Novel association to the proprotein convertase PCSK7 gene locus revealed by analysing soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) levels

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1042-1047

  Oexle, Konrad ^a   Ried, Janina S ^b   Hicks, Andrew A ^c,d   Tanaka, Toshiko ^e   Hayward, Caroline ^f   Bruegel, Mathias ^g   Gögele, Martin ^c,d   Lichtner, Peter ^b   Müller Myhsok, Bertram ^h   Döring, Angela ^b   Illig, Thomas ^b   Schwienbacher, Christine ^c,d,i   Minelli, Cosetta ^c,d   Pichler, Irene ^c,d   Fiedler, G Martin ^g   Thiery, Joachim ^g   Rudan, Igor ^j,k   Wright, Alan F ^f   Campbell, Harry ^k   Ferrucci, Luigi ^e   Bandinelli, Stefania ^l   Pramstaller, Peter P ^c,d,m   Wichmann, H Erich ^b,n   Gieger, Christian ^b   Winkelmann, Juliane ^a   Meitinger, Thomas ^a,b   more..

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^e Harbor Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^l SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^m General Central Hospital   (Italy)

ⁿ LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A; CHOLESTEROL; FERRITIN; GENE PRODUCT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 7; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 22Q; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IRON STORAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 79551586854     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq538     Document Type: Article

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