SardiNIA

Project Leaders

• David Schlessinger (National Institutes on Aging, Baltimore)
• Manuela Uda (National Research Center, Cagliari, Italy)
• Goncalo Abecasis (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)

Medical Sequencing Project

We are sequencing the genomes of 1,000 individuals to learn about the genetics of blood lipid levels and personality.

Key References

If you are looking to learn about the project, I strongly recommend that you read the following papers

Pilia G, Chen WM, Scuteri A, Orru M, Albai G, Dei M, Lai S, Usala G, Lai M, Loi P, Mameli C, Vacca L, Deiana M, Olla N, Masala M, Cao A, Najjar SS, Terracciano A, Nedorezov T, Sharov A, Zonderman AB, Abecasis GR, Costa P, Lakatta E and Schlessinger D (2006). Heritability of Cardiovascular and Personality Traits in 6,148 Sardinians. PLoS Genet 2:1207-1223 [Abstract and PDF]

Scuteri A, Sanna S, Chen WM, Uda M, Albai G, Strait J, Najjar S, Nagarajah R, Orru M, Usala G, Dei M, Lai S, Maschio A, Busonero F, Mulas A, Ehret GB, Fink AA, Weder A, Cooper R, Galan P, Chakravarti A, Schlessinger D, Cao A, Lakatta E and Abecasis GR (2007). Genome Wide Association Scan shows Genetic Variants in the FTO gene are Associated with Obesity Related Traits PLoS Genetics 3:1200-10 [Abstract and PDF]