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Recurrence in oral and pharyngeal cancer is associated with quantitative MGMT promoter methylation.
Emanuela Taioli, Camille Ragin, Xiao-Hong Wang, Jiangying Chen, Scott M Langevin, Ashley R Brown, Susanne M Gollin, Seymour Garte, Robert W Sobol
BMC Cancer. 2009 ;9:354
PMC2763008

Insulin Resistance is Associated with Higher Intramyocellular Triglycerides in Type I but not Type II Myocytes Concomitant with Higher Ceramide Content.
Paul M Coen, John J Dubé, Francesca Amati, Maja Stefanovic-Racic, Robert E Ferrell, Frederico G S Toledo, Bret H Goodpaster
Diabetes. 2009 Oct

Polymorphisms in the CRP gene moderate an association between depressive symptoms and circulating levels of C-reactive protein.
Indrani Halder, Anna L Marsland, Jeewon Cheong, Matthew F Muldoon, Robert E Ferrell, Stephen B Manuck
Brain Behav. Immun.. 2009 Sep

The effect of BRCA gene testing on family relationships: A thematic analysis of qualitative interviews.
Heather A Douglas, Rebekah J Hamilton, Robin E Grubs
. 2009 Oct;18:418-35

Identification and characterization of a novel 5 bp deletion in a putative insulin response element in the lipoprotein lipase gene.
Li-Xia Yang, Hamid Razzaghi, John E Hokanson, M Ilyas Kamboh
Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 2009 Nov;1791:1057-65
PMC2753688

Otitis media: a genome-wide linkage scan with evidence of susceptibility loci within the 17q12 and 10q22.3 regions.
Margaretha L Casselbrant, Ellen M Mandel, Jeesun Jung, Robert E Ferrell, Kathleen Tekely, Jin P Szatkiewicz, Amrita Ray, Daniel E Weeks
BMC Med. Genet.. 2009 ;10:85
PMC2751750

Genetic analysis of variation in human meiotic recombination.
Reshmi Chowdhury, Philippe R J Bois, Eleanor Feingold, Stephanie L Sherman, Vivian G Cheung
PLoS Genet.. 2009 Sep;5:e1000648
PMC2730532

No association of DAPK1 and ABCA2 SNPs on chromosome 9 with Alzheimer's disease.
Ryan L Minster, Steven T DeKosky, M Ilyas Kamboh
Neurobiol. Aging. 2009 Nov;30:1890-1
PMC2763561

Increasing Incidence of Acute Pancreatitis at an American Pediatric Tertiary Care Center: Is Greater Awareness Among Physicians Responsible?
Veronique D Morinville, M Michael Barmada, Mark E Lowe
Pancreas. 2009 Sep

Haptoglobin genotype and renal function decline in type 1 diabetes.
Tina Costacou, Robert E Ferrell, Demetrius Ellis, Trevor J Orchard
Diabetes. 2009 Aug

Association tests using kernel-based measures of multi-locus genotype similarity between individuals.
Indranil Mukhopadhyay, Eleanor Feingold, Daniel E Weeks, Anbupalam Thalamuthu
Genet. Epidemiol.. 2009 Aug

Investigation of factors associated with paternal nondisjunction of chromosome 21.
Tiffany Renee Oliver, Archit Bhise, Eleanor Feingold, Stuart Tinker, Nirupama Masse, Stephanie L Sherman
Am. J. Med. Genet. A. 2009 Aug;149A:1685-90

Candidate Gene Analysis of Femoral Neck Trabecular and Cortical Volumetric Bone Mineral Density in Older Men.
Laura M Yerges, Lambertus Klei, Jane A Cauley, Kathryn Roeder, Candace M Kammerer, Kristine E Ensrud, Cara S Nestlerode, Cora Lewis, Thomas F Lang, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, Susan P Moffett, Andrew R Hoffman, Robert E Ferrell, Eric S Orwoll, Joseph M Zmuda
J. Bone Miner. Res.. 2009 Jul

MIF (macrophage migration inhibitory factor) promoter polymorphisms and susceptibility to severe malarial anemia.
Gordon A Awandare, Jeremy J Martinson, Tom Were, Collins Ouma, Gregory C Davenport, John M Ong'echa, Wenkui Wang, Lin Leng, Robert E Ferrell, Richard Bucala, Douglas J Perkins
J. Infect. Dis.. 2009 Aug;200:629-37

Independent and combined influence of AGTR1 variants and aerobic exercise on oxidative stress in hypertensives.
Nicola Fenty-Stewart, Joon-Young Park, Stephen M Roth, James M Hagberg, Samar Basu, Robert E Ferrell, Michael D Brown
Blood Press.. 2009 Jul

Etiology of Down syndrome: Evidence for consistent association among altered meiotic recombination, nondisjunction, and maternal age across populations.
Sujoy Ghosh, Eleanor Feingold, Subrata Kumar Dey
Am. J. Med. Genet. A. 2009 Jul;149A:1415-20
PMC2732749

Natural history and correlates of hip BMD loss with aging in men of African ancestry: the Tobago Bone Health Study.
Yahtyng Sheu, Jane A Cauley, Victor W Wheeler, Alan L Patrick, Clareann H Bunker, Candace M Kammerer, Joseph M Zmuda
J. Bone Miner. Res.. 2009 Jul;24:1290-8
PMC2697627

Exercise training, NADPH oxidase p22phox gene polymorphisms, and hypertension.
Deborah L Feairheller, Michael D Brown, Joon-Young Park, Tina E Brinkley, Samar Basu, James M Hagberg, Robert E Ferrell, Nicola M Fenty-Stewart
. 2009 Jul;41:1421-8

Evidence supporting a role for the calcium-sensing receptor in Alzheimer disease.
Yvette P Conley, Ankur Mukherjee, Candace Kammerer, Steven T DeKosky, M Ilyas Kamboh, David N Finegold, Robert E Ferrell
Am. J. Med. Genet. B Neuropsychiatr. Genet.. 2009 Jul;150B:703-9

Decreased expression of miR-125b and miR-100 in oral cancer cells contributes to malignancy.
Brian J Henson, Samsiddhi Bhattacharjee, Dawn M O'Dee, Eleanor Feingold, Susanne M Gollin
Genes Chromosomes Cancer. 2009 Jul;48:569-82
PMC2726991

Divergent effects of genetic variation in endocannabinoid signaling on human threat- and reward-related brain function.
Ahmad R Hariri, Adam Gorka, Luke W Hyde, Mark Kimak, Indrani Halder, Francesca Ducci, Robert E Ferrell, David Goldman, Stephen B Manuck
Biol. Psychiatry. 2009 Jul;66:9-16

Alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking, and the risk of recurrent acute and chronic pancreatitis.
Dhiraj Yadav, Robert H Hawes, Randall E Brand, Michelle A Anderson, Mary E Money, Peter A Banks, Michele D Bishop, John Baillie, Stuart Sherman, James DiSario, Frank R Burton, Timothy B Gardner, Stephen T Amann, Andres Gelrud, Christopher Lawrence, Beth Elinoff, Julia B Greer, Michael O'Connell, M Michael Barmada, Adam Slivka, David C Whitcomb
Arch. Intern. Med.. 2009 Jun;169:1035-45

Sexually dimorphic effect of the Val66Met polymorphism of BDNF on susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease: New data and meta-analysis.
Noriko Fukumoto, Takashi Fujii, Onofre Combarros, M Ilyas Kamboh, Shin-Jen Tsai, Sachio Matsushita, Benedetta Nacmias, David E Comings, Humberto Arboleda, Martin Ingelsson, Bradley T Hyman, Hiroyasu Akatsu, Andrew Grupe, Agnes Lumi Nishimura, Mayana Zatz, Kari M Mattila, Juha Rinne, Yu-Ichi Goto, Takashi Asada, Shun Nakamura, Hiroshi Kunugi
Am. J. Med. Genet. B Neuropsychiatr. Genet.. 2009 Jun

Salivary testosterone and a trinucleotide (CAG) length polymorphism in the androgen receptor gene predict amygdala reactivity in men.
Stephen B Manuck, Anna L Marsland, Janine D Flory, Adam Gorka, Robert E Ferrell, Ahmad R Hariri
Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2009 Jun

AKAP10 (I646V) functional polymorphism predicts heart rate and heart rate variability in apparently healthy, middle-aged European-Americans.
Serina A Neumann, Whittemore G Tingley, Bruce R Conklin, Catherine J Shrader, Eloise Peet, Matthew F Muldoon, J Richard Jennings, Robert E Ferrell, Stephen B Manuck
. 2009 May;46:466-72

Perceptions of economic hardship and emotional health in a pilot sample of family caregivers.
Sarah E Bradley, Paula R Sherwood, Jean Kuo, Candace M Kammerer, Elizabeth A Gettig, Dianxu Ren, Wesley M Rohrer, Heidi S Donovan, Allison Hricik, Alyssa Newberry, Barbara Given
J. Neurooncol.. 2009 Jul;93:333-42
PMC2735729

Corrigendum: Ulcerative colitis-risk loci on chromosomes 1p36 and 12q15 found by genome-wide association study.
Mark S Silverberg, Judy H Cho, John D Rioux, Dermot P B McGovern, Jing Wu, Vito Annese, Jean-Paul Achkar, Philippe Goyette, Regan Scott, Wei Xu, M Michael Barmada, Lambertus Klei, Mark J Daly, Clara Abraham, Theodore M Bayless, Fabrizio Bossa, Anne M Griffiths, Andrew F Ippoliti, Raymond G Lahaie, Anna Latiano, Pierre Paré, Deborah D Proctor, Miguel D Regueiro, A Hillary Steinhart, Stephan R Targan, L Philip Schumm, Emily O Kistner, Annette T Lee, Peter K Gregersen, Jerome I Rotter, Steven R Brant, Kent D Taylor, Kathryn Roeder, Richard H Duerr
Nat. Genet.. 2009 Jun;41:762

Association studies of 22 candidate SNPs with late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Jessica A Figgins, Ryan L Minster, F Yesim Demirci, Steven T Dekosky, M Ilyas Kamboh
Am. J. Med. Genet. B Neuropsychiatr. Genet.. 2009 Jun;150B:520-6
PMC2751631

A High-Density Association Study of 383 Candidate Genes for Volumetric Bone Density at the Femoral Neck and Lumbar Spine among Older Men.
Laura M Yerges, Lambertus Klei, Jane A Cauley, Kathryn Roeder, Candace M Kammerer, Susan P Moffett, Kristine E Ensrud, Cara S Nestlerode, Lynn M Marshall, Andrew R Hoffman, Cora Lewis, Thomas F Lang, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, Robert E Ferrell, Eric S Orwoll, Joseph M Zmuda
J. Bone Miner. Res.. 2009 May

Correlates of Trabecular and Cortical Volumetric Bone Mineral Density in Men of African Ancestry.
Yahtyng Sheu, Jane A Cauley, Clareann H Bunker, Victor W Wheeler, Alan L Patrick, Christopher L Gordon, Candace M Kammerer, Joseph M Zmuda
J. Bone Miner. Res.. 2009 May

Host genetics, steatosis and insulin resistance among African Americans and Caucasian Americans with hepatitis C virus genotype-1 infection.
A Danielle Iuliano, Eleanor Feingold, Abdus S Wahed, David E Kleiner, Steven H Belle, Hari S Conjeevaram, Joseph Zmuda, T Jake Liang, Leland J Yee
Intervirology. 2009 ;52:49-56

Genetic counseling practice analysis.
Heather Hampel, Robin E Grubs, Carol S Walton, Emma Nguyen, Daniel H Breidenbach, Steve Nettles, Nancy Callanan, Meagan Corliss, Stephanie Fox, Susan Hiraki, Lisa Ku, Whitney Neufeld-Kaiser, Bronson Riley, Jamie Taylor, LuAnn Weik
. 2009 Jun;18:205-16

A comparison of principal component analysis and factor analysis strategies for uncovering pleiotropic factors.
Xiaojing Wang, Candace M Kammerer, Stewart Anderson, Jiang Lu, Eleanor Feingold
Genet. Epidemiol.. 2009 May;33:325-31

No association between CALHM1 variation and risk of Alzheimer disease.
Ryan L Minster, F Yesim Demirci, Steven T DeKosky, M Ilyas Kamboh
Hum. Mutat.. 2009 Apr;30:E566-9

Association analysis of WNT10B with bone mass and structure among individuals of African ancestry.
Joseph M Zmuda, Laura M Yerges, Candace M Kammerer, Jane A Cauley, Xiaojing Wang, Cara S Nestlerode, Victor W Wheeler, Alan L Patrick, ClareAnn H Bunker, Susan P Moffett, Robert E Ferrell
J. Bone Miner. Res.. 2009 Mar;24:437-47
PMC2659518

Casares' map function: no need for a 'corrected' Haldane's map function.
Daniel E Weeks, Xinyu Tang, Amy M Kwon
Genetica. 2009 Apr;135:305-7
PMC2704907

Susceptibility loci for adiposity phenotypes on 8p, 9p, and 16q in American Samoa and Samoa.
Karolina Aberg, Feng Dai, Guangyun Sun, Ember D Keighley, Subba R Indugula, Sarah T Roberts, Qi Zhang, Diane Smelser, Satupaitea Viali, John Tuitele, Li Jin, Ranjan Deka, Daniel E Weeks, Stephen T McGarvey
Obesity (Silver Spring). 2009 Mar;17:518-24

Association of SLC34A2 variation and sodium-lithium countertransport activity in humans and baboons.
Xiaojing Zheng, Candace M Kammerer, Laura A Cox, Alanna Morrison, Stephen T Turner, Robert E Ferrell
Am. J. Hypertens.. 2009 Mar;22:288-93
PMC2652891

Apolipoprotein H promoter polymorphisms in relation to lupus and lupus-related phenotypes.
Sangita Suresh, F Yesim K Demirci, Erin Jacobs, Amy H Kao, Elisa Y Rhew, Dharambir K Sanghera, Faith Selzer, Kim Sutton-Tyrrell, David McPherson, Franklin A Bontempo, Candace M Kammerer, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, Susan Manzi, M Ilyas Kamboh
J. Rheumatol.. 2009 Feb;36:315-22
PMC2667221

Comparisons of high-risk cervical HPV infections in Caribbean and US populations.
Camille C Ragin, Angela Watt, Nina Markovic, Clareann H Bunker, Robert P Edwards, Stacy Eckstein, Horace Fletcher, David Garwood, Susanne M Gollin, Maria Jackson, Alan L Patrick, M Smikle, Emanuela Taioli, Victor W Wheeler, Jacque B Wilson, N Younger, Norma McFarlane-Anderson
Infect. Agents Cancer. 2009 ;4 Suppl 1:S9
PMC2638468

Knowledge about human papillomavirus and the HPV vaccine - a survey of the general population.
Camille C Ragin, Robert P Edwards, Jade Jones, Natalie E Thurman, Kourtney L Hagan, Erin A Jones, Cierra M Moss, Ar'lena C Smith, Aletha Akers, Susanne M Gollin, Dwight E Heron, Cecile Andraos-Selim, Cornelius Bondzi, Linda Robertson, Emanuela Taioli
Infect. Agents Cancer. 2009 ;4 Suppl 1:S10
PMC2638455

Cytochrome P450 1B1 Val432Leu polymorphism and breast cancer risk in Nigerian women: a case control study.
Michael N Okobia, Clareann H Bunker, Seymour J Garte, Joseph M Zmuda, Emmanuel R Ezeome, Stanley Nc Anyanwu, Emmanuel Eo Uche, Usifo Osime, Joseph Ojukwu, Lewis H Kuller, Robert E Ferrell, Emanuela Taioli
Infect. Agents Cancer. 2009 ;4 Suppl 1:S12
PMC2638457

Transcriptomic and genetic studies identify IL-33 as a candidate gene for Alzheimer's disease.
J Chapuis, D Hot, F Hansmannel, O Kerdraon, S Ferreira, C Hubans, C A Maurage, L Huot, F Bensemain, G Laumet, A M Ayral, N Fievet, J J Hauw, S T Dekosky, Y Lemoine, T Iwatsubo, F Wavrant-Devrièze, J F Dartigues, C Tzourio, L Buée, F Pasquier, C Berr, D Mann, C Lendon, A Alpérovitch, M I Kamboh, P Amouyel, J C Lambert
Mol. Psychiatry. 2009 Feb

Genetic and other factors determining mannose-binding lectin levels in American Indians: the Strong Heart Study.
Lyle G Best, Robert E Ferrell, Susan Decroo, Kari E North, Jean W Maccluer, Ying Zhang, Elisa T Lee, Barbara V Howard, Jason Umans, Vittorio Palmieri, Peter Garred
BMC Med. Genet.. 2009 ;10:5
PMC2637849

Interpretation of genetic association studies: markers with replicated highly significant odds ratios may be poor classifiers.
Johanna Jakobsdottir, Michael B Gorin, Yvette P Conley, Robert E Ferrell, Daniel E Weeks
PLoS Genet.. 2009 Feb;5:e1000337
PMC2629574

Quantitative trait locus on chromosome 1q influences bone loss in young Mexican American adults.
John R Shaffer, Candace M Kammerer, Jan M Bruder, Shelley A Cole, Thomas D Dyer, Laura Almasy, Jean W Maccluer, John Blangero, Richard L Bauer, Braxton D Mitchell
Calcif. Tissue Int.. 2009 Feb;84:75-84
PMC2680710

Ulcerative colitis-risk loci on chromosomes 1p36 and 12q15 found by genome-wide association study.
Mark S Silverberg, Judy H Cho, John D Rioux, Dermot P B McGovern, Jing Wu, Vito Annese, Jean-Paul Achkar, Philippe Goyette, Regan Scott, Wei Xu, M Michael Barmada, Lambertus Klei, Mark J Daly, Clara Abraham, Theodore M Bayless, Fabrizio Bossa, Anne M Griffiths, Andrew F Ippoliti, Raymond G Lahaie, Anna Latiano, Pierre Paré, Deborah D Proctor, Miguel D Regueiro, A Hillary Steinhart, Stephan R Targan, L Philip Schumm, Emily O Kistner, Annette T Lee, Peter K Gregersen, Jerome I Rotter, Steven R Brant, Kent D Taylor, Kathryn Roeder, Richard H Duerr
Nat. Genet.. 2009 Feb;41:216-20
PMC2652837

Association of Three Lipoprotein Lipase Polymorphisms with Coronary Artery Disease in Chinese and Asian Indians.
Chew-Kiat Heng, Xuelian He, Nilmani Saha, Poh S Low, F Yesim Demirci, M Ilyas Kamboh
Int. J. Cardiol.. 2009 Jan

Risk for depression during interferon-alpha treatment is affected by the serotonin transporter polymorphism.
Francis E Lotrich, Robert E Ferrell, Mordechai Rabinovitz, Bruce G Pollock
Biol. Psychiatry. 2009 Feb;65:344-8
PMC2654233

Multiple polymorphisms in the TNFAIP3 region are independently associated with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Stacy L Musone, Kimberly E Taylor, Timothy T Lu, Joanne Nititham, Ricardo C Ferreira, Ward Ortmann, Nataliya Shifrin, Michelle A Petri, M Ilyas Kamboh, Susan Manzi, Michael F Seldin, Peter K Gregersen, Timothy W Behrens, Averil Ma, Pui-Yan Kwok, Lindsey A Criswell
Nat. Genet.. 2008 Sep;40:1062-4

Does the pain-protective GTP cyclohydrolase haplotype significantly alter the pattern or severity of pain in humans with chronic pancreatitis?
Mark Lazarev, Janette Lamb, M Michael Barmada, Feng Dai, Michelle A Anderson, Mitchell B Max, David C Whitcomb
. 2008 ;4:58
PMC2626574

Effects of HTR1A C(-1019)G on amygdala reactivity and trait anxiety.
Eric Fakra, Luke W Hyde, Adam Gorka, Patrick M Fisher, Karen E Muñoz, Mark Kimak, Indrani Halder, Robert E Ferrell, Stephen B Manuck, Ahmad R Hariri
Arch. Gen. Psychiatry. 2009 Jan;66:33-40
PMC2736132

Leptin receptor Gln223Arg polymorphism and breast cancer risk in Nigerian women: a case control study.
Michael N Okobia, Clareann H Bunker, Seymour J Garte, Joseph M Zmuda, Emmanuel R Ezeome, Stanley N Anyanwu, Emmanuel E Uche, Lewis H Kuller, Robert E Ferrell, Emanuela Taioli
BMC Cancer. 2008 ;8:338
PMC2613914