Novel Loci for metabolic networks and multi-tissue expression studies reveal genes for atherosclerosis.

Association testing of multiple correlated phenotypes offers better power than univariate analysis of single traits. We analyzed 6,600 individuals from two population-based cohorts with both genome-wide SNP data and serum metabolomic profiles. From the observed correlation structure of 130 metabolit...

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Main Authors: Michael Inouye, Samuli Ripatti, Johannes Kettunen, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen, Niku Oksala, Pirkka-Pekka Laurila, Antti J Kangas, Pasi Soininen, Markku J Savolainen, Jorma Viikari, Mika Kähönen, Markus Perola, Veikko Salomaa, Olli Raitakari, Terho Lehtimäki, Marja-Riitta Taskinen, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Mika Ala-Korpela, Aarno Palotie, Paul I W de Bakker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3420921?pdf=render