[HTML][HTML] Leveraging allelic imbalance to refine fine-mapping for eQTL studies

J Zou, F Hormozdiari, B Jew, SE Castel… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Many disease risk loci identified in genome-wide association studies are present in non-coding
regions of the genome. Previous studies have found enrichment of expression …

Discovering single nucleotide polymorphisms regulating human gene expression using allele specific expression from RNA-seq data

EY Kang, LJ Martin, S Mangul, W Isvilanonda, J Zou… - Genetics, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The study of the genetics of gene expression is of considerable importance to understanding
the nature of common, complex diseases. The most widely applied approach to identifying …

Using genomic annotations increases statistical power to detect eGenes

D Duong, J Zou, F Hormozdiari, JH Sul, J Ernst… - …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Motivation: Expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) are genetic variants that affect gene
expression. In eQTL studies, one important task is to find eGenes or genes whose expressions …

Modeling ultra-high dose rate electron and proton FLASH effect with the physicochemical approach

…, C Koumenis, E Diffenderfer, JW Zou - Physics in Medicine …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. A physicochemical model built on the radiochemical kinetic theory was recently
proposed in (Labarbe et al 2020) to explain the FLASH effect. We performed extensive …

Genome-Wide Association Study in two cohorts from a multi-generational mouse advanced intercross line highlights the difficulty of replication due to study-specific …

…, CL St. Pierre, NM Gonzales, J Zou… - G3: Genes …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
There has been extensive discussion of the “Replication Crisis” in many fields, including
genome-wide association studies (GWAS). We explored replication in a mouse model using an …

Analysis of independent cohorts of outbred CFW mice reveals novel loci for behavioral and physiological traits and identifies factors determining reproducibility

J Zou, S Gopalakrishnan, CC Parker, J Nicod, R Mott… - G3, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Combining samples for genetic association is standard practice in human genetic analysis
of complex traits, but is rarely undertaken in rodent genetics. Here, using 23 phenotypes and …

Accurate modeling of replication rates in genome-wide association studies by accounting for Winner's Curse and study-specific heterogeneity

J Zou, J Zhou, S Faller, RP Brown, SS Sankararaman… - G3, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified thousands of genetic variants
associated with complex human traits, but only a fraction of variants identified in discovery …

Leveraging allele-specific expression to refine fine-mapping for eQTL studies

J Zou, F Hormozdiari, B Jew, J Ernst, JH Sul, E Eskin - bioRxiv, 2018 - biorxiv.org
Many disease risk loci identified in genome-wide association studies are present in non-coding
regions of the genome. It is hypothesized that these variants affect complex traits by …

Acute hospitalizations after proton beam therapy (PBT) versus intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for locally advanced non–small-cell lung cancer (LA-NSCLC) …

…, A Doucette, Y Xiao, K Teo, S O'Reilly, JW Zou… - 2023 - ascopubs.org
8573 Background: Prior work found that PBT is associated with fewer acute hospitalizations
compared to photons for a variety of cancers. Patients (pts) with LA-NSCLC treated with …

EA8185: Phase II study of bladder-sparing chemoradiation (chemoRT) with durvalumab in clinical stage III, node-positive urothelial carcinoma (INSPIRE), ECOG …

…, SE Kim, AA Solanki, DT Miyamoto, D Degraff, JW Zou… - 2021 - ascopubs.org
TPS500 Background: Patients [pts] withlymph node positive (LN+), non-metastatic bladder
cancer (BC) have a better prognosis than those with metastatic (M1) disease. However, this …