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12030327
TITLE
A typical migraine susceptibility region localizes to chromosome 1q31.
ABSTRACT
Migraine (with and without aura) is a prevalent neurovascular disease that shows strong familial aggregation, although the number of genes involved and the mode of inheritance is not clear. Some insight into the disease has been gained from genetic studies into a rare and very severe migraine subtype known as familial hemiplegic migraine (FHM). In this study, we took a family-based linkage and association approach to investigate the FHM susceptibility region on chromosome 1q31 for involvement in typical migraine susceptibility in affected Australian pedigrees. Initial multipoint ALLEGRO analysis provided strong evidence for linkage of Chrlq31 markers to typical migraine in a large multigenerational pedigree. The 1-LOD* unit support interval for suggestive linkage spanned approximately 18 cM with a maximum allele sharing LOD* score of 3.36 obtained for marker D1S2782 (P=0.00004). Subsequent analysis of an independent sample of 82 affected pedigrees added support to the initial findings with a maximum LOD* of 1.24 (P=0.008). Utilising the independent sample of 82 pedigrees, we also performed a family-based association test. Results of this analysis indicated distortion of allele transmission at marker D1S249 [global chi2 (5) of 15.00, P=0.010] in these pedigrees. These positive linkage and association results will need further confirmation by independent researchers. However, overall they provide good evidence for the existence of a typical migraine locus near these markers on Chrlq3l, and reinforce the idea that an FHM gene in this genomic region may also contribute to susceptibility to the more common forms of migraine.
DATE PUBLISHED
2002 Mar
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
pubmed 2002/05/28 10:00
medline 2003/01/10 04:00
entrez 2002/05/28 10:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Lea RA Lea Rod A RA Genomics Research Centre, School of Health Sciences, Griffith University, Southport, Queensland, Australia.
Shepherd AG Shepherd A Graeme AG
Curtain RP Curtain Robert P RP
Nyholt DR Nyholt Dale R DR
Quinlan S Quinlan Sharon S
Brimage PJ Brimage Peter J PJ
Griffiths LR Griffiths Lyn R LR
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 4
ISSUE: 1
TITLE: Neurogenetics
ISOABBREVIATION: Neurogenetics
YEAR: 2002
MONTH: Mar
DAY:
MEDLINEDATE:
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CITEDMEDIUM: Print
ISSN: 1364-6745
ISSNTYPE: Print
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Neurogenetics
COUNTRY: United States
ISSNLINKING: 1364-6745
NLMUNIQUEID: 9709714
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
GRANTS
GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1
Family Health
Female
Genetic Markers
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Lod Score
Male
Migraine Disorders genetics
Pedigree genetics
SUPPLEMENTARY MESH
GENE SYMBOLS
CHEMICALS
REGISTRYNUMBER NAMEOFSUBSTANCE
0 Genetic Markers
OTHER ID's