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    Eye (Lond). 2009 Jan;23(1):222-9. Epub 2008 Jun 6.

    New susceptibility locus for high myopia is linked to the uromodulin-like 1 (UMODL1) gene region on chromosome 21q22.3.

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    Department of Ophthalmology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.

    Abstract

    PURPOSE:

    To ascertain and define the position of a potential disease susceptibility gene around D21S0083i prioritized during our previous whole genome case-control association analysis with 27,158 microsatellite markers, in Japanese high-myopia patients.

    METHODS:

    520 high myopic patients and 520 healthy controls were genotyped using 39 SNPs distributed around D21S0083i on chromosome 21q22.3.

    RESULTS:

    Only 1 SNP (rs2839471) of 39 SNPs was significant after correction for multiple testing (allele T: P=0.00027, Pc=0.01, OR=1.684). The SNP (rs2839471) did not reside in haplotype blocks constructed by the pair-wise linkage disequilibrium between the SNPs.

    CONCLUSIONS:

    The SNP (rs2839471) is suggested to be located in the frequent recombinant region within UMODL1. Together this region might play a critical role for susceptibility to high myopia, and warrants further confirming studies and investigations as to the mechanisms by which UMODL1 may contribute to myopia.

    PMID:
    18535602
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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