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Genetically influenced tobacco and alcohol use behaviors impact erythroid trait variation.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2024
Shivakumar Shriya, Wilken Madison B, Tsao Victor, Bitarello Bárbara D, Thom Christopher S
Abstract excerpt
Genome wide association studies (GWAS) have associated thousands of loci with quantitative human blood trait variation. Loci and related genes that impact blood trait variation may regulate blood cell-intrinsic biological processes, or alternatively impact blood cell development and function via systemic factors. Clinical observations have linked tobacco or alcohol use with altered blood traits, but these trait...
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