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SUBMITTER: Benyamin B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3135421 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Benyamin Beben B Ferreira Manuel A R MA Willemsen Gonneke G Gordon Scott S Middelberg Rita P S RP McEvoy Brian P BP Hottenga Jouke-Jan JJ Henders Anjali K AK Campbell Megan J MJ Wallace Leanne L Frazer Ian H IH Heath Andrew C AC de Geus Eco J C EJ Nyholt Dale R DR Visscher Peter M PM Penninx Brenda W BW Boomsma Dorret I DI Martin Nicholas G NG Montgomery Grant W GW Whitfield John B JB
Nature genetics 20091011 11
We report a genome-wide association study to iron status. We identify an association of SNPs in TPMRSS6 to serum iron (rs855791, combined P = 1.5 x 10(-20)), transferrin saturation (combined P = 2.2 x 10(-23)) and erythrocyte mean cell volume (MCV, combined P = 1.1 x 10(-10)). We also find suggestive evidence of association with blood hemoglobin levels (combined P = 5.3 x 10(-7)). These findings demonstrate the involvement of TMPRSS6 in control of iron homeostasis and in normal erythropoiesis. ...[more]