Functional analysis for psoriasis susceptibility genes discovered by genome-wide association study

2008 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19590337
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Human genetics
• Research Institution: Tokai University
• Principal Investigator: OKA Akira Tokai University, 医学部, 講師 (80384866)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2008
• Keywords: 尋常性乾癬 / マイクロサテライトマーカー

Research Abstract

遺伝学的に見出した尋常性乾癬の2個の感受性遺伝子を対象として、遺伝子型判定による診断基準を創設すると共に、新たな治療薬開発へ向けた基盤の構築をのために、まず基礎的情報を得ることを目標に、これらの遺伝子の機能的解析を実施した。その結果、2個の遺伝子は共に、遺伝子型と遺伝子発現との関連が認められ、さらに1個の遺伝子については乾癬発症機序への関与が示唆される結果を得ることに成功した。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Detecting linkage between a trait and a marker in a random mating population without pedigree record (2009)
  • Author(s): Mano S, Endo TA, Oka A, Ozawa A, Gojobori T, Inoko H.
  • Journal Title: Detecting linkage between a trait and a marker in a random mating population without pedigree record. PLoS ONE 4(3) Pages: e4956
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Genome-wide association analysis with selective genotyping identifies candidate loci for adult height at 8q21.13 and 15q22.33-q23 in Mongolians (2008)
  • Author(s): Kimura T, Kobayashi T, Munkhbat B, Oyungerel G, Bilegtsaikhan T, Anar D, Jambaldorj J, Munkhsaikhan S, Munkhtuvshin N, Hayashi H, Oka A, Inoue I, Inoko H.
  • Journal Title: Hum Genet 123(6) Pages: 655-60
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] A genome-wide association scan for asthma in a general Australian population (2008)
  • Author(s): Hui J, Oka A, James A, Palmer LJ, Musk AW, Beilby J, Inoko H.
  • Journal Title: Hum Genet 123(3) Pages: 297-306
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Alternative splicing due to an intronic SNP in HMSD generates a novel minor histocompatibility antigen (2007)
  • Author(s): Kawase T, Akatsuka Y, Torikai H, Morishima S, Oka A, Tsujimura A, Miyazaki M, Tsujimura K, Miyamura K, Ogawa S, Inoko H, Morishima Y, Kodera Y, Kuzushima K, Takahashi T.
  • Journal Title: Blood 110(3) Pages: 1055-63
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Patent(Industrial Property Rights)] PCT (2008)
  • Inventor(s): 岡晃、猪子英俊
  • Industrial Property Rights Holder: 東海大、ジェノダイブファーマ
  • Industrial Property Number: PCT/JP2008/000095
  • Filing Date: 2008-01-25
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