Title: MetaXcan: Summary Statistics Based Gene-Level Association Method Infers Accurate PrediXcan Results
Authors: last_name: Barbeira
first_name: Alvaro
name: Alvaro Barbeira
affiliations: label: 1
institution: Department of Physics, Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires
country: Argentina
name: Department of Physics, Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires , CABA, Argentina
last_name: Shah
first_name: Kaanan P.
name: Kaanan P. Shah
affiliations: label: 2
institution: Section of Genetic Medicine, The University of Chicago
country: USA
name: Section of Genetic Medicine, The University of Chicago , Chicago, IL, USA
last_name: Torres
first_name: Jason M.
name: Jason M. Torres
affiliations: label: 3
institution: Committee on Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition, The University of Chicago
country: USA
name: Committee on Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition, The University of Chicago , Chicago, IL, USA
last_name: Wheeler
first_name: Heather E
name: Heather E Wheeler
affiliations: label: 4
institution: Departments of Biology and Computer Science, Loyola University Chicago
country: USA
name: Departments of Biology and Computer Science, Loyola University Chicago , Chicago, IL, USA
last_name: Torstenson
first_name: Eric S.
name: Eric S. Torstenson
affiliations: label: 5
institution: Vanderbilt Genetic Institute, Vanderbilt University
country: USA
name: Vanderbilt Genetic Institute, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, TN, USA
last_name: Edwards
first_name: Todd
name: Todd Edwards
affiliations: label: 5
institution: Vanderbilt Genetic Institute, Vanderbilt University
country: USA
name: Vanderbilt Genetic Institute, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, TN, USA
last_name: Garcia
first_name: Tzintzuni
name: Tzintzuni Garcia
affiliations: label: 6
institution: Center for Research Informatics, The University of Chicago
country: USA
name: Center for Research Informatics, The University of Chicago , IL, USA
last_name: Bell
first_name: Graeme I
name: Graeme I Bell
affiliations: label: 7
institution: Section of Endocrinology, The University of Chicago
country: USA
name: Section of Endocrinology, The University of Chicago , Chicago, IL, USA
last_name: Nicolae
first_name: Dan
name: Dan Nicolae
affiliations: label: 1
institution: Department of Physics, Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires
country: Argentina
name: Department of Physics, Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires , CABA, Argentina
last_name: Cox
first_name: Nancy J
name: Nancy J Cox
affiliations: label: 5
institution: Vanderbilt Genetic Institute, Vanderbilt University
country: USA
name: Vanderbilt Genetic Institute, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, TN, USA
last_name: Im
first_name: Hae Kyung
name: Hae Kyung Im
affiliations: label: 2
institution: Section of Genetic Medicine, The University of Chicago
country: USA
name: Section of Genetic Medicine, The University of Chicago , Chicago, IL, USA
notes: E-mail: Corresponding haky@uchicago.edu
Affiliations: label: 1
institution: Department of Physics, Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires
country: Argentina
name: Department of Physics, Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires , CABA, Argentina
label: 2
institution: Section of Genetic Medicine, The University of Chicago
country: USA
name: Section of Genetic Medicine, The University of Chicago , Chicago, IL, USA
label: 3
institution: Committee on Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition, The University of Chicago
country: USA
name: Committee on Molecular Metabolism and Nutrition, The University of Chicago , Chicago, IL, USA
label: 4
institution: Departments of Biology and Computer Science, Loyola University Chicago
country: USA
name: Departments of Biology and Computer Science, Loyola University Chicago , Chicago, IL, USA
label: 5
institution: Vanderbilt Genetic Institute, Vanderbilt University
country: USA
name: Vanderbilt Genetic Institute, Vanderbilt University , Nashville, TN, USA
label: 6
institution: Center for Research Informatics, The University of Chicago
country: USA
name: Center for Research Informatics, The University of Chicago , IL, USA
label: 7
institution: Section of Endocrinology, The University of Chicago
country: USA
name: Section of Endocrinology, The University of Chicago , Chicago, IL, USA
Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Document type: preprint
Year: 2016