A distinct class of pan cancer susceptibility genes revealed by alternative polyadenylation transcriptome wide association study
Hui Chen, Zeyang Wang, Lihai Gong, Qixuan Wang, Wenyan Chen, Jia Wang, Xuelian Ma, Ruofan Ding, Xing Li, Xudong Zou, Mireya Plass, Lian Cheng, Ting Ni, Gong‐Hong Wei, Wei Li, , Lei Li
This study identifies 413 APA-linked cancer susceptibility genes by integrating GWAS data with APA quantification, showing genetic variants associated with APA explain a large portion of cancer heritability.
Nature Communications · Feb 26, 2024Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine