GenomicsNature GeneticsPeer-reviewed
Disease variants alter transcription factor levels and methylation of their binding sites
Marc Jan Bonder, René Luijk, Daria Zhernakova…·C
The paper identifies trans-meQTLs linking disease variants to methylation changes at transcription factor binding sites, revealing eight-fold more downstream effects than trans-eQTLs.
DOI 10.1038/ng.3721