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
2010
A Variant in a MicroRNA complementary site in the 3′ UTR of the KIT oncogene increases risk of acral melanoma
Godshalk SE, Paranjape T, Nallur S, Speed W, Chan E, Molinaro AM, Bacchiocchi A, Hoyt K, Tworkoski K, Stern DF, Sznol M, Ariyan S, Lazova R, Halaban R, Kidd KK, Weidhaas JB, Slack FJ. A Variant in a MicroRNA complementary site in the 3′ UTR of the KIT oncogene increases risk of acral melanoma. Oncogene 2010, 30: 1542-1550. PMID: 21119596, PMCID: PMC3069149, DOI: 10.1038/onc.2010.536.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMessenger RNAsComplementary sitesNovel genetic markersKIT oncogeneTarget genesRegulatory relationshipsUntranslated regionGenetic markersHeritable riskFunctional variantsGenetic variantsOncogeneMultifaceted roleProtein levelsProtein expressionVariant resultsComplementary sequencesReporter dataUTRMelanoma pathogenesisMiR-221KIT variantsSeed regionExpressionVariants
1999
Linkage Disequilibrium at the ADH2 and ADH3 Loci and Risk of Alcoholism
Osier M, Pakstis A, Kidd J, Lee J, Yin S, Ko H, Edenberg H, Lu R, Kidd K. Linkage Disequilibrium at the ADH2 and ADH3 Loci and Risk of Alcoholism. American Journal Of Human Genetics 1999, 64: 1147-1157. PMID: 10090900, PMCID: PMC1377839, DOI: 10.1086/302317.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlcohol DehydrogenaseAlcoholismAllelesBase SequenceChinaChromosomes, Human, Pair 4Cloning, MolecularGene FrequencyGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenetic VariationHaplotypesHumansIndians, Central AmericanLinkage DisequilibriumMexicoMolecular Sequence DataMultigene FamilyNative Hawaiian or Other Pacific IslanderPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRacial GroupsTaiwanConceptsProportion of chromosomesAlcohol dehydrogenase geneDehydrogenase geneChromosome 4Functional variantsChromosomesLinkage disequilibriumADH2Functional polymorphismsADH3Allele frequenciesPairwise disequilibriumGenesIntronic polymorphismDisequilibriumPolymorphismDifferent efficienciesRisk of alcoholismHigher VmaxClass I alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) genesVariantsLociKbHaplotypesPopulation