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Genome-wide linkage scan for loci influencing plasma triglyceride levels
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Abstract
We conducted a genome-wide linkage scan to detect loci that influence the levels of fasting triglycerides in plasma. Fasting triglyceride levels were available at 4 time points (visits), 2 pre- and 2 post-fenofibrate intervention. Multipoint identity-by-descent (MIBD) matrices were derived from genotypes using IBDLD. Variance-component linkage analyses were then conducted using SOLAR (Sequential Oligogenic Linkage Analysis Routines). We found evidence of linkage (logarithm of odds [LOD] ≥3) at 5 chromosomal regions with triglyceride levels in plasma. The highest LOD scores were observed for linkage to the estimated genetic value (additive genetic component) of the log-normalized triglyceride levels in plasma. Our results suggest that a chromosome 10 locus at 37 cM (LODpre = 3.01, LODpost = 3.72) influences fasting triglyceride levels in plasma regardless of the fenofibrate intervention, and that loci in chromosomes 1 at 170 cM and 4 at 24 cM ceases to affect the triglyceride levels when fenofibrate is present, while the regions in chromosomes 6 at 136 to 162 cM and 11 at 39 to 40 cM appear to influence triglyceride levels in response to fenofibrate.
Item Type: | Article |
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Authors/Creators: | Peralta, JM and Blackburn, NB and Porto, A and Blangero, J and Charlesworth, J |
Keywords: | linkage analysis, triglycerides, Genetic Analysis Workshop 20, GAW20 |
Journal or Publication Title: | BMC Proceedings |
Publisher: | BioMed Central Ltd. |
ISSN: | 1753-6561 |
DOI / ID Number: | 10.1186/s12919-018-0137-6 |
Copyright Information: | Copyright 2018 The Authors. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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