Genome-wide association study identifies 14 previously unreported susceptibility loci for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in Japanese

Genome-wide association study identifies 14 previously unreported susceptibility loci for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in Japanese

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a common pediatric disease leading to spinal deformities. Here, the authors report GWAS followed by genome-wide meta-analysis in up to 79,211 Japanese individuals, identifying 20 genetic loci for AIS, 14 of which were previously unreported, and perform in vit...

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Main Authors: Ikuyo Kou, Nao Otomo, Kazuki Takeda, Yukihide Momozawa, Hsing-Fang Lu, Michiaki Kubo, Yoichiro Kamatani, Yoji Ogura, Yohei Takahashi, Masahiro Nakajima, Shohei Minami, Koki Uno, Noriaki Kawakami, Manabu Ito, Ikuho Yonezawa, Kei Watanabe, Takashi Kaito, Haruhisa Yanagida, Hiroshi Taneichi, Katsumi Harimaya, Yuki Taniguchi, Hideki Shigematsu, Takahiro Iida, Satoru Demura, Ryo Sugawara, Nobuyuki Fujita, Mitsuru Yagi, Eijiro Okada, Naobumi Hosogane, Katsuki Kono, Masaya Nakamura, Kazuhiro Chiba, Toshiaki Kotani, Tsuyoshi Sakuma, Tsutomu Akazawa, Teppei Suzuki, Kotaro Nishida, Kenichiro Kakutani, Taichi Tsuji, Hideki Sudo, Akira Iwata, Tatsuya Sato, Satoshi Inami, Morio Matsumoto, Chikashi Terao, Kota Watanabe, Shiro Ikegawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11596-w

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11596-w

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