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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-10-22
pubmed:abstractText
While there have been significant advances in understanding the genetic etiology of human hair loss over the previous decade, there remain a number of hereditary disorders for which a causative gene has yet to be identified. We studied a large, consanguineous Brazilian family that presented with woolly hair at birth that progressed to severe hypotrichosis by the age of 5, in which 6 of the 14 offspring were affected. After exclusion of known candidate genes, a genome-wide scan was performed to identify the disease locus. Autozygosity mapping revealed a highly significant region of extended homozygosity (lod score of 10.41) that contained a haplotype with a linkage lod score of 3.28. Results of these two methods defined a 9-Mb region on chromosome 13q14.11-q14.2. The interval contains the P2RY5 gene, in which we recently identified pathogenic mutations in several families of Pakistani origin affected with autosomal recessive woolly and sparse hair. After the exclusion of several other candidate genes, we sequenced the P2RY5 gene and identified a homozygous mutation (C278Y) in all affected individuals in this family. Our findings show that mutations in P2RY5 display variable expressivity, underlying both hypotrichosis and woolly hair, and underscore the essential role of P2RY5 in the tissue integrity and maintenance of the hair follicle.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1089-8646
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
92
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
273-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18692127-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:18692127-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18692127-Brazil, pubmed-meshheading:18692127-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:18692127-Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13, pubmed-meshheading:18692127-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18692127-Genes, Recessive, pubmed-meshheading:18692127-Genetic Linkage, pubmed-meshheading:18692127-Genetic Predisposition to Disease, pubmed-meshheading:18692127-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18692127-Hypotrichosis, pubmed-meshheading:18692127-Lod Score, pubmed-meshheading:18692127-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18692127-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18692127-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:18692127-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:18692127-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:18692127-Pedigree, pubmed-meshheading:18692127-Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, pubmed-meshheading:18692127-Receptors, Purinergic P2, pubmed-meshheading:18692127-Sequence Analysis, DNA
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Genome-wide linkage analysis of an autosomal recessive hypotrichosis identifies a novel P2RY5 mutation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Dermatology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural