Complex segregation analysis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Guangdong, China: Evidence for a multifactorial mode of inheritance (complex segregation analysis of NPC in China)

Wei Hua Jia; Andrew Collins; Yi Xin Zeng; Bing Jian Feng; Xing Juan Yu; Li Xi Huang; Qi Sheng Feng; Ping Huang; Ming Hong Yao; Yin Yao Shugart

doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201305

Complex segregation analysis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Guangdong, China: Evidence for a multifactorial mode of inheritance (complex segregation analysis of NPC in China)

Wei Hua Jia, Andrew Collins, Yi Xin Zeng, Bing Jian Feng, Xing Juan Yu, Li Xi Huang, Qi Sheng Feng, Ping Huang, Ming Hong Yao, Yin Yao Shugart

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The striking geographical and ethnic distribution of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) suggests the involvement of genetic and environmental factors in NPC development. The purpose of this study is to investigate the fit of single gene, polygenic and multifactorial models to the observed pattern of transmission of NPC in a hospital-based family history study conducted by the Cancer Center of Sun Yat-Sen University (CCSYU) in Guangzhou, China. Complex segregation analysis of a total of 1903 Cantonese pedigrees ascertained at CCSYU was conducted using a unified mixed model after the pedigrees were partitioned into 3737 nuclear families. The mixed model assumes that a phenotype is influenced by the additive and independent effect of a major gene, together with multifactorial components (genetic and environmental) and a random environmental effect. The current results do not provide evidence for a major gene and the observed data are best explained by a multifactorial mode of inheritance for NPC.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	248-252
Number of pages	5
Journal	European Journal of Human Genetics
Volume	13
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201305
State	Published - Feb 2005

Keywords

Complex segregation analysis
Mode of inheritance
Multifactorial model
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)

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Genetics(clinical)

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Jia, W. H., Collins, A., Zeng, Y. X., Feng, B. J., Yu, X. J., Huang, L. X., Feng, Q. S., Huang, P., Yao, M. H., & Shugart, Y. Y. (2005). Complex segregation analysis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Guangdong, China: Evidence for a multifactorial mode of inheritance (complex segregation analysis of NPC in China). European Journal of Human Genetics, 13(2), 248-252. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201305

Complex segregation analysis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Guangdong, China: Evidence for a multifactorial mode of inheritance (complex segregation analysis of NPC in China). / Jia, Wei Hua; Collins, Andrew; Zeng, Yi Xin et al.
In: European Journal of Human Genetics, Vol. 13, No. 2, 02.2005, p. 248-252.

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Jia, WH, Collins, A, Zeng, YX, Feng, BJ, Yu, XJ, Huang, LX, Feng, QS, Huang, P, Yao, MH & Shugart, YY 2005, 'Complex segregation analysis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma in Guangdong, China: Evidence for a multifactorial mode of inheritance (complex segregation analysis of NPC in China)', European Journal of Human Genetics, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 248-252. https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201305

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