Genome-wide association study for C-reactive protein levels identified pleiotropic associations in the IL6 locus

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1224-1231

  Okada, Yukinori ^a,b   Takahashi, Atsushi ^a   Ohmiya, Hiroko ^a   Kumasaka, Natsuhiko ^a   Kamatani, Yoichiro ^d   Hosono, Naoya ^a   Tsunoda, Tatsuhiko ^a   Matsuda, Koichi ^c   Tanaka, Toshihiro ^a   Kubo, Michiaki ^a   Nakamura, Yusuke ^c   Yamamoto, Kazuhiko ^b   Kamatani, Naoyuki ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d FONDATION JEAN DAUSSET CEPH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; SERUM GLOBULIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD CELL COUNT; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUALITY CONTROL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 79952019307     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddq551     Document Type: Article

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