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ArticlePLoS computational biology2021

Biomedical Data Commons (BMDC) prioritizes B-lymphocyte non-coding genetic variants in Type 1 Diabetes.

Samantha N Piekos, Sadhana Gaddam, Pranav Bhardwaj, Prashanth Radhakrishnan, Ramanathan V Guha, Anthony E Oro

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Article in PLoS computational biology, 2021. 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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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Samantha N PiekosProgram in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-8119-6724
Sadhana GaddamProgram in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-6477-0483
Pranav BhardwajDepartment of Statistics, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-0728-7596
Prashanth RadhakrishnanGoogle Data Commons, Mountain View, California, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-3505-0561
Ramanathan V GuhaGoogle Data Commons, Mountain View, California, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-4428-129X
Anthony E OroProgram in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-6261-138X
Google (United States) · USStanford University · US

Funding

Chromatin Dynamics During Epithelial CommitmentR01AR073170 · NIAMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Anthony E Oro · 2019 to 2026
$4.4M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR073170
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The repurposing of biomedical data is inhibited by its fragmented and multi-formatted nature that requires redundant investment of time and resources by data scientists. This is particularly true for Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), one of the most intensely studied common childhood diseases. Intense investigation of the contribution of pancreatic β-islet and T-lymphocytes in T1D has been made. However, genetic contributions from B-lymphocytes, which are known to play a role in a subset of T1D patients, remain relatively understudied. We have addressed this issue through the creation of Biomedical Data Commons (BMDC), a knowledge graph that integrates data from multiple sources into a single queryable format. This increases the speed of analysis by multiple orders of magnitude. We develop a pipeline using B-lymphocyte multi-dimensional epigenome and connectome data and deploy BMDC to assess genetic variants in the context of Type 1 Diabetes (T1D). Pipeline-identified variants are primarily common, non-coding, poorly conserved, and are of unknown clinical significance. While variants and their chromatin connectivity are cell-type specific, they are associated with well-studied disease genes in T-lymphocytes. Candidates include established variants in the HLA-DQB1 and HLA-DRB1 and IL2RA loci that have previously been demonstrated to protect against T1D in humans and mice providing validation for this method. Others are included in the well-established T1D GRS2 genetic risk scoring method. More intriguingly, other prioritized variants are completely novel and form the basis for future mechanistic and clinical validation studies The BMDC community-based platform can be expanded and repurposed to increase the accessibility, reproducibility, and productivity of biomedical information for diverse applications including the prioritization of cell type-specific disease alleles from complex phenotypes.

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AnimalsB-LymphocytesChildComputational BiologyDatabases, GeneticDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1Gene Regulatory NetworksGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetic VariationGenome-Wide Association StudyHLA-DQ beta-ChainsHLA-DRB1 ChainsHumansIkaros Transcription FactorInterleukin-2 Receptor alpha SubunitMiceHLA-DQB1 antigenHLA-DQ beta-ChainsHLA-DRB1 ChainsIkaros Transcription FactorIKZF1 protein, humanIL2RA protein, humanInterleukin-2 Receptor alpha SubunitRNA, Untranslated

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PMID34543288
PMCPMC8483327
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