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Mirna Kirin

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Moors and Saracens in Europe: estimating the medieval North African male legacy in southern Europe.

2009

To investigate the male genetic legacy of the Arab rule in southern Europe during medieval times, we focused on specific Northwest African haplogroups and identified evolutionary close STR-defined haplotypes in Iberia, Sicily and the Italian peninsula. Our results point to a higher recent Northwest African contribution in Iberia and Sicily in agreement with historical data, southern Italian regions known to have experienced long-term Arab presence also show an enrichment of Northwest African types. The forensic and genomic implications of these findings are discussed.

MaleY chromosome north africa medieval legacyPopulationShort ReportNorth africaHaplogroupZoological sciencesEvolution MolecularMoorsAfrica NorthernPeninsulaSettore BIO/13 - Biologia ApplicataHumansgeneticseducationGenetics (clinical)education.field_of_studygeography.geographical_feature_categoryChromosomes Human YGeographyEvolution (zoology)social sciencesSettore MED/43 - MEDICINA LEGALEpopulationseye diseasesArabsEuropeGeographyGenetics PopulationHaplotypesAnthropologySaracenEthnologyNorth africangeographic locationsEuropean journal of human genetics : EJHG
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Genome-wide association analyses identify 18 new loci associated with serum urate concentrations

2013

Elevated serum urate concentrations can cause gout, a prevalent and painful inflammatory arthritis. By combining data from >140,000 individuals of European ancestry within the Global Urate Genetics Consortium (GUGC), we identified and replicated 28 genome-wide significant loci in association with serum urate concentrations (18 new regions in or near TRIM46, INHBB, SFMBT1, TMEM171, VEGFA, BAZ1B, PRKAG2, STC1, HNF4G, A1CF, ATXN2, UBE2Q2, IGF1R, NFAT5, MAF, HLF, ACVR1B-ACVRL1 and B3GNT4). Associations for many of the loci were of similar magnitude in individuals of non-European ancestry. We further characterized these loci for associations with gout, transcript expression and the fractional…

Candidate geneInhibins/geneticsGenome-wide association studyGENETIC-LOCIchemistry.chemical_compound0302 clinical medicineserum urateGene FrequencyGout/bloodassociation analysis serum urateGlucose/metabolismSettore MED/14 - NEFROLOGIAHyperuricemiaserum; urate; genePOPULATIONMETABOLIC SYNDROMEGenetics0303 health scienceseducation.field_of_studybiologyPolymorphism Single Nucleotide/genetics3. Good healthHYPERURICEMIAGenetic Loci/genetics/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_beingSLC22A12Single Nucleotide/geneticsSNPsSignal TransductionMOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGYserum urate concentrations gout genome-wide meta-analysisEuropean Continental Ancestry GroupPopulationPolymorphism Single NucleotideWhite PeopleUric Acid/bloodserum urate concentrationsgenome-wide meta-analysis03 medical and health sciencesSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beinguric acidGeneticsmedicineHumansInhibinsPolymorphismeducation030304 developmental biology030203 arthritis & rheumatologyAnalysis of VarianceGOUTIDENTIFICATIONTRANSPORTERCARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE RISKta3121medicine.diseaseassociation analysisGoutmeta-analysisGlucosechemistryGenetic Locigenome-wide association studiesbiology.proteinSignal Transduction/geneticsUric acidURIC-ACID LEVELSGenome-Wide Association StudySLC2A9
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Discovery and Fine Mapping of Serum Protein Loci through Transethnic Meta-analysis

2012

Many disorders are associated with altered serum protein concentrations, including malnutrition, cancer, and cardiovascular, kidney, and inflammatory diseases. Although these protein concentrations are highly heritable, relatively little is known about their underlying genetic determinants. Through transethnic meta-analysis of European-ancestry and Japanese genome-wide association studies, we identified six loci at genome-wide significance (p −8 ) for serum albumin ( HPN-SCN1B , GCKR-FNDC4 , SERPINF2-WDR81 , TNFRSF11A-ZCCHC2 , FRMD5-WDR76 , and RPS11-FCGRT , in up to 53,190 European-ancestry and 9,380 Japanese individuals) and three loci for total protein ( TNFRS13B , 6q21.3, and ELL2 , in …

MaleLinkage disequilibriumGenome-wide association studyDETERMINANTSLinkage DisequilibriumMiceGenetics(clinical)POPULATIONGenetics (clinical)SNPSRISKGeneticseducation.field_of_studybiologyChromosome MappingBlood ProteinsIDENTIFYMiddle AgedFemaleAdultPopulationSerum albuminserum protein; albumin; GWASSingle-nucleotide polymorphismLocus (genetics)ALBUMINWhite PeopleAsian PeopleGene mappingSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingReportBIOCHEMICAL TRAITSFC-RECEPTORGeneticsAnimalsHumansGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseSMOKING-BEHAVIORddc:610GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATIONeducationAllelesSerum AlbuminAgedGenetic associationGenetic LociProtein BiosynthesisProteolysisbiology.proteinRibosomesGenome-Wide Association StudyThe American Journal of Human Genetics
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