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During the last thirty days, Department of Genetics faculty members, along with their colleagues, have published twelve manuscripts on a wide variety of topics.

During the last thirty days, Genetics faculty have published twelve manuscripts on a wide variety of topics, including: impact of ovariectomy on anxiety-like behavior in mice; targeted therapy for lung cancer based on deregulation of lysine methyltransferase EZH2; humanized H19/Igf2 knock-in mice as a model for studying molecular mechanisms of Silver-Russell syndrome; the impacts of genetic variation on allergen-induced methacholine responsiveness in mice; the existence of genetic variation for developmental stability and canalization (ability to minimize genetic or environmental effects) in mice; identification of blood pressure-associated or hypertension-associated genetic loci in large population studies; polymorphisms in SH2B1 associated with glycated hemoglobin, largely independent of BMI in European American young adults; association of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the FAAH gene with cannabis use disorder in young adult Mexican Americans; a review of the challenges of modeling psychiatric disorders using induced pluripotent stem cells; restoration of the Diversity Outbred mouse population to ensure utility to study genetic variation on chromosome 2 by performing artificial selection against WSB/EiJ alleles at the R2d2 locus; and the whole genome sequencing of two wild-derived mouse inbred strains.

Ovariectomy results in inbred strain-specific increases in anxiety-like behavior in mice.
Schoenrock SA, Oreper D, Young N, Ervin RB, Bogue MA, Valdar W, Tarantino LM.
Physiol Behav. 2016 Sep 28. pii: S0031-9384(16)30427-9. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.09.026.
PMID: 27693591

Oncogenic Deregulation of EZH2 as an Opportunity for Targeted Therapy in Lung Cancer.
Zhang H, Qi J, Reyes JM, Li L, Rao PK, Li F, Lin CY, Perry JA, Lawlor MA, Federation A, De Raedt T, Li YY, Liu Y, Duarte MA, Zhang Y, Herter-Sprie GS, Kikuchi E, Carretero J, Perou CM, Reibel JB, Paulk J, Bronson RT, Watanabe H, Brainson CF, Kim CF, Hammerman PS, Brown M, Cichowski K, Long H, Bradner JE, Wong KK.
Cancer Discov. 2016 Sep;6(9):1006-21. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-16-0164. Epub 2016 Jun 16.
PMID: 27312177

Humanized H19/Igf2 locus reveals diverged imprinting mechanism between mouse and human and reflects Silver-Russell syndrome phenotypes.
Hur SK, Freschi A, Ideraabdullah F, Thorvaldsen JL, Luense LJ, Weller AH, Berger SL, Cerrato F, Riccio A, Bartolomei MS.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Sep 27;113(39):10938-43. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1603066113.
PMID: 27621468

Plethysmography Phenotype QTL in Mice Before and After Allergen Sensitization and Challenge.
Kelada SN.
G3 (Bethesda). 2016 Sep 8;6(9):2857-65. doi: 10.1534/g3.116.032912.
PMID: 27449512

Genetic structure of phenotypic robustness in the collaborative cross mouse diallel panel.
Gonzalez PN, Pavlicev M, Mitteroecker P, Pardo-Manuel de Villena F, Spritz RA, Marcucio RS, Hallgrímsson B.
J Evol Biol. 2016 Sep;29(9):1737-51. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12906. Epub 2016 Jul 8.
PMID: 27234063

The genetics of blood pressure regulation and its target organs from association studies in 342,415 individuals.
Ehret GB, Ferreira T, Chasman DI, Jackson AU, Schmidt EM, Johnson T, Thorleifsson G, Luan J, Donnelly LA, Kanoni S, Petersen AK, Pihur V, Strawbridge RJ, Shungin D, Hughes MF, Meirelles O, Kaakinen M, Bouatia-Naji N, Kristiansson K, Shah S, Kleber ME, Guo X, Lyytikäinen LP, Fava C, Eriksson N, Nolte IM, Magnusson PK, Salfati EL, Rallidis LS, Theusch E, Smith AJ, Folkersen L, Witkowska K, Pers TH, Joehanes R, Kim SK, Lataniotis L, Jansen R, Johnson AD, Warren H, Kim YJ, Zhao W, Wu Y, Tayo BO, Bochud M; CHARGE-EchoGen Consortium; CHARGE-HF Consortium; Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Absher D, Adair LS, Amin N, Arking DE, Axelsson T, Baldassarre D, Balkau B, Bandinelli S, Barnes MR, Barroso I, Bevan S, Bis JC, Bjornsdottir G, Boehnke M, Boerwinkle E, Bonnycastle LL, Boomsma DI, Bornstein SR, Brown MJ, Burnier M, Cabrera CP, Chambers JC, Chang IS, Cheng CY, Chines PS, Chung RH, Collins FS, Connell JM, Döring A, Dallongeville J, Danesh J, de Faire U, Delgado G, Dominiczak AF, Doney AS, Drenos F, Edkins S, Eicher JD, Elosua R, Enroth S, Erdmann J, Eriksson P, Esko T, Evangelou E, Evans A, Fall T, Farrall M, Felix JF, Ferrières J, Ferrucci L, Fornage M, Forrester T, Franceschini N, Franco OH, Franco-Cereceda A, Fraser RM, Ganesh SK, Gao H, Gertow K, Gianfagna F, Gigante B, Giulianini F, Goel A, Goodall AH, Goodarzi MO, Gorski M, Gräßler J, Groves CJ, Gudnason V, Gyllensten U, Hallmans G, Hartikainen AL, Hassinen M, Havulinna AS, Hayward C, Hercberg S, Herzig KH, Hicks AA, Hingorani AD, Hirschhorn JN, Hofman A, Holmen J, Holmen OL, Hottenga JJ, Howard P, Hsiung CA, Hunt SC, Ikram MA, Illig T, Iribarren C, Jensen RA, Kähönen M, Kang HM, Kathiresan S, Keating BJ, Khaw KT, Kim YK, Kim E, Kivimaki M, Klopp N, Kolovou G, Komulainen P, Kooner JS, Kosova G, Krauss RM, Kuh D, Kutalik Z, Kuusisto J, Kvaløy K, Lakka TA, Lee NR, Lee IT, Lee WJ, Levy D, Li X, Liang KW, Lin H, Lin L, Lindström J, Lobbens S, Männistö S, Müller G, Müller-Nurasyid M, Mach F, Markus HS, Marouli E, McCarthy MI, McKenzie CA, Meneton P, Menni C, Metspalu A, Mijatovic V, Moilanen L, Montasser ME, Morris AD, Morrison AC, Mulas A, Nagaraja R, Narisu N, Nikus K, O’Donnell CJ, O’Reilly PF, Ong KK, Paccaud F, Palmer CD, Parsa A, Pedersen NL, Penninx BW, Perola M, Peters A, Poulter N, Pramstaller PP, Psaty BM, Quertermous T, Rao DC, Rasheed A, Rayner NW, Renström F, Rettig R, Rice KM, Roberts R, Rose LM, Rossouw J, Samani NJ, Sanna S, Saramies J, Schunkert H, Sebert S, Sheu WH, Shin YA, Sim X, Smit JH, Smith AV, Sosa MX, Spector TD, Stančáková A, Stanton AV, Stirrups KE, Stringham HM, Sundstrom J, Swift AJ, Syvänen AC, Tai ES, Tanaka T, Tarasov KV, Teumer A, Thorsteinsdottir U, Tobin MD, Tremoli E, Uitterlinden AG, Uusitupa M, Vaez A, Vaidya D, van Duijn CM, van Iperen EP, Vasan RS, Verwoert GC, Virtamo J, Vitart V, Voight BF, Vollenweider P, Wagner A, Wain LV, Wareham NJ, Watkins H, Weder AB, Westra HJ, Wilks R, Wilsgaard T, Wilson JF, Wong TY, Yang TP, Yao J, Yengo L, Zhang W, Zhao JH, Zhu X, Bovet P, Cooper RS, Mohlke KL, Saleheen D, Lee JY, Elliott P, Gierman HJ, Willer CJ, Franke L, Hovingh GK, Taylor KD, Dedoussis G, Sever P, Wong A, Lind L, Assimes TL, Njølstad I, Schwarz PE, Langenberg C, Snieder H, Caulfield MJ, Melander O, Laakso M, Saltevo J, Rauramaa R, Tuomilehto J, Ingelsson E, Lehtimäki T, Hveem K, Palmas W, März W, Kumari M, Salomaa V, Chen YD, Rotter JI, Froguel P, Jarvelin MR, Lakatta EG, Kuulasmaa K, Franks PW, Hamsten A, Wichmann HE, Palmer CN, Stefansson K, Ridker PM, Loos RJ, Chakravarti A, Deloukas P, Morris AP, Newton-Cheh C, Munroe PB.
Nat Genet. 2016 Oct;48(10):1171-84. doi: 10.1038/ng.3667. Epub 2016 Sep 12.
PMID: 27618452

Trans-ancestry meta-analyses identify rare and common variants associated with blood pressure and hypertension.
Surendran P, Drenos F, Young R, Warren H, Cook JP, Manning AK, Grarup N, Sim X, Barnes DR, Witkowska K, Staley JR, Tragante V, Tukiainen T, Yaghootkar H, Masca N, Freitag DF, Ferreira T, Giannakopoulou O, Tinker A, Harakalova M, Mihailov E, Liu C, Kraja AT, Nielsen SF, Rasheed A, Samuel M, Zhao W, Bonnycastle LL, Jackson AU, Narisu N, Swift AJ, Southam L, Marten J, Huyghe JR, Stančáková A, Fava C, Ohlsson T, Matchan A, Stirrups KE, Bork-Jensen J, Gjesing AP, Kontto J, Perola M, Shaw-Hawkins S, Havulinna AS, Zhang H, Donnelly LA, Groves CJ, Rayner NW, Neville MJ, Robertson NR, Yiorkas AM, Herzig KH, Kajantie E, Zhang W, Willems SM, Lannfelt L, Malerba G, Soranzo N, Trabetti E, Verweij N, Evangelou E, Moayyeri A, Vergnaud AC, Nelson CP, Poveda A, Varga TV, Caslake M, de Craen AJ, Trompet S, Luan J, Scott RA, Harris SE, Liewald DC, Marioni R, Menni C, Farmaki AE, Hallmans G, Renström F, Huffman JE, Hassinen M, Burgess S, Vasan RS, Felix JF; CHARGE-Heart Failure Consortium, Uria-Nickelsen M, Malarstig A, Reilly DF, Hoek M, Vogt TF, Lin H, Lieb W; EchoGen Consortium, Traylor M, Markus HS; METASTROKE Consortium, Highland HM, Justice AE, Marouli E; GIANT Consortium, Lindström J, Uusitupa M, Komulainen P, Lakka TA, Rauramaa R, Polasek O, Rudan I, Rolandsson O, Franks PW, Dedoussis G, Spector TD; EPIC-InterAct Consortium, Jousilahti P, Männistö S, Deary IJ, Starr JM, Langenberg C, Wareham NJ, Brown MJ, Dominiczak AF, Connell JM, Jukema JW, Sattar N, Ford I, Packard CJ, Esko T, Mägi R, Metspalu A, de Boer RA, van der Meer P, van der Harst P; Lifelines Cohort Study, Gambaro G, Ingelsson E, Lind L, de Bakker PI, Numans ME, Brandslund I, Christensen C, Petersen ER, Korpi-Hyövälti E, Oksa H, Chambers JC, Kooner JS, Blakemore AI, Franks S, Jarvelin MR, Husemoen LL, Linneberg A, Skaaby T, Thuesen B, Karpe F, Tuomilehto J, Doney AS, Morris AD, Palmer CN, Holmen OL, Hveem K, Willer CJ, Tuomi T, Groop L, Käräjämäki A, Palotie A, Ripatti S, Salomaa V, Alam DS, Majumder AA, Di Angelantonio E, Chowdhury R, McCarthy MI, Poulter N, Stanton AV, Sever P, Amouyel P, Arveiler D, Blankenberg S, Ferrières J, Kee F, Kuulasmaa K, Müller-Nurasyid M, Veronesi G, Virtamo J, Deloukas P; Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Elliott P; Understanding Society Scientific Group, Zeggini E, Kathiresan S, Melander O, Kuusisto J, Laakso M, Padmanabhan S, Porteous DJ, Hayward C, Scotland G, Collins FS, Mohlke KL, Hansen T, Pedersen O, Boehnke M, Stringham HM; EPIC-CVD Consortium, Frossard P, Newton-Cheh C; CHARGE+ Exome Chip Blood Pressure Consortium, Tobin MD, Nordestgaard BG; T2D-GENES Consortium; GoT2DGenes Consortium; ExomeBP Consortium; CHD Exome+ Consortium, Caulfield MJ, Mahajan A, Morris AP, Tomaszewski M, Samani NJ, Saleheen D, Asselbergs FW, Lindgren CM, Danesh J, Wain LV, Butterworth AS, Howson JM, Munroe PB.
Nat Genet. 2016 Oct;48(10):1151-61. doi: 10.1038/ng.3654. Epub 2016 Sep 12.
PMID: 27618447

Evidence for Association between SH2B1 Gene Variants and Glycated Hemoglobin in Nondiabetic European American Young Adults: The Add Health Study.
Lange LA, Graff M, Lange EM, Young KL, Richardson AS, Mohlke KL, North KE, Harris KM, Gordon-Larsen P.
Ann Hum Genet. 2016 Sep;80(5):294-305. doi: 10.1111/ahg.12165.
PMID: 27530450

Genetic variation in FAAH is associated with cannabis use disorders in a young adult sample of Mexican Americans.
Melroy-Greif WE, Wilhelmsen KC, Ehlers CL.
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 Sep 1;166:249-53. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.06.021. Epub 2016 Jun 25.
PMID: 27394933

Modeling psychiatric disorders: from genomic findings to cellular phenotypes.
Falk A, Heine VM, Harwood AJ, Sullivan PF, Peitz M, Brüstle O, Shen S, Sun YM, Glover JC, Posthuma D, Djurovic S.
Mol Psychiatry. 2016 Sep;21(9):1167-79. doi: 10.1038/mp.2016.89. Epub 2016 May 31.
PMID: 27240529

Diversity Outbred Mice at 21: Maintaining Allelic Variation in the Face of Selection.
Chesler EJ, Gatti DM, Morgan AP, Strobel M, Trepanier L, Oberbeck D, McWeeney S, Hitzemann R, Ferris M, McMullan R, Clayshultle A, Bell TA, Pardo-Manuel de Villena F, Churchill GA.
G3 (Bethesda). 2016 Sep 30. pii: g3.116.035527. doi: 10.1534/g3.116.035527.
PMID: 27694113

Genome Report: Whole Genome Sequence of Two Wild-Derived Mus musculus domesticus Inbred Strains, LEWES/EiJ and ZALENDE/EiJ, with Different Diploid Numbers.
Morgan AP, Didion JP, Doran AG, Holt JM, McMillan L, Keane TM, Pardo-Manuel de Villena F.
G3 (Bethesda). 2016 Oct 7. pii: g3.116.034751. doi: 10.1534/g3.116.034751.
PMID: 27765810