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ArticleNucleic acids research2020

QTLbase: an integrative resource for quantitative trait loci across multiple human molecular phenotypes.

Zhanye Zheng, Dandan Huang, Jianhua Wang, Ke Zhao, Yao Zhou, Zhenyang Guo, Sinan Zhai, Hang Xu, Hui Cui, Hongcheng Yao and 5 more

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 99 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

99 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 150 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhanye ZhengDepartment of Pharmacology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Inflammation Biology, 2011 Collaborative Innovation Center of Tianjin for Medical Epigenetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.
Dandan HuangDepartment of Pharmacology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Inflammation Biology, 2011 Collaborative Innovation Center of Tianjin for Medical Epigenetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.
Jianhua WangDepartment of Pharmacology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Inflammation Biology, 2011 Collaborative Innovation Center of Tianjin for Medical Epigenetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.
Ke ZhaoDepartment of Pharmacology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Inflammation Biology, 2011 Collaborative Innovation Center of Tianjin for Medical Epigenetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.
Yao ZhouDepartment of Pharmacology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Inflammation Biology, 2011 Collaborative Innovation Center of Tianjin for Medical Epigenetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.
Zhenyang GuoSchool of Biomedical Sciences, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China.
Sinan ZhaiSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.
Hang XuDepartment of Pharmacology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Inflammation Biology, 2011 Collaborative Innovation Center of Tianjin for Medical Epigenetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.
Hui CuiDepartment of Pharmacology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Inflammation Biology, 2011 Collaborative Innovation Center of Tianjin for Medical Epigenetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.
Hongcheng YaoSchool of Biomedical Sciences, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China.
Zhao WangDepartment of Pharmacology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Inflammation Biology, 2011 Collaborative Innovation Center of Tianjin for Medical Epigenetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.
Xianfu YiSchool of Biomedical Engineering, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.
Shijie ZhangDepartment of Pharmacology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Inflammation Biology, 2011 Collaborative Innovation Center of Tianjin for Medical Epigenetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.
Pak Chung ShamCentre of Genomics Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR 999077, China.
Mulin Jun LiDepartment of Pharmacology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Inflammation Biology, 2011 Collaborative Innovation Center of Tianjin for Medical Epigenetics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.
Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital · CNUniversity of Hong Kong · HKTianjin Medical University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances in genome sequencing and functional genomic profiling have promoted many large-scale quantitative trait locus (QTL) studies, which connect genotypes with tissue/cell type-specific cellular functions from transcriptional to post-translational level. However, no comprehensive resource can perform QTL lookup across multiple molecular phenotypes and investigate the potential cascade effect of functional variants. We developed a versatile resource, named QTLbase, for interpreting the possible molecular functions of genetic variants, as well as their tissue/cell-type specificity. Overall, QTLbase has five key functions: (i) curating and compiling genome-wide QTL summary statistics for 13 human molecular traits from 233 independent studies; (ii) mapping QTL-relevant tissue/cell types to 78 unified terms according to a standard anatomogram; (iii) normalizing variant and trait information uniformly, yielding >170 million significant QTLs; (iv) providing a rich web client that enables phenome- and tissue-wise visualization; and (v) integrating the most comprehensive genomic features and functional predictions to annotate the potential QTL mechanisms. QTLbase provides a one-stop shop for QTL retrieval and comparison across multiple tissues and multiple layers of molecular complexity, and will greatly help researchers interrogate the biological mechanism of causal variants and guide the direction of functional validation. QTLbase is freely available at http://mulinlab.org/qtlbase.

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Databases, GeneticGenome-Wide Association StudyGenomicsGenotypePhenotypeQuantitative Trait, HeritableQuantitative Trait LociComputational BiologyHumansSoftwareWeb Browser

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PMID31598699
PMCPMC6943073
OpenAlexW2979798809

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