دورية أكاديمية
A genome-wide gene expression signature of environmental geography in leukocytes of Moroccan Amazighs.
| العنوان: | A genome-wide gene expression signature of environmental geography in leukocytes of Moroccan Amazighs. |
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| المؤلفون: | Youssef Idaghdour, John D Storey, Sami J Jadallah, Greg Gibson |
| المصدر: | PLoS Genetics, Vol 4, Iss 4, p e1000052 (2008) |
| بيانات النشر: | Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2008. |
| سنة النشر: | 2008 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Genetics |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Genetics, QH426-470 |
| الوصف: | The different environments that humans experience are likely to impact physiology and disease susceptibility. In order to estimate the magnitude of the impact of environment on transcript abundance, we examined gene expression in peripheral blood leukocyte samples from 46 desert nomadic, mountain agrarian and coastal urban Moroccan Amazigh individuals. Despite great expression heterogeneity in humans, as much as one third of the leukocyte transcriptome was found to be associated with differences among regions. Genome-wide polymorphism analysis indicates that genetic differentiation in the total sample is limited and is unlikely to explain the expression divergence. Methylation profiling of 1,505 CpG sites suggests limited contribution of methylation to the observed differences in gene expression. Genetic network analysis further implies that specific aspects of immune function are strongly affected by regional factors and may influence susceptibility to respiratory and inflammatory disease. Our results show a strong genome-wide gene expression signature of regional population differences that presumably include lifestyle, geography, and biotic factors, implying that these can play at least as great a role as genetic divergence in modulating gene expression variation in humans. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1553-7390 1553-7404 |
| Relation: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2290968?pdf=render; https://doaj.org/toc/1553-7390; https://doaj.org/toc/1553-7404 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000052 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/277faf9799f644e28028639d67dc264c |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.277faf9799f644e28028639d67dc264c |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 15537390 15537404 |
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| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000052 |