Journal article
Large-Scale Gene-Centric Analysis Identifies Novel Variants for Coronary Artery Disease
Abstract
Coronary artery disease (CAD) has a significant genetic contribution that is incompletely characterized. To complement genome-wide association (GWA) studies, we conducted a large and systematic candidate gene study of CAD susceptibility, including analysis of many uncommon and functional variants. We examined 49,094 genetic variants in ∼2,100 genes of cardiovascular relevance, using a customised gene array in 15,596 CAD cases and 34,992 …
Authors
Consortium TIKC
Journal
PLOS Genetics, Vol. 7, No. 9,
Publisher
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Publication Date
September 2011
DOI
10.1371/journal.pgen.1002260
ISSN
1553-7390