An Integrated Systems Genetics and Omics Toolkit to Probe Gene Function.

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serval:BIB_BC70095EACF2
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
An Integrated Systems Genetics and Omics Toolkit to Probe Gene Function.
Journal
Cell systems
Author(s)
Li H., Wang X., Rukina D., Huang Q., Lin T., Sorrentino V., Zhang H., Bou Sleiman M., Arends D., McDaid A., Luan P., Ziari N., Velázquez-Villegas L.A., Gariani K., Kutalik Z., Schoonjans K., Radcliffe R.A., Prins P., Morgenthaler S., Williams R.W., Auwerx J.
ISSN
2405-4712 (Print)
ISSN-L
2405-4712
Publication state
Published
Issued date
24/01/2018
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
6
Number
1
Pages
90-102.e4
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Identifying genetic and environmental factors that impact complex traits and common diseases is a high biomedical priority. Here, we developed, validated, and implemented a series of multi-layered systems approaches, including (expression-based) phenome-wide association, transcriptome-/proteome-wide association, and (reverse-) mediation analysis, in an open-access web server (systems-genetics.org) to expedite the systems dissection of gene function. We applied these approaches to multi-omics datasets from the BXD mouse genetic reference population, and identified and validated associations between genes and clinical and molecular phenotypes, including previously unreported links between Rpl26 and body weight, and Cpt1a and lipid metabolism. Furthermore, through mediation and reverse-mediation analysis we established regulatory relations between genes, such as the co-regulation of BCKDHA and BCKDHB protein levels, and identified targets of transcription factors E2F6, ZFP277, and ZKSCAN1. Our multifaceted toolkit enabled the identification of gene-gene and gene-phenotype links that are robust and that translate well across populations and species, and can be universally applied to any populations with multi-omics datasets.

Keywords
BXD, PheWAS, QTL, TWAS, ePheWAS, genetic reference population, mediation analysis, systems genetics
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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19/12/2017 17:13
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20/08/2019 16:30
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