MAGE: Multi-ancestry Analysis of Gene Expression

⚠️ 2026-03-27 IMPORTANT NOTICE - SAMPLE SWAP ⚠️

A sample swap has been detected:

• Library SRR19762530 is labeled as being derived from HG00237; it is actually derived from NA11919.
  • This library was NOT used for downstream QTL mapping. The HG00237 library used for QTL mapping was SRR19762247.
• Library SRR19762653 is labled as being derived from NA11919; it is actually derived from HG00237
  • This library WAS used for downstream QTL mapping.
• Status: NCBI SRA has been notified (Date: 2026-03-27)
• Corrected data will be uploaded to the Zenodo when ready

UPDATED STATUS 2026-04-03

• Two new runs have been added to BioProject PRJNA851328 to correct this sample swap:
  • SRR37907959 derives from HG00237
  • SRR37907958 derives from NA11919
• These runs replace the incorrect labeled SRR19762530 and SRR19762653 runs
  • A small note: SRR19762530 and SRR19762653 were re-labeled on SRA before being replaced. So SRR19762530 will appear as being derived from NA11919 if you look it up on SRA now.
• The Zenodo repository has NOT been updated yet. Please continue to use these data with caution.

Thank you Dr. Steven M. Heaton for making us aware of this issue.

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MAGE comprises RNA-seq data from lymphoblastoid cell lines derived from 731 individuals from the 1000 Genomes Project (1KGP), representing 26 globally-distributed populations across five continental groups. These data offer a large, geographically diverse, open access resource to facilitate studies of the distribution, genetic underpinnings, and evolution of variation in human transcriptomes and include data from several ancestry groups that were poorly represented in previous studies.

Briefly, this repo contains the following data:

1. Sample metadata and sequencing metrics
2. Gene expression and splicing matrices used for e/sQTL mapping and analyses of global trends of expression/splicing diversity
3. cis-e/sQTL mapping results, including aFC estimates for cis-eQTLs
4. Functional annotations of cis-e/sQTLs
5. Results of colocalization analysis between MAGE e/sQTLs and complex trait GWAS from the PAGE study
6. Results of analyses of global trends of expression/splicing diversity
7. Jointly-generated top genotype PCs for samples in MAGE and other resources with paired WGS/RNA-seq data (Geuvadis, GTEx, AFGR)

READMEs are provided for all data in the repo.