Large-scale gene-centric meta-analysis across 32 studies identifies multiple lipid loci

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 823-838

  Asselbergs, Folkert W ^a   Guo, Yiran ^b,c   Van Iperen, Erik P A ^d,e   Sivapalaratnam, Suthesh ^f   Tragante, Vinicius ^a   Lanktree, Matthew B ^g   Lange, Leslie A ^h   Almoguera, Berta ^b   Appelman, Yolande E ⁱ   Barnard, John ^j   Baumert, Jens ^k   Beitelshees, Amber L ^l   Bhangale, Tushar R ^m   Chen, Yii Der Ida ⁿ   Gaunt, Tom R ^o   Gong, Yan ^p   Hopewell, Jemma C ^q   Johnson, Toby ^r   Kleber, Marcus E ^s,t   Langaee, Taimour Y ^p   Li, Mingyao ^u   Li, Yun R ^b   Liu, Kiang ^v   McDonough, Caitrin W ^p   Meijs, Matthijs F L ^a   Middelberg, Rita P S ^w,x   Musunuru, Kiran ^y,z,aa   Nelson, Christopher P ^ab   O'Connell, Jeffery R ^l   Padmanabhan, Sandosh ^ac   Pankow, James S ^ad   Pankratz, Nathan ^ae   Rafelt, Suzanne ^ab   Rajagopalan, Ramakrishnan ^af   Romaine, Simon P R ^ag   Schork, Nicholas J ^ah   Shaffer, Jonathan ^ai   Shen, Haiqing ^l   Smith, Erin N ^aj   Tischfield, Sam E ^ak   Van Der Most, Peter J ^al   Van Vliet Ostaptchouk, Jana V ^al   Verweij, Niek ^al   Volcik, Kelly A ^am   Zhang, Li ^j   Bailey, Kent R ^an   Bailey, Kristian M ^ag   Bauer, Florianne ^a   Boer, Jolanda M A ^ao   Braund, Peter S ^ab   Burt, Amber ^af   Burton, Paul R ^ap   Buxbaum, Sarah G ^aq   Chen, Wei ^ar   Cooper Dehoff, Rhonda M ^p   Cupples, L Adrienne ^as,at   Dejong, Jonas S ^f   Delles, Christian ^ac   Duggan, David ^au   Fornage, Myriam ^av   Furlong, Clement E ^af   Glazer, Nicole ^as   Gums, John G ^aw   Hastie, Claire ^ac   Holmes, Michael V ^ax   Illig, Thomas ^k,ay   Kirkland, Susan A ^az   Kivimaki, Mika ^ax   Klein, Ronald ^ba   Klein, Barbara E ^ba   Kooperberg, Charles ^bb   Kottke Marchant, Kandice ^j   Kumari, Meena ^ax   Lacroix, Andrea Z ^bb   Mallela, Laya ^b   Murugesan, Gurunathan ^j   Ordovas, Jose ^bc   Ouwehand, Willem H ^bd   Post, Wendy S ^be   Saxena, Richa ^y,z   Scharnagl, Hubert ^bf   Schreiner, Pamela J ^bg   Shah, Tina ^ax   Shields, Denis C ^bh   Shimbo, Daichi ^ai   Srinivasan, Sathanur R ^ar   Stolk, Ronald P ^al   Swerdlow, Daniel I ^ax   Taylor Jr , Herman A ^bi   Topol, Eric J ^ah   Toskala, Elina ^b   Van Pelt, Joost L ^al   Van Setten, Jessica ^a   Yusuf, Salim ^bj   Whittaker, John C ^bk,bl   Zwinderman, A H ^f   Anand, Sonia S ^bj   Balmforth, Anthony J ^ag   Berenson, Gerald S ^ar   Bezzina, Connie R ^f,al   Boehm, Bernhard O ^bm   Boerwinkle, Eric ^av   Casas, Juan P ^ax,bl   Caulfield, Mark J ^r   Clarke, Robert ^q   Connell, John M ^bn   Cruickshanks, Karen J ^ba   Davidson, Karina W ^ai   Day, Ian N M ^o   De Bakker, Paul I W ^a,y,aa   Doevendans, Pieter A ^a   Dominiczak, Anna F ^ac   Hall, Alistair S ^ag   Hartman, Catharina A ^al   Hengstenberg, Christian ^bo   Hillege, Hans L ^al   Hofker, Marten H ^al   Humphries, Steve E ^ax   Jarvik, Gail P ^af   Johnson, Julie A ^p   Kaess, Bernhard M ^bo   Kathiresan, Sekar ^y,z,aa   Koenig, Wolfgang ^bm   Lawlor, Debbie A ^o   März, Winfried ^t,bp   Melander, Olle ^bq   Mitchell, Braxton D ^l   Montgomery, Grant W ^w   Munroe, Patricia B ^r   Murray, Sarah S ^ah   Newhouse, Stephen J ^r   Onland Moret, N Charlotte ^a   Poulter, Neil ^br   Psaty, Bruce ^af,bs   Redline, Susan ^bt   Rich, Stephen S ^bu   Rotter, Jerome I ⁿ   Schunkert, Heribert ^bv   Sever, Peter ^af   Shuldiner, Alan R ^l,bw   Silverstein, Roy L ^bx,by   Stanton, Alice ^f,bz   Thorand, Barbara ^k   Trip, Mieke D ^ca   Tsai, Michael Y ^ae   Van Der Harst, Pim ^al   Van Der Schoot, Ellen ^ca   Van Der Schouw, Yvonne T ^br   Verschuren, W M Monique ^ao   Watkins, Hugh ^cb   Wilde, Arthur A M ^f   Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H R ^al   Whitfield, John B ^w   Hovingh, G Kees ^f   Ballantyne, Christie M ^cc   Wijmenga, Cisca ^al   Reilly, Muredach P ^u   Martin, Nicholas G ^w   Wilson, James G ^cd   Rader, Daniel J ^u   Samani, Nilesh J ^ab,cd   Reiner, Alex P ^bb   Hegele, Robert A ^ce   Kastelein, John J P ^f   Hingorani, Aroon D ^ax   Talmud, Philippa J ^ax   Hakonarson, Hakon ^b   Elbers, Clara C ^a   Keating, Brendan J ^b   Drenos, Fotios ^ax   more..

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c BGI SHENZHEN   (China)

^d Durrer Center for Cardiogenetic Research   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^k INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^m GENENTECH INC   (United States)

ⁿ CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^o UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^p UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^r QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^s LURIC Study   (Germany)

^t UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^u UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^v NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^x THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^y BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^z MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^aa HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^af UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^ah SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^ai Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^ak WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^al UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^am UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^an MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^ao NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^ap UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^aq JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ar TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^as BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^at FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^au TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^av UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^aw UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ax UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^ay HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^az DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^ba UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^bb Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^bc TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bd UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^be JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^bf MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^bg UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^bh UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^bi UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^bj MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^bk GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^bl LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^bm UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^bn UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^bo UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^bp SYNLAB ACADEMY   (Germany)

^bq LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^br IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^bs CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^bt UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^bu UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^bv UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^bw BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^bx CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^by CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^bz ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^ca Department of Experimental Immunology Sanquin ^*  (Netherlands)

^cb UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^cc BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^cd GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^ce ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOH PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; C4B PROTEIN; CHUK PROTEIN; DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE 2; FCGR2A PROTEIN; FTO PROTEIN; GCK PROTEIN; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 1A1; GPIHBP1 PROTEIN; HCAR2 PROTEIN; HEMOPROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INSIG2 PROTEIN; INSR PROTEIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LPAL2 PROTEIN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; SERPINF2 PROTEIN; SPTY2D1 PROTEIN; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UBE3B PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; META ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SEX FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84868470681     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: 15376605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2012.08.032     Document Type: Article

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