| Cardiovascular genomics, personalized medicine, and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: part I: the beginning of an era. | |
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PMID: 20031542 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The inaugural issue of Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics arrives at a remarkable time in the history of genetic research and cardiovascular medicine. Despite tremendous progress in knowledge gained, cardiovascular disease(CVD) remains the leading cause of death in the United States,1 and it has overcome infectious diseases as the leading cause of death worldwide.2 In addition, rates of CVD remain higher in black and Hispanic populations in the United States.1 The recent Strategic Plan of the National Heart, Lung,and Blood Institute (NHLBI) emphasizes research areas to fill the significant knowledge gaps needed to improve the diagnosis,treatment, and control of known risk factors and clinically apparent disease. Simultaneously, the NHLBI Strategic Plan recognizes a tremendous opportunity that is available for use of genetic and genomic research to generate new knowledge that might reduce the morbidity and mortality from CVD in US populations.3 Public availability of vast amounts of detailed sequence information about the human genome, completed sequence data on dozens of other animal genomes, and private sector development of high-throughput genetic technologies has transformed in a few short years the conduct of cardiovascular genetics and genomics research from a primary focus on mendelian disorders to a current emphasis on genome-wide association studies (GWAS; Figure1). In this review, we describe the rationale for the current emphasis on large-scale genomic studies, summarize the evolving approaches and progress to date, and identify immediate-term research needs. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the NHLBI are supporting a portfolio of large-scale genetic and genomic programs in diverse US populations with the longer-term objective of translating knowledge into the prediction, prevention, and preemption of CVD, as well as lung, sleep, and blood disorders. Underlying this portfolio is a strong commitment to make available participant-level data and aggregate research results to the broad community of investigators, while protecting the privacy and confidentiality and respecting the informed consent of study participants. |
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Authors:
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Christopher J O'Donnell; Elizabeth G Nabel |
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Type: Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Circulation. Cardiovascular genetics Volume: 1 ISSN: 1942-3268 ISO Abbreviation: Circ Cardiovasc Genet Publication Date: 2008 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-12-24 Completed Date: 2010-03-02 Revised Date: 2012-03-08 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 101489144 Medline TA: Circ Cardiovasc Genet Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 51-7 Citation Subset: IM |
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Center for Population Studies in the Division of Intramural Research, Framingham Heart Study, Bethesda, MD, USA. codonnell@nih.gov |
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Cardiovascular System
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metabolism* Genetic Variation Genome-Wide Association Study Genomics* Humans Individualized Medicine* National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (U.S.)* United States |
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Z99 HL999999/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS |
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