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Integrative Multi-omic Analysis of Human Platelet eQTLs Reveals Alternative Start Site in Mitofusin 2.
American journal of human genetics - 5 May 2016
Simon Lukas M, Chen Edward S, Edelstein Leonard C, Kong Xianguo, Bhatlekar Seema, Rigoutsos Isidore, Bray Paul F, Shaw Chad A
Abstract excerpt
Platelets play a central role in ischemic cardiovascular events. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of death worldwide. Numerous genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified loci associated with CVD risk. However, our understanding of how these variants contribute to disease is limited. Using data from the platelet RNA and expression 1 (PRAX1) study, we analyzed cis expression quantitative...
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