Genome-wide association studies in Africans and African Americans: Expanding the framework of the genomics of human traits and disease

Public Health Genomics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 40-51

  Peprah, Emmanuel ^a   Xu, Huichun ^c   Tekola Ayele, Fasil ^b   Royal, Charmaine D ^d  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; African ancestry; African populations; Genetic conditions; Genome wide association studies; Genomics; Global health; Health

Indexed keywords

CD36 ANTIGEN; HEMOGLOBIN F; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA DQA1 ANTIGEN; HLA DQB1 ANTIGEN; HLA DRB1 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 15; OXYTOCIN; SPACER DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 6; VASOPRESSIN;

AFRICAN; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ALCOHOLISM; ALLERGIC DISEASE; ASTHMA; BCL11A GENE; CABLES1 GENE; CACNA1H GENE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CTAGE1 GENE; DDC GENE; DENND1B GENE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOWN REGULATION; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HAPLOTYPE; HBB GENE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEPATITIS C; HERITABILITY; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; IFNL3 GENE; INNATE IMMUNITY; IPO7 GENE; ITGA6 GENE; KCNK6 GENE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MALARIA; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NKX3.1 GENE; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; OBESITY; OPEN READING FRAME; OTUB3 GENE; PDE4D GENE; PHENOTYPE; PMS1 GENE; PODOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RAI14 GENE; RBBP8 GENE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLC24A4 GENE; SMOKING; SOC1 GENE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TET2 GENE; THROMBOCYTOSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VIRUS LOAD; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; YWHAZ GENE; BLACK PERSON; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; PROCEDURES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; HUMANS;

EID: 84920715585     PISSN: 16624246     EISSN: 16628063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000367962     Document Type: Review

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