TY - JOUR
T1 - Genome screen to detect linkage to common susceptibility genes for intracranial and aortic aneurysms
AU - Worrall, Bradford B.
AU - Foroud, Tatiana
AU - Brown, Robert D.
AU - Connolly, E. Sander
AU - Hornung, Richard W.
AU - Huston, John
AU - Kleindorfer, Dawn
AU - Koller, Daniel L.
AU - Lai, Dongbing
AU - Moomaw, Charles J.
AU - Sauerbeck, Laura
AU - Woo, Daniel
AU - Broderick, Joseph P.
PY - 2009/1/1
Y1 - 2009/1/1
N2 - BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Risk for both intracranial aneurysms (IAs) and aortic aneurysms (AAs) is thought to be heritable with mounting evidence for genetic predisposition. The concept of shared risk for these conditions is challenged by differences in age of diagnosis and demographic characteristics. We performed a genomewide linkage analysis in multiplex families with both IA and AA from the Familial Intracranial Aneurysm study. METHODS: Available medical records of subjects who reported IA or abdominal/thoracic AA were reviewed with adjudication as definite/probable, possible, or not a case. To identify genes contributing to the susceptibility for IA and AA, genomewide linkage analysis was performed in the 26 multiplex IA families who had members who also had thoracic or abdominal AA. Individuals (n≤91) were defined as affected if they had an IA (definite/probable) or an aortic or thoracic AA (definite/probable). RESULTS: Maximum logarithm of odds (LOD) scores were found on chromosomes 11 (144 cM; LOD≤3.0) and 6 (33 cM; LOD≤2.3). In both chromosomal regions, analyses of these same 26 families considering only IA as the disease phenotype produced LOD scores of 1.8 and 1.6, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Our linkage analysis in these 26 families using the broadest disease phenotype, including IA, abdominal AA, and thoracic AA, supports the concept of shared genetic risk. The chromosome 11 locus appears to confirm earlier independent associations in IA and AA. The chromosome 6 finding is novel. Both warrant further investigation.
AB - BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Risk for both intracranial aneurysms (IAs) and aortic aneurysms (AAs) is thought to be heritable with mounting evidence for genetic predisposition. The concept of shared risk for these conditions is challenged by differences in age of diagnosis and demographic characteristics. We performed a genomewide linkage analysis in multiplex families with both IA and AA from the Familial Intracranial Aneurysm study. METHODS: Available medical records of subjects who reported IA or abdominal/thoracic AA were reviewed with adjudication as definite/probable, possible, or not a case. To identify genes contributing to the susceptibility for IA and AA, genomewide linkage analysis was performed in the 26 multiplex IA families who had members who also had thoracic or abdominal AA. Individuals (n≤91) were defined as affected if they had an IA (definite/probable) or an aortic or thoracic AA (definite/probable). RESULTS: Maximum logarithm of odds (LOD) scores were found on chromosomes 11 (144 cM; LOD≤3.0) and 6 (33 cM; LOD≤2.3). In both chromosomal regions, analyses of these same 26 families considering only IA as the disease phenotype produced LOD scores of 1.8 and 1.6, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Our linkage analysis in these 26 families using the broadest disease phenotype, including IA, abdominal AA, and thoracic AA, supports the concept of shared genetic risk. The chromosome 11 locus appears to confirm earlier independent associations in IA and AA. The chromosome 6 finding is novel. Both warrant further investigation.
KW - Aortic aneurysms
KW - Genetic linkage
KW - Genetic susceptibility
KW - Intracranial aneurysm
KW - Single nucleotide polymorphism
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U2 - 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.522631
DO - 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.522631
M3 - Article
C2 - 18948608
AN - SCOPUS:60549092893
SN - 0039-2499
VL - 40
SP - 71
EP - 76
JO - Stroke
JF - Stroke
IS - 1
ER -