Single nucleus RNA-sequencing integrated into risk variant colocalization discovers 17 cell-type-specific abdominal obesity genes for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease

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NIH grants R01HG010505, R01DK132775, and R01HL170604; the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (Grant No. 802825), Academy of Finland (Grants Nos. 333021), the Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research the Sigrid Jusélius Foundation and the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation; American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Advanced Transplant Hepatology award and NIH/NIDDK (P30DK41301) Pilot and Feasibility award; NIH/NIEHS F32 award (F32ES034668); Finnish Diabetes Research Foundation, Kuopio University Hospital Project grant (EVO/VTR grants 2005-2021), the Academy of Finland grant (Contract no. 138006); Academy of Finland (Grant Nos 335443, 314383, 272376 and 266286), Sigrid Jusélius Foundation, Finnish Medical Foundation, Finnish Diabetes Research Foundation, Novo Nordisk Foundation (#NNF20OC0060547, NNF17OC0027232, NNF10OC1013354) and Government Research Funds to Helsinki University Hospital; Orion Research Foundation, Maud Kuistila Foundation, Finish Medical Foundation, and University of Helsinki.