Pathways-driven sparse regression identifies pathways and genes associated with high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in two Asian cohorts.

Standard approaches to data analysis in genome-wide association studies (GWAS) ignore any potential functional relationships between gene variants. In contrast gene pathways analysis uses prior information on functional structure within the genome to identify pathways associated with a trait of inte...

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Main Authors: Matt Silver, Peng Chen, Ruoying Li, Ching-Yu Cheng, Tien-Yin Wong, E-Shyong Tai, Yik-Ying Teo, Giovanni Montana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-11-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3836716?pdf=render