Using the gene ontology to scan multilevel gene sets for associations in genome wide association studies

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-16

  Schaid, Daniel J ^a   Sinnwell, Jason P ^a   Jenkins, Gregory D ^a   McDonnell, Shannon K ^a   Ingle, James N ^a   Kubo, Michiaki ^c   Goss, Paul E ^d   Costantino, Joseph P ^e   Wickerham, D Lawrence ^f   Weinshilboum, Richard M ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene sets; Genome wide association; Pathways; Score statistics

Indexed keywords

ANASTROZOLE; EXEMESTANE; RALOXIFENE; TAMOXIFEN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME 8; CHROMOSOME 9; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTRADUCTAL CARCINOMA; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANDROSTADIENES; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATA MINING; FEMALE; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, GENETIC; NITRILES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RALOXIFENE; SOFTWARE; TAMOXIFEN; TRIAZOLES;

EID: 84859100107     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: 10982272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20632     Document Type: Article

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