Language
English
Publication Date
3-30-2023
Journal
Cell
DOI
10.1016/j.cell.2023.02.018
PMID
37001506
PMCID
PMC10074325
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
3-30-2024
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Author MSS
Abstract
Understanding how genetic variants impact molecular phenotypes is a key goal of functional genomics, currently hindered by reliance on a single haploid reference genome. Here, we present the EN-TEx resource of 1,635 open-access datasets from four donors (∼30 tissues × ∼15 assays). The datasets are mapped to matched, diploid genomes with long-read phasing and structural variants, instantiating a catalog of >1 million allele-specific loci. These loci exhibit coordinated activity along haplotypes and are less conserved than corresponding, non-allele-specific ones. Surprisingly, a deep-learning transformer model can predict the allele-specific activity based only on local nucleotide-sequence context, highlighting the importance of transcription-factor-binding motifs particularly sensitive to variants. Furthermore, combining EN-TEx with existing genome annotations reveals strong associations between allele-specific and GWAS loci. It also enables models for transferring known eQTLs to difficult-to-profile tissues (e.g., from skin to heart). Overall, EN-TEx provides rich data and generalizable models for more accurate personal functional genomics.
Keywords
Epigenome, Quantitative Trait Loci, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genomics, Phenotype, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
Published Open-Access
yes
Recommended Citation
Rozowsky, Joel; Gao, Jiahao; Borsari, Beatrice; et al., "The EN-TEx Resource of Multi-Tissue Personal Epigenomes & Variant-Impact Models" (2023). Faculty and Staff Publications. 2252.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/baylor_docs/2252
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