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Sarah Edkins

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Genetic risk and a primary role for cell-mediated immune mechanisms in multiple sclerosis.

2011

Multiple sclerosis is a common disease of the central nervous system in which the interplay between inflammatory and neurodegenerative processes typically results in intermittent neurological disturbance followed by progressive accumulation of disability. Epidemiological studies have shown that genetic factors are primarily responsible for the substantially increased frequency of the disease seen in the relatives of affected individuals, and systematic attempts to identify linkage in multiplex families have confirmed that variation within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) exerts the greatest individual effect on risk. Modestly powered genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have ena…

Immunity Cellular/geneticsCellular immunityMultiple SclerosisGenome-wide association studyCLEC16ABiologyPolymorphism Single NucleotideCell Differentiation/immunologyEurope/ethnologyMajor Histocompatibility Complex/geneticsMajor Histocompatibility Complex03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicinemedicineGenetic predispositionHumansGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHLA-A Antigens/geneticsAlleles030304 developmental biologyGenetic associationGenetics0303 health sciencesImmunity CellularMultidisciplinaryHLA-A AntigensGenome HumanMultiple sclerosisGenetic Predisposition to Disease/geneticsHLA-DR Antigens/geneticsLymphocyte differentiationCell DifferentiationHLA-DR AntigensT-Lymphocytes Helper-InducerRC346medicine.diseasePolymorphism Single Nucleotide/geneticsGenetic architecture3. Good healthEuropeSample SizeImmunologyGenome Human/geneticsMultiple Sclerosis/genetics030217 neurology & neurosurgeryT-Lymphocytes Helper-Inducer/cytologyGenome-Wide Association StudyHLA-DRB1 Chains
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Analysis of immune-related loci identifies 48 new susceptibility variants for multiple sclerosis.

2013

International audience; Using the ImmunoChip custom genotyping array, we analyzed 14,498 subjects with multiple sclerosis and 24,091 healthy controls for 161,311 autosomal variants and identified 135 potentially associated regions (P < 1.0 × 10(-4)). In a replication phase, we combined these data with previous genome-wide association study (GWAS) data from an independent 14,802 subjects with multiple sclerosis and 26,703 healthy controls. In these 80,094 individuals of European ancestry, we identified 48 new susceptibility variants (P < 5.0 × 10(-8)), 3 of which we found after conditioning on previously identified variants. Thus, there are now 110 established multiple sclerosis risk variant…

Multiple SclerosisGenotype[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]European Continental Ancestry GroupGenome-wide association studyCLEC16ABiologymultiple sclerosisMajor histocompatibility complexPolymorphism Single NucleotideArticleWhite People03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineResearch Support N.I.H. ExtramuralGene FrequencyPolymorphism (computer science)Journal ArticleGeneticsmedicineHumansGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseAlleleGenotypingAllele frequency030304 developmental biologyGenetics0303 health sciencesResearch Support Non-U.S. Gov'tMultiple sclerosisChromosome MappingGenetic Variationmedicine.disease3. Good healthGenetic Locibiology.protein030217 neurology & neurosurgery[SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathologyGenome-Wide Association Study
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Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies six novel loci associated with habitual coffee consumption

2015

Contains fulltext : 155360.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) Coffee, a major dietary source of caffeine, is among the most widely consumed beverages in the world and has received considerable attention regarding health risks and benefits. We conducted a genome-wide (GW) meta-analysis of predominately regular-type coffee consumption (cups per day) among up to 91,462 coffee consumers of European ancestry with top single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) followed-up in ~30 062 and 7964 coffee consumers of European and African-American ancestry, respectively. Studies from both stages were combined in a trans-ethnic meta-analysis. Confirmed loci were examined for putative functional and b…

INVOLVEMENTNetherlands Twin Register (NTR)GCKR protein humanPROTEINGenome-wide association studyVARIANTSgenetics [Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor]chemistry.chemical_compound0302 clinical medicinePolymorphism (computer science)genetics [Adaptor Proteins Signal Transducing]BINDINGBRAINGenetics0303 health sciencesBasic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsDisorders of movement Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience [Radboudumc 3]3. Good healthPsychiatry and Mental healthPhenotypegenetics [Polymorphism Single Nucleotide]/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_beinggenetics [Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2]CaffeineCAFFEINESingle-nucleotide polymorphismBiologyArticle03 medical and health sciencesCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingCytochrome P-450 CYP1A2/dk/atira/pure/keywords/cohort_studies/netherlands_twin_register_ntr_SNPHumansddc:610Allelegenetics [Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors]Molecular Biology030304 developmental biologyAdaptor Proteins Signal TransducingMLXIPL protein humanRECEPTORBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorCoffeata1182Feeding Behaviorbiology.organism_classificationta3124BDNFchemistryBehavioral medicineDevelopmental Psychopathology030217 neurology & neurosurgeryGLUCOKINASEmetabolism [Coffea]Genome-Wide Association StudyMolecular Psychiatry
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