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18849994
TITLE
Susceptibility variants for male-pattern baldness on chromosome 20p11.
ABSTRACT
We carried out a genome-wide association study in 296 individuals with male-pattern baldness (androgenetic alopecia) and 347 controls. We then investigated the 30 best SNPs in an independent replication sample and found highly significant association for five SNPs on chromosome 20p11 (rs2180439 combined P = 2.7 x 10(-15)). No interaction was detected with the X-chromosomal androgen receptor locus, suggesting that the 20p11 locus has a role in a yet-to-be-identified androgen-independent pathway.
DATE PUBLISHED
2008 Nov
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
received 2008/03/12
accepted 2008/07/20
aheadofprint 2008/10/12
pubmed 2008/10/14 09:00
medline 2008/12/17 09:00
entrez 2008/10/14 09:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Hillmer AM Hillmer Axel M AM Department of Genomics, Life & Brain Center, University of Bonn, D-53127 Bonn, Germany. axel.hillmer@uni-bonn.de
Brockschmidt FF Brockschmidt Felix F FF
Hanneken S Hanneken Sandra S
Eigelshoven S Eigelshoven Sibylle S
Steffens M Steffens Michael M
Flaquer A Flaquer Antonia A
Herms S Herms Stefan S
Becker T Becker Tim T
Kortüm AK Kortüm Anne-Katrin AK
Nyholt DR Nyholt Dale R DR
Zhao ZZ Zhao Zhen Zhen ZZ
Montgomery GW Montgomery Grant W GW
Martin NG Martin Nicholas G NG
Mühleisen TW Mühleisen Thomas W TW
Alblas MA Alblas Margrieta A MA
Moebus S Moebus Susanne S
Jöckel KH Jöckel Karl-Heinz KH
Bröcker-Preuss M Bröcker-Preuss Martina M
Erbel R Erbel Raimund R
Reinartz R Reinartz Roman R
Betz RC Betz Regina C RC
Cichon S Cichon Sven S
Propping P Propping Peter P
Baur MP Baur Max P MP
Wienker TF Wienker Thomas F TF
Kruse R Kruse Roland R
Nöthen MM Nöthen Markus M MM
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 40
ISSUE: 11
TITLE: Nature genetics
ISOABBREVIATION: Nat. Genet.
YEAR: 2008
MONTH: Nov
DAY:
MEDLINEDATE:
SEASON:
CITEDMEDIUM: Internet
ISSN: 1546-1718
ISSNTYPE: Electronic
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Nat Genet
COUNTRY: United States
ISSNLINKING: 1061-4036
NLMUNIQUEID: 9216904
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
REFTYPE REFSOURCE REFPMID NOTE
CommentIn Clin Genet. 2009 Mar;75(3):226-7 19250378
CommentIn Nat Genet. 2008 Nov;40(11):1270-1 18957981
GRANTS
GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Adult
Alopecia genetics
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 20 genetics
Female genetics
Genetic Predisposition to Disease genetics
Genome, Human genetics
Germany genetics
Humans genetics
Male genetics
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide genetics
SUPPLEMENTARY MESH
GENE SYMBOLS
CHEMICALS
OTHER ID's