Sentences with phrase «association study identifies»

Some groundbreaking findings from this study appear in a recent paper in PLoS Genetics, «Genome - wide Association Study Identifies Shared Risk Loci Common to Two Malignancies in Golden Retrievers» (http://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1004922) From work performed in Dr Lindblad - Toh's lab, the investigators report that they have identified two loci that together contribute approximately 20 % of the risk of developing hemangiosarcoma and lymphoma in Goldens.

152/6: 15 Ancestry matched genome - wide association study identifies variants associated with spontaneous preterm birth.

Genome - wide association study identifies sequence variants on 6q21 associated with age at menarche.

Genome - wide association study identifies a sequence variant within the DAB2IP gene conferring susceptibility to abdominal aortic aneurysm.

Rafnar T European genome - wide association study identifies SLC14A1 as a new urinary bladder cancer susceptibility gene.

for article Genome - wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment.

Genome - wide association study identifies a second prostate cancer susceptibility variant at 8q24.

Genome - wide association study identifies a new melanoma susceptibility locus at 1q21.3.

The paper, «Genome - wide association study identifies sequence variants on 6q21 associated with age at menarche,» is published in the online edition of Nature Genetics, at www.nature.com/ng, and will be published in an upcoming print edition of the journal.

Genome - wide association study identifies variants at 9p21 and 22q13 associated with development of cutaneous nevi.

Genome - wide association study identifies two novel Loci with sex - specific effects for type 2 diabetes mellitus and glycemic traits in a korean population

The study entitled «A multi-national Arab genome - wide association study identifies new genetic associations for Rheumatoid Arthritis», has now been published in the prestigious medical journal Arthritis & Rheumatology; and was supported by grant from the Qatar National Research Fund, a member of Qatar Foundation.

Genome - wide association study identifies shared risk loci common to two malignancies in golden retrievers.

«Face shape is in the genes: Genome - wide association study identifies genetic variants that contribute to healthy facial traits.»

Recent genetic association studies identified variants in a locus on chromosome 15 (specifically, in the adjacent genes HERC2 and OCA2) that are major determinants of eye color, but the trait is influenced by interaction among at least ten different genes.

Such work has become increasingly important given the expansion of genome - wide association studies identifying genetic risk factors for common diseases and corresponding efforts to commercialize genetic testing using these markers.

A pan-genome-wide association study identified prophage sequences as being associated with decreased carriage duration independent of serotype, potentially by disruption of the competence mechanism.

69/3: 00 Genome - wide association studies identify RAB38 and HS6ST1 associated with albuminuria in diabetes.

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Nebraska's position was buttressed by various statements of the American Medical Association, which had previously supported a federal version of the ban on partial «birth abortion, and which after expert study had been unable to identify any circumstance where partial «birth abortion was the only appropriate procedure.

To determine whether the presence and strength of the associations between individual risk factors and severe PPH vary among women undergoing prelabor CD or intrapartum CD, stratified analyses are needed according to CD subtype.To identify risk factors for severe PPH within 2 distinct CD populations, prelabor CD and intrapartum CD, we performed 2 case - control studies.

Using a novel method, Whitehead Institute researchers have determined how a non-coding mutation identified in genome - wide association studies (GWAS) can contribute to sporadic Parkinson's disease (PD).

Meta - analyses of genome - wide association studies conducted in these ethnically - diverse populations identified a total of 878 genetic variants belonging to 18 loci associated with asthma risk.

Studies have identified an association between maternal infection and inflammation and preterm birth, in addition to the development of cerebral palsy and neuropsychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia and autism.

A Mayo Clinic study has identified a familial association in spontaneous coronary artery dissection, a type of heart attack that most commonly affects younger women, suggesting a genetic predisposition to the condition, researchers say.

«This study identified a potential association between probiotics and lower respiratory infections,» said Azad.

This was puzzling because that locus was not consistent with SLE loci identified by other genome - wide association studies.

«Our study strengthens the clinical association between intestinal permeability and NASH, although we were unable to identify a mechanism,» said lead study author Jay Luther, MD, from Massachusetts General Hospital.

Although the team controlled for these factors in the analyses, the possibility of a partial confounding effect on the associations identified in the study can not be ruled out.

Genome - wide association studies are notoriously weak in identifying variants that strongly determine our health.

While several studies in the intervening years have investigated whether particular genes were responsible for modifying HD onset, this is the first to employ genome - wide association (GWA) analysis, which scans an individual's whole genome to identify chromosomal regions containing variants that are associated with the disease traits that are being studied.

Pepino cautioned that the study only identified associations between smoking and taste rather than definitive reasons why obese smokers were less likely to detect fat and sweetness.

A 2001 Kansas State University study identified a type of lecithin called phosphatidylcholine in eggs that interferes with cholesterol absorption, which may explain why many studies have found no association between egg intake and blood cholesterol level.

«Important associations between genetics, sleep behavior identified by study.»

«Our approach is likely to «revive» genome - wide association studies as a strategy to identify genetic risk factors and to develop novel treatment options for a wide range of diseases, just as people had hoped for when the genetic code was deciphered a decade ago.»

A genome - wide association study (GWAS) of 1570 Africans identified variants significantly associated with skin pigmentation, which clustered in four genomic regions that together account for almost 30 % of the phenotypic variation.

«Given the similarities in the molecules and the mechanisms involved in limb development in vertebrates and invertebrates, the fly is a very useful genetic model in which to identify new genes that potentially participate in limb development in vertebrates and their possible association with congenital diseases,» says Ana Ferreira, who has participated in the study.

Clinical features of major depressive disorder (MDD) may help identify specific subgroups of depressed patients based on associations with genetic risk for major psychiatric disorders, reports a study in Biological Psychiatry.

Previous studies have identified a link between creativity and psychiatric disorders such as bipolar disorder, but it has remained unclear whether this association is due to common genes.

«These studies do not necessarily provide final evidence,» said Garland, «but they have been helpful in the past in identifying associations that have helped minimize cancer risk.»

In 2013, a genome - wide association study of AD in more than 5,500 African Americans identified two genetic risk factors for AD.

Using a genome - wide association study (GWAS) that includes 1600 individuals living in Tanzania, Botswana, or Ethiopia, the authors identified regions of the genome that contribute to skin color variation and carried out a series of analyses to pinpoint the responsible genes.

«In fact, studies that formed the empirical base for the American Psychiatric Association guidelines for depression treatment included 3,860 participants, with only 27 identified as African American and none as being of Latina descent,» the authors write.

To investigate the association of smoking, before and after diagnosis, with all - cause and colorectal cancer - specific mortality among colorectal cancer survivors, researchers led by Dr. Peter Campbell identified 2,548 people newly diagnosed with invasive, non-metastatic colorectal cancer from among 184,000 adults in the American Cancer Society's Cancer Prevention Study II.

Nestadt says the genome - wide association study findings of a PTRPD - OCD link add to evidence that the genetic region they identified is important.

A total of 21 studies were identified assessing the association between pesticides and diabetes, covering 66,714 individuals (5,066 cases / 61,648 controls).

Although this study can not identify the exact nature of the association between soft drink consumption and problem behaviors, limiting or eliminating a child's soft drink consumption may reduce behavioral problems.

A study published in the 27 September edition of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, examined how bias impacts the peer review process of medical journals by comparing what happens when study authors are identified for reviews, known as a single - blind review, and when the identity of study authors is kept from reviewers, known as double - blind reviews.

The prospective cohort study met both its primary endpoints: to determine the association between troponin T levels measured by a high - sensitivity troponin T assay and the risk of death within a month of non-cardiac surgery, and to identify diagnostic criteria for myocardial injury after non-cardiac surgery that defines whether or not serious injury to the heart has occurred.

Corresponding author, Dr Seth Weinberg says «Our analysis identified several genetic associations with facial features not previously described in earlier genome - wide studies.

To identify these variants, scientists performed a genome - wide association study.