title: [Preliminary linkage analysis and mapping of keloid susceptibility locus in a Chinese pedigree].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the linkage between the susceptibility locus to keloid and two loci, 15q22.31-q23 and 18q21.1, the authors performed linkage analysis of a pedigree.
  
  
  METHODS
  A five-generation Han Chinese family of keloid was investigated and confirmed. Venous blood samples of 32 members in this family were collected for PCR and genetic analysis. Seven microsatellite markers spanning the critical regions on chromosomes 15q22.31-q23 and 18q21.1 were genotyped, and the DNA extracted from each sample was amplified for these markers. The PCR products of them were scanned at ABI PRISM 310 Genetic Analyzer, the eligible genotyping data were used for linkage analysis. The two-point LOD scores were calculated by MLINK program of Linkage5.11.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the 7 markers, the two-point LOD scores of 5 ones (D15S108, D15S216, D15S534, D18S363, D18S846) were less than -2 at theta = 0, they were excluded the linkage to the disease locus; but the scores of other two (D18S460, D18S467) were either more than 1 at theta = 0.05 & 0.10 and D18S460 was 2.201, which showed linkage to the disease locus in some extent. Conclusions This study firstly reported and provided some evidence that keloid susceptibility locus of Chinese family maybe on chromosome 18q21.1, SMAD and PIAS2 may be the possible genes.
authors: Department of Plastic Surgery, Nanfang Hospital, the South Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China.
authors: Xin
authors: X
authors: Yan
authors: Jian-hua
authors: JH
authors: Gao
authors: Yang
authors: Y
authors: Chen
authors: Mei
authors: M
authors: Song
authors: Xiao-jun
authors: XJ
authors: Liu
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002884:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15; D002887:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D015894:Genome, Human; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007627:Keloid / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D010375:Pedigree