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Runs of homozygosity reveal highly penetrant recessive loci in schizophrenia

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dc.creator Lencz, Todd
dc.creator Lambert, Christophe
dc.creator DeRosse, Pamela
dc.creator Burdick, Katherine
dc.creator Morgan, T. Vance
dc.creator Kane, John
dc.creator Kucherlapati, Raju
dc.creator Malhotra, Anil
dc.date 2019-10-14T16:05:45Z
dc.date 2007
dc.date 2019-10-14T16:05:45Z
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-18T11:03:57Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-18T11:03:57Z
dc.identifier Lencz, T., C. Lambert, P. DeRosse, K. E. Burdick, T. V. Morgan, J. M. Kane, R. Kucherlapati, and A. K. Malhotra. 2007. “Runs of Homozygosity Reveal Highly Penetrant Recessive Loci in Schizophrenia.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 (50): 19942–47. doi:10.1073/pnas.0710021104.
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dc.identifier 0744-2831
dc.identifier 1091-6490
dc.identifier http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:41543025
dc.identifier 10.1073/pnas.0710021104
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dc.description Evolutionarily significant selective sweeps may result in long stretches of homozygous polymorphisms in individuals from outbred populations. We developed whole-genome homozygosity association (WGHA) methodology to characterize this phenomenon in healthy individuals and to use this genomic feature to identify genetic risk loci for schizophrenia (SCZ). Applying WGHA to 178 SCZ cases and 144 healthy controls genotyped at 500,000 markers, we found that runs of homozygosity (ROHs), ranging in size from 200 kb to 15 mb, were common in unrelated Caucasians. Properties of common ROHs in healthy subjects, including chromosomal location and presence of nonancestral haplotypes, converged with prior reports identifying regions under selective pressure. This interpretation was further supported by analysis of multiethnic HapMap samples genotyped with the same markers. ROHs were significantly more common in SCZ cases, and a set of nine ROHs significantly differentiated cases from controls. Four of these 9 "risk ROHs" contained or neighbored genes associated with SCZ (NOS1AP, ATF2, NSF, and PIK3C3). Several of these risk ROHs were very rare in healthy subjects, suggesting that recessive effects of relatively high penetrance may explain a proportion of the genetic liability for SCZ. Other risk ROHs feature haplotypes that are also common in healthy individuals, possibly indicating a source of balancing selection.
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dc.publisher National Academy of Sciences
dc.relation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
dc.title Runs of homozygosity reveal highly penetrant recessive loci in schizophrenia
dc.type Journal Article


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