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ArticleNature genetics2019

Chromatin activity at GWAS loci identifies T cell states driving complex immune diseases.

Blagoje Soskic, Kiki Cano-Gamez, Deborah J Smyth, Wendy C Rowan, Nikolina Nakic, Jorge Esparza-Gordillo, Lara Bossini-Castillo, David F Tough, Christopher G C Larminie, Paola G Bronson and 2 more

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Article in Nature genetics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers.

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68citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

68 citing papers in PubMed, 147 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Blagoje Soskic *Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK.
Kiki Cano-Gamez *Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK.
Deborah J SmythWellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK.
Wendy C RowanNovel Human Genetics, GSK Research, GSK Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage, UK.
Nikolina NakicFunctional Genomics, Molecular Science and Technology R&D, GSK Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage, UK.
Jorge Esparza-GordilloHuman Genetics, GSK Research, GSK Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage, UK.
Lara Bossini-CastilloWellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK.
David F ToughEpigenetics RU, Oncology R&D, GSK Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage, UK.
Christopher G C LarminieHuman Genetics, GSK Research, GSK Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage, UK.
Paola G BronsonHuman Target Validation Core, RED Translational Biology, Biogen, Cambridge, MA, USA.
David WilléBiostatistics, GSK Research, GSK Medicines Research Centre, Stevenage, UK.
Gosia TrynkaWellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, UK. gosia@sanger.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-6955-9529
Age UK · GBWellcome Sanger Institute · GBBiogen (United States) · US

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/N014995/1Wellcome Trust 206194
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Immune-disease-associated variants are enriched in active chromatin regions of T cells and macrophages. However, whether these variants function in specific cell states is unknown. Here we stimulated T cells and macrophages in the presence of 13 cytokines and profiled active and open chromatin regions. T cell activation induced major chromatin remodeling, while the presence of cytokines fine-tuned the magnitude of changes. We developed a statistical method that accounts for subtle changes in the chromatin landscape to identify SNP enrichment across cell states. Our results point towards the role of immune-disease-associated variants in early rather than late activation of memory CD4

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Genome-Wide Association StudyChromatinCytokinesHumansImmune System DiseasesLymphocyte ActivationMacrophagesTh1 CellsChromatinCytokines

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PMID31548716
PMCPMC6872452
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