A variant of the gene encoding leukotriene A4 hydrolase confers ethnicity-specific risk of myocardial infarction

Nature Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-74

  Helgadottir, Anna ^a   Manolescu, Andrei ^a   Helgason, Agnar ^a   Thorleifsson, Gudmar ^a   Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur ^a   Gudbjartsson, Daniel F ^a   Gretarsdottir, Solveig ^a   Magnusson, Kristinn P ^a   Gudmundsson, Gudmundur ^a   Hicks, Andrew ^a   Jonsson, Thorlakur ^a   Grant, Struan F A ^a   Sainz, Jesus ^a   O'Brien, Stephen J ^b   Sveinbjornsdottir, Sigurlaug ^c   Valdimarsson, Einar M ^c   Matthiasson, Stefan E ^c   Levey, Allan I ^d   Abramson, Jerome L ^d   Reilly, Murdach P ^e   Vaccarino, Viola ^d   Wolfe, Megan L ^e   Gudnason, Vilmundur ^f   Quyyumi, Arshed A ^d   Topol, Eric J ^g   Rader, Daniel J ^e   Thorgeirsson, Gudmundur ^c   Gulcher, Jeffrey R ^a   Hakonarson, Hakon ^a   Kong, Augustine ^a   Stefansson, Kari ^a   more..

^a DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f ICELANDIC HEART ASSOCIATION   (Iceland)

^g LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROLASE; LEUKOTRIENE A4;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UPREGULATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPOXIDE HYDROLASES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; ICELAND; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 29444444748     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1692     Document Type: Article

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