Chambers, John C, Zhang, Weihua, Li, Yun, Sehmi, Joban S., Wass, Mark N., Zabaneh, Delilah, Hoggart, Clive, Bayele, Henry, McCarthy, Mark I, Peltonen, Leena, and others. (2009) Genome-wide association study identifies variants in TMPRSS6 associated with hemoglobin levels. Nature Genetics, 41 (11). pp. 1170-1172. ISSN 1061-4036. (doi:10.1038/ng.462) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:34184)
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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.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| DOI/Identification number: | 10.1038/ng.462 |
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Q Science > QP Physiology (Living systems) > QP517 Biochemistry R Medicine > RZ Other systems of medicine |
| Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Biosciences |
| Depositing User: | Mark Wass |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jun 2013 13:19 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2021 10:11 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/34184 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
University of Kent Author Information
Wass, Mark N..
| Creator's ORCID: |
 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5428-6479
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