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A knowledge-driven interaction analysis reveals potential neurodegenerative mechanism of multiple sclerosis susceptibility.
Bush, W S; McCauley, J L; DeJager, P L; Dudek, S M; Hafler, D A; Gibson, R A; Matthews, P M; Kappos, L; Naegelin, Y; Polman, C H; Hauser, S L; Oksenberg, J; Haines, J L; Ritchie, M D.
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  • Bush WS; Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Center for Human Genetics Research, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232-0700, USA.
Genes Immun ; 12(5): 335-40, 2011 Jul.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21346779
Gene-gene interactions are proposed as an important component of the genetic architecture of complex diseases, and are just beginning to be evaluated in the context of genome-wide association studies (GWAS). In addition to detecting epistasis, a benefit to interaction analysis is that it also increases power to detect weak main effects. We conducted a knowledge-driven interaction analysis of a GWAS of 931 multiple sclerosis (MS) trios to discover gene-gene interactions within established biological contexts. We identify heterogeneous signals, including a gene-gene interaction between CHRM3 (muscarinic cholinergic receptor 3) and MYLK (myosin light-chain kinase) (joint P=0.0002), an interaction between two phospholipase C-ß isoforms, PLCß1 and PLCß4 (joint P=0.0098), and a modest interaction between ACTN1 (actinin alpha 1) and MYH9 (myosin heavy chain 9) (joint P=0.0326), all localized to calcium-signaled cytoskeletal regulation. Furthermore, we discover a main effect (joint P=5.2E-5) previously unidentified by single-locus analysis within another related gene, SCIN (scinderin), a calcium-binding cytoskeleton regulatory protein. This work illustrates that knowledge-driven interaction analysis of GWAS data is a feasible approach to identify new genetic effects. The results of this study are among the first gene-gene interactions and non-immune susceptibility loci for MS. Further, the implicated genes cluster within inter-related biological mechanisms that suggest a neurodegenerative component to MS.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Esclerosis Múltiple Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Límite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Genes Immun Asunto de la revista: ALERGIA E IMUNOLOGIA / BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR Año: 2011 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Reino Unido

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Esclerosis Múltiple Tipo de estudio: Prognostic_studies Límite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: Genes Immun Asunto de la revista: ALERGIA E IMUNOLOGIA / BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR Año: 2011 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Reino Unido