1. Association study between Van der Woude Syndrome causative gene GRHL3 and nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate in a Chinese cohort.
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Wang, Yirui, Sun, Yimin, Huang, Yongqing, Pan, Yongchu, Jia, Zhonglin, Ma, Lijuan, Ma, Lan, Lan, Feifei, Zhou, Yuxi, Shi, Jiayu, Yang, Xiong, Zhang, Lei, Jiang, Hongbing, Jiang, Min, Yin, Aihua, Cheng, Jing, Wang, Lin, Yang, Yinxue, and Shi, Bing
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VAN der Woude syndrome , *CLEFT palate , *CLEFT lip , *TRANSCRIPTION factors , *CHINESE people , *DISEASES - Abstract
Cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P) is one of the most common birth defects worldwide and is characterized by abnormalities of the orofacial structure. Syndromic CL/P is mainly caused by Mendelian disorders such as Van der Woude Syndrome (VWS). However, > 70% of CL/P cases are nonsyndromic, characterized by isolated orofacial cleft without any known syndrome. The etiology of nonsyndromic CL/P (NSCL/P) remains elusive, but it has been suggested that causative genes of syndromic CL/P might also contribute to NSCL/P. As such, the VWS causative gene IRF6 has been extensively studied in NSCL/P. Recently, GRHL3 was identified as another VWS causative gene. Thus, it may be a novel candidate gene for NSCL/P. In the present study, we genotyped 10 tag SNPs covering GRHL3 and performed association analysis with NSCL/P in 504 cases and 455 healthy controls. Our preliminary results identified rs10903078, rs4638975, and a haplotype rs10903078-rs6659209 of GRHL3 that exceeded the significance threshold (p < 0.05), though none survived Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons. As the first study between GRHL3 and NSCL/P, the contribution of this gene to NSCL/P etiology should be interpreted with caution based on existing evidence. Further, the robustness of association between GRHL3 and NSCL/P should be further validated in expanded cohorts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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