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ArticleCalcified tissue international2015

Heritability and genetics of serum dickkopf 1 levels in African ancestry families.

Allison L Kuipers, Shibing Yu, Candace M Kammerer, Cara S Nestlerode, Clareann H Bunker, Alan L Patrick, Victor W Wheeler, Yingze Zhang, Joseph M Zmuda

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Article in Calcified tissue international, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Quantitative genetics of circulating Dickkopf-related protein 1 (DKK1) in community-based sample of UK twins.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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9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Allison L KuipersDepartment of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 130 DeSoto St, A543 Crabtree Hall, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA, kuipers@pitt.edu.
Shibing Yu
Candace M Kammerer
Cara S Nestlerode
Clareann H Bunker
Alan L Patrick
Victor W Wheeler
Yingze Zhang
Joseph M Zmuda
University of Pittsburgh · USUniversity of Trinidad and Tobago · TT

Funding

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
Wnt Genes and Skeletal Aging: From the Population to the CellR01AG033618 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ZMUDA, JOSEPH M. · 2010 to 2012
$1.9M
Determinants of Bone Strength in Afro-Caribbean FamiliesR03AR050107 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI ZMUDA, JOSEPH M · 2003 to 2004
$149k
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL083825NHLBI NIH HHS T32-HL083825NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR049747NIAMS NIH HHS R01-AR049747NIAMS NIH HHS R03 AR050107NIAMS NIH HHS R03-AR050107NIA NIH HHS R01 AG033618NIA NIH HHS R01-AG033618
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the study was to determine the heritability of serum dickkopf-1 (DKK1) and its association with DKK1 polymorphisms in African ancestry subjects. Serum DKK1 was measured in 422 Afro-Caribbean men and women aged 18+ from 7 large, multi-generational families (mean family size: 60; 3,215 relative pairs). Twenty-four common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were genotyped within an 80 kilobase-pair region encompassing the DKK1 gene. Heritability was estimated and SNPs were tested for association with serum DKK1 using variance components analysis. DKK1 mRNA expression was tested in peripheral blood of 16 individuals from each of the rs7069912 genotypes. Mean serum DKK1 was 1724.1 pg/mL and was significantly lower in women than men (P = 0.043). Residual genetic heritability of serum DKK1 was 0.4460 (P < 0.0001). Six SNPs reached nominal significance with DKK1, with rs7069912 being significant after adjustment for multiple comparisons. Two of these six SNPs represented independent association signals (rs7069912 and rs16928725), which accounted for 4.6% of the phenotypic variation in DKK1. Additionally, carriers of the rs7069912 variant had significantly greater DKK1 expression than non-carriers (P = 0.036). Serum DKK1 levels are highly heritable in the African ancestry families. Two SNPs within the DKK1 region accounted for nearly 5% of the variation in serum DKK1.

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Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseAdultAgedAged, 80 and overBlack PeopleFemaleGenotypeHumansIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMaleMiddle AgedPolymorphism, Single NucleotideDKK1 protein, humanIntercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins

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PMID25550102
PMCPMC4320655
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