Genome-wide association studies of asthma in population-based cohorts confirm known and suggested loci and identify an additional association near HLA.

<h4>Rationale</h4>Asthma has substantial morbidity and mortality and a strong genetic component, but identification of genetic risk factors is limited by availability of suitable studies.<h4>Objectives</h4>To test if population-based cohorts with self-reported physician-diagn...

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Main Authors:	Adaikalavan Ramasamy, Mikko Kuokkanen, Sailaja Vedantam, Zofia K Gajdos, Alexessander Couto Alves, Helen N Lyon, Manuel A R Ferreira, David P Strachan, Jing Hua Zhao, Michael J Abramson, Matthew A Brown, Lachlan Coin, Shyamali C Dharmage, David L Duffy, Tari Haahtela, Andrew C Heath, Christer Janson, Mika Kähönen, Kay-Tee Khaw, Jaana Laitinen, Peter Le Souef, Terho Lehtimäki, Australian Asthma Genetics Consortium Collaborators, Pamela A F Madden, Guy B Marks, Nicholas G Martin, Melanie C Matheson, Cameron D Palmer, Aarno Palotie, Anneli Pouta, Colin F Robertson, Jorma Viikari, Elisabeth Widen, Matthias Wjst, Deborah L Jarvis, Grant W Montgomery, Philip J Thompson, Nick Wareham, Johan Eriksson, Pekka Jousilahti, Tarja Laitinen, Juha Pekkanen, Olli T Raitakari, George T O'Connor, Veikko Salomaa, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Joel N Hirschhorn
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:	PLoS ONE
Online Access:	https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0044008&type=printable
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Genome-wide association studies of asthma in population-based cohorts confirm known and suggested loci and identify an additional association near HLA.

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