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Article: Haplotype analysis reveals a possible founder effect of RET mutation R114H for Hirschsprung's disease in the Chinese population

TitleHaplotype analysis reveals a possible founder effect of RET mutation R114H for Hirschsprung's disease in the Chinese population
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Issue Date2010
PublisherPublic Library of Science. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.plosone.org/home.action
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Plos One, 2010, v. 5 n. 6 How to Cite?
AbstractBackground Hirschsprung's disease (HSCR) is a congenital disorder associated with the lack of intramural ganglion cells in the myenteric and sub-mucosal plexuses along varying segments of the gastrointestinal tract. The RET gene is the major gene implicated in this gastrointestinal disease. A highly recurrent mutation in RET (RETR114H) has recently been identified in ~6-7% of the Chinese HSCR patients which, to date, has not been found in Caucasian patients or controls nor in Chinese controls. Due to the high frequency of RETR114H in this population, we sought to investigate whether this mutation may be a founder HSCR mutation in the Chinese population. Methodology and Principal Findings To test whether all RETR114H were originated from a single mutational event, we predicted the approximate age of RETR114H by applying a Bayesian method to RET SNPs genotyped in 430 Chinese HSCR patients (of whom 25 individuals had the mutation) to be between 4-23 generations old depending on growth rate. We reasoned that if RETR114H was a founder mutation then those with the mutation would share a haplotype on which the mutation resides. Including SNPs spanning 509.31 kb across RET from a recently obtained 500 K genome-wide dataset for a subset of 181 patients (14 RETR114H patients), we applied haplotype estimation methods to determine whether there were any segments shared between patients with RETR114H that are not present in those without the mutation or controls. Analysis yielded a 250.2 kb (51 SNP) shared segment over the RET gene (and downstream) in only those patients with the mutation with no similar segments found among other patients. Conclusions This suggests that RETR114H is a founder mutation for HSCR in the Chinese population. © 2010 Cornes et al.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/125336
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.839
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Hong Kong Research Grants Council765407M
775907M
University of Hong Kong200611159028
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This work was supported by research grants from the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (765407M and 775907M to MMGB and PT respectively) and the University of Hong Kong Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research to MMGB (200611159028). Support was also obtained from the University of Hong Kong Strategic Research Theme of Genomics. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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dc.contributor.authorCornes, BKen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTang, CSen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLeon, TYYen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHui, KJWSen_HK
dc.contributor.authorSo, MTen_HK
dc.contributor.authorMiao, Xen_HK
dc.contributor.authorCherny, SSen_HK
dc.contributor.authorSham, PCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorTam, PKHen_HK
dc.contributor.authorGarciaBarcelo, MMen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-10-31T11:25:21Z-
dc.date.available2010-10-31T11:25:21Z-
dc.date.issued2010en_HK
dc.identifier.citationPlos One, 2010, v. 5 n. 6en_HK
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/125336-
dc.description.abstractBackground Hirschsprung's disease (HSCR) is a congenital disorder associated with the lack of intramural ganglion cells in the myenteric and sub-mucosal plexuses along varying segments of the gastrointestinal tract. The RET gene is the major gene implicated in this gastrointestinal disease. A highly recurrent mutation in RET (RETR114H) has recently been identified in ~6-7% of the Chinese HSCR patients which, to date, has not been found in Caucasian patients or controls nor in Chinese controls. Due to the high frequency of RETR114H in this population, we sought to investigate whether this mutation may be a founder HSCR mutation in the Chinese population. Methodology and Principal Findings To test whether all RETR114H were originated from a single mutational event, we predicted the approximate age of RETR114H by applying a Bayesian method to RET SNPs genotyped in 430 Chinese HSCR patients (of whom 25 individuals had the mutation) to be between 4-23 generations old depending on growth rate. We reasoned that if RETR114H was a founder mutation then those with the mutation would share a haplotype on which the mutation resides. Including SNPs spanning 509.31 kb across RET from a recently obtained 500 K genome-wide dataset for a subset of 181 patients (14 RETR114H patients), we applied haplotype estimation methods to determine whether there were any segments shared between patients with RETR114H that are not present in those without the mutation or controls. Analysis yielded a 250.2 kb (51 SNP) shared segment over the RET gene (and downstream) in only those patients with the mutation with no similar segments found among other patients. Conclusions This suggests that RETR114H is a founder mutation for HSCR in the Chinese population. © 2010 Cornes et al.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherPublic Library of Science. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.plosone.org/home.actionen_HK
dc.relation.ispartofPLoS ONEen_HK
dc.titleHaplotype analysis reveals a possible founder effect of RET mutation R114H for Hirschsprung's disease in the Chinese populationen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
dc.identifier.emailCherny, SS: cherny@hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.emailSham, PC: pcsham@hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.emailTam, PKH: paultam@hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.emailGarciaBarcelo, MM: mmgarcia@hku.hken_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0010918en_HK
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dc.identifier.volume5en_HK
dc.identifier.issue6en_HK
dc.identifier.spagee10918en_HK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000278284700004-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Statesen_HK
dc.relation.projectFunctional analysis of RET coding region mutations-
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