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TITLE
Genomewide linkage study in 1,176 affected sister pair families identifies a significant susceptibility locus for endometriosis on chromosome 10q26.
ABSTRACT
Endometriosis is a common gynecological disease that affects up to 10% of women in their reproductive years. It causes pelvic pain, severe dysmenorrhea, and subfertility. The disease is defined as the presence of tissue resembling endometrium in sites outside the uterus. Its cause remains uncertain despite >50 years of hypothesis-driven research, and thus the therapeutic options are limited. Disease predisposition is inherited as a complex genetic trait, which provides an alternative route to understanding the disease. We seek to identify susceptibility loci, using a positional-cloning approach that starts with linkage analysis to identify genomic regions likely to harbor these genes. We conducted a linkage study of 1,176 families (931 from an Australian group and 245 from a U.K. group), each with at least two members--mainly affected sister pairs--with surgically diagnosed disease. We have identified a region of significant linkage on chromosome 10q26 (maximum LOD score [MLS] of 3.09; genomewide P = .047) and another region of suggestive linkage on chromosome 20p13 (MLS = 2.09). Minor peaks (with MLS > 1.0) were found on chromosomes 2, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 15, and 17. This is the first report of linkage to a major locus for endometriosis. The findings will facilitate discovery of novel positional genetic variants that influence the risk of developing this debilitating disease. Greater understanding of the aberrant cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in the etiology and pathophysiology of endometriosis should lead to better diagnostic methods and targeted treatments.
DATE PUBLISHED
2005 Sep
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
received 2005/03/09
accepted 2005/06/21
aheadofprint 2005/07/21
pubmed 2005/08/05 09:00
medline 2006/02/07 09:00
entrez 2005/08/05 09:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Treloar SA Treloar Susan A SA Cooperative Research Centre for Discovery of Genes for Common Human Diseases, Melbourne, Australia. Sue.Treloar@qimr.edu.au
Wicks J Wicks Jacqueline J
Nyholt DR Nyholt Dale R DR
Montgomery GW Montgomery Grant W GW
Bahlo M Bahlo Melanie M
Smith V Smith Vicki V
Dawson G Dawson Gary G
Mackay IJ Mackay Ian J IJ
Weeks DE Weeks Daniel E DE
Bennett ST Bennett Simon T ST
Carey A Carey Alisoun A
Ewen-White KR Ewen-White Kelly R KR
Duffy DL Duffy David L DL
O'connor DT O'connor Daniel T DT
Barlow DH Barlow David H DH
Martin NG Martin Nicholas G NG
Kennedy SH Kennedy Stephen H SH
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 77
ISSUE: 3
TITLE: American journal of human genetics
ISOABBREVIATION: Am. J. Hum. Genet.
YEAR: 2005
MONTH: Sep
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CITEDMEDIUM: Print
ISSN: 0002-9297
ISSNTYPE: Print
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Am J Hum Genet
COUNTRY: United States
ISSNLINKING: 0002-9297
NLMUNIQUEID: 0370475
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Comparative Study
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
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GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Australia epidemiology
Chromosome Mapping epidemiology
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10 genetics
Endometriosis genetics
Female genetics
Genetic Linkage genetics
Genetic Predisposition to Disease genetics
Genome, Human genetics
Great Britain epidemiology
Humans epidemiology
Lod Score epidemiology
Multifactorial Inheritance genetics
Siblings genetics
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