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ArticleJournal of human genetics2008

RET polymorphisms and the risk of Hirschsprung's disease in a Chinese population.

Cuiping Liu, Lei Jin, Hui Li, Jintu Lou, Chunfen Luo, Xuewu Zhou, Ji-Cheng Li

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Article in Journal of human genetics, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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  1. ASSOCIATION OF RS2435357 AND RS1800858 POLYMORPHISMS IN RET PROTO-ONCOGENE WITH HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS.Arquivos brasileiros de cirurgia digestiva : ABCD = Brazilian archives of digestive surgery · 2019
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Cuiping LiuInstitute of Cell Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China.
Lei JinInstitute of Cell Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China.
Hui LiDepartment of Central Laboratory, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Jintu LouDepartment of Central Laboratory, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Chunfen LuoDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Taizhou Hospital, Taizhou, China.
Xuewu ZhouDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Taizhou Hospital, Taizhou, China.
Ji-Cheng LiInstitute of Cell Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310058, China. lijichen@zju.edu.cn.
Zhejiang University · CNChildren's Hospital of Zhejiang University · CNWenzhou Medical University · CNZhejiang Taizhou Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hirschsprung's disease (HSCR) is a congenital disorder characterized by intestinal obstructions due to the absence of enteric ganglia along variable lengths of the intestinal tract. RET coding mutations have been found in approximately 50% of familial cases, but they only explain a minority of sporadic cases. Here, we report our investigation of a possible role of RET non-coding mutations in sporadic HSCR patients. The haplotypes of seven single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), all located in a region 4 kb upstream of the gene through to 23 kb of intron 1, and one SNP in exon 2 were constructed in 125 Han Chinese patients with sporadic HSCR and in 148 Han Chinese controls. Our results indicated that eight SNPs were significantly associated with HSCR (P < 0.0001). The C allele of rs2505535 would appear to represent a protecting allele for the Chinese population. One single haplotype composed of these eight markers was present in 59.6% of patients, versus 18.1% of controls. Based on our results, we conclude that non-coding mutations in RET have important roles in the development of HSCR. The unknown functional disease variant(s), with a dosage-dependent effect in HSCR, is likely to be located in the 5'-region of the RET gene.

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Genetic Predisposition to DiseasePolymorphism, Single NucleotideChinaFemaleGene FrequencyGenetics, PopulationHirschsprung DiseaseHumansLinkage DisequilibriumMaleProto-Oncogene Proteins c-retRisk FactorsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret

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