Analysis of phenotype-genotype connection: the story of dissecting disease pathogenesis in genomic era in China, and beyond.

ABSTRACT: DNA is the ultimate depository of biological complexity. Thus, in order to understand life and gain insights into disease pathogenesis, genetic information embedded in the sequence of DNA base pairs comprising chromosomes should be deciphered. The stories of investigating the association between phenotype and genotype in China and other countries further demonstrate that genomics can serve as a probe for disease biology. We now know that in Mendelian disorders, one gene is not only a dictator of one phenotype but also a dictator of two or more distinct disorders. Dissecting genetic abnormalities of complex diseases, including diabetes, hypertension, mental diseases, coronary heart disease and cancer, may unravel the complicated networks and crosstalks, and help to simplify the complexity o

SUBMITTER: Shen Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2435570 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature