Inframe insertion and splice site variants in MFGE8 associate with protection against coronary atherosclerosis

A genome-wide association study identifies MFGE8 as protective against coronary atherosclerosis in European and East Asian populations.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sanni E. Ruotsalainen, Ida Surakka, Nina Mars, Juha Karjalainen, Mitja Kurki, Masahiro Kanai, Kristi Krebs, Sarah Graham, Pashupati P. Mishra, Binisha H. Mishra, Juha Sinisalo, Priit Palta, Terho Lehtimäki, Olli Raitakari, Estonian Biobank Research Team, Lili Milani, The Biobank Japan Project, Yukinori Okada, FinnGen, Aarno Palotie, Elisabeth Widen, Mark J. Daly, Samuli Ripatti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03552-0
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Summary:A genome-wide association study identifies MFGE8 as protective against coronary atherosclerosis in European and East Asian populations.
ISSN:2399-3642