Identification of nine novel loci associated with white blood cell subtypes in a Japanese population.

Identification of nine novel loci associated with white blood cell subtypes in a Japanese population.

White blood cells (WBCs) mediate immune systems and consist of various subtypes with distinct roles. Elucidation of the mechanism that regulates the counts of the WBC subtypes would provide useful insights into both the etiology of the immune system and disease pathogenesis. In this study, we report...

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Main Authors: Yukinori Okada, Tomomitsu Hirota, Yoichiro Kamatani, Atsushi Takahashi, Hiroko Ohmiya, Natsuhiko Kumasaka, Koichiro Higasa, Yumi Yamaguchi-Kabata, Naoya Hosono, Michael A Nalls, Ming Huei Chen, Frank J A van Rooij, Albert V Smith, Toshiko Tanaka, David J Couper, Neil A Zakai, Luigi Ferrucci, Dan L Longo, Dena G Hernandez, Jacqueline C M Witteman, Tamara B Harris, Christopher J O'Donnell, Santhi K Ganesh, Koichi Matsuda, Tatsuhiko Tsunoda, Toshihiro Tanaka, Michiaki Kubo, Yusuke Nakamura, Mayumi Tamari, Kazuhiko Yamamoto, Naoyuki Kamatani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-06-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3128095?pdf=render

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