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Replication of 13q31.1 association in nonsyndromic cleft lip with cleft palate in Europeans
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Replication of 13q31.1 association in nonsyndromic cleft lip with cleft palate in Europeans

Zhonglin Jia, Elizabeth J Leslie, Margaret E Cooper, Azeez Butali, Jennifer Standley, Jennifer Rigdon, Satoshi Suzuki, Ayana Gongorjav, T Enkhtur Shonkhuuz, Nagato Natsume, …
American journal of medical genetics. Part A, Vol.167A(5), pp.1054-1060
05/2015
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36912
PMCID: PMC4402974
PMID: 25786657
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http://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.36912View
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Abstract

Genome wide association (GWA) studies have successfully identified at least a dozen loci associated with orofacial clefts. However, these signals may be unique to specific populations and require replication to validate and extend findings as a prelude to etiologic SNP discovery. We attempted to replicate the findings of a recent meta-analysis of orofacial cleft GWA studies using four different ancestral populations. We studied 946 pedigrees (3,436 persons) of European (US white and Danish) and Asian (Japanese and Mongolian) origin. We genotyped six SNPs that represented the most significant P-value associations identified in published studies: rs742071 (1p36), rs7590268 (2p21), rs7632427 (3p11.1), rs12543318 (8q21.3), rs8001641 (13q31.1), and rs7179658 (15q22.2). We directly sequenced three non-coding conserved regions 200 kb downstream of SPRY2 in 713 cases, 438 controls, and 485 trios from the US, Mongolia, and the Philippines. We found rs8001641 to be significantly associated with nonsyndromic cleft lip with cleft palate (NSCLP) in Europeans (P-value = 4 × 10(-5), ORtransmission = 1.86 with 95% confidence interval: 1.38-2.52). We also found several novel sequence variants in the conserved regions in Asian and European samples, which may help to localize common variants contributing directly to the risk for NSCLP. This study confirms the prior association between rs8001641 and NSCLP in European populations.
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13 - genetics European Continental Ancestry Group - genetics Genetic Predisposition to Disease Genome-Wide Association Study Humans Asian Continental Ancestry Group - genetics Male Risk Cleft Palate - genetics Cleft Palate - physiopathology Cleft Lip - genetics Cleft Lip - physiopathology Pedigree Female Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide

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