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[Study on the position of genes responsible for gallstone disease in Chinese population]
Jian Qin1, Tian-quan Han, Wen-tao Yuan
1Department of Surgery, Ruijin Hospital, the Second Medical University of Shanghai, Shanghai 200025, China.
Objective:
To search the susceptibility genes of gallstone disease in Chinese population.
Methods:
A genome wide scan was performed in twelve families with gallstone disease using fluorescence-labeled microsatellite markers. Genehunter and Batchlink of Linkage package were used for non- parameter and parameter linkage analysis to search the linkage loci on chromosomes.
Results:
Four loci of D3S1266, D4S406, D9S1682 and D11S902 showed suggestive evidence for linkage. nonparametric linkage analysis (NPL)-score of D4S406 and D9S1682 was 1.77 (P = 0.05) and 1.92 (P = 0.04) respectively. The corresponding logarithm of the odds ratio (LOD)-score of D3S1266, D9S1682 were 1.35 and 2.07, and showed a rise of LOD-score from 1.35 to 2.71, 2.07 to 2.40 respectively when families with later-found patients or with higher triglyceride level were analyzed alone. Transmitted disequilibrium test of D11S902 showed a P-value of 0.0027.
Conclusions:
Chromosome 3, 4, 9 and 11 may contain genes involved in gallstone disease in Chinese population, and chromosome 3, 9 may hide genes that are liked to gallstone disease in families with later-found patients or with higher triglyceride concentration.
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