1. Newman DL, Abney M,
Dytch H, Parry R, McPeek MS, Ober C
(2003)
Major loci influencing serum
triglyceride levels on 2q14 and 9p21
localized by homozygosity-by-descent
mapping in a large Hutterite pedigree.
Hum Mol Genet 12:137-144.
2. Ober C, Elias S,
Kostyu DD, Hauck WW (1992)
Decreased fecundability in Hutterite
couples sharing HLA-DR. Am J
Hum Genet 50:6-14.
3. Ober C, Elias S,
O'Brien E, Kostyu DD, Hauck WW, Bombard
A (1988)
HLA sharing and fertility in Hutterite
couples: evidence for prenatal selection
against compatible fetuses.
Am J Reprod Immunol Microbiol
18:111-115.
4. Ober C, Bombard A,
Dhaliwal R, Elias S, Fagan J, Laffler
TG, Martin AO, Rosinsky B (1987)
Studies of cystic fibrosis in Hutterite
families by using linked DNA probes.
Am J Hum Genet 41:1145-1151.
5. Ober C, Tan Z, Sun Y,
Possick JD, Pan L, Nicolae R, Radford S,
Parry RR, Heinzmann A, Deichmann KA,
Lester LA, Gern JE, Lemanske RF, Jr.,
Nicolae DL, Elias JA, Chupp GL (2008)
Effect of variation in CHI3L1 on serum
YKL-40 level, risk of asthma, and lung
function. N Engl J Med
358:1682-1691.
6. Ober C, Tsalenko A,
Parry R, Cox NJ (2000)
A second-generation genomewide screen
for asthma-susceptibility alleles in a
founder population. Am J Hum
Genet 67:1154-1162.
7. Ober C, Leavitt SA,
Tsalenko A, Howard TD, Hoki DM, Daniel
R, Newman DL, Wu X, Parry R, Lester LA,
Solway J, Blumenthal M, King RA, Xu J,
Meyers DA, Bleecker ER, Cox NJ (2000)
Variation in the interleukin 4-receptor
alpha gene confers susceptibility to
asthma and atopy in ethnically diverse
populations. Am J Hum Genet
66:517-526.
8. Ober C, Abney M,
McPeek MS (2001)
The genetic dissection of complex traits
in a founder population. Am J
Hum Genet 69:1068-1079.
9. Hoffjan S, Nicolae D,
Ober C (2003)
Association studies for asthma and
atopic diseases: a comprehensive review
of the literature. Respir Res
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10. Ober C (2005)
Perspectives on the past decade of
asthma genetics. J Allergy
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11. Wenzel SE (2006)
Asthma: defining of the persistent adult
phenotypes. Lancet
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12. Miller MK, Johnson C,
Miller DP, Deniz Y, Bleecker ER, Wenzel
SE (2005)
Severity assessment in asthma: An
evolving concept. J Allergy
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13. Ober C, Hoffjan S
(2006)
Asthma genetics 2006: the long and
winding road to gene discovery.
Genes Immun 7:95-100.
14. Neale BM, Sham PC
(2004)
The future of association studies:
gene-based analysis and replication.
Am J Hum Genet 75:353-362.
15. Zhao X, Tang R, Gao
B, Shi Y, Zhou J, Guo S, Zhang J, Wang
Y, Tang W, Meng J, Li S, Wang H, Ma G,
Lin C, Xiao Y, Feng G, Lin Z, Zhu S,
Xing Y, Sang H, St Clair D, He L (2007)
Functional variants in the promoter
region of Chitinase 3-like 1 (CHI3L1)
and susceptibility to schizophrenia.
Am J Hum Genet 80:12-18.
16. Ober C, Thompson EE
(2005)
Rethinking genetic models of asthma: the
role of environmental modifiers.
Curr Opin Immunol 17:670-678.
17. Zambelli-Weiner A,
Ehrlich E, Stockton ML, Grant AV, Zhang
S, Levett PN, Beaty TH, Barnes KC (2005)
Evaluation of the CD14/-260 polymorphism
and house dust endotoxin exposure in the
Barbados Asthma Genetics Study.
J Allergy Clin Immunol 115:1203-1209.
18. Weiss LA, Pan L,
Abney M, Ober C (2006)
The sex-specific genetic architecture of
quantitative traits in humans.
Nat Genet 38:218-222.
19. Ober C, Loisel DA,
Gilad Y (2008)
Sex-specific genetic architecture of
human disease. Nat Rev Genet
9:911-922.
20. Vineis P, Brennan P,
Canzian F, Ioannidis JPA, Matullo G,
Ritchie M, Stromberg U, Taioli E,
Thompson J (2008)
Expectations and challenges stemming
from genome-wide association studies.
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