期刊
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS
卷 110, 期 3, 页码 203-207出版社
WILEY-LISS
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.10435
关键词
spina bifida (SB); transmission disequilibrium test (TDT); neural tube defects (NTDs); HOX genes; mouse models
资金
- NICHD NIH HHS [P01 HD 35946-01] Funding Source: Medline
Neural tube defects (NTDs) are among the most common severely disabling birth defects in the United States, affecting approximately 1-2 of every 1,000 live births. The etiology of NTDs is multifactorial, involving the combined action of both genetic and environmental factors. HOX genes play a central role in establishing the initial body plan by providing positional information along the anterior-posterior body and limb axis and have been implicated in neural tube closure. There are many mouse models that exhibit both naturally occurring NTDs in various mouse strains as well as NTDs that have been created by knocking out various genes. A nonparametric linkage method, the transmission disequilibrium. test (TDT), was utilized to test the HOX gene family and human equivalents of genes (when known) or the syntenic region in humans to those in mouse models which could play a role in the formation of NTDs. DNA from 459 spina bifida (SB) affected individuals and their parents was tested for linkage and association utilizing polymorphic markers from within or very close to the HOXA, HOXB, HOXC, and HOXD genes as well as from within the genes/gene regions of eight mouse models that exhibit NTDs. No significant findings were obtained for the tested markers. (C) 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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