Association of the estrogen receptor alpha gene polymorphisms with osteoporosis in the Mexican population

The estrogen receptor gene (ER alpha) has been implicated in the development of osteoporosis. In this study, the association of two ER alpha gene polymorphic markers (a TA dinucleotide repeat and a single nucleotide polymorphism, G2014A) with osteoporosis was tested in 70 osteoporotic women, 70 non-...

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Autores: Gomez, R, Magana, JJ, Cisneros, B, Perez-Salazar, E, Faugeron, S, Veliz, D, Castro, C, Rubio, J, Casas, L, Valdes-Flores, M
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:México
Institución:Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Repositorio:Sistema de Información de la Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.fciencias.unam.mx:11154/2254
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11154/2254
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Genetics & Heredity
bone mineral density
dinucleotide polymorphism
estrogen receptor alpha gene
osteoporosis
single nucleotide polymorphism
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Sumario:The estrogen receptor gene (ER alpha) has been implicated in the development of osteoporosis. In this study, the association of two ER alpha gene polymorphic markers (a TA dinucleotide repeat and a single nucleotide polymorphism, G2014A) with osteoporosis was tested in 70 osteoporotic women, 70 non-osteoporotic women and 500 subjects from the Mexican population. According to the genetic analysis of the Mexican population using eight unlinked polymorphic markers, we found that our population is structured into three subpopulations