, Rui Wang-Sattler, Melanie Waldenberger, Thomas Meitinger, Thomas Illig, Christian Herder, Harald Grallert, Holger Prokisch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24740359/?tool=EBI