Genetic factors in nonsmokers with age-related macular degeneration revealed through genome-wide gene-environment interaction analysis

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 215-231

  Naj, Adam C ^a   Scott, William K ^b   Courtenay, Monique D ^b   Cade, William H ^b   Schwartz, Stephen G ^c   Kovach, Jaclyn L ^c   Agarwal, Anita ^d   Wang, Gaofeng ^b   Haines, Jonathan L ^e   Pericak Vance, Margaret A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Age related maculopathy; Gene environment interaction; Genome wide association studies (GWAS); Genome wide gene environment interaction studies; Smoking; Smoking gene interactions

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING;

AGED; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 10; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEINS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 84876315901     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ahg.12011     Document Type: Article

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