An enhancer-centric approach applied to human immune system epigenomes revealed the association of macrophage enhancers with cardiovascular disease
Juliana Estefania Arcila-Galvis, Felipe Were, David Juan, Jose Del-Rio, Christopher Andrew Lamb, Sophie Hambleton, Antonio Castrillo, Salvatore Spicuglia, Alfonso Valencia, Inès Pineda‐Torra, Enrique Carrillo de Santa Pau, Robert P. Hirt, Daniel Rico
The paper identifies associations between macrophage enhancers and cardiovascular disease variants using epigenomic data from immune cells.
bioRxiv · Jun 5, 2026 · PreprintGenomics