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To identify genetic variants associated with head circumference in infancy, we performed a meta-analysis of seven genome-wide association studies (GWAS) (N = 10,768 individuals of European ancestry enrolled in pregnancy and/or birth cohorts) and followed up three lead signals in six replication studies (combined N = 19,089). rs7980687 on chromosome 12q24 (P = 8.1 x 10(-9)) and rs1042725 on chromosome 12q15 (P = 2.8 x 10(-10)) were robustly associated with head circumference in infancy. Although these loci have previously been associated with adult height(1), their effects on infant head circumference were largely independent of height (P = 3.8 x 10(-7) for rs7980687 and P = 1.3 x 10(-7) for rs1042725 after adjustment for infant height). A third signal, rs11655470 on chromosome 17q21, showed suggestive evidence of association with head circumference (P = 3.9 x 10(-6)). SNPs correlated to the 17q21 signal have shown genome-wide association with adult intracranial volume(2), Parkinson's disease and other neurodegenerative diseases(3-5), indicating that a common genetic variant in this region might link early brain growth with neurological disease in later life.
Rezensiertes Werk: Wirtschaft und Kultur im Transformationsprozeß : Wirkungen, Interdependenzen, Konflikte / Hans-Hermann Höhmann (Hg.). [Forschungsstelle Osteuropa an der Universität Bremen]. - Bremen : Ed. Temmen, 2002. - 297 S. - (Analysen zur Kultur und Gesellschaft im östlichen Europa ; Bd. 11) ISBN 3-86108-340-X
Rezensiertes Werk: Kommerz, Kunst, Unterhaltung : die neue Popularkultur in Zentral- und Osteuropa / Forschungsstelle Osteuropa an der Universität Bremen (Hg.). Konzeption und Red.: Ivo Bock ... - Bremen : Ed. Temmen, 2002. - 339 S. - (Analysen zur Kultur und Gesellschaft im östlichen Europa ; Bd. 13) ISBN 3-86108-345-0
(5R,6S)-6-Acetoxy-5-hexadecanolide (MOP) is the oviposition pheromone of the mosquito Cx. quinquefasciatus, a vector of pathogens causing a variety of tropical diseases. We describe and evaluate herein three syntheses of MOP starting from mannitol-derived (3R,4R)-hexa-1,5-diene-3,4-diol. This C-2-symmetric building block is elaborated through bidirectional olefin metathesis reactions into 6-epi-MOP, which was converted into MOP via Mitsunobu inversion. The shortest of the three routes makes use of two sequential cross-metathesis reactions and an assisted tandem catalytic olefin reduction, induced by an in situ conversion of a Ru-carbene to a Ru-hydride.
Butenolides, obtained by ring-closing metathesis (RCM) of acrylates, undergo quantitative deprotonation with amide bases. Trapping of the resulting anions with electrophiles, for example, chlorophosphates, give furans. Subsequent DielsAlder reaction and acid-catalysed rearrangement of the resulting oxabicyclonorbornadienes give substituted benzenes.
2,5-Disubstituted furans were synthesized by one-flask Heck arylation/oxidation sequences. The starting materials are 2-substituted 2,3-dihydrofurans, conveniently available by RCM/isomerization sequences, and arenediazonium salts. These react in ligand-free Heck reactions to afford 2,5-disub-stituted 2,5-dihydrofurans, which are oxidized to the corresponding furans without isolation or intermediate workup. The oxidation is conveniently achieved with chloranil or DDQ, depending on the substrate.