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GWAS identifies population-specific new regulatory variants in FUT6 associated with plasma B12 concentrations in Indians.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Jul 2017
Nongmaithem Suraj S, Joglekar Charudatta V, Krishnaveni Ghattu V, Sahariah Sirazul A, Ahmad Meraj, Ramachandran Swetha, Gandhi Meera, Chopra Harsha, Pandit Anand, Potdar Ramesh D, H D Fall Caroline, Yajnik Chittaranjan S, Chandak Giriraj R
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Vitamin B12 is an important cofactor in one-carbon metabolism whose dysregulation is associated with various clinical conditions. Indians have a high prevalence of B12 deficiency but little is known about the genetic determinants of circulating B12 concentrations in Indians. We performed a genome-wide association study in 1001 healthy participants in the Pune Maternal Nutrition Study (PMNS), replication studies...
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