A novel, functional and replicable risk gene region for alcohol dependence identified by genome-wide association study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Zuo, Lingjun ^a,b   Zhang, Clarence K ^a   Wang, Fei ^a,c   Li, Chiang Shan R ^a   Zhao, Hongyu ^a   Lu, Lingeng ^a   Zhang, Xiang Yang ^d   Lu, Lin ^e   Zhang, Heping ^a   Zhang, Fengyu ^f   Krystal, John H ^a,b   Luo, Xingguang ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHF3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; PTP4A1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RISK; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HUMAN; MALE; PLANT HOMEODOMAIN FINGER PROTEIN 3 GENE; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE TYPE IVA GENE MEMBER 1; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ALCOHOLISM; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 80455127005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026726     Document Type: Article

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