Computational principles and challenges in single-cell data integration

R Argelaguet, ASE Cuomo, O Stegle… - Nature biotechnology, 2021 - nature.com
The development of single-cell multimodal assays provides a powerful tool for investigating
multiple dimensions of cellular heterogeneity, enabling new insights into development …

Macrophages in atherosclerosis regression

TJ Barrett - Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Macrophages play a central role in the development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular
disease (ASCVD), which encompasses coronary artery disease, peripheral artery disease …

Single-cell eQTL map** identifies cell type–specific genetic control of autoimmune disease

S Yazar, J Alquicira-Hernandez, K Wing, A Senabouth… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The human immune system displays substantial variation between individuals, leading to
differences in susceptibility to autoimmune disease. We present single-cell RNA sequencing …

A genome-wide association study with 1,126,563 individuals identifies new risk loci for Alzheimer's disease

DP Wightman, IE Jansen, JE Savage, AA Shadrin… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Late-onset Alzheimer's disease is a prevalent age-related polygenic disease that accounts
for 50–70% of dementia cases. Currently, only a fraction of the genetic variants underlying …

A compendium of uniformly processed human gene expression and splicing quantitative trait loci

N Kerimov, JD Hayhurst, K Peikova, JR Manning… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Many gene expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) studies have published their summary
statistics, which can be used to gain insight into complex human traits by downstream …

Genome-wide meta-analysis, fine-map** and integrative prioritization implicate new Alzheimer's disease risk genes

J Schwartzentruber, S Cooper, JZ Liu… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies have discovered numerous genomic loci associated with
Alzheimer's disease (AD); yet the causal genes and variants are incompletely identified. We …

The impact of sex on gene expression across human tissues

M Oliva, M Muñoz-Aguirre, S Kim-Hellmuth, V Wucher… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Many complex human phenotypes, including diseases, exhibit sex-
differentiated characteristics. These sex differences have been variously attributed to …

Where are the disease-associated eQTLs?

BD Umans, A Battle, Y Gilad - Trends in Genetics, 2021 - cell.com
Most disease-associated variants, although located in putatively regulatory regions, do not
have detectable effects on gene expression. One explanation could be that we have not …

Molecular and evolutionary processes generating variation in gene expression

MS Hill, P Vande Zande, PJ Wittkopp - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2021 - nature.com
Heritable variation in gene expression is common within and between species. This
variation arises from mutations that alter the form or function of molecular gene regulatory …

Deep learning sequence-based ab initio prediction of variant effects on expression and disease risk

J Zhou, CL Theesfeld, K Yao, KM Chen, AK Wong… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Key challenges for human genetics, precision medicine and evolutionary biology include
deciphering the regulatory code of gene expression and understanding the transcriptional …