ADH1B: From alcoholism, natural selection, and cancer to the human phenome
Polimanti R, Gelernter J. ADH1B: From alcoholism, natural selection, and cancer to the human phenome. American Journal Of Medical Genetics Part B Neuropsychiatric Genetics 2017, 177: 113-125. PMID: 28349588, PMCID: PMC5617762, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32523.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman phenomeMultiple human tissuesPhenome-wide association studyMolecular functionsGene regulationPhenotypic traitsBioinformatics analysisEvolutionary dataFunctional allelesAssociation studiesMetabolic traitsAlcohol metabolismMolecular pathwaysMultiple molecular pathwaysHuman evolutionPhenomeGenesADH1B geneTraitsComplex mechanismsHuman tissuesMetabolismAllelesADH1BADH1B locusPopulation diversity of the genetically determined TTR expression in human tissues and its implications in TTR amyloidosis
Iorio A, De Angelis F, Di Girolamo M, Luigetti M, Pradotto LG, Mazzeo A, Frusconi S, My F, Manfellotto D, Fuciarelli M, Polimanti R. Population diversity of the genetically determined TTR expression in human tissues and its implications in TTR amyloidosis. BMC Genomics 2017, 18: 254. PMID: 28335735, PMCID: PMC5364715, DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-3646-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenotype-phenotype correlationHuman populationComplex genotype-phenotype correlationsFamilial amyloidotic cardiomyopathyTTR expressionTTR amyloidosisGTEx projectGenome ProjectSkeletal muscle tissueAncestral groupsAncestry diversityRelevant tissuesScandinavian populationsAmyloidotic cardiomyopathyPopulation diversityAncestry groupsExpressionHuman tissuesDiversityMuscle tissueHereditary diseasePolygenic scoresTissueClinical variabilityLesser extent