Genome-wide association analysis and fine mapping of NT-proBNP level provide novel insight into the role of the MTHFR-CLCN6-NPPA-NPPB gene cluster

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1660-1671

  del Greco, M Fabiola ^a,k   Pattaro, Cristian ^a   Luchner, Andreas ^b   Pichler, Irene ^a   Winkler, Thomas ^b   Hicks, Andrew A ^a   Fuchsberger, Christian ^c   Franke, Andre ^d   Melville, Scott A ^e   Peters, Annette ^f   Wichmann, H Erich ^f,g,h   Schreiber, Stefan ^d   Heid, Iris M ^b,f   Krawczak, Michael ^d   Minelli, Cosetta ^a   Wiedermann, Christian J ⁱ   Pramstaller, Peter P ^a,j,k  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^h LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ Klinikum Grosshadern ^*  (Italy)

^j CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CHLORIDE CHANNEL 6; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE PRECURSOR A; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE PRECURSOR B; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DOSAGE; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HAPLOTYPES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE, BRAIN; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 79953104103     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr035     Document Type: Article

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