Kasela, S.* ; Aguet, F.* ; Kim-Hellmuth, S. ; Brown, B.C.* ; Nachun, D.C.* ; Tracy, R.P.* ; Durda, P.* ; Liu, Y.* ; Taylor, K.D.* ; Johnson, W.C.* ; van Den Berg, D.* ; Gabriel, S.* ; Gupta, N.* ; Smith, J.D.* ; Blackwell, T.W.* ; Rotter, J.I.* ; Ardlie, K.G.* ; Manichaikul, A.* ; Rich, S.S.* ; Barr, R.G.* ; Lappalainen, T.*
Interaction molecular QTL mapping discovers cellular and environmental modifiers of genetic regulatory effects.
Am. J. Hum. Genet. 111, 133-149 (2024)
Bulk-tissue molecular quantitative trait loci (QTLs) have been the starting point for interpreting disease-associated variants, and context-specific QTLs show particular relevance for disease. Here, we present the results of mapping interaction QTLs (iQTLs) for cell type, age, and other phenotypic variables in multi-omic, longitudinal data from the blood of individuals of diverse ancestries. By modeling the interaction between genotype and estimated cell-type proportions, we demonstrate that cell-type iQTLs could be considered as proxies for cell-type-specific QTL effects, particularly for the most abundant cell type in the tissue. The interpretation of age iQTLs, however, warrants caution because the moderation effect of age on the genotype and molecular phenotype association could be mediated by changes in cell-type composition. Finally, we show that cell-type iQTLs contribute to cell-type-specific enrichment of diseases that, in combination with additional functional data, could guide future functional studies. Overall, this study highlights the use of iQTLs to gain insights into the context specificity of regulatory effects.
Impact Factor
Scopus SNIP
Web of Science
Times Cited
Scopus
Cited By
Altmetric
Publikationstyp
Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Typ der Hochschulschrift
Herausgeber
Schlagwörter
Dna Methylation ; Cell-type Composition ; Gene Expression ; Gene-environment Interaction ; Interaction Qtl; Integrative Analysis; Expression; Methylation; Disease; Innate; System; Risk; Loci; Eqtl
Keywords plus
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2024
Prepublished im Jahr
0
HGF-Berichtsjahr
2024
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0002-9297
e-ISSN
1537-6605
ISBN
Bandtitel
Konferenztitel
Konferzenzdatum
Konferenzort
Konferenzband
Quellenangaben
Band: 111,
Heft: 1,
Seiten: 133-149
Artikelnummer: ,
Supplement: ,
Reihe
Verlag
Elsevier
Verlagsort
New York, NY
Tag d. mündl. Prüfung
0000-00-00
Betreuer
Gutachter
Prüfer
Topic
Hochschule
Hochschulort
Fakultät
Veröffentlichungsdatum
0000-00-00
Anmeldedatum
0000-00-00
Anmelder/Inhaber
weitere Inhaber
Anmeldeland
Priorität
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Institute of Translational Genomics (ITG)
POF Topic(s)
30205 - Bioengineering and Digital Health
Forschungsfeld(er)
Genetics and Epidemiology
PSP-Element(e)
G-506700-001
Förderungen
NHLBI
NIH's National Institute of General Medical Sciences
NHGRI
National Institute of Mental Healthof the NIH
NIH's National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Helmholtz Young Investigator grant
Marie-Sk1odowska Curie fellowship H2020 grant
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Copyright
Erfassungsdatum
2024-01-07