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Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Differentiation Enables Functional Validation of GWAS Variants in Metabolic Disease.
Cell stem cell - 6 Apr 2017
Warren Curtis R, O'Sullivan John F, Friesen Max, Becker Caroline E, Zhang Xiaoling, Liu Poching, Wakabayashi Yoshiyuki, Morningstar Jordan E, Shi Xu, Choi Jihoon, Xia Fang, Peters Derek T, Florido Mary H C, Tsankov Alexander M, Duberow Eilene, Comisar Lauren, Shay Jennifer, Jiang Xin, Meissner Alexander, Musunuru Kiran, Kathiresan Sekar, Daheron Laurence, Zhu Jun, Gerszten Robert E, Deo Rahul C, Vasan Ramachandran S, O'Donnell Christopher J, Cowan Chad A
Abstract excerpt
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have highlighted a large number of genetic variants with potential disease association, but functional analysis remains a challenge. Here we describe an approach to functionally validate identified variants through differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to study cellular pathophysiology. We collected peripheral blood cells from Framingham Heart Study...
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