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A Genome-Wide Association Study of Monozygotic Twin-Pairs Suggests a Locus Related to Variability of Serum High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol

  • I. Surakka
  • , J.B. Whitfield
  • , M. Perola
  • , P.M. Visscher
  • , G.W. Montgomery
  • , M. Falchi
  • , G. Willemsen
  • , E.J.C. de Geus
  • , P.K.E. Magnusson
  • , K. Christensen
  • , T.I.A. Sørensen
  • , K.H. Pietilainen
  • , T. Rantanen
  • , K. Silander
  • , E. Widen
  • , J. Muilu
  • , I. Rahman
  • , U. Liljedahl
  • , A.C. Syvänen
  • , A. Palotie
  • J. Kaprio, K.O. Kyvik, N.L. Pedersen, D.I. Boomsma, T.D. Spector, N.G. Martin, S. Ripatti, L. Peltonen

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Abstract

Genome-wide association analysis on monozygotic twin-pairs offers a route to discovery of gene-environment interactions through testing for variability loci associated with sensitivity to individual environment/lifestyle. We present a genome-wide scan of loci associated with intra-pair differences in serum lipid and apolipoprotein levels. We report data for 1,720 monozygotic female twin-pairs from GenomEUtwin project with 2.5 million SNPs, imputed or genotyped, and measured serum lipid fractions for both twins. We found one locus associated with intra-pair differences in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, rs2483058 in an intron of SRGAP2, where twins carrying the C allele are more sensitive to environmental factors (P = 3.98 × 10
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)691-699
JournalTwin Research and Human Genetics
Volume15
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Cohort Studies

  • Netherlands Twin Register (NTR)

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