Trans-eQTLs reveal that independent genetic variants associated with a complex phenotype converge on intermediate genes, with a major role for the HLA.
Plos Genetics
Fehrmann, Rudolf S N RS; Jansen, Ritsert C RC; Veldink, Jan H JH; Westra, Harm-Jan HJ; Arends, Danny D; Bonder, Marc Jan MJ; Fu, Jingyuan J; Deelen, Patrick P; Groen, Harry J M HJ; Smolonska, Asia A; Weersma, Rinse K RK; Hofstra, Robert M W RM; Buurman, Wim A WA; Rensen, Sander S; Wolfs, Marcel G M MG; Platteel, Mathieu M; Zhernakova, Alexandra A; Elbers, Clara C CC; Festen, Eleanora M EM; Trynka, Gosia G; Hofker, Marten H MH; Saris, Christiaan G J CG; Ophoff, Roel A RA; van den Berg, Leonard H LH; van Heel, David A DA; Wijmenga, Cisca C; Te Meerman, Gerard J GJ; Franke, Lude L
The role of height-associated loci identified in genome wide association studies in the determination of pediatric stature.
Bmc Medical Genetics
Zhao, Jianhua J; Li, Mingyao M; Bradfield, Jonathan P JP; Zhang, Haitao H; Mentch, Frank D FD; Wang, Kai K; Sleiman, Patrick M PM; Kim, Cecilia E CE; Glessner, Joseph T JT; Hou, Cuiping C; Keating, Brendan J BJ; Thomas, Kelly A KA; Garris, Maria L ML; Deliard, Sandra S; Frackelton, Edward C EC; Otieno, F George FG; Chiavacci, Rosetta M RM; Berkowitz, Robert I RI; Hakonarson, Hakon H; Grant, Struan F A SF
Meta-analysis of genome-wide scans for human adult stature identifies novel Loci and associations with measures of skeletal frame size.
Plos Genetics
Soranzo, Nicole N; Rivadeneira, Fernando F; Chinappen-Horsley, Usha U; Malkina, Ida I; Richards, J Brent JB; Hammond, Naomi N; Stolk, Lisette L; Nica, Alexandra A; Inouye, Michael M; Hofman, Albert A; Stephens, Jonathan J; Wheeler, Eleanor E; Arp, Pascal P; Gwilliam, Rhian R; Jhamai, P Mila PM; Potter, Simon S; Chaney, Amy A; Ghori, Mohammed J R MJ; Ravindrarajah, Radhi R; Ermakov, Sergey S; Estrada, Karol K; Pols, Huibert A P HA; Williams, Frances M FM; McArdle, Wendy L WL; van Meurs, Joyce B JB; Loos, Ruth J F RJ; Dermitzakis, Emmanouil T ET; Ahmadi, Kourosh R KR; Hart, Deborah J DJ; Ouwehand, Willem H WH; Wareham, Nicholas J NJ; Barroso, Inês I; Sandhu, Manjinder S MS; Strachan, David P DP; Livshits, Gregory G; Spector, Timothy D TD; Uitterlinden, André G AG; Deloukas, Panos P