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de Bakker PI McVean G Sabeti PC Miretti MM Green T Marchini J Ke X Monsuur AJ Whittaker P Delgado M Morrison J Richardson A Walsh EC Gao X Galver L Hart J Hafler DA Pericak-Vance M Todd JA Daly MJ Trowsdale J Wijmenga C Vyse TJ Beck S Murray SS Carrington M Gregory S Deloukas P Rioux JD 《Nature genetics》2006,38(10):1166-1172
The proteins encoded by the classical HLA class I and class II genes in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) are highly polymorphic and are essential in self versus non-self immune recognition. HLA variation is a crucial determinant of transplant rejection and susceptibility to a large number of infectious and autoimmune diseases. Yet identification of causal variants is problematic owing to linkage disequilibrium that extends across multiple HLA and non-HLA genes in the MHC. We therefore set out to characterize the linkage disequilibrium patterns between the highly polymorphic HLA genes and background variation by typing the classical HLA genes and >7,500 common SNPs and deletion-insertion polymorphisms across four population samples. The analysis provides informative tag SNPs that capture much of the common variation in the MHC region and that could be used in disease association studies, and it provides new insight into the evolutionary dynamics and ancestral origins of the HLA loci and their haplotypes. 相似文献
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Raychaudhuri S Sandor C Stahl EA Freudenberg J Lee HS Jia X Alfredsson L Padyukov L Klareskog L Worthington J Siminovitch KA Bae SC Plenge RM Gregersen PK de Bakker PI 《Nature genetics》2012,44(3):291-296
The genetic association of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) to rheumatoid arthritis risk has commonly been attributed to alleles in HLA-DRB1. However, debate persists about the identity of the causal variants in HLA-DRB1 and the presence of independent effects elsewhere in the MHC. Using existing genome-wide SNP data in 5,018 individuals with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (cases) and 14,974 unaffected controls, we imputed and tested classical alleles and amino acid polymorphisms in HLA-A, HLA-B, HLA-C, HLA-DPA1, HLA-DPB1, HLA-DQA1, HLA-DQB1 and HLA-DRB1, as well as 3,117 SNPs across the MHC. Conditional and haplotype analyses identified that three amino acid positions (11, 71 and 74) in HLA-DRβ1 and single-amino-acid polymorphisms in HLA-B (at position 9) and HLA-DPβ1 (at position 9), which are all located in peptide-binding grooves, almost completely explain the MHC association to rheumatoid arthritis risk. This study shows how imputation of functional variation from large reference panels can help fine map association signals in the MHC. 相似文献
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Lincoln MR Montpetit A Cader MZ Saarela J Dyment DA Tiislar M Ferretti V Tienari PJ Sadovnick AD Peltonen L Ebers GC Hudson TJ 《Nature genetics》2005,37(10):1108-1112
Genetic susceptibility to multiple sclerosis is associated with genes of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), particularly HLA-DRB1 and HLA-DQB1 (ref. 1). Both locus and allelic heterogeneity have been reported in this genomic region. To clarify whether HLA-DRB1 itself, nearby genes in the region encoding the MHC or combinations of these loci underlie susceptibility to multiple sclerosis, we genotyped 1,185 Canadian and Finnish families with multiple sclerosis (n = 4,203 individuals) with a high-density SNP panel spanning the genes encoding the MHC and flanking genomic regions. Strong associations in Canadian and Finnish samples were observed with blocks in the HLA class II genomic region (P < 4.9 x 10(-13) and P < 2.0 x 10(-16), respectively), but the strongest association was with HLA-DRB1 (P < 4.4 x 10(-17)). Conditioning on either HLA-DRB1 or the most significant HLA class II haplotype block found no additional block or SNP association independent of the HLA class II genomic region. This study therefore indicates that MHC-associated susceptibility to multiple sclerosis is determined by HLA class II alleles, their interactions and closely neighboring variants. 相似文献
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Soler Artigas M Loth DW Wain LV Gharib SA Obeidat M Tang W Zhai G Zhao JH Smith AV Huffman JE Albrecht E Jackson CM Evans DM Cadby G Fornage M Manichaikul A Lopez LM Johnson T Aldrich MC Aspelund T Barroso I Campbell H Cassano PA Couper DJ Eiriksdottir G Franceschini N Garcia M Gieger C Gislason GK Grkovic I Hammond CJ Hancock DB Harris TB Ramasamy A Heckbert SR Heliövaara M Homuth G Hysi PG James AL Jankovic S Joubert BR Karrasch S Klopp N Koch B Kritchevsky SB Launer LJ Liu Y Loehr LR 《Nature genetics》2011,43(11):1082-1090
Pulmonary function measures reflect respiratory health and are used in the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. We tested genome-wide association with forced expiratory volume in 1 second and the ratio of forced expiratory volume in 1 second to forced vital capacity in 48,201 individuals of European ancestry with follow up of the top associations in up to an additional 46,411 individuals. We identified new regions showing association (combined P < 5 × 10(-8)) with pulmonary function in or near MFAP2, TGFB2, HDAC4, RARB, MECOM (also known as EVI1), SPATA9, ARMC2, NCR3, ZKSCAN3, CDC123, C10orf11, LRP1, CCDC38, MMP15, CFDP1 and KCNE2. Identification of these 16 new loci may provide insight into the molecular mechanisms regulating pulmonary function and into molecular targets for future therapy to alleviate reduced lung function. 相似文献
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The combination of inhibition of RNA degradation and comparative genomic scanning is a powerful new method for detecting gene disruptions. The utility of the method is well-illustrated by a series of observations linking the ephrin receptor EPHB2 to prostate cancer. 相似文献
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Genome-wide association study of quantitative resistance to southern leaf blight in the maize nested association mapping population 总被引:6,自引:0,他引:6
Kump KL Bradbury PJ Wisser RJ Buckler ES Belcher AR Oropeza-Rosas MA Zwonitzer JC Kresovich S McMullen MD Ware D Balint-Kurti PJ Holland JB 《Nature genetics》2011,43(2):163-168
Nested association mapping (NAM) offers power to resolve complex, quantitative traits to their causal loci. The maize NAM population, consisting of 5,000 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) from 25 families representing the global diversity of maize, was evaluated for resistance to southern leaf blight (SLB) disease. Joint-linkage analysis identified 32 quantitative trait loci (QTLs) with predominantly small, additive effects on SLB resistance. Genome-wide association tests of maize HapMap SNPs were conducted by imputing founder SNP genotypes onto the NAM RILs. SNPs both within and outside of QTL intervals were associated with variation for SLB resistance. Many of these SNPs were within or near sequences homologous to genes previously shown to be involved in plant disease resistance. Limited linkage disequilibrium was observed around some SNPs associated with SLB resistance, indicating that the maize NAM population enables high-resolution mapping of some genome regions. 相似文献
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From fused toes in mice to human obesity 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Groop L 《Nature genetics》2007,39(6):706-707
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From QTL to gene: the harvest begins 总被引:22,自引:0,他引:22
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A genetic approach to understanding auditory function 总被引:30,自引:0,他引:30
Little is known of the molecular basis of normal auditory function. In contrast to the visual or olfactory senses, in which reasonable amounts of sensory tissue can be gathered, the auditory system has proven difficult to access through biochemical routes, mainly because such small amounts of tissue are available for analysis. Key molecules, such as the transduction channel, may be present in only a few tens of copies per sensory hair cell, compounding the difficulty. Moreover, fundamental differences in the mechanism of stimulation and, most importantly, the speed of response of audition compared with other senses means that we have no well-understood models to provide good candidate molecules for investigation. For these reasons, a genetic approach is useful for identifying the key components of auditory transduction, as it makes no assumptions about the nature or expression level of molecules essential for hearing. We review here some of the major advances in our understanding of auditory function resulting from the recent rapid progress in identification of genes involved in deafness. 相似文献
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Guilt by association 总被引:7,自引:0,他引:7
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Meta-analysis of genetic association studies supports a contribution of common variants to susceptibility to common disease 总被引:30,自引:0,他引:30
Association studies offer a potentially powerful approach to identify genetic variants that influence susceptibility to common disease, but are plagued by the impression that they are not consistently reproducible. In principle, the inconsistency may be due to false positive studies, false negative studies or true variability in association among different populations. The critical question is whether false positives overwhelmingly explain the inconsistency. We analyzed 301 published studies covering 25 different reported associations. There was a large excess of studies replicating the first positive reports, inconsistent with the hypothesis of no true positive associations (P < 10(-14)). This excess of replications could not be reasonably explained by publication bias and was concentrated among 11 of the 25 associations. For 8 of these 11 associations, pooled analysis of follow-up studies yielded statistically significant replication of the first report, with modest estimated genetic effects. Thus, a sizable fraction (but under half) of reported associations have strong evidence of replication; for these, false negative, underpowered studies probably contribute to inconsistent replication. We conclude that there are probably many common variants in the human genome with modest but real effects on common disease risk, and that studies using large samples will convincingly identify such variants. 相似文献
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Turian G 《Archives des sciences et compte rendu des séances de la Société / édités par la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève》1999,52(2):101-109
Primitive microvesicles (coacervates, microspheres, marigranules, etc.), free-born in aqueous media, are only protometabolic proteinoids surrounded by an amphiphilic protomembrane. In contrast, surface-born microvesicles could be initiated in the pores of watered rocks providing primary boundaries coated by amphiphilic compounds and acting as sinks for primitive peptides and their coding nucleobases N-P anchored on polyphosphates. Only presumed replication of these prenucleic infopolymers would qualify the basipetally budded microvesicles as protocells. 相似文献