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Meta-analysis identifies novel risk loci and yields systematic insights into the biology of male-pattern baldness
2017
Male-pattern baldness (MPB) is a common and highly heritable trait characterized by androgen-dependent, progressive hair loss from the scalp. Here, we carry out the largest GWAS meta-analysis of MPB to date, comprising 10,846 early-onset cases and 11,672 controls from eight independent cohorts. We identify 63 MPB-associated loci (P<5 × 10−8, METAL) of which 23 have not been reported previously. The 63 loci explain ∼39% of the phenotypic variance in MPB and highlight several plausible candidate genes (FGF5, IRF4, DKK2) and pathways (melatonin signalling, adipogenesis) that are likely to be implicated in the key-pathophysiological features of MPB and may represent promising targets for the de…
Increased liver carcinogenesis and enrichment of stem cell properties in livers of Dickkopf 2 (Dkk2) deleted mice.
2013
// Thorsten Maass 1 , Jens Marquardt 2 , Ju-Seog Lee 3 , Markus Krupp 4 , Peter Scholz-Kreisel 2 , Carolin Mogler 5 , Peter Schirmacher 5 , Martina Muller 1 , Heiner Westphal 6 , Peter R. Galle 2 , Andreas Teufel 1 1 Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany 2 I. Department of Medicine, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany 3 Cancer Biology Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA 4 Department of Informatics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany 5 Institute of Pathology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany 6 Laboratory of Mammalian Genes and Development, National Institute of Child Health and Human Develop…