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Analysis of multiple association studies provides evidence of an expression QTL hub in gene-gene interaction network affecting HDL cholesterol levels.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Ma Li, Ballantyne Christie, Brautbar Ariel, Keinan Alon
Abstract excerpt
Epistasis has been suggested to underlie part of the missing heritability in genome-wide association studies. In this study, we first report an analysis of gene-gene interactions affecting HDL cholesterol (HDL-C) levels in a candidate gene study of 2,091 individuals with mixed dyslipidemia from a clinical trial. Two additional studies, the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study (ARIC; n = 9,713) and the...
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