TMPRSS6, but not TF, TFR2 or BMP2 variants are associated with increased risk of iron-deficiency anemia

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2124-2131

  An, Peng ^a,b   Wu, Qian ^a,b   Wang, Hao ^a,b   Guan, Yu ^a,b   Mu, Mingdao ^a,b   Liao, Yijun ^a,b   Zhou, Daizhan ^a,b   Song, Pengkun ^c   Wang, Chunrong ^c   Meng, Liping ^c   Man, Qingqing ^c   Li, Lixiang ^c   Zhang, Jian ^c   Wang, Fudi ^a,b  

^a Key Laboratory of Nutrition and Metabolism   (China)

^b Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

^c BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; MATRIPTASE; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; RISK FACTORS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 84859243904     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/dds028     Document Type: Article

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