| Literature DB >> 18849994 |
Axel M Hillmer1, Felix F Brockschmidt, Sandra Hanneken, Sibylle Eigelshoven, Michael Steffens, Antonia Flaquer, Stefan Herms, Tim Becker, Anne-Katrin Kortüm, Dale R Nyholt, Zhen Zhen Zhao, Grant W Montgomery, Nicholas G Martin, Thomas W Mühleisen, Margrieta A Alblas, Susanne Moebus, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Martina Bröcker-Preuss, Raimund Erbel, Roman Reinartz, Regina C Betz, Sven Cichon, Peter Propping, Max P Baur, Thomas F Wienker, Roland Kruse, Markus M Nöthen.
Abstract
We carried out a genome-wide association study in 296 individuals with male-pattern baldness (androgenetic alopecia) and 347 controls. We then investigated the 30 best SNPs in an independent replication sample and found highly significant association for five SNPs on chromosome 20p11 (rs2180439 combined P = 2.7 x 10(-15)). No interaction was detected with the X-chromosomal androgen receptor locus, suggesting that the 20p11 locus has a role in a yet-to-be-identified androgen-independent pathway.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID： 18849994 DOI： 10.1038/ng.228
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Genet ISSN： 1061-4036 Impact factor: 38.330