Cell Specific eQTL Analysis without Sorting Cells

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Westra, Harm Jan ^a   Arends, Danny ^b   Esko, Tõnu ^c,d,e,f   Peters, Marjolein J ^g,h   Schurmann, Claudia ^i,j   Schramm, Katharina ^k,l   Kettunen, Johannes ^m,n,o   Yaghootkar, Hanieh ^p   Fairfax, Benjamin P ^q,r   Andiappan, Anand Kumar ^s   Li, Yang ^a,b   Fu, Jingyuan ^a   Karjalainen, Juha ^a   Platteel, Mathieu ^a   Visschedijk, Marijn ^a   Weersma, Rinse K ^a   Kasela, Silva ^c,t   Milani, Lili ^c   Tserel, Liina ^t   Peterson, Pärt ^t   Reinmaa, Eva ^c   Hofman, Albert ^g,h   Uitterlinden, André G ^g,h   Rivadeneira, Fernando ^g,h   Homuth, Georg ⁱ   Petersmann, Astrid ⁱ   Lorbeer, Roberto ⁱ   Prokisch, Holger ^k,l   Meitinger, Thomas ^k,l,u,v   Herder, Christian ^w   Roden, Michael ^w,x   Grallert, Harald ^k   Ripatti, Samuli ^n,o,y   Perola, Markus ^c,o   Wood, Andrew R ^p   Melzer, David ^p   Ferrucci, Luigi ^z   Singleton, Andrew B ^aa   Hernandez, Dena G ^aa,ab   Knight, Julian C ^q   Melchiotti, Rossella ^s,ac   Lee, Bernett ^s   Poidinger, Michael ^s   Zolezzi, Francesca ^s   Larbi, Anis ^s   Wang, De Yun ^ad   van den Berg, Leonard H ^ae   Veldink, Jan H ^ae   Rotzschke, Olaf ^s   Makino, Seiko ^q   Salomaa, Veikko ^o   Strauch, Konstantin ^k,af   Völker, Uwe ⁱ   van Meurs, Joyce B J ^g,h   Metspalu, Andres ^c   Wijmenga, Cisca ^a   Jansen, Ritsert C ^b   Franke, Lude ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h Netherlands Genomics Initiative   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^j MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^l TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^o NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^p UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^r CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^s AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^t UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^u Munich Heart Alliance   (Germany)

^v DZHK GERMAN CENTRE FOR CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH   (Germany)

^w LEIBNIZ CENTER FOR DIABETES RESEARCH AT HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^x UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^y WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^z HARBOR HOSPITAL   (United States)

^aa NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^ab UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^ad NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^ae UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^af UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN PROTEIN 15; NOD2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; CELL SELECTION; CELL SPECIFICITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; LYMPHOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NOD2 GENE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CELL LINE; CROHN DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; NEUTROPHILS; NOD2 SIGNALING ADAPTOR PROTEIN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84930817087     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005223     Document Type: Article

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