Population-scale immune multiome atlas reveals regulatory disease mechanisms

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LiNovartis, Basel, SwitzerlandMajd Mouded & Debby NgoM. Kanai, A.P., D.B.G., M.J.D. and R.J.X. conceived and designed the study. J. Honkanen, R.S.R., J.J., J. Halonen, M.A., K.P. and J.P. coordinated sample collection at the Finnish Red Cross Blood Service. T.M.D., S.M., I.T.-S., C.M., K.N., T.Y., K.L., M.G., N.M. and E.P.F. performed single-cell experiments. M. Kanai, H.S.H., E.C., D.C., Y. Zhu and C.B.M.P. processed multiome data. M. Kanai, R.S.R., J.K., G.P., Y. Zhang, S.R., Z.Z., M.P.R., M. Kurki, O.A. and W.Z. performed statistical analyses. M. Kanai developed the CASCADE framework, software and interactive browser. M. Kanai, Y.T., D.T., S.N., K.S. and Y.O. performed the BioBank Japan replication analyses. M.J.D. and R.J.X. jointly supervised the study. M. Kanai, D.B.G., M.J.D. and R.J.X. wrote the manuscript. All of the authors read, revised and approved the final manuscript.