Trans-ethnic fine-mapping of genetic loci for body mass index in the diverse ancestral populations of the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) Study reveals evidence for multiple signals at established loci

Human Genetics

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 771-800

  Fernández Rhodes, Lindsay ^a   Gong, Jian ^b   Haessler, Jeffrey ^b   Franceschini, Nora ^a   Graff, Mariaelisa ^a   Nishimura, Katherine K ^b   Wang, Yujie ^a   Highland, Heather M ^a   Yoneyama, Sachiko ^a   Bush, William S ^c   Goodloe, Robert ^d   Ritchie, Marylyn D ^e   Crawford, Dana ^c   Gross, Myron ^f   Fornage, Myriam ^g   Buzkova, Petra ^h   Tao, Ran ^a   Isasi, Carmen ⁱ   Avilés Santa, Larissa ^j   Daviglus, Martha ^k   Mackey, Rachel H ^l   Houston, Denise ^m   Gu, C Charles ⁿ   Ehret, Georg ^o,p   Nguyen, Khanh Dung H ^o   Lewis, Cora E ^q   Leppert, Mark ^r   Irvin, Marguerite R ^s   Lim, Unhee ^t   Haiman, Christopher A ^u   Le Marchand, Loic ^t   Schumacher, Fredrick ^u   Wilkens, Lynne ^t   Lu, Yingchang ^v   Bottinger, Erwin P ^v   Loos, Ruth J L ^v   Sheu, Wayne H H ^w,x   Guo, Xiuqing ^y   Lee, Wen Jane ^w   Hai, Yang ^y   Hung, Yi Jen ^z   Absher, Devin ^aa   Wu, I Chien ^ab   Taylor, Kent D ^y   Lee, I Te ^w,x   Liu, Yeheng ^y   Wang, Tzung Dau ^ac   Quertermous, Thomas ^ad   Juang, Jyh Ming J ^ac   Rotter, Jerome I ^y   Assimes, Themistocles ^ad   Hsiung, Chao A ^ab   Chen, Yii Der Ida ^y   Prentice, Ross ^b   Kuller, Lewis H ^ae   Manson, JoAnn E ^af   Kooperberg, Charles ^b   Smokowski, Paul ^ag   Robinson, Whitney R ^a   Gordon Larsen, Penny ^ah   Li, Rongling ^ai   Hindorff, Lucia ^ai   Buyske, Steven ^aj   Matise, Tara C ^aj   Peters, Ulrike ^b   North, Kari E ^a   more..

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁱ ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^k UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^m WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁿ WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^o JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^p GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^q and Clinical Center   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^v MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^w TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^x NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^y HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^z TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^aa HUDSONALPHA INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^ab NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^ac NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^ad STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^af BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^ah University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^ai NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^aj RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER 3; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 7 LIKE 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED FACTOR 3;

ADULT; AFRICAN; ALASKA NATIVE; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATP2A1 GENE; BODY MASS; BRE GENE; CADM2 GENE; CDKAL1 GENE; COBLL1 GENE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETV5 GENE; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; FTO GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GNPDA2 GENE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IGF2BP2 GENE; IRS1 GENE; LYPLAL1 GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAP2K5 GENE; MC4R GENE; MTCH2 GENE; NEGR1 GENE; OBESITY; POC5 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEC16B GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLC39A8 GENE; TFAP2B GENE; TMEM18 GENE; TNNI3K GENE; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS;

BODY MASS INDEX; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 85017161994     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-017-1787-6     Document Type: Article

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