Unraveling the polygenic architecture of complex traits using blood eQTL meta-analysis
Urmo Võsa, Annique Claringbould, Harm-Jan Westra, Marc Jan Bonder, Patrick Deelen, Biao Zeng, Holger Kirsten, Ashis Saha, Roman Kreuzhuber, Seyhan Yazar, Harm Brugge, Roy Oelen, Dylan H. de Vries, Monique G.P. van der Wijst, Silva Kasela, , Bruce M. Psaty
The paper uses blood eQTL meta-analysis to explore the polygenic architecture of complex traits, finding that trans-eQTLs are more informative for identifying causal genes than cis-eQTLs.
Nature Genetics · Sep 1, 2021Peer-reviewedGenomics