Enhancer variants associated with Alzheimer's disease affect gene expression via chromatin looping

• Main Authors: Masataka Kikuchi (Author), Norikazu Hara (Author), Mai Hasegawa (Author), Akinori Miyashita (Author), Ryozo Kuwano (Author), Takeshi Ikeuchi (Author), Akihiro Nakaya (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that may be genetic factors underlying Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, how these AD-associated SNPs (AD SNPs) contribute to the pathogenesis of this disease is poorly understood...