Table 7. Three SNPs identified with tissue specific gene expression of their associated genes and /or eQTLs, using the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) database (http://gtexportal.org).
SNP | Gene | Tissue | NES |
rs12587898 | IFI27L1 | Brain cortex | 0.41 |
rs1179161 | PNPLA4 | Tibial nerve | 0.42 |
“ | “ | Frontal cortex | 0.21 |
“ | “ | Putamen | 0.25 |
“ | “ | Spinal cord | 0.36 |
“ | “ | Cortex | -0.39 |
“ | “ | Caudate | 0.18 |
rs645026 | YEATS4 | Caudate | -0.45 |
The normalized effect size (NES) defined as the slope of the linear regression of the effect of the alternative (minor) allele relative to the reference (major) allele, based on hg19 reference genome [34].