Nature Communications (Jul 2017)

Bivariate genome-wide association meta-analysis of pediatric musculoskeletal traits reveals pleiotropic effects at the SREBF1/TOM1L2 locus

  • Carolina Medina-Gomez,
  • John P. Kemp,
  • Niki L. Dimou,
  • Eskil Kreiner,
  • Alessandra Chesi,
  • Babette S. Zemel,
  • Klaus Bønnelykke,
  • Cindy G. Boer,
  • Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia,
  • Hans Bisgaard,
  • Evangelos Evangelou,
  • Denise H. M. Heppe,
  • Lynda F. Bonewald,
  • Jeffrey P. Gorski,
  • Mohsen Ghanbari,
  • Serkalem Demissie,
  • Gustavo Duque,
  • Matthew T. Maurano,
  • Douglas P. Kiel,
  • Yi-Hsiang Hsu,
  • Bram C.J. van der Eerden,
  • Cheryl Ackert-Bicknell,
  • Sjur Reppe,
  • Kaare M. Gautvik,
  • Truls Raastad,
  • David Karasik,
  • Jeroen van de Peppel,
  • Vincent W. V. Jaddoe,
  • André G. Uitterlinden,
  • Jonathan H. Tobias,
  • Struan F.A. Grant,
  • Pantelis G. Bagos,
  • David M. Evans,
  • Fernando Rivadeneira

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00108-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Author summary Bone mineral density and lean skeletal mass are heritable traits. Here, Medina-Gomez and colleagues perform bivariate GWAS analyses of total body lean mass and bone mass density in children, and show genetic loci with pleiotropic effects on both traits.