2024
CYP2C gene polymorphisms in North African populations
Messaoudi M, Pakstis A, Boussetta S, Ben Ammar Elgaaied A, Kidd K, Cherni L. CYP2C gene polymorphisms in North African populations. Molecular Biology Reports 2024, 51: 1145. PMID: 39532754, DOI: 10.1007/s11033-024-10093-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNorth African populationsCYP2C genesHuman CYP2C genesSuperfamily of genesAfrican populationsRegulatory regionsIntronic SNPGenetic variationHaplotype frequenciesChromosome 10Pharmacogenetic markersFunctional consequencesGenesResponse to medical treatmentSNPsTunisian populationCYP2C9Drug metabolismForeign chemicalsCYP2C19North AfricansBackgroundCytochrome P450Clinically useful drugsGene polymorphismsPrincipal component analysis
2021
STAT3 polymorphisms in North Africa and its implication in breast cancer
Ziadi W, Boussetta S, Elkamel S, Pakstis AJ, Kidd KK, Medimegh I, Elgaaied A, Cherni L. STAT3 polymorphisms in North Africa and its implication in breast cancer. Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine 2021, 9: e1744. PMID: 34251094, PMCID: PMC8404238, DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.1744.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNorth African populationsAfrican populationsSTAT3 regionSingle nucleotide polymorphismsRare haplotypesHsa-mirMiR databaseMajor haplotypesGenesNucleotide polymorphismsHaplotypesSNPsSTAT3Allele frequenciesRs7211777Tunisian populationPolymorphismPopulationDiversityNorth AfricaAllelesSignificant frequencyRecombinationAssaysCancer
2019
Population relationships based on 170 ancestry SNPs from the combined Kidd and Seldin panels
Pakstis AJ, Speed WC, Soundararajan U, Rajeevan H, Kidd JR, Li H, Kidd KK. Population relationships based on 170 ancestry SNPs from the combined Kidd and Seldin panels. Scientific Reports 2019, 9: 18874. PMID: 31827153, PMCID: PMC6906462, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-55175-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic diversityPopulation relationshipsHuman populationAncestry informative SNP panelsInformative SNP panelsMajor continental regionsHuman reference populationsSNP panelIndividual populationsGenotype dataReference populationNative American populationsDiverse collectionAISNPsAllele frequency databasesWorldwide populationDiversityFrequency databaseAmerican populationReference population dataPopulationSNPsPrincipal component analysisCombined panelCluster patterns
2018
Microhaplotypes in forensic genetics
Oldoni F, Kidd KK, Podini D. Microhaplotypes in forensic genetics. Forensic Science International Genetics 2018, 38: 54-69. PMID: 30347322, DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2018.09.009.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Increasing the reference populations for the 55 AISNP panel: the need and benefits
Pakstis AJ, Kang L, Liu L, Zhang Z, Jin T, Grigorenko EL, Wendt FR, Budowle B, Hadi S, Al Qahtani MS, Morling N, Mogensen HS, Themudo GE, Soundararajan U, Rajeevan H, Kidd JR, Kidd KK. Increasing the reference populations for the 55 AISNP panel: the need and benefits. International Journal Of Legal Medicine 2017, 131: 913-917. PMID: 28070634, PMCID: PMC5491587, DOI: 10.1007/s00414-016-1524-z.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Rare BRCA1 haplotypes including 3’UTR SNPs associated with breast cancer risk
Pelletier C, Speed WC, Paranjape T, Keane K, Blitzblau R, Hollestelle A, Safavi K, van den Ouweland A, Zelterman D, Slack FJ, Kidd KK, Weidhaas JB. Rare BRCA1 haplotypes including 3’UTR SNPs associated with breast cancer risk. Cell Cycle 2011, 10: 90-99. PMID: 21191178, PMCID: PMC3048078, DOI: 10.4161/cc.10.1.14359.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic markersRare haplotypesNew genetic markersBRCA1 3'UTRSequence mutationsMicroRNA bindingFunctional variantsSuch polymorphismsHaplotypesMutationsBRCA1Haplotype analysisPolymorphismSNPsRegion polymorphismsVariantsFunctional polymorphismsBreast cancer subtypesCancer subtypesMarkersBRCA1 haplotypeMiRNALarge populationBRCA1 mutationsBinding