A study by Dong et al. which integrated eQTL data and GWAS summary data, using Sherlock Bayesian analysis, identified 11 candidate genes implicated in severe asthma of which four genes (HLA-DQA1, GNGT2, STAT6, and SLC22A5) overlap with the genes identified through our pipeline (86). This evidence concerns the gene HLA-DQA1 and asthma.