Common variants and haplotypes in the TF, TNF-α, and TMPRSS6 genes are associated with iron status in a female black South African population

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 945-953

  Gichohi Wainaina, Wanjiku N ^a   Melse Boonstra, Alida ^a   Swinkels, Dorine W ^b   Zimmermann, Michael B ^a,c   Feskens, Edith J ^a   Towers, G Wayne ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African population; Anemia; Genetic variants; Iron deficiency; Iron status; Polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; DNA; HEMOGLOBIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; IRON; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; SOLUBLE TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR; TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEASE SERINE 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; NFKBIL1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; SERINE PROTEINASE; TMPRSS6 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TNF PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME 6; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON INTAKE; IRON METABOLISM; IRON STORAGE; IRON TRANSPORT; NORMAL HUMAN; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH AFRICAN; ALLELE; BLACK PERSON; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLUBILITY; SOUTH AFRICA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SOLUBILITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSFERRIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84929492858     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.114.209148     Document Type: Article

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