Experiments

Searchable full-text extractions: founding hypothesis, core claims, experimental setups, key results and statistics — pulled out of each paper as structure. Search a cell line, an assay or an entity (e.g. HUH7) and find every paper that worked with it. This corpus stands on its own: most entries carry no reproduction assessment (yet).

• Genetical genomics: spotlight on QTL hotspots.

  PMID 18949031 · PMC2563687 · PLoS genetics · 2008 · 8 claims · 4 setups

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  Distant eQTL hotspots are rare and difficult to reliably verify across published genetical genomics studies

  adipose saccharomyces genome-wide permutation gene

• Population genomics of human gene expression.

  PMID 17873874 · PMC2683249 · Nature genetics · 2007 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Gene expression levels in lymphoblastoid cell lines are a heritable trait

  ebv-transformed ceu lymphoblastoid unrelated genome-wide custom cis-eqtl

• Calibrating the performance of SNP arrays for whole-genome association studies.

  PMID 18584036 · PMC2432039 · PLoS genetics · 2008 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Previous SNP array genetic coverage estimates are inflated due to SNP overfitting and sample overfitting, since they were evaluated on the same HapMap SNPs/individuals used to design the arrays.

  american liver simulated hapmap snp gene simulation-based

• Phenotypic variation meets systems biology.

  PMID 19664197 · PMC2745761 · Genome biology · 2009 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Cellular differentiation states are constrained by complex networks with substantial positive and negative regulation, challenging the concept of single 'master regulators'

  thp-1 arabidopsis unspecified mammalian deepcage protein-protein sequencing

• Investigating the genetic association between ERAP1 and ankylosing spondylitis.

  PMID 19692350 · PMC2758148 · Human molecular genetics · 2009 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  The genetic association between ERAP1 and AS is confirmed in an independent replication cohort

  patients cases genotype comparison snp meta-analysis resequencing

• A genome-wide association analysis identifies 16 novel susceptibility loci for carpal tunnel syndrome.

  PMID 30833571 · PMC6399342 · Nature communications · 2019 · 6 claims · 8 setups

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  A GWAS of 12,312 CTS cases and 389,344 controls in UK Biobank identifies 16 novel genome-wide significant susceptibility loci for CTS

  biobank surgically gwas transformed genome-wide sequencing gene-based

• Genome-wide associations of aortic distensibility suggest causality for aortic aneurysms and brain white matter hyperintensities.

  PMID 35922433 · PMC9349177 · Nature communications · 2022 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Genome-wide association of six CMR-derived aortic traits in up to 32,590 UK Biobank participants identifies 102 loci (including 27 novel associations) for aortic distensibility and area.

  biobank arterial aortic genome-wide multi-trait cardiac

• Novel integrative genomics strategies to identify genes for complex traits.

  PMID 16886998 · PMC2367618 · Animal genetics · 2006 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  Forward genetics is restricted to genes harboring mutations, systematically missing network genes that causally influence disease without themselves being mutated.

  bxd mice bxh alox5 qtl knockout linkage

• Six new loci associated with blood low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol or triglycerides in humans.

  PMID 18193044 · PMC2682493 · Nature genetics · 2008 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  GWAS plus targeted replication identified 18 loci reproducibly associated with LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and/or triglycerides, six of which are newly identified

  blood liver fasting genome-wide targeted liver

• Genome-wide association studies of MRI-defined brain infarcts: meta-analysis from the CHARGE Consortium.

  PMID 20044523 · PMC2923092 · Stroke · 2010 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  SNP rs2208454 in intron 3 of MACROD2 (near FLRT3, chr20p12) is associated with lower risk of covert MRI-infarcts (OR=0.76, p=4.64x10-7)

  stroke-free elderly african-american cardiovascular genome-wide direct expression

• Genetic and functional association of FAM5C with myocardial infarction.

  PMID 18430236 · PMC2383879 · BMC medical genetics · 2008 · 8 claims · 5 setups

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  SNPs within FAM5C show genetic linkage to and association with myocardial infarction in the GENECARD family-based sample

  genecard cathgen donor aortic genome-wide case-control expression

• Cell type-specific eQTL analysis of COVID-19 based on single-cell transcriptomic data.

  PMID 41064594 · PMC12501775 · NAR genomics and bioinformatics · 2025 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Single-cell eQTL analysis across eight immune cell types identified 2593 genes whose expression is significantly associated with common genetic polymorphisms, with most genes showing cell type-specific effects

  pbmcs eight pbmc monocytes scrna-seq genetic cis-eqtl

• Expression quantitative trait loci in sheep liver and muscle contribute to variations in meat traits.

  PMID 33461502 · PMC7812657 · Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE · 2021 · 7 claims · 5 setups

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  Gene expression, exon expression, and intron excision ratio (splicing) molecular phenotypes are significantly heritable in sheep liver and muscle

  liver sheep sequencing snp heritability

• Genetics of circulating inflammatory proteins identifies drivers of immune-mediated disease risk and therapeutic targets.

  PMID 37563310 · PMC10457199 · Nature immunology · 2023 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Genome-wide pQTL mapping of 91 inflammation-related plasma proteins in 14,824 participants identified 180 significant pQTLs (59 cis, 121 trans) across 108 genomic regions and 70 proteins

  plasma blood tissues gut genome-wide pqtl cis-eqtl

• Differentially expressed genes reflect disease-induced rather than disease-causing changes in the transcriptome.

  PMID 34561431 · PMC8463674 · Nature communications · 2021 · 8 claims · 7 setups

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  revTWMR, a reverse transcriptome-wide Mendelian Randomization approach integrating GWAS and whole-blood trans-eQTL summary statistics, is proposed to estimate the causal effect of a phenotype on gene expression.

  blood ra-associated genome-wide revtwmr transcriptome-wide reverse functional

• Genetical genomic determinants of alcohol consumption in rats and humans.

  PMID 19874574 · PMC2777866 · BMC biology · 2009 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  A genetical genomics approach combining brain gene expression, bQTL, and eQTL analysis in HXB/BXH RI rats identifies candidate genes for alcohol consumption

  hxb naive caucasian two-bottle behavioral brain

• Integration of multi-omics and machine learning strategies identifies immune related candidate biomarkers in inflammation-associated hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

  PMID 41080564 · PMC12510942 · Frontiers in immunology · 2025 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Seven key immune-related genes (RNF165, SNCA, SRGN, MARCO, STEAP4, SIGLEC9, TKT) are associated with HCM by intersecting DEGs with MR-identified eQTLs

  left eqtl degs merged bulk two-sample functional

• Integrated multi-omics analysis combined with clinical validation reveals that HLA-DRB5 and ODAPH are causal risk genes for keratoconus.

  PMID 41803193 · PMC13179358 · Scientific reports · 2026 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  2,884 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified as the union of upregulated genes from two independent KC transcriptome datasets (GSE151631, GSE77938), enriched in cell adhesion, immune response, and TNF/IL-17 signaling pathways.

  corneal deg gwas eqtl bulk kegg summary-data

• Can we find the genes involved in complex traits?

  PMID 15461809 · PMC545590 · Genome biology · 2004 · 8 claims · 8 setups

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  Large regions of the mouse genome exist in linkage disequilibrium (LD), including a 40 Mb region on the X chromosome, reflecting selection against recombination to preserve allelic combinations.

  inbred strains 000-strain recombinant snp expression eqtl

• Fast-evolving noncoding sequences in the human genome.

  PMID 17578567 · PMC2394770 · Genome biology · 2007 · 8 claims · 6 setups

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  1,356 conserved noncoding sequences show human-specific accelerated substitution rates (ANC sequences) relative to chimpanzee

  chimpanzee genome hapmap comparative genomic segmental