A set-based association test identifies sex-specific gene sets associated with type 2 diabetes

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue NOV, 2014, Pages

  He, Tao ^a   Zhong, Ping Shou ^a   Cui, Yuehua ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gene based analysis; P value combination; Pathway based analysis; Sex specific analysis; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84928331111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00395     Document Type: Article

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