GWAS Locus Solved: CD40 Variant Pinpointed After 20 Years
anshulkundaje · x · 2026-08-17
A new preprint from Soumya Raychaudhuri's lab dissects the CD40 GWAS locus, identifying the exact causal variant and the cell state driving the signal. The study leverages CITE-seq datasets to move beyond regional association to single-base and cell-state resolution.
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