Among the SNPs that showed differential expression significant at FDR ≤ 0.20, 89 are in expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) of their own genes and 116 were within the target site for an RNA-binding protein (RBP) (Table 2). The most prominent RBPs were PABPC1 (Poly(A) Binding Protein Cytoplasmic 1), with sites that overlap 88 SNPs, ELAVL1 (ELAV Like RNA Binding Protein 1) with sites that overlap 75 SNPs, SLBP (Stem-Loop Binding Protein) with sites that overlap 28 SNPs, CELF1 (CUGBP Elav-Like Family Member 1) with sites that overlap 20 SNPs, and IGF2BP1 (Insulin Like Growth Factor 2 MRNA Binding Protein 1) with sites that overlap 11 SNPs. Most of the functional SNPs (128 of the 173) were within predicted binding sites of microRNAs (miRNAs) (Table 2). In most cases, several miRNA were predicted to bind around the SNP; in total, 532 different miRNAs were predicted to bind these sites.
