方法对比

	单细胞全基因组关联分析 (Single-cell GWAS)	单细胞 eQTL 分析
领域	生物信息学	生物信息学
方法族	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
起源年份	2019–2022 (rapid emergence with large-scale scRNA-seq atlases)	2020
提出者	Multiple groups (Price lab, De Jager lab, others); scDRS framework by Zhang et al. 2022	Cuomo et al.; Kim-Hellmuth et al. (pioneering sc-eQTL frameworks, 2020)
类型	Integrative genomic analysis pipeline	Statistical genomics pipeline
开创性文献	Zhang, M. J., Hou, K., Dey, K. K., Sakaue, S., Jagadeesh, K. A., Weinand, K., ... & Price, A. L. (2022). Polygenic enrichment distinguishes disease associations of individual cells in single-cell RNA-seq data. Nature Genetics, 54(8), 1224-1234.	Cuomo, A. S. E., et al. (2020). Single-cell RNA-sequencing of differentiating iPS cells reveals dynamic genetic effects on gene expression. Nature Communications, 11(1), 810.
别名	sc-GWAS, single-cell GWAS integration, cell-type-specific GWAS, single-cell genetic association analysis	sc-eQTL analysis, single-cell eQTL mapping, scRNA-seq eQTL, cell-type-specific eQTL
相关	6	6
摘要	Single-cell GWAS is an integrative bioinformatics pipeline that maps genome-wide association study (GWAS) signals onto single-cell transcriptomic landscapes to identify which cell types and individual cells carry disproportionate genetic risk for a disease or trait. By leveraging single-cell RNA-seq atlases alongside GWAS summary statistics, it moves beyond tissue-level associations to reveal the precise cellular contexts in which disease-associated genetic variants exert their effects.	Single-cell eQTL analysis identifies genetic variants (eQTLs) that regulate gene expression in a cell-type-specific manner by jointly analysing single-cell RNA-seq profiles and donor genotype data. Unlike bulk eQTL methods, it resolves regulatory effects that are diluted or masked when cell types are mixed, enabling discovery of variants whose effects are confined to particular cell states or developmental stages.