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LRP5, low-density-lipoprotein-receptor-related protein 5, is a determinant for bone mineral density.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2004
Mizuguchi Takeshi, Furuta Itsuko, Watanabe Yukio, Tsukamoto Kazuhiro, Tomita Hiroshi, Tsujihata Mitsuhiro, Ohta Tohru, Kishino Tatsuya, Matsumoto Naomichi, Minakami Hisanori, Niikawa Norio, Yoshiura Koh-Ichiro
Abstract excerpt
Osteoporosis is a multifactorial trait with low bone mineral density (BMD). We report results of an association study between BMD and nine candidate genes ( TGFB1, TGFBR2, SMAD2, SMAD3, SMAD4, IFNB1, IFNAR1, FOS and LRP5), as well as of a case-control study of osteoporosis. Samples for the former...
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