A systematic heritability analysis of the human whole blood transcriptome

Human Genetics

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 343-358

  Huan, Tianxiao ^a,b   Liu, Chunyu ^a,b   Joehanes, Roby ^a,b,c,d,e   Zhang, Xiaoling ^a,b   Chen, Brian H ^a,b   Johnson, Andrew D ^a,b   Yao, Chen ^a,b   Courchesne, Paul ^a,b   O’Donnell, Christopher J ^a,b   Munson, Peter J ^c   Levy, Daniel ^a,b  

^a FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

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

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOB48R PROTEIN; C11ORF10 PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CLCN6 PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4B; CSGALNACT1 PROTEIN; DOCK7 PROTEIN; FADS2 PROTEIN; FLOTILLIN 1; GRINA PROTEIN; GSDMB PROTEIN; GSTM4 PROTEIN; HCP5 PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HLA B ANTIGEN; LILRB2 PROTEIN; LILRB3 PROTEIN; LOC100510059 PROTEIN; MAP2K5 PROTEIN; NCRNA00243 PROTEIN; NECTIN 2; ORMDL3 PROTEIN; POC1B PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RHD PROTEIN; SIDT2 PROTEIN; SLC44A2 PROTEIN; SLC44A4 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ADULT CHILD; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL; BODY MASS; CASE STUDY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTRON; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; BLOOD; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84925254358     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-014-1524-3     Document Type: Article

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