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Salt-inducible kinase 3, SIK3, is a new gene associated with hearing.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Dec 2014
Wolber Lisa E, Girotto Giorgia, Buniello Annalisa, Vuckovic Dragana, Pirastu Nicola, Lorente-Cánovas Beatriz, Rudan Igor, Hayward Caroline, Polasek Ozren, Ciullo Marina, Mangino Massimo, Steves Claire, Concas Maria Pina, Cocca Massilimiliano, Spector Tim D, Gasparini Paolo, Steel Karen P, Williams Frances M K
Abstract excerpt
Hearing function is known to be heritable, but few significant and reproducible associations of genetic variants have been identified to date in the adult population. In this study, genome-wide association results of hearing function from the G-EAR consortium and TwinsUK were used for meta-analysis. Hearing ability in eight population samples of Northern and Southern European ancestry (n = 4591) and the Silk Road...
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