Pleiotropic genetic architecture and novel loci for C-reactive protein levels

Chronic inflammation and lipometabolism share many causal genes and possibly pathways. Here, the authors use a multi-trait GWAS approach to study shared genetic determinants of low-grade inflammation, measured by C-reactive protein (CRP), and closely linked lipid and metabolic pathways.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fotios Koskeridis, Evangelos Evangelou, Saredo Said, Joseph J. Boyle, Paul Elliott, Abbas Dehghan, Ioanna Tzoulaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34688-6

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