A nucleotide variant in the promoter region of the interleukin-6 gene associated with decreased bone mineral density - Ota, N.; Nakajima, T.; Nakazawa, I.; Suzuki, T.; Hosoi, T.; Orimo, H.; Inoue, S.; Shirai, Y.; Emi, M. (Journal of human genetics, 2001)
Keywords: Absorptiometry, Photon; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alleles; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Bone density; Bone Density - genetics; Bone loss; Bone mineral density; Bone turnover; Chi-Square Distribution; Cytokines; Endonuclease; Exons; Female; Gene Dosage; Gene Expression; Gene Frequency; Gene Function; Gene Therapy; Genetic Variation; Genotype; Haplotypes; Heterozygotes; Homozygotes; Human Genetics; Humans; Interleukin 6; Interleukin-6 - genetics; Interleukin-6 - physiology; Japan - epidemiology; Linkage Disequilibrium; Molecular Medicine; Nucleotide sequence; Original Article; Osteoporosis; Osteoporosis - etiology; Osteoporosis - genetics; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide - physiology; Promoter Regions, Genetic - genetics; Single-nucleotide polymorphism; Japan; Osteoporosis; Bone mineral density; Key words Interleukin-6 gene; Single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)