Resolving ATM haplotypes in whites.
Resolving ATM haplotypes in whites.
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解析白人的 ATM 单倍型。
DOI:
10.1086/373879
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发表时间:
2003
影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
Nathanson,KatherineL
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作者:
Letrero,Richard;Weber,BarbaraL;Nathanson,KatherineL
In two recent studies, Bonnen et al. and Thorstenson et al. demonstrated extensive linkage disequilibrium distributed along ATM (GenBank accession number U82828) using SNPs (Bonnen et al. 2000; Thorstenson et al. 2001). In whites (Europeans), no recombination was observed along ATM. However, there are some discrepancies between the two articles, in that Thorstenson et al. found three haplotypes (H2, H3, and H4) in whites, whereas Bonnen et al. found five major haplotypes with frequencies 15%(2, 3, 15, 17, and 22) and two minor haplotypes in whites. Thorstenson et al. suggest that haplotype 2 and H4 may be equivalent, as may be 17 and H2 and 15 and H3. However, haplotype 22, which accounts for 35% of the population as determined by Bonnen et al., was not accounted for in the suggested equivalency. The two studies had only one overlapping SNP used to determine haplotypes, which may contribute to the discrepancy. Because we are interested in haplotyping ATM for association studies with breast cancer, we compared the haplotypes from the two studies in 159 individuals from 83 unrelated families with deleterious BRCA1 mutations in order to determine which haplotypes are equivalent. Of the probands from the 83 families, all of whom carried BRCA1 mutations, 72 were affected with cancer and 11 were not affected with cancer. In addition, we sought to determine the association of the three previously studied nonconservative coding region SNPs (S49C, D1853N, and P1054R) with each haplotype. As delineated by Thorstenson et al., there is a total of 12 nonconservative coding region SNPs in all populations, of which four appear in whites (S49C, F868L, D1853N, and P1054R). We were particularly interested in examining the association of the SNPs with the haplotypes, as Thorstenson et al. found that D1853N defined a single haplotype (H3), unlike Bonnen et al., who describe haplotype 15 (the suggested equivalent of H3) independently.