The GLUT9 gene is associated with serum uric acid levels in sardinia and chianti cohorts

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2156-2162

  Li, Siguang ^a   Sanna, Serena ^b   Maschio, Andrea ^b   Busonero, Fabio ^b   Usala, Gianluca ^b   Mulas, Antonella ^b   Lai, Sandra ^b   Dei, Mariano ^b   Orrù, Marco ^b   Albai, Giuseppe ^b   Bandinelli, Stefania ^c   Schlessinger, David ^a   Lakatta, Edward ^a   Scuteri, Angelo ^a,d   Najjar, Samer S ^a   Guralnik, Jack ^a   Naitza, Silvia ^b   Crisponi, Laura ^b   Cao, Antonio ^b   Abecasis, Gonçalo ^e   Ferrucci, Luigi ^a   Uda, Manuela ^b   Chen, Wei Min ^e   Nagaraja, Ramaiah ^a   more..

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c Azienda Sanitaria di Firenze   (Italy)

^d INRCA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; SLC2A9 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOTYPE; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT PROTEINS, FACILITATIVE; HUMANS; ITALY; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; URIC ACID;

EID: 37349008492     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030194     Document Type: Article

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