Genetic regulatory effects modified by immune activation contribute to autoimmune disease associations
Sarah Kim-Hellmuth, Matthias Bechheim, Benno Pütz, Pejman Mohammadi, Yohann Nédélec, Nicholas Giangreco, Jessica Becker, Vera B. Kaiser, Nadine Fricker, Esther Beier, Peter Boor, Stephane E. Castel, Markus Maria Nöthen, Luis Bruno Barreiro, Joseph K. Pickrell, , Veit Hornung
The paper identifies response eQTLs that modify genetic regulation during immune activation and shows their enrichment in autoimmune disease GWAS signals.
Nature Communications · Aug 8, 2017Peer-reviewedGenetics