Tissue specificity-aware TWAS (TSA-TWAS) framework identifies novel associations with metabolic, immunologic, and virologic traits in HIV-positive adults.

As a type of relatively new methodology, the transcriptome-wide association study (TWAS) has gained interest due to capacity for gene-level association testing. However, the development of TWAS has outpaced statistical evaluation of TWAS gene prioritization performance. Current TWAS methods vary in...

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Main Authors: Binglan Li, Yogasudha Veturi, Anurag Verma, Yuki Bradford, Eric S Daar, Roy M Gulick, Sharon A Riddler, Gregory K Robbins, Jeffrey L Lennox, David W Haas, Marylyn D Ritchie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-04-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009464