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ArticleMolecular genetics and genomics : MGG2011

Does inbreeding affect N-glycosylation of human plasma proteins?

Ozren Polašek, Anne-Louise Leutenegger, Olga Gornik, Lina Zgaga, Ivana Kolcic, Ruth McQuillan, James F Wilson, Caroline Hayward, Alan F Wright, Gordan Lauc and 2 more

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Article in Molecular genetics and genomics : MGG, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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12 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Ozren PolašekDepartment of Public Health, Medical School, University of Split, Šoltanska 2, 210000 Split, Croatia. ozren.polasek@mefst.hr
Anne-Louise Leutenegger
Olga Gornik
Lina Zgaga
Ivana Kolcic
Ruth McQuillan
James F Wilson
Caroline Hayward
Alan F Wright
Gordan Lauc
Harry Campbell
Igor Rudan
Glasgow Centre for Population Health · GBMedical Research Council · GBUniversity of Split · HRUniversity of Zagreb · HRInstitut Universitaire de France · FR

Funding

Chief Scientist Office CZB/4/710Chief Scientist Office CZB/4/728Medical Research Council MC_PC_U127561128Medical Research Council MC_U127561128
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inbreeding depression and heterosis are the two ends of phenotypic changes defined by the genome-wide homozygosity. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of genetic marker-based homozygosity estimates with 46 N-glycan features measured in human plasma. The study was based on a total of 2,341 subjects, originating from three isolated island communities in Croatia (Vis and Korcula islands) and Scotland (Orkney Islands). Inbreeding estimates were associated with an increase in tetrantennary and tetrasialylated glycans, and a decrease in digalactosylated glycans (P < 0.001). The strength of this association was proportional to the mean cohort-based inbreeding coefficient. Increase in tetraantennary glycans is known to be associated with various tumours and their association with inbreeding might be one of the mechanisms underlying the increased prevalence of tumours reported in some human isolated populations. Further studies are thus merited in order to confirm the association of inbreeding with changes in glycan profiles in other plant and animal populations, thus attempting to establish if glycosylation could indeed be involved in mediation of some phenotypic changes described in inbred and outbred organisms.

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ConsanguinityGlycosylationBlood ProteinsCroatiaGenetics, MedicalGeographyHeterozygoteHomozygoteHumansNeoplasmsScotlandBlood Proteins

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PMID21487732
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