Haplotype interaction analysis of unlinked regions. 2005

Tim Becker, and Johannes Schumacher, and Sven Cichon, and Max P Baur, and Michael Knapp
Institute for Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany. becker@imbie.meb.uni-bonn.de

Genetically complex diseases are caused by interacting environmental factors and genes. As a consequence, statistical methods that consider multiple unlinked genomic regions simultaneously are desirable. Such consideration, however, may lead to a vast number of different high-dimensional tests whose appropriate analysis pose a problem. Here, we present a method to analyze case-control studies with multiple SNP data without phase information that considers gene-gene interaction effects while correcting appropriately for multiple testing. In particular, we allow for interactions of haplotypes that belong to different unlinked regions, as haplotype analysis often proves to be more powerful than single marker analysis. In addition, we consider different marker combinations at each unlinked region. The multiple testing issue is settled via the minP approach; the P value of the "best" marker/region configuration is corrected via Monte-Carlo simulations. Thus, we do not explicitly test for a specific pre-defined interaction model, but test for the global hypothesis that none of the considered haplotype interactions shows association with the disease. We carry out a simulation study for case-control data that confirms the validity of our approach. When simulating two-locus disease models, our test proves to be more powerful than association methods that analyze each linked region separately. In addition, when one of the tested regions is not involved in the etiology of the disease, only a small amount of power is lost with interaction analysis as compared to analysis without interaction. We successfully applied our method to a real case-control data set with markers from two genes controlling a common pathway. While classical analysis failed to reach significance, we obtained a significant result even after correction for multiple testing with our proposed haplotype interaction analysis. The method described here has been implemented in FAMHAP.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008040 Genetic Linkage The co-inheritance of two or more non-allelic GENES due to their being located more or less closely on the same CHROMOSOME. Genetic Linkage Analysis,Linkage, Genetic,Analyses, Genetic Linkage,Analysis, Genetic Linkage,Genetic Linkage Analyses,Linkage Analyses, Genetic,Linkage Analysis, Genetic
D006239 Haplotypes The genetic constitution of individuals with respect to one member of a pair of allelic genes, or sets of genes that are closely linked and tend to be inherited together such as those of the MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX. Haplotype
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000465 Algorithms A procedure consisting of a sequence of algebraic formulas and/or logical steps to calculate or determine a given task. Algorithm
D016022 Case-Control Studies Comparisons that start with the identification of persons with the disease or outcome of interest and a control (comparison, referent) group without the disease or outcome of interest. The relationship of an attribute is examined by comparing both groups with regard to the frequency or levels of outcome over time. Case-Base Studies,Case-Comparison Studies,Case-Referent Studies,Matched Case-Control Studies,Nested Case-Control Studies,Case Control Studies,Case-Compeer Studies,Case-Referrent Studies,Case Base Studies,Case Comparison Studies,Case Control Study,Case Referent Studies,Case Referrent Studies,Case-Comparison Study,Case-Control Studies, Matched,Case-Control Studies, Nested,Case-Control Study,Case-Control Study, Matched,Case-Control Study, Nested,Case-Referent Study,Case-Referrent Study,Matched Case Control Studies,Matched Case-Control Study,Nested Case Control Studies,Nested Case-Control Study,Studies, Case Control,Studies, Case-Base,Studies, Case-Comparison,Studies, Case-Compeer,Studies, Case-Control,Studies, Case-Referent,Studies, Case-Referrent,Studies, Matched Case-Control,Studies, Nested Case-Control,Study, Case Control,Study, Case-Comparison,Study, Case-Control,Study, Case-Referent,Study, Case-Referrent,Study, Matched Case-Control,Study, Nested Case-Control
D020641 Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide A single nucleotide variation in a genetic sequence that occurs at appreciable frequency in the population. SNPs,Single Nucleotide Polymorphism,Nucleotide Polymorphism, Single,Nucleotide Polymorphisms, Single,Polymorphisms, Single Nucleotide,Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms

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