Genetic heterogeneity in Alzheimer's disease: a grade of membership analysis.

abstract：:For most complex diseases, the fraction of heritability that can be explained by the variants discovered from genome-wide association studies is minor. Although the so-called "rare variants" (minor allele frequency [MAF] < 1%) have attracted increasing attention, they are unlikely to account for much of the "missing h...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： Lin WY,Yi N,Lou XY,Zhi D,Zhang K,Gao G,Tiwari HK,Liu N

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One approach to establish linkage is based on allele-sharing methods for sib pairs. Recently, the use of extreme sib pairs (ESP) has been proposed to increase power for mapping quantitative traits in humans. Several approaches have been discussed. In this study, we calculate sample sizes for the various ESP approaches...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： Ziegler A,Hebebrand J

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the current study was to utilize the Genetic Analysis Workshop 12 simulated data to evaluate fine-mapping strategies for quantitative traits. We approached the analysis as if it was a follow-up to a genome scan that had identified two regions of interest and used the provided 1-cM density microsatellite...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： Heard-Costa NL,Demissie S,DeStefano AL,Knowlton BA,Maher NE,Myers RH,Volcjak JS,Wilk JB,Cupples LA

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined pairwise linkage disequilibria between 12 restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) markers at or near the low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) locus on chromosome 19p13.2-13.1 in 92 unrelated individuals. Of these 12 RFLPs, two were newly identified under a cosmid-based strategy designed to scr...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： Hegele RA,Plaetke R,Lalouel JM

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, testing for anticipation has received renewed interest. It is well known that standard statistical methods are inappropriate for this purpose due to problems of sampling bias. Few statistical tests have been proposed for comparing mean age of onset in affected parents with mean age of onset in affected child...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： Tsai WY,Heiman GA,Hodge SE

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined familial resemblance and performed segregation analysis for the maximal expiratory flow rate at 50% of vital capacity (Vmax50) and the ratio of Vmax50 to forced vital capacity (FVC), based on data from 309 nuclear families with 1,045 individuals in the town of Humboldt, Saskatchewan, in 1993. Vmax50 is con...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： Chen Y,Dosman JA,Rennie DC,Lockinger LA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genotypes of individuals in replicate genetic association studies have some level of correlation due to shared descent in the complete pedigree of all living humans. As a result of this genealogical sharing, replicate studies that search for genotype-phenotype associations using linkage disequilibrium between mark...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： Rosenberg NA,Vanliere JM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past few years, an increasing number of studies have identified rare variants that contribute to trait heritability. Due to the extreme rarity of some individual variants, gene-based association tests have been proposed to aggregate the genetic variants within a gene, pathway, or specific genomic region as op...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： He Z,Lee S,Zhang M,Smith JA,Guo X,Palmas W,Kardia SLR,Ionita-Laza I,Mukherjee B

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is described for estimating excess relative risks of a disease from familial factors. Beginning with population-based series of cases and controls, a cohort of each subject's relatives is formed and checked for disease against a population based registry. The disease experience of the cohort formed from each ...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： Kerber RA

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard linear regression is commonly used for genetic association studies of quantitative traits. This approach may not be appropriate if the trait, on its original or transformed scales, does not follow a normal distribution. A rank-based nonparametric approach that does not rely on any distributional assumptions c...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： Li Q,Li Z,Zheng G,Gao G,Yu K

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although next-generation DNA sequencing technologies have made rare variant association studies feasible and affordable, the development of powerful statistical methods for rare variant association studies is still under way. Most of the existing methods for rare variant association studies compare the number of rare ...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： Fang S,Sha Q,Zhang S

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population isolates may be particularly useful for association studies of complex traits. This utility, however, largely depends on the transferability of tag SNPs chosen from reference samples, such as HapMap, to samples from such populations. Factors that characterize population isolates, such as widespread genetic ...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： Service S,International Collaborative Group on Isolated Populations.,Sabatti C,Freimer N

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A computer-simulation method is presented for determining and correcting for the effect of maximizing the lod score over disease definitions, penetrance values, and perhaps other model parameters. The method consists of simulating the complete analysis using marker genotypes randomly generated under the assumption of ...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： Weeks DE,Lehner T,Squires-Wheeler E,Kaufmann C,Ott J

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to develop a simple method for testing gene-environment interaction in twin data ascertained through affected twins (probands), with known exposure status of both cotwins. To this end we derived formulae for two epidemiologic measures, as a function of prevalence of an exposure and genotype, and disease ri...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： Ottman R

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genes, including those with transgenerational effects, work in concert with behavioral, environmental, and social factors via complex biological networks to determine human health. Understanding complex relationships between causal factors underlying human health is an essential step towards deciphering biological mec...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： Lou XY,Hou TT,Liu SY,Xu HM,Lin F,Tang X,MacLeod SL,Cleves MA,Hobbs CA

更新日期：2020-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Different maximum likelihood approaches were used to explore the role of candidate genes in the variability of quantitative trait Q1 while accounting for the effects of age, Q2, and Q3. Segregation analysis, under the class D regressive model, provides evidence for a Mendelian gene effect on the adjusted trait Q1. Res...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： Martinez M,Abel L,Demenais F

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several methods have been proposed to increase power in rare variant association testing by aggregating information from individual rare variants (MAF < 0.005). However, how to best combine rare variants across multiple ethnicities and the relative performance of designs using different ethnic sampling fractions remai...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： Mensah-Ablorh A,Lindstrom S,Haiman CA,Henderson BE,Marchand LL,Lee S,Stram DO,Eliassen AH,Price A,Kraft P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given the rapid pace with which genomics and other -omics disciplines are evolving, it is sometimes necessary to shift down a gear to consider more general scientific questions. In this line, in my presidential address I formulate six questions for genetic epidemiologists to ponder on. These cover the areas of reprodu...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： König IR

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthy male monozygotic (MZ) and dizygotic (DZ) twin pairs (MZ pairs = 77; DZ pairs = 88) were studied to assess the effect of dietary intake, physical activity, physical fitness, body mass index (BMI), sum of the triceps and subscapular skinfold measurements, alcohol and caffeine consumption, and smoking patterns on...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： Slattery ML,Bishop DT,French TK,Hunt SC,Meikle AW,Williams RR

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present findings for familial Alzheimer's disease suggest a possible linkage to gene(s) on chromosome 21 for the early onset form and to chromosome 19 for the late onset. Since these results are not unequivocal, possible alternative hypotheses include the effect of genetic heterogeneity or of an oligogenic model o...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： Macciardi F,Cavallini MC

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in Gerona, Spain, is high for the low myocardial infarction incidence and mortality rates in the province. Physical activity is a protective factor against coronary heart disease. We investigated whether the genetic variants Q and R of the paraoxonase Gln-Arg 192 polymorph...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： Sentí M,Aubó C,Elosua R,Sala J,Tomás M,Marrugat J

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of studies for the association of BRCA1 genotypes and haplotypes with sporadic breast cancer have been inconsistent. Therefore, a candidate single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) approach was used in a breast cancer case-control study to explore genotypes and haplotypes that have the potential to affect protein ...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： Ricks-Santi LJ,Nie J,Marian C,Ochs-Balcom HM,Trevisan M,Edge SB,Kanaan Y,Freudenheim JL,Shields PG

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the analysis of gene expression data, dimension reduction techniques have been extensively adopted. The most popular one is perhaps the PCA (principal component analysis). To generate more reliable and more interpretable results, the SPCA (sparse PCA) technique has been developed. With the "small sample size, high ...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： Liu M,Fan X,Fang K,Zhang Q,Ma S

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We construct data exploration tools for recognizing important covariate patterns associated with a phenotype, with particular focus on searching for association with gene-gene patterns. To this end, we propose a new variable selection procedure that employs latent selection weights and compare it to an alternative for...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： Papathomas M,Molitor J,Hoggart C,Hastie D,Richardson S

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most complex traits such as cancer and coronary heart diseases are attributed either to heritable factors or to environmental factors or to both. Dissecting the genetic and environmental etiology of complex traits thus requires an interdisciplinary research strategy. Genetic studies generally involve families and inve...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： Zhao LP,Hsu L,Davidov O,Potter J,Elston RC,Prentice RL

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the utility of two approaches for exploiting pleiotropy to search for genes influencing related traits. To do this we first assessed the genetic correlations among a set of five closely related quantitative traits (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4, Q5). We then used the genetic correlations among these five traits both ...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： Comuzzie AG,Mahaney MC,Almasy L,Dyer TD,Blangero J

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the independent contributions of a candidate gene and an environmental factor, and the presence of gene x environment (G x E) interaction, in the etiology of a disease in the Genetic Analysis Workshop (GAW) 12 problem 2 simulated data using a two-stage approach utilizing both case-control and case-pare...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： Norris JM,Selinger-Leneman H,Génin E

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Path analysis of nuclear family data has been widely applied to resolve genetic and environmental sources of familial resemblance. Here we report the results of a systematic evaluation of the effects of departures from five modeling assumptions often made when analyzing nuclear family data; i) the observed environment...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： McGue M,Wette R,Rao DC

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an extension to the TDT (transmission/disequilibrium test) which allows for more than two marker alleles and for covariates measured on the parent or offspring. We also describe a systematic genomic search where the mod score (maximized lod score) is computed for each marker under constraints on the popula...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： Rice JP,Neuman RJ,Hoshaw SL,Daw EW,Gu C

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mixed model of segregation analysis specifies major gene effects and partitions the residual variance into polygenic and environmental components. The model explains familial correlations essentially in terms of genetic causation. The regressive model, on the other hand, is constructed by successively conditioning...

journal_title：Genetic epidemiology

authors： Demenais FM,Bonney GE

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00