Tissue effect on genetic control of transcript isoform variation.

Current genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are moving towards the use of large cohorts of primary cell lines to study a disease of interest and to assign biological relevance to the genetic signals identified. Here, we use a panel of human osteoblasts (HObs) to carry out a transcriptomic survey,...

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Main Authors: Tony Kwan, Elin Grundberg, Vonda Koka, Bing Ge, Kevin C L Lam, Christel Dias, Andreas Kindmark, Hans Mallmin, Osten Ljunggren, Fernando Rivadeneira, Karol Estrada, Joyce B van Meurs, Andre Uitterlinden, Magnus Karlsson, Claes Ohlsson, Dan Mellström, Olle Nilsson, Tomi Pastinen, Jacek Majewski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-08-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2719916?pdf=render