Sentences with phrase «risk alleles on»

If the ARMD and PGx variants were also considered, each individual carried 15.3 risk alleles on average.

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Individuals were classified as high risk for Alzheimer's if a DNA test identified the presence of a genetic marker — having one or both of the apolipoprotein E-epsilon 4 allele (APOE - e4 allele) on chromosome 19 — which increases the risk of developing the disease.

Reviewing thousands of genome wide associate studies (GWAS) to identify genetic variants in single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), investigators at Dartmouth's Norris Cotton Cancer Center found that some alleles (one of a pair of genes located on a specific chromosome) are more frequently risk - associated with disease than protective.

The research by scientists at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and Columbia University shows a link between a particular allele for serotonin found at a higher frequency in those at risk of depression because of family history, and those who go on to develop major depressive disorder.

Around the world, innovative genomic - medicine programs capitalize on singular capabilities arising from local health care systems, cultural or political milieus, and unusual selected risk alleles or disease burdens.

The impact of a common risk allele with disease risk is often modest, as is its impact on clinical care.

Polymorphisms in five of 15 genes (33 %) encoding molecules known to primarily influence pancreatic beta - cell function - ABCC8 (sulphonylurea receptor), KCNJ11 (KIR6.2), SLC2A2 (GLUT2), HNF4A (HNF4alpha), and INS (insulin)- significantly altered disease risk, and in three genes, the risk allele, haplotype, or both had a biologically consistent effect on a relevant physiological trait in the QT study.

11 ApoE4 heterozygotes (people with one allele) have a five-fold increased risk of developing AD, and homozygotes (two alleles) are estimated to have a staggering lifetime risk between 50 - 90 percent.12 Despite this seemingly damning genetic heritage, the ApoE4 allele is neither required nor sufficient for development of AD, as 50 percent of people with AD are not carriers, and some E4 homozygotes never develop the disease.13 On the other hand, the other known risk factor — hyperinsulinism — elevates risk by 43 percent independently of ApoE status.

Advice on how to make best use of the DNA test for IG - PRA1 needs to account for the possibility that the disease may be inherited in an ADIP manner and that the presence of a single copy of the risk allele may cause PRA in some Italian Greyhounds.

OptiGen is able to provide updates on the actual frequency of the risk allele in the population as more widespread testing of the breed occurs.

The associated alleles were common in the studied populations and all had only small effects on disease risk [123].