Dynamic Role of trans Regulation of Gene Expression in Relation to Complex Traits.

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Published in Am J Hum Genet on March 09, 2017

Authors

Chen Yao1, Roby Joehanes2, Andrew D Johnson1, Tianxiao Huan1, Chunyu Liu1, Jane E Freedman3, Peter J Munson4, David E Hill5, Marc Vidal5, Daniel Levy6

Author Affiliations

1: The Framingham Heart Study, 73 Mt. Wayte Avenue, Framingham, MA 01702, USA; The Population Sciences Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
2: The Framingham Heart Study, 73 Mt. Wayte Avenue, Framingham, MA 01702, USA; The Population Sciences Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; Hebrew Senior Life, 1200 Centre Street Room #609, Boston, MA 02131, USA.
3: Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.
4: Mathematical and Statistical Computing Laboratory, Center for Information Technology, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20817, USA.
5: Center for Cancer Systems Biology (CCSB) and Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA; Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
6: The Framingham Heart Study, 73 Mt. Wayte Avenue, Framingham, MA 01702, USA; The Population Sciences Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. Electronic address: levyd@nhlbi.nih.gov.

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