Genome-wide association study identifies novel genetic variants contributing to variation in blood metabolite levels

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Draisma, Harmen H M ^a,b,c   Pool, René ^a,b,d   Kobl, Michael ^e   Jansen, Rick ^b   Petersen, Ann Kristin ^e   Vaarhorst, Anika A M ^d,f   Yet, Idil ^g   Haller, Toomas ^h   Demirkan, Ayşe ^f,i   Esko, Tõnu ^h,j,k,l   Zhu, Gu ^m   Böhringer, Stefan ^f   Beekman, Marian ^f   Van Klinken, Jan Bert ^f   Römisch Margl, Werner ^e   Prehn, Cornelia ^e   Adamski, Jerzy ^e,n   De Craen, Anton J M ^f   Van Leeuwen, Elisabeth M ⁱ   Amin, Najaf ⁱ   Dharuri, Harish ^f   Westra, Harm Jan ^o   Franke, Lude ^o   De Geus, Eco J C ^a,b   Hottenga, Jouke Jan ^a,b   Willemsen, Gonneke ^a,b   Henders, Anjali K ^m   Montgomery, Grant W ^m   Nyholt, Dale R ^m,p   Whitfield, John B ^m   Penninx, Brenda W ^b   Spector, Tim D ^g   Metspalu, Andres ^h   Eline Slagboom, P ^d,f   Van Dijk, Ko Willems ^f   'T Hoen, Peter A C ^f   Strauch, Konstantin ^e,q   Martin, Nicholas G ^m   Van Ommen, Gert Jan B ^f   Illig, Thomas ^r,s   Bell, Jordana T ^g   Mangino, Massimo ^g   Suhre, Karsten ^e,q,t   McCarthy, Mark I ^u,v,w   Gieger, Christian ^e,r   Isaacs, Aaron ⁱ   Van Duijn, Cornelia M ^d,f,i   Boomsma, Dorret I ^a,b,d   more..

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam ^*  (Netherlands)

^d BBMRINL: Infrastructure for the Application of Metabolomics Technology in Epidemiology   (Netherlands)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

ⁱ ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^j BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^l HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^m QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

ⁿ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^o UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^p QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^r Unit of Molecular Epidemiology   (Germany)

^s HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^t WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^u UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^v UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^w CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; ENZYME; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SERUM;

ACSL1 GENE; AGPS GENE; ARG1 GENE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; EUROPEAN; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; METABOLITE; METABOLOME; METABOLOMICS; PHENOTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLC22A16 GENE; BLOOD; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM;

BLOOD; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84935910747     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8208     Document Type: Article

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