PMID- 19136944 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090508 LR - 20211020 IS - 1476-4687 (Electronic) IS - 0028-0836 (Print) IS - 0028-0836 (Linking) VI - 458 IP - 7237 DP - 2009 Mar 26 TI - Genetic architecture of mouse skin inflammation and tumour susceptibility. PG - 505-8 LID - 10.1038/nature07683 [doi] AB - Germline polymorphisms in model organisms and humans influence susceptibility to complex trait diseases such as inflammation and cancer. Mice of the Mus spretus species are resistant to tumour development, and crosses between M. spretus and susceptible Mus musculus strains have been used to map locations of genetic variants that contribute to skin cancer susceptibility. We have integrated germline polymorphisms with gene expression in normal skin from a M. musculus x M. spretus backcross to generate a network view of the gene expression architecture of mouse skin. Here we demonstrate how this approach identifies expression motifs that contribute to tissue organization and biological functions related to inflammation, haematopoiesis, cell cycle control and tumour susceptibility. Motifs associated with inflammation, epidermal barrier function and proliferation are differentially regulated in backcross mice susceptible or resistant to tumour development. The intestinal stem cell marker Lgr5 is identified as a candidate master regulator of the hair follicle, and the vitamin D receptor (Vdr) is linked to coordinated control of epidermal barrier function, inflammation and tumour susceptibility. FAU - Quigley, David A AU - Quigley DA AD - Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94115, USA. FAU - To, Minh D AU - To MD FAU - Perez-Losada, Jesus AU - Perez-Losada J FAU - Pelorosso, Facundo G AU - Pelorosso FG FAU - Mao, Jian-Hua AU - Mao JH FAU - Nagase, Hiroki AU - Nagase H FAU - Ginzinger, David G AU - Ginzinger DG FAU - Balmain, Allan AU - Balmain A LA - eng SI - GEO/GSE12248 GR - P01 AR050440/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States GR - U01 CA084244/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - U01 CA141455/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20090111 PL - England TA - Nature JT - Nature JID - 0410462 RN - 0 (Lgr5 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Receptors, Calcitriol) RN - 0 (Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Cycle/genetics MH - Crosses, Genetic MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation/genetics MH - Genetic Predisposition to Disease/*genetics MH - Hair Follicle/metabolism MH - Hematopoiesis/genetics MH - Inflammation/*genetics/pathology MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Quantitative Trait Loci MH - Receptors, Calcitriol/genetics/metabolism MH - Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/genetics/metabolism MH - Skin/*metabolism/*pathology MH - Skin Neoplasms/*genetics/*pathology PMC - PMC4460995 MID - NIHMS103031 EDAT- 2009/01/13 09:00 MHDA- 2009/05/09 09:00 PMCR- 2015/06/09 CRDT- 2009/01/13 09:00 PHST- 2008/07/07 00:00 [received] PHST- 2008/12/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2009/01/13 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/01/13 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/05/09 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/06/09 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - nature07683 [pii] AID - 10.1038/nature07683 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nature. 2009 Mar 26;458(7237):505-8. doi: 10.1038/nature07683. Epub 2009 Jan 11.