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Fine-mapping and cell-specific enrichment at corneal resistance factor loci prioritize candidate causal regulatory variants.
Communications biology - 11 Dec 2020
Jiang Xinyi, Dellepiane Nefeli, Pairo-Castineira Erola, Boutin Thibaud, Kumar Yatendra, Bickmore Wendy A, Vitart Veronique
Abstract excerpt
Corneal resistance factor (CRF) is altered during corneal diseases progression. Genome-wide-association studies (GWAS) indicated potential CRF and disease genetics overlap. Here, we characterise 135 CRF loci following GWAS in 76029 UK Biobank participants. Enrichment of extra-cellular matrix gene-sets, genetic correlation with corneal thickness (70% (SE = 5%)), reported keratoconus risk variants at 13 loci, all...
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