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Bis JC DeCarli C Smith AV van der Lijn F Crivello F Fornage M Debette S Shulman JM Schmidt H Srikanth V Schuur M Yu L Choi SH Sigurdsson S Verhaaren BF DeStefano AL Lambert JC Jack CR Struchalin M Stankovich J Ibrahim-Verbaas CA Fleischman D Zijdenbos A den Heijer T Mazoyer B Coker LH Enzinger C Danoy P Amin N Arfanakis K van Buchem MA de Bruijn RF Beiser A Dufouil C Huang J Cavalieri M Thomson R Niessen WJ Chibnik LB Gislason GK Hofman A Pikula A Amouyel P Freeman KB Phan TG Oostra BA Stein JL 《Nature genetics》2012,44(5):545-551
Aging is associated with reductions in hippocampal volume that are accelerated by Alzheimer's disease and vascular risk factors. Our genome-wide association study (GWAS) of dementia-free persons (n = 9,232) identified 46 SNPs at four loci with P values of <4.0 × 10(-7). In two additional samples (n = 2,318), associations were replicated at 12q14 within MSRB3-WIF1 (discovery and replication; rs17178006; P = 5.3 × 10(-11)) and at 12q24 near HRK-FBXW8 (rs7294919; P = 2.9 × 10(-11)). Remaining associations included one SNP at 2q24 within DPP4 (rs6741949; P = 2.9 × 10(-7)) and nine SNPs at 9p33 within ASTN2 (rs7852872; P = 1.0 × 10(-7)); along with the chromosome 12 associations, these loci were also associated with hippocampal volume (P < 0.05) in a third younger, more heterogeneous sample (n = 7,794). The SNP in ASTN2 also showed suggestive association with decline in cognition in a largely independent sample (n = 1,563). These associations implicate genes related to apoptosis (HRK), development (WIF1), oxidative stress (MSR3B), ubiquitination (FBXW8) and neuronal migration (ASTN2), as well as enzymes targeted by new diabetes medications (DPP4), indicating new genetic influences on hippocampal size and possibly the risk of cognitive decline and dementia. 相似文献
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Orai1 is an essential pore subunit of the CRAC channel 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Stimulation of immune cells causes depletion of Ca2+ from endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stores, thereby triggering sustained Ca2+ entry through store-operated Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+ (CRAC) channels, an essential signal for lymphocyte activation and proliferation. Recent evidence indicates that activation of CRAC current is initiated by STIM proteins, which sense ER Ca2+ levels through an EF-hand located in the ER lumen and relocalize upon store depletion into puncta closely associated with the plasma membrane. We and others recently identified Drosophila Orai and human Orai1 (also called TMEM142A) as critical components of store-operated Ca2+ entry downstream of STIM. Combined overexpression of Orai and Stim in Drosophila cells, or Orai1 and STIM1 in mammalian cells, leads to a marked increase in CRAC current. However, these experiments did not establish whether Orai is an essential intracellular link between STIM and the CRAC channel, an accessory protein in the plasma membrane, or an actual pore subunit. Here we show that Orai1 is a plasma membrane protein, and that CRAC channel function is sensitive to mutation of two conserved acidic residues in the transmembrane segments. E106D and E190Q substitutions in transmembrane helices 1 and 3, respectively, diminish Ca2+ influx, increase current carried by monovalent cations, and render the channel permeable to Cs+. These changes in ion selectivity provide strong evidence that Orai1 is a pore subunit of the CRAC channel. 相似文献
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The ratio of genetic diversity on chromosome X to that on the autosomes is sensitive to both natural selection and demography. On the basis of whole-genome sequences of 69 females, we report that whereas this ratio increases with genetic distance from genes across populations, it is lower in Europeans than in West Africans independent of proximity to genes. This relative reduction is most parsimoniously explained by differences in demographic history without the need to invoke natural selection. 相似文献
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Regulation of flowering time: all roads lead to Rome 总被引:5,自引:0,他引:5
Plants undergo a major physiological change as they transition from vegetative growth to reproductive development. This transition
is a result of responses to various endogenous and exogenous signals that later integrate to result in flowering. Five genetically
defined pathways have been identified that control flowering. The vernalization pathway refers to the acceleration of flowering
on exposure to a long period of cold. The photoperiod pathway refers to regulation of flowering in response to day length
and quality of light perceived. The gibberellin pathway refers to the requirement of gibberellic acid for normal flowering
patterns. The autonomous pathway refers to endogenous regulators that are independent of the photoperiod and gibberellin pathways.
Most recently, an endogenous pathway that adds plant age to the control of flowering time has been described. The molecular
mechanisms of these pathways have been studied extensively in Arabidopsis
thaliana and several other flowering plants. 相似文献
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