Article
Gene-gene Interaction Analyses for Atrial Fibrillation.
Scientific reports - 8 Nov 2016
Lin Honghuang, Mueller-Nurasyid Martina, Smith Albert V, Arking Dan E, Barnard John, Bartz Traci M, Lunetta Kathryn L, Lohman Kurt, Kleber Marcus E, Lubitz Steven A, Geelhoed Bastiaan, Trompet Stella, Niemeijer Maartje N, Kacprowski Tim, Chasman Daniel I, Klarin Derek, Sinner Moritz F, Waldenberger Melanie, Meitinger Thomas, Harris Tamara B, Launer Lenore J, Soliman Elsayed Z, Chen Lin Y, Smith Jonathan D, Van Wagoner David R, Rotter Jerome I, Psaty Bruce M, Xie Zhijun, Hendricks Audrey E, Ding Jingzhong, Delgado Graciela E, Verweij Niek, van der Harst Pim, Macfarlane Peter W, Ford Ian, Hofman Albert, Uitterlinden André, Heeringa Jan, Franco Oscar H, Kors Jan A, Weiss Stefan, Völzke Henry, Rose Lynda M, Natarajan Pradeep, Kathiresan Sekar, Kääb Stefan, Gudnason Vilmundur, Alonso Alvaro, Chung Mina K, Heckbert Susan R, Benjamin Emelia J, Liu Yongmei, März Winfried, Rienstra Michiel, Jukema J Wouter, Stricker Bruno H, Dörr Marcus, Albert Christine M, Ellinor Patrick T
Abstract excerpt
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a heritable disease that affects more than thirty million individuals worldwide. Extensive efforts have been devoted to the study of genetic determinants of AF. The objective of our study is to examine the effect of gene-gene interaction on AF susceptibility. We performed a large-scale association analysis of gene-gene interactions with AF in 8,173 AF cases, and 65,237 AF-free...
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