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Barcellos LF, Klitz W, Field LL, Tobias R, Bowcock AM, Wilson R, Nelson MP, Nagatomi J, Thomson G. Association mapping of disease loci, by use of a pooled DNA genomic screen. Am J Hum Genet 1997; 61:734-47. [PMID: 9326338 PMCID: PMC1715937 DOI: 10.1086/515512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Genomic screening to map disease loci by association requires automation, pooling of DNA samples, and 3,000-6,000 highly polymorphic, evenly spaced microsatellite markers. Case-control samples can be used in an initial screen, followed by family-based data to confirm marker associations. Association mapping is relevant to genetic studies of complex diseases in which linkage analysis may be less effective and to cases in which multigenerational data are difficult to obtain, including rare or late-onset conditions and infectious diseases. The method can also be used effectively to follow up and confirm regions identified in linkage studies or to investigate candidate disease loci. Study designs can incorporate disease heterogeneity and interaction effects by appropriate subdivision of samples before screening. Here we report use of pooled DNA amplifications-the accurate determination of marker-disease associations for both case-control and nuclear family-based data-including application of correction methods for stutter artifact and preferential amplification. These issues, combined with a discussion of both statistical power and experimental design to define the necessary requirements for detecting of disease loci while virtually eliminating false positives, suggest the feasibility and efficiency of association mapping using pooled DNA screening.
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- L F Barcellos
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley 94720, USA
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Pound SE, Thomas S, Snarey A, Macnicol AM, Watson ML, Pignatelli PM, Frischauf AM, Harris PC, Wright AF. Haplotype analysis in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. J Med Genet 1995; 32:208-12. [PMID: 7783171 PMCID: PMC1050319 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.32.3.208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Haplotype analysis was performed in 35 autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) families typed with 13 markers close to the PKD1 locus. The identification of recombinants close to the PKD1 gene on chromosome 16p indicates that PKD1 lies between CMM65 distally and 26-6 proximally. In addition, three unlinked (PKD2) families and two families with potential new mutation were identified.
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- S E Pound
- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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Viribay M, Ferreira R, Peral B, Bello D, Ward CJ, Dávalos J, Valle C, Harris PC, Méndez del Castillo D, Moreno F. Genetic analysis of Cuban autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease kindreds using RFLPs and microsatellite polymorphisms linked to the PKD1 locus. Hum Genet 1994; 94:432-6. [PMID: 7927343 DOI: 10.1007/bf00201607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We report on linkage analysis and haplotype characterization in 12 Cuban families with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPK) using PKD1-linked markers. They included both standard restriction fragment length polymorphisms (26.6., BLu24, and pGGG1) as well as microsatellite polymorphisms (CW2, 16AC2.5, and SM6). All of the examined families were fully informative for genetic diagnosis and no evidence of unlinked families was found. Analysis of two recombination events places PKD1 distal to the marker BLu24 and reduces the size of the region likely to contain the disease gene by approximately 300 kb. The allele frequencies of each marker were similar in the ADPKD and normal populations.
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- M Viribay
- Unidad de Genética Molecular, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
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Watkins WS, Zenger R, O'Brien E, Nyman D, Eriksson AW, Renlund M, Jorde LB. Linkage disequilibrium patterns vary with chromosomal location: a case study from the von Willebrand factor region. Am J Hum Genet 1994; 55:348-55. [PMID: 7913583 PMCID: PMC1918364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Linkage disequilibrium analysis has been used as a tool for analyzing marker order and locating disease genes. Under appropriate circumstances, disequilibrium patterns reflect recombination events that have occurred throughout a population's history. As a result, disequilibrium mapping may be useful in genomic regions of < 1 cM where the number of informative meioses needed to detect recombinant individuals within pedigrees is exceptionally high. Its utility for refining target areas for candidate disease genes before initiating chromosomal walks and cloning experiments will be enhanced as the relationship between linkage disequilibrium and physical distance is better understood. To address this issue, we have characterized linkage disequilibrium in a 144-kb region of the von Willebrand factor gene on chromosome 12. Sixty CEPH and 12 von Willebrand disease families were genotyped for five PCR-based markers, which include two microsatellite repeats and three single-base-pair substitutions. Linkage disequilibrium and physical distance between polymorphisms are highly correlated (rm = -.76; P < .05) within this region. None of the five markers showed significant disequilibrium with the von Willebrand disease phenotype. The linkage disequilibrium/physical distance relationship was also analyzed as a function of chromosomal location for this and eight previously characterized regions. This analysis revealed a general trend in which linkage disequilibrium dissipates more rapidly with physical distance in telomeric regions than in centromeric regions. This trend is consistent with higher recombination rates near telomeres.
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- W S Watkins
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City 84112
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Snarey A, Thomas S, Schneider MC, Pound SE, Barton N, Wright AF, Somlo S, Germino GG, Harris PC, Reeders ST. Linkage disequilibrium in the region of the autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease gene (PKD1). Am J Hum Genet 1994; 55:365-71. [PMID: 8037213 PMCID: PMC1918359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The gene for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (PKD1) is located on chromosome 16p, between the flanking markers D16S84 and D16S125 (26.6prox). This region is 750 kb long and has been cloned. We have looked at the association of 10 polymorphic markers from the region, with the disease and with each other. This was done in a set of Scottish families that had previously shown association with D16S94, a marker proximal to the PKD1 region. We report significant association between two CA repeat markers and the disease but have not found evidence for a single founder haplotype in these families, indicating the presence of several mutations in this population. Our results favor a location of the PKD1 gene in the proximal part of the candidate region.
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- A Snarey
- Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, England
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Peral B, Ward CJ, San Millán JL, Thomas S, Stallings RL, Moreno F, Harris PC. Evidence of linkage disequilibrium in the Spanish polycystic kidney disease I population. Am J Hum Genet 1994; 54:899-908. [PMID: 7909986 PMCID: PMC1918265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Forty-one Spanish families with polycystic kidney disease 1 (PKD1) were studied for evidence of linkage disequilibrium between the disease locus and six closely linked markers. Four of these loci--three highly polymorphic microsatellites (SM6, CW3, and CW2) and an RFLP marker (BLu24)--are described for the first time in this report. Overall the results reveal many different haplotypes on the disease-carrying chromosome, suggesting a variety of independent PKD1 mutations. However, linkage disequilibrium was found between BLu24 and PKD1, and this was corroborated by haplotype analysis including the microsatellite polymorphisms. From this analysis a group of closely related haplotypes, consisting of four markers, was found on 40% of PKD1 chromosomes, although markers flanking this homogeneous region showed greater variability. This study has highlighted an interesting subpopulation of Spanish PKD1 chromosomes, many of which have a common origin, that may be useful for localizing the PKD1 locus more precisely.
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- B Peral
- MRC Molecular Haematology Unit, Institute of Molecular Medicine, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Jorde LB, Watkins WS, Carlson M, Groden J, Albertsen H, Thliveris A, Leppert M. Linkage disequilibrium predicts physical distance in the adenomatous polyposis coli region. Am J Hum Genet 1994; 54:884-98. [PMID: 8178829 PMCID: PMC1918245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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To test the reliability of linkage-disequilibrium analysis for gene mapping, we compared physical distance and linkage disequilibrium among seven polymorphisms in the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) region on chromosome 5. Three of them lie within the APC gene, and two lie within the nearby MCC (mutated in colon cancer) gene. One polymorphism lies between the two genes, and one is likely to be 5' of MCC. Five of these polymorphisms are newly reported. All polymorphisms were typed in the CEPH kindreds, yielding 179-205 unrelated two-locus haplotypes. Linkage disequilibrium between each pair of polymorphisms is highly correlated with physical distance in this 550-kb region (correlation coefficient -.80, P < .006). This result is replicated in both the Utah and non-Utah CEPH kindreds. There is a tendency for greater disequilibrium among pairs of polymorphisms located within the same gene than among other pairs of polymorphisms. Trigenic, quadrigenic, three-locus, and four-locus disequilibrium measures were also estimated, but these measures revealed much less disequilibrium than did the two-locus disequilibrium measures. A review of 19 published disequilibrium studies, including this one, shows that linkage disequilibrium nearly always correlates significantly with physical distance in genomic regions > 50-60 kb but that it does not do so in smaller genomic regions. We show that this agrees with theoretical predictions. This finding helps to resolve controversies regarding the use of disequilibrium for inferring gene order. Disequilibrium mapping is unlikely to predict gene order correctly in regions < 50-60 kb in size but can often be applied successfully in regions of 50-500 kb or so in size. It is convenient that this is the range in which other mapping techniques, including chromosome walking and linkage mapping, become difficult.
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- L B Jorde
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City 84112
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Fick GM, Johnson AM, Gabow PA. Is there evidence for anticipation in autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease? Kidney Int 1994; 45:1153-62. [PMID: 8007586 DOI: 10.1038/ki.1994.153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The heritability of autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is marked by an apparent high mutation rate, neonatal onset of disease in some patients and intrafamily variability. These findings raise the possibility of genetic anticipation in ADPKD as has been observed in fragile-X syndrome, myotonic dystrophy and Huntington's disease. We reviewed 242 pedigrees obtained during our prospective studies on the natural history of ADPKD. Anticipation was defined as a 10 year earlier onset of ESRD in offspring as compared to their affected parent or a child diagnosed in the first year of life. Due to the slowly progressive nature of ADPKD, 148 pedigrees were uninformative. Anticipation of ESRD was found in 49% of informative families in at least one parent-offspring pair, and when early onset children were included, 53% of informative families had at least one parent-offspring pair with anticipation. Moreover, the transmitting parent in the pairs with anticipation was more often the mother than the father, similar to myotonic dystrophy, where the most dramatic form of anticipation, congenital disease, occurs almost exclusively with maternal transmission. These observations suggest that ADPKD may be another genetic disorder characterized by heritable unstable DNA.
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- G M Fick
- University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver
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Jorde LB, Watkins WS, Viskochil D, O'Connell P, Ward K. Linkage disequilibrium in the neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) region: implications for gene mapping. Am J Hum Genet 1993; 53:1038-50. [PMID: 8105688 PMCID: PMC1682302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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To test the usefulness of linkage disequilibrium for gene mapping, we compared physical distances and linkage disequilibrium among eight RFLPs in the neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1) region. Seven of the polymorphisms span most of the NF1 gene, while the remaining polymorphism lies approximately 70 kb 3' to a stop codon in exon 49. By using Centre d'Etude du Polymorphisme Humain (CEPH) kindreds, 91-110 unrelated parents were genotyped. A high degree of disequilibrium is maintained among the seven intragenic polymorphisms (r > .82, P < 10(-7)), even though they are separated by as much as 340 kb. The 3' polymorphism is only 68 kb distal to the next polymorphism, but disequilibrium between the 3' polymorphism and all others is comparatively low (magnitude of 4 < .33, P values .27-.001). This result was replicated in three sets of unrelated kindreds: the Utah CEPH families, the non-Utah CEPH families, and an independent set of NF1 families. Trigenic, quadrigenic, three-locus, and four-locus disequilibrium measures were also estimated. There was little evidence of higher-order linkage disequilibrium. As expected for a disease with multiple mutations, no disequilibrium was observed between the disease gene and any of the RFLPs. The observed pattern of high disequilibrium within the gene and a loss of disequilibrium 3' to the stop codon could have implications for gene mapping studies. These are discussed, and guidelines for linkage disequilibrium studies are suggested.
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- L B Jorde
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City 84112
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Fossdal R, Böthvarsson M, Asmundsson P, Ragnarsson J, Peters D, Breuning MH, Jensson O. Icelandic families with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease: families unlinked to chromosome 16p13.3 revealed by linkage analysis. Hum Genet 1993; 91:609-13. [PMID: 8340115 DOI: 10.1007/bf00205089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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We have mainly used 3 highly polymorphic DNA markers, 3'HVR (D16S85), 16AC2.5 (D16S291) and SM7 (D16S283), flanking the PKD1 region on chromosome 16p13.3 to establish linkage status in seven Icelandic families with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). In four families, the disease locus is in the PKD1 region, and three families are "unlinked" to chromosome 16p13.3. In one of the "unlinked" families, the disease locus is excluded from a part of the long arm of chromosome 2, and we support a theory of more than 2 loci being responsible for ADPKD. Our data confirm the location of the locus YNH24 (D2S44) to chromosome 2q13-q24.
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- R Fossdal
- Department of Medical Genetics, The Blood Bank, Reykjavík, Iceland
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Elles RG. Linkage disequilibrium between D16S94 and the locus for adult polycystic kidney disease (PKD1). J Med Genet 1992; 29:758. [PMID: 1433243 PMCID: PMC1016155 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.29.10.758-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Rogers JC, Begleiter ML, Harris DJ. Patent ductus arteriosus in four generations of a family. J Med Genet 1992; 29:758. [PMID: 1433244 PMCID: PMC1016154 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.29.10.758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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