Human pedigree-based quantitative-trait-locus mapping: localization of two genes influencing HDL-cholesterol metabolism

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Genes located on chromosome 8 and chromosome 15 appear to influence HLD-cholesterol metabolism., according to results of a full genomic scan. Multivariate analyses indicate that the locus on chromosome 8 affects unesterified cholesterol levels, while the locus on chromosome 15 affects concentration of HDL-cholesterol as well as how cholesterol is distributed among different particle sizes of HDL. Data were derived from Mexican American families in the San Antonio Family Heart Study.

author: Stern, Michael P., Blangero, John, Williams, Jeff T., VandeBerg, John L., MacCluer, Jean W., Rainwater, David L., Mahaney, Michael C., Almasy, Laura, Hixson, James E., Cole, Shelley
Physiological aspects, Cholesterol, HDL, HDL cholesterol lipoproteins, Cholesterol metabolism

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Genotype x adiposity interaction linkage analyses reveal a locus on chromosome 1 for lipoprotein-associated phospholipase [A.sub.2], a marker of inflammation and oxidative stress

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The samples from the San Antonlo Family Heart Study are used to test the hypothesis that the contribution of genes to variation in a biomarker of low-grade inflammation and oxidative stress are influenced by the degree of adiposity. Results reveal the possibility of a significant response to the adiposity environment in lipo-protein-associated phospholipase (Lp-[PLA.sub.2]), which is an important biomarker of inflammation and oxidative stress.

author: Dyer, Thomas D., Blangero, John, Williams, Jeff T., Cole, Shelley A., MacCluer, Jean W., Comuzzie, Anthony G., Diego, Vincent P., Rainwater, David L., Xing-Li Wang, Curran, Joanne E., Johnson, Matthew P., Jowett, Jeremy B.M., Moses, Eric K., Mahaney, Michael C.
Science & research, Chromosomes, Lipoproteins, Phospholipases, Structure, Proteolipids, Oxidative stress, Report

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Linkage of type 2 diabetes mellitus and of age at onset to a genetic location on chromosome 10q in Mexican Americans

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Studies support the location of type 2 diabetes susceptibility in Mexican Americans on chromosome 10q. Using a variance-components process to perform multipoint linkage analyses on 440 Mexican American subjects, researchers found a susceptibility locus near the D10S587 marker that not only influences type 2 diabetes but age at onset as well.

author: Stern, Michael P., Dyer, Thomas D., Blangero, John, Almasy, Laura, Leach, Robin J., Duggirala, Ravindranath, Williams, Kenneth L., O'Connell, Peter
United States, Health aspects, Diabetes, Diabetes mellitus, Mexican Americans, Chromosome abnormalities

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