PMID-sentid Pub_year Sent_text comp_official_name comp_offsetprotein_name organism prot_offset 24442913-0 2014 PHOX2B polyalanine repeat length is associated with sudden infant death syndrome and unclassified sudden infant death in the Dutch population. polyalanine 7-18 paired like homeobox 2B Homo sapiens 0-6 24442913-6 2014 Of all DNA variants considered, only the length variation of the polyalanine repeat in exon 3 of the PHOX2B gene was found to be statistically significantly associated with USID/SIDS in the Dutch population after multiple test correction. polyalanine 65-76 paired like homeobox 2B Homo sapiens 101-107 24442913-7 2014 Interestingly, our data suggest that contraction of the PHOX2B exon 3 polyalanine repeat that we found in six of 160 SIDS and USID cases and in six of 814 controls serves as a probable genetic risk factor for USID/SIDS at least in the Dutch population. polyalanine 70-81 paired like homeobox 2B Homo sapiens 56-62 24442913-8 2014 Future studies are needed to confirm this finding and to understand the functional effect of the polyalanine repeat length variation, in particular contraction, in exon 3 of the PHOX2B gene. polyalanine 97-108 paired like homeobox 2B Homo sapiens 178-184