Rare coding variants in CHRNB2 reduce the likelihood of smoking.
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Rajagopal VM, et al.
Nat Genet. 2023 Jul;55(7):1138-1148. doi: 10.1038/s41588-023-01417-8. Epub 2023 Jun 12.
Nat Genet. 2023.
PMID: 37308787
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We performed an exome-wide association study of smoking phenotypes in up to 749,459 individuals and discovered a protective association in CHRNB2, encoding the beta2 subunit of the alpha4beta2 nicotine acetylcholine receptor. ...Our genetic discovery will inspire future dr …
We performed an exome-wide association study of smoking phenotypes in up to 749,459 individuals and discovered a protective association in …