Pathways-Driven Sparse Regression Identifies Pathways and Genes Associated with High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Two Asian Cohorts

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Silver, Matt ^a,b   Chen, Peng ^c   Li, Ruoying ^d   Cheng, Ching Yu ^c,e   Wong, Tien Yin ^c,e   Tai, E Shyong ^c,d   Teo, Yik Ying ^c,f   Montana, Giovanni ^a,g  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^f GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^g KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTEGRIN; LAMININ; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPARSE REGRESSION;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CALCIUM CHANNELS, L-TYPE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL;

EID: 84888215306     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003939     Document Type: Article

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