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Bivariate genome-wide association study identifies novel pleiotropic loci for lipids and inflammation.
BMC genomics - 10 Jun 2016
Ligthart Symen, Vaez Ahmad, Hsu Yi-Hsiang, Stolk Ronald, Uitterlinden André G, Hofman Albert, Alizadeh Behrooz Z, Franco Oscar H, Dehghan Abbas
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified multiple genetic loci for C-reactive protein (CRP) and lipids, of which some overlap. We aimed to identify genetic pleiotropy among CRP and lipids in order to better understand the shared biology of chronic inflammation and lipid metabolism. RESULTS: In a bivariate GWAS, we combined summary statistics of published GWAS on CRP (n = 66,185) and...
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