PCG Journal Club Articles, 7/17

Here are citations for the articles discussed at our most recent meeting (July 17). Our next meeting is scheduled for July 31.
~Julia

Bianconi G, Pin P, Marsili M. Assessing the relevance of node features for network structure. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2009 Jul 14; 106(28):11433-8.

Briggs AW, Good JM, Green RE, Krause J, Maricic T, Stenzel U, Lalueza-Fox C, Rudan P, Brajkovic D, Kucan Z, Gusic I, Schmitz R, Doronichev VB, Golovanova LV, de la Rasilla M, Fortea J, Rosas A, Pääbo S. Targeted retrieval and analysis of five Neandertal mtDNA genomes. Science, 2009 Jul 17; 325(5938):318-21.

Cagliani R, Fumagalli M, Pozzoli U, Riva S, Comi GP, Torri F, Macciardi F, Bresolin N, Sironi M. Diverse evolutionary histories for beta-adrenoreceptor genes in humans. Am J Hum Genet, 2009 Jul; 85(1):64-75.

Elbers CC, van Eijk KR, Franke L, Mulder F, van der Schouw YT, Wijmenga C, Onland-Moret NC. Using genome-wide pathway analysis to unravel the etiology of complex diseases. Genet Epidemiol, 2009 Jul; 33(5):419-31.

Greenway SC, et al. De novo copy number variants identify new genes and loci in isolated sporadic tetralogy of Fallot. Nat Genet. 2009 Jul 13. [Epub ahead of print]

Hastings PJ, Lupski JR, Rosenberg SM, Ira G. Mechanisms of change in gene copy number. Nat Rev Genet, 2009 Aug; 10(8):551-64.

Holmans P, Green EK, Pahwa JS, Ferreira MA, Purcell SM, Sklar P; Wellcome Trust Case-Control Consortium, Owen MJ, O'Donovan MC, Craddock N. Gene ontology analysis of GWA study data sets provides insights into the biology of bipolar disorder. Am J Hum Genet, 2009 Jul; 85(1):13-24.

Huttenhower C, Haley EM, Hibbs MA, Dumeaux V, Barrett DR, Coller HA, Troyanskaya OG. Exploring the human genome with functional maps. Genome Res, 2009 Jun; 19(6):1093-106.

The International Schizophrenia Consortium. Common polygenic variation contributes to risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Nature, 2009 Jul 1. [Epub ahead of print]

Johannes F, Porcher E, Teixeira FK, Saliba-Colombani V, Simon M, Agier N, Bulski A, Albuisson J, Heredia F, Audigier P, Bouchez D, Dillmann C, Guerche P, Hospital F, Colot V. Assessing the impact of transgenerational epigenetic variation on complex traits. PLoS Genet, 2009 Jun; 5(6):e1000530.

Mendell JT. Tumors line up for a letdown. Nat Genet, 2009 Jul; 41(7):768-9.

Murphy A, Tantisira KG, Soto-Quirós ME, Avila L, Klanderman BJ, Lake S, Weiss ST, Celedón JC. PRKCA: a positional candidate gene for body mass index and asthma. Am J Hum Genet, 2009 Jul; 85(1):87-96.

Newcombe PJ, Verzilli C, Casas JP, Hingorani AD, Smeeth L, Whittaker JC. Multilocus Bayesian meta-analysis of gene-disease associations. Am J Hum Genet, 2009 May; 84(5):567-80.

Nicodemus KK, Malley JD. Predictor correlation impacts machine learning algorithms: implications for genomic studies. Bioinformatics, 2009 Aug 1; 25(15):1884-90.

Song M, Nicolae DL. Restricted parameter space models for testing gene-gene interaction. Genet Epidemiol, 2009 Jul; 33(5):386-93.

Spencer CC, Su Z, Donnelly P, Marchini J. Designing genome-wide association studies: sample size, power, imputation, and the choice of genotyping chip. PLoS Genet, 2009 May; 5(5):e1000477.

Vansteelandt S, Goetgeluk S, Lutz S, Waldman I, Lyon H, Schadt EE, Weiss ST, Lange C. On the adjustment for covariates in genetic association analysis: a novel, simple principle to infer direct causal effects. Genet Epidemiol, 2009 Jul; 33(5):394-405.