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ArticleNature communications2021

Inflammation status modulates the effect of host genetic variation on intestinal gene expression in inflammatory bowel disease.

Shixian Hu, Werna T Uniken Venema, Harm-Jan Westra, Arnau Vich Vila, Ruggero Barbieri, Michiel D Voskuil, Tjasso Blokzijl, Bernadien H Jansen, Yanni Li, Mark J Daly and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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37citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Shixian Hu *Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Werna T Uniken Venema *Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-1515-0920
Harm-Jan WestraDepartment of Genetics, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Arnau Vich VilaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Ruggero BarbieriDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-4868-8476
Michiel D VoskuilDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Tjasso BlokzijlDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Bernadien H JansenDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Yanni LiDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-7021-9249
Mark J DalyBroad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0949-8752
Ramnik J XavierBroad Institute of Harvard and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5630-5167
Gerard DijkstraDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-4563-7462
Eleonora A FestenDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Rinse K WeersmaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. r.k.weersma@umcg.nl.
University Medical Center Groningen · NLBroad Institute · US

Funding

Pilot & Feasibility ProgramP30DK043351 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI RAYMOND T CHUNG · 1991 to 2026
$35.3M
Systematic dissection of gut cellular circuits [at single cell resolution]RC2DK114784 · NIDDK · BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. · PI ASHENBERG, ORR, GRAHAM, DANIEL BARTHOLOMEW · 2017 to 2021
$9.0M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK043351NIDDK NIH HHS RC2 DK114784
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

More than 240 genetic risk loci have been associated with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but little is known about how they contribute to disease development in involved tissue. Here, we hypothesized that host genetic variation affects gene expression in an inflammation-dependent way, and investigated 299 snap-frozen intestinal biopsies from inflamed and non-inflamed mucosa from 171 IBD patients. RNA-sequencing was performed, and genotypes were determined using whole exome sequencing and genome wide genotyping. In total, 28,746 genes and 6,894,979 SNPs were included. Linear mixed models identified 8,881 independent intestinal cis-expression quantitative trait loci (cis-eQTLs) (FDR < 0.05) and interaction analysis revealed 190 inflammation-dependent intestinal cis-eQTLs (FDR < 0.05), including known IBD-risk genes and genes encoding immune-cell receptors and antibodies. The inflammation-dependent cis-eQTL SNPs (eSNPs) mainly interact with prevalence of immune cell types. Inflammation-dependent intestinal cis-eQTLs reveal genetic susceptibility under inflammatory conditions that can help identify the cell types involved in and the pathways underlying inflammation, knowledge that may guide future drug development and profile patients for precision medicine in IBD.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationGenetic VariationAdultCohort StudiesFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansInflammationInflammatory Bowel DiseasesIntestinesMalePolymorphism, Single NucleotideQuantitative Trait Loci

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PMID33602935
PMCPMC7892863
OpenAlexW3131620884

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