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Experimental Biology and Medicine • Vol 242 • No 13
Challenges and progress in interpretation of non-coding genetic variants associated with human disease
June 2017 • Yizhou Zhu, Cagdas Tazearslan, Yousin Suh
Genome-wide association studies have shown that the far majority of disease-associated variants reside in the non-coding regions of the genome, suggesting that gene regulatory changes contribute to disease risk. To identify truly causal non-coding variants and their affected target genes remains challenging but is a critical step to translate the genetic associations to molecular mechanisms and ultimately clinical applications. Here we review genomic/epigenomic resources and in silico tools that can be used to ide…
Genome-Wide Association Study
Computational Biology
Human Genome
Genomics
Biology
Computer Science
Gene Expression