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  • Title: Association between genes on chromosome 4p16 and non-syndromic oral clefts in four populations.
    Author: Ingersoll RG, Hetmanski J, Park JW, Fallin MD, McIntosh I, Wu-Chou YH, Chen PK, Yeow V, Chong SS, Cheah F, Sull JW, Jee SH, Wang H, Wu T, Murray T, Huang S, Ye X, Jabs EW, Redett R, Raymond G, Scott AF, Beaty TH.
    Journal: Eur J Hum Genet; 2010 Jun; 18(6):726-32. PubMed ID: 20087401.
    Abstract:
    Isolated cleft lip with or without cleft palate and cleft palate are among the most common human birth defects. Several candidate gene studies on MSX1 have shown significant association between markers in MSX1 and risk of oral clefts, and re-sequencing studies have identified multiple mutations in MSX1 in a small minority of cases, which may account for 1-2% of all isolated oral clefts cases. We explored the 2-Mb region around MSX1, using a marker map of 393 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 297 cleft lip, with or without cleft palate, case-parent trios and 84 cleft palate trios from Maryland, Taiwan, Singapore, and Korea. Both individual markers and haplotypes of two to five SNPs showed several regions yielding statistical evidence for linkage and disequilibrium. Two genes (STK32B and EVC) yielded consistent evidence from cleft lip, with or without cleft palate, trios in all four populations. These two genes plus EVC2 also yielded suggestive evidence for linkage and disequilibrium among cleft palate trios. This analysis suggests that several genes, not just MSX1, in this region may influence risk of oral clefts.
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