A role of SCN9A in human epilepsies, as a cause of febrile seizures and as a potential modifier of Dravet syndrome.

by Nanda A Singh, Chris Pappas, E Jill Dahle, Lieve R F Claes, Timothy H Pruess, Peter De Jonghe, Joel Thompson, Missy Dixon, Christina Gurnett, Andy Peiffer, H Steve White, Francis Filloux, Mark F Leppert
Published 2009-09-01

A candidate gene approach identifies the CHRNA5-A3-B4 region as a risk factor for age-dependent nicotine addiction.

by Robert B Weiss, Timothy B Baker, Dale S Cannon, Andrew von Niederhausern, Diane M Dunn, Nori Matsunami, Nanda A Singh, Lisa Baird, Hilary Coon, William M McMahon, Megan E Piper, Michael C Fiore, Mary Beth Scholand, John E Connett, Richard E Kanner, Lorise C Gahring, Scott W Rogers, John R Hoidal, Mark F Leppert
Published 2008-07-01

Multiple independent loci at chromosome 15q25.1 affect smoking quantity: a meta-analysis and comparison with lung cancer and COPD.

by Nancy L Saccone, Robert C Culverhouse, Tae-Hwi Schwantes-An, Dale S Cannon, Xiangning Chen, Sven Cichon, Ina Giegling, Shizhong Han, Younghun Han, Kaisu Keskitalo-Vuokko, Xiangyang Kong, Maria Teresa Landi, Jennie Z Ma, Susan E Short, Sarah H Stephens, Victoria L Stevens, Lingwei Sun, Yufei Wang, Angela S Wenzlaff, Steven H Aggen, Naomi Breslau, Peter Broderick, Nilanjan Chatterjee, Jingchun Chen, Andrew C Heath, Markku Heliövaara, Nicole R Hoft, David J Hunter, Majken K Jensen, Nicholas G Martin, Grant W Montgomery, Tianhua Niu, Thomas J Payne, Leena Peltonen, Michele L Pergadia, John P Rice, Richard Sherva, Margaret R Spitz, Juzhong Sun, Jen C Wang, Robert B Weiss, William Wheeler, Stephanie H Witt, Bao-Zhu Yang, Neil E Caporaso, Marissa A Ehringer, Tim Eisen, Susan M Gapstur, Joel Gelernter, Richard Houlston, Jaakko Kaprio, Kenneth S Kendler, Peter Kraft, Mark F Leppert, Ming D Li, Pamela A F Madden, Markus M Nöthen, Sreekumar Pillai, Marcella Rietschel, Dan Rujescu, Ann Schwartz, Christopher I Amos, Laura J Bierut
Published 2010-08-01

Trans-ethnic fine-mapping of lipid loci identifies population-specific signals and allelic heterogeneity that increases the trait variance explained.

by Ying Wu, Lindsay L Waite, Anne U Jackson, Wayne H-H Sheu, Steven Buyske, Devin Absher, Donna K Arnett, Eric Boerwinkle, Lori L Bonnycastle, Cara L Carty, Iona Cheng, Barbara Cochran, Damien C Croteau-Chonka, Logan Dumitrescu, Charles B Eaton, Nora Franceschini, Xiuqing Guo, Brian E Henderson, Lucia A Hindorff, Eric Kim, Leena Kinnunen, Pirjo Komulainen, Wen-Jane Lee, Loic Le Marchand, Yi Lin, Jaana Lindström, Oddgeir Lingaas-Holmen, Sabrina L Mitchell, Narisu Narisu, Jennifer G Robinson, Fred Schumacher, Alena Stančáková, Jouko Sundvall, Yun-Ju Sung, Amy J Swift, Wen-Chang Wang, Lynne Wilkens, Tom Wilsgaard, Alicia M Young, Linda S Adair, Christie M Ballantyne, Petra Bůžková, Aravinda Chakravarti, Francis S Collins, David Duggan, Alan B Feranil, Low-Tone Ho, Yi-Jen Hung, Steven C Hunt, Kristian Hveem, Jyh-Ming J Juang, Antero Y Kesäniemi, Johanna Kuusisto, Markku Laakso, Timo A Lakka, I-Te Lee, Mark F Leppert, Tara C Matise, Leena Moilanen, Inger Njølstad, Ulrike Peters, Thomas Quertermous, Rainer Rauramaa, Jerome I Rotter, Jouko Saramies, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Matti Uusitupa, Tzung-Dau Wang, Michael Boehnke, Christopher A Haiman, Yii-Der I Chen, Charles Kooperberg, Themistocles L Assimes, Dana C Crawford, Chao A Hsiung, Kari E North, Karen L Mohlke
Published 2013-03-01