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• Enhancing GTEx by bridging the gaps between genotype, gene expression, and disease.

  eGTEx Project. eGTEx Project. Nat Genet. 2017 Dec;49(12):1664-1670. doi: 10.1038/ng.3969. Epub 2017 Oct 11. Nat Genet. 2017. PMID: 29019975 Free PMC article.
• Co-expression networks reveal the tissue-specific regulation of transcription and splicing.

  Saha A, Kim Y, Gewirtz ADH, Jo B, Gao C, McDowell IC; GTEx Consortium; Engelhardt BE, Battle A. Saha A, et al. Genome Res. 2017 Nov;27(11):1843-1858. doi: 10.1101/gr.216721.116. Epub 2017 Oct 11. Genome Res. 2017. PMID: 29021288 Free PMC article.
• Quantifying the regulatory effect size of cis-acting genetic variation using allelic fold change.

  Mohammadi P, Castel SE, Brown AA, Lappalainen T. Mohammadi P, et al. Genome Res. 2017 Nov;27(11):1872-1884. doi: 10.1101/gr.216747.116. Epub 2017 Oct 11. Genome Res. 2017. PMID: 29021289 Free PMC article.
• Identifying cis-mediators for trans-eQTLs across many human tissues using genomic mediation analysis.

  Yang F, Wang J; GTEx Consortium; Pierce BL, Chen LS. Yang F, et al. Genome Res. 2017 Nov;27(11):1859-1871. doi: 10.1101/gr.216754.116. Epub 2017 Oct 11. Genome Res. 2017. PMID: 29021290 Free PMC article.
• The impact of rare variation on gene expression across tissues.

  Li X, Kim Y, Tsang EK, Davis JR, Damani FN, Chiang C, Hess GT, Zappala Z, Strober BJ, Scott AJ, Li A, Ganna A, Bassik MC, Merker JD; GTEx Consortium; Laboratory, Data Analysis &Coordinating Center (LDACC)—Analysis Working Group; Statistical Methods groups—Analysis Working Group; Enhancing GTEx (eGTEx) groups; NIH Common Fund; NIH/NCI; NIH/NHGRI; NIH/NIMH; NIH/NIDA; Biospecimen Collection Source Site—NDRI; Biospecimen Collection Source Site—RPCI; Biospecimen Core Resource—VARI; Brain Bank Repository—University of Miami Brain Endowment Bank; Leidos Biomedical—Project Management; ELSI Study; Genome Browser Data Integration &Visualization—EBI; Genome Browser Data Integration &Visualization—UCSC Genomics Institute, University of California Santa Cruz; Hall IM, Battle A, Montgomery SB. Li X, et al. Nature. 2017 Oct 11;550(7675):239-243. doi: 10.1038/nature24267. Nature. 2017. PMID: 29022581 Free PMC article.
• Dynamic landscape and regulation of RNA editing in mammals.

  Tan MH, Li Q, Shanmugam R, Piskol R, Kohler J, Young AN, Liu KI, Zhang R, Ramaswami G, Ariyoshi K, Gupte A, Keegan LP, George CX, Ramu A, Huang N, Pollina EA, Leeman DS, Rustighi A, Goh YPS; GTEx Consortium; Laboratory, Data Analysis &Coordinating Center (LDACC)—Analysis Working Group; Statistical Methods groups—Analysis Working Group; Enhancing GTEx (eGTEx) groups; NIH Common Fund; NIH/NCI; NIH/NHGRI; NIH/NIMH; NIH/NIDA; Biospecimen Collection Source Site—NDRI; Biospecimen Collection Source Site—RPCI; Biospecimen Core Resource—VARI; Brain Bank Repository—University of Miami Brain Endowment Bank; Leidos Biomedical—Project Management; ELSI Study; Genome Browser Data Integration &Visualization—EBI; Genome Browser Data Integration &Visualization—UCSC Genomics Institute, University of California Santa Cruz; Chawla A, Del Sal G, Peltz G, Brunet A, Conrad DF, Samuel CE, O'Connell MA, Walkley CR, Nishikura K, Li JB. Tan MH, et al. Nature. 2017 Oct 11;550(7675):249-254. doi: 10.1038/nature24041. Nature. 2017. PMID: 29022589 Free PMC article.
• Genetic effects on gene expression across human tissues.

  GTEx Consortium; Laboratory, Data Analysis &Coordinating Center (LDACC)—Analysis Working Group; Statistical Methods groups—Analysis Working Group; Enhancing GTEx (eGTEx) groups; NIH Common Fund; NIH/NCI; NIH/NHGRI; NIH/NIMH; NIH/NIDA; Biospecimen Collection Source Site—NDRI; Biospecimen Collection Source Site—RPCI; Biospecimen Core Resource—VARI; Brain Bank Repository—University of Miami Brain Endowment Bank; Leidos Biomedical—Project Management; ELSI Study; Genome Browser Data Integration &Visualization—EBI; Genome Browser Data Integration &Visualization—UCSC Genomics Institute, University of California Santa Cruz; Lead analysts:; Laboratory, Data Analysis &Coordinating Center (LDACC):; NIH program management:; Biospecimen collection:; Pathology:; eQTL manuscript working group:; Battle A, Brown CD, Engelhardt BE, Montgomery SB. GTEx Consortium, et al. Nature. 2017 Oct 11;550(7675):204-213. doi: 10.1038/nature24277. Nature. 2017. PMID: 29022597 Free PMC article.
• Landscape of X chromosome inactivation across human tissues.

  Tukiainen T, Villani AC, Yen A, Rivas MA, Marshall JL, Satija R, Aguirre M, Gauthier L, Fleharty M, Kirby A, Cummings BB, Castel SE, Karczewski KJ, Aguet F, Byrnes A; GTEx Consortium; Laboratory, Data Analysis &Coordinating Center (LDACC)—Analysis Working Group; Statistical Methods groups—Analysis Working Group; Enhancing GTEx (eGTEx) groups; NIH Common Fund; NIH/NCI; NIH/NHGRI; NIH/NIMH; NIH/NIDA; Biospecimen Collection Source Site—NDRI; Biospecimen Collection Source Site—RPCI; Biospecimen Core Resource—VARI; Brain Bank Repository—University of Miami Brain Endowment Bank; Leidos Biomedical—Project Management; ELSI Study; Genome Browser Data Integration &Visualization—EBI; Genome Browser Data Integration &Visualization—UCSC Genomics Institute, University of California Santa Cruz; Lappalainen T, Regev A, Ardlie KG, Hacohen N, MacArthur DG. Tukiainen T, et al. Nature. 2017 Oct 11;550(7675):244-248. doi: 10.1038/nature24265. Nature. 2017. PMID: 29022598 Free PMC article.