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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2025

FastQTLmapping: an ultra-fast and memory efficient package for mQTL-like analysis.

Xingjian Gao, Jiarui Li, Xinxuan Liu, Qianqian Peng, Han Jing, Sibte Hadi, Andrew E Teschendorff, Sijia Wang, Fan Liu

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Xingjian GaoNational Clinical Research Center of Kidney Diseases, Jinling Hospital, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
Jiarui LiCAS Key Laboratory of Computational Biology, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Xinxuan LiuKey Laboratory of Genomic and Precision Medicine, Beijing Institute of Genomics, China National Center for Bioinformation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Qianqian PengCAS Key Laboratory of Computational Biology, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Han JingCAS Key Laboratory of Computational Biology, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
Sibte HadiDepartment of Forensic Sciences, College of Criminal Justice, Naif Arab University of Security Sciences, 11452, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Andrew E TeschendorffKey Laboratory of Genomic and Precision Medicine, Beijing Institute of Genomics, China National Center for Bioinformation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Sijia WangKey Laboratory of Genomic and Precision Medicine, Beijing Institute of Genomics, China National Center for Bioinformation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Fan LiuDepartment of Forensic Sciences, College of Criminal Justice, Naif Arab University of Security Sciences, 11452, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. fliu@nauss.edu.sa.

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Jiangsu Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security 2023ZB686Naif Arab University for Security Sciences NAUSS-23-R18National Key Research and Development Program of China 2018YFC0910403National Natural Science Foundation of China 81930056Science and Technology Service Network Initiative of Chinese Academy of Sciences KFJ-STS-QYZD-2021-08-001Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences XDB38010100Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences XDB38010400
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Abstract

backgroundFastQTLmapping addresses the need for an ultra-fast and memory-efficient solver capable of handling exhaustive multiple regression analysis with a vast number of dependent and explanatory variables, including covariates. This challenge is especially pronounced in methylation quantitative trait loci (mQTL)-like analysis, which typically involves high-dimensional genetic and epigenetic data.

resultsFastQTLmapping is a precompiled C++ software solution accelerated by Intel MKL and GSL, freely available at https://github.com/Fun-Gene/fastQTLmapping . Compared to state-of-the-art methods (MatrixEQTL, FastQTL, and TensorQTL), fastQTLmapping demonstrated an order of magnitude speed improvement, coupled with a marked reduction in peak memory usage. In a large dataset consisting of 3500 individuals, 8 million SNPs, 0.8 million CpGs, and 20 covariates, fastQTLmapping completed the entire mQTL analysis in 4.5 h with only 13.1 GB peak memory usage.

conclusionsFastQTLmapping effectively expedites comprehensive mQTL analyses by providing a robust and generic approach that accommodates large-scale genomic datasets with covariates. This solution has the potential to streamline mQTL-like studies and inform future method development for efficient computational genomics.

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DNA MethylationQuantitative Trait LociSoftwareHumansPolymorphism, Single NucleotideFastQTLmappingGenomic analysisHigh-dimensional dataMemory efficiencyMQTLMultiple regression

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