Integrative approaches for large-scale transcriptome-wide association studies

Nature Genetics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 245-252

  Gusev, Alexander ^a,b   Ko, Arthur ^c,d   Shi, Huwenbo ^d   Bhatia, Gaurav ^a,b   Chung, Wonil ^a   Penninx, Brenda W J H ^e   Jansen, Rick ^e   De Geus, Eco J C ^f   Boomsma, Dorret I ^f   Wright, Fred A ^g   Sullivan, Patrick F ^h,i   Nikkola, Elina ^c   Alvarez, Marcus ^c   Civelek, Mete ^c   Lusis, Aldons J ^c   Lehtimäki, Terho ^j   Raitoharju, Emma ^j   Kähönen, Mika ^j   Seppälä, Ilkka ^j   Raitakari, Olli T ^k,l   Kuusisto, Johanna ^m   Laakso, Markku ^m   Price, Alkes L ^a,b   Pajukanta, Päivi ^c,d   Pasaniuc, Bogdan ^c,d   more..

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^j TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^l TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^m KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84959547986     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.3506     Document Type: Article

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