Figure 1
From: Computational discovery of transcription factors associated with drug response
(a) Diagram of how transcription factors (TFs) mediate response to a drug. A drug (diamond) enters the cell and affects multiple cellular processes. One such process involves transport or signal transduction to the nucleus where it alters the transcriptional activity of a TF. Expression of target genes is subsequently altered, potentially resulting in apoptosis. (b) Outline of triangulation procedure proposed in the literature. Each edge of the triangle corresponds to a correlation between two of the three axes of information: drug response, genetic variants and gene expression. Integrative analysis involves intersecting expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) genes and genome-wide association study (GWAS) genes or eQTL single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and GWAS SNPs.
