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A molecular map of T cell activation gives insights into immune disease

A study using single-cell transcriptomics and mapping of expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) in a dynamic model of CD4+ T cell activation reveals novel, context-specific eQTLs linked to genes associated with immune diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease.

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Fig. 1: Dynamic eQTL mapping in activated T cells.

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This is a summary of: Soskic, B. et al. Immune disease risk variants regulate gene expression dynamics during CD4+ T cell activation. Nat. Genet. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-022-01066-3 (2022).

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A molecular map of T cell activation gives insights into immune disease. Nat Genet 54, 752–753 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-022-01067-2

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