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SUBMITTER: Paterson AD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3147250 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Paterson Andrew D AD Lopes-Virella Maria F MF Waggott Daryl D Boright Andrew P AP Hosseini S Mohsen SM Carter Rickey E RE Shen Enqing E Mirea Lucia L Bharaj Bhupinder B Sun Lei L Bull Shelley B SB
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology 20090903 11
<h4>Background</h4>Elevated serum soluble E-selectin levels have been associated with a number of diseases. Although E-selectin levels are heritable, little is known about the specific genetic factors involved. E-selectin levels have been associated with the ABO blood group phenotype.<h4>Methods and results</h4>We performed a high-resolution genome-wide association study of serum soluble E-selectin levels in 685 white individuals with type 1 diabetes from the Diabetes Control and Complications T ...[more]