A TAD-informed aging-brain xQTL atlas of multi-modal and cell-type-resolved regulatory variation
Jeffrey Cifello, Ru Feng, Francis P. Grenn, Luke Carter, Anjing Liu, Hao H. Sun, Ruixi Li, Jenny A Empawi, Emily Greenfest‐Allen, Živadin Katanić, Otto Valladares, Amanda B. Kuzma, Heather White, Lindsay A. Farrer, Alison Goate, , Yuk Yee Leung
The paper presents an xQTL atlas of regulatory variation in the aging human brain, integrating multiple modalities and cell types across four studies, identifying more variant-molecular-trait associations by including TAD boundaries.
medRxiv · Jun 20, 2026 · PreprintGenetic & Genomic Medicine