| Literature DB >> 19820698 |
John C Chambers1, Weihua Zhang, Yun Li, Joban Sehmi, Mark N Wass, Delilah Zabaneh, Clive Hoggart, Henry Bayele, Mark I McCarthy, Leena Peltonen, Nelson B Freimer, Surjit K Srai, Patrick H Maxwell, Michael J E Sternberg, Aimo Ruokonen, Gonçalo Abecasis, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, James Scott, Paul Elliott, Jaspal S Kooner.
Abstract
We carried out a genome-wide association study of hemoglobin levels in 16,001 individuals of European and Indian Asian ancestry. The most closely associated SNP (rs855791) results in nonsynonymous (V736A) change in the serine protease domain of TMPRSS6 and a blood hemoglobin concentration 0.13 (95% CI 0.09-0.17) g/dl lower per copy of allele A (P = 1.6 x 10(-13)). Our findings suggest that TMPRSS6, a regulator of hepcidin synthesis and iron handling, is crucial in hemoglobin level maintenance.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19820698 PMCID: PMC3178047 DOI: 10.1038/ng.462
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Genet ISSN: 1061-4036 Impact factor: 38.330