Chromatin 3D interactions mediate genetic effects on gene expression (RNA-seq)

To whom it may concern,This document refers to the data set, EGAS00001000446, which has been submitted to the European Genome Archive (EGA) for the controlled access by legitimate academic institutions that have agreed to comply with the terms of a Data Access Agreement drafted by the Gencord Data Access Committee, composed by: Stylianos Antonarakis, University of Geneva (co-chair) Emmanouil Dermitzakis, University of Geneva (co-chair) Serge Ferrari, University of Geneva Alexandre Reymond, University of Lausanne All requests for data access should be sent to both: Stylianos Antonarakis (stylianos. antonarakis@unige.ch) and Emmanouil Dermitzakis (emmanouil.dermitzakis@unige.ch). There are a number of steps that a researcher must take to obtain access to this data and the process is overseen by the Gencord Data Access Committee.The submission of our dataset is in accordance with the local ethics committee approval and the laws and regulations of canton of Geneva and Switzerland, and in accordance with the informed consent and the local ethics approval of the University Hospitals of the University of Geneva. Please be advised that Olivier Delaneau (olivier.delaneau@unil.ch) is authorized to upload data to the EGA for archiving and distribution as part of your submission process, which will enable approved researchers to have encrypted access to the data. We can confirm that this submission is consistent with the informed consent of the participants of the study or has been granted ethical approval and is in accordance with the applicable laws and regulations. Sincerely, Emmanouil Dermitzakis Stylianos Antonarakis