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Middelkamp HHT, Verboven AHA, De Sá Vivas AG, Schoenmaker C, Klein Gunnewiek TM, Passier R, Albers CA, 't Hoen PAC, Nadif Kasri N, van der Meer AD. Cell type-specific changes in transcriptomic profiles of endothelial cells, iPSC-derived neurons and astrocytes cultured on microfluidic chips. Sci Rep 2021; 11:2281. [PMID: 33500551 PMCID: PMC7838281 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-81933-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
Abstract
In vitro neuronal models are essential for studying neurological physiology, disease mechanisms and potential treatments. Most in vitro models lack controlled vasculature, despite its necessity in brain physiology and disease. Organ-on-chip models offer microfluidic culture systems with dedicated micro-compartments for neurons and vascular cells. Such multi-cell type organs-on-chips can emulate neurovascular unit (NVU) physiology, however there is a lack of systematic data on how individual cell types are affected by culturing on microfluidic systems versus conventional culture plates. This information can provide perspective on initial findings of studies using organs-on-chip models, and further optimizes these models in terms of cellular maturity and neurovascular physiology. Here, we analysed the transcriptomic profiles of co-cultures of human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-derived neurons and rat astrocytes, as well as one-day monocultures of human endothelial cells, cultured on microfluidic chips. For each cell type, large gene expression changes were observed when cultured on microfluidic chips compared to conventional culture plates. Endothelial cells showed decreased cell division, neurons and astrocytes exhibited increased cell adhesion, and neurons showed increased maturity when cultured on a microfluidic chip. Our results demonstrate that culturing NVU cell types on microfluidic chips changes their gene expression profiles, presumably due to distinct surface-to-volume ratios and substrate materials. These findings inform further NVU organ-on-chip model optimization and support their future application in disease studies and drug testing.
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- H H T Middelkamp
- Applied Stem Cell Technologies, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
- BIOS/Lab on a Chip, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
- Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, Radboudumc, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Applied Stem Cell Technologies, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
- BIOS/Lab on a Chip, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Applied Stem Cell Technologies, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
- Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Department of Molecular Developmental Biology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, Radboudumc, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Department of Cognitive Neurosciences, Radboudumc, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Applied Stem Cell Technologies, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
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van Bergen GHH, Duenk P, Albers CA, Bijma P, Calus MPL, Wientjes YCJ, Kappen HJ. Bayesian neural networks with variable selection for prediction of genotypic values. Genet Sel Evol 2020; 52:26. [PMID: 32414320 PMCID: PMC7227313 DOI: 10.1186/s12711-020-00544-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Estimating the genetic component of a complex phenotype is a complicated problem, mainly because there are many allele effects to estimate from a limited number of phenotypes. In spite of this difficulty, linear methods with variable selection have been able to give good predictions of additive effects of individuals. However, prediction of non-additive genetic effects is challenging with the usual prediction methods. In machine learning, non-additive relations between inputs can be modeled with neural networks. We developed a novel method (NetSparse) that uses Bayesian neural networks with variable selection for the prediction of genotypic values of individuals, including non-additive genetic effects. RESULTS We simulated several populations with different phenotypic models and compared NetSparse to genomic best linear unbiased prediction (GBLUP), BayesB, their dominance variants, and an additive by additive method. We found that when the number of QTL was relatively small (10 or 100), NetSparse had 2 to 28 percentage points higher accuracy than the reference methods. For scenarios that included dominance or epistatic effects, NetSparse had 0.0 to 3.9 percentage points higher accuracy for predicting phenotypes than the reference methods, except in scenarios with extreme overdominance, for which reference methods that explicitly model dominance had 6 percentage points higher accuracy than NetSparse. CONCLUSIONS Bayesian neural networks with variable selection are promising for prediction of the genetic component of complex traits in animal breeding, and their performance is robust across different genetic models. However, their large computational costs can hinder their use in practice.
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- Giel H. H. van Bergen
- SNN Machine Learning Group, Biophysics Department, Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Animal Breeding and Genomics, Wageningen University and Research, 6700 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Developmental Biology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Department of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Present Address: Euretos B.V., Yalelaan 1, 3584 CL Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Animal Breeding and Genomics, Wageningen University and Research, 6700 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Animal Breeding and Genomics, Wageningen University and Research, 6700 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Animal Breeding and Genomics, Wageningen University and Research, 6700 AH Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- SNN Machine Learning Group, Biophysics Department, Donders Institute for Brain Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Lederer S, Heskes T, van Heeringen SJ, Albers CA. Investigating the effect of dependence between conditions with Bayesian Linear Mixed Models for motif activity analysis. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0231824. [PMID: 32357166 PMCID: PMC7194367 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2019] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
MOTIVATION Cellular identity and behavior is controlled by complex gene regulatory networks. Transcription factors (TFs) bind to specific DNA sequences to regulate the transcription of their target genes. On the basis of these TF motifs in cis-regulatory elements we can model the influence of TFs on gene expression. In such models of TF motif activity the data is usually modeled assuming a linear relationship between the motif activity and the gene expression level. A commonly used method to model motif influence is based on Ridge Regression. One important assumption of linear regression is the independence between samples. However, if samples are generated from the same cell line, tissue, or other biological source, this assumption may be invalid. This same assumption of independence is also applied to different yet similar experimental conditions, which may also be inappropriate. In theory, the independence assumption between samples could lead to loss in signal detection. Here we investigate whether a Bayesian model that allows for correlations results in more accurate inference of motif activities. RESULTS We extend the Ridge Regression to a Bayesian Linear Mixed Model, which allows us to model dependence between different samples. In a simulation study, we investigate the differences between the two model assumptions. We show that our Bayesian Linear Mixed Model implementation outperforms Ridge Regression in a simulation scenario where the noise, which is the signal that can not be explained by TF motifs, is uncorrelated. However, we demonstrate that there is no such gain in performance if the noise has a similar covariance structure over samples as the signal that can be explained by motifs. We give a mathematical explanation to why this is the case. Using four representative real datasets we show that at most ∼​40% of the signal is explained by motifs using the linear model. With these data there is no advantage to using the Bayesian Linear Mixed Model, due to the similarity of the covariance structure. AVAILABILITY & IMPLEMENTATION The project implementation is available at https://github.com/Sim19/SimGEXPwMotifs.
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- Simone Lederer
- Data Science, Radboud University, Institute for Computing and Information Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Molecular Developmental Biology, Radboud University, Research Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- * E-mail: (LS); (VHS)
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- Data Science, Radboud University, Institute for Computing and Information Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Developmental Biology, Radboud University, Research Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- * E-mail: (LS); (VHS)
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- Molecular Developmental Biology, Radboud University, Research Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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van der Raadt J, van Gestel SHC, Nadif Kasri N, Albers CA. ONECUT transcription factors induce neuronal characteristics and remodel chromatin accessibility. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 47:5587-5602. [PMID: 31049588 PMCID: PMC6582315 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2018] [Revised: 03/29/2019] [Accepted: 04/05/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Remodeling of chromatin accessibility is necessary for successful reprogramming of fibroblasts to neurons. However, it is still not fully known which transcription factors can induce a neuronal chromatin accessibility profile when overexpressed in fibroblasts. To identify such transcription factors, we used ATAC-sequencing to generate differential chromatin accessibility profiles between human fibroblasts and iNeurons, an in vitro neuronal model system obtained by overexpression of Neurog2 in induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). We found that the ONECUT transcription factor sequence motif was strongly associated with differential chromatin accessibility between iNeurons and fibroblasts. All three ONECUT transcription factors associated with this motif (ONECUT1, ONECUT2 and ONECUT3) induced a neuron-like morphology and expression of neuronal genes within two days of overexpression in fibroblasts. We observed widespread remodeling of chromatin accessibility; in particular, we found that chromatin regions that contain the ONECUT motif were in- or lowly accessible in fibroblasts and became accessible after the overexpression of ONECUT1, ONECUT2 or ONECUT3. There was substantial overlap with iNeurons, still, many regions that gained accessibility following ONECUT overexpression were not accessible in iNeurons. Our study highlights both the potential and challenges of ONECUT-based direct neuronal reprogramming.
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- Jori van der Raadt
- Department of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Department of Molecular Developmental Biology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Department of Molecular Developmental Biology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Department of Molecular Developmental Biology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Arts P, van der Raadt J, van Gestel SH, Steehouwer M, Shendure J, Hoischen A, Albers CA. Quantification of differential gene expression by multiplexed targeted resequencing of cDNA. Nat Commun 2017; 8:15190. [PMID: 28474677 PMCID: PMC5424154 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2016] [Accepted: 03/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Whole-transcriptome or RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) is a powerful and versatile tool for functional analysis of different types of RNA molecules, but sample reagent and sequencing cost can be prohibitive for hypothesis-driven studies where the aim is to quantify differential expression of a limited number of genes. Here we present an approach for quantification of differential mRNA expression by targeted resequencing of complementary DNA using single-molecule molecular inversion probes (cDNA-smMIPs) that enable highly multiplexed resequencing of cDNA target regions of ∼100 nucleotides and counting of individual molecules. We show that accurate estimates of differential expression can be obtained from molecule counts for hundreds of smMIPs per reaction and that smMIPs are also suitable for quantification of relative gene expression and allele-specific expression. Compared with low-coverage RNA-Seq and a hybridization-based targeted RNA-Seq method, cDNA-smMIPs are a cost-effective high-throughput tool for hypothesis-driven expression analysis in large numbers of genes (10 to 500) and samples (hundreds to thousands).
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- Peer Arts
- Department of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Department of Molecular Developmental Biology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Department of Molecular Developmental Biology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Foege Building S-250, Box 355065, 3720 15th Ave NE, Seattle, Washington 98195-5065, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Department of Internal Medicine and Radboud Center for Infectious Diseases (RCI), Radboud University Medical Center, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Department of Molecular Developmental Biology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Chen L, Ge B, Casale FP, Vasquez L, Kwan T, Garrido-Martín D, Watt S, Yan Y, Kundu K, Ecker S, Datta A, Richardson D, Burden F, Mead D, Mann AL, Fernandez JM, Rowlston S, Wilder SP, Farrow S, Shao X, Lambourne JJ, Redensek A, Albers CA, Amstislavskiy V, Ashford S, Berentsen K, Bomba L, Bourque G, Bujold D, Busche S, Caron M, Chen SH, Cheung W, Delaneau O, Dermitzakis ET, Elding H, Colgiu I, Bagger FO, Flicek P, Habibi E, Iotchkova V, Janssen-Megens E, Kim B, Lehrach H, Lowy E, Mandoli A, Matarese F, Maurano MT, Morris JA, Pancaldi V, Pourfarzad F, Rehnstrom K, Rendon A, Risch T, Sharifi N, Simon MM, Sultan M, Valencia A, Walter K, Wang SY, Frontini M, Antonarakis SE, Clarke L, Yaspo ML, Beck S, Guigo R, Rico D, Martens JHA, Ouwehand WH, Kuijpers TW, Paul DS, Stunnenberg HG, Stegle O, Downes K, Pastinen T, Soranzo N. Genetic Drivers of Epigenetic and Transcriptional Variation in Human Immune Cells. Cell 2017; 167:1398-1414.e24. [PMID: 27863251 PMCID: PMC5119954 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.10.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 389] [Impact Index Per Article: 55.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2016] [Revised: 08/19/2016] [Accepted: 10/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Characterizing the multifaceted contribution of genetic and epigenetic factors to disease phenotypes is a major challenge in human genetics and medicine. We carried out high-resolution genetic, epigenetic, and transcriptomic profiling in three major human immune cell types (CD14+ monocytes, CD16+ neutrophils, and naive CD4+ T cells) from up to 197 individuals. We assess, quantitatively, the relative contribution of cis-genetic and epigenetic factors to transcription and evaluate their impact as potential sources of confounding in epigenome-wide association studies. Further, we characterize highly coordinated genetic effects on gene expression, methylation, and histone variation through quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping and allele-specific (AS) analyses. Finally, we demonstrate colocalization of molecular trait QTLs at 345 unique immune disease loci. This expansive, high-resolution atlas of multi-omics changes yields insights into cell-type-specific correlation between diverse genomic inputs, more generalizable correlations between these inputs, and defines molecular events that may underpin complex disease risk. Genome, transcriptome, and epigenome reference panel in three human immune cell types Identified 4,418 genes associated with epigenetic changes independent of genetics Described genome-epigenome coordination defining cell-type-specific regulatory events Functionally mapped disease mechanisms at 345 unique autoimmune disease loci
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- Lu Chen
- Department of Human Genetics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1HH, UK; Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Long Road, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK
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- Human Genetics, McGill University, 740 Dr. Penfield, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK
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- Department of Human Genetics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1HH, UK
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- Human Genetics, McGill University, 740 Dr. Penfield, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada
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- Bioinformatics and Genomics, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Carrer del Dr. Aiguader, 88, Barcelona 8003, Spain; Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Plaça de la Mercè, 10- 12, Barcelona 8002, Spain
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- Department of Human Genetics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1HH, UK
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- Department of Human Genetics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1HH, UK
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- Department of Human Genetics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1HH, UK; Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Long Road, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK
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- Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Melchor Fernandez Almagro, 3, Madrid 28029, Spain; UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, 72 Huntley Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Vertebrate Genomics, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK
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- Vertebrate Genomics, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK
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- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Long Road, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK; National Health Service (NHS) Blood and Transplant, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Long Road, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK
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- Department of Human Genetics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1HH, UK
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- Department of Human Genetics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1HH, UK
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- Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Melchor Fernandez Almagro, 3, Madrid 28029, Spain
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- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Long Road, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK; National Health Service (NHS) Blood and Transplant, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Long Road, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK
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- Genome Analysis, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK
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- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Long Road, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK; National Health Service (NHS) Blood and Transplant, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Long Road, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK
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- Human Genetics, McGill University, 740 Dr. Penfield, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada
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- Human Genetics, McGill University, 740 Dr. Penfield, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada; Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Long Road, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK; National Health Service (NHS) Blood and Transplant, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Long Road, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK
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- Human Genetics, McGill University, 740 Dr. Penfield, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada
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- Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, Nijmegen 6500 HB, the Netherlands; Molecular Developmental Biology, Radboud Institute for Life Sciences, Radboud University, P.O. Box 9101, Nijmegen 6500 HB, the Netherlands
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- Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestr. 63/73, Berlin 14195, Germany
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- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Long Road, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK; National Health Service (NHS) Blood and Transplant, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Long Road, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen 6525GA, the Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1HH, UK
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- Human Genetics, McGill University, 740 Dr. Penfield, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada
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- Human Genetics, McGill University, 740 Dr. Penfield, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada
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- Human Genetics, McGill University, 740 Dr. Penfield, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada
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- Human Genetics, McGill University, 740 Dr. Penfield, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada
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- Human Genetics, McGill University, 740 Dr. Penfield, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada
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- Human Genetics, McGill University, 740 Dr. Penfield, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada
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- Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School-CMU, 1 Rue Michel-Servet, Geneva 1211, Switzerland
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- Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School-CMU, 1 Rue Michel-Servet, Geneva 1211, Switzerland
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- Department of Human Genetics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1HH, UK
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- Human Genetics Informatics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1HH, UK
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- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Long Road, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK; European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK; National Health Service (NHS) Blood and Transplant, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Long Road, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK
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- Vertebrate Genomics, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen 6525GA, the Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1HH, UK; European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen 6525GA, the Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen 6525GA, the Netherlands
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- Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestr. 63/73, Berlin 14195, Germany
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- Vertebrate Genomics, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen 6525GA, the Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen 6525GA, the Netherlands
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- Institute for Systems Genetics, New York University Langone Medical Center, ACLS West, Room 511, 430 East 29(th) Street, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Human Genetics, McGill University, 740 Dr. Penfield, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada
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- Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Melchor Fernandez Almagro, 3, Madrid 28029, Spain
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- Blood Cell Research, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Plesmanlaan 125, Amsterdam 1066CX, the Netherlands
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- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Long Road, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK; National Health Service (NHS) Blood and Transplant, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Long Road, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK
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- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Long Road, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK; Bioinformatics, Genomics England, Charterhouse Square, London EC1M 6BQ, UK
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- Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestr. 63/73, Berlin 14195, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen 6525GA, the Netherlands
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- Human Genetics, McGill University, 740 Dr. Penfield, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada
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- Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestr. 63/73, Berlin 14195, Germany
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- Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Melchor Fernandez Almagro, 3, Madrid 28029, Spain
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- Department of Human Genetics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1HH, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen 6525GA, the Netherlands
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- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Long Road, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK; National Health Service (NHS) Blood and Transplant, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Long Road, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK; British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School-CMU, 1 Rue Michel-Servet, Geneva 1211, Switzerland
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- Vertebrate Genomics, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK
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- Department of Vertebrate Genomics, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Ihnestr. 63/73, Berlin 14195, Germany
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- UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, 72 Huntley Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Bioinformatics and Genomics, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Carrer del Dr. Aiguader, 88, Barcelona 8003, Spain; Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Plaça de la Mercè, 10- 12, Barcelona 8002, Spain; Computational Genomics, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mediques (IMIM), Carrer del Dr. Aiguader, 88, Barcelona 8003, Spain
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- Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Melchor Fernandez Almagro, 3, Madrid 28029, Spain; Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen 6525GA, the Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1HH, UK; Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Long Road, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK; National Health Service (NHS) Blood and Transplant, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Long Road, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK; British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK; The National Institute for Health Research Blood and Transplant Unit (NIHR BTRU) in Donor Health and Genomics at the University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Wort's Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Long Road, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK; Blood Cell Research, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Plesmanlaan 125, Amsterdam 1066CX, the Netherlands; Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Center (AMC), University of Amsterdam, Location H7-230, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam 1105AZ, the Netherlands
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- UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, 72 Huntley Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK; Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Strangeways Research Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Wort's Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Radboud University, Nijmegen 6525GA, the Netherlands
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK
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- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Long Road, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK; National Health Service (NHS) Blood and Transplant, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Long Road, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK
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- Human Genetics, McGill University, 740 Dr. Penfield, Montreal, QC H3A 0G1, Canada.
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- Department of Human Genetics, The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1HH, UK; Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Long Road, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK; British Heart Foundation Centre of Excellence, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK; The National Institute for Health Research Blood and Transplant Unit (NIHR BTRU) in Donor Health and Genomics at the University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Wort's Causeway, Cambridge CB1 8RN, UK.
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Frega M, van Gestel SHC, Linda K, van der Raadt J, Keller J, Van Rhijn JR, Schubert D, Albers CA, Nadif Kasri N. Rapid Neuronal Differentiation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells for Measuring Network Activity on Micro-electrode Arrays. J Vis Exp 2017. [PMID: 28117798 PMCID: PMC5407693 DOI: 10.3791/54900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Neurons derived from human induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (hiPSCs) provide a promising new tool for studying neurological disorders. In the past decade, many protocols for differentiating hiPSCs into neurons have been developed. However, these protocols are often slow with high variability, low reproducibility, and low efficiency. In addition, the neurons obtained with these protocols are often immature and lack adequate functional activity both at the single-cell and network levels unless the neurons are cultured for several months. Partially due to these limitations, the functional properties of hiPSC-derived neuronal networks are still not well characterized. Here, we adapt a recently published protocol that describes production of human neurons from hiPSCs by forced expression of the transcription factor neurogenin-212. This protocol is rapid (yielding mature neurons within 3 weeks) and efficient, with nearly 100% conversion efficiency of transduced cells (>95% of DAPI-positive cells are MAP2 positive). Furthermore, the protocol yields a homogeneous population of excitatory neurons that would allow the investigation of cell-type specific contributions to neurological disorders. We modified the original protocol by generating stably transduced hiPSC cells, giving us explicit control over the total number of neurons. These cells are then used to generate hiPSC-derived neuronal networks on micro-electrode arrays. In this way, the spontaneous electrophysiological activity of hiPSC-derived neuronal networks can be measured and characterized, while retaining interexperimental consistency in terms of cell density. The presented protocol is broadly applicable, especially for mechanistic and pharmacological studies on human neuronal networks.
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- Monica Frega
- Department of Cognitive Neurosciences, Radboudumc; Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University
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- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University; Department of Human Genetics, Radboudumc
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- Department of Cognitive Neurosciences, Radboudumc; Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University
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- Department of Cognitive Neurosciences, Radboudumc; Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University
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- Department of Cognitive Neurosciences, Radboudumc; Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University
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- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University; Department of Human Genetics, Radboudumc; Department of Molecular Developmental Biology, Radboud University;
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- Department of Cognitive Neurosciences, Radboudumc; Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University; Department of Human Genetics, Radboudumc;
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Marks H, Kerstens HHD, Barakat TS, Splinter E, Dirks RAM, van Mierlo G, Joshi O, Wang SY, Babak T, Albers CA, Kalkan T, Smith A, Jouneau A, de Laat W, Gribnau J, Stunnenberg HG. Erratum to: Dynamics of gene silencing during X inactivation using allele-specific RNA-seq. Genome Biol 2016; 17:22. [PMID: 26850229 PMCID: PMC4743200 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-016-0885-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2016] [Accepted: 01/25/2016] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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- Hendrik Marks
- Radboud University, Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (RIMLS), Nijmegen, 6500HB The Netherlands
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- Radboud University, Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (RIMLS), Nijmegen, 6500HB The Netherlands
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- Department of Reproduction and Development, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Hubrecht Institute, University Medical Center Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, Utrecht, 3584CT The Netherlands
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- Radboud University, Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (RIMLS), Nijmegen, 6500HB The Netherlands
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- Radboud University, Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (RIMLS), Nijmegen, 6500HB The Netherlands
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- Radboud University, Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (RIMLS), Nijmegen, 6500HB The Netherlands
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- Radboud University, Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (RIMLS), Nijmegen, 6500HB The Netherlands
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- Biology Department, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON Canada
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- Radboud University, Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Developmental Biology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (RIMLS), Nijmegen, 6500HB The Netherlands
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- Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QR UK
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- Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QR UK
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- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, Jouy-en-Josas, F-78350 France
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- Hubrecht Institute, University Medical Center Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, Utrecht, 3584CT The Netherlands
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- Department of Reproduction and Development, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Radboud University, Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (RIMLS), Nijmegen, 6500HB The Netherlands
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Marks H, Kerstens HHD, Barakat TS, Splinter E, Dirks RAM, van Mierlo G, Joshi O, Wang SY, Babak T, Albers CA, Kalkan T, Smith A, Jouneau A, de Laat W, Gribnau J, Stunnenberg HG. Dynamics of gene silencing during X inactivation using allele-specific RNA-seq. Genome Biol 2015; 16:149. [PMID: 26235224 PMCID: PMC4546214 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-015-0698-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2015] [Accepted: 06/18/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND During early embryonic development, one of the two X chromosomes in mammalian female cells is inactivated to compensate for a potential imbalance in transcript levels with male cells, which contain a single X chromosome. Here, we use mouse female embryonic stem cells (ESCs) with non-random X chromosome inactivation (XCI) and polymorphic X chromosomes to study the dynamics of gene silencing over the inactive X chromosome by high-resolution allele-specific RNA-seq. RESULTS Induction of XCI by differentiation of female ESCs shows that genes proximal to the X-inactivation center are silenced earlier than distal genes, while lowly expressed genes show faster XCI dynamics than highly expressed genes. The active X chromosome shows a minor but significant increase in gene activity during differentiation, resulting in complete dosage compensation in differentiated cell types. Genes escaping XCI show little or no silencing during early propagation of XCI. Allele-specific RNA-seq of neural progenitor cells generated from the female ESCs identifies three regions distal to the X-inactivation center that escape XCI. These regions, which stably escape during propagation and maintenance of XCI, coincide with topologically associating domains (TADs) as present in the female ESCs. Also, the previously characterized gene clusters escaping XCI in human fibroblasts correlate with TADs. CONCLUSIONS The gene silencing observed during XCI provides further insight in the establishment of the repressive complex formed by the inactive X chromosome. The association of escape regions with TADs, in mouse and human, suggests that TADs are the primary targets during propagation of XCI over the X chromosome.
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- Hendrik Marks
- Radboud University, Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (RIMLS), 6500HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Radboud University, Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (RIMLS), 6500HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Reproduction and Development, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Hubrecht Institute, University Medical Center Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Radboud University, Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (RIMLS), 6500HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Radboud University, Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (RIMLS), 6500HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Radboud University, Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (RIMLS), 6500HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Radboud University, Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (RIMLS), 6500HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Biology Department, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
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- Radboud University, Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Developmental Biology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (RIMLS), 6500HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QR, UK.
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- Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QR, UK.
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- INRA, UMR1198 Biologie du Développement et Reproduction, F-78350, Jouy-en-Josas, France.
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- Hubrecht Institute, University Medical Center Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Reproduction and Development, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Radboud University, Faculty of Science, Department of Molecular Biology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences (RIMLS), 6500HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Umićević Mirkov M, Janss L, Vermeulen SH, van de Laar MAFJ, van Riel PLCM, Guchelaar HJ, Brunner HG, Albers CA, Coenen MJH. Estimation of heritability of different outcomes for genetic studies of TNFi response in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2014; 74:2183-7. [PMID: 25114059 DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-205541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2014] [Accepted: 07/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Pharmacogenetic studies of tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) response in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have largely relied on the changes in complex disease scores, such as disease activity score 28 (DAS28), as a measure of treatment response. It is expected that genetic architecture of such complex score is heterogeneous and not very suitable for pharmacogenetic studies. We aimed to select the most optimal phenotype for TNFi response using heritability estimates. METHODS Using two linear mixed-modelling approaches (Bayz and GCTA), we estimated heritability, together with genomic and environmental correlations for the TNFi drug-response phenotype ΔDAS28 and its separate components: Δ swollen joint count (SJC), Δ tender joint count (TJC), Δ erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and Δ visual-analogue scale of general health (VAS-GH). For this, we used genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data from 878 TNFi-treated Dutch patients with RA. Furthermore, a multivariate genome-wide association study (GWAS) approach was implemented, analysing separate DAS28 components simultaneously. RESULTS The highest heritability estimates were found for ΔSJC (h(2)gbayz=0.76 and h(2)gGCTA=0.87) and ΔTJC (h(2)gbayz=0.62 and h(2)gGCTA=0.82); lower heritability was found for ΔDAS28 (h(2)gbayz=0.59 and h(2)gGCTA=0.71) while estimates for ΔESR and ΔVASGH were near or equal to zero. The highest genomic correlations were observed for ΔSJC and ΔTJC (0.49), and the highest environmental correlation was seen between ΔTJC and ΔVASGH (0.62). The multivariate GWAS did not generate excess of low p values as compared with a univariate analysis of ΔDAS28. CONCLUSIONS Our results indicate that multiple SNPs together explain a substantial portion of the variation in change in joint counts in TNFi-treated patients with RA. In conclusion, of the outcomes studied, the joint counts are most suitable for TNFi pharmacogenetics in RA.
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- Maša Umićević Mirkov
- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Aarhus, Tjele, Denmark
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Department for Health Evidence, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, University Twente&Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Department for Health Evidence, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Cvejic A, Haer-Wigman L, Stephens JC, Kostadima M, Smethurst PA, Frontini M, van den Akker E, Bertone P, Bielczyk-Maczyńska E, Farrow S, Fehrmann RSN, Gray A, de Haas M, Haver VG, Jordan G, Karjalainen J, Kerstens HHD, Kiddle G, Lloyd-Jones H, Needs M, Poole J, Soussan AA, Rendon A, Rieneck K, Sambrook JG, Schepers H, Silljé HHW, Sipos B, Swinkels D, Tamuri AU, Verweij N, Watkins NA, Westra HJ, Stemple D, Franke L, Soranzo N, Stunnenberg HG, Goldman N, van der Harst P, van der Schoot CE, Ouwehand WH, Albers CA. SMIM1 underlies the Vel blood group and influences red blood cell traits. Nat Genet 2013; 45:542-545. [PMID: 23563608 PMCID: PMC4179282 DOI: 10.1038/ng.2603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2012] [Accepted: 03/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
The blood group Vel was discovered 60 years ago, but the underlying gene is unknown. Individuals negative for the Vel antigen are rare and are required for the safe transfusion of patients with antibodies to Vel. To identify the responsible gene, we sequenced the exomes of five individuals negative for the Vel antigen and found that four were homozygous and one was heterozygous for a low-frequency 17-nucleotide frameshift deletion in the gene encoding the 78-amino-acid transmembrane protein SMIM1. A follow-up study showing that 59 of 64 Vel-negative individuals were homozygous for the same deletion and expression of the Vel antigen on SMIM1-transfected cells confirm SMIM1 as the gene underlying the Vel blood group. An expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL), the common SNP rs1175550 contributes to variable expression of the Vel antigen (P = 0.003) and influences the mean hemoglobin concentration of red blood cells (RBCs; P = 8.6 × 10(-15)). In vivo, zebrafish with smim1 knockdown showed a mild reduction in the number of RBCs, identifying SMIM1 as a new regulator of RBC formation. Our findings are of immediate relevance, as the homozygous presence of the deletion allows the unequivocal identification of Vel-negative blood donors.
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- Ana Cvejic
- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, CB2 0PT, United Kingdom
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1HH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Experimental Immunohaematology, Sanquin Research, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, 1066 CX, The Netherlands
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- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, CB2 0PT, United Kingdom
- NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
- NHS Blood and Transplant, Cambridge, CB2 0PT, United Kingdom
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- EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, CB2 0PT, United Kingdom
- NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
- NHS Blood and Transplant, Cambridge, CB2 0PT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, CB2 0PT, United Kingdom
- NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
- NHS Blood and Transplant, Cambridge, CB2 0PT, United Kingdom
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- Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, 1066 CX, The Netherlands
- Department of Hematopoiesis, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, 1066 CX, The Netherlands
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- EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, CB2 0PT, United Kingdom
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1HH, United Kingdom
- NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
- NHS Blood and Transplant, Cambridge, CB2 0PT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, CB2 0PT, United Kingdom
- NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
- NHS Blood and Transplant, Cambridge, CB2 0PT, United Kingdom
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Genetics, Groningen, 9700 RB, The Netherlands
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- NHS Blood and Transplant, Tooting, London, SW17 0RB, United Kingdom
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- Department of Experimental Immunohaematology, Sanquin Research, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, 1066 CX, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Cardiology, Groningen, 9700 RB, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Genetics, Groningen, 9700 RB, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University, Nijmegen, 6525 GA, The Netherlands
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- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, CB2 0PT, United Kingdom
- NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
- NHS Blood and Transplant, Cambridge, CB2 0PT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, CB2 0PT, United Kingdom
- NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
- NHS Blood and Transplant, Cambridge, CB2 0PT, United Kingdom
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- NHS Blood and Transplant, Tooting, London, SW17 0RB, United Kingdom
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- International Blood Group Reference Laboratory, NHS Blood and Transplant, North Bristol Park, Northway, Filton, Bristol, BS34 7QH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Experimental Immunohaematology, Sanquin Research, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, 1066 CX, The Netherlands
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- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, CB2 0PT, United Kingdom
- NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
- NHS Blood and Transplant, Cambridge, CB2 0PT, United Kingdom
- MRC Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, CB2 0SR, United Kingdom
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- Department of Clinical Immunology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Blegdamsvej 9, Copenhagen, DK-2100, Denmark
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- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, CB2 0PT, United Kingdom
- NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
- NHS Blood and Transplant, Cambridge, CB2 0PT, United Kingdom
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Experimental Hematology, Groningen, 9700 RB, The Netherlands
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Stem Cell Biology, Groningen, 9700 RB, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Cardiology, Groningen, 9700 RB, The Netherlands
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- EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, United Kingdom
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Laboratory of Genetic, Endocrine and Metabolic diseases, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, 6500 HB, The Netherlands
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- EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, United Kingdom
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Cardiology, Groningen, 9700 RB, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Genetics, Groningen, 9700 RB, The Netherlands
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1HH, United Kingdom
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Genetics, Groningen, 9700 RB, The Netherlands
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1HH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University, Nijmegen, 6525 GA, The Netherlands
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- EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SD, United Kingdom
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Genetics, Groningen, 9700 RB, The Netherlands
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Cardiology, Groningen, 9700 RB, The Netherlands
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- Department of Experimental Immunohaematology, Sanquin Research, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, 1066 CX, The Netherlands
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- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, CB2 0PT, United Kingdom
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1HH, United Kingdom
- NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
- NHS Blood and Transplant, Cambridge, CB2 0PT, United Kingdom
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- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, CB2 0PT, United Kingdom
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1HH, United Kingdom
- NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
- NHS Blood and Transplant, Cambridge, CB2 0PT, United Kingdom
- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, 6500 HB, The Netherlands
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Albers CA, Newbury-Ecob R, Ouwehand WH, Ghevaert C. New insights into the genetic basis of TAR (thrombocytopenia-absent radii) syndrome. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2013; 23:316-23. [PMID: 23602329 DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2013.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2012] [Revised: 02/15/2013] [Accepted: 02/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Thrombocytopenia with absent radii (TAR) syndrome is a rare disorder combining specific skeletal abnormalities with a reduced platelet count. Rare proximal microdeletions of 1q21.1 are found in the majority of patients but are also found in unaffected parents. Recently it was shown that TAR syndrome is caused by the compound inheritance of a low-frequency noncoding SNP and a rare null allele in RBM8A, a gene encoding the exon-junction complex subunit member Y14 located in the deleted region. This finding provides new insight into the complex inheritance pattern and new clues to the molecular mechanisms underlying TAR syndrome. We discuss TAR syndrome in the context of abnormal phenotypes associated with proximal and distal 1q21.1 microdeletion and microduplications with incomplete penetrance and variable expressivity.
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Paul DS, Albers CA, Rendon A, Voss K, Stephens J, van der Harst P, Chambers JC, Soranzo N, Ouwehand WH, Deloukas P. Maps of open chromatin highlight cell type-restricted patterns of regulatory sequence variation at hematological trait loci. Genome Res 2013; 23:1130-41. [PMID: 23570689 PMCID: PMC3698506 DOI: 10.1101/gr.155127.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Nearly three-quarters of the 143 genetic signals associated with platelet and erythrocyte phenotypes identified by meta-analyses of genome-wide association (GWA) studies are located at non-protein-coding regions. Here, we assessed the role of candidate regulatory variants associated with cell type–restricted, closely related hematological quantitative traits in biologically relevant hematopoietic cell types. We used formaldehyde-assisted isolation of regulatory elements followed by next-generation sequencing (FAIRE-seq) to map regions of open chromatin in three primary human blood cells of the myeloid lineage. In the precursors of platelets and erythrocytes, as well as in monocytes, we found that open chromatin signatures reflect the corresponding hematopoietic lineages of the studied cell types and associate with the cell type–specific gene expression patterns. Dependent on their signal strength, open chromatin regions showed correlation with promoter and enhancer histone marks, distance to the transcription start site, and ontology classes of nearby genes. Cell type–restricted regions of open chromatin were enriched in sequence variants associated with hematological indices. The majority (63.6%) of such candidate functional variants at platelet quantitative trait loci (QTLs) coincided with binding sites of five transcription factors key in regulating megakaryopoiesis. We experimentally tested 13 candidate regulatory variants at 10 platelet QTLs and found that 10 (76.9%) affected protein binding, suggesting that this is a frequent mechanism by which regulatory variants influence quantitative trait levels. Our findings demonstrate that combining large-scale GWA data with open chromatin profiles of relevant cell types can be a powerful means of dissecting the genetic architecture of closely related quantitative traits.
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- Dirk S Paul
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, United Kingdom.
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Montgomery SB, Goode DL, Kvikstad E, Albers CA, Zhang ZD, Mu XJ, Ananda G, Howie B, Karczewski KJ, Smith KS, Anaya V, Richardson R, Davis J, MacArthur DG, Sidow A, Duret L, Gerstein M, Makova KD, Marchini J, McVean G, Lunter G. The origin, evolution, and functional impact of short insertion-deletion variants identified in 179 human genomes. Genome Res 2013; 23:749-61. [PMID: 23478400 PMCID: PMC3638132 DOI: 10.1101/gr.148718.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Short insertions and deletions (indels) are the second most abundant form of human genetic variation, but our understanding of their origins and functional effects lags behind that of other types of variants. Using population-scale sequencing, we have identified a high-quality set of 1.6 million indels from 179 individuals representing three diverse human populations. We show that rates of indel mutagenesis are highly heterogeneous, with 43%–48% of indels occurring in 4.03% of the genome, whereas in the remaining 96% their prevalence is 16 times lower than SNPs. Polymerase slippage can explain upwards of three-fourths of all indels, with the remainder being mostly simple deletions in complex sequence. However, insertions do occur and are significantly associated with pseudo-palindromic sequence features compatible with the fork stalling and template switching (FoSTeS) mechanism more commonly associated with large structural variations. We introduce a quantitative model of polymerase slippage, which enables us to identify indel-hypermutagenic protein-coding genes, some of which are associated with recurrent mutations leading to disease. Accounting for mutational rate heterogeneity due to sequence context, we find that indels across functional sequence are generally subject to stronger purifying selection than SNPs. We find that indel length modulates selection strength, and that indels affecting multiple functionally constrained nucleotides undergo stronger purifying selection. We further find that indels are enriched in associations with gene expression and find evidence for a contribution of nonsense-mediated decay. Finally, we show that indels can be integrated in existing genome-wide association studies (GWAS); although we do not find direct evidence that potentially causal protein-coding indels are enriched with associations to known disease-associated SNPs, our findings suggest that the causal variant underlying some of these associations may be indels.
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- Stephen B Montgomery
- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, 1211, Switzerland.
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van der Harst P, Zhang W, Mateo Leach I, Rendon A, Verweij N, Sehmi J, Paul DS, Elling U, Allayee H, Li X, Radhakrishnan A, Tan ST, Voss K, Weichenberger CX, Albers CA, Al-Hussani A, Asselbergs FW, Ciullo M, Danjou F, Dina C, Esko T, Evans DM, Franke L, Gögele M, Hartiala J, Hersch M, Holm H, Hottenga JJ, Kanoni S, Kleber ME, Lagou V, Langenberg C, Lopez LM, Lyytikäinen LP, Melander O, Murgia F, Nolte IM, O'Reilly PF, Padmanabhan S, Parsa A, Pirastu N, Porcu E, Portas L, Prokopenko I, Ried JS, Shin SY, Tang CS, Teumer A, Traglia M, Ulivi S, Westra HJ, Yang J, Zhao JH, Anni F, Abdellaoui A, Attwood A, Balkau B, Bandinelli S, Bastardot F, Benyamin B, Boehm BO, Cookson WO, Das D, de Bakker PIW, de Boer RA, de Geus EJC, de Moor MH, Dimitriou M, Domingues FS, Döring A, Engström G, Eyjolfsson GI, Ferrucci L, Fischer K, Galanello R, Garner SF, Genser B, Gibson QD, Girotto G, Gudbjartsson DF, Harris SE, Hartikainen AL, Hastie CE, Hedblad B, Illig T, Jolley J, Kähönen M, Kema IP, Kemp JP, Liang L, Lloyd-Jones H, Loos RJF, Meacham S, Medland SE, Meisinger C, Memari Y, Mihailov E, Miller K, Moffatt MF, Nauck M, Novatchkova M, Nutile T, Olafsson I, Onundarson PT, Parracciani D, Penninx BW, Perseu L, Piga A, Pistis G, Pouta A, Puc U, Raitakari O, Ring SM, Robino A, Ruggiero D, Ruokonen A, Saint-Pierre A, Sala C, Salumets A, Sambrook J, Schepers H, Schmidt CO, Silljé HHW, Sladek R, Smit JH, Starr JM, Stephens J, Sulem P, Tanaka T, Thorsteinsdottir U, Tragante V, van Gilst WH, van Pelt LJ, van Veldhuisen DJ, Völker U, Whitfield JB, Willemsen G, Winkelmann BR, Wirnsberger G, Algra A, Cucca F, d'Adamo AP, Danesh J, Deary IJ, Dominiczak AF, Elliott P, Fortina P, Froguel P, Gasparini P, Greinacher A, Hazen SL, Jarvelin MR, Khaw KT, Lehtimäki T, Maerz W, Martin NG, Metspalu A, Mitchell BD, Montgomery GW, Moore C, Navis G, Pirastu M, Pramstaller PP, Ramirez-Solis R, Schadt E, Scott J, Shuldiner AR, Smith GD, Smith JG, Snieder H, Sorice R, Spector TD, Stefansson K, Stumvoll M, Tang WHW, Toniolo D, Tönjes A, Visscher PM, Vollenweider P, Wareham NJ, Wolffenbuttel BHR, Boomsma DI, Beckmann JS, Dedoussis GV, Deloukas P, Ferreira MA, Sanna S, Uda M, Hicks AA, Penninger JM, Gieger C, Kooner JS, Ouwehand WH, Soranzo N, Chambers JC. Seventy-five genetic loci influencing the human red blood cell. Nature 2012; 492:369-75. [PMID: 23222517 DOI: 10.1038/nature11677] [Citation(s) in RCA: 245] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2012] [Accepted: 10/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Anaemia is a chief determinant of global ill health, contributing to cognitive impairment, growth retardation and impaired physical capacity. To understand further the genetic factors influencing red blood cells, we carried out a genome-wide association study of haemoglobin concentration and related parameters in up to 135,367 individuals. Here we identify 75 independent genetic loci associated with one or more red blood cell phenotypes at P < 10(-8), which together explain 4-9% of the phenotypic variance per trait. Using expression quantitative trait loci and bioinformatic strategies, we identify 121 candidate genes enriched in functions relevant to red blood cell biology. The candidate genes are expressed preferentially in red blood cell precursors, and 43 have haematopoietic phenotypes in Mus musculus or Drosophila melanogaster. Through open-chromatin and coding-variant analyses we identify potential causal genetic variants at 41 loci. Our findings provide extensive new insights into genetic mechanisms and biological pathways controlling red blood cell formation and function.
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- Pim van der Harst
- Department of Cardiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands.
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MacArthur DG, Balasubramanian S, Frankish A, Huang N, Morris J, Walter K, Jostins L, Habegger L, Pickrell JK, Montgomery SB, Albers CA, Zhang ZD, Conrad DF, Lunter G, Zheng H, Ayub Q, DePristo MA, Banks E, Hu M, Handsaker RE, Rosenfeld JA, Fromer M, Jin M, Mu XJ, Khurana E, Ye K, Kay M, Saunders GI, Suner MM, Hunt T, Barnes IHA, Amid C, Carvalho-Silva DR, Bignell AH, Snow C, Yngvadottir B, Bumpstead S, Cooper DN, Xue Y, Romero IG, Wang J, Li Y, Gibbs RA, McCarroll SA, Dermitzakis ET, Pritchard JK, Barrett JC, Harrow J, Hurles ME, Gerstein MB, Tyler-Smith C. A systematic survey of loss-of-function variants in human protein-coding genes. Science 2012; 335:823-8. [PMID: 22344438 PMCID: PMC3299548 DOI: 10.1126/science.1215040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 869] [Impact Index Per Article: 72.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Genome-sequencing studies indicate that all humans carry many genetic variants predicted to cause loss of function (LoF) of protein-coding genes, suggesting unexpected redundancy in the human genome. Here we apply stringent filters to 2951 putative LoF variants obtained from 185 human genomes to determine their true prevalence and properties. We estimate that human genomes typically contain ~100 genuine LoF variants with ~20 genes completely inactivated. We identify rare and likely deleterious LoF alleles, including 26 known and 21 predicted severe disease-causing variants, as well as common LoF variants in nonessential genes. We describe functional and evolutionary differences between LoF-tolerant and recessive disease genes and a method for using these differences to prioritize candidate genes found in clinical sequencing studies.
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Danecek P, Auton A, Abecasis G, Albers CA, Banks E, DePristo MA, Handsaker RE, Lunter G, Marth GT, Sherry ST, McVean G, Durbin R. The variant call format and VCFtools. Bioinformatics 2011. [PMID: 21653522 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btr3301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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SUMMARY The variant call format (VCF) is a generic format for storing DNA polymorphism data such as SNPs, insertions, deletions and structural variants, together with rich annotations. VCF is usually stored in a compressed manner and can be indexed for fast data retrieval of variants from a range of positions on the reference genome. The format was developed for the 1000 Genomes Project, and has also been adopted by other projects such as UK10K, dbSNP and the NHLBI Exome Project. VCFtools is a software suite that implements various utilities for processing VCF files, including validation, merging, comparing and also provides a general Perl API. AVAILABILITY http://vcftools.sourceforge.net
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- Petr Danecek
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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Danecek P, Auton A, Abecasis G, Albers CA, Banks E, DePristo MA, Handsaker RE, Lunter G, Marth GT, Sherry ST, McVean G, Durbin R. The variant call format and VCFtools. Bioinformatics 2011; 27:2156-8. [PMID: 21653522 PMCID: PMC3137218 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btr330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7731] [Impact Index Per Article: 594.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Summary: The variant call format (VCF) is a generic format for storing DNA polymorphism data such as SNPs, insertions, deletions and structural variants, together with rich annotations. VCF is usually stored in a compressed manner and can be indexed for fast data retrieval of variants from a range of positions on the reference genome. The format was developed for the 1000 Genomes Project, and has also been adopted by other projects such as UK10K, dbSNP and the NHLBI Exome Project. VCFtools is a software suite that implements various utilities for processing VCF files, including validation, merging, comparing and also provides a general Perl API. Availability:http://vcftools.sourceforge.net Contact:rd@sanger.ac.uk
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- Petr Danecek
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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Small insertions and deletions (indels) are a common and functionally important type of sequence polymorphism. Most of the focus of studies of sequence variation is on single nucleotide variants (SNVs) and large structural variants. In principle, high-throughput sequencing studies should allow identification of indels just as SNVs. However, inference of indels from next-generation sequence data is challenging, and so far methods for identifying indels lag behind methods for calling SNVs in terms of sensitivity and specificity. We propose a Bayesian method to call indels from short-read sequence data in individuals and populations by realigning reads to candidate haplotypes that represent alternative sequence to the reference. The candidate haplotypes are formed by combining candidate indels and SNVs identified by the read mapper, while allowing for known sequence variants or candidates from other methods to be included. In our probabilistic realignment model we account for base-calling errors, mapping errors, and also, importantly, for increased sequencing error indel rates in long homopolymer runs. We show that our method is sensitive and achieves low false discovery rates on simulated and real data sets, although challenges remain. The algorithm is implemented in the program Dindel, which has been used in the 1000 Genomes Project call sets.
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- Cornelis A Albers
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire CB10 1HH, United Kingdom.
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Albers CA, Stankovich J, Thomson R, Bahlo M, Kappen HJ. Multipoint approximations of identity-by-descent probabilities for accurate linkage analysis of distantly related individuals. Am J Hum Genet 2008; 82:607-22. [PMID: 18319071 PMCID: PMC2427226 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2007.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2007] [Revised: 10/22/2007] [Accepted: 12/11/2007] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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We propose an analytical approximation method for the estimation of multipoint identity by descent (IBD) probabilities in pedigrees containing a moderate number of distantly related individuals. We show that in large pedigrees where cases are related through untyped ancestors only, it is possible to formulate the hidden Markov model of the Lander-Green algorithm in terms of the IBD configurations of the cases. We use a first-order Markov approximation to model the changes in this IBD-configuration variable along the chromosome. In simulated and real data sets, we demonstrate that estimates of parametric and nonparametric linkage statistics based on the first-order Markov approximation are accurate. The computation time is exponential in the number of cases instead of in the number of meioses separating the cases. We have implemented our approach in the computer program ALADIN (accurate linkage analysis of distantly related individuals). ALADIN can be applied to general pedigrees and marker types and has the ability to model marker-marker linkage disequilibrium with a clustered-markers approach. Using ALADIN is straightforward: It requires no parameters to be specified and accepts standard input files.
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- Cornelis A Albers
- Department of Biophysics, Institute for Computing and Information Sciences, Radboud University, 6525 EZ Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Albers CA, Kappen HJ. Modeling linkage disequilibrium in exact linkage computations: a comparison of first-order Markov approaches and the clustered-markers approach. BMC Proc 2007; 1 Suppl 1:S159. [PMID: 18466504 PMCID: PMC2367570 DOI: 10.1186/1753-6561-1-s1-s159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Recent studies have shown that linkage disequilibrium (LD) between single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers is widespread. Assuming linkage equilibrium has been shown to cause false positives in linkage studies where parental genotypes are not available. Therefore, linkage analysis methods that can deal with LD are required to accurately analyze SNP marker data sets. We compared three approaches to deal with LD between markers: 1) The clustered-markers approach implemented in the computer program MERLIN; 2) The standard hidden Markov model (HMM) multipoint model augmented with a first-order Markov model for the allele frequencies of the founders, in which we considered both a Bayesian and a maximum-likelihood implementation of this approach; 3) The 'independent' SNPs approach, i.e., removing SNPs from the data set until the remaining SNPs have low levels of LD. We evaluated these approaches on the Illumina 6K SNP data set of affected sib-pairs of Problem 2. We found that the first-order Markov model was able to account for most of the strong LD in this data set. The difference between the Bayesian and maximum- likelihood implementation was small. An advantage of the first-order Markov model is that it does not require the user to specify parameters.
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- Cornelis A Albers
- Department of Biophysics, Radboud University, 126 Geert Grooteplein 21, Nijmegen, Gelderland 6525EZ The Netherlands.
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Albers CA, Heskes T, Kappen HJ. Haplotype inference in general pedigrees using the cluster variation method. Genetics 2007; 177:1101-16. [PMID: 17660564 PMCID: PMC2034616 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.074047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2007] [Accepted: 07/14/2007] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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We present CVMHAPLO, a probabilistic method for haplotyping in general pedigrees with many markers. CVMHAPLO reconstructs the haplotypes by assigning in every iteration a fixed number of the ordered genotypes with the highest marginal probability, conditioned on the marker data and ordered genotypes assigned in previous iterations. CVMHAPLO makes use of the cluster variation method (CVM) to efficiently estimate the marginal probabilities. We focused on single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers in the evaluation of our approach. In simulated data sets where exact computation was feasible, we found that the accuracy of CVMHAPLO was high and similar to that of maximum-likelihood methods. In simulated data sets where exact computation of the maximum-likelihood haplotype configuration was not feasible, the accuracy of CVMHAPLO was similar to that of state of the art Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) maximum-likelihood approximations when all ordered genotypes were assigned and higher when only a subset of the ordered genotypes was assigned. CVMHAPLO was faster than the MCMC approach and provided more detailed information about the uncertainty in the inferred haplotypes. We conclude that CVMHAPLO is a practical tool for the inference of haplotypes in large complex pedigrees.
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- Cornelis A Albers
- Department of Cognitive Neuroscience/Biophysics, Institute for Computing and Information Sciences, Radboud University, 6525 EZ Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Background Computing exact multipoint LOD scores for extended pedigrees rapidly becomes infeasible as the number of markers and untyped individuals increase. When markers are excluded from the computation, significant power may be lost. Therefore accurate approximate methods which take into account all markers are desirable. Methods We present a novel method for efficient estimation of LOD scores on extended pedigrees. Our approach is based on the Cluster Variation Method, which deterministically estimates likelihoods by performing exact computations on tractable subsets of variables (clusters) of a Bayesian network. First a distribution over inheritances on the marker loci is approximated with the Cluster Variation Method. Then this distribution is used to estimate the LOD score for each location of the trait locus. Results First we demonstrate that significant power may be lost if markers are ignored in the multi-point analysis. On a set of pedigrees where exact computation is possible we compare the estimates of the LOD scores obtained with our method to the exact LOD scores. Secondly, we compare our method to a state of the art MCMC sampler. When both methods are given equal computation time, our method is more efficient. Finally, we show that CVM scales to large problem instances. Conclusion We conclude that the Cluster Variation Method is as accurate as MCMC and generally is more efficient. Our method is a promising alternative to approaches based on MCMC sampling.
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- Cornelis A Albers
- Department of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Physics and Biophysics, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Albers CA, Johnson RH, Mansberger AR. The management of patients with metastatic cancer from an unknown primary site. Am Surg 1981; 47:162-6. [PMID: 6164321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The authors outlined their management of patients with known or suspected metastatic cancer from an unknown primary site. Patients with disease in regional lymph nodes should receive thorough evaluation of sites that drain primarily to those nodes. If the primary site is not located, the node should be biopsied in a manner that allows node dissection if this proves to be indicated. A significant number of these patients will be cured or receive significant palliation. In patients with disseminated disease, an effort should be made to quickly determine whether the tumor is one for which specific treatment is available. There is nothing to be gained by conducting extensive evaluation to locate the primary site if the treatment will not be affected by this knowledge.
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Jelenko C, Williams JB, Wheeler ML, Callaway BD, Fackler VK, Albers CA, Barger AA. Studies in shock and resuscitation, I: use of a hypertonic, albumin-containing, fluid demand regimen (HALFD) in resuscitation. Crit Care Med 1979; 7:157-67. [PMID: 446052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
We have reevaluated and clinically tested the current concepts of shock and resuscitation on a logical, physiological, and physical basis. We have considered the currently accepted resuscitation paradigm which is based upon the thesis that early rapid resuscitation of "lost" fluid volume is mandatory and that adequacy of resuscitation can be evaluated by central venous pressure, PAP, PAWP, pulse rate, blood pressure, and/or urine volume. Such methods also accept as natural concomitants that capillary beds are "damaged by injury"; that they "leak" salt, fluid, and albumin; and that these are expected occurrences which are injury-related. We have also examined and clinically evaluated the thesis that MAP is a primary reflector of the relationships between volume and the size of the currently available functional vascular space. (Currently available functional vascular space is mediated through the baroreceptor (stretch receptor)/neuroendocrine mechanisms.) Under this hypothesis, fluid resuscitation comprises infusion of a volume per unit time given so as to replete currently measurable fluid losses and to normalize and/or sustain MAP and the normal osmolar and oncotic relationships at the capillary/tissue interface while holding hydrostatic pressure at normal. Using burn injury as a model, we compared statistically homogeneous, randomly selected groups of burn patients who were resuscitated using a hypotonic fluid (130 mOsm/liter) alone (group R: 7 patients), hypertonic fluid (240 mOsm/liter) alone group H: 5 patients), or the hypertonic fluid containing albumin (12.5 g/liter) (group A: 7 patients). The results indicate that significantly smaller volumes of fluid were needed to resuscitate the patients in group A with a significantly more rapid normalization of physical, physiological, and biochemical parameters. We conclude that the physically and physiologically appropriate method of resuscitation, demonstrated in burn injury, comprises the use of a fluid given at a rate: (1) to maintain mean arterial and hydrostatic pressures within normal range; (2) that delivers a volume per unit time which does not exceed the capacity of the currently available functional vascular space; (3) that replaces concurrent measurable fluid losses; (4) that is hypertonic (to normalize capillary/tissue osmotic gradients); and (5) that contains colloid (to normalize capillary/tissue osmotic gradients); and (5) that contains colloid (to normalize capillary/tissue oncotic gradients). We further conclude that salt, fluid, and colloid loss into the interstitium during resuscitation frequently is due to the rate delivered and/or the physical nature of the fluid used and not to capillary bed damage outside the zone of injury.
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