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	What's New in HuGENet™ April 2008

• The following are headlines from on-line news articles published during the past week.
• The headlines and lead sentence are exactly as they appear in the popular press & do not necessarily reflect the opinions or recommendations of CDC.
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Mutations, structural variations, and genome-wide resequencing: where to from here in our understanding of disease and evolution?
Tabone T
Hum Mutat 2008 Apr

Variance estimation of allele-based odds ratio in the absence of Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
Zintzaras E
Eur J Epidemiol 2008 Apr

Nutrition and breast cancer among sporadic cases and gene mutation carriers: An overview
Bissonauth V, et al.
Cancer Detect Prev 2008 Apr

Genetic polymorphisms as a risk factor for anorexia nervosa
Sulek S, et al.
Prague Med Rep 2007;108(3):215-25

Human MHC architecture and evolution: implications for disease association studies
Traherne JA
Int J Immunogenet 2008 Apr

Personalizing foods: is genotype necessary?
Fay LB & German JB
Curr Opin Biotechnol 2008 Apr

Genetics of biliary tract diseases: new insights into gallstone disease and biliary tract cancers
Hoblinger A & Lammert F
Curr Opin Gastroenterol 2008 May;24(3):363-71

Familial aggregation of gastric cancer
Sugimura H
Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 2008 Apr;35(4):551-6

Identifying Host Targets for Drug Development with Knowledge from Genome-wide Studies: Lessons from HIV-AIDS
Winkler CA
Cell Host Microbe 2008 Apr;3(4):203-5

 

Cancer risk assessment and the genetic counseling process: using hereditary breast and ovarian cancer as an example
Prucka SK, et al.
Med Princ Pract 2008;17(3):173-89

Intention to communicate BRCA1/BRCA2 genetic test results to the family
Barsevick AM, et al.
J Fam Psychol 2008 Apr;22(2):303-12

Therapeutic consequences of thrombophilic testing
Constans J, et al.
Rev Med Interne 2008 Apr

The biochemical and clinical penetrance of individuals diagnosed with genetic haemochromatosis by predictive genetic testing
Watkins S, et al.
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2008 May;20(5):379-83

 

A family history study of binge-eating disorder
Lilenfeld LR, et al.
Compr Psychiatry 2008 May-2008 Jun;49(3):247-54

Family history of cancer and associated risk of developing neuroendocrine tumors: a case-control study
Hassan MM, et al.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 Apr;17(4):959-65

Positive association of apolipoprotein B gene C7673T polymorphism with cerebral  hemorrhage with family history
Zhang L, et al.
Zhonghua Yi Xue Yi Chuan Xue Za Zhi 2008 Apr;25(2):145-9

 

Genome-wide association analysis identifies 20 loci that influence adult height
Weedon MN, et al.
Nat Genet 2008 Apr

Effect of Variation in CHI3L1 on Serum YKL-40 Level, Risk of Asthma, and Lung Function
Ober C, et al.
N Engl J Med 2008 Apr

Articles that report on population prevalence of genotypes, gene-disease associations, gene-environment and gene-gene interactions and evaluation of genetic tests. For more information on HuGE, please visit the HuGENet™ home page

For the week ending April 16, 2008, there are HuGE articles in the following areas:

Gene Variant Frequency
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
Neoplasms
Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases
Mental Disorders
Diseases of the Nervous System and Sense Organs
Diseases of the Circulatory System
Diseases of the Respiratory System
Diseases of the Digestive System
Diseases of the Genitourinary System
Complications of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Puerperium
Diseases of the Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue
Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System and Connective Tissue
Symptoms, Signs, and Ill-defined Conditions
Injury and Poisoning

For more information on HuGE, please visit the HuGENet™ home page