Meta analysis of candidate gene variants outside the LPA locus with Lp (a) plasma levels in 14,500 participants of six White European cohorts

D Zabaneh, M Kumari, M Sandhu, N Wareham… - Atherosclerosis, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Both genome-wide association studies and candidate gene studies have
reported that the major determinant of plasma levels of the Lipoprotein (a)[Lp (a)] reside …

Genetic predictor to identify individuals with high lipoprotein (a) concentrations

JS Dron, M Wang, AP Patel, U Kartoun… - Circulation: Genomic …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Recent advances in drug development aim to transi-tion lipoprotein (a)(Lp [a]) from a
predictive biomarker of cardiovascular disease to a therapeutic target. Among those with …

Multiple QTL influence the serum Lp (a) concentration: a genome-wide linkage screen in the PROCARDIS study

S Barlera, C Specchia, M Farrall, BD Chiodini… - European journal of …, 2007 - nature.com
The serum concentration of lipoprotein Lp (a) is known to be highly heritable and associated
with cardiovascular risk. A genome-wide variance component linkage analysis was …

Genome-Wide Association Study Highlights APOH as a Novel Locus for Lipoprotein(a) Levels—Brief Report

M Hoekstra, HY Chen, J Rong, L Dufresne… - … , and vascular biology, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Objective: Lp (a)(lipoprotein [a]) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular diseases
and plasma levels are primarily determined by variation at the LPA locus. We performed a …

Genome-Wide Association Study and Identification of a Protective Missense Variant on Lipoprotein (a) Concentration: Protective Missense Variant on Lipoprotein (a) …

MA Said, MW Yeung, YJ van de Vegte… - … , and vascular biology, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Objective: Lipoprotein (a)(Lp [a]) is associated with coronary artery disease (CAD) but also
to LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol. The genetic architecture of Lp (a) remains …

Phenotypic characterization of genetically lowered human lipoprotein (a) levels

CA Emdin, AV Khera, P Natarajan, D Klarin… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - jacc.org
Background: Genomic analyses have suggested that the LPA gene and its associated
plasma biomarker, lipoprotein (a)(Lp [a]), represent a causal risk factor for coronary heart …

Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms in LPA Explain Most of the Ancestry-Specific Variation in Lp(a) Levels in African Americans

RC Deo, JG Wilson, C Xing, K Lawson, WHL Kao… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Lipoprotein (a)(Lp (a)) is an important causal cardiovascular risk factor, with serum Lp (a)
levels predicting atherosclerotic heart disease and genetic determinants of Lp (a) levels …

Comprehensive Analysis of Genomic Variation in the LPA Locus and Its Relationship to Plasma Lipoprotein(a) in South Asians, Chinese, and European Caucasians

MB Lanktree, SS Anand, S Yusuf… - Circulation …, 2010 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Functional copy number variation in the apolipoprotein (a) gene (LPA)
underlies a variable number of protein kringle domains repeated in tandem in the lipoprotein …

Genome-and exome-wide association study of serum lipoprotein (a) in the Jackson Heart Study

J Li, LA Lange, J Sabourin, Q Duan, W Valdar… - Journal of human …, 2015 - nature.com
Abstract Lipoprotein (a)(Lp (a)) is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Lp
(a) levels in African Americans (AAs) are much higher compared with that in European …

Genome-wide association study of plasma lipoprotein (a) levels identifies multiple genes on chromosome 6q [S]

C Ober, AS Nord, EE Thompson, L Pan, Z Tan… - Journal of lipid …, 2009 - ASBMB
Plasma lipoprotein (a)(Lp [a]) level is an independent risk factor of cardiovascular disease
that is under strong genetic control. We conducted a genome-wide association study of …