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Journal or Publication Title: | PLoS Genetics | ||||
Publisher: | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | ||||
Place of Publication: | SAN FRANCISCO | ||||
Volume: | 10 | ||||
Number of Issue or Book Chapter: | 7 | ||||
Page Range: | e1004508 | ||||
Date: | 2014 | ||||
Institutions: | Medicine > Institut für Epidemiologie und Präventivmedizin | ||||
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Keywords: | QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; CHILDREN; ASSOCIATIONS; PENETRANCE; ALCOHOLISM; VARIANCES; FAMILIES; GENES; | ||||
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine | ||||
Status: | Published | ||||
Refereed: | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
Created at the University of Regensburg: | Yes | ||||
Item ID: | 61352 |

Abstract
The phenotypic effect of some single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) depends on their parental origin. We present a novel approach to detect parent-of-origin effects (POEs) in genome-wide genotype data of unrelated individuals. The method exploits increased phenotypic variance in the heterozygous genotype group relative to the homozygous groups. We applied the method to >56,000 unrelated ...

Abstract
The phenotypic effect of some single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) depends on their parental origin. We present a novel approach to detect parent-of-origin effects (POEs) in genome-wide genotype data of unrelated individuals. The method exploits increased phenotypic variance in the heterozygous genotype group relative to the homozygous groups. We applied the method to >56,000 unrelated individuals to search for POEs influencing body mass index (BMI). Six lead SNPs were carried forward for replication in five family-based studies (of similar to 4,000 trios). Two SNPs replicated: the paternal rs2471083-C allele (located near the imprinted KCNK9 gene) and the paternal rs3091869-T allele (located near the SLC2A10 gene) increased BMI equally (beta = 0.11 (SD), P < 0.0027) compared to the respective maternal alleles. Real-time PCR experiments of lymphoblastoid cell lines from the CEPH families showed that expression of both genes was dependent on parental origin of the SNPs alleles (P < 0.01). Our scheme opens new opportunities to exploit GWAS data of unrelated individuals to identify POEs and demonstrates that they play an important role in adult obesity.
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