Molecular quantitative trait loci

F Aguet, K Alasoo, YI Li, A Battle, HK Im… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding functional effects of genetic variants is one of the key challenges in human
genetics, as much of disease-associated variation is located in non-coding regions with …

Powerful, scalable and resource-efficient meta-analysis of rare variant associations in large whole genome sequencing studies

X Li, C Quick, H Zhou, SM Gaynor, Y Liu, H Chen… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Meta-analysis of whole genome sequencing/whole exome sequencing (WGS/WES) studies
provides an attractive solution to the problem of collecting large sample sizes for discovering …

Human milk variation is shaped by maternal genetics and impacts the infant gut microbiome

KE Johnson, T Heisel, M Allert, A Fürst, N Yerabandi… - Cell Genomics, 2024 - cell.com
Human milk is a complex mix of nutritional and bioactive components that provide complete
nourishment for the infant. However, we lack a systematic knowledge of the factors shaping …

Gene expression and splicing QTL analysis of blood cells in African American participants from the Jackson Heart Study

J Wen, Q Sun, L Huang, L Zhou, MF Doyle, L Ekunwe… - Genetics, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Most gene expression and alternative splicing quantitative trait loci (eQTL/sQTL) studies
have been biased toward European ancestry individuals. Here, we performed eQTL and …

Modern Statistical Methods for Genetics and Genomic Studies

X Li - 2021 - search.proquest.com
Recent scientific advances in genetics and genomic studies have enabled the
characterization and prediction of functional genomic elements across the human genome …

Identification of Potential Molecular Traits Underlying the Genetic Predisposition to Complex diseases Using Multi-omics and Meta-analysis

L Guan - 2021 - deepblue.lib.umich.edu
Complex diseases are multifactorial diseases caused by a complex combination of genetic,
environmental and lifestyle effects. Numerous non-coding regions that increase the risk for …

Liver eQTL meta-analysis illuminates potential molecular mechanisms of cardiometabolic traits

KA Broadaway, SM Brotman, JD Rosen… - The American Journal of …, 2024 - cell.com
Understanding the molecular mechanisms of complex traits is essential for developing
targeted interventions. We analyzed liver expression quantitative-trait locus (eQTL) meta …