Calling genotypes from public RNA-sequencing data enables identification of genetic variants that affect gene-expression levels
Patrick Deelen, Daria Zhernakova, Mark de Haan, Marijke van der Sijde, Marc Jan Bonder, Juha Karjalainen, K. Joeri van der Velde, Kristin M. Abbott, Jingyuan Fu, Cisca Wijmenga, Richard J. Sinke, Morris A. Swertz, Lude Franke
The paper identifies genetic variants affecting gene expression using genotypes derived from public RNA-seq data, finding cis-eQTLs for 8,034 genes and strong ASE effects for 34 rare pathogenic variants.
bioRxiv · Aug 1, 2014Genetics