Assessing the causal association of glycine with risk of cardio-metabolic diseases

Assessing the causal association of glycine with risk of cardio-metabolic diseases

Epidemiological studies have associated circulating levels of the amino acid glycine with cardiometabolic outcomes. Here, in a genome-wide meta-analysis of 80,003 individuals, Wittemans et al. identify 22 novel genetic loci for glycine and find a causal relationship with coronary heart disease using...

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Main Authors: Laura B. L. Wittemans, Luca A. Lotta, Clare Oliver-Williams, Isobel D. Stewart, Praveen Surendran, Savita Karthikeyan, Felix R. Day, Albert Koulman, Fumiaki Imamura, Lingyao Zeng, Jeanette Erdmann, Heribert Schunkert, Kay-Tee Khaw, Julian L. Griffin, Nita G. Forouhi, Robert A. Scott, Angela M. Wood, Stephen Burgess, Joanna M. M. Howson, John Danesh, Nicholas J. Wareham, Adam S. Butterworth, Claudia Langenberg
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/b179b3632faa45f4b864e7498db649ab
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