Shared genetic aetiology of puberty timing between sexes and with health-related outcomes

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Day, Felix R ^a   Bulik Sullivan, Brendan ^b,c   Hinds, David A ^d   Finucane, Hilary K ^e,f   Murabito, Joanne M ^g,h   Tung, Joyce Y ^d   Ong, Ken K ^a,i   Perry, John R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Broad Institute ^*  (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^g FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^h BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LIPID; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR BETA; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HORMONE RECEPTOR; KAL1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LEPTIN RECEPTOR, HUMAN; MCHR2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NERVE PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA; RORB PROTEIN, HUMAN; SCLEROPROTEIN; SIM1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

CORRELATION; DIABETES; ETIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; MATURATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KAL1 GENE; LEPR GENE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX; BLOOD; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CAUCASIAN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; RADIOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; INSULIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 1, GROUP F, MEMBER 2; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; PUBERTY; RADIOGRAPHY; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN; RECEPTORS, PITUITARY HORMONE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RETINOID X RECEPTOR ALPHA; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946762645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9842     Document Type: Article

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