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21812096
TITLE
No evidence that extended tracts of homozygosity are associated with Alzheimer's disease.
ABSTRACT
We sought to investigate the contribution of extended runs of homozygosity in a genome-wide association dataset of 1,955 Alzheimer's disease cases and 955 elderly screened controls genotyped for 529,205 autosomal single nucleotide polymorphisms. Tracts of homozygosity may mark regions inherited from a common ancestor and could reflect disease loci if observed more frequently in cases than controls. We found no excess of homozygous tracts in Alzheimer's disease cases compared to controls and no individual run of homozygosity showed association to Alzheimer's disease.
Copyright © 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
DATE PUBLISHED
2011 Dec
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
received 2011/01/06
accepted 2011/06/09
aheadofprint 2011/08/02
entrez 2011/08/04 06:00
pubmed 2011/08/04 06:00
medline 2012/01/18 06:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Sims R Sims Rebecca R MRC Centre for Neuropyschiatric Genetics and Genomics, Department of Psychological Medicine and Neurology, Cardiff University, Heath Park. simsrc@cardiff.ac.uk
Dwyer S Dwyer Sarah S
Harold D Harold Denise D
Gerrish A Gerrish Amy A
Hollingworth P Hollingworth Paul P
Chapman J Chapman Jade J
Jones N Jones Nicola N
Abraham R Abraham Richard R
Ivanov D Ivanov Dobril D
Pahwa JS Pahwa Jaspreet Singh JS
Moskvina V Moskvina Valentina V
Dowzell K Dowzell Kimberley K
Thomas C Thomas Charlene C
Stretton A Stretton Alexandra A
Lovestone S Lovestone Simon S
Powell J Powell John J
Proitsi P Proitsi Petroula P
Lupton MK Lupton Michelle K MK
Brayne C Brayne Carol C
Rubinsztein DC Rubinsztein David C DC
Gill M Gill Michael M
Lawlor B Lawlor Brian B
Lynch A Lynch Aoibhinn A
Morgan K Morgan Kevin K
Brown KS Brown Kristelle S KS
Passmore PA Passmore Peter A PA
Craig D Craig David D
McGuiness B McGuiness Bernadette B
Todd S Todd Stephen S
Johnston JA Johnston Janet A JA
Holmes C Holmes Clive C
Mann D Mann David D
Smith AD Smith A David AD
Love S Love Seth S
Kehoe PG Kehoe Patrick G PG
Hardy J Hardy John J
Mead S Mead Simon S
Fox N Fox Nick N
Rossor M Rossor Martin M
Collinge J Collinge John J
Livingston G Livingston Gill G
Bass NJ Bass Nicholas J NJ
Gurling H Gurling Hugh H
McQuillin A McQuillin Andrew A
Jones L Jones Lesley L
Holmans PA Holmans Peter A PA
O'Donovan M O'Donovan Michael M
Owen MJ Owen Michael J MJ
Williams J Williams Julie J
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 156B
ISSUE: 7
TITLE: American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics
ISOABBREVIATION: Am. J. Med. Genet. B Neuropsychiatr. Genet.
YEAR: 2011
MONTH: Dec
DAY:
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CITEDMEDIUM: Internet
ISSN: 1552-485X
ISSNTYPE: Electronic
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet
COUNTRY: United States
ISSNLINKING: 1552-4841
NLMUNIQUEID: 101235742
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
GRANTS
GRANTID AGENCY COUNTRY
G0601846 Medical Research Council United Kingdom
G0701075 Medical Research Council United Kingdom
G0801306 Medical Research Council United Kingdom
G0902227 Medical Research Council United Kingdom
MC_U123160651 Medical Research Council United Kingdom
MR/K01417X/1 Medical Research Council United Kingdom
Medical Research Council United Kingdom
Wellcome Trust United Kingdom
GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alzheimer Disease genetics
Case-Control Studies genetics
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8 genetics
Female genetics
Genes genetics
Genetic Predisposition to Disease genetics
Genome-Wide Association Study genetics
Homozygote genetics
Humans genetics
Male genetics
SUPPLEMENTARY MESH
GENE SYMBOLS
CHEMICALS
OTHER ID's