Identifying noncoding risk variants using disease-relevant gene regulatory networks.
Identifying noncoding risk variants using disease-relevant gene regulatory networks.
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DOI:
10.1038/s41467-018-03133-y
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发表时间:
2018-02-16
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Tan K
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作者:
Gao L;Uzun Y;Gao P;He B;Ma X;Wang J;Han S;Tan K
Identifying noncoding risk variants remains a challenging task. Because noncoding variants exert their effects in the context of a gene regulatory network (GRN), we hypothesize that explicit use of disease-relevant GRNs can significantly improve the inference accuracy of noncoding risk variants. We describe Annotation of Regulatory Variants using Integrated Networks (ARVIN), a general computational framework for predicting causal noncoding variants. It employs a set of novel regulatory network-based features, combined with sequence-based features to infer noncoding risk variants. Using known causal variants in gene promoters and enhancers in a number of diseases, we show ARVIN outperforms state-of-the-art methods that use sequence-based features alone. Additional experimental validation using reporter assay further demonstrates the accuracy of ARVIN. Application of ARVIN to seven autoimmune diseases provides a holistic view of the gene subnetwork perturbed by the combinatorial action of the entire set of risk noncoding mutations. 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.
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影响因子:
7
作者:
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通讯作者:
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影响因子:
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作者:
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DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1320308111
发表时间:
2014-05-27
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
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通讯作者:
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DOI:
10.1093/bfgp/elp021
发表时间:
2009-07-01
期刊:
Briefings in Functional Genomics & Proteomics
影响因子:
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作者:
Epstein, Douglas J.
通讯作者:
Epstein, Douglas J.
影响因子:
14.9
作者:
Griffith OL;Montgomery SB;Bernier B;Chu B;Kasaian K;Aerts S;Mahony S;Sleumer MC;Bilenky M;Haeussler M;Griffith M;Gallo SM;Giardine B;Hooghe B;Van Loo P;Blanco E;Ticoll A;Lithwick S;Portales-Casamar E;Donaldson IJ;Robertson G;Wadelius C;De Bleser P;Vlieghe D;Halfon MS;Wasserman W;Hardison R;Bergman CM;Jones SJ;Open Regulatory Annotation Consortium
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Open Regulatory Annotation Consortium