Travelling the world of gene–gene interactions

K Van Steen - Briefings in bioinformatics, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Over the last few years, main effect genetic association analysis has proven to be a
successful tool to unravel genetic risk components to a variety of complex diseases. In the …

An empirical comparison of several recent epistatic interaction detection methods

Y Wang, G Liu, M Feng, L Wong - Bioinformatics, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Motivation: Many new methods have recently been proposed for detecting epistatic
interactions in GWAS data. There is, however, no in-depth independent comparison of these …

Genetic association of pulmonary surfactant protein genes, SFTPA1, SFTPA2, SFTPB, SFTPC, and SFTPD with cystic fibrosis

Z Lin, N Thorenoor, R Wu, SL DiAngelo, M Ye… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Surfactant proteins (SP) are involved in surfactant function and innate immunity in the
human lung. Both lung function and innate immunity are altered in CF, and altered SP levels …

Niche harmony search algorithm for detecting complex disease associated high-order SNP combinations

S Tuo, J Zhang, X Yuan, Z He, Y Liu, Z Liu - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Genome-wide association study is especially challenging in detecting high-order disease-
causing models due to model diversity, possible low or even no marginal effect of the model …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic association and epistatic interaction of the interleukin-10 signaling pathway in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease

Z Lin, Z Wang, JP Hegarty, TR Lin, Y Wang… - World journal of …, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
AIM To study the genetic association and epistatic interaction of the interleukin (IL)-10 and IL-
10/STAT3 pathways in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). METHODS A total of 159 …

High-order SNP combinations associated with complex diseases: efficient discovery, statistical power and functional interactions

G Fang, M Haznadar, W Wang, H Yu, M Steinbach… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
There has been increased interest in discovering combinations of single-nucleotide
polymorphisms (SNPs) that are strongly associated with a phenotype even if each SNP has …

Single nucleotide polymorphisms interactions of the surfactant protein genes associated with respiratory distress syndrome susceptibility in preterm infants

S Amatya, M Ye, L Yang, CK Gandhi, R Wu… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), due to surfactant deficiency in
preterm infants, is the most common cause of respiratory morbidity. The surfactant proteins …

Hidden risk genes with high-order intragenic epistasis in Alzheimer's disease

J Sun, F Song, J Wang, G Han, Z Bai… - Journal of …, 2014 - content.iospress.com
Meta-analysis of data from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of Alzheimer's disease
(AD) has confirmed the high risk of APOE and identified twenty other risk genes/loci with …

SNP and haplotype interaction models reveal association of surfactant protein gene polymorphisms with hypersensitivity pneumonitis of Mexican population

CK Gandhi, C Chen, S Amatya, L Yang, C Fu… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP) is an interstitial lung disease caused by
inhalation of common environmental organic particles. Surfactant proteins (SPs) play a role …

Association of SNP–SNP interactions of surfactant protein genes with pediatric acute respiratory failure

CK Gandhi, C Chen, R Wu, L Yang… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The hallmarks of pediatric acute respiratory failure (ARF) are dysregulated inflammation and
surfactant dysfunction. The objective is to study association of surfactant protein (SP) genes' …