<?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></records></xml>