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  • Genetic Variation and Antioxidant Response Gene Expression in the Bronchial Airway Epithelium of Smokers at Risk for Lung Cancer
    Wang, Xuting; Chorley, Brian N.; Pittman, Gary S.; Kleeberger, Steven R.; Brothers, John; Liu, Gang; Spira, Avrum; Bell, Douglas A. (Public Library of Science, 2010-8-3)
    Prior microarray studies of smokers at high risk for lung cancer have demonstrated that heterogeneity in bronchial airway epithelial cell gene expression response to smoking can serve as an early diagnostic biomarker for ...
  • A Genome-Wide Association for Kidney Function and Endocrine-Related Traits in the NHLBI's Framingham Heart Study
    Hwang, Shih-Jen; Yang, Qiong; Meigs, James B; Pearce, Elizabeth N; Fox, Caroline S (BioMed Central, 2007-9-19)
    BACKGROUND: Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and urinary albumin excretion (UAE) are markers of kidney function that are known to be heritable. Many endocrine conditions have strong familial components. We tested for ...
  • Genome-Wide Association of Echocardiographic Dimensions, Brachial Artery Endothelial Function and Treadmill Exercise Responses in the Framingham Heart Study
    Vasan, Ramachandran S; Larson, Martin G; Aragam, Jayashri; Wang, Thomas J; Mitchell, Gary F; Kathiresan, Sekar; Newton-Cheh, Christopher; Vita, Joseph A; Keyes, Michelle J; O'Donnell, Christopher J; Levy, Daniel; Benjamin, Emelia J (BioMed Central, 2007-9-19)
    BACKGROUND: Echocardiographic left ventricular (LV) measurements, exercise responses to standardized treadmill test (ETT) and brachial artery (BA) vascular function are heritable traits that are associated with cardiovascular ...
  • Genome-Wide Association of Sleep and Circadian Phenotypes
    Gottlieb, Daniel J; O'Connor, George T; Wilk, Jemma B (BioMed Central, 2007-9-19)
    BACKGROUND: Numerous studies suggest genetic influences on sleepiness and circadian rhythms. The Sleep Heart Health Study collected questionnaire data on sleep habits and sleepiness from 2848 Framingham Heart Study Offspring ...
  • Genomewide Association Study for Onset Age in Parkinson Disease
    Latourelle, Jeanne C; Pankratz, Nathan; Dumitriu, Alexandra; Wilk, Jemma B; Goldwurm, Stefano; Pezzoli, Gianni; Mariani, Claudio B; DeStefano, Anita L; Halter, Cheryl; Gusella, James F; Nichols, William C; Myers, Richard H; Foroud, Tatiana (BioMed Central, 2009-9-22)
    BACKGROUND: Age at onset in Parkinson disease (PD) is a highly heritable quantitative trait for which a significant genetic influence is supported by multiple segregation analyses. Because genes associated with onset age ...
  • Genome-Wide Association Study for Renal Traits in the Framingham Heart and Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Studies
    Kottgen, Anna; Kao, Wen Hong L; Hwang, Shih-Jen; Boerwinkle, Eric; Yang, Qiong; Levy, Daniel; Benjamin, Emelia J; Larson, Martin G; Astor, Brad C; Coresh, Josef; Fox, Caroline S (BioMed Central, 2008-6-3)
    BACKGROUND: The Framingham Heart Study (FHS) recently obtained initial results from the first genome-wide association scan for renal traits. The study of 70,987 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 1,010 FHS participants ...
  • Genome-Wide Association Study for Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Major Arterial Territories in the NHLBI's Framingham Heart Study
    O'Donnell, Christopher J; Cupples, L Adrienne; D'Agostino, Ralph B; Fox, Caroline S; Hoffmann, Udo; Hwang, Shih-Jen; Ingellson, Erik; Liu, Chunyu; Murabito, Joanne M; Polak, Joseph F; Wolf, Philip A; Demissie, Serkalem (BioMed Central, 2007-9-19)
    INTRODUCTION: Subclinical atherosclerosis (SCA) measures in multiple arterial beds are heritable phenotypes that are associated with increased incidence of cardiovascular disease. We conducted a genome-wide association ...
  • A Genome-Wide Association Study of Breast and Prostate Cancer in the NHLBI's Framingham Heart Study
    Murabito, Joanne M; Rosenberg, Carol L; Finger, Daniel; Kreger, Bernard E; Levy, Daniel; Splansky, Greta Lee; Antman, Karen; Hwang, Shih-Jen (BioMed Central, 2007-9-19)
    BACKGROUND: Breast and prostate cancer are two commonly diagnosed cancers in the United States. Prior work suggests that cancer causing genes and cancer susceptibility genes can be identified. METHODS: We conducted a ...
  • A Genome-Wide Association Study of Hypertension and Blood Pressure in African Americans
    Adeyemo, Adebowale; Gerry, Norman; Chen, Guanjie; Herbert, Alan; Doumatey, Ayo; Huang, Hanxia; Zhou, Jie; Lashley, Kerrie; Chen, Yuanxiu; Christman, Michael; Rotimi, Charles (Public Library of Science, 2009-7-17)
    The evidence for the existence of genetic susceptibility variants for the common form of hypertension ("essential hypertension") remains weak and inconsistent. We sought genetic variants underlying blood pressure (BP) by ...
  • A Genome-Wide Association Study of Pulmonary Function Measures in the Framingham Heart Study
    Wilk, Jemma B.; Chen, Ting-hsu; Gottlieb, Daniel J.; Walter, Robert E.; Nagle, Michael W.; Brandler, Brian J.; Myers, Richard H.; Borecki, Ingrid B.; Silverman, Edwin K.; Weiss, Scott T.; O'Connor, George T. (Public Library of Science, 2009-3-20)
    The ratio of forced expiratory volume in one second to forced vital capacity (FEV1/FVC) is a measure used to diagnose airflow obstruction and is highly heritable. We performed a genome-wide association study in 7,691 ...
  • Genome-Wide Association to Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference: The Framingham Heart Study 100K Project
    Fox, Caroline S; Heard-Costa, Nancy; Cupples, L Adrienne; Dupuis, Josée; Vasan, Ramachandran S; Atwood, Larry D (BioMed Central, 2007-9-19)
    BACKGROUND: Obesity is related to multiple cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors as well as CVD and has a strong familial component. We tested for association between SNPs on the Affymetrix 100K SNP GeneChip and measures ...
  • Genome-Wide Association with Bone Mass and Geometry in the Framingham Heart Study
    Kiel, Douglas P; Demissie, Serkalem; Dupuis, Josée; Lunetta, Kathryn L; Murabito, Joanne M; Karasik, David (BioMed Central, 2007-9-19)
    BACKGROUND: Osteoporosis is characterized by low bone mass and compromised bone structure, heritable traits that contribute to fracture risk. There have been no genome-wide association and linkage studies for these traits ...
  • Genome-Wide Association with Select Biomarker Traits in the Framingham Heart Study
    Benjamin, Emelia J; Dupuis, Josée; Larson, Martin G; Lunetta, Kathryn L; Booth, Sarah L; Govindaraju, Diddahally R; Kathiresan, Sekar; Keaney, John F; Keyes, Michelle J; Lin, Jing-Ping; Meigs, James B; Robins, Sander J; Rong, Jian; Schnabel, Renate; Vita, Joseph A; Wang, Thomas J; Wilson, Peter WF; Wolf, Philip A; Vasan, Ramachandran S (BioMed Central, 2007-9-19)
    BACKGROUND: Systemic biomarkers provide insights into disease pathogenesis, diagnosis, and risk stratification. Many systemic biomarker concentrations are heritable phenotypes. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) provide ...
  • Genome-Wide Linkage Analysis for Alcohol Dependence: A Comparison between Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism and Microsatellite Marker Assays
    Ma, Qianli; Yu, Yi; Meng, Yan; Farrell, John; Farrer, Lindsay A; Wilcox, Marsha A (BioMed Central, 2005-12-30)
    Both theoretical and applied studies have proven that the utility of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers in linkage analysis is more powerful and cost-effective than current microsatellite marker assays. Here we ...
  • Genome-Wide Screen for Heavy Alcohol Consumption
    Wyszynski, Diego F; Panhuysen, Carolien I; Ma, Qianli; Yip, Agustin G; Wilcox, Marsha; Erlich, Porat; Farrer, Lindsay A (BioMed Central, 2003-12-31)
    BACKGROUND. To find specific genes predisposing to heavy alcohol consumption (self-reported consumption of 24 grams or more of alcohol per day among men and 12 grams or more among women), we studied 330 families collected ...
  • Genome-Wide Significance for a Modifier of Age at Neurological Onset in Huntington's Disease at 6q23-24: The HD MAPS Study
    Li, Jian-Liang; Hayden, Michael R; Warby, Simon C; Durr, Alexandra; Morrison, Patrick J; Nance, Martha; Ross, Christopher A; Margolis, Russell L; Rosenblatt, Adam; Squitieri, Ferdinando; Frati, Luigi; Gómez-Tortosa, Estrella; García, Carmen Ayuso; Suchowersky, Oksana; Klimek, Mary Lou; Trent, Ronald JA; McCusker, Elizabeth; Novelletto, Andrea; Frontali, Marina; Paulsen, Jane S; Jones, Randi; Ashizawa, Tetsuo; Lazzarini, Alice; Wheeler, Vanessa C; Prakash, Ranjana; Xu, Gang; Djoussé, Luc; Mysore, Jayalakshmi Srinidhi; Gillis, Tammy; Hakky, Michael; Cupples, L Adrienne; Saint-Hilaire, Marie H; Cha, Jang-Ho J; Hersch, Steven M; Penney, John B; Harrison, Madaline B; Perlman, Susan L; Zanko, Andrea; Abramson, Ruth K; Lechich, Anthony J; Duckett, Ayana; Marder, Karen; Conneally, P Michael; Gusella, James F; MacDonald, Marcy E; Myers, Richard H (BioMed Central, 2006-8-17)
    BACKGROUND: Age at onset of Huntington's disease (HD) is correlated with the size of the abnormal CAG repeat expansion in the HD gene; however, several studies have indicated that other genetic factors also contribute to ...
  • Giant Organ Confined Prostatic Adenocarcinoma: A Case Report
    Brahmbhatt, Jamin V; Liou, Louis S (BioMed Central, 2008-1-29)
    INTRODUCTION Giant prostatic adenocarcinoma represents a rare and challenging treatment dilemma. CASE PRESENTATION We describe a case of an otherwise healthy 71-year-old African male who presented with a PSA of 5800 ng/ml ...
  • Giardia Cyst Wall Protein 1 Is a Lectin That Binds to Curled Fibrils of the GalNAc Homopolymer
    Chatterjee, Aparajita; Carpentieri, Andrea; Ratner, Daniel M.; Bullitt, Esther; Costello, Catherine E.; Robbins, Phillips W.; Samuelson, John (Public Library of Science, 2010-8-19)
    The infectious and diagnostic stage of Giardia lamblia (also known as G. intestinalis or G. duodenalis) is the cyst. The Giardia cyst wall contains fibrils of a unique β-1,3-linked N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) homopolymer ...
  • The Global Pediatric Antiretroviral Market: Analyses of Product Availability and Utilization Reveal Challenges for Development of Pediatric Formulations and HIV/AIDS Treatment in Children
    Waning, Brenda; Diedrichsen, Ellen; Jambert, Elodie; Bärnighausen, Till; Li, Yun; Pouw, Mieke; Moon, Suerie (BioMed Central, 2010-10-17)
    BACKGROUND: Important advances in the development and production of quality-certified pediatric antiretroviral (ARV) formulations have recently been made despite significant market disincentives for manufacturers. This ...
  • The Gly2019Ser Mutation in LRRK2 Is not Fully Penetrant in Familial Parkinson's Disease: The GenePD Study
    Latourelle, Jeanne C; Sun, Mei; Lew, Mark F; Suchowersky, Oksana; Klein, Christine; Golbe, Lawrence I; Mark, Margery H; Growdon, John H; Wooten, G Frederick; Watts, Ray L; Guttman, Mark; Racette, Brad A; Perlmutter, Joel S; Ahmed, Anwar; Shill, Holly A; Singer, Carlos; Goldwurm, Stefano; Pezzoli, Gianni; Zini, Michela; Saint-Hilaire, Marie H; Hendricks, Audrey E; Williamson, Sally; Nagle, Michael W; Wilk, Jemma B; Massood, Tiffany; Huskey, Karen W; Laramie, Jason M; DeStefano, Anita L; Baker, Kenneth B; Itin, Ilia; Litvan, Irene; Nicholson, Garth; Corbett, Alastair; Nance, Martha; Drasby, Edward; Isaacson, Stuart; Burn, David J; Chinnery, Patrick F; Pramstaller, Peter P; Al-hinti, Jomana; Moller, Anette T; Ostergaard, Karen; Sherman, Scott J; Roxburgh, Richard; Snow, Barry; Slevin, John T; Cambi, Franca; Gusella, James F; Myers, Richard H (BioMed Central, 2008-11-5)
    BACKGROUND: We report age-dependent penetrance estimates for leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2)-related Parkinson's disease (PD) in a large sample of familial PD. The most frequently seen LRRK2 mutation, Gly2019Ser ...

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