Genome-wide association study identifies variants in TMPRSS6 associated with hemoglobin levels
Genome-wide association study identifies variants in TMPRSS6 associated with hemoglobin levels
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Chambers, John C , Zhang, Weihua , Li, Yun , Sehmi, Joban , Wass, Mark N , Zabaneh, Delilah , Hoggart, Clive , Bayele, Henry , McCarthy, Mark I , Peltonen, Leena , Freimer, Nelson B , Srai, Surjit K , Maxwell, Patrick H , Sternberg, Michael J E , Ruokonen, Aimo , Abecasis, Gonçalo , Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta , Scott, James , Elliott, Paul and Kooner, Jaspal S
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John Chambers and colleagues report the association of SNPs in
TMPRSS6
, which encodes a regulator of hepicidin synthesis, to hemoglobin levels.
We carried out a genome-wide association study of hemoglobin levels in 16,001 individuals of European and Indian Asian ancestry. The most closely associated SNP (rs855791) results in nonsynonymous...
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Genome-wide association study identifies variants in TMPRSS6 associated with hemoglobin levels
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Author / Creator
Zhang, Weihua
Li, Yun
Sehmi, Joban
Wass, Mark N
Zabaneh, Delilah
Hoggart, Clive
Bayele, Henry
McCarthy, Mark I
Peltonen, Leena
Freimer, Nelson B
Srai, Surjit K
Maxwell, Patrick H
Sternberg, Michael J E
Ruokonen, Aimo
Abecasis, Gonçalo
Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta
Scott, James
Elliott, Paul
Kooner, Jaspal S
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3178047
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3178047
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1061-4036,1546-1718
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1546-1718
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10.1038/ng.462
