Nature Communications (Jul 2017)

Platelet function is modified by common sequence variation in megakaryocyte super enhancers

  • Romina Petersen,
  • John J. Lambourne,
  • Biola M. Javierre,
  • Luigi Grassi,
  • Roman Kreuzhuber,
  • Dace Ruklisa,
  • Isabel M. Rosa,
  • Ana R. Tomé,
  • Heather Elding,
  • Johanna P. van Geffen,
  • Tao Jiang,
  • Samantha Farrow,
  • Jonathan Cairns,
  • Abeer M. Al-Subaie,
  • Sofie Ashford,
  • Antony Attwood,
  • Joana Batista,
  • Heleen Bouman,
  • Frances Burden,
  • Fizzah A. Choudry,
  • Laura Clarke,
  • Paul Flicek,
  • Stephen F. Garner,
  • Matthias Haimel,
  • Carly Kempster,
  • Vasileios Ladopoulos,
  • An-Sofie Lenaerts,
  • Paulina M. Materek,
  • Harriet McKinney,
  • Stuart Meacham,
  • Daniel Mead,
  • Magdolna Nagy,
  • Christopher J. Penkett,
  • Augusto Rendon,
  • Denis Seyres,
  • Benjamin Sun,
  • Salih Tuna,
  • Marie-Elise van der Weide,
  • Steven W. Wingett,
  • Joost H. Martens,
  • Oliver Stegle,
  • Sylvia Richardson,
  • Ludovic Vallier,
  • David J. Roberts,
  • Kathleen Freson,
  • Lorenz Wernisch,
  • Hendrik G. Stunnenberg,
  • John Danesh,
  • Peter Fraser,
  • Nicole Soranzo,
  • Adam S. Butterworth,
  • Johan W. Heemskerk,
  • Ernest Turro,
  • Mikhail Spivakov,
  • Willem H. Ouwehand,
  • William J. Astle,
  • Kate Downes,
  • Myrto Kostadima,
  • Mattia Frontini

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16058
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Numerous genetic variants, including those located in the non-coding regions of the genome, are known to be associated with blood cells traits. Here, Frontini and colleagues investigate their potential regulatory functions using epigenomic data and promoter long-range interactions.