Research Article

Using the gene ontology to scan multilevel gene sets for associations in genome wide association studies

  1. Daniel J. Schaid1,*,
  2. Jason P. Sinnwell1,
  3. Gregory D. Jenkins1,
  4. Shannon K. McDonnell1,
  5. James N. Ingle2,
  6. Michiaki Kubo4,
  7. Paul E. Goss5,
  8. Joseph P. Costantino6,
  9. D. Lawrence Wickerham7,
  10. Richard M. Weinshilboum3

Article first published online: 7 DEC 2011

DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20632

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Genetic Epidemiology

Genetic Epidemiology

Volume 36, Issue 1, pages 3–16, January 2012

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Schaid, D. J., Sinnwell, J. P., Jenkins, G. D., McDonnell, S. K., Ingle, J. N., Kubo, M., Goss, P. E., Costantino, J. P., Wickerham, D. L. and Weinshilboum, R. M. (2012), Using the gene ontology to scan multilevel gene sets for associations in genome wide association studies. Genet. Epidemiol., 36: 3–16. doi: 10.1002/gepi.20632

Author Information

  1. 1

    Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

  2. 2

    Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

  3. 3

    Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

  4. 4

    RIKEN Center for Genomic Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

  5. 5

    Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts

  6. 6

    Department of Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  7. 7

    Section of Cancer Genetics and Prevention, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

*Correspondence to: Daniel J. Schaid, Division of Biostatistics, Harwick 7, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 29 DEC 2011
  2. Article first published online: 7 DEC 2011
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 2 AUG 2011
  4. Manuscript Revised: 22 JUL 2011
  5. Manuscript Received: 17 MAY 2011

Funded by

  • National Institutes of Health. Grant Numbers: GM065450, U10-CA-37377, U10-CA-69974, U01GM61388, U01GM63173, P50CA116201, U10CA77202, U19 GM6138
  • National Cancer Institute of Canada. Grant Number: CCS 015469
  • Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan

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