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ArticleOsteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA2012

Genetic analysis of serum osteocalcin and bone mineral in multigenerational Afro-Caribbean families.

A L Kuipers, C Gundberg, C M Kammerer, A S Dressen, C S Nestlerode, A L Patrick, V W Wheeler, C H Bunker, A B Newman, J M Zmuda

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Article in Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. A common polymorphism rs1800247 in osteocalcin gene was associated with serum osteocalcin levels, bone mineral density, and fracture: the Shanghai Changfeng Study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2016
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

A L KuipersDepartment of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 130 DeSoto Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
C Gundberg
C M Kammerer
A S Dressen
C S Nestlerode
A L Patrick
V W Wheeler
C H Bunker
A B Newman
J M Zmuda
University of Pittsburgh · USUniversity of Trinidad and Tobago · TTYale University · US

Funding

University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science InstituteUL1TR000005 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI REIS, STEVEN E · 2012 to 2015
$50.8M
Cardiovascular Epidemiology Training ProgramT32HL083825 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI AKIRA SEKIKAWA · 2008 to 2026
$6.1M
Epidemiology of Bone Loss in African MenR01AR049747 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ZMUDA, JOSEPH M. · 2003 to 2014
$5.9M
Determinants of Bone Strength in Afro-Caribbean FamiliesR03AR050107 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ZMUDA, JOSEPH M · 2003 to 2004
$149k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000005NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL083825NHLBI NIH HHS T32-HL083825NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR049747NIAMS NIH HHS R01-AR049747NIAMS NIH HHS R03 AR050107NIAMS NIH HHS R03-AR050107
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

unlabelledOsteocalcin is a major component of bone matrix. Concentrations of total, carboxylated, and uncarboxylated osteocalcin, are highly heritable and genetically correlated with bone mineral content (BMC) within African ancestry families.

introductionOsteocalcin (OC) is a protein constituent of bone matrix and a marker of bone formation. We characterized the heritability of serum OC measures and identified genomic regions potentially involved in the regulation of OC via high-density genome-wide linkage analysis in African ancestry individuals.

methodsAfrican ancestry individuals (n = 459) were recruited, without regard to health status, from seven probands (mean family size = 66; 4,373 relative pairs). Residual heritability of serum OC measures was estimated and multipoint quantitative trait linkage analysis was performed using pedigree-based maximum likelihood methods.

resultsResidual heritabilities of total OC, uncarboxylated OC, carboxylated OC and percent uncarboxylated OC were 0.74 ± 0.10, 0.89 ± 0.08, 0.46 ± 0.10 and 0.41 ± 0.09, respectively. All OC measures were genetically correlated with whole body BMC. We obtained strong evidence of bivariate linkage for percent uncarboxylated OC and whole body BMC on chromosome 17 (logarithm of the odds [LOD] = 3.15, 99 cM).

conclusionsAll forms of OC were highly heritable and genetically correlated with total body BMC in these African ancestry families. The identified linkage region contains several candidate genes for bone and energy metabolism including COL1A1 and TNFRSF11A. Further studies of this genomic region may reveal novel insight into the genetic regulation of OC and bone mineralization.

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Absorptiometry, PhotonAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBlack PeopleBone DensityFemaleGenetic LinkageGenome-Wide Association StudyGenotypeHumansMaleMiddle AgedOsteocalcinQuantitative Trait LociOsteocalcin

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PMID21935688
PMCPMC3768139
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