Abstract
There is increasing evidence that genome-wide association (GWA) studies represent a powerful approach to the identification of genes involved in common human diseases. We describe a joint GWA study (using the Affymetrix GeneChip 500K Mapping Array Set) undertaken in the British population, which has examined approximately 2,000 individuals for each of 7 major diseases and a shared set of approximately 3,000 controls. Case-control comparisons identified 24 independent association signals at P
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 661-678 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | Nature |
Volume | 447 |
Issue number | 7145 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 7 Jun 2007 |
Keywords
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Bipolar Disorder
- Case-Control Studies
- Chromosomes, Human
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Crohn Disease
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Markers
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genetics, Population
- Genome, Human
- Geography
- Great Britain
- Humans
- Hypertension