Trans-ethnic fine-mapping of lipid loci identifies population-specific signals and allelic heterogeneity that increases the trait variance explained.

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified ~100 loci associated with blood lipid levels, but much of the trait heritability remains unexplained, and at most loci the identities of the trait-influencing variants remain unknown. We conducted a trans-ethnic fine-mapping study at 18, 22, and...

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Main Authors: Ying Wu, Lindsay L Waite, Anne U Jackson, Wayne H-H Sheu, Steven Buyske, Devin Absher, Donna K Arnett, Eric Boerwinkle, Lori L Bonnycastle, Cara L Carty, Iona Cheng, Barbara Cochran, Damien C Croteau-Chonka, Logan Dumitrescu, Charles B Eaton, Nora Franceschini, Xiuqing Guo, Brian E Henderson, Lucia A Hindorff, Eric Kim, Leena Kinnunen, Pirjo Komulainen, Wen-Jane Lee, Loic Le Marchand, Yi Lin, Jaana Lindström, Oddgeir Lingaas-Holmen, Sabrina L Mitchell, Narisu Narisu, Jennifer G Robinson, Fred Schumacher, Alena Stančáková, Jouko Sundvall, Yun-Ju Sung, Amy J Swift, Wen-Chang Wang, Lynne Wilkens, Tom Wilsgaard, Alicia M Young, Linda S Adair, Christie M Ballantyne, Petra Bůžková, Aravinda Chakravarti, Francis S Collins, David Duggan, Alan B Feranil, Low-Tone Ho, Yi-Jen Hung, Steven C Hunt, Kristian Hveem, Jyh-Ming J Juang, Antero Y Kesäniemi, Johanna Kuusisto, Markku Laakso, Timo A Lakka, I-Te Lee, Mark F Leppert, Tara C Matise, Leena Moilanen, Inger Njølstad, Ulrike Peters, Thomas Quertermous, Rainer Rauramaa, Jerome I Rotter, Jouko Saramies, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Matti Uusitupa, Tzung-Dau Wang, Michael Boehnke, Christopher A Haiman, Yii-Der I Chen, Charles Kooperberg, Themistocles L Assimes, Dana C Crawford, Chao A Hsiung, Kari E North, Karen L Mohlke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-03-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3605054?pdf=render