Large-scale cis- and trans-eQTL analyses identify thousands of genetic loci and polygenic scores that regulate blood gene expression

Urmo Võsa(University Medical Center Groningen), Annique Claringbould(University Medical Center Groningen), Harm-Jan Westra(University Medical Center Groningen), Marc Jan Bonder(University Medical Center Groningen), Patrick Deelen(University Medical Center Groningen), Biao Zeng(Georgia Institute of Technology), Holger Kirsten(Leipzig University), Ashis Saha(Johns Hopkins University), Roman Kreuzhuber(European Bioinformatics Institute), Seyhan Yazar(Garvan Institute of Medical Research), Harm Brugge(University Medical Center Groningen), Roy Oelen(University Medical Center Groningen), Dylan H. de Vries(University Medical Center Groningen), Monique G.P. van der Wijst(University Medical Center Groningen), Silva Kasela(University of Tartu), Natalia Pervjakova(University of Tartu), Isabel Alves(Ontario Institute for Cancer Research), Marie-Julie Favé(Ontario Institute for Cancer Research), Mawussé Agbessi(Ontario Institute for Cancer Research), Mark Christiansen(University of Washington), Rick Jansen(Amsterdam Neuroscience), Ilkka Seppälä(Tampere University), Tong Lin(Chicago Department of Public Health), Alexander Teumer(Universitätsmedizin Greifswald), Katharina Schramm(Helmholtz Zentrum München), Gibran Hemani(University of Bristol), Joost Verlouw(Erasmus MC), Hanieh Yaghootkar(Luleå University of Technology), Reyhan Sönmez Flitman(SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics), Andrew Brown(University of Geneva), Viktorija Kukushkina(University of Tartu), Anette Kalnapenkis(University of Tartu), Sina Rüeger(University of Lausanne), Eleonora Porcu(University of Lausanne), Jaanika Kronberg(University of Tartu), Johannes Kettunen(Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare), Bernett Lee(Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Futao Zhang(The University of Queensland), Ting Qi(The University of Queensland), José Alquicira-Hernández(Garvan Institute of Medical Research), Wibowo Arindrarto(Leiden University Medical Center), Frank Beutner(Leipzig Heart Institute), Peter A.C. ’t Hoen(Radboud University Nijmegen), Joyce B. J. van Meurs(Erasmus MC), Jenny van Dongen(Amsterdam Neuroscience), Maarten van Iterson(Leiden University Medical Center), Morris A. Swertz(University Medical Center Groningen), Marc Jan Bonder(University Medical Center Groningen), Julia Dmitrieva(University of Liège), Mahmoud Elansary(University of Liège), Benjamin P. Fairfax(Centre for Human Genetics), Michel Georges(University of Liège), Bastiaan T. Heijmans(Leiden University Medical Center), Alex W. Hewitt(University of Tasmania), Mika Kähönen(Tampere University Hospital), Yungil Kim(Johns Hopkins University), Julian C. Knight(Centre for Human Genetics), Péter Kovács(IFB Adiposity Diseases), Knut Krohn(Leipzig University), Shuang� Li(University Medical Center Groningen), Markus Loeffler(Leipzig University), Urko M. Marigorta(Ikerbasque), Hailang Mei(Leiden University Medical Center), Yukihide Momozawa(University of Liège), Martina Müller‐Nurasyid(Helmholtz Zentrum München), Matthias Nauck(Universitätsmedizin Greifswald), Michel G. Nivard(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Brenda W.J.H. Penninx(Amsterdam Neuroscience), Jonathan K. Pritchard(Stanford University), Olli T. Raitakari(University of Turku), Olaf Rötzschke(Agency for Science, Technology and Research), P. Eline Slagboom(Leiden University Medical Center), Coen D.A. Stehouwer(Maastricht University), Michael Stümvoll(Leipzig University), Patrick Sullivan(Karolinska Institutet), Peter A.C. ’t Hoen(Radboud University Nijmegen), Joachim Thiery(Leipzig University), Anke Tönjes(Leipzig University), Jenny van Dongen(Amsterdam Neuroscience), Maarten van Iterson(Leiden University Medical Center), Jan H. Veldink(Utrecht University), Uwe Völker(Universitätsmedizin Greifswald), Robert Warmerdam(University Medical Center Groningen), Cisca Wijmenga(University Medical Center Groningen), Morris A. Swertz(University Medical Center Groningen), Anand Kumar Andiappan(Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Grant W. Montgomery(The University of Queensland), Samuli Ripatti(Broad Institute), Markus Perola(University of Helsinki), Zoltán Kutalik(University of Lausanne), Emmanouil T. Dermitzakis(University of Geneva), Sven Bergmann(SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics), Timothy M. Frayling(University of Exeter), Joyce B. J. van Meurs(Erasmus MC), Holger Prokisch(Helmholtz Zentrum München), Habibul Ahsan(Chicago Department of Public Health), Brandon L. Pierce(Chicago Department of Public Health), Terho Lehtimäki(Tampere University), Dorret I. Boomsma(Amsterdam Neuroscience), Bruce M. Psaty(University of Washington), Sina A. Gharib(University of Washington), Philip Awadalla(Ontario Institute for Cancer Research), Lili Milani(University of Tartu), Willem H. Ouwehand(NHS Blood and Transplant), Kate Downes(NHS Blood and Transplant), Oliver Stegle(European Bioinformatics Institute), Alexis Battle(Johns Hopkins University), Peter M. Visscher(The University of Queensland), Jian Yang(The University of Queensland), Markus Scholz(Leipzig University), Joseph E. Powell(Garvan Institute of Medical Research), Greg Gibson(Georgia Institute of Technology), Tōnu Esko(University of Tartu), Lude Franke(University Medical Center Groningen)
Nature Genetics
September 1, 2021
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