Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Carter TC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3503526 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Carter Tonia C TC Kay Denise M DM Browne Marilyn L ML Liu Aiyi A Romitti Paul A PA Kuehn Devon D Conley Mary R MR Caggana Michele M Druschel Charlotte M CM Brody Lawrence C LC Mills James L JL
Journal of human genetics 20120531 8
Hirschsprung's disease (HSCR) results from failed colonization of the embryonic gut by enteric neural crest cells (ENCCs); colonization requires RET proto-oncogene (RET) signaling. We sequenced RET to identify coding and splice-site variants in a population-based case group and we tested for associations between HSCR and common variants in RET and candidate genes (ASCL1, homeobox B5 (HOXB5), L1 cell adhesion molecule (L1CAM), paired-like homeobox 2b (PHOX2B), PROK1 and PROKR1) chosen because the ...[more]