Genome-wide association study identifies a maternal copy-number deletion in PSG11 enriched among preeclampsia patients
Zhao L, Triche EW, Walsh KM, Bracken MB, Saftlas AF, Hoh J, Dewan AT. Genome-wide association study identifies a maternal copy-number deletion in PSG11 enriched among preeclampsia patients. BMC Pregnancy And Childbirth 2012, 12: 61. PMID: 22748001, PMCID: PMC3476390, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-61.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesCopy number variantsSingle nucleotide polymorphismsSNP candidatesCopy number deletionAssociation studiesGenome-wide scanLimited DNA quantitiesQuantitative real-time PCRAffymetrix SNP 6.0 microarraysGenomic regionsOnly deletionPSG11 geneReal-time PCRDeleterious natureMaternal single nucleotide polymorphismsNucleotide polymorphismsGenetic contributionDeletionDNA quantityCase-control datasetSignificance thresholdCNV callsPSG11Genes