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ABSTRACT: The NINDS repository (http://ccr.coriell.org/ninds/) was established in October 2001 with the goal of developing standardized, broadly useful diagnostic and other clinical data, as well as a collection of DNA and cell line samples to further advance gene discovery of neurological disorders. All samples and both phenotypic and genotypic data are available to the research community including academic and industry scientists. A set of samples from individuals who do not have neurological disease was felt to be essential to allow gene discovery in neurological disorders to proceed. Towards this goal, the NINDS has and is collecting samples and phenotypic data on neurologically normal individuals. The data being collected includes demographic, ethnic, and exclusion of neurological disease information. Variables were measured using the Control Clinical Data Elements form. As of June 2007, there are a total of 2157 publicly available and an additional >2000 which will be added to the publicly available biomaterials collection shortly. Blood samples were drawn from neurologically normal, unrelated, individuals at many different sites. Spouses, convenience controls, and population controls were all included in this collection. Each participant underwent a detailed medical history interview and had no family history on specific query of Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ataxia, autism, bipolar disorder, brain aneurysm, dementia, dystonia, or Parkinson's disease. Folstein Mini-mental state examination scores ranged from 26-30 and are available on a subset of individuals. All participants were interviewed for family history in detail and specifically had no first degree relative with any of the following: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ataxia, autism, brain aneurysm, dystonia, Parkinson's disease, and schizophrenia. A subset of neurologically normal control subjects was utilized in NINDS Parkinson's Disease, NINDS Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Controls and NINDS Ischemic Stroke Genetics Study (ISGS).
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Simon-Sanchez Javier J Scholz Sonja S Fung Hon-Chung HC Matarin Mar M Hernandez Dena D Gibbs J Raphael JR Britton Angela A de Vrieze Fabienne Wavrant FW Peckham Elizabeth E Gwinn-Hardy Katrina K Crawley Anthony A Keen Judith C JC Nash Josefina J Borgaonkar Digamber D Hardy John J Singleton Andrew A
Human molecular genetics 20061120 1
The recent hapmap effort has placed focus on the application of genome-wide SNP analysis to assess the contribution of genetic variability, particularly SNPs, to traits such as disease. Here, we describe the utility of genome-wide SNP analysis in the direct detection of extended homozygosity and structural genomic variation. We use this approach to assess the frequency of genomic alterations resulting from the lymphoblast immortalization and culture processes commonly used in cell repositories. ...[more]