Common genetic factors for hematological traits in humans

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 161-169

  Okada, Yukinori ^a,b   Kamatani, Yoichiro ^c  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c FONDATION JEAN DAUSSET CEPH   (France)

Author keywords

GWAS; hematological trait; quantitative trait

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CXCL2 CHEMOKINE; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ERG; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; BASOPHIL; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; CELL LINEAGE; CROSS HYBRIDIZATION; EOSINOPHIL; EPIGENETICS; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MONOCYTE; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; ONCOGENE MYB; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; THROMBOCYTHEMIA;

BLOOD CELLS; ERYTHROCYTES; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84858980097     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: 1435232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2012.2     Document Type: Review

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