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Cell-type-specific expression quantitative trait loci associated with Alzheimer disease in blood and brain tissue.
Translational psychiatry - 27 Apr 2021
Patel Devanshi, Zhang Xiaoling, Farrell John J, Chung Jaeyoon, Stein Thor D, Lunetta Kathryn L, Farrer Lindsay A
Abstract excerpt
Because regulation of gene expression is heritable and context-dependent, we investigated AD-related gene expression patterns in cell types in blood and brain. Cis-expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) mapping was performed genome-wide in blood from 5257 Framingham Heart Study (FHS) participants and in brain donated by 475 Religious Orders Study/Memory & Aging Project (ROSMAP) participants. The association...
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