Identifying noncoding risk variants using disease-relevant gene regulatory networks

Current methods for prioritization of non-coding genetic risk variants are based on sequence and chromatin features. Here, Gao et al. develop ARVIN, which predicts causal regulatory variants using disease-relevant gene-regulatory networks, and validate this approach in reporter gene assays.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Long Gao, Yasin Uzun, Peng Gao, Bing He, Xiaoke Ma, Jiahui Wang, Shizhong Han, Kai Tan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03133-y