title: Genetic association between chromosome 8 microsatellite (MS8-134) and Werner syndrome (WRN): chromosome microdissection and homozygosity mapping.
abstract: Werner syndrome (WRN) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by premature aging that has been mapped to the short arm of chromosome 8, 8p11.2-p12. To refine the genetic map around the WRN region, we have isolated eight microsatellites for this region from a microdissection library. We typed members of Japanese families with WRN on the basis of homozygosity mapping analysis. There was no obligate recombination between the WRN locus and microsatellite clone, MS8-134 (D8S1055). The maximum lod score was 20.28 at theta = 0.00. Alleles for MS8-134 showed association with WRN in a case-control study (OR = 3.55, 95% CI 1.56-8.07, P < 0.01). Such microsatellites from a microdissection library of the definite chromosome region may be useful for positional cloning of the WRN gene.
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002898:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8; D004247:DNA; D004276:DNA, Satellite; D006579:Heterozygote; D006720:Homozygote; D006801:Humans; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D014898:Werner Syndrome / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004276:DNA, Satellite; D004247:DNA