<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Okada, Yukinori</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sim, Xueling</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Go, Min Jin</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wu, Jer-Yuarn</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gu, Dongfeng</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Takeuchi, Fumihiko</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Takahashi, Atsushi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Maeda, Shiro</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tsunoda, Tatsuhiko</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chen, Peng</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lim, Su-Chi</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wong, Tien-Yin</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Liu, Jianjun</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Young, Terri L</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aung, Tin</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Seielstad, Mark</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Teo, Yik-Ying</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kim, Young Jin</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lee, Jong-Young</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Han, Bok-Ghee</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kang, Daehee</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chen, Chien-Hsiun</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tsai, Fuu-Jen</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chang, Li-Ching</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fann, S-J Cathy</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mei, Hao</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rao, Dabeeru C</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hixson, James E</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chen, Shufeng</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Katsuya, Tomohiro</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Isono, Masato</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ogihara, Toshio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chambers, John C</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zhang, Weihua</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kooner, Jaspal S</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Albrecht, Eva</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Yamamoto, Kazuhiko</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kubo, Michiaki</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nakamura, Yusuke</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kamatani, Naoyuki</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kato, Norihiro</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">He, Jiang</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chen, Yuan-Tsong</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cho, Yoon Shin</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tai, E-Shyong</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tanaka, Toshihiro</style></author></authors><translated-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">KidneyGen consortium</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CKDGen consortium</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">GUGC consortium</style></author></translated-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Meta-analysis identifies multiple loci associated with kidney function-related traits in east Asian populations.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nat Genet</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nat. Genet.</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Asian Continental Ancestry Group</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Blood Urea Nitrogen</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cohort Studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Creatinine</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genetic Predisposition to Disease</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genome-Wide Association Study</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Glomerular Filtration Rate</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kidney</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Renal Insufficiency, Chronic</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Uric Acid</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012 Aug</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">44</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">904-9</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Chronic kidney disease (CKD), impairment of kidney function, is a serious public health problem, and the assessment of genetic factors influencing kidney function has substantial clinical relevance. Here, we report a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for kidney function-related traits, including 71,149 east Asian individuals from 18 studies in 11 population-, hospital- or family-based cohorts, conducted as part of the Asian Genetic Epidemiology Network (AGEN). Our meta-analysis identified 17 loci newly associated with kidney function-related traits, including the concentrations of blood urea nitrogen, uric acid and serum creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate based on serum creatinine levels (eGFRcrea) (P &lt; 5.0 × 10(-8)). We further examined these loci with in silico replication in individuals of European ancestry from the KidneyGen, CKDGen and GUGC consortia, including a combined total of ∼110,347 individuals. We identify pleiotropic associations among these loci with kidney function-related traits and risk of CKD. These findings provide new insights into the genetics of kidney function.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">8</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22797727?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wain, Louise V</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Verwoert, Germaine C</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">O'Reilly, Paul F</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shi, Gang</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Johnson, Toby</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Johnson, Andrew D</style></author><author><style face="normal" 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Bruce M</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Caulfield, Mark J</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rao, Dabeeru C</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tobin, Martin D</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Elliott, Paul</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">van Duijn, Cornelia M</style></author></authors><translated-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LifeLines Cohort Study</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">EchoGen consortium</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">AortaGen Consortium</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CHARGE Consortium Heart Failure Working Group</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">KidneyGen consortium</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CKDGen consortium</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cardiogenics consortium</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CardioGram</style></author></translated-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genome-wide association study identifies six new loci influencing pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nat Genet</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nat. Genet.</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Arteries</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Blood Pressure</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Case-Control Studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Follow-Up Studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genetic Loci</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Genome-Wide Association Study</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hypertension</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Linkage Disequilibrium</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011 Oct</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">43</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1005-11</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Numerous genetic loci have been associated with systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) in Europeans. We now report genome-wide association studies of pulse pressure (PP) and mean arterial pressure (MAP). In discovery (N = 74,064) and follow-up studies (N = 48,607), we identified at genome-wide significance (P = 2.7 × 10(-8) to P = 2.3 × 10(-13)) four new PP loci (at 4q12 near CHIC2, 7q22.3 near PIK3CG, 8q24.12 in NOV and 11q24.3 near ADAMTS8), two new MAP loci (3p21.31 in MAP4 and 10q25.3 near ADRB1) and one locus associated with both of these traits (2q24.3 near FIGN) that has also recently been associated with SBP in east Asians. For three of the new PP loci, the estimated effect for SBP was opposite of that for DBP, in contrast to the majority of common SBP- and DBP-associated variants, which show concordant effects on both traits. These findings suggest new genetic pathways underlying blood pressure variation, some of which may differentially influence SBP and DBP.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21909110?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record></records></xml>