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No evidence for a role of CRISPLD2 in non‐syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate in an Italian population
Author(s) -
Girardi Ambra,
Martinelli Marcella,
Carinci Francesco,
Morselli Paolo G.,
Caramelli Elisabetta,
Scapoli Luca
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
european journal of oral sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.802
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1600-0722
pISSN - 0909-8836
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2010.00801.x
Subject(s) - proband , haplotype , allele , locus (genetics) , genetics , candidate gene , population , medicine , biology , gene , mutation , environmental health
Girardi A, Martinelli M, Carinci F, Morselli PG, Caramelli E, Scapoli L. No evidence for a role of CRISPLD2 in non‐syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate in an Italian population.
Eur J Oral Sci 2011; 119: 102–105. © 2011 Eur J Oral Sci Non‐syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (NSCLP) is a malformation with variable phenotypes, resulting from a mixture of genetic and environmental factors. Some studies have supported a role for the 16q24 region and its candidate gene, CRISPLD2 , in clefting. A replication study is necessary to confirm these findings. The aim of the present study was to test, by genetic linkage and association analyses, whether the candidate gene, CRISPLD2 , represents a risk factor for NSCLP. The analysis of 39 multigenerational families provided formal exclusion of a linkage between NSCLP and the CRISPLD2 locus under different genetic models and non‐parametric analyses. The family‐based study of 239 unrelated probands and their parents revealed no association between any particular allele or haplotype and NSCLP. Therefore, the present investigation did not support the hypothesis of the involvement of CRISPLD2 in NSCLP malformation, at least with regard to the Italian population.