Koplev et al. apply interactive system analyses to infer and characterize gene-regulatory networks (GRNs) active within and across tissues that cause cardiometabolic disease and coronary artery disease (CAD). By including GWAS in the integrative analysis, the provided multiorgan framework of GRNs is suggested to explain significantly more heritability of CAD than what has been achieved by analyzing GWAS alone.
- Simon Koplev
- Marcus Seldin
- Johan L. M. Björkegren