Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Novel Loci Associated with Circulating Phospho- and Sphingolipid Concentrations

Phospho- and sphingolipids are crucial cellular and intracellular compounds. These lipids are required for active transport, a number of enzymatic processes, membrane formation, and cell signalling. Disruption of their metabolism leads to several diseases, with diverse neurological, psychiatric, and...

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Main Authors: Demirkan, Ayşe, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Ugocsai, Peter, Isaacs, Aaron, Pramstaller, Peter P., Liebisch, Gerhard, Wilson, James F., Johansson, Åsa, Rudan, Igor, Aulchenko, Yurii S., Kirichenko, Anatoly V., Janssens, A. Cecile J. W., Jansen, Ritsert C., Gnewuch, Carsten, Domingues, Francisco S., Pattaro, Cristian, Wild, Sarah H., Jonasson, Inger, Polasek, Ozren, Zorkoltseva, Irina V., Hofman, Albert, Karssen, Lennart C., Struchalin, Maksim, Floyd, James, Igl, Wilmar, Biloglav, Zrinka, Broer, Linda, Pfeufer, Arne, Pichler, Irene, Campbell, Susan, Zaboli, Ghazal, Kolcic, Ivana, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Huffman, Jennifer, Hastie, Nicholas D., Uitterlinden, Andre, Franke, Lude, Franklin, Christopher S., Vitart, Veronique, Nelson, Christopher P., Preuss, Michael, Bis, Joshua C., O'Donnell, Christopher J., Franceschini, Nora, Witteman, Jacqueline C. M., Axenovich, Tatiana, Oostra, Ben A., Meitinger, Thomas, Hicks, Andrew A., Hayward, Caroline, Wright, Alan F., Gyllensten, Ulf, Campbell, Harry, Schmitz, Gerd
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3280968/