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Varun Kilaru

Emory UniversityORCID 0000-0002-2938-3979Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Organism:human· 3 Approach:statistical model· 3 Assay:DNA methylation· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1 Research Focus:GWAS / association mapping· 1

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Methylation Quantitative Trait Loci are Largely Consistent across Disease States in Crohns disease

Suresh Venkateswaran, Rajendra Prasad Somineni, Varun Kilaru, Şeyma Katrinli, Jarod Prince, David T. Okou, Jeffrey S. Hyams, Lee A. Denson, Richárd Kellermayer, Greg C. Gibson, David J. Cutler, Alicia K. Smith, Subra Kugathasan, Karen N. Conneely

The paper identifies methylation quantitative trait loci (mQTLs) in blood and ileum samples from Crohn's disease patients and finds they are largely consistent across disease states and tissues.

G3 Genes Genomes Genetics · Feb 16, 2022Peer-reviewedGenomics

Epigenome-wide meta-analysis of PTSD across 10 military and civilian cohorts identifies novel methylation loci

Alicia K. Smith, Andrew D. Ratanatharathorn, Adam X. Maihofer, Robert K. Naviaux, Allison E. Aiello, Ananda B. Amstadter, Allison E. Ashley‐Koch, Dewleen G. Baker, Jean C. Beckham, Marco P. Boks, Evelyn J. Bromet, Michelle Feldman Dennis, Sandro Galea, Melanie E. Garrett, Elbert Geuze, , Caroline M. Nievergelt

This study identifies ten novel methylation loci associated with PTSD through a meta-analysis of 1,896 cases and controls across ten cohorts, highlighting the AHRR locus and its link to kynurenine levels.

bioRxiv · Mar 21, 2019 · PreprintGenomics

Characterization of Gene Expression Changes Over Healthy Term Pregnancies

Anna K. Knight, Anne Lang Dunlop, Varun Kilaru, Dawayland O. Cobb, Elizabeth J. Corwin, Karen N. Conneely, Alicia K. Smith

This study identifies 439 genes whose expression changes during healthy term pregnancies, associated with oxygen transport, immune function, and bacterial response.

PLoS ONE · Oct 10, 2018Peer-reviewedGenomics