<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Medina, Ignacio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Montaner, David</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bonifaci, Núria</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pujana, Miguel Angel</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Carbonell, José</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tárraga, Joaquín</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fatima Al-Shahrour</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dopazo, Joaquin</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gene set-based analysis of polymorphisms: finding pathways or biological processes associated to traits in genome-wide association studies</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nucl. Acids Res.</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">babelomics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">gene set</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">GESBAP</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">pathway-based analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SNP</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2009</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/37/suppl_2/W340</style></url></web-urls></urls><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">suppl_2</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">37</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">W340-344</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Genome-wide association studies have become a popular strategy to find associations of genes to traits of interest. Despite the high-resolution available today to carry out genotyping studies, the success of its application in real studies has been limited by the testing strategy used. As an alternative to brute force solutions involving the use of very large cohorts, we propose the use of the Gene Set Analysis (GSA), a different analysis strategy based on testing the association of modules of functionally related genes. We show here how the Gene Set-based Analysis of Polymorphisms (GeSBAP), which is a simple implementation of the GSA strategy for the analysis of genome-wide association studies, provides a significant increase in the power testing for this type of studies. GeSBAP is freely available at http://bioinfo.cipf.es/gesbap/&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bonifaci, N.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Berenguer, A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Diez, J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Reina, O.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Medina, Ignacio</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dopazo, J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Moreno, V.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pujana, M. A.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Biological processes, properties and molecular wiring diagrams of candidate low-penetrance breast cancer susceptibility genes</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BMC Med Genomics</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">gene set</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">GWAS</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SNP</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;db=PubMed&amp;dopt=Citation&amp;list_uids=19094230</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">62</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Recent advances in whole-genome association studies (WGASs) for human cancer risk are beginning to provide the part lists of low-penetrance susceptibility genes. However, statistical analysis in these studies is complicated by the vast number of genetic variants examined and the weak effects observed, as a result of which constraints must be incorporated into the study design and analytical approach. In this scenario, biological attributes beyond the adjusted statistics generally receive little attention and, more importantly, the fundamental biological characteristics of low-penetrance susceptibility genes have yet to be determined. METHODS: We applied an integrative approach for identifying candidate low-penetrance breast cancer susceptibility genes, their characteristics and molecular networks through the analysis of diverse sources of biological evidence. RESULTS: First, examination of the distribution of Gene Ontology terms in ordered WGAS results identified asymmetrical distribution of Cell Communication and Cell Death processes linked to risk. Second, analysis of 11 different types of molecular or functional relationships in genomic and proteomic data sets defined the &amp;quot;omic&amp;quot; properties of candidate genes: i/ differential expression in tumors relative to normal tissue; ii/ somatic genomic copy number changes correlating with gene expression levels; iii/ differentially expressed across age at diagnosis; and iv/ expression changes after BRCA1 perturbation. Finally, network modeling of the effects of variants on germline gene expression showed higher connectivity than expected by chance between novel candidates and with known susceptibility genes, which supports functional relationships and provides mechanistic hypotheses of risk. CONCLUSION: This study proposes that cell communication and cell death are major biological processes perturbed in risk of breast cancer conferred by low-penetrance variants, and defines the common omic properties, molecular interactions and possible functional effects of candidate genes and proteins.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Bonifaci, Nuria Berenguer, Antoni Diez, Javier Reina, Oscar Medina, Ignacio Dopazo, Joaquin Moreno, Victor Pujana, Miguel Angel England BMC medical genomics BMC Med Genomics. 2008 Dec 18;1:62.&lt;/p&gt;</style></notes></record></records></xml>