Publication Date:
2015-12-24
Description:
Article An important risk factor for coronary artery disease is the level of blood lipids. Here the authors conduct an exome-wide association study in Chinese cohorts and identify three novel loci associated with lipid levels as well as three Asian-specific variants in known loci. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms10206 Authors: Clara S. Tang, He Zhang, Chloe Y. Y. Cheung, Ming Xu, Jenny C. Y. Ho, Wei Zhou, Stacey S. Cherny, Yan Zhang, Oddgeir Holmen, Ka-Wing Au, Haiyi Yu, Lin Xu, Jia Jia, Robert M. Porsch, Lijie Sun, Weixian Xu, Huiping Zheng, Lai-Yung Wong, Yiming Mu, Jingtao Dou, Carol H. Y. Fong, Shuyu Wang, Xueyu Hong, Liguang Dong, Yanhua Liao, Jiansong Wang, Levina S. M. Lam, Xi Su, Hua Yan, Min-Lee Yang, Jin Chen, Chung-Wah Siu, Gaoqiang Xie, Yu-Cho Woo, Yangfeng Wu, Kathryn C. B. Tan, Kristian Hveem, Bernard M. Y. Cheung, Sebastian Zöllner, Aimin Xu, Y Eugene Chen, Chao Qiang Jiang, Youyi Zhang, Tai-Hing Lam, Santhi K. Ganesh, Yong Huo, Pak C. Sham, Karen S. L. Lam, Cristen J. Willer, Hung-Fat Tse, Wei Gao
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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