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Denham, S.* ; Koppelman, G.H.* ; Blakey, J.* ; Wjst, M. ; Ferreira, M.A.* ; Hall, I.P.* ; Sayers, I.*

Meta-analysis of genome-wide linkage studies of asthma and related traits.

Respir. Res. 9:38 (2008)
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Asthma and allergy are complex multifactorial disorders, with both genetic and environmental components determining disease expression. The use of molecular genetics holds great promise for the identification of novel drug targets for the treatment of asthma and allergy. Genome-wide linkage studies have identified a number of potential disease susceptibility loci but replication remains inconsistent. The aim of the current study was to complete a meta-analysis of data from genome-wide linkage studies of asthma and related phenotypes and provide inferences about the consistency of results and to identify novel regions for future gene discovery. METHODS: The rank based genome-scan meta-analysis (GSMA) method was used to combine linkage data for asthma and related traits; bronchial hyper-responsiveness (BHR), allergen positive skin prick test (SPT) and total serum Immunoglobulin E (IgE) from nine Caucasian asthma populations. RESULTS: Significant evidence for susceptibility loci was identified for quantitative traits including; BHR (989 pedigrees, n = 4,294) 2p12-q22.1, 6p22.3-p21.1 and 11q24.1-qter, allergen SPT (1,093 pedigrees, n = 4,746) 3p22.1-q22.1, 17p12-q24.3 and total IgE (729 pedigrees, n = 3,224) 5q11.2-q14.3 and 6pter-p22.3. Analysis of the asthma phenotype (1,267 pedigrees, n = 5,832) did not identify any region showing genome-wide significance. CONCLUSION: This study represents the first linkage meta-analysis to determine the relative contribution of chromosomal regions to the risk of developing asthma and atopy. Several significant results were obtained for quantitative traits but not for asthma confirming the increased phenotype and genetic heterogeneity in asthma. These analyses support the contribution of regions that contain previously identified asthma susceptibility genes and provide the first evidence for susceptibility loci on 5q11.2-q14.3 and 11q24.1-qter.
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Publikationstyp Artikel: Journalartikel
Dokumenttyp Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Schlagwörter IMMUNOGLOBULIN-E LEVELS; BRONCHIAL HYPERRESPONSIVENESS; SUSCEPTIBILITY ALLELES; POSITIONAL CLONING; SMOKING EXPOSURE; EGEA FAMILIES; FRENCH EGEA; GENE; SCREEN; SEARCH
Sprache englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr 2008
HGF-Berichtsjahr 0
ISSN (print) / ISBN 1465-9921
e-ISSN 1465-993X
Zeitschrift Respiratory Research
Quellenangaben Band: 9, Heft: , Seiten: , Artikelnummer: 38 Supplement: ,
Verlag BioMed Central
Begutachtungsstatus Peer reviewed
POF Topic(s) 30202 - Environmental Health
Forschungsfeld(er) Lung Research
PSP-Element(e) G-505000-003
PubMed ID 18442398
Erfassungsdatum 2008-12-16