Genome-wide association analyses identify 39 new susceptibility loci for diverticular disease

Nature Genetics

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 1359-1365

  Maguire, Lillias H ^a   Handelman, Samuel K ^b   Du, Xiaomeng ^b   Chen, Yanhua ^b   Pers, Tune H ^c,d   Speliotes, Elizabeth K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Division of Gastroenterology   (United States)

^c Capital Region   (Denmark)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABO PROTEIN; ARHGAP15 PROTEIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCA CALCB PROTEIN; COL6A1 PROTEIN; CRISPLD2 PROTEIN; CWC27 PROTEIN; DISP2 PROTEIN; EFEMP1 PROTEIN; ENSG00000224849 PROTEIN; FADD ANO1 PROTEIN; FAM185A PROTEIN; GTPBP1 PROTEIN; HLX PROTEIN; LINC02272 PROTEIN; LYPLAL1 PROTEIN; NEPHROBLASTOMA OVEREXPRESSED PROTEIN; NT5C1B PROTEIN; PCSK5 PROTEIN; PPP1R14A SPINT2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; RBKS PROTEIN; S100A10 PROTEIN; SHFM1 PROTEIN; SLC25A28 PROTEIN; SLC35F3 PROTEIN; TRPS1 PROTEIN; UBTF PROTEIN; UNC50 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZBTB4 PROTEIN;

BIOBANK; BLEEDING; CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVERTICULITIS; DIVERTICULOSIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPRESSION QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; HERNIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VASCULAR BIOLOGY; ADULT; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIVERTICULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85053341002     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41588-018-0203-z     Document Type: Letter

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