Identification of Novel Genetic Susceptibility Loci for Thoracic and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms Via Genome-Wide Association Study Using the UK Biobank Cohort
Tamara Ashvetiya, Sherry X. Fan, Y.-J. Chen, Charles H. Williams, Jeffery R. O’Connell, James A. Perry, Charles C. Hong
This paper identifies novel genetic loci for thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms using GWAS in the UK Biobank and finds distinct genetic architectures and shared pathophysiology with Marfan syndrome.
PLoS ONE · Sep 1, 2021Peer-reviewedGenomics