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GWAS as a Driver of Gene Discovery in Cardiometabolic Diseases.
Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM - 1 Dec 2015
Atanasovska Biljana, Kumar Vinod, Fu Jingyuan, Wijmenga Cisca, Hofker Marten H
Abstract excerpt
Cardiometabolic diseases represent a common complex disorder with a strong genetic component. Currently, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have yielded some 755 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) encompassing 366 independent loci that may help to decipher the molecular basis of cardiometabolic diseases. Going from a disease SNP to the underlying disease mechanisms is a huge challenge because the...
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