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ArticleBMC genomics2019

Insight into genetic regulation of miRNA in mouse brain.

Gordon Kordas, Pratyaydipta Rudra, Audrey Hendricks, Laura Saba, Katerina Kechris

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Article in BMC genomics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 47% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Gordon KordasDepartment of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA. gordon.kordas@cuanschutz.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1925-5225
Pratyaydipta RudraDepartment of Statistics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, 74078-1056, USA.
Audrey HendricksDepartment of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO, 80217-3364, USA.
Laura SabaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
Katerina KechrisDepartment of Biostatistics and Informatics, Colorado School of Public Health, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
Colorado School of Public Health · USOklahoma State University · USUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus · USUniversity of Colorado Denver · US

Funding

The Heritable Transcriptome and AlcoholismR24AA013162 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI HOFFMAN, PAULA, SABA, LAURA MAREN · 2001 to 2021
$14.2M
TIM Project NIDA P30 CenterP30DA044223 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI SABA, LAURA MAREN, WILLIAMS, ROBERT W. · 2017 to 2021
$3.9M
Genome-wide identification of miRNAs associated with alcoholism endophenotypesR01AA021131 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI KECHRIS-MAYS, KATHERINA · 2013 to 2017
$1.6M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA021131NIAAA NIH HHS R24 AA013162NIDA NIH HHS P30 DA044223NIH HHS P30DA044223NIH HHS R01AA021131NIH HHS R24AA013162
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundmicro RNA (miRNA) are important regulators of gene expression and may influence phenotypes and disease traits. The connection between genetics and miRNA expression can be determined through expression quantitative loci (eQTL) analysis, which has been extensively used in a variety of tissues, and in both human and model organisms. miRNA play an important role in brain-related diseases, but eQTL studies of miRNA in brain tissue are limited. We aim to catalog miRNA eQTL in brain tissue using miRNA expression measured on a recombinant inbred mouse panel. Because samples were collected without any intervention or treatment (naïve), the panel allows characterization of genetic influences on miRNAs' expression levels. We used brain RNA expression levels of 881 miRNA and 1416 genomic locations to identify miRNA eQTL. To address multiple testing, we employed permutation p-values and subsequent zero permutation p-value correction. We also investigated the underlying biology of miRNA regulation using additional analyses, including hotspot analysis to search for regions controlling multiple miRNAs, and Bayesian network analysis to identify scenarios where a miRNA mediates the association between genotype and mRNA expression. We used addiction related phenotypes to illustrate the utility of our results.

resultsThirty-eight miRNA eQTL were identified after appropriate multiple testing corrections. Ten of these miRNAs had target genes enriched for brain-related pathways and mapped to four miRNA eQTL hotspots. Bayesian network analysis revealed four biological networks relating genetic variation, miRNA expression and gene expression.

conclusionsOur extensive evaluation of miRNA eQTL provides valuable insight into the role of miRNA regulation in brain tissue. Our miRNA eQTL analysis and extended statistical exploration identifies miRNA candidates in brain for future study.

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Gene Expression RegulationAnimalsBayes TheoremBrainMiceMicroRNAsPhenotypeQuantitative Trait LociMicroRNAsBayesian networksBraineQTLHotspotsMediationmiRNA

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