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Gerardus C. Tromp, Ph.D.
Associate Professor

3309 Scott Hall
540 East Canfield
Detroit, MI 48201
Voice: 313-577-3425
FAX: 313-577-5218
gtromp@genetics.wayne.edu

Associate Professor; Ph.D., Rutgers, 1989. Genetic epidemiology and linkage analysis; molecular biology and genetics of intracranial aneurysms; the Blau syndrome; bioinformatics and genomics.

Selected Publications

Kuivaniemi, H., Yoon, S., Shibamura, H., Skunca, M., Vongpunsawad, S., and Tromp, G. Primer-extension preamplified DNA is a reliable template for genotyping. Clin. Chem. 48: 1601-1603, 2002.

Yoon, S., Kuivaniemi, H., Gatalica, Z., Olson, J. M., Buttice, G., Ye, S., Norris, B. A., Malcom, G. T., Strong, J. P., and Tromp, G. MMP13 promoter polymorphism is associated with atherosclerosis in the abdominal aorta of young black males. Matrix Biol. 21: 487-498, 2002.

Olson J.M., Vongpunsawad, S., Kuivaniemi, H., Ronkainen, A., Hernesniemi, J., Ryynanen, M., Kim, L.-L., and Tromp, G. Search for intracranial aneurysm susceptibility gene(s) using Finnish families. BMC Medical Genetics 3: 7, 2002.

Wang, X., Kuivaniemi, H., Bonavita, G., Mutkus, L., Mau, U., Blau, E., Inohara, N., Nunez, G., Tromp, G. , and Williams, C. J. CARD15 mutations in familial granulomatosis syndromes: a study of the original Blau syndrome kindred and other families with large vessel arteritis and cranial neuropathy. Arthr. Rheum. 46: 3041-3045, 2002.

Wang, X., Kuivaniemi, H., Bonavita, G., Williams, C. J., and Tromp, G. High-resolution physical map for chromosome 16q12.1-q13, the Blau syndrome locus. BMC Genomics 3: 24, 2002.

Romero, R., Kuivaniemi, H., and Tromp, G. Editorial: Functional genomics and proteomics in term and preterm parturition. J. Clin. Endocrin. & Metab. 87: 2431-2434, 2002.

Romero, R., Kuivaniemi, H., Tromp, G., and Olson, J. M. The design, execution, and interpretation of genetic association studies to decipher complex diseases. Am. J. Obstet. & Gynecol. 187: 1299-1312, 2002.

Kuivaniemi, H., Shibamura, H., Arthur, C., Berguer, R., Cole, C. W., Juvonen, T., Kline, R. A., Limet, R., MacKean, G., Norrgård, Ö., Pals, G., Powell, J. T., Rainio, P., Sakalihasan, N., van Vlijmen-van Keulen, C., Verloes, A., and Tromp, G. Familial abdominal aortic aneurysms: Collection of 233 multiplex families. J. Vasc. Surg. 37: 340-345, 2003.

Wills, S., Ronkainen, A., van der Voet, M., Kuivaniemi, H., Helin, K., Leinonen, E., Frosen, J., Niemela, M., Jaaskelainen, J., Hernesniemi, J., and Tromp, G. Familial intracranial aneurysms: An analysis of 346 multiplex Finnish families. Stroke 34: 1370-1374, 2003.

Zhong, J., Zhang, H., Stanyon, C.A., Tromp, G. , and Finley, R.L., Jr. A strategy for constructing large protein interaction maps using the yeast two-hybrid system: regulated expression arrays and two-phase mating. Genome Research 13:2691-2699, 2003

Tanabe, T., Chamaillard, M., Ogura, Y., Zhu, L., Ghosh, P., Moran, A., Tromp, G. , Williams, C., Inohara, N., Nunez, G. Large-scale structure-function analysis of NOD2: distinct LRRs regulate self-activation and bacterial recognition. EMBO J. 23:1587-1597, 2004

van der Voet, M., Olson, J. M., Kuivaniemi,H., Dudek, D. M., Skunca, M., Ronkainen, A., Niemela, M., Jaaskelainen, J., Hernesniemi, J., Helin, K., Leinonen, E., Biswas, M., and Tromp, G. Intracranial aneurysms in Finnish families: confirmation of linkage and refinement of the interval to chromosome 19q13.3. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 74: 564-571, 2004

Goddard, K. A. B., Olson, J. M., Payami, H., van der Voet, M., Kuivaniemi,H., and Tromp, G. Evidence of Linkage and Association on Chromosome 20 for late Onset Alzheimer Disease. Neurogenetics 5: 121-128, 2004.

Shibamura, H., Olson, J.M., van Vlijmen-van Keulen, C., Buxbaum, S.G., Dudek, D.M., Tromp, G. , Ogata, T., Skunca, M., Sakalihasan, N., Pals, G., Limet, R., MacKean, G.L., Defawe, O., Verloes, A., Arthur, C., Lossing, A.G., Burnett, M., Sueda, T., and Kuivaniemi, H. Genome Scan for Familial Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Using Sex and Family History as Covariates Suggests Genetic Heterogeneity and Identifies Linkage to Chromosome 19q13. Circulation 109: 2103-2108, 2004.

Theendakara, V., Tromp, G. , Kuivaniemi, H., White, P.S., Panchal, S., Cox, J., Winters, R.S., Riebeling, P., Tost, F., Hoeltzenbein, M., Tervo, T.M., Henn, W., Denniger, E., Krause, M., Koksal, M., Kargi, S., Ugurbas, S.H., Latvala, T., Shearman, A.M., and Weiss, J.S. Fine mapping of the Schnyder's crystalline corneal dystrophy locus. Hum. Genet. 114: 594-600, 2004.

Tromp, G. , Gatalica, Z., Skunca, M., Berguer, R., Siegel, T., Kline, R., and Kuivaniemi, H. Elevated Expression of Matrix Metalloproteinase-13 in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms. Ann. Vasc. Surg. 18:414-420, 2004.

Tromp, G. , Kuivaniemi, H., Chaiworapongsa, T., Kim Y.M., Kim, M.R., Maymon, E., Edwin, S., and Romero R. Genome-wide expression profiling of fetal membranes reveals deficient expression of proteinase inhibitor 3 in premature rupture of membranes. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 191: 1331-1338, 2004.

Tromp, G. , Wills, S. Familial intracranial aneurysms, Response. Stroke, 2004.

Kim, Y.M., Chaiworapongsa, T., Kim, G.J., Kim, M.R., Kuivaniemi, H., Tromp, G. , Espinoza, J., Bujold, G., Abrahams, V.M., Mor, G., and Romero, R. Toll-like receptor-2 and -4 in the chorioamniotic membranes in spontaneous labor at term and in preterm parturition associated with chorioamnionitis. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 191: 1346-1355, 2004.

Romero, R., Chaiworapongsa, T., Kuivaniemi, H., and Tromp, G. Bacterial vaginosis, the inflammatory response and the risk of preterm birth: A role for genetic epidemiology in the prevention of preterm birth. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol. 190: 1509-1519, 2004.

Gatalica, Z., Velagaleti, G., Kuivaniemi, H., Tromp, G. , Palazzo, J., Graves, K.M., Guigneaux, M., Wood, T., Sinha, M., and Luxon, B. Gene expression profile of an adenomyoepithelioma of the breast with reciprocal translocation involving chromosomes 8 and 16 [46,XX,t(8;16)(p23;q21)]. Cancer Genet. Cytogenet. 156: 14-22, 2004.

Wang, H., Parry, S., Macones, G., Sammel, M.D., Ferrand, P.E., Kuivaniemi, H., Tromp, G. , Halder, I., Shriver, M.D., Romero, R., Strauss, J.F. 3 rd Functionally significant SNP MMP8 promoter haplotypes and preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM). Hum. Mol. Genet. 13: 2659-2669, 2004.

Gatalica, Z., Velagaleti, G., Kuivaniemi, H., Tromp, G., Palazzo, J., Graves, K.M.,Guigneaux, M., Wood, T., Sinha, M.and Luxon, B. Gene expression profile of an adenomyoepithelioma of the breast with a reciprocal translocation involving chromosomes 8 and 16. Cancer Genet Cytogenet 156: 14-22, 2005.

Kim, G.J., Romero, R., Kuivaniemi, H., Tromp, G., Haddad, R., Kim, Y.M., Kim, M.R., Nien, J.K., Hong, J.S., Espinoza, J., Santolaya, J., Yoon, B.H., Mazor, M.and Kim, C.J. Expression of bone morphogenetic protein 2 in normal spontaneous labor at term, preterm labor, and preterm premature rupture of membranes. Am J Obstet Gynecol 193: 1137-1143, 2005.

Ogata, T., MacKean, G.L., Cole, C.W., Arthur, C., Andreou, P., Tromp, G.and Kuivaniemi, H. The lifetime prevalence of abdominal aortic aneurysms among siblings of aneurysm patients is eightfold higher than among siblings of spouses: an analysis of 187 aneurysm families in Nova Scotia, Canada. J Vasc Surg 42: 891-897, 2005.

Ogata, T., Shibamura, H., Tromp, G., Sinha, M., Goddard, K.A., Sakalihasan, N., Limet, R., MacKean, G.L., Arthur, C., Sueda, T., Land, S.and Kuivaniemi, H. Genetic analysis of polymorphisms in biologically relevant candidate genes in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms. J Vasc Surg 41: 1036-1042, 2005.

Chatterjee, M., Mohapatra, S., Ionan, A., Bawa, G., Ali-Fehmi, R., Wang, X., Nowak, J., Ye, B., Nahhas, F.A., Lu, K., Witkin, S.S., Fishman, D., Munkarah, A., Morris, R., Levin, N.K., Shirley, N.N., Tromp, G., Abrams, J., Draghici, S.and Tainsky, M.A. Diagnostic markers of ovarian cancer by high-throughput antigen cloning and detection on arrays. Cancer Res 66: 1181-1190, 2006.

Haddad, R., Gould, B.R., Romero, R., Tromp, G., Farookhi, R., Edwin, S.S., Kim, M.R.and Zingg, H.H. Uterine transcriptomes of bacteria-induced and ovariectomy-induced preterm labor in mice are characterized by differential expression of arachidonate metabolism genes. Am J Obstet Gynecol 195: 822-828, 2006.

Haddad, R., Tromp, G., Kuivaniemi, H., Chaiworapongsa, T., Kim, Y.M., Mazor, M.and Romero, R. Human spontaneous labor without histologic chorioamnionitis is characterized by an acute inflammation gene expression signature. Am J Obstet Gynecol 195: 394 e391-324, 2006.

Hassan, S.S., Romero, R., Haddad, R., Hendler, I., Khalek, N., Tromp, G., Diamond, M.P., Sorokin, Y.and Malone, J., Jr. The transcriptome of the uterine cervix before and after spontaneous term parturition. Am J Obstet Gynecol 195: 778-786, 2006.

Meftah, S.P., Kuivaniemi, H., Tromp, G., Kerkeni, A., Sfar, M.T., Ayadi, A.and Prasad, A.S. A new mutation in exon 3 of the SCL39A4 gene in a Tunisian family with severe acrodermatitis enteropathica. Nutrition 2006.

Ogata, T., Arrington, S., Davis, P.M., Jr., Sam, A.D., 2nd, Hollier, L.H., Tromp, G. and Kuivaniemi, H. Community-based, nonprofit organization-sponsored ultrasonography screening program for abdominal aortic aneurysms is effective at identifying occult aneurysms. Ann Vasc Surg 20: 312-316, 2006.

Ogata, T., Gregoire, L., Goddard, K.A., Skunca, M., Tromp, G., Lancaster, W.D., Parrado, A.R., Lu, Q., Shibamura, H., Sakalihasan, N., Limet, R., Mackean, G.L., Arthur, C., Sueda, T.and Kuivaniemi, H. Evidence for association between the HLA-DQA locus and abdominal aortic aneurysms in the Belgian population: a case control study. BMC Med Genet 7: 67, 2006.

Wang, H., Parry, S., Macones, G., Sammel, M.D., Kuivaniemi, H., Tromp, G., Argyropoulos, G., Halder, I., Shriver, M.D., Romero, R.and Strauss, J.F., 3rd. A functional SNP in the promoter of the SERPINH1 gene increases risk of preterm premature rupture of membranes in African Americans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103: 13463-13467, 2006.

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