Environmental factor dependent maximum likelihood method for association study targeted to personalized medicine

Genome Inform Ser Workshop Genome Inform. 2000:11:96-105.

Abstract

The most challenging strategy for analyzing genome-wide polymorphisms and/or expression profiles is to solve multi-factor causal-relationship simultaneously. As the first step, we propose a framework of association study using maximum likelihood method that simultaneously handles genetic polymorphisms and epi-genetic information, e.g. environmental factors. We evaluate the theory by applying it to genotyped data of myocardial infarction (MI) patients.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Computational Biology*
  • Environment
  • Female
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Likelihood Functions*
  • Male
  • Models, Genetic
  • Myocardial Infarction / etiology
  • Myocardial Infarction / genetics
  • Phenotype
  • Polymorphism, Genetic*
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Risk Factors