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Common variant near the endothelin receptor type A (EDNRA) gene is associated with intracranial aneurysm risk
Yasuno K, Bakırcıoğlu M, Low SK, Bilgüvar K, Gaál E, Ruigrok YM, Niemelä M, Hata A, Bijlenga P, Kasuya H, Jääskeläinen JE, Krex D, Auburger G, Simon M, Krischek B, Ozturk AK, Mane S, Rinkel GJ, Steinmetz H, Hernesniemi J, Schaller K, Zembutsu H, Inoue I, Palotie A, Cambien F, Nakamura Y, Lifton RP, Günel M. Common variant near the endothelin receptor type A (EDNRA) gene is associated with intracranial aneurysm risk. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2011, 108: 19707-19712. PMID: 22106312, PMCID: PMC3241810, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1117137108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesDiscovery cohortDisease-related lociReplication cohortSignificant associationEndothelin receptor type AGenomic regionsChromosome 12q22Genetic evidenceIndependent Japanese cohortsIntracranial aneurysm formationRisk lociA geneEvidence of associationAssociation studiesEndothelin pathwayAneurysm formationEndothelin signalingCardiovascular disordersJapanese cohortLociCohortCommon variantsGenetic factorsTreatment of IA
2020
Exome Sequencing Implicates Impaired GABA Signaling and Neuronal Ion Transport in Trigeminal Neuralgia
Dong W, Jin SC, Allocco A, Zeng X, Sheth AH, Panchagnula S, Castonguay A, Lorenzo LÉ, Islam B, Brindle G, Bachand K, Hu J, Sularz A, Gaillard J, Choi J, Dunbar A, Nelson-Williams C, Kiziltug E, Furey CG, Conine S, Duy PQ, Kundishora AJ, Loring E, Li B, Lu Q, Zhou G, Liu W, Li X, Sierant MC, Mane S, Castaldi C, López-Giráldez F, Knight JR, Sekula RF, Simard JM, Eskandar EN, Gottschalk C, Moliterno J, Günel M, Gerrard JL, Dib-Hajj S, Waxman SG, Barker FG, Alper SL, Chahine M, Haider S, De Koninck Y, Lifton RP, Kahle KT. Exome Sequencing Implicates Impaired GABA Signaling and Neuronal Ion Transport in Trigeminal Neuralgia. IScience 2020, 23: 101552. PMID: 33083721, PMCID: PMC7554653, DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101552.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTrigeminal neuralgiaNeuronal ion transportImpairment of GABAVoltage-gated CaMechanical allodyniaTN pathogenesisPain syndromePain behaviorGABA signalingReceptor ClDisease pathogenesisTN casesFamilial clusteringExome sequencingGenetic factorsVariant burdenNeuralgiaRare damaging variantsPathogenesisGABAChannel CaDamaging variantsProbandsParent-offspring triosLarge-scale genomic studies
2006
Molecular Genetic Analysis of Two Large Kindreds With Intracranial Aneurysms Demonstrates Linkage to 11q24-25 and 14q23-31
Ozturk AK, Nahed BV, Bydon M, Bilguvar K, Goksu E, Bademci G, Guclu B, Johnson MH, Amar A, Lifton RP, Gunel M. Molecular Genetic Analysis of Two Large Kindreds With Intracranial Aneurysms Demonstrates Linkage to 11q24-25 and 14q23-31. Stroke 2006, 37: 1021-1027. PMID: 16497978, DOI: 10.1161/01.str.0000206153.92675.b9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide linkage analysisMolecular genetic analysisGenetic analysisSusceptibility genesLinkage analysisSimple Mendelian traitPolymorphic microsatellite markersSignificant LOD scoreGenomic regionsMendelian traitsMicrosatellite markersCandidate lociGene chipOutlier approachOdds (LOD) scoreGenesChromosome 11q24Chromosome 11qAvailable family membersLOD scoreGenetic heterogeneityIa geneLociSib pairsGenetic factors