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| NAME | CATEGORY | Main citation | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| eGTEx | Methylation |
Oliva M et al., Nat Genet, 2023
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2023 |
Methylation
eGTEx
PUBMED_LINK
DESCRIPTION
Enhanceing GTEx
URL
TITLE
DNA methylation QTL mapping across diverse human tissues provides molecular links between genetic variation and complex traits.
Main citation
Oliva M, Demanelis K, Lu Y, Chernoff M, ...&, Pierce BL. (2023) DNA methylation QTL mapping across diverse human tissues provides molecular links between genetic variation and complex traits. Nat Genet, 55 (1) 112-122. doi:10.1038/s41588-022-01248-z. PMID 36510025
ABSTRACT
Studies of DNA methylation (DNAm) in solid human tissues are relatively scarce; tissue-specific characterization of DNAm is needed to understand its role in gene regulation and its relevance to complex traits. We generated array-based DNAm profiles for 987 human samples from the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project, representing 9 tissue types and 424 subjects. We characterized methylome and transcriptome correlations (eQTMs), genetic regulation in cis (mQTLs and eQTLs) across tissues and e/mQTLs links to complex traits. We identified mQTLs for 286,152 CpG sites, many of which (>5%) show tissue specificity, and mQTL colocalizations with 2,254 distinct GWAS hits across 83 traits. For 91% of these loci, a candidate gene link was identified by integration of functional maps, including eQTMs, and/or eQTL colocalization, but only 33% of loci involved an eQTL and mQTL present in the same tissue type. With this DNAm-focused integrative analysis, we contribute to the understanding of molecular regulatory mechanisms in human tissues and their impact on complex traits.
DOI
10.1038/s41588-022-01248-z