Genetic variants of Y chromosome are associated with a protective lipid profile in black men

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1569-1574

  Russo, Paola ^a   Siani, Alfonso ^a   Miller, Michelle A ^b   Karanam, Sharada ^b   Esposito, Teresa ^c   Gianfrancesco, Fernando ^a,c   Barba, Gianvincenzo ^a   Lauria, Fabio ^a   Strazzullo, Pasquale ^d   Cappuccio, Francesco P ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Ethnicity; Lipoprotein; Male; Y chromosome

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN TBL1Y; PROTEIN USP9Y; PROTEIN UTY; TRANSDUCIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TBL1X PROTEIN, HUMAN; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE; USP9Y PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; Y CHROMOSOME; ASIAN; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENETICS; NEGRO; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, Y; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSDUCIN; TRIGLYCERIDES; UBIQUITIN THIOLESTERASE;

EID: 52449130940     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.108.168641     Document Type: Article

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