A SULT2A1 genetic variant identified by GWAS as associated with low serum DHEAS does not impact on the actual DHEA/DHEAS ratio

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-77

  Haring, Robin ^a   Wallaschofski, Henri ^a   Teumer, Alexander ^b   Kroemer, Heyo ^c   Taylor, Angela E ^d   Shackleton, Cedric H L ^d   Nauck, Matthias ^a   Völker, Uwe ^b   Homuth, Georg ^b   Arlt, Wiebke ^d  

^a Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine   (Germany)

^b Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DHEAS; Epidemiology; Genetics; Genome wide association study; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STEROID ANALYSIS; SULT2A1 GENE;

ADULT; AGED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; COHORT STUDIES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SULFOTRANSFERASES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84872041810     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: 14796813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JME-12-0185     Document Type: Article

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