Integrating transcription factor occupancy with transcriptome-wide association analysis identifies susceptibility genes in human cancers

Transcriptome-wide association studies can uncover genes involved in disease. Here, the authors extend the framework with a transcriptome-wide association study approach which incorporates transcription factor occupancy, adding tissue-specific mechanistic support to associations.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jingni He, Wanqing Wen, Alicia Beeghly, Zhishan Chen, Chen Cao, Xiao-Ou Shu, Wei Zheng, Quan Long, Xingyi Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34888-0