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Table 4 Abbreviations of gene symbols and their names

From: Ancestry specific associations of a genetic risk score, dietary patterns and metabolic syndrome: a longitudinal ARIC study

Gene symbol

Gene name

ABCA1

ATP binding cassette subfamily A member 1

ABCB11

ATP binding cassette subfamily B member 11

ABCG2

ATP binding cassette subfamily G member 2 (Junior blood group)

ABO

ABO, alpha 1–3-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase and alpha 1–3-galactosyltransferase

AC9

Adenylate cyclase 9

ACAN

Aggrecan

ACO

Kallikrein related peptidase 15

ADIPOQ

Adiponectin, C1Q and collagen domain containing

ALDH1A2

Aldehyde dehydrogenase 1 family member A2

APOA5

Apolipoprotein A5

APOB

Apolipoprotein B

AS1

Prostaglandin D2 receptor

ATF6B

Activating transcription factor 6 beta

BAZ1B

Bromodomain adjacent to zinc finger domain 1B

BCL2

BCL2 apoptosis regulator

BCL2A1

BCL2 related protein A1

BCL7B

BAF chromatin remodeling complex subunit BCL7B

BDNF

Brain derived neurotrophic factor

CALM2

Calmodulin 2

CAPZA1

Capping actin protein of muscle Z-line subunit alpha 1

CCBL2

Kynurenine aminotransferase 3

CCK

Cholecystokinin

CDKAL1

CDK5 regulatory subunit associated protein 1 like 1

CDKN2A

Cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 2A

CDKN2B

Cyclin dependent kinase inhibitor 2B

CELSR2

Cadherin EGF LAG seven-pass G-type receptor 2

CETP

Cholesteryl ester transfer protein

CILP2

Cartilage intermediate layer protein 2

CLCN6

Chloride voltage-gated channel 6

CLEC16A

C-type lectin domain containing 16A

CYP26A1

Cytochrome P450 family 26 subfamily A member 1

CYP26C1

Cytochrome P450 family 26 subfamily C member 1

EDEM2

ER degradation enhancing alpha-mannosidase like protein 2

Eos

Eosinophilia, familial

ERBB3

Erb-b2 receptor tyrosine kinase 3

FADS1

Fatty acid desaturase 1

FADS2

Fatty acid desaturase 2

FTO

FTO alpha-ketoglutarate dependent dioxygenase (fat Mass and obesity-associated)

G6PC2

Glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit 2

GCK

Glucokinase

GCKR

Glucokinase regulator

GIPR

Gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor

GNAS

GNAS complex locus

GSS

Glutathione synthetase

HERPUD1

Homocysteine inducible ER protein with ubiquitin like domain 1

HFE

Homeostatic iron regulator

HIGD1C

HIG1 hypoxia inducible domain family member 1C

HIST1H4C

H4 clustered histone 3

HMGA2

High mobility group AT-hook 2

HNF4A

Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 alpha

IGF2

Insulin like growth factor 2

IGF2AS

IGF2 antisense RNA

IKZF4

IKAROS family zinc finger 4

INS

Insulin

ISCA2

Iron-sulfur cluster assembly 2

KCNQ1

Potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily Q member 1

KCNQ1OT1

KCNQ1 opposite strand/antisense transcript 1

KIAA0350

C-type lectin domain containing 16A

KLHL8

Kelch like family member 8

LCAT

Lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase

LGR5

Leucine rich repeat containing G protein-coupled receptor 5

LINC02702

Long intergenic non-protein coding RNA 2702

LIPC

Lipase C, hepatic type

LPL

Lipoprotein lipase

HLA Class III

Caspase 7

MIR499A

microRNA 499a

MLXIP

MLX interacting protein

MLXIPL

MLX interacting protein like

MOV10

Mov10 RISC complex RNA helicase

MTHFR

Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase

MYH7B

Myosin heavy chain 7B

NAT2

N-acetyltransferase 2

NCAN

Neurocan

NPC2

NPC intracellular cholesterol transporter 2

NPPB

Natriuretic peptide B

NUP93

Nucleoporin 93

PBX4

PBX homeobox 4

PDE3A

Phosphodiesterase 3A

PDILT

Protein disulfide isomerase like, testis expressed

PKD2

Polycystin 2, transient receptor potential cation channel

PKN2

Protein kinase N2

PPARG

Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma

PRKAG2

Protein kinase AMP-activated non-catalytic subunit gamma 2

PROCR

Protein C receptor

PSRC1

Proline and serine rich coiled-coil 1

RELA

RELA proto-oncogene, NF-kB subunit

RETN

Resistin

RHBG

Rh family B glycoprotein (gene/pseudogene)

RNA5SP483

RNA, 5S ribosomal pseudogene 483

RNU6-407P

RNA, U6 small nuclear 407, pseudogene

RP11

Pre-mRNA processing factor 31

RP11-356I2.2

Long intergenic non-protein coding RNA 2539

RP4

Rhodopsin

SIPA1

Signal-induced proliferation-associated 1

SLC12A3

Solute carrier family 12 member 3

SNORD56

Small nucleolar RNA, C/D box 56

SORT1

Sortilin 1

ST7L

Suppression of tumorigenicity 7 like

STAB1

Stabilin 1

SURF6

Surfeit 6

SYN2

Synapsin II

TBL2

Transducin beta like 2

TCF7L2

Transcription factor 7 like 2

TGFBR3

Transforming growth factor beta receptor 3

TNXB

Tenascin XB

TRIB1

Tribbles pseudokinase 1

TRPC4AP

Transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily C member 4 associated protein

TSPAN8

Tetraspanin 8

UMOD

Uromodulin

VDR

Vitamin D receptor

VPS37D

VPS37D subunit of ESCRT-I