Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Soccio RE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4493773 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cell 20150701 1
SNPs affecting disease risk often reside in non-coding genomic regions. Here, we show that SNPs are highly enriched at mouse strain-selective adipose tissue binding sites for PPARγ, a nuclear receptor for anti-diabetic drugs. Many such SNPs alter binding motifs for PPARγ or cooperating factors and functionally regulate nearby genes whose expression is strain selective and imbalanced in heterozygous F1 mice. Moreover, genetically determined binding of PPARγ accounts for mouse strain-specific tran ...[more]