Genetic variation at the SLC23A1 locus is associated with circulating concentrations of L-ascorbic acid (vitamin C): Evidence from 5 independent studies with >15,000 participants

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 375-382

  Timpson, Nicholas J ^a   Forouhi, Nita G ^a,b   Brion, Marie Jo ^a   Harbord, Roger M ^a   Cook, Derek G ^c   Johnson, Paul ^d   McConnachie, Alex ^d   Morris, Richard W ^f   Rodriguez, Santiago ^a   Luan, Jian'an ^b   Ebrahim, Shah ^g   Padmanabhan, Sandosh ^e   Watt, Graham ^d   Bruckdorfer, K Richard ^f   Wareham, Nicholas J ^b   Whincup, Peter H ^c   Chanock, Steve ^h   Sattar, Naveed ^e   Lawlor, Debbie A ^a   Smith, George Davey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^h NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; COTRANSPORTER; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER; SODIUM DEPENDENT VITAMIN C TRANSPORTER 2; SODIUM-DEPENDENT VITAMIN C TRANSPORTER 2;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLC23A1 GENE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ASCORBIC ACID; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTERS, SODIUM-DEPENDENT; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SYMPORTERS;

EID: 77955500681     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2010.29438     Document Type: Article

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