Expression QTL analysis of top loci from GWAS meta-analysis highlights additional schizophrenia candidate genes

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1004-1008

  De Jong, Simone ^a,b,c   Van Eijk, Kristel R ^a   Zeegers, Dave W L H ^a   Strengman, Eric ^a,c   Janson, Esther ^a   Veldink, Jan H ^b   Van Den Berg, Leonard H ^b   Cahn, Wiepke ^b   Kahn, René S ^b   Boks, Marco P M ^a,b   Ophoff, Roel A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

eQTL; expression; MHC; schizophrenia; SNP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; C16ORF61 GENE; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 22; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRELD2 GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPE; HIST1H2BD GENE; HLA DRB3 GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RNF5 GENE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRIM26 GENE; TUBB GENE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HLA-DRB3 CHAINS; HUMANS; MALE; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

EID: 84865268482     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2012.38     Document Type: Article

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