@article{daa38e1bebf340c0b793bf7dd8473aab,
title = "A genome-wide association study identifies common variants near LBX1 associated with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis",
abstract = "Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis is a pediatric spinal deformity affecting 2-3% of school-age children worldwide. Genetic factors have been implicated in its etiology. Through a genome-wide association study (GWAS) and replication study involving a total of 1,376 Japanese females with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and 11,297 female controls, we identified a locus at chromosome 10q24.31 associated with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis susceptibility. The most significant SNP (rs11190870; combined P = 1.24 × 10 -19; odds ratio (OR) = 1.56) is located near LBX1 (encoding ladybird homeobox 1). The identification of this susceptibility locus provides new insights into the pathogenesis of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.",
author = "Yohei Takahashi and Ikuyo Kou and Atsushi Takahashi and Johnson, {Todd A.} and Katsuki Kono and Noriaki Kawakami and Koki Uno and Manabu Ito and Shohei Minami and Haruhisa Yanagida and Hiroshi Taneichi and Taichi Tsuji and Teppei Suzuki and Hideki Sudo and Toshiaki Kotani and Kota Watanabe and Kazuhiro Chiba and Naoya Hosono and Naoyuki Kamatani and Tatsuhiko Tsunoda and Yoshiaki Toyama and Michiaki Kubo and Morio Matsumoto and Shiro Ikegawa",
note = "Funding Information: We thank the individuals who participated in this study. We thank N. Suzuki, M. Saito, M. Kamata, N. Hosogane, E. Okada, H. Hase, I. Karasugi, M. Nakajima and A. Miyake for their help in collecting samples and conducting the experimental study and T. Isono for technical assistance. This work was supported by a grant-in-aid from the Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA-Subsidized Science Project Research 2009-1) and by BioBank Japan.",
year = "2011",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1038/ng.974",
language = "English",
volume = "43",
pages = "1237--1240",
journal = "Nature Genetics",
issn = "1061-4036",
publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",
number = "12",
}