Post-genome wide association studies and functional analyses identify association of MPP7 gene variants with site-specific bone mineral density

Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, Department of Psychiatry and Centre for Reproduction, Development and Growth, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Department of Osteoporosis and Bone Diseases, Metabolic Bone Disease and Genetics Research Unit, The Sixth People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200233, China, Department of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China, Shanghai Clinical Center for Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai 200025, China and Department of Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Endocrinology, Ministry of Health, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China,