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ArticleAmerican journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council

Nonsyndromic brachydactyly type D and type E mapped to 7p15 in healthy children and adults from the Jirel ethnic group in eastern Nepal.

Kimberly D Williams, John Blangero, Janardan Subedi, Bharat Jha, Thomas Dyer, John L Vandeberg, Bradford Towne, Sarah Williams-Blangero

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  3. Axial quantitative ultrasound assessment of pediatric bone quality in eastern Nepal.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2015
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Kimberly D WilliamsDepartment of Anthropology, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Pediatrics, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
John Blangero
Janardan Subedi
Bharat Jha
Thomas Dyer
John L Vandeberg
Bradford Towne
Sarah Williams-Blangero

Funding

Quantitative Trait Locus Mapping in Human PedigreesR37MH059490 · NIMH · TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI BLANGERO, JOHN · 2001 to 2010
$6.8M
A GENOME SCAN FOR SUSCEPTIBILITY TO HELMINTHIC INFECTIONR01AI044406 · NIAID · TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI WILLIAMS-BLANGERO, SARAH A. · 2000 to 2009
$5.1M
GENETICS OF SUSCEPTIBILITY TO HELMINTHIC INFECTIONR01AI037091 · NIAID · SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RES · PI WILLIAMS-BLANGERO, SARAH A. · 1995 to 2005
$3.3M
High Performance Computing System for Human GenomicsS10RR029392 · NCRR · TEXAS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI BLANGERO, JOHN · 2010 to 2010
$2.1M
Genetic and Environmental Influences on Childhood GrowthR01HD040377 · NICHD · WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY · PI TOWNE, BRADFORD · 2002 to 2006
$1.7M
Genetic Epidemiology of BDA3 in an Endogamous PopulationF32HD053206 · NICHD · WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WILLIAMS, KIMBERLY D · 2006 to 2008
$147k
NCRR NIH HHS S10 RR029392NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI037091NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI044406NIAID NIH HHS R01AI370919NIAID NIH HHS R01AI44406NICHD NIH HHS F32 HD053206NICHD NIH HHS F32HD053206NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD040377NICHD NIH HHS R01HD040377NIMH NIH HHS R37 MH059490NIMH NIH HHS R37MH59490
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Abstract

objectivesThere is phenotypic overlap between Brachydactyly Type D (BDD) and Brachydactyly Type E (BDE) that suggests a possible common underlying etiology. We seek to understand the genetic underpinnings of, and relationship between, these skeletal anomalies.

methodsThe Jirel ethnic group of eastern Nepal participates in various genetic epidemiologic studies, including those in which hand-wrist radiographs have been taken to examine skeletal development. Nearly 2,130 individuals (969 males; 1,161 females) were phenotyped for BDD/BDE. Of these, 1,722 individuals (773 males; 949 females) were genotyped for 371 STR markers spanning the autosomal genome. Variance components-based linkage analysis was used to conduct a genome-wide linkage scan for QTL influencing the BDD/BDE phenotype.

resultsBDD was present in 3.55%, and BDE was present in 0.39%, of the study sample. Because of the phenotypic overlap between two traits, affecteds of either type were considered as affected by a single combined phenotype (BDD/BDE) having a prevalence of 3.94%. The additive genetic heritability of BDD/BDE was highly significant (h(2) ± SE = 0.89 ± 0.13; P = 1.7 × 10(-11) ). Significant linkage of BDD/BDE was found to markers on chromosome 7p21-7p14 (peak LOD score = 3.74 at 7p15 between markers D7S493 and D7S516).

conclusionsPossible positional candidate genes in the one-lod support interval of this QTL include TWIST and the HOXA1-A13 cluster. This is the first study to report significant linkage results for BDD/BDE using a large extended pedigree, and the first to suggest that mutations in TWIST and/or the HOXA1-A13 cluster may contribute to these specific skeletal anomalies.

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Lod ScoreAdolescentAdultBrachydactylyChildChild, PreschoolChromosome MappingFemaleFingersGenotypeHumansMaleNepalQuantitative Trait, HeritableQuantitative Trait Loci

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PMID24022874
PMCPMC3968259

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