Neonatal genetics of gene expression reveal potential origins of autoimmune and allergic disease risk

Some immune-mediated diseases may originate in early childhood. The authors mapped eQTLs and response eQTLs to various stimuli in neonatal myeloid cells and T cells, and revealed their potential role in immune-mediated diseases using colocalisation and Mendelian randomisation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Qin Qin Huang, Howard H. F. Tang, Shu Mei Teo, Danny Mok, Scott C. Ritchie, Artika P. Nath, Marta Brozynska, Agus Salim, Andrew Bakshi, Barbara J. Holt, Chiea Chuen Khor, Peter D. Sly, Patrick G. Holt, Kathryn E. Holt, Michael Inouye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17477-x