Wei Zhang

Zhejiang Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Sheng, China

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Publications (3)0 Total impact

  • Article: [Haplotypes of four single nucleotide polymorphisms in caspase-8, -10 genes in Han nationality of Zhejiang province in China].
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    ABSTRACT: To investigate single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and the distribution of their haplotypes in caspase-8, -10 genes in Zhejiang Han nationality in China. PCR, denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC) and DNA sequencing were used to detect the SNPs in the 2nd-5th exons of caspase-10 gene, the 8th-10th exons of caspase-8 and their flanking sequences. Expectation Maximization (EM) algorithm was used for haplotype frequencies analysis and pairwise linkage disequilibrium (LD) test. (1) Two SNPs, A2823G and A12799G, were identified in caspase-10 gene, located in exon 2 and exon 5 respectively. A12799G was newly found with low informativeness. Three SNPs were identified in caspase-8 gene; A43466G, G51484A and G52951A were located in exon 8, exon 9 and intron 9, respectively. They do not change the primary structure of the encoded protein. (2) Linkage equilibrium was observed between A2823G in caspase-10 gene and the three sites in caspase-8 gene. A43466G and G52951A, and G51484A and G52951A in caspase-8 gene were also in linkage equilibrium. Their coefficients of disequilibrium were near 0. Whereas strong linkage disequilibrium was observed between A43466G and G51484A, because its coefficient of disequilibrium was near 1. (3) A total of 11 haplotypes were estimated within A2823G in caspase-10 gene and three sites in caspase-8 gene. A-2823/A-43466/G-51484/G-52951 was the main haplotype with a frequency of 0.3811. A-2823/A-43466/G-51484/A-52951 was the second haplotype with a frequency of 0.2536. The polymorphism information content of their haplotypes was 0.7106. The SNPs of caspase-8, -10 genes in Han Chinese of Zhejiang could be parsed into at least three different haplotype blocks. The polymorphism information content can be improved by using haplotype analysis of several SNPs.
    Zhonghua yi xue yi chuan xue za zhi = Zhonghua yixue yichuanxue zazhi = Chinese journal of medical genetics 05/2006; 23(2):222-6.
  • Article: A novel microsatellite within intron 8 in caspase10 gene in Chinese of Han nationality.
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    ABSTRACT: To investigate polymorphisms in the coding exons and their splicing areas of caspase10 gene (CASP10) in Chinese of Han nationality. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC), direct sequencing and clonal sequencing were used to analyze the exon 9 and its flanking sequences. In 70 blood samples of Chinese subjects researched the known single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the exon 9 of CASP10 gene published in dbSNP of NCBI were not identified. We found a short sequence with more than ten continuous and repeated T nucleotides within the intron 8 near the exon 9 and the length of repeated sequence nucleotides T was different in samples. Clonal sequencing analysis indicated that it was a microsatellite of single nucleotide-repeated sequence. The recurrence and specificity of same result was further confirmed by PCR with high fidelity polymerase and sequencing. Furthermore all of 70 blood samples detected by DHPLC showed heterozygous profiles. We named it as IVS8-13(T)n temperately. Our research suggested that the site be a microsatellite of single nucleotide-repeated sequence. Meanwhile, our data further showed that it was quite different from that by querying SNP database of non-Chinese population in NCBI, in the same region a SNP of type of insertion deletion existed. It could be inferred that the difference between the populations might be associated with the genetic characteristics of ethnics. The significance of the microsatellite in CASP10 gene in Chinese of Han nationality remains to be elucidated.
    Zhonghua yi xue yi chuan xue za zhi = Zhonghua yixue yichuanxue zazhi = Chinese journal of medical genetics 03/2006; 23(1):16-8.
  • Article: [The haplotypes of three single nucleotide polymorphisms in caspase-3 gene in Han nationality of Zhejiang province in China].
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    ABSTRACT: To investigate the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and the distribution of their haplotypes in caspase-3 gene in Zhejiang Han nationality in China. Denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC) and DNA sequencing were used to detect the SNPs in the regulatory region and the exons 2-7 and their flanking sequences in caspase-3 gene. Expectation maximization (EM) algorithm was used for haplotype frequencies analysis and pairwise linkage disequilibrium test. (1) Three SNPs were identified in caspase-3 gene; the three sites C829A, A17532C and C20541T were located in 5' regulatory region, intron 4 and 3' regulatory region, respectively. (2) Strong linkage disequilibrium was found among these SNPs; site A17532C and C20541T were in complete linkage disequilibrium. (3) C-829/A-17532/C-20541 (54.3%) was the main haplotype of Zhejiang Han nationality. The above findings indicated there is strong linkage disequilibrium among the three SNPs in caspase-3 gene in Han nationality of Zhejiang province and the main haplotype of Han nationality is obviously different from that of North American.
    Zhonghua yi xue yi chuan xue za zhi = Zhonghua yixue yichuanxue zazhi = Chinese journal of medical genetics 01/2005; 21(6):633-5.

Institutions

  • 2006
    • Zhejiang Medical University
      Hangzhou, Zhejiang Sheng, China
  • 2005–2006
    • Zhejiang University
      • School of Medicine
      Hangzhou, Zhejiang Sheng, China