Long-range chromatin interactions nominate candidate susceptibility genes at non-coding PDAC risk loci
Katelyn E. Connelly, Ashley A. Jermusyk, Rohit Thakur, Jun Zhong, Irene J. Collins, Ehssan Abdolalizadeh, Minal B. Patel, Mai Xu, The Pancreatic Cancer Cohort and Case-Control Consortia (PanScan/PanC4), Stephen Chanock, Kevin M. Brown, Jason W. Hoskins, Laufey Thora Amundadottir
The paper fine-maps GWAS risk variants for PDAC and identifies candidate target genes through chromatin conformation capture, finding functional interactions and eQTLs at specific loci.
medRxiv · Oct 30, 2026 · PreprintGenetic & Genomic Medicine