Identification of Novel Genetic Loci Associated with Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies and Clinical Thyroid Disease

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Medici, Marco ^a   Porcu, Eleonora ^b,c   Pistis, Giorgio ^d   Teumer, Alexander ^e   Brown, Suzanne J ^f   Jensen, Richard A ^g   Rawal, Rajesh ^h   Roef, Greet L ⁱ   Plantinga, Theo S ^j   Vermeulen, Sita H ^j   Lahti, Jari ^k   Simmonds, Matthew J ^l,bc   Husemoen, Lise Lotte N ^m   Freathy, Rachel M ⁿ   Shields, Beverley M ⁿ   Pietzner, Diana ^o   Nagy, Rebecca ^p   Broer, Linda ^a   Chaker, Layal ^a   Korevaar, Tim I M ^a   Plia, Maria Grazia ^b   Sala, Cinzia ^d   Völker, Uwe ^e   Richards, J Brent ^q,r   Sweep, Fred C ^j   Gieger, Christian ^h   Corre, Tanguy ^d   Kajantie, Eero ^s,t   Thuesen, Betina ^m   Taes, Youri E ⁱ   Visser, W Edward ^a   Hattersley, Andrew T ⁿ   Kratzsch, Jürgen ^u   Hamilton, Alexander ^l   Li, Wei ^p   Homuth, Georg ^e   Lobina, Monia ^b   Mariotti, Stefano ^c   Soranzo, Nicole ^v   Cocca, Massimiliano ^d   Nauck, Matthias ^e   Spielhagen, Christin ^e   Ross, Alec ^j   Arnold, Alice ^w   van de Bunt, Martijn ^l   Liyanarachchi, Sandya ^p   Heier, Margit ^h   Grabe, Hans Jörgen ^e   Masciullo, Corrado ^d   Galesloot, Tessel E ^j   Lim, Ee M ^x   Reischl, Eva ^h   Leedman, Peter J ^y,z   Lai, Sandra ^b   Delitala, Alessandro ^c   Bremner, Alexandra P ^aa   Philips, David I W ^ab   Beilby, John P ^x,aa   Mulas, Antonella ^b   Vocale, Matteo ^ac   Abecasis, Goncalo ^ad   Forsen, Tom ^s,ae   James, Alan ^f,y   Widen, Elisabeth ^k   Hui, Jennie ^x   Prokisch, Holger ^h,af   Rietzschel, Ernst E ⁱ   Palotie, Aarno ^k,ag,ah   Feddema, Peter ^ai   Fletcher, Stephen J ^x   Schramm, Katharina ^h   Rotter, Jerome I ^aj,ak   Kluttig, Alexander ^o   Radke, Dörte ^e   Traglia, Michela ^d   Surdulescu, Gabriela L ^r   He, Huiling ^p   Franklyn, Jayne A ^al   Tiller, Daniel ^o   Vaidya, Bijay ^am   de Meyer, Tim ^an   Jørgensen, Torben ^m,ao   Eriksson, Johan G ^k,s,ah,ap,aq   O'Leary, Peter C ^aa,ar   Wichmann, Eric ^h   Hermus, Ad R ^j   Psaty, Bruce M ^g,as   Ittermann, Till ^e   Hofman, Albert ^a   Bosi, Emanuele ^at   Schlessinger, David ^au   Wallaschofski, Henri ^u   Pirastu, Nicola ^av,aw   Aulchenko, Yurii S ^a   de la Chapelle, Albert ^p   Netea Maier, Romana T ^j   Gough, Stephen C L ^l   Meyer zu Schwabedissen, Henriette ^ax   Frayling, Timothy M ⁿ   Kaufman, Jean Marc ⁱ   Linneberg, Allan ^m   Räikkönen, Katri ^k   Smit, Johannes W A ^j   Kiemeney, Lambertus A ^j   Rivadeneira, Fernando ^a,ay   Uitterlinden, André G ^a,ay   Walsh, John P ^f,y   Meisinger, Christa ^h   den Heijer, Martin ^az   Visser, Theo J ^a   Spector, Timothy D ^r   Wilson, Scott G ^f,r,y   Völzke, Henry ^e   Cappola, Anne ^ba   Toniolo, Daniela ^d,bb   Sanna, Serena ^b   Naitza, Silvia ^b   Peeters, Robin P ^a   more..

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Milan Unit   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^f SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

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

^h INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

ⁱ GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^j RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^k UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^l NIHR OXFORD BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^m GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^o MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^p OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^r KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^s NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^t HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^u UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^v WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^w UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^x PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^y UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^z UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^ab SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^ac CRS4   (Italy)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^ae Vaasa Health Care Centre   (Finland)

^af TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^ag WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^ah HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^ai Diagnostica Stago   (Australia)

^aj LOS ANGELES BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^ak HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^al UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^am ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^an GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^ap FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^aq VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^ar CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^as CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^at VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^au NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^av INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^aw UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^ax UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^ay Netherlands Genomics Initiative   (Netherlands)

^az VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^ba UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^bb CNR   (Italy)

^bc CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROID PEROXIDASE ANTIBODY; THYROTROPIN; AUTOANTIBODY; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; THYROID MICROSOMAL ANTIBODIES;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATXN2 GENE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROID DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BACH2 GENE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GOITER; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; KALRN GENE; MAGI3 GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUBCLINICAL HYPERTHYROIDISM; SUBCLINICAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; THYROID CANCER; THYROID DISEASE; TPO GENE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

AUTOANTIBODIES; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; RISK FACTORS; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 84901741541     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004123     Document Type: Article

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