Browsing by Author "Cheng, Suzanne"

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    • Are common disease susceptibility alleles the same in outbred and founder populations? 

      Newman, Dina; Hoffjan, Sabine; Bourgain, Catherine; Abney, Mark; Nicolae, Raluca; Profits, Elle; Grow, Michael; Walker, Karen; Steiner, Lori; Parry, Rodney; Reynolds, Rebecca; McPeek, Mary; Cheng, Suzanne; Ober, Carole (Nature Publishing Group: European Journal of Human Genetics, 2004-07)
      Founder populations have been the subjects of complex disease studies because of their decreased genetic heterogeneity, increased linkage disequilibrium and more homogeneous environmental exposures. However, it is possible ...

    • Genome-wide association study identifies ITGB3 as a QTL for whole blood serotonin 

      Weiss, Lauren; Veenstra-VanderWeele, Jeremy; Newman, Dina; Kim, Soo-Jeong; Dytch, Harvey; McPeek, Mary; Cheng, Suzanne; Ober, Carole; Cook, Edwin Jr.; Abney, Mark (Nature Publishing Group: European Journal of Human Genetics, 2004-11)
      Serotonin has been implicated in common disorders involving the central nervous, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, and pulmonary systems. We describe the first genome-wide screen to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) ...