title: Fine-resolution mapping by haplotype evaluation: the examples of PFIC1 and BRIC.
abstract: Loci for two inherited liver diseases, benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis (BRIC) and progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 1 (PFIC1), have previously been mapped to 18q21 by a search for shared haplotypes in patients in two isolated populations. This paper describes the use of further haplotype evaluation with a larger sample of patients for both disorders, drawn from several different populations. Our assessment places both loci in the same interval of less than 1 cM and has led to the discovery of the PFIC1/BRIC gene, FIC1; this discovery permits retrospective examination of the general utility of haplotype evaluation and highlights possible caveats regarding this method of genetic mapping.
mesh_terms: D002780:Cholestasis, Intrahepatic / Q000235:genetics; D002874:Chromosome Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D005192:Family Health; D005819:Genetic Markers; D005838:Genotype; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans