Massively parallel reporter assays combined with cell-type specific eQTL informed multiple melanoma loci and identified a pleiotropic function of HIV-1 restriction gene, MX2, in melanoma promotion
Jiyeon Choi, Tongwu Zhang, Andrew H. Vu, Julien Ablain, Matthew M. Makowski, Leandro Machado Colli, Mai Xu, Rebecca C. Hennessey, Jinhu Yin, Harriet Rothschild, Cathrin Gräwe, Michael A. Kovacs, Karen M. Funderburk, Myriam Brossard, John Taylor, , Kevin M. Brown
The paper identifies multiple melanoma susceptibility genes and variants by integrating MPRA with eQTL data, revealing MX2's role in melanoma promotion.
Nature Communications · Jun 1, 2020Peer-reviewedGenomics