title: Finding disease candidate genes by liquid association.
abstract: A novel approach to finding candidate genes by using gene expression data through liquid association is developed and used to identify multiple sclerosis susceptibility candidate genes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Statistics, UCLA, 8125 Math Sciences Bldg, Los Angeles, California 90095-1554, USA. kcli@stat.ucla.edu
authors.forename: Ker-Chau
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Aarno
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palotie
authors.forename: Shinsheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bronnikov
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xuelian
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Oi-Wa
authors.initials: OW
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Janna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saarela
authors.forename: Leena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peltonen
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods*; D027341:Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D005387:Finland; D015870:Gene Expression; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D005820:Genetic Testing / Q000379:methods*; D023281:Genomics / Q000379:methods*; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000235:genetics; D051571:Protein Kinase C-alpha / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D027341:Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 1; C493394:SLC1A3 protein, human; C496628:PRKCA protein, human; D051571:Protein Kinase C-alpha