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Cong W, Meng X, Li J, Zhang Q, Chen F, Liu W, Wang Y, Cheng S, Yao X, Yan J, Kim S, Saykin AJ, Liang H, Shen L. Genome-wide network-based pathway analysis of CSF t-tau/Aβ1-42 ratio in the ADNI cohort. BMC Genomics 2017; 18:421. [PMID: 28558704 PMCID: PMC5450240 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-3798-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2016] [Accepted: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) levels of total tau (t-tau) and Aβ1-42 are potential early diagnostic markers for probable Alzheimer's disease (AD). The influence of genetic variation on these CSF biomarkers has been investigated in candidate or genome-wide association studies (GWAS). However, the investigation of statistically modest associations in GWAS in the context of biological networks is still an under-explored topic in AD studies. The main objective of this study is to gain further biological insights via the integration of statistical gene associations in AD with physical protein interaction networks. RESULTS The CSF and genotyping data of 843 study subjects (199 CN, 85 SMC, 239 EMCI, 207 LMCI, 113 AD) from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) were analyzed. PLINK was used to perform GWAS on the t-tau/Aβ1-42 ratio using quality controlled genotype data, including 563,980 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), with age, sex and diagnosis as covariates. Gene-level p-values were obtained by VEGAS2. Genes with p-value ≤ 0.05 were mapped on to a protein-protein interaction (PPI) network (9,617 nodes, 39,240 edges, from the HPRD Database). We integrated a consensus model strategy into the iPINBPA network analysis framework, and named it as CM-iPINBPA. Four consensus modules (CMs) were discovered by CM-iPINBPA, and were functionally annotated using the pathway analysis tool Enrichr. The intersection of four CMs forms a common subnetwork of 29 genes, including those related to tau phosphorylation (GSK3B, SUMO1, AKAP5, CALM1 and DLG4), amyloid beta production (CASP8, PIK3R1, PPA1, PARP1, CSNK2A1, NGFR, and RHOA), and AD (BCL3, CFLAR, SMAD1, and HIF1A). CONCLUSIONS This study coupled a consensus module (CM) strategy with the iPINBPA network analysis framework, and applied it to the GWAS of CSF t-tau/Aβ1-42 ratio in an AD study. The genome-wide network analysis yielded 4 enriched CMs that share not only genes related to tau phosphorylation or amyloid beta production but also multiple genes enriching several KEGG pathways such as Alzheimer's disease, colorectal cancer, gliomas, renal cell carcinoma, Huntington's disease, and others. This study demonstrated that integration of gene-level associations with CMs could yield statistically significant findings to offer valuable biological insights (e.g., functional interaction among the protein products of these genes) and suggest high confidence candidates for subsequent analyses.
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- Wang Cong
- College of Automation, Harbin Engineering University, 145 Nantong Street, BLDG 61-5029, Harbin, 150001 China
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- College of Automation, Harbin Engineering University, 145 Nantong Street, BLDG 61-5029, Harbin, 150001 China
- Harbin Huade University, No.288 Xue Yuan Rd. Limin Development Zone, Harbin, 150025 China
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- College of Automation, Harbin Engineering University, 145 Nantong Street, BLDG 61-5029, Harbin, 150001 China
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- College of Automation, Harbin Engineering University, 145 Nantong Street, BLDG 61-5029, Harbin, 150001 China
- College of Information Engineering, Northeast Dianli University, 169 Changchun Street, Jilin City, Jilin 132012 China
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- College of Automation, Harbin Engineering University, 145 Nantong Street, BLDG 61-5029, Harbin, 150001 China
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- College of Automation, Harbin Engineering University, 145 Nantong Street, BLDG 61-5029, Harbin, 150001 China
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- College of Automation, Harbin Engineering University, 145 Nantong Street, BLDG 61-5029, Harbin, 150001 China
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- College of Automation, Harbin Engineering University, 145 Nantong Street, BLDG 61-5029, Harbin, 150001 China
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, 355 W 16th St, Suite 4100, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
- School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, 719 Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, 355 W 16th St, Suite 4100, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
- School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, 719 Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
- Indiana University Network Science Institute, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, 355 W 16th St, Suite 4100, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
- Indiana University Network Science Institute, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, 355 W 16th St, Suite 4100, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
- Indiana University Network Science Institute, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
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- College of Automation, Harbin Engineering University, 145 Nantong Street, BLDG 61-5029, Harbin, 150001 China
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- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, 355 W 16th St, Suite 4100, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
- School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, 719 Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
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- College of Automation, Harbin Engineering University, 145 Nantong Street, BLDG 61-5029, Harbin, 150001 China
- Harbin Huade University, No.288 Xue Yuan Rd. Limin Development Zone, Harbin, 150025 China
- College of Information Engineering, Northeast Dianli University, 169 Changchun Street, Jilin City, Jilin 132012 China
- Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Indiana University School of Medicine, 355 W 16th St, Suite 4100, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
- School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, 719 Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
- Indiana University Network Science Institute, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
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Meta-analysis of GWAS of over 16,000 individuals with autism spectrum disorder highlights a novel locus at 10q24.32 and a significant overlap with schizophrenia. Mol Autism 2017; 8:21. [PMID: 28540026 PMCID: PMC5441062 DOI: 10.1186/s13229-017-0137-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 350] [Impact Index Per Article: 50.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2016] [Accepted: 04/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Over the past decade genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been applied to aid in the understanding of the biology of traits. The success of this approach is governed by the underlying effect sizes carried by the true risk variants and the corresponding statistical power to observe such effects given the study design and sample size under investigation. Previous ASD GWAS have identified genome-wide significant (GWS) risk loci; however, these studies were of only of low statistical power to identify GWS loci at the lower effect sizes (odds ratio (OR) <1.15). METHODS We conducted a large-scale coordinated international collaboration to combine independent genotyping data to improve the statistical power and aid in robust discovery of GWS loci. This study uses genome-wide genotyping data from a discovery sample (7387 ASD cases and 8567 controls) followed by meta-analysis of summary statistics from two replication sets (7783 ASD cases and 11359 controls; and 1369 ASD cases and 137308 controls). RESULTS We observe a GWS locus at 10q24.32 that overlaps several genes including PITX3, which encodes a transcription factor identified as playing a role in neuronal differentiation and CUEDC2 previously reported to be associated with social skills in an independent population cohort. We also observe overlap with regions previously implicated in schizophrenia which was further supported by a strong genetic correlation between these disorders (Rg = 0.23; P = 9 × 10-6). We further combined these Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC) ASD GWAS data with the recent PGC schizophrenia GWAS to identify additional regions which may be important in a common neurodevelopmental phenotype and identified 12 novel GWS loci. These include loci previously implicated in ASD such as FOXP1 at 3p13, ATP2B2 at 3p25.3, and a 'neurodevelopmental hub' on chromosome 8p11.23. CONCLUSIONS This study is an important step in the ongoing endeavour to identify the loci which underpin the common variant signal in ASD. In addition to novel GWS loci, we have identified a significant genetic correlation with schizophrenia and association of ASD with several neurodevelopmental-related genes such as EXT1, ASTN2, MACROD2, and HDAC4.
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Lonjou C, Damiola F, Moissonnier M, Durand G, Malakhova I, Masyakin V, Le Calvez-Kelm F, Cardis E, Byrnes G, Kesminiene A, Lesueur F. Investigation of DNA repair-related SNPs underlying susceptibility to papillary thyroid carcinoma reveals MGMT as a novel candidate gene in Belarusian children exposed to radiation. BMC Cancer 2017; 17:328. [PMID: 28499365 PMCID: PMC5429528 DOI: 10.1186/s12885-017-3314-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2017] [Accepted: 05/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Genetic factors may influence an individual's sensitivity to ionising radiation and therefore modify his/her risk of developing papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). Previously, we reported that common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the DNA damage recognition gene ATM contribute to PTC risk in Belarusian children exposed to fallout from the Chernobyl power plant accident. Here we explored in the same population the contribution of a panel of DNA repair-related SNPs in genes acting downstream of ATM. METHODS The association of 141 SNPs located in 43 DNA repair genes was examined in 75 PTC cases and 254 controls from the Gomel region in Belarus. All subjects were younger than 15 years at the time of the Chernobyl accident. Conditional logistic regressions accounting for radiation dose were performed with PLINK using the additive allelic inheritance model, and a linkage disequilibrium (LD)-based Bonferroni correction was used for correction for multiple testing. RESULTS The intronic SNP rs2296675 in MGMT was associated with an increased PTC risk [per minor allele odds ratio (OR) 2.54 95% CI 1.50, 4.30, P per allele = 0.0006, P corr.= 0.05], and gene-wide association testing highlighted a possible role for ERCC5 (P Gene = 0.01) and PCNA (P Gene = 0.05) in addition to MGMT (P Gene = 0.008). CONCLUSIONS These findings indicate that several genes acting in distinct DNA repair mechanisms contribute to PTC risk. Further investigation is needed to decipher the functional properties of the methyltransferase encoded by MGMT and to understand how alteration of such functions may lead to the development of the most common type of thyroid cancer.
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- Christine Lonjou
- Institut Curie, 75248 Paris, France
- PSL Research University, 75005 Paris, France
- INSERM, U900, 75248 Paris, France
- Mines Paris Tech, 77305 Fontainebleau, France
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- Environment and Radiation, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 69372 Lyon, France
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- Republican Scientific and Practical Center for Medical Technologies, Informatisation, Administration and Management of Health (RSPC MT), 220013 Minsk, Belarus
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- Republican Research Center for Radiation Medicine & Human Ecology, 246040 Gomel, Belarus
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- Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute), CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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- Environment and Radiation, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 69372 Lyon, France
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- Environment and Radiation, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 69372 Lyon, France
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- Institut Curie, 75248 Paris, France
- PSL Research University, 75005 Paris, France
- INSERM, U900, 75248 Paris, France
- Mines Paris Tech, 77305 Fontainebleau, France
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Luo T, Liu X, Cui Y. A Genome-wide Association Analysis in Four Populations Reveals Strong Genetic Heterogeneity For Birth Weight. Curr Genomics 2017; 17:416-426. [PMID: 28479870 PMCID: PMC5320544 DOI: 10.2174/1389202917666160726152033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2015] [Revised: 08/24/2015] [Accepted: 08/31/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Low or high birth weight is one of the main causes for neonatal morbidity and mortality. They are also associated with adulthood chronic illness. Birth weight is a complex trait which is affected by baby's genes, maternal environments as well as the complex interactions between them. To understand the genetic basis of birth weight, we reanalyzed a genome-wide association study data set which consists of four populations, namely Thai, Afro-Caribbean, European, and Hispanic population with regular linear models. In addition to fit the data with parametric linear models, we fitted the data with a nonparametric varying-coefficient model to identify variants that are nonlinearly modulated by mother's condition to affect birth weight. For this purpose, we used baby's cord glucose level as the mother's environmental variable. At the 10-5 genome-wide threshold, we identified 33 SNP variants in the Thai population, 26 SNPs in the Afro-Caribbean population, 18 SNPs in the European population, and 7 SNPs in the Hispanic population. Some of the variants are significantly modulated by baby's cord glucose level either linearly or nonlinearly, implying potential interactions between baby's gene and mother's glucose level to affect baby's birth weight. There is no overlap between variants identified in the four populations, indicating strong genetic heterogeneity of birth weight between the four ethnic groups. The findings of this study provide insights into the genetic basis of birth weight and reveal its genetic heterogeneity.
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- Tiane Luo
- Division of Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, 030001, China
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- Department of Statistics and Probability, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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- Division of Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, Shanxi, 030001, China.,Department of Statistics and Probability, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Karlsson IK, Ploner A, Song C, Gatz M, Pedersen NL, Hägg S. Genetic susceptibility to cardiovascular disease and risk of dementia. Transl Psychiatry 2017; 7:e1142. [PMID: 28556832 PMCID: PMC5534941 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2017.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2017] [Revised: 04/20/2017] [Accepted: 04/20/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Several studies have shown cardiovascular disease (CVD) to be associated with dementia, but it is not clear whether CVD per se increases the risk of dementia or whether the association is due to shared risk factors. We tested how a genetic risk score (GRS) for coronary artery disease (CAD) affects dementia risk after CVD in 13 231 Swedish twins. We also utilized summarized genome-wide association data to study genetic overlap between CAD and Alzheimer´s disease (AD), and additionally between shared risk factors and each disease. There was no direct effect of a CAD GRS on dementia (hazard ratio 0.99, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.98-1.01). However, the GRS for CAD modified the association between CVD and dementia within 3 years of CVD diagnosis, ranging from a hazard ratio of 1.59 (95% CI: 1.05-2.41) in the first GRS quartile to 1.91 (95% CI: 1.28-2.86) in the fourth GRS quartile. Using summary statistics, we found no genetic overlap between CAD and AD. We did, however, find that both AD and CAD share a significant genetic overlap with lipids, but that the overlap arose from clearly distinct gene clusters. In conclusion, genetic susceptibility to CAD was found to modify the association between CVD and dementia, most likely through associations with shared risk factors.
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- I K Karlsson
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden,Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Box 281, SE 171-77 Stockholm, Sweden. E-mail:
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden,Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden,Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Husser D, Büttner P, Ueberham L, Dinov B, Sommer P, Arya A, Hindricks G, Bollmann A. Association of atrial fibrillation susceptibility genes, atrial fibrillation phenotypes and response to catheter ablation: a gene-based analysis of GWAS data. J Transl Med 2017; 15:71. [PMID: 28381281 PMCID: PMC5381139 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-017-1170-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Previous studies have suggested PITX2, KCNN3 and ZFHX3 as atrial fibrillation (AF) susceptibility genes. Single common genetic polymorphisms of those genes have been linked with AF phenotypes and rhythm outcome of AF catheter ablation although their mechanisms remain elusive. New gene-based association tests may help clarifying genotype–phenotype correlations. Therefore, we hypothesized that PITX2, KCNN3 and ZFHX3 associate with left atrial enlargement and persistent AF and subsequently with ablation outcome. Methods and results Samples from 660 patients with paroxysmal (n = 370) or persistent AF (n = 290) undergoing AF catheter ablation were genotyped for ~1,000,000 SNPs. Gene-based association was investigated using two different gene-based association tests (VEGAS, minSNP). Among the three candidate genes, only ZFHX3 associated with left atrial dilatation and AF recurrence after catheter ablation. Conclusion This study suggests a contribution of ZFHX3 to AF remodeling and response to therapy. Future and larger studies are necessary to replicate and apply these findings with an emphasis on designing AF pathophysiology-based multi-locus risk scores.
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- Daniela Husser
- Department of Electrophysiology, Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig University, Strümpellstr. 39, 04289, Leipzig, Germany.
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- Department of Electrophysiology, Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig University, Strümpellstr. 39, 04289, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Electrophysiology, Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig University, Strümpellstr. 39, 04289, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Electrophysiology, Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig University, Strümpellstr. 39, 04289, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Electrophysiology, Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig University, Strümpellstr. 39, 04289, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Electrophysiology, Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig University, Strümpellstr. 39, 04289, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Electrophysiology, Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig University, Strümpellstr. 39, 04289, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Electrophysiology, Heart Center Leipzig, Leipzig University, Strümpellstr. 39, 04289, Leipzig, Germany
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Haitjema S, Meddens CA, van der Laan SW, Kofink D, Harakalova M, Tragante V, Foroughi Asl H, van Setten J, Brandt MM, Bis JC, O’Donnell C, Cheng C, Hoefer IE, Waltenberger J, Biessen E, Jukema JW, Doevendans PA, Nieuwenhuis EE, Erdmann J, Björkegren JL, Pasterkamp G, Asselbergs FW, den Ruijter HM, Mokry M. Additional Candidate Genes for Human Atherosclerotic Disease Identified Through Annotation Based on Chromatin Organization. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 10:CIRCGENETICS.116.001664. [DOI: 10.1161/circgenetics.116.001664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2016] [Accepted: 12/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Background—
As genome-wide association efforts, such as CARDIoGRAM and METASTROKE, are ongoing to reveal susceptibility loci for their underlying disease—atherosclerotic disease—identification of candidate genes explaining the associations of these loci has proven the main challenge. Many disease susceptibility loci colocalize with DNA regulatory elements, which influence gene expression through chromatin interactions. Therefore, the target genes of these regulatory elements can be considered candidate genes. Applying these biological principles, we used an alternative approach to annotate susceptibility loci and identify candidate genes for human atherosclerotic disease based on circular chromosome conformation capture followed by sequencing.
Methods and Results—
In human monocytes and coronary endothelial cells, we generated 63 chromatin interaction data sets for 37 active DNA regulatory elements that colocalize with known susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease (CARDIoGRAMplusC4D) and large artery stroke (METASTROKE). By circular chromosome conformation capture followed by sequencing, we identified a physical 3-dimensional interaction with 326 candidate genes expressed in at least 1 of these cell types, of which 294 have not been reported before. We highlight 16 genes based on expression quantitative trait loci.
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Our findings provide additional candidate-gene annotation for 37 disease susceptibility loci for human atherosclerotic disease that are of potential interest to better understand the complex pathophysiology of cardiovascular diseases.
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Han X, Hu Z, Chen J, Huang J, Huang C, Liu F, Gu C, Yang X, Hixson JE, Lu X, Wang L, Liu DP, He J, Chen S, Gu D. Associations Between Genetic Variants of NADPH Oxidase-Related Genes and Blood Pressure Responses to Dietary Sodium Intervention: The GenSalt Study. Am J Hypertens 2017; 30:427-434. [PMID: 28200110 PMCID: PMC6191854 DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpw200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2016] [Revised: 11/09/2016] [Accepted: 01/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to comprehensively test the associations of genetic variants of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase-related genes with blood pressure (BP) responses to dietary sodium intervention in a Chinese population. METHODS We conducted a 7-day low-sodium intervention followed by a 7-day high-sodium intervention among 1,906 participants in rural China. BP measurements were obtained at baseline and each dietary intervention using a random-zero sphygmomanometer. Linear mixed-effect models were used to assess the additive associations of 63 tag single-nucleotide polymorphisms in 11 NADPH oxidase-related genes with BP responses to dietary sodium intervention. Gene-based analyses were conducted using the truncated product method. The Bonferroni method was used to adjust for multiple testing in all analyses. RESULTS Systolic BP (SBP) response to high-sodium intervention significantly decreased with the number of minor T allele of marker rs6967221 in RAC1 (P = 4.51 × 10-4). SBP responses (95% confidence interval) for genotypes CC, CT, and TT were 5.03 (4.71, 5.36), 4.20 (3.54, 4.85), and 0.56 (-1.08, 2.20) mm Hg, respectively, during the high-sodium intervention. Gene-based analyses revealed that RAC1 was significantly associated with SBP response to high-sodium intervention (P = 1.00 × 10-6) and diastolic BP response to low-sodium intervention (P = 9.80 × 10-4). CONCLUSIONS These findings suggested that genetic variants of NADPH oxidase-related genes may contribute to the variation of BP responses to sodium intervention in Chinese population. Further replication of these findings is warranted.
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- Xikun Han
- Department of Epidemiology, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Los Angeles, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- School of Public Health, University of Texas, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- National Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Los Angeles, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Epidemiology, State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Kim SK, Roos TR, Roos AK, Kleimeyer JP, Ahmed MA, Goodlin GT, Fredericson M, Ioannidis JPA, Avins AL, Dragoo JL. Genome-wide association screens for Achilles tendon and ACL tears and tendinopathy. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0170422. [PMID: 28358823 PMCID: PMC5373512 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0170422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2016] [Accepted: 01/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Achilles tendinopathy or rupture and anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture are substantial injuries affecting athletes, associated with delayed recovery or inability to return to competition. To identify genetic markers that might be used to predict risk for these injuries, we performed genome-wide association screens for these injuries using data from the Genetic Epidemiology Research on Adult Health and Aging (GERA) cohort consisting of 102,979 individuals. We did not find any single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with either of these injuries with a p-value that was genome-wide significant (p<5x10-8). We found, however, four and three polymorphisms with p-values that were borderline significant (p<10-6) for Achilles tendon injury and ACL rupture, respectively. We then tested SNPs previously reported to be associated with either Achilles tendon injury or ACL rupture. None showed an association in our cohort with a false discovery rate of less than 5%. We obtained, however, moderate to weak evidence for replication in one case; specifically, rs4919510 in MIR608 had a p-value of 5.1x10-3 for association with Achilles tendon injury, corresponding to a 7% chance of false replication. Finally, we tested 2855 SNPs in 90 candidate genes for musculoskeletal injury, but did not find any that showed a significant association below a false discovery rate of 5%. We provide data containing summary statistics for the entire genome, which will be useful for future genetic studies on these injuries.
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- Stuart K. Kim
- Department Developmental Biology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford CA, United States of America
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- Department Developmental Biology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford CA, United States of America
- Department Health Research and Policy, Division of Epidemiology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford CA, United States of America
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- Department Developmental Biology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford CA, United States of America
- Department Health Research and Policy, Division of Epidemiology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford CA, United States of America
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- Department Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford CA, United States of America
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- Department Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford CA, United States of America
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- College of Medicine, California Northstate University, Elk Grove CA, United States of America
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- Department Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford CA, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford CA, United States of America
- Department of Health Research and Policy, Division of Epidemiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford CA, United States of America
- Department of Statistics, Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford CA, United States of America
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- Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Division of Research, Oakland, California, United States of America
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- Department Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford CA, United States of America
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VEGAS (versatile gene-based association study) is a popular methodological framework to perform gene-based tests based on summary statistics from single-variant analyses. The approach incorporates linkage disequilibrium information from reference panels to account for the correlation of test statistics. The gene-based test can utilize three different types of tests. In 2015, the improved framework VEGAS2, using more detailed reference panels, was published. Both versions provide user-friendly web- and offline-based tools for the analysis. However, the implementation of the popular top-percentage test is erroneous in both versions. The p values provided by VEGAS2 are deflated/anti-conservative. Based on real data examples, we demonstrate that this can increase substantially the rate of false-positive findings and can lead to inconsistencies between different test options. We also provide code that allows the user of VEGAS to compute correct p values.
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Ran S, Zhang L, Liu L, Feng AP, Pei YF, Zhang L, Han YY, Lin Y, Li X, Kong WW, You XY, Zhao W, Tian Q, Shen H, Zhang YH, Deng HW. Gene-based genome-wide association study identified 19p13.3 for lean body mass. Sci Rep 2017; 7:45025. [PMID: 28322352 PMCID: PMC5359571 DOI: 10.1038/srep45025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2016] [Accepted: 02/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Lean body mass (LBM) is a complex trait for human health. To identify genomic loci underlying LBM, we performed a gene-based genome-wide association study of lean mass index (LMI) in 1000 unrelated Caucasian subjects, and replicated in 2283 unrelated Caucasians subjects. Gene-based association analyses highlighted the significant associations of three genes UQCR, TCF3 and MBD3 in one single locus 19p13.3 (discovery p = 6.10 × 10-5, 1.65 × 10-4 and 1.10 × 10-4; replication p = 2.21 × 10-3, 1.84 × 10-3 and 6.95 × 10-3; combined p = 2.26 × 10-6, 4.86 × 10-6 and 1.15 × 10-5, respectively). These results, together with the known functional relevance of the three genes to LMI, suggested that the 19p13.3 region containing UQCR, TCF3 and MBD3 genes was a novel locus underlying lean mass variation.
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- Shu Ran
- Center of System Biomedical Sciences, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, PR China
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- Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics, School of Public Health, Soochow University, Jiangsu, PR China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University, Jiangsu, PR China
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- Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics, School of Public Health, Soochow University, Jiangsu, PR China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University, Jiangsu, PR China
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- Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics, School of Public Health, Soochow University, Jiangsu, PR China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University, Jiangsu, PR China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University, Jiangsu, PR China
- Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Public Health, Soochow University, Jiangsu, PR China
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- Center of System Biomedical Sciences, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, PR China
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- Center of System Biomedical Sciences, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, PR China
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- Center of System Biomedical Sciences, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, PR China
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- Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics, School of Public Health, Soochow University, Jiangsu, PR China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University, Jiangsu, PR China
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- Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics, School of Public Health, Soochow University, Jiangsu, PR China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University, Jiangsu, PR China
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- Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics, School of Public Health, Soochow University, Jiangsu, PR China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University, Jiangsu, PR China
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- Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics, School of Public Health, Soochow University, Jiangsu, PR China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University, Jiangsu, PR China
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- Department of Biostatistics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University, Jiangsu, PR China
- Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Public Health, Soochow University, Jiangsu, PR China
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- Center of System Biomedical Sciences, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, PR China
- Department of Biostatistics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Polimanti R, Zhang H, Smith AH, Zhao H, Farrer LA, Kranzler HR, Gelernter J. Genome-wide association study of body mass index in subjects with alcohol dependence. Addict Biol 2017; 22:535-549. [PMID: 26458734 PMCID: PMC5102811 DOI: 10.1111/adb.12317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2015] [Revised: 08/27/2015] [Accepted: 09/03/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Outcomes related to disordered metabolism are common in alcohol dependence (AD). To investigate alterations in the regulation of body mass that occur in the context of AD, we performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of body mass index (BMI) in African Americans (AAs) and European Americans (EAs) with AD. Subjects were recruited for genetic studies of AD or drug dependence and evaluated using the Semi-structured Assessment for Drug Dependence and Alcoholism. We investigated a total of 2587 AAs and 2959 EAs with DSM-IV AD diagnosis. In the stage 1 sample (N = 4137), we observed three genome-wide significant (GWS) single-nucleotide polymorphism associations, rs200889048 (P = 8.98 * 10-12 ) and rs12490016 (P = 1.44 * 10-8 ) in EAs and rs1630623 (P = 5.14 * 10-9 ) in AAs and EAs meta-analyzed. In the stage 2 sample (N = 1409), we replicated 278, 253 and 168 of the stage 1 suggestive loci (P < 5*10-4 ) in AAs, EAs, and AAs and EAs meta-analyzed, respectively. A meta-analysis of stage 1 and stage 2 samples (N = 5546) identified two additional GWS signals: rs28562191 in EAs (P = 4.46 * 10-8 ) and rs56950471 in AAs (P = 1.57 * 10-9 ). Three of the GWS loci identified (rs200889048, rs12490016 and rs1630623) were not previously reported by GWAS of BMI in the general population, and two of them raise interesting hypotheses: rs12490016-a regulatory variant located within LINC00880, where there are other GWAS-identified variants associated with birth size, adiposity in newborns and bulimia symptoms, which also interact with social stress in relation to birth size; rs1630623-a regulatory variant related to ALDH1A1, a gene involved in alcohol metabolism and adipocyte plasticity. These loci offer molecular insights regarding the regulatory mechanisms of body mass in the context of AD.
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- Renato Polimanti
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine and VA CT Healthcare Center, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine and VA CT Healthcare Center, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Medical Scientist Training Program and Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Departments of Medicine (Biomedical Genetics), Neurology, Ophthalmology, Genetics & Genomics, Biostatistics, and Epidemiology, Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and VISN 4 MIRECC, Philadelphia VAMC, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine and VA CT Healthcare Center, West Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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Lester KJ, Coleman JRI, Roberts S, Keers R, Breen G, Bögels S, Creswell C, Hudson JL, McKinnon A, Nauta M, Rapee RM, Schneider S, Silverman WK, Thastum M, Waite P, Wergeland GJH, Eley TC. Genetic variation in the endocannabinoid system and response to Cognitive Behavior Therapy for child anxiety disorders. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 2017; 174:144-155. [PMID: 27346075 PMCID: PMC5324578 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2016] [Accepted: 05/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Extinction learning is an important mechanism in the successful psychological treatment of anxiety. Individual differences in response and relapse following Cognitive Behavior Therapy may in part be explained by variability in the ease with which fears are extinguished or the vulnerability of these fears to re-emerge. Given the role of the endocannabinoid system in fear extinction, this study investigates whether genetic variation in the endocannabinoid system explains individual differences in response to CBT. Children (N = 1,309) with a primary anxiety disorder diagnosis were recruited. We investigated the relationship between variation in the CNR1, CNR2, and FAAH genes and change in primary anxiety disorder severity between pre- and post-treatment and during the follow-up period in the full sample and a subset with fear-based anxiety disorder diagnoses. Change in symptom severity during active treatment was nominally associated (P < 0.05) with two SNPs. During the follow-up period, five SNPs were nominally associated with a poorer treatment response (rs806365 [CNR1]; rs2501431 [CNR2]; rs2070956 [CNR2]; rs7769940 [CNR1]; rs2209172 [FAAH]) and one with a more favorable response (rs6928813 [CNR1]). Within the fear-based subset, the effect of rs806365 survived multiple testing corrections (P < 0.0016). We found very limited evidence for an association between variants in endocannabinoid system genes and treatment response once multiple testing corrections were applied. Larger, more homogenous cohorts are needed to allow the identification of variants of small but statistically significant effect and to estimate effect sizes for these variants with greater precision in order to determine their potential clinical utility. © 2016 The Authors. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Kathryn J Lester
- School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
- King's College London, MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry (SGDP) Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK
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- King's College London, MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry (SGDP) Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK
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- King's College London, MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry (SGDP) Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK
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- King's College London, MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry (SGDP) Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK
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- King's College London, MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry (SGDP) Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK
- National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre, South London and Maudsley National Health Service Trust, Beckenham, UK
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- Research Institute Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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- Department of Psychology, Centre for Emotional Health, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Psychology, Centre for Emotional Health, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
- MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, UK
- Brain and Mind Research Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Psychology and Experimental Psychopathology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychology, Centre for Emotional Health, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Psychology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Yale University School of Medicine, Child Study Center, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- King's College London, MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry (SGDP) Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, London, UK
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Sucheston-Campbell LE, Cannioto R, Clay AI, Etter JL, Eng KH, Liu S, Battaglia S, Hu Q, Szender JB, Minlikeeva A, Joseph JM, Mayor P, Abrams SI, Segal BH, Wallace PK, Soh KT, Zsiros E, Anton-Culver H, Bandera EV, Beckmann MW, Berchuck A, Bjorge L, Bruegl A, Campbell IG, Campbell SP, Chenevix-Trench G, Cramer DW, Dansonka-Mieszkowska A, Dao F, Diergaarde B, Doerk T, Doherty JA, du Bois A, Eccles D, Engelholm SA, Fasching PA, Gayther SA, Gentry-Maharaj A, Glasspool RM, Goodman MT, Gronwald J, Harter P, Hein A, Heitz F, Hillemmanns P, Høgdall C, Høgdall EVS, Huzarski T, Jensen A, Johnatty SE, Jung A, Karlan BY, Klapdor R, Kluz T, Konopka B, Kjær SK, Kupryjanczyk J, Lambrechts D, Lester J, Lubiński J, Levine DA, Lundvall L, McGuire V, McNeish IA, Menon U, Modugno F, Ness RB, Orsulic S, Paul J, Pearce CL, Pejovic T, Pharoah P, Ramus SJ, Rothstein J, Rossing MA, Rübner M, Schildkraut JM, Schmalfeldt B, Schwaab I, Siddiqui N, Sieh W, Sobiczewski P, Song H, Terry KL, Van Nieuwenhuysen E, Vanderstichele A, Vergote I, Walsh CS, Webb PM, Wentzensen N, Whittemore AS, Wu AH, Ziogas A, Odunsi K, Chang-Claude J, Goode EL, Moysich KB. No Evidence That Genetic Variation in the Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cell Pathway Influences Ovarian Cancer Survival. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2017; 26:420-424. [PMID: 27677730 PMCID: PMC5500198 DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-16-0631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2016] [Accepted: 08/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Background: The precise mechanism by which the immune system is adversely affected in cancer patients remains poorly understood, but the accumulation of immunosuppressive/protumorigenic myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs) is thought to be a prominent mechanism contributing to immunologic tolerance of malignant cells in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). To this end, we hypothesized genetic variation in MDSC pathway genes would be associated with survival after EOC diagnoses.Methods: We measured the hazard of death due to EOC within 10 years of diagnosis, overall and by invasive subtype, attributable to SNPs in 24 genes relevant in the MDSC pathway in 10,751 women diagnosed with invasive EOC. Versatile Gene-based Association Study and the admixture likelihood method were used to test gene and pathway associations with survival.Results: We did not identify individual SNPs that were significantly associated with survival after correction for multiple testing (P < 3.5 × 10-5), nor did we identify significant associations between the MDSC pathway overall, or the 24 individual genes and EOC survival.Conclusions: In this well-powered analysis, we observed no evidence that inherited variations in MDSC-associated SNPs, individual genes, or the collective genetic pathway contributed to EOC survival outcomes.Impact: Common inherited variation in genes relevant to MDSCs was not associated with survival in women diagnosed with invasive EOC. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 26(3); 420-4. ©2016 AACR.
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- Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Division of Epidemiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Gynecologic Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Gynecologic Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Immunology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Immunology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
- Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Flow & Image Cytometry, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Department of Flow & Image Cytometry, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Gynecologic Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Genetic Epidemiology Research Institute, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California
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- Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Erlangen, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Haukeland University Horpital, Bergen, Norway
- Department of Clinical Science, Centre for Cancer Biomarkers, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Cancer Genetics Laboratory, East Melbourne, Australia
- Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology Epidemiology Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Diagnostics, the Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Gynecologic Oncology, Laura and Isaac Pearlmutter Cancer Center, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology, The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire
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- Department of Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, Kliniken Essen-Mitte/Evang. Huyssens-Stiftung/Knappschaft GmbH, Essen, Germany
- Department of Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, Dr. Horst Schmidt Kliniken Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
- Wessex Clinical Genetics Service, Southampton University Hospitals Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- Department of Oncology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Erlangen, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Center for Cancer Prevention and Translational Genomics, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Cancer Prevention and Control, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Community and Population Health Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, International Hereditary Cancer Center, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, Kliniken Essen-Mitte/Evang. Huyssens-Stiftung/Knappschaft GmbH, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Erlangen, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, Kliniken Essen-Mitte/Evang. Huyssens-Stiftung/Knappschaft GmbH, Essen, Germany
- Department of Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology, Dr. Horst Schmidt Kliniken Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
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- Department of Gynaecology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Virus, Lifestyle and Genes, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Molecular Unit, Department of Pathology, Herlev Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, International Hereditary Cancer Center, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Virus, Lifestyle and Genes, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Genetics and Computational Biology Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Australia
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
- University Cancer Center Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Women's Cancer Program at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
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- Clinic of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Institute of Midwifery and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Diagnostics, the Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Gynaecology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Herlev, Denmark
- Department of Virus, Lifestyle and Genes, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Diagnostics, the Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Oncology, Laboratory for Translational Genetics, Vesalius Research Center, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Women's Cancer Program at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, International Hereditary Cancer Center, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Gynecologic Oncology, Laura and Isaac Pearlmutter Cancer Center, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Gynecology, The Juliane Marie Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Health Research and Policy - Epidemiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, Beatson Institute for Cancer Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Women's Cancer, Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Ovarian Cancer Center of Excellence, Womens Cancer Research Program, Magee-Womens Research Institute and University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- The University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston, Texas
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- Women's Cancer Program at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- The Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
- Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
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- Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- School of Women's and Children's Health, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia
- The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Health Research and Policy - Epidemiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Program in Epidemiology, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Erlangen, Comprehensive Cancer Center Erlangen-EMN, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Public Health Sciences, The University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Department of Gynecology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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- Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Department of Gynecologic Oncology, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Obstetrics and Gynecology Epidemiology Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Leuven Cancer Institute, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Leuven Cancer Institute, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Leuven Cancer Institute, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Women's Cancer Program at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Population Health Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Australia
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- Department of Health Research and Policy - Epidemiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California
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- Gynecologic Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
- University Cancer Center Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Health Science Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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- Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York.
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Mukherjee S, Russell JC, Carr DT, Burgess JD, Allen M, Serie DJ, Boehme KL, Kauwe JSK, Naj AC, Fardo DW, Dickson DW, Montine TJ, Ertekin-Taner N, Kaeberlein MR, Crane PK. Systems biology approach to late-onset Alzheimer's disease genome-wide association study identifies novel candidate genes validated using brain expression data and Caenorhabditis elegans experiments. Alzheimers Dement 2017; 13:1133-1142. [PMID: 28242297 DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2017.01.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2016] [Revised: 12/27/2016] [Accepted: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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INTRODUCTION We sought to determine whether a systems biology approach may identify novel late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) loci. METHODS We performed gene-wide association analyses and integrated results with human protein-protein interaction data using network analyses. We performed functional validation on novel genes using a transgenic Caenorhabditis elegans Aβ proteotoxicity model and evaluated novel genes using brain expression data from people with LOAD and other neurodegenerative conditions. RESULTS We identified 13 novel candidate LOAD genes outside chromosome 19. Of those, RNA interference knockdowns of the C. elegans orthologs of UBC, NDUFS3, EGR1, and ATP5H were associated with Aβ toxicity, and NDUFS3, SLC25A11, ATP5H, and APP were differentially expressed in the temporal cortex. DISCUSSION Network analyses identified novel LOAD candidate genes. We demonstrated a functional role for four of these in a C. elegans model and found enrichment of differentially expressed genes in the temporal cortex.
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA; Department of Neuroscience, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
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- Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA; Department of Neuroscience, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA; Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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Yang Z, Li M, Hu X, Xiang B, Deng W, Wang Q, Wang Y, Zhao L, Ma X, Sham PC, Northoff G, Li T. Rare damaging variants in DNA repair and cell cycle pathways are associated with hippocampal and cognitive dysfunction: a combined genetic imaging study in first-episode treatment-naive patients with schizophrenia. Transl Psychiatry 2017; 7:e1028. [PMID: 28195569 PMCID: PMC5438026 DOI: 10.1038/tp.2016.291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2016] [Revised: 11/13/2016] [Accepted: 11/27/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Schizophrenia is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder where changes in both hippocampus and memory-related cognitive functions are central. However, the exact relationship between neurodevelopmental-genetic factors and hippocampal-cognitive dysfunction remains unclear. The general aim of our study is to link the occurrence of rare damaging mutations involved in susceptibility gene pathways to the structure and function of hippocampus in order to define genetically and phenotypically based subgroups in schizophrenia. In the present study, by analyzing the exome sequencing and magnetic resonance imaging data in 94 first-episode treatment-naive schizophrenia patients and 134 normal controls, we identified that a cluster of rare damaging variants (RDVs) enriched in DNA repair and cell cycle pathways was present only in a subgroup including 39 schizophrenic patients. Furthermore, we found that schizophrenic patients with this RDVs show increased resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) between left hippocampus (especially for left dentate gyrus) and left inferior parietal cortex, as well as decreased rsFC between left hippocampus and cerebellum. Moreover, abnormal rsFC was related to the deficits of spatial working memory (SWM; that is known to recruit the hippocampus) in patients with the RDVs. Taken together, our data demonstrate for the first time, to our knowledge, that damaging rare variants of genes in DNA repair and cell cycle pathways are associated with aberrant hippocampal rsFC, which was further relative to cognitive deficits in first-episode treatment-naive schizophrenia. Therefore, our data provide some evidence for the occurrence of phenotypic alterations in hippocampal and SWM function in a genetically defined subgroup of schizophrenia.
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- Z Yang
- The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Psychiatric Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Psychiatric Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- The Mental Health Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Biobank, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Psychiatric Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Psychiatric Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- The Mental Health Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Psychiatric Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- The Mental Health Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Psychiatric Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Psychiatric Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Psychiatric Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- The Mental Health Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Centre for Genomic Sciences and Department of Psychiatry, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, China
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- Institute of Mental Health Research, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- The State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, Psychiatric Laboratory, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
- The Mental Health Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Rava M, Ahmed I, Kogevinas M, Le Moual N, Bouzigon E, Curjuric I, Dizier MH, Dumas O, Gonzalez JR, Imboden M, Mehta AJ, Tubert-Bitter P, Zock JP, Jarvis D, Probst-Hensch NM, Demenais F, Nadif R. Genes Interacting with Occupational Exposures to Low Molecular Weight Agents and Irritants on Adult-Onset Asthma in Three European Studies. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES 2017; 125:207-214. [PMID: 27504716 PMCID: PMC5289825 DOI: 10.1289/ehp376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2016] [Revised: 04/18/2016] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND The biological mechanisms by which cleaning products and disinfectants-an emerging risk factor-affect respiratory health remain incompletely evaluated. Studying genes by environment interactions (G × E) may help identify new genes related to adult-onset asthma. OBJECTIVES We identified interactions between genetic polymorphisms of a large set of genes involved in the response to oxidative stress and occupational exposures to low molecular weight (LMW) agents or irritants on adult-onset asthma. METHODS Our data came from three large European cohorts: Epidemiological Family-based Study of the Genetics and Environment of Asthma (EGEA), Swiss Cohort Study on Air Pollution and Lung and Heart Disease in Adults (SAPALDIA), and European Community Respiratory Health Survey in Adults (ECRHS). A candidate pathway-based strategy identified 163 genes involved in the response to oxidative stress and potentially related to exposures to LMW agents/irritants. Occupational exposures were evaluated using an asthma job-exposure matrix and job-specific questionnaires for cleaners and healthcare workers. Logistic regression models were used to detect G × E interactions, adjusted for age, sex, and population ancestry, in 2,599 adults (mean age, 47 years; 60% women, 36% exposed, 18% asthmatics). p-Values were corrected for multiple comparisons. RESULTS Ever exposure to LMW agents/irritants was associated with current adult-onset asthma [OR = 1.28 (95% CI: 1.04, 1.58)]. Eight single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) by exposure interactions at five loci were found at p < 0.005: PLA2G4A (rs932476, chromosome 1), near PLA2R1 (rs2667026, chromosome 2), near RELA (rs931127, rs7949980, chromosome 11), PRKD1 (rs1958980, rs11847351, rs1958987, chromosome 14), and PRKCA (rs6504453, chromosome 17). Results were consistent across the three studies and after accounting for smoking. CONCLUSIONS Using a pathway-based selection process, we identified novel genes potentially involved in adult asthma by interaction with occupational exposure. These genes play a role in the NF-κB pathway, which is involved in inflammation. Citation: Rava M, Ahmed I, Kogevinas M, Le Moual N, Bouzigon E, Curjuric I, Dizier MH, Dumas O, Gonzalez JR, Imboden M, Mehta AJ, Tubert-Bitter P, Zock JP, Jarvis D, Probst-Hensch NM, Demenais F, Nadif R. 2017. Genes interacting with occupational exposures to low molecular weight agents and irritants on adult-onset asthma in three European studies. Environ Health Perspect 125:207-214; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/EHP376.
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- Marta Rava
- Inserm, U1168, VIMA: Aging and Chronic Diseases, Epidemiological and Public Health Approaches, Villejuif, France
- Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Group, Human Cancer Genetics Program, Madrid, Spain
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- Inserm UMR 1181 [Biostatistics, Biomathematics, Pharmacoepidemiology and Infectious Diseases (B2PHI)], Villejuif, France
- Institut Pasteur, UMR 1181, B2PHI, Paris, France
- Univ Versailles St.-Quentin-en-Yvelines, UMR 1181, B2PHI, Montigny le Bretonneux, France
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- ISGlobal, Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain
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- Inserm, U1168, VIMA: Aging and Chronic Diseases, Epidemiological and Public Health Approaches, Villejuif, France
- Univ Versailles St.-Quentin-en-Yvelines, UMR-S 1168, Montigny le Bretonneux, France
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- Inserm, UMR-946, Genetic Variation and Human Diseases Unit, Paris, France
- Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Universitaire d’Hématologie, Paris, France
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Switzerland
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- Inserm, UMR-946, Genetic Variation and Human Diseases Unit, Paris, France
- Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Universitaire d’Hématologie, Paris, France
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- Inserm, U1168, VIMA: Aging and Chronic Diseases, Epidemiological and Public Health Approaches, Villejuif, France
- Univ Versailles St.-Quentin-en-Yvelines, UMR-S 1168, Montigny le Bretonneux, France
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- ISGlobal, Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Switzerland
- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Inserm UMR 1181 [Biostatistics, Biomathematics, Pharmacoepidemiology and Infectious Diseases (B2PHI)], Villejuif, France
- Institut Pasteur, UMR 1181, B2PHI, Paris, France
- Univ Versailles St.-Quentin-en-Yvelines, UMR 1181, B2PHI, Montigny le Bretonneux, France
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- ISGlobal, Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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- Respiratory Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
- MRC-HPA (Medical Research Council and Health Protection Agency) Centre for Environment and Health, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Switzerland
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- Inserm, UMR-946, Genetic Variation and Human Diseases Unit, Paris, France
- Univ Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Universitaire d’Hématologie, Paris, France
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- Inserm, U1168, VIMA: Aging and Chronic Diseases, Epidemiological and Public Health Approaches, Villejuif, France
- Univ Versailles St.-Quentin-en-Yvelines, UMR-S 1168, Montigny le Bretonneux, France
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Pasaniuc B, Price AL. Dissecting the genetics of complex traits using summary association statistics. Nat Rev Genet 2017; 18:117-127. [PMID: 27840428 PMCID: PMC5449190 DOI: 10.1038/nrg.2016.142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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During the past decade, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been used to successfully identify tens of thousands of genetic variants associated with complex traits and diseases. These studies have produced extensive repositories of genetic variation and trait measurements across large numbers of individuals, providing tremendous opportunities for further analyses. However, privacy concerns and other logistical considerations often limit access to individual-level genetic data, motivating the development of methods that analyse summary association statistics. Here, we review recent progress on statistical methods that leverage summary association data to gain insights into the genetic basis of complex traits and diseases.
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- Bogdan Pasaniuc
- Departments of Human Genetics, and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA
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- Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, USA
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Suggestive association between variants in IL1RAPL and asthma symptoms in Latin American children. Eur J Hum Genet 2017; 25:439-445. [PMID: 28120837 DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2016.197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2016] [Revised: 11/22/2016] [Accepted: 12/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Several genome-wide association studies have been conducted to investigate the influence of genetic polymorphisms in the development of allergic diseases, but few of them have included the X chromosome. The aim of present study was to perform an X chromosome-wide association study (X-WAS) for asthma symptoms. The study included 1307 children of which 294 were asthma cases. DNA was genotyped using 2.5 HumanOmni Beadchip from Illumina. Statistical analyses were performed in PLINK 1.9, MACH 1.0 and Minimac2. The variant rs12007907 (g.29483892C>A) in IL1RAPL gene was suggestively associated with asthma symptoms in discovery set (odds ratio (OR)=0.49, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.37-0.67; P=3.33 × 10-6). This result was replicated in the ProAr cohort in men only (OR=0.45, 95% CI: 0.21-0.95; P=0.038). Furthermore, investigating the functional role of the rs12007907 on the production a Th2-type cytokine, IL-13, we found a negative association between the minor allele A with IL-13 production in the discovery set (P=0.044). Gene-based analysis revealed that NUDT10 was the most consistently associated with asthma symptoms in discovery sample. In conclusion, the rs12007907 variant in IL1RAPL gene was negatively associated with asthma and IL-13 production in our study and a sex-specific association was observed in one of the validation samples. It suggests an effect on asthma susceptibility and may explain differences in severe asthma frequency between women and men.
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Zabaneh D, Krapohl E, Simpson MA, Miller MB, Iacono WG, McGue M, Putallaz M, Lubinski D, Plomin R, Breen G. Fine mapping genetic associations between the HLA region and extremely high intelligence. Sci Rep 2017; 7:41182. [PMID: 28117369 PMCID: PMC5259706 DOI: 10.1038/srep41182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2016] [Accepted: 12/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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General cognitive ability (intelligence) is one of the most heritable behavioural traits and most predictive of socially important outcomes and health. We hypothesized that some of the missing heritability of IQ might lie hidden in the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region, which plays a critical role in many diseases and traits but is not well tagged in conventional GWAS. Using a uniquely powered design, we investigated whether fine-mapping of the HLA region could narrow the missing heritability gap. Our case-control design included 1,393 cases with extremely high intelligence scores (top 0.0003 of the population equivalent to IQ > 147) and 3,253 unselected population controls. We imputed variants in 200 genes across the HLA region, one SNP (rs444921) reached our criterion for study-wide significance. SNP-based heritability of the HLA variants was small and not significant (h2 = 0.3%, SE = 0.2%). A polygenic score from the case-control genetic association analysis of SNPs in the HLA region did not significantly predict individual differences in intelligence in an independent unselected sample. We conclude that although genetic variation in the HLA region is important to the aetiology of many disorders, it does not appear to be hiding much of the missing heritability of intelligence.
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- Delilah Zabaneh
- MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London SE5 8AF, UK
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- MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London SE5 8AF, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Guy’s Hospital, Great Maze Pond, London, SE1 9RT, UK
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- Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Duke University Talent Identification Program, Duke University, Durham, NC 27701, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
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- MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London SE5 8AF, UK
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- MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London SE5 8AF, UK
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Ferrari R, Lovering RC, Hardy J, Lewis PA, Manzoni C. Weighted Protein Interaction Network Analysis of Frontotemporal Dementia. J Proteome Res 2017; 16:999-1013. [PMID: 28004582 PMCID: PMC6152613 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.6b00934] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The genetic analysis
of complex disorders has undoubtedly led to
the identification of a wealth of associations between genes and specific
traits. However, moving from genetics to biochemistry one gene at
a time has, to date, rather proved inefficient and under-powered to
comprehensively explain the molecular basis of phenotypes. Here we
present a novel approach, weighted protein–protein interaction
network analysis (W-PPI-NA), to highlight key functional players within
relevant biological processes associated with a given trait. This
is exemplified in the current study by applying W-PPI-NA to frontotemporal
dementia (FTD): We first built the state of the art FTD protein network
(FTD-PN) and then analyzed both its topological and functional features.
The FTD-PN resulted from the sum of the individual interactomes built
around FTD-spectrum genes, leading to a total of 4198 nodes. Twenty
nine of 4198 nodes, called inter-interactome hubs (IIHs), represented
those interactors able to bridge over 60% of the individual interactomes.
Functional annotation analysis not only reiterated and reinforced
previous findings from single genes and gene-coexpression analyses
but also indicated a number of novel potential disease related mechanisms,
including DNA damage response, gene expression
regulation, and cell waste disposal and
potential biomarkers or therapeutic targets including EP300. These
processes and targets likely represent the functional core impacted
in FTD, reflecting the underlying genetic architecture contributing
to disease. The approach presented in this study can be applied to
other complex traits for which risk-causative genes are known as it
provides a promising tool for setting the foundations for collating
genomics and wet laboratory data in a bidirectional manner. This is
and will be critical to accelerate molecular target prioritization
and drug discovery.
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- Raffaele Ferrari
- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology , Russell Square House, 9-12 Russell Square House, London WC1B 5EH, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cardiovascular Genetics, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London , London WC1E 6JF, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology , Russell Square House, 9-12 Russell Square House, London WC1B 5EH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology , Russell Square House, 9-12 Russell Square House, London WC1B 5EH, United Kingdom.,School of Pharmacy, University of Reading , Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AP, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology , Russell Square House, 9-12 Russell Square House, London WC1B 5EH, United Kingdom.,School of Pharmacy, University of Reading , Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AP, United Kingdom
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Lock EF, Dunson DB. Bayesian genome- and epigenome-wide association studies with gene level dependence. Biometrics 2017; 73:1018-1028. [PMID: 28083869 DOI: 10.1111/biom.12649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2016] [Revised: 12/01/2016] [Accepted: 12/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
High-throughput genetic and epigenetic data are often screened for associations with an observed phenotype. For example, one may wish to test hundreds of thousands of genetic variants, or DNA methylation sites, for an association with disease status. These genomic variables can naturally be grouped by the gene they encode, among other criteria. However, standard practice in such applications is independent screening with a universal correction for multiplicity. We propose a Bayesian approach in which the prior probability of an association for a given genomic variable depends on its gene, and the gene-specific probabilities are modeled nonparametrically. This hierarchical model allows for appropriate gene and genome-wide multiplicity adjustments, and can be incorporated into a variety of Bayesian association screening methodologies with negligible increase in computational complexity. We describe an application to screening for differences in DNA methylation between lower grade glioma and glioblastoma multiforme tumor samples from The Cancer Genome Atlas. Software is available via the package BayesianScreening for R: github.com/lockEF/BayesianScreening.
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- Eric F Lock
- Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, U.S.A
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- Department of Statistical Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, U.S.A
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Greene CS, Himmelstein DS. Genetic Association-Guided Analysis of Gene Networks for the Study of Complex Traits. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 9:179-84. [PMID: 27094199 DOI: 10.1161/circgenetics.115.001181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2015] [Accepted: 03/08/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Casey S Greene
- From the Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (C.S.G.); and Biological and Medical Informatics, University of California, San Francisco (D.S.H.).
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- From the Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (C.S.G.); and Biological and Medical Informatics, University of California, San Francisco (D.S.H.)
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Mehta CM, Gruen JR, Zhang H. A method for integrating neuroimaging into genetic models of learning performance. Genet Epidemiol 2017; 41:4-17. [PMID: 27859682 PMCID: PMC5154929 DOI: 10.1002/gepi.22025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2016] [Revised: 09/27/2016] [Accepted: 09/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Specific learning disorders (SLD) are an archetypal example of how clinical neuropsychological (NP) traits can differ from underlying genetic and neurobiological risk factors. Disparate environmental influences and pathologies impact learning performance assessed through cognitive examinations and clinical evaluations, the primary diagnostic tools for SLD. We propose a neurobiological risk for SLD with neuroimaging biomarkers, which is integrated into a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of learning performance in a cohort of 479 European individuals between 8 and 21 years of age. We first identified six regions of interest (ROIs) in temporal and anterior cingulate regions where the group diagnosed with learning disability has the least overall variation, relative to the other group, in thickness, area, and volume measurements. Although we used the three imaging measures, the thickness was the leading contributor. Hence, we calculated the Euclidean distances between any two individuals based on their thickness measures in the six ROIs. Then, we defined the relative similarity of one individual according to the averaged ranking of pairwise distances from the individuals to those in the SLD group. The inverse of this relative similarity is called the neurobiological risk for the individual. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the AGBL1 gene on chromosome 15 had a significant association with learning performance at a genome-wide level. This finding was supported in an independent cohort of 2,327 individuals of the same demographic profile. Our statistical approach for integrating genetic and neuroimaging biomarkers can be extended into studying the biological basis of other NP traits.
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- Chintan M. Mehta
- Department of Biostatistics, Yale University, 300 George Street, Suite 523, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511 (USA)
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- Department of Pediatrics and Genetics, Yale University, 464 Congress Avenue, Suite 208, New Haven, Connecticut, 06511 (USA)
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- Department of Biostatistics, Yale University, 300 George Street, Suite 523, New Haven, Connecticut, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Salvi E, Wang Z, Rizzi F, Gong Y, McDonough CW, Padmanabhan S, Hiltunen TP, Lanzani C, Zaninello R, Chittani M, Bailey KR, Sarin AP, Barcella M, Melander O, Chapman AB, Manunta P, Kontula KK, Glorioso N, Cusi D, Dominiczak AF, Johnson JA, Barlassina C, Boerwinkle E, Cooper-DeHoff RM, Turner ST. Genome-Wide and Gene-Based Meta-Analyses Identify Novel Loci Influencing Blood Pressure Response to Hydrochlorothiazide. Hypertension 2017; 69:51-59. [PMID: 27802415 PMCID: PMC5145728 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.116.08267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2016] [Revised: 08/26/2016] [Accepted: 10/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
Abstract
This study aimed to identify novel loci influencing the antihypertensive response to hydrochlorothiazide monotherapy. A genome-wide meta-analysis of blood pressure (BP) response to hydrochlorothiazide was performed in 1739 white hypertensives from 6 clinical trials within the International Consortium for Antihypertensive Pharmacogenomics Studies, making it the largest study to date of its kind. No signals reached genome-wide significance (P<5×10-8), and the suggestive regions (P<10-5) were cross-validated in 2 black cohorts treated with hydrochlorothiazide. In addition, a gene-based analysis was performed on candidate genes with previous evidence of involvement in diuretic response, in BP regulation, or in hypertension susceptibility. Using the genome-wide meta-analysis approach, with validation in blacks, we identified 2 suggestive regulatory regions linked to gap junction protein α1 gene (GJA1) and forkhead box A1 gene (FOXA1), relevant for cardiovascular and kidney function. With the gene-based approach, we identified hydroxy-delta-5-steroid dehydrogenase, 3 β- and steroid δ-isomerase 1 gene (HSD3B1) as significantly associated with BP response (P<2.28×10-4 ). HSD3B1 encodes the 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase enzyme and plays a crucial role in the biosynthesis of aldosterone and endogenous ouabain. By amassing all of the available pharmacogenomic studies of BP response to hydrochlorothiazide, and using 2 different analytic approaches, we identified 3 novel loci influencing BP response to hydrochlorothiazide. The gene-based analysis, never before applied to pharmacogenomics of antihypertensive drugs to our knowledge, provided a powerful strategy to identify a locus of interest, which was not identified in the genome-wide meta-analysis because of high allelic heterogeneity. These data pave the way for future investigations on new pathways and drug targets to enhance the current understanding of personalized antihypertensive treatment.
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- Erika Salvi
- From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (E.S., F.R., M.C., M.B., C.B.); Human Genetics and Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Z.W., E.B.); Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, College of Pharmacy (Y.G., C.W.M., J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.) and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.), University of Florida, Gainesville; Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (S.P., A.F.D.); Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (T.P.H., K.K.K.); Nephrology and Dialysis and Hypertension Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy (C.L., P.M.); Hypertension and Related Disease Centre, AOU-University of Sassari, Italy (R.Z., N.G.); Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research (K.R.B.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine (S.T.T.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Finland (A.-P.S); Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden (O.M.); Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois (A.B.C.); Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Centre of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy (D.C.); and Sanipedia srl, Bresso, Italy (D.C.).
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- From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (E.S., F.R., M.C., M.B., C.B.); Human Genetics and Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Z.W., E.B.); Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, College of Pharmacy (Y.G., C.W.M., J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.) and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.), University of Florida, Gainesville; Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (S.P., A.F.D.); Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (T.P.H., K.K.K.); Nephrology and Dialysis and Hypertension Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy (C.L., P.M.); Hypertension and Related Disease Centre, AOU-University of Sassari, Italy (R.Z., N.G.); Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research (K.R.B.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine (S.T.T.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Finland (A.-P.S); Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden (O.M.); Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois (A.B.C.); Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Centre of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy (D.C.); and Sanipedia srl, Bresso, Italy (D.C.)
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- From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (E.S., F.R., M.C., M.B., C.B.); Human Genetics and Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Z.W., E.B.); Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, College of Pharmacy (Y.G., C.W.M., J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.) and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.), University of Florida, Gainesville; Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (S.P., A.F.D.); Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (T.P.H., K.K.K.); Nephrology and Dialysis and Hypertension Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy (C.L., P.M.); Hypertension and Related Disease Centre, AOU-University of Sassari, Italy (R.Z., N.G.); Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research (K.R.B.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine (S.T.T.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Finland (A.-P.S); Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden (O.M.); Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois (A.B.C.); Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Centre of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy (D.C.); and Sanipedia srl, Bresso, Italy (D.C.)
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- From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (E.S., F.R., M.C., M.B., C.B.); Human Genetics and Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Z.W., E.B.); Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, College of Pharmacy (Y.G., C.W.M., J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.) and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.), University of Florida, Gainesville; Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (S.P., A.F.D.); Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (T.P.H., K.K.K.); Nephrology and Dialysis and Hypertension Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy (C.L., P.M.); Hypertension and Related Disease Centre, AOU-University of Sassari, Italy (R.Z., N.G.); Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research (K.R.B.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine (S.T.T.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Finland (A.-P.S); Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden (O.M.); Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois (A.B.C.); Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Centre of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy (D.C.); and Sanipedia srl, Bresso, Italy (D.C.)
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- From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (E.S., F.R., M.C., M.B., C.B.); Human Genetics and Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Z.W., E.B.); Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, College of Pharmacy (Y.G., C.W.M., J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.) and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.), University of Florida, Gainesville; Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (S.P., A.F.D.); Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (T.P.H., K.K.K.); Nephrology and Dialysis and Hypertension Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy (C.L., P.M.); Hypertension and Related Disease Centre, AOU-University of Sassari, Italy (R.Z., N.G.); Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research (K.R.B.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine (S.T.T.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Finland (A.-P.S); Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden (O.M.); Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois (A.B.C.); Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Centre of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy (D.C.); and Sanipedia srl, Bresso, Italy (D.C.)
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- From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (E.S., F.R., M.C., M.B., C.B.); Human Genetics and Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Z.W., E.B.); Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, College of Pharmacy (Y.G., C.W.M., J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.) and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.), University of Florida, Gainesville; Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (S.P., A.F.D.); Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (T.P.H., K.K.K.); Nephrology and Dialysis and Hypertension Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy (C.L., P.M.); Hypertension and Related Disease Centre, AOU-University of Sassari, Italy (R.Z., N.G.); Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research (K.R.B.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine (S.T.T.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Finland (A.-P.S); Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden (O.M.); Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois (A.B.C.); Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Centre of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy (D.C.); and Sanipedia srl, Bresso, Italy (D.C.)
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- From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (E.S., F.R., M.C., M.B., C.B.); Human Genetics and Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Z.W., E.B.); Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, College of Pharmacy (Y.G., C.W.M., J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.) and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.), University of Florida, Gainesville; Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (S.P., A.F.D.); Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (T.P.H., K.K.K.); Nephrology and Dialysis and Hypertension Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy (C.L., P.M.); Hypertension and Related Disease Centre, AOU-University of Sassari, Italy (R.Z., N.G.); Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research (K.R.B.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine (S.T.T.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Finland (A.-P.S); Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden (O.M.); Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois (A.B.C.); Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Centre of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy (D.C.); and Sanipedia srl, Bresso, Italy (D.C.)
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- From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (E.S., F.R., M.C., M.B., C.B.); Human Genetics and Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Z.W., E.B.); Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, College of Pharmacy (Y.G., C.W.M., J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.) and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.), University of Florida, Gainesville; Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (S.P., A.F.D.); Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (T.P.H., K.K.K.); Nephrology and Dialysis and Hypertension Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy (C.L., P.M.); Hypertension and Related Disease Centre, AOU-University of Sassari, Italy (R.Z., N.G.); Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research (K.R.B.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine (S.T.T.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Finland (A.-P.S); Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden (O.M.); Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois (A.B.C.); Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Centre of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy (D.C.); and Sanipedia srl, Bresso, Italy (D.C.)
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- From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (E.S., F.R., M.C., M.B., C.B.); Human Genetics and Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Z.W., E.B.); Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, College of Pharmacy (Y.G., C.W.M., J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.) and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.), University of Florida, Gainesville; Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (S.P., A.F.D.); Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (T.P.H., K.K.K.); Nephrology and Dialysis and Hypertension Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy (C.L., P.M.); Hypertension and Related Disease Centre, AOU-University of Sassari, Italy (R.Z., N.G.); Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research (K.R.B.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine (S.T.T.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Finland (A.-P.S); Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden (O.M.); Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois (A.B.C.); Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Centre of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy (D.C.); and Sanipedia srl, Bresso, Italy (D.C.)
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- From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (E.S., F.R., M.C., M.B., C.B.); Human Genetics and Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Z.W., E.B.); Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, College of Pharmacy (Y.G., C.W.M., J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.) and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.), University of Florida, Gainesville; Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (S.P., A.F.D.); Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (T.P.H., K.K.K.); Nephrology and Dialysis and Hypertension Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy (C.L., P.M.); Hypertension and Related Disease Centre, AOU-University of Sassari, Italy (R.Z., N.G.); Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research (K.R.B.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine (S.T.T.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Finland (A.-P.S); Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden (O.M.); Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois (A.B.C.); Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Centre of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy (D.C.); and Sanipedia srl, Bresso, Italy (D.C.)
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- From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (E.S., F.R., M.C., M.B., C.B.); Human Genetics and Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Z.W., E.B.); Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, College of Pharmacy (Y.G., C.W.M., J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.) and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.), University of Florida, Gainesville; Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (S.P., A.F.D.); Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (T.P.H., K.K.K.); Nephrology and Dialysis and Hypertension Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy (C.L., P.M.); Hypertension and Related Disease Centre, AOU-University of Sassari, Italy (R.Z., N.G.); Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research (K.R.B.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine (S.T.T.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Finland (A.-P.S); Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden (O.M.); Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois (A.B.C.); Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Centre of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy (D.C.); and Sanipedia srl, Bresso, Italy (D.C.)
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- From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (E.S., F.R., M.C., M.B., C.B.); Human Genetics and Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Z.W., E.B.); Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, College of Pharmacy (Y.G., C.W.M., J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.) and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.), University of Florida, Gainesville; Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (S.P., A.F.D.); Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (T.P.H., K.K.K.); Nephrology and Dialysis and Hypertension Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy (C.L., P.M.); Hypertension and Related Disease Centre, AOU-University of Sassari, Italy (R.Z., N.G.); Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research (K.R.B.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine (S.T.T.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Finland (A.-P.S); Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden (O.M.); Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois (A.B.C.); Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Centre of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy (D.C.); and Sanipedia srl, Bresso, Italy (D.C.)
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- From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (E.S., F.R., M.C., M.B., C.B.); Human Genetics and Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Z.W., E.B.); Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, College of Pharmacy (Y.G., C.W.M., J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.) and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.), University of Florida, Gainesville; Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (S.P., A.F.D.); Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (T.P.H., K.K.K.); Nephrology and Dialysis and Hypertension Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy (C.L., P.M.); Hypertension and Related Disease Centre, AOU-University of Sassari, Italy (R.Z., N.G.); Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research (K.R.B.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine (S.T.T.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Finland (A.-P.S); Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden (O.M.); Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois (A.B.C.); Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Centre of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy (D.C.); and Sanipedia srl, Bresso, Italy (D.C.)
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- From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (E.S., F.R., M.C., M.B., C.B.); Human Genetics and Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Z.W., E.B.); Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, College of Pharmacy (Y.G., C.W.M., J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.) and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.), University of Florida, Gainesville; Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (S.P., A.F.D.); Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (T.P.H., K.K.K.); Nephrology and Dialysis and Hypertension Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy (C.L., P.M.); Hypertension and Related Disease Centre, AOU-University of Sassari, Italy (R.Z., N.G.); Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research (K.R.B.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine (S.T.T.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Finland (A.-P.S); Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden (O.M.); Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois (A.B.C.); Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Centre of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy (D.C.); and Sanipedia srl, Bresso, Italy (D.C.)
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- From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (E.S., F.R., M.C., M.B., C.B.); Human Genetics and Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Z.W., E.B.); Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, College of Pharmacy (Y.G., C.W.M., J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.) and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.), University of Florida, Gainesville; Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (S.P., A.F.D.); Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (T.P.H., K.K.K.); Nephrology and Dialysis and Hypertension Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy (C.L., P.M.); Hypertension and Related Disease Centre, AOU-University of Sassari, Italy (R.Z., N.G.); Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research (K.R.B.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine (S.T.T.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Finland (A.-P.S); Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden (O.M.); Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois (A.B.C.); Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Centre of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy (D.C.); and Sanipedia srl, Bresso, Italy (D.C.)
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- From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (E.S., F.R., M.C., M.B., C.B.); Human Genetics and Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Z.W., E.B.); Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, College of Pharmacy (Y.G., C.W.M., J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.) and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.), University of Florida, Gainesville; Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (S.P., A.F.D.); Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (T.P.H., K.K.K.); Nephrology and Dialysis and Hypertension Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy (C.L., P.M.); Hypertension and Related Disease Centre, AOU-University of Sassari, Italy (R.Z., N.G.); Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research (K.R.B.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine (S.T.T.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Finland (A.-P.S); Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden (O.M.); Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois (A.B.C.); Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Centre of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy (D.C.); and Sanipedia srl, Bresso, Italy (D.C.)
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- From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (E.S., F.R., M.C., M.B., C.B.); Human Genetics and Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Z.W., E.B.); Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, College of Pharmacy (Y.G., C.W.M., J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.) and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.), University of Florida, Gainesville; Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (S.P., A.F.D.); Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (T.P.H., K.K.K.); Nephrology and Dialysis and Hypertension Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy (C.L., P.M.); Hypertension and Related Disease Centre, AOU-University of Sassari, Italy (R.Z., N.G.); Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research (K.R.B.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine (S.T.T.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Finland (A.-P.S); Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden (O.M.); Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois (A.B.C.); Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Centre of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy (D.C.); and Sanipedia srl, Bresso, Italy (D.C.)
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- From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (E.S., F.R., M.C., M.B., C.B.); Human Genetics and Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Z.W., E.B.); Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, College of Pharmacy (Y.G., C.W.M., J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.) and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.), University of Florida, Gainesville; Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (S.P., A.F.D.); Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (T.P.H., K.K.K.); Nephrology and Dialysis and Hypertension Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy (C.L., P.M.); Hypertension and Related Disease Centre, AOU-University of Sassari, Italy (R.Z., N.G.); Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research (K.R.B.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine (S.T.T.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Finland (A.-P.S); Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden (O.M.); Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois (A.B.C.); Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Centre of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy (D.C.); and Sanipedia srl, Bresso, Italy (D.C.)
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- From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (E.S., F.R., M.C., M.B., C.B.); Human Genetics and Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Z.W., E.B.); Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, College of Pharmacy (Y.G., C.W.M., J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.) and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.), University of Florida, Gainesville; Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (S.P., A.F.D.); Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (T.P.H., K.K.K.); Nephrology and Dialysis and Hypertension Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy (C.L., P.M.); Hypertension and Related Disease Centre, AOU-University of Sassari, Italy (R.Z., N.G.); Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research (K.R.B.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine (S.T.T.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Finland (A.-P.S); Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden (O.M.); Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois (A.B.C.); Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Centre of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy (D.C.); and Sanipedia srl, Bresso, Italy (D.C.)
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- From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (E.S., F.R., M.C., M.B., C.B.); Human Genetics and Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Z.W., E.B.); Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, College of Pharmacy (Y.G., C.W.M., J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.) and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.), University of Florida, Gainesville; Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (S.P., A.F.D.); Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (T.P.H., K.K.K.); Nephrology and Dialysis and Hypertension Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy (C.L., P.M.); Hypertension and Related Disease Centre, AOU-University of Sassari, Italy (R.Z., N.G.); Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research (K.R.B.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine (S.T.T.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Finland (A.-P.S); Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden (O.M.); Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois (A.B.C.); Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Centre of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy (D.C.); and Sanipedia srl, Bresso, Italy (D.C.)
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- From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (E.S., F.R., M.C., M.B., C.B.); Human Genetics and Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Z.W., E.B.); Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, College of Pharmacy (Y.G., C.W.M., J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.) and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.), University of Florida, Gainesville; Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (S.P., A.F.D.); Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (T.P.H., K.K.K.); Nephrology and Dialysis and Hypertension Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy (C.L., P.M.); Hypertension and Related Disease Centre, AOU-University of Sassari, Italy (R.Z., N.G.); Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research (K.R.B.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine (S.T.T.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Finland (A.-P.S); Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden (O.M.); Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois (A.B.C.); Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Centre of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy (D.C.); and Sanipedia srl, Bresso, Italy (D.C.)
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- From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (E.S., F.R., M.C., M.B., C.B.); Human Genetics and Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Z.W., E.B.); Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, College of Pharmacy (Y.G., C.W.M., J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.) and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.), University of Florida, Gainesville; Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (S.P., A.F.D.); Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (T.P.H., K.K.K.); Nephrology and Dialysis and Hypertension Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy (C.L., P.M.); Hypertension and Related Disease Centre, AOU-University of Sassari, Italy (R.Z., N.G.); Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research (K.R.B.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine (S.T.T.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Finland (A.-P.S); Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden (O.M.); Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois (A.B.C.); Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Centre of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy (D.C.); and Sanipedia srl, Bresso, Italy (D.C.)
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- From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (E.S., F.R., M.C., M.B., C.B.); Human Genetics and Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Z.W., E.B.); Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, College of Pharmacy (Y.G., C.W.M., J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.) and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.), University of Florida, Gainesville; Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (S.P., A.F.D.); Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (T.P.H., K.K.K.); Nephrology and Dialysis and Hypertension Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy (C.L., P.M.); Hypertension and Related Disease Centre, AOU-University of Sassari, Italy (R.Z., N.G.); Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research (K.R.B.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine (S.T.T.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Finland (A.-P.S); Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden (O.M.); Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois (A.B.C.); Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Centre of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy (D.C.); and Sanipedia srl, Bresso, Italy (D.C.)
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- From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (E.S., F.R., M.C., M.B., C.B.); Human Genetics and Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Z.W., E.B.); Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, College of Pharmacy (Y.G., C.W.M., J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.) and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.), University of Florida, Gainesville; Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (S.P., A.F.D.); Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (T.P.H., K.K.K.); Nephrology and Dialysis and Hypertension Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy (C.L., P.M.); Hypertension and Related Disease Centre, AOU-University of Sassari, Italy (R.Z., N.G.); Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research (K.R.B.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine (S.T.T.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Finland (A.-P.S); Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden (O.M.); Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois (A.B.C.); Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Centre of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy (D.C.); and Sanipedia srl, Bresso, Italy (D.C.)
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- From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Italy (E.S., F.R., M.C., M.B., C.B.); Human Genetics and Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston (Z.W., E.B.); Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Center for Pharmacogenomics, College of Pharmacy (Y.G., C.W.M., J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.) and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (J.A.J., R.M.C.-D.), University of Florida, Gainesville; Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (S.P., A.F.D.); Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Finland (T.P.H., K.K.K.); Nephrology and Dialysis and Hypertension Unit, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy (C.L., P.M.); Hypertension and Related Disease Centre, AOU-University of Sassari, Italy (R.Z., N.G.); Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research (K.R.B.) and Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine (S.T.T.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota; Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Finland (A.-P.S); Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden (O.M.); Section of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Illinois (A.B.C.); Institute of Biomedical Technologies, National Research Centre of Italy, Segrate, Milan, Italy (D.C.); and Sanipedia srl, Bresso, Italy (D.C.)
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Clarelli F, Liberatore G, Sorosina M, Osiceanu AM, Esposito F, Mascia E, Santoro S, Pavan G, Colombo B, Moiola L, Martinelli V, Comi G, Martinelli-Boneschi F. Pharmacogenetic study of long-term response to interferon-β treatment in multiple sclerosis. THE PHARMACOGENOMICS JOURNAL 2017; 17:84-91. [PMID: 26644207 DOI: 10.1038/tpj.2015.85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2015] [Revised: 08/10/2015] [Accepted: 10/16/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The aim of the study is the identification of genetic factors that influence the long-term response to interferon-β (IFNβ) (4-year follow-up). We performed a genome-wide association study in 337 IFNβ-treated Italian multiple sclerosis patients at the extreme of treatment response, and we meta-analyzed association effects, integrating results with pathway analysis, gene-expression profiling of IFNβ-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells from 20 healthy controls (HC) and expression quantitative locus (eQTL) analyses. From meta-analysis, 43 markers were associated at P<10-4, and two of them (rs7298096 and rs4726460) pointed to two genes, NINJ2 and TBXAS1, that were significantly downregulated after IFNβ stimulation in HC (P=3.1 × 10-9 and 5.6 × 10-10). We also observed an eQTL effect for the allele associated with favorable treatment response (rs4726460A); moreover, TBXAS1 appeared downregulated upon IFNβ administration (β=-0.39; P=0.02). Finally, we found an enrichment of pathways related to inflammatory processes and presynaptic membrane, the latter with involvement of genes related to glutamatergic system (GRM3 and GRIK2), confirming its potential role in the response to IFNβ.
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- F Clarelli
- Laboratory of Genetics of Neurological Complex Disorders, CNS Inflammatory Unit, Division of Neuroscience & INSPE, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Genetics of Neurological Complex Disorders, CNS Inflammatory Unit, Division of Neuroscience & INSPE, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Genetics of Neurological Complex Disorders, CNS Inflammatory Unit, Division of Neuroscience & INSPE, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Genetics of Neurological Complex Disorders, CNS Inflammatory Unit, Division of Neuroscience & INSPE, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Genetics of Neurological Complex Disorders, CNS Inflammatory Unit, Division of Neuroscience & INSPE, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Department of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation, Division of Neuroscience, INSPE, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Genetics of Neurological Complex Disorders, CNS Inflammatory Unit, Division of Neuroscience & INSPE, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Genetics of Neurological Complex Disorders, CNS Inflammatory Unit, Division of Neuroscience & INSPE, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation, Division of Neuroscience, INSPE, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation, Division of Neuroscience, INSPE, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation, Division of Neuroscience, INSPE, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation, Division of Neuroscience, INSPE, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation, Division of Neuroscience, INSPE, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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- Laboratory of Genetics of Neurological Complex Disorders, CNS Inflammatory Unit, Division of Neuroscience & INSPE, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
- Department of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation, Division of Neuroscience, INSPE, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy
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Raj T, Chibnik LB, McCabe C, Wong A, Replogle JM, Yu L, Gao S, Unverzagt FW, Stranger B, Murrell J, Barnes L, Hendrie HC, Foroud T, Krichevsky A, Bennett DA, Hall KS, Evans DA, De Jager PL. Genetic architecture of age-related cognitive decline in African Americans. Neurol Genet 2016; 3:e125. [PMID: 28078323 PMCID: PMC5206965 DOI: 10.1212/nxg.0000000000000125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2016] [Accepted: 11/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To identify genetic risk factors associated with susceptibility to age-related cognitive decline in African Americans (AAs). METHODS We performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) and an admixture-mapping scan in 3,964 older AAs from 5 longitudinal cohorts; for each participant, we calculated a slope of an individual's global cognitive change from neuropsychological evaluations. We also performed a pathway-based analysis of the age-related cognitive decline GWAS. RESULTS We found no evidence to support the existence of a genomic region which has a strongly different contribution to age-related cognitive decline in African and European genomes. Known Alzheimer disease (AD) susceptibility variants in the ABCA7 and MS4A loci do influence this trait in AAs. Of interest, our pathway-based analyses returned statistically significant results highlighting a shared risk from lipid/metabolism and protein tyrosine signaling pathways between cognitive decline and AD, but the role of inflammatory pathways is polarized, being limited to AD susceptibility. CONCLUSIONS The genetic architecture of aging-related cognitive in AA individuals is largely similar to that of individuals of European descent. In both populations, we note a surprising lack of enrichment for immune pathways in the genetic risk for cognitive decline, despite strong enrichment of these pathways among genetic risk factors for AD.
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- Towfique Raj
- Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (T.R., L.B.C., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Center for Neurologic Disease (T.R., A.W., A.K., P.L.D.J.), Department of Neurology, and Division of Genetics (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Boston, MA; Program in Medical and Population genetics (T.R., L.B.C., C.M., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), The Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA; Section of Genetic Medicine (B.S.), Department of Medicine, and Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology (B.S.), University of Chicago, IL; Indiana University Center for Aging Research (H.C.H.); Department of Psychiatry (F.W.U., H.C.H., K.S.H.), Department of Biostatistics (S.G.), Indiana University School of Medicine; Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics (J.M., T.F.), Indiana University, Indianapolis; Rush Institute for Healthy Aging (D.A.V.), Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Neurology (L.B., D.A.B.), and Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL. T.R. is currently affiliated with Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Departments of Neuroscience, and Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
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- Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (T.R., L.B.C., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Center for Neurologic Disease (T.R., A.W., A.K., P.L.D.J.), Department of Neurology, and Division of Genetics (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Boston, MA; Program in Medical and Population genetics (T.R., L.B.C., C.M., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), The Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA; Section of Genetic Medicine (B.S.), Department of Medicine, and Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology (B.S.), University of Chicago, IL; Indiana University Center for Aging Research (H.C.H.); Department of Psychiatry (F.W.U., H.C.H., K.S.H.), Department of Biostatistics (S.G.), Indiana University School of Medicine; Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics (J.M., T.F.), Indiana University, Indianapolis; Rush Institute for Healthy Aging (D.A.V.), Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Neurology (L.B., D.A.B.), and Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL. T.R. is currently affiliated with Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Departments of Neuroscience, and Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
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- Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (T.R., L.B.C., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Center for Neurologic Disease (T.R., A.W., A.K., P.L.D.J.), Department of Neurology, and Division of Genetics (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Boston, MA; Program in Medical and Population genetics (T.R., L.B.C., C.M., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), The Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA; Section of Genetic Medicine (B.S.), Department of Medicine, and Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology (B.S.), University of Chicago, IL; Indiana University Center for Aging Research (H.C.H.); Department of Psychiatry (F.W.U., H.C.H., K.S.H.), Department of Biostatistics (S.G.), Indiana University School of Medicine; Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics (J.M., T.F.), Indiana University, Indianapolis; Rush Institute for Healthy Aging (D.A.V.), Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Neurology (L.B., D.A.B.), and Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL. T.R. is currently affiliated with Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Departments of Neuroscience, and Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
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- Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (T.R., L.B.C., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Center for Neurologic Disease (T.R., A.W., A.K., P.L.D.J.), Department of Neurology, and Division of Genetics (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Boston, MA; Program in Medical and Population genetics (T.R., L.B.C., C.M., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), The Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA; Section of Genetic Medicine (B.S.), Department of Medicine, and Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology (B.S.), University of Chicago, IL; Indiana University Center for Aging Research (H.C.H.); Department of Psychiatry (F.W.U., H.C.H., K.S.H.), Department of Biostatistics (S.G.), Indiana University School of Medicine; Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics (J.M., T.F.), Indiana University, Indianapolis; Rush Institute for Healthy Aging (D.A.V.), Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Neurology (L.B., D.A.B.), and Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL. T.R. is currently affiliated with Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Departments of Neuroscience, and Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
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- Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (T.R., L.B.C., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Center for Neurologic Disease (T.R., A.W., A.K., P.L.D.J.), Department of Neurology, and Division of Genetics (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Boston, MA; Program in Medical and Population genetics (T.R., L.B.C., C.M., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), The Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA; Section of Genetic Medicine (B.S.), Department of Medicine, and Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology (B.S.), University of Chicago, IL; Indiana University Center for Aging Research (H.C.H.); Department of Psychiatry (F.W.U., H.C.H., K.S.H.), Department of Biostatistics (S.G.), Indiana University School of Medicine; Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics (J.M., T.F.), Indiana University, Indianapolis; Rush Institute for Healthy Aging (D.A.V.), Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Neurology (L.B., D.A.B.), and Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL. T.R. is currently affiliated with Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Departments of Neuroscience, and Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
| | - Lei Yu
- Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (T.R., L.B.C., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Center for Neurologic Disease (T.R., A.W., A.K., P.L.D.J.), Department of Neurology, and Division of Genetics (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Boston, MA; Program in Medical and Population genetics (T.R., L.B.C., C.M., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), The Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA; Section of Genetic Medicine (B.S.), Department of Medicine, and Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology (B.S.), University of Chicago, IL; Indiana University Center for Aging Research (H.C.H.); Department of Psychiatry (F.W.U., H.C.H., K.S.H.), Department of Biostatistics (S.G.), Indiana University School of Medicine; Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics (J.M., T.F.), Indiana University, Indianapolis; Rush Institute for Healthy Aging (D.A.V.), Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Neurology (L.B., D.A.B.), and Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL. T.R. is currently affiliated with Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Departments of Neuroscience, and Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
| | - Sujuan Gao
- Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (T.R., L.B.C., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Center for Neurologic Disease (T.R., A.W., A.K., P.L.D.J.), Department of Neurology, and Division of Genetics (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Boston, MA; Program in Medical and Population genetics (T.R., L.B.C., C.M., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), The Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA; Section of Genetic Medicine (B.S.), Department of Medicine, and Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology (B.S.), University of Chicago, IL; Indiana University Center for Aging Research (H.C.H.); Department of Psychiatry (F.W.U., H.C.H., K.S.H.), Department of Biostatistics (S.G.), Indiana University School of Medicine; Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics (J.M., T.F.), Indiana University, Indianapolis; Rush Institute for Healthy Aging (D.A.V.), Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Neurology (L.B., D.A.B.), and Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL. T.R. is currently affiliated with Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Departments of Neuroscience, and Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
| | - Frederick W Unverzagt
- Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (T.R., L.B.C., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Center for Neurologic Disease (T.R., A.W., A.K., P.L.D.J.), Department of Neurology, and Division of Genetics (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Boston, MA; Program in Medical and Population genetics (T.R., L.B.C., C.M., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), The Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA; Section of Genetic Medicine (B.S.), Department of Medicine, and Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology (B.S.), University of Chicago, IL; Indiana University Center for Aging Research (H.C.H.); Department of Psychiatry (F.W.U., H.C.H., K.S.H.), Department of Biostatistics (S.G.), Indiana University School of Medicine; Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics (J.M., T.F.), Indiana University, Indianapolis; Rush Institute for Healthy Aging (D.A.V.), Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Neurology (L.B., D.A.B.), and Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL. T.R. is currently affiliated with Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Departments of Neuroscience, and Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
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- Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (T.R., L.B.C., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Center for Neurologic Disease (T.R., A.W., A.K., P.L.D.J.), Department of Neurology, and Division of Genetics (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Boston, MA; Program in Medical and Population genetics (T.R., L.B.C., C.M., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), The Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA; Section of Genetic Medicine (B.S.), Department of Medicine, and Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology (B.S.), University of Chicago, IL; Indiana University Center for Aging Research (H.C.H.); Department of Psychiatry (F.W.U., H.C.H., K.S.H.), Department of Biostatistics (S.G.), Indiana University School of Medicine; Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics (J.M., T.F.), Indiana University, Indianapolis; Rush Institute for Healthy Aging (D.A.V.), Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Neurology (L.B., D.A.B.), and Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL. T.R. is currently affiliated with Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Departments of Neuroscience, and Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
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- Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (T.R., L.B.C., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Center for Neurologic Disease (T.R., A.W., A.K., P.L.D.J.), Department of Neurology, and Division of Genetics (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Boston, MA; Program in Medical and Population genetics (T.R., L.B.C., C.M., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), The Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA; Section of Genetic Medicine (B.S.), Department of Medicine, and Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology (B.S.), University of Chicago, IL; Indiana University Center for Aging Research (H.C.H.); Department of Psychiatry (F.W.U., H.C.H., K.S.H.), Department of Biostatistics (S.G.), Indiana University School of Medicine; Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics (J.M., T.F.), Indiana University, Indianapolis; Rush Institute for Healthy Aging (D.A.V.), Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Neurology (L.B., D.A.B.), and Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL. T.R. is currently affiliated with Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Departments of Neuroscience, and Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
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- Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (T.R., L.B.C., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Center for Neurologic Disease (T.R., A.W., A.K., P.L.D.J.), Department of Neurology, and Division of Genetics (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Boston, MA; Program in Medical and Population genetics (T.R., L.B.C., C.M., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), The Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA; Section of Genetic Medicine (B.S.), Department of Medicine, and Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology (B.S.), University of Chicago, IL; Indiana University Center for Aging Research (H.C.H.); Department of Psychiatry (F.W.U., H.C.H., K.S.H.), Department of Biostatistics (S.G.), Indiana University School of Medicine; Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics (J.M., T.F.), Indiana University, Indianapolis; Rush Institute for Healthy Aging (D.A.V.), Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Neurology (L.B., D.A.B.), and Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL. T.R. is currently affiliated with Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Departments of Neuroscience, and Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
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- Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (T.R., L.B.C., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Center for Neurologic Disease (T.R., A.W., A.K., P.L.D.J.), Department of Neurology, and Division of Genetics (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Boston, MA; Program in Medical and Population genetics (T.R., L.B.C., C.M., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), The Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA; Section of Genetic Medicine (B.S.), Department of Medicine, and Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology (B.S.), University of Chicago, IL; Indiana University Center for Aging Research (H.C.H.); Department of Psychiatry (F.W.U., H.C.H., K.S.H.), Department of Biostatistics (S.G.), Indiana University School of Medicine; Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics (J.M., T.F.), Indiana University, Indianapolis; Rush Institute for Healthy Aging (D.A.V.), Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Neurology (L.B., D.A.B.), and Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL. T.R. is currently affiliated with Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Departments of Neuroscience, and Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
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- Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (T.R., L.B.C., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Center for Neurologic Disease (T.R., A.W., A.K., P.L.D.J.), Department of Neurology, and Division of Genetics (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Boston, MA; Program in Medical and Population genetics (T.R., L.B.C., C.M., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), The Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA; Section of Genetic Medicine (B.S.), Department of Medicine, and Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology (B.S.), University of Chicago, IL; Indiana University Center for Aging Research (H.C.H.); Department of Psychiatry (F.W.U., H.C.H., K.S.H.), Department of Biostatistics (S.G.), Indiana University School of Medicine; Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics (J.M., T.F.), Indiana University, Indianapolis; Rush Institute for Healthy Aging (D.A.V.), Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Neurology (L.B., D.A.B.), and Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL. T.R. is currently affiliated with Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Departments of Neuroscience, and Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
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- Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (T.R., L.B.C., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Center for Neurologic Disease (T.R., A.W., A.K., P.L.D.J.), Department of Neurology, and Division of Genetics (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Boston, MA; Program in Medical and Population genetics (T.R., L.B.C., C.M., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), The Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA; Section of Genetic Medicine (B.S.), Department of Medicine, and Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology (B.S.), University of Chicago, IL; Indiana University Center for Aging Research (H.C.H.); Department of Psychiatry (F.W.U., H.C.H., K.S.H.), Department of Biostatistics (S.G.), Indiana University School of Medicine; Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics (J.M., T.F.), Indiana University, Indianapolis; Rush Institute for Healthy Aging (D.A.V.), Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Neurology (L.B., D.A.B.), and Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL. T.R. is currently affiliated with Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Departments of Neuroscience, and Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
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- Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (T.R., L.B.C., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Center for Neurologic Disease (T.R., A.W., A.K., P.L.D.J.), Department of Neurology, and Division of Genetics (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Boston, MA; Program in Medical and Population genetics (T.R., L.B.C., C.M., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), The Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA; Section of Genetic Medicine (B.S.), Department of Medicine, and Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology (B.S.), University of Chicago, IL; Indiana University Center for Aging Research (H.C.H.); Department of Psychiatry (F.W.U., H.C.H., K.S.H.), Department of Biostatistics (S.G.), Indiana University School of Medicine; Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics (J.M., T.F.), Indiana University, Indianapolis; Rush Institute for Healthy Aging (D.A.V.), Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Neurology (L.B., D.A.B.), and Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL. T.R. is currently affiliated with Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Departments of Neuroscience, and Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
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- Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (T.R., L.B.C., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Center for Neurologic Disease (T.R., A.W., A.K., P.L.D.J.), Department of Neurology, and Division of Genetics (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Boston, MA; Program in Medical and Population genetics (T.R., L.B.C., C.M., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), The Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA; Section of Genetic Medicine (B.S.), Department of Medicine, and Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology (B.S.), University of Chicago, IL; Indiana University Center for Aging Research (H.C.H.); Department of Psychiatry (F.W.U., H.C.H., K.S.H.), Department of Biostatistics (S.G.), Indiana University School of Medicine; Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics (J.M., T.F.), Indiana University, Indianapolis; Rush Institute for Healthy Aging (D.A.V.), Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Neurology (L.B., D.A.B.), and Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL. T.R. is currently affiliated with Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Departments of Neuroscience, and Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
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- Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (T.R., L.B.C., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Center for Neurologic Disease (T.R., A.W., A.K., P.L.D.J.), Department of Neurology, and Division of Genetics (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Boston, MA; Program in Medical and Population genetics (T.R., L.B.C., C.M., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), The Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA; Section of Genetic Medicine (B.S.), Department of Medicine, and Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology (B.S.), University of Chicago, IL; Indiana University Center for Aging Research (H.C.H.); Department of Psychiatry (F.W.U., H.C.H., K.S.H.), Department of Biostatistics (S.G.), Indiana University School of Medicine; Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics (J.M., T.F.), Indiana University, Indianapolis; Rush Institute for Healthy Aging (D.A.V.), Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Neurology (L.B., D.A.B.), and Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL. T.R. is currently affiliated with Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Departments of Neuroscience, and Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
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- Program in Translational NeuroPsychiatric Genomics (T.R., L.B.C., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), Institute for the Neurosciences, Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Center for Neurologic Disease (T.R., A.W., A.K., P.L.D.J.), Department of Neurology, and Division of Genetics (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Harvard Medical School (T.R., L.B.C., P.L.D.J.), Boston, MA; Program in Medical and Population genetics (T.R., L.B.C., C.M., J.M.R., P.L.D.J.), The Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA; Section of Genetic Medicine (B.S.), Department of Medicine, and Institute for Genomics and Systems Biology (B.S.), University of Chicago, IL; Indiana University Center for Aging Research (H.C.H.); Department of Psychiatry (F.W.U., H.C.H., K.S.H.), Department of Biostatistics (S.G.), Indiana University School of Medicine; Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics (J.M., T.F.), Indiana University, Indianapolis; Rush Institute for Healthy Aging (D.A.V.), Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Neurology (L.B., D.A.B.), and Rush Alzheimer's Disease Center (L.Y., L.B., D.A.B.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL. T.R. is currently affiliated with Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Departments of Neuroscience, and Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
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Cornelis MC, Kacprowski T, Menni C, Gustafsson S, Pivin E, Adamski J, Artati A, Eap CB, Ehret G, Friedrich N, Ganna A, Guessous I, Homuth G, Lind L, Magnusson PK, Mangino M, Pedersen NL, Pietzner M, Suhre K, Völzke H, Bochud M, Spector TD, Grabe HJ, Ingelsson E. Genome-wide association study of caffeine metabolites provides new insights to caffeine metabolism and dietary caffeine-consumption behavior. Hum Mol Genet 2016; 25:5472-5482. [PMID: 27702941 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddw334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2016] [Accepted: 09/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Caffeine is the most widely consumed psychoactive substance in the world and presents with wide interindividual variation in metabolism. This variation may modify potential adverse or beneficial effects of caffeine on health. We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of plasma caffeine, paraxanthine, theophylline, theobromine and paraxanthine/caffeine ratio among up to 9,876 individuals of European ancestry from six population-based studies. A single SNP at 6p23 (near CD83) and several SNPs at 7p21 (near AHR), 15q24 (near CYP1A2) and 19q13.2 (near CYP2A6) met GW-significance (P < 5 × 10-8) and were associated with one or more metabolites. Variants at 7p21 and 15q24 associated with higher plasma caffeine and lower plasma paraxanthine/caffeine (slow caffeine metabolism) were previously associated with lower coffee and caffeine consumption behavior in GWAS. Variants at 19q13.2 associated with higher plasma paraxanthine/caffeine (slow paraxanthine metabolism) were also associated with lower coffee consumption in the UK Biobank (n = 94 343, P < 1.0 × 10-6). Variants at 2p24 (in GCKR), 4q22 (in ABCG2) and 7q11.23 (near POR) that were previously associated with coffee consumption in GWAS were nominally associated with plasma caffeine or its metabolites. Taken together, we have identified genetic factors contributing to variation in caffeine metabolism and confirm an important modulating role of systemic caffeine levels in dietary caffeine consumption behavior. Moreover, candidate genes identified encode proteins with important clinical functions that extend beyond caffeine metabolism.
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- Marilyn C Cornelis
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, USA
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- Department of Functional Genomics, Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University Medicine and Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, St Thomas Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Molecular Epidemiology and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Division of Chronic Diseases, University Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP), University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Experimental Genetics, Genome Analysis Center, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Lehrstuhl für Experimentelle Genetik, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
- German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Genetics, Genome Analysis Center, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Unit of Pharmacogenetics and Clinical Psychopharmacology, Centre for Psychiatric Neuroscience, Lausanne, Switzerland
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Geneve, University of Lausanne, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Cardiology, Department of Specialties of Internal Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
- Center for Complex Disease Genomics, McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
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- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Germany
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- Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, USA
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- Division of Chronic Diseases, University Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP), University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
- Department of Community Medicine and Primary Care and Emergency Medicine, Unit of Population Epidemiology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
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- Department of Functional Genomics, Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, University Medicine and Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, St Thomas Hospital, London, UK
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- Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Stockholm, Sweden
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- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Germany
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- Institute of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar, Doha, Qatar
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- Institute for Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Division of Chronic Diseases, University Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (IUMSP), University Hospital of Lausanne (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Twin Research & Genetic Epidemiology, King's College London, St Thomas Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Medical Sciences, Molecular Epidemiology and Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, USA
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Kalsi G, Euesden J, Coleman JRI, Ducci F, Aliev F, Newhouse SJ, Liu X, Ma X, Wang Y, Collier DA, Asherson P, Li T, Breen G. Genome-Wide Association of Heroin Dependence in Han Chinese. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0167388. [PMID: 27936112 PMCID: PMC5147879 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2016] [Accepted: 11/14/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Drug addiction is a costly and recurring healthcare problem, necessitating a need to understand risk factors and mechanisms of addiction, and to identify new biomarkers. To date, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for heroin addiction have been limited; moreover they have been restricted to examining samples of European and African-American origin due to difficulty of recruiting samples from other populations. This is the first study to test a Han Chinese population; we performed a GWAS on a homogeneous sample of 370 Han Chinese subjects diagnosed with heroin dependence using the DSM-IV criteria and 134 ethnically matched controls. Analysis using the diagnostic criteria of heroin dependence yielded suggestive evidence for association between variants in the genes CCDC42 (coiled coil domain 42; p = 2.8x10-7) and BRSK2 (BR serine/threonine 2; p = 4.110−6). In addition, we found evidence for risk variants within the ARHGEF10 (Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 10) gene on chromosome 8 and variants in a region on chromosome 20q13, which is gene-poor but has a concentration of mRNAs and predicted miRNAs. Gene-based association analysis identified genome-wide significant association between variants in CCDC42 and heroin addiction. Additionally, when we investigated shared risk variants between heroin addiction and risk of other addiction-related and psychiatric phenotypes using polygenic risk scores, we found a suggestive relationship with variants predicting tobacco addiction, and a significant relationship with variants predicting schizophrenia. Our genome wide association study of heroin dependence provides data in a novel sample, with functionally plausible results and evidence of genetic data of value to the field.
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- Gursharan Kalsi
- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, MRC SGDP Centre, King’s College London, United Kingdom
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- MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, MRC SGDP Centre, King’s College London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, MRC SGDP Centre, King’s College London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Actuarial Sciences and Risk Management, Faculty of Business, Karabuk University, Karabuk, Turkey
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, MRC SGDP Centre, King’s College London, United Kingdom
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- Mental Health Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
- Psychiatric Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
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- Mental Health Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
- Psychiatric Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
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- Mental Health Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
- Psychiatric Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, MRC SGDP Centre, King’s College London, United Kingdom
- Lilly UK, Erl Wood Manor, Windlesham, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, MRC SGDP Centre, King’s College London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Psychiatry, West China Hospital, School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, MRC SGDP Centre, King’s College London, United Kingdom
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Genome-wide analysis identifies 12 loci influencing human reproductive behavior. Nat Genet 2016; 48:1462-1472. [PMID: 27798627 PMCID: PMC5695684 DOI: 10.1038/ng.3698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2016] [Accepted: 09/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The genetic architecture of human reproductive behavior-age at first birth (AFB) and number of children ever born (NEB)-has a strong relationship with fitness, human development, infertility and risk of neuropsychiatric disorders. However, very few genetic loci have been identified, and the underlying mechanisms of AFB and NEB are poorly understood. We report a large genome-wide association study of both sexes including 251,151 individuals for AFB and 343,072 individuals for NEB. We identified 12 independent loci that are significantly associated with AFB and/or NEB in a SNP-based genome-wide association study and 4 additional loci associated in a gene-based effort. These loci harbor genes that are likely to have a role, either directly or by affecting non-local gene expression, in human reproduction and infertility, thereby increasing understanding of these complex traits.
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Zhu H, Xia W, Mo XB, Lin X, Qiu YH, Yi NJ, Zhang YH, Deng FY, Lei SF. Gene-Based Genome-Wide Association Analysis in European and Asian Populations Identified Novel Genes for Rheumatoid Arthritis. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0167212. [PMID: 27898717 PMCID: PMC5127563 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0167212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2016] [Accepted: 11/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Objective Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a complex autoimmune disease. Using a gene-based association research strategy, the present study aims to detect unknown susceptibility to RA and to address the ethnic differences in genetic susceptibility to RA between European and Asian populations. Methods Gene-based association analyses were performed with KGG 2.5 by using publicly available large RA datasets (14,361 RA cases and 43,923 controls of European subjects, 4,873 RA cases and 17,642 controls of Asian Subjects). For the newly identified RA-associated genes, gene set enrichment analyses and protein-protein interactions analyses were carried out with DAVID and STRING version 10.0, respectively. Differential expression verification was conducted using 4 GEO datasets. The expression levels of three selected ‘highly verified’ genes were measured by ELISA among our in-house RA cases and controls. Results A total of 221 RA-associated genes were newly identified by gene-based association study, including 71‘overlapped’, 76 ‘European-specific’ and 74 ‘Asian-specific’ genes. Among them, 105 genes had significant differential expressions between RA patients and health controls at least in one dataset, especially for 20 genes including 11 ‘overlapped’ (ABCF1, FLOT1, HLA-F, IER3, TUBB, ZKSCAN4, BTN3A3, HSP90AB1, CUTA, BRD2, HLA-DMA), 5 ‘European-specific’ (PHTF1, RPS18, BAK1, TNFRSF14, SUOX) and 4 ‘Asian-specific’ (RNASET2, HFE, BTN2A2, MAPK13) genes whose differential expressions were significant at least in three datasets. The protein expressions of two selected genes FLOT1 (P value = 1.70E-02) and HLA-DMA (P value = 4.70E-02) in plasma were significantly different in our in-house samples. Conclusion Our study identified 221 novel RA-associated genes and especially highlighted the importance of 20 candidate genes on RA. The results addressed ethnic genetic background differences for RA susceptibility between European and Asian populations and detected a long list of overlapped or ethnic specific RA genes. The study not only greatly increases our understanding of genetic susceptibility to RA, but also provides important insights into the ethno-genetic homogeneity and heterogeneity of RA in both ethnicities.
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- Hong Zhu
- Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics, School of Public Health, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Department of Child and Adolescent Health, School of Public Health, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics, School of Public Health, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics, School of Public Health, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics, School of Public Health, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics, School of Public Health, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics, School of Public Health, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Center for Genetic Epidemiology and Genomics, School of Public Health, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Preventive and Translational Medicine for Geriatric Diseases, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Zhang W, Li J, Guo Y, Zhang L, Xu L, Gao X, Zhu B, Gao H, Ni H, Chen Y. Multi-strategy genome-wide association studies identify the DCAF16-NCAPG region as a susceptibility locus for average daily gain in cattle. Sci Rep 2016; 6:38073. [PMID: 27892541 PMCID: PMC5125095 DOI: 10.1038/srep38073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2016] [Accepted: 11/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Average daily gain (ADG) is the most economically important trait in beef cattle industry. Using genome-wide association study (GWAS) approaches, previous studies have identified several causal variants within the PLAG1, NCAPG and LCORL genes for ADG in cattle. Multi-strategy GWASs were implemented in this study to improve detection and to explore the causal genes and regions. In this study, we conducted GWASs based on the genotypes of 1,173 Simmental cattle. In the SNP-based GWAS, the most significant SNPs (rs109303784 and rs110058857, P = 1.78 × 10−7) were identified in the NCAPG intron on BTA6 and explained 4.01% of the phenotypic variance, and the independent and significant SNP (rs110406669, P = 5.18 × 10−6) explained 3.32% of the phenotypic variance. Similarly, in the haplotype-based GWAS, the most significant haplotype block, Hap-6-N1416 (P = 2.56 × 10−8), spanned 12.7 kb on BTA6 and explained 4.85% of the phenotypic variance. Also, in the gene-based GWAS, seven significant genes were obtained which included DCAF16 and NCAPG. Moreover, analysis of the transcript levels confirmed that transcripts abundance of NCAPG (P = 0.046) and DCAF16 (P = 0.046) were significantly correlated with the ADG trait. Overall, our results from the multi-strategy GWASs revealed the DCAF16-NCAPG region to be a susceptibility locus for ADG in cattle.
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- Wengang Zhang
- Cattle Genetics and Breeding Group, Institute of Animal Science (IAS), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China
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- Cattle Genetics and Breeding Group, Institute of Animal Science (IAS), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China
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- Animal Science and Technology College, Beijing University of Agriculture (BUA), Beijing 102206, China
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- Cattle Genetics and Breeding Group, Institute of Animal Science (IAS), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China
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- Cattle Genetics and Breeding Group, Institute of Animal Science (IAS), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China
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- Cattle Genetics and Breeding Group, Institute of Animal Science (IAS), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China
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- Cattle Genetics and Breeding Group, Institute of Animal Science (IAS), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China
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- Cattle Genetics and Breeding Group, Institute of Animal Science (IAS), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China
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- Animal Science and Technology College, Beijing University of Agriculture (BUA), Beijing 102206, China
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- Cattle Genetics and Breeding Group, Institute of Animal Science (IAS), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing 100193, China
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Kao PYP, Leung KH, Chan LWC, Yip SP, Yap MKH. Pathway analysis of complex diseases for GWAS, extending to consider rare variants, multi-omics and interactions. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2016; 1861:335-353. [PMID: 27888147 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2016.11.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2016] [Revised: 10/17/2016] [Accepted: 11/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) is a major method for studying the genetics of complex diseases. Finding all sequence variants to explain fully the aetiology of a disease is difficult because of their small effect sizes. To better explain disease mechanisms, pathway analysis is used to consolidate the effects of multiple variants, and hence increase the power of the study. While pathway analysis has previously been performed within GWAS only, it can now be extended to examining rare variants, other "-omics" and interaction data. SCOPE OF REVIEW 1. Factors to consider in the choice of software for GWAS pathway analysis. 2. Examples of how pathway analysis is used to analyse rare variants, other "-omics" and interaction data. MAJOR CONCLUSIONS To choose appropriate software tools, factors for consideration include covariate compatibility, null hypothesis, one- or two-step analysis required, curation method of gene sets, size of pathways, and size of flanking regions to define gene boundaries. For rare variants, analysis performance depends on consistency between assumed and actual effect distribution of variants. Integration of other "-omics" data and interaction can better explain gene functions. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE Pathway analysis methods will be more readily used for integration of multiple sources of data, and enable more accurate prediction of phenotypes.
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- Patrick Y P Kao
- Centre for Myopia Research, School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Health Technology and Informatics, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China.
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- Centre for Myopia Research, School of Optometry, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Chen S, Nunez S, Reilly MP, Foulkes AS. Bayesian variable selection for post-analytic interrogation of susceptibility loci. Biometrics 2016; 73:603-614. [PMID: 27858978 DOI: 10.1111/biom.12620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2015] [Revised: 09/01/2016] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Understanding the complex interplay among protein coding genes and regulatory elements requires rigorous interrogation with analytic tools designed for discerning the relative contributions of overlapping genomic regions. To this aim, we offer a novel application of Bayesian variable selection (BVS) for classifying genomic class level associations using existing large meta-analysis summary level resources. This approach is applied using the expectation maximization variable selection (EMVS) algorithm to typed and imputed SNPs across 502 protein coding genes (PCGs) and 220 long intergenic non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) that overlap 45 known loci for coronary artery disease (CAD) using publicly available Global Lipids Gentics Consortium (GLGC) (Teslovich et al., 2010; Willer et al., 2013) meta-analysis summary statistics for low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). The analysis reveals 33 PCGs and three lncRNAs across 11 loci with >50% posterior probabilities for inclusion in an additive model of association. The findings are consistent with previous reports, while providing some new insight into the architecture of LDL-cholesterol to be investigated further. As genomic taxonomies continue to evolve, additional classes such as enhancer elements and splicing regions, can easily be layered into the proposed analysis framework. Moreover, application of this approach to alternative publicly available meta-analysis resources, or more generally as a post-analytic strategy to further interrogate regions that are identified through single point analysis, is straightforward. All coding examples are implemented in R version 3.2.1 and provided as supplemental material.
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- Siying Chen
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, U.S.A
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, U.S.A
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, and the Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research at Columbia University, New York City, New York, U.S.A
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, U.S.A
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What can time-frequency and phase coherence measures tell us about the genetic basis of P3 amplitude? Int J Psychophysiol 2016; 115:40-56. [PMID: 27871913 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2016.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2015] [Revised: 10/26/2016] [Accepted: 11/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In a recent comprehensive investigation, we largely failed to identify significant genetic markers associated with P3 amplitude or to corroborate previous associations between P3 and specific single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) or genes. In the present study we extended this line of investigation to examine time-frequency (TF) activity and intertrial phase coherence (ITPC) in the P3 time window, both of which are associated with P3 amplitude. Previous genome-wide research has reported associations between P3-related theta and delta activity and individual genetic variants. A large, population-based sample of 4211 subjects, comprising male and female adolescent twins and their parents, was genotyped for 527,828 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), from which over six million SNPs were accurately imputed. Heritability estimates were greater for TF energy than ITPC, whether based on biometric models or the combined influence of all measured SNPs (derived from genome-wide complex trait analysis). The magnitude of overlap in the specific SNPs associated with delta energy and ITPC and P3 amplitude was significant. A genome-wide analysis of all SNPs, accompanied by an analysis of approximately 17,600 genes, indicated a region of chromosome 2 around TEKT4 that was significantly associated with theta ITPC. Analysis of candidate SNPs and genes previously reported to be associated with P3 or related phenotypes yielded one association surviving correction for multiple tests: between theta energy and CRHR1. However, we did not obtain significant associations for SNPs implicated in previous genome-wide studies of TF measures. Identifying specific genetic variants associated with P3 amplitude remains a challenge.
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Mishra A, Nizammuddin S, Mallick CB, Singh S, Prakash S, Siddiqui NA, Rai N, Carlus SJ, Sudhakar DVS, Tripathi VP, Möls M, Kim-Howard X, Dewangan H, Mishra A, Reddy AG, Roy B, Pandey K, Chaubey G, Das P, Nath SK, Singh L, Thangaraj K. Genotype-Phenotype Study of the Middle Gangetic Plain in India Shows Association of rs2470102 with Skin Pigmentation. J Invest Dermatol 2016; 137:670-677. [PMID: 27866970 DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2016.10.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2015] [Revised: 10/15/2016] [Accepted: 10/17/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Our understanding of the genetics of skin pigmentation has been largely skewed towards populations of European ancestry, imparting less attention to South Asian populations, who behold huge pigmentation diversity. Here, we investigate skin pigmentation variation in a cohort of 1,167 individuals in the Middle Gangetic Plain of the Indian subcontinent. Our data confirm the association of rs1426654 with skin pigmentation among South Asians, consistent with previous studies, and also show association for rs2470102 single nucleotide polymorphism. Our haplotype analyses further help us delineate the haplotype distribution across social categories and skin color. Taken together, our findings suggest that the social structure defined by the caste system in India has a profound influence on the skin pigmentation patterns of the subcontinent. In particular, social category and associated single nucleotide polymorphisms explain about 32% and 6.4%, respectively, of the total phenotypic variance. Phylogeography of the associated single nucleotide polymorphisms studied across 52 diverse populations of the Indian subcontinent shows wide presence of the derived alleles, although their frequencies vary across populations. Our results show that both polymorphisms (rs1426654 and rs2470102) play an important role in the skin pigmentation diversity of South Asians.
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- Anshuman Mishra
- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia; Estonian Biocentre, Tartu, Estonia
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, V.B.S. Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, India
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- Estonian Biocentre, Tartu, Estonia; Insitute of Mathematical Statistics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma, USA
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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- Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (ICMR), Patna, India
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- Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences (ICMR), Patna, India
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- Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma, USA
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- CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, India
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Galesloot TE, Verweij N, Traglia M, Barbieri C, van Dijk F, Geurts-Moespot AJ, Girelli D, Kiemeney LALM, Sweep FCGJ, Swertz MA, van der Meer P, Camaschella C, Toniolo D, Vermeulen SH, van der Harst P, Swinkels DW. Meta-GWAS and Meta-Analysis of Exome Array Studies Do Not Reveal Genetic Determinants of Serum Hepcidin. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0166628. [PMID: 27846281 PMCID: PMC5112847 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2016] [Accepted: 11/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Serum hepcidin concentration is regulated by iron status, inflammation, erythropoiesis and numerous other factors, but underlying processes are incompletely understood. We studied the association of common and rare single nucleotide variants (SNVs) with serum hepcidin in one Italian study and two large Dutch population-based studies. We genotyped common SNVs with genome-wide association study (GWAS) arrays and subsequently performed imputation using the 1000 Genomes reference panel. Cohort-specific GWAS were performed for log-transformed serum hepcidin, adjusted for age and gender, and results were combined in a fixed-effects meta-analysis (total N 6,096). Six top SNVs (p<5x10-6) were genotyped in 3,821 additional samples, but associations were not replicated. Furthermore, we meta-analyzed cohort-specific exome array association results of rare SNVs with serum hepcidin that were available for two of the three cohorts (total N 3,226), but no exome-wide significant signal (p<1.4x10-6) was identified. Gene-based meta-analyses revealed 19 genes that showed significant association with hepcidin. Our results suggest the absence of common SNVs and rare exonic SNVs explaining a large proportion of phenotypic variation in serum hepcidin. We recommend extension of our study once additional substantial cohorts with hepcidin measurements, GWAS and/or exome array data become available in order to increase power to identify variants that explain a smaller proportion of hepcidin variation. In addition, we encourage follow-up of the potentially interesting genes that resulted from the gene-based analysis of low-frequency and rare variants.
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- Tessel E. Galesloot
- Radboud university medical center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Cardiology, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
- Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Genomics Coordination Center, Groningen, The Netherlands
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Genetics, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud university medical center, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Hepcidinanalysis.com, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Radboud university medical center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Genomics Coordination Center, Groningen, The Netherlands
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Genetics, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Cardiology, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
- Vita-Salute University, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Genetics and Cell Biology, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Radboud university medical center, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Cardiology, Groningen, The Netherlands
- University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Genetics, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Radboud university medical center, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Hepcidinanalysis.com, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Yin X, Wineinger NE, Wang K, Yue W, Norgren N, Wang L, Yao W, Jiang X, Wu B, Cui Y, Shen C, Cheng H, Zhou F, Chen G, Zuo X, Zheng X, Fan X, Wang H, Wang L, Lee J, Lam M, Tai ES, Zhang Z, Huang Q, Sun L, Xu J, Yang S, Wilhelmsen KC, Liu J, Schork NJ, Zhang X. Common susceptibility variants are shared between schizophrenia and psoriasis in the Han Chinese population. J Psychiatry Neurosci 2016; 41:413-421. [PMID: 27091718 PMCID: PMC5082512 DOI: 10.1503/jpn.150210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown that individuals with schizophrenia have a greater risk for psoriasis than a typical person. This suggests that there might be a shared genetic etiology between the 2 conditions. We aimed to characterize the potential shared genetic susceptibility between schizophrenia and psoriasis using genome-wide marker genotype data. METHODS We obtained genetic data on individuals with psoriasis, schizophrenia and control individuals. We applied a marker-based coheritability estimation procedure, polygenic score analysis, a gene set enrichment test and a least absolute shrinkage and selection operator regression model to estimate the potential shared genetic etiology between the 2 diseases. We validated the results in independent schizophrenia and psoriasis cohorts from Singapore. RESULTS We included 1139 individuals with psoriasis, 744 with schizophrenia and 1678 controls in our analysis, and we validated the results in independent cohorts, including 441 individuals with psoriasis (and 2420 controls) and 1630 with schizophrenia (and 1860 controls). We estimated that a large fraction of schizophrenia and psoriasis risk could be attributed to common variants (h2SNP = 29% ± 5.0%, p = 2.00 × 10-8), with a coheritability estimate between the traits of 21%. We identified 5 variants within the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) gene region, which were most likely to be associated with both diseases and collectively conferred a significant risk effect (odds ratio of highest risk quartile = 6.03, p < 2.00 × 10-16). We discovered that variants contributing most to the shared heritable component between psoriasis and schizophrenia were enriched in antigen processing and cell endoplasmic reticulum. LIMITATIONS Our sample size was relatively small. The findings of 5 HLA gene variants were complicated by the complex structure in the HLA region. CONCLUSION We found evidence for a shared genetic etiology between schizophrenia and psoriasis. The mechanism for this shared genetic basis likely involves immune and calcium signalling pathways.
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- Correspondence to: X. Zhang, Institute of Dermatology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, 230032; or N.J. Schork, Human Biology, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, 92037, United States;
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- Correspondence to: X. Zhang, Institute of Dermatology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui Province, 230032; or N.J. Schork, Human Biology, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, 92037, United States;
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Gharahkhani P, Fitzgerald RC, Vaughan TL, Palles C, Gockel I, Tomlinson I, Buas MF, May A, Gerges C, Anders M, Becker J, Kreuser N, Noder T, Venerito M, Veits L, Schmidt T, Manner H, Schmidt C, Hess T, Böhmer AC, Izbicki JR, Hölscher AH, Lang H, Lorenz D, Schumacher B, Hackelsberger A, Mayershofer R, Pech O, Vashist Y, Ott K, Vieth M, Weismüller J, Nöthen MM, Attwood S, Barr H, Chegwidden L, de Caestecker J, Harrison R, Love SB, MacDonald D, Moayyedi P, Prenen H, Watson RGP, Iyer PG, Anderson LA, Bernstein L, Chow WH, Hardie LJ, Lagergren J, Liu G, Risch HA, Wu AH, Ye W, Bird NC, Shaheen NJ, Gammon MD, Corley DA, Caldas C, Moebus S, Knapp M, Peters WHM, Neuhaus H, Rösch T, Ell C, MacGregor S, Pharoah P, Whiteman DC, Jankowski J, Schumacher J. Genome-wide association studies in oesophageal adenocarcinoma and Barrett's oesophagus: a large-scale meta-analysis. Lancet Oncol 2016; 17:1363-1373. [PMID: 27527254 PMCID: PMC5052458 DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(16)30240-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2016] [Revised: 05/25/2016] [Accepted: 06/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Oesophageal adenocarcinoma represents one of the fastest rising cancers in high-income countries. Barrett's oesophagus is the premalignant precursor of oesophageal adenocarcinoma. However, only a few patients with Barrett's oesophagus develop adenocarcinoma, which complicates clinical management in the absence of valid predictors. Within an international consortium investigating the genetics of Barrett's oesophagus and oesophageal adenocarcinoma, we aimed to identify novel genetic risk variants for the development of Barrett's oesophagus and oesophageal adenocarcinoma. METHODS We did a meta-analysis of all genome-wide association studies of Barrett's oesophagus and oesophageal adenocarcinoma available in PubMed up to Feb 29, 2016; all patients were of European ancestry and disease was confirmed histopathologically. All participants were from four separate studies within Europe, North America, and Australia and were genotyped on high-density single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays. Meta-analysis was done with a fixed-effects inverse variance-weighting approach and with a standard genome-wide significance threshold (p<5 × 10-8). We also did an association analysis after reweighting of loci with an approach that investigates annotation enrichment among genome-wide significant loci. Furthermore, the entire dataset was analysed with bioinformatics approaches-including functional annotation databases and gene-based and pathway-based methods-to identify pathophysiologically relevant cellular mechanisms. FINDINGS Our sample comprised 6167 patients with Barrett's oesophagus and 4112 individuals with oesophageal adenocarcinoma, in addition to 17 159 representative controls from four genome-wide association studies in Europe, North America, and Australia. We identified eight new risk loci associated with either Barrett's oesophagus or oesophageal adenocarcinoma, within or near the genes CFTR (rs17451754; p=4·8 × 10-10), MSRA (rs17749155; p=5·2 × 10-10), LINC00208 and BLK (rs10108511; p=2·1 × 10-9), KHDRBS2 (rs62423175; p=3·0 × 10-9), TPPP and CEP72 (rs9918259; p=3·2 × 10-9), TMOD1 (rs7852462; p=1·5 × 10-8), SATB2 (rs139606545; p=2·0 × 10-8), and HTR3C and ABCC5 (rs9823696; p=1·6 × 10-8). The locus identified near HTR3C and ABCC5 (rs9823696) was associated specifically with oesophageal adenocarcinoma (p=1·6 × 10-8) and was independent of Barrett's oesophagus development (p=0·45). A ninth novel risk locus was identified within the gene LPA (rs12207195; posterior probability 0·925) after reweighting with significantly enriched annotations. The strongest disease pathways identified (p<10-6) belonged to muscle cell differentiation and to mesenchyme development and differentiation. INTERPRETATION Our meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies doubled the number of known risk loci for Barrett's oesophagus and oesophageal adenocarcinoma and revealed new insights into causes of these diseases. Furthermore, the specific association between oesophageal adenocarcinoma and the locus near HTR3C and ABCC5 might constitute a novel genetic marker for prediction of the transition from Barrett's oesophagus to oesophageal adenocarcinoma. Fine-mapping and functional studies of new risk loci could lead to identification of key molecules in the development of Barrett's oesophagus and oesophageal adenocarcinoma, which might encourage development of advanced prevention and intervention strategies. FUNDING US National Cancer Institute, US National Institutes of Health, National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, Swedish Cancer Society, Medical Research Council UK, Cambridge NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre, Else Kröner Fresenius Stiftung, Wellcome Trust, Cancer Research UK, AstraZeneca UK, University Hospitals of Leicester, University of Oxford, Australian Research Council.
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- Puya Gharahkhani
- Statistical Genetics, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Cancer Unit, Hutchison-MRC Research Centre and University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Visceral, Transplant, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Medicine II, Sana Klinikum, Offenbach, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Evangelisches Krankenhaus, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Endoscopy, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Department of Gastroenterology and Interdisciplinary Endoscopy, Vivantes Wenckebach-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, and Department of Genomics, Life & Brain Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Visceral, Transplant, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Endoscopy, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Infectious Diseases, Otto-von-Guericke University Hospital, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Klinikum Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Horst Schmidt Kliniken Hospital, Wiesbaden, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Cancer Surgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, and Department of Genomics, Life & Brain Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, and Department of Genomics, Life & Brain Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Cancer Surgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplant Surgery, University Medical Center, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Sana Klinikum, Offenbach, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Evangelisches Krankenhaus, Düsseldorf, Germany; Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Elisabeth Hospital, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Interventional Endoscopy, St John of God Hospital, Regensburg, Germany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; Department of Visceral Surgery, Kantonsspital Aarau AG, Aarau, Switzerland
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Department of General, Visceral and Thorax Surgery, RoMed Klinikum Rosenheim, Rosenheim, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, Klinikum Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, and Department of Genomics, Life & Brain Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Centre For Integrated Health Care Research, Durham University, Durham, UK
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- Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, UK
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- Plymouth University Peninsula School of Medicine and Dentistry, Plymouth, UK
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- Digestive Diseases Centre, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK
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- Department of Cellular Pathology, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK
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- Centre for Statistics in Medicine, NDORMS, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Oral Biological and Medical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
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- Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospitals Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
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- Queen's University Belfast, Centre of Medical Education, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, UK
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Population Sciences, Beckman Research Institute and City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; Division of Cancer Studies, King's College London, London, UK
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- Pharmacogenomic Epidemiology, Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology, Medical School, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Research, and San Francisco Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Department of Oncology, and Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Centre of Urban Epidemiology, Institute of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University of Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Biometry, Informatics, and Epidemiology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Evangelisches Krankenhaus, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Endoscopy, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine II, Sana Klinikum, Offenbach, Germany
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- Statistical Genetics, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Cancer Control, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- University of Central Lancashire, Westlakes Science and Technology Park, Moor Row, UK; Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Warwick, UK
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- Institute of Human Genetics, and Department of Genomics, Life & Brain Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Teumer A, Qi Q, Nethander M, Aschard H, Bandinelli S, Beekman M, Berndt SI, Bidlingmaier M, Broer L, Cappola A, Ceda GP, Chanock S, Chen M, Chen TC, Chen YI, Chung J, Del Greco Miglianico F, Eriksson J, Ferrucci L, Friedrich N, Gnewuch C, Goodarzi MO, Grarup N, Guo T, Hammer E, Hayes RB, Hicks AA, Hofman A, Houwing‐Duistermaat JJ, Hu F, Hunter DJ, Husemoen LL, Isaacs A, Jacobs KB, Janssen JAMJL, Jansson J, Jehmlich N, Johnson S, Juul A, Karlsson M, Kilpelainen TO, Kovacs P, Kraft P, Li C, Linneberg A, Liu Y, Loos RJF, Lorentzon M, Lu Y, Maggio M, Magi R, Meigs J, Mellström D, Nauck M, Newman AB, Pollak MN, Pramstaller PP, Prokopenko I, Psaty BM, Reincke M, Rimm EB, Rotter JI, Saint Pierre A, Schurmann C, Seshadri S, Sjögren K, Slagboom PE, Strickler HD, Stumvoll M, Suh Y, Sun Q, Zhang C, Svensson J, Tanaka T, Tare A, Tönjes A, Uh H, van Duijn CM, Heemst D, Vandenput L, Vasan RS, Völker U, Willems SM, Ohlsson C, Wallaschofski H, Kaplan RC. Genomewide meta-analysis identifies loci associated with IGF-I and IGFBP-3 levels with impact on age-related traits. Aging Cell 2016; 15:811-24. [PMID: 27329260 PMCID: PMC5013013 DOI: 10.1111/acel.12490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The growth hormone/insulin‐like growth factor (IGF) axis can be manipulated in animal models to promote longevity, and IGF‐related proteins including IGF‐I and IGF‐binding protein‐3 (IGFBP‐3) have also been implicated in risk of human diseases including cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and cancer. Through genomewide association study of up to 30 884 adults of European ancestry from 21 studies, we confirmed and extended the list of previously identified loci associated with circulating IGF‐I and IGFBP‐3 concentrations (IGF1, IGFBP3,GCKR,TNS3, GHSR, FOXO3, ASXL2, NUBP2/IGFALS, SORCS2, and CELSR2). Significant sex interactions, which were characterized by different genotype–phenotype associations between men and women, were found only for associations of IGFBP‐3 concentrations with SNPs at the loci IGFBP3 and SORCS2. Analyses of SNPs, gene expression, and protein levels suggested that interplay between IGFBP3 and genes within the NUBP2 locus (IGFALS and HAGH) may affect circulating IGF‐I and IGFBP‐3 concentrations. The IGF‐I‐decreasing allele of SNP rs934073, which is an eQTL of ASXL2, was associated with lower adiposity and higher likelihood of survival beyond 90 years. The known longevity‐associated variant rs2153960 (FOXO3) was observed to be a genomewide significant SNP for IGF‐I concentrations. Bioinformatics analysis suggested enrichment of putative regulatory elements among these IGF‐I‐ and IGFBP‐3‐associated loci, particularly of rs646776 at CELSR2. In conclusion, this study identified several loci associated with circulating IGF‐I and IGFBP‐3 concentrations and provides clues to the potential role of the IGF axis in mediating effects of known (FOXO3) and novel (ASXL2) longevity‐associated loci.
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Nakka P, Raphael BJ, Ramachandran S. Gene and Network Analysis of Common Variants Reveals Novel Associations in Multiple Complex Diseases. Genetics 2016; 204:783-798. [PMID: 27489002 PMCID: PMC5068862 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.116.188391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2016] [Accepted: 07/24/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Genome-wide association (GWA) studies typically lack power to detect genotypes significantly associated with complex diseases, where different causal mutations of small effect may be present across cases. A common, tractable approach for identifying genomic elements associated with complex traits is to evaluate combinations of variants in known pathways or gene sets with shared biological function. Such gene-set analyses require the computation of gene-level P-values or gene scores; these gene scores are also useful when generating hypotheses for experimental validation. However, commonly used methods for generating GWA gene scores are computationally inefficient, biased by gene length, imprecise, or have low true positive rate (TPR) at low false positive rates (FPR), leading to erroneous hypotheses for functional validation. Here we introduce a new method, PEGASUS, for analytically calculating gene scores. PEGASUS produces gene scores with as much as 10 orders of magnitude higher numerical precision than competing methods. In simulation, PEGASUS outperforms existing methods, achieving up to 30% higher TPR when the FPR is fixed at 1%. We use gene scores from PEGASUS as input to HotNet2 to identify networks of interacting genes associated with multiple complex diseases and traits; this is the first application of HotNet2 to common variation. In ulcerative colitis and waist-hip ratio, we discover networks that include genes previously associated with these phenotypes, as well as novel candidate genes. In contrast, existing methods fail to identify these networks. We also identify networks for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, in which GWA studies have yet to identify any significant SNPs.
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- Priyanka Nakka
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912 Center for Computational Molecular Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912
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- Center for Computational Molecular Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912 Department of Computer Science, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912 Center for Computational Molecular Biology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912
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Bakshi A, Zhu Z, Vinkhuyzen AAE, Hill WD, McRae AF, Visscher PM, Yang J. Fast set-based association analysis using summary data from GWAS identifies novel gene loci for human complex traits. Sci Rep 2016; 6:32894. [PMID: 27604177 PMCID: PMC5015118 DOI: 10.1038/srep32894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2016] [Accepted: 08/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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We propose a method (fastBAT) that performs a fast set-based association analysis for human complex traits using summary-level data from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and linkage disequilibrium (LD) data from a reference sample with individual-level genotypes. We demonstrate using simulations and analyses of real datasets that fastBAT is more accurate and orders of magnitude faster than the prevailing methods. Using fastBAT, we analyze summary data from the latest meta-analyses of GWAS on 150,064-339,224 individuals for height, body mass index (BMI), and schizophrenia. We identify 6 novel gene loci for height, 2 for BMI, and 3 for schizophrenia at PfastBAT < 5 × 10(-8). The gain of power is due to multiple small independent association signals at these loci (e.g. the THRB and FOXP1 loci for schizophrenia). The method is general and can be applied to GWAS data for all complex traits and diseases in humans and to such data in other species.
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- Andrew Bakshi
- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
- Centre for Systems Genomics, School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville 3010, Victoria, Australia
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- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, 7 George Square, Edinburgh, UK
- Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
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- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, The Translation Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
- Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
- The University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, The Translation Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Ferreira MAR, Jansen R, Willemsen G, Penninx B, Bain LM, Vicente CT, Revez JA, Matheson MC, Hui J, Tung JY, Baltic S, Le Souëf P, Montgomery GW, Martin NG, Robertson CF, James A, Thompson PJ, Boomsma DI, Hopper JL, Hinds DA, Werder RB, Phipps S. Gene-based analysis of regulatory variants identifies 4 putative novel asthma risk genes related to nucleotide synthesis and signaling. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2016; 139:1148-1157. [PMID: 27554816 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2016.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2016] [Revised: 07/08/2016] [Accepted: 07/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hundreds of genetic variants are thought to contribute to variation in asthma risk by modulating gene expression. Methods that increase the power of genome-wide association studies (GWASs) to identify risk-associated variants are needed. OBJECTIVE We sought to develop a method that aggregates the evidence for association with disease risk across expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) of a gene and use this approach to identify asthma risk genes. METHODS We developed a gene-based test and software package called EUGENE that (1) is applicable to GWAS summary statistics; (2) considers both cis- and trans-eQTLs; (3) incorporates eQTLs identified in different tissues; and (4) uses simulations to account for multiple testing. We applied this approach to 2 published asthma GWASs (combined n = 46,044) and used mouse studies to provide initial functional insights into 2 genes with novel genetic associations. RESULTS We tested the association between asthma and 17,190 genes that were found to have cis- and/or trans-eQTLs across 16 published eQTL studies. At an empirical FDR of 5%, 48 genes were associated with asthma risk. Of these, for 37, the association was driven by eQTLs located in established risk loci for allergic disease, including 6 genes not previously implicated in disease cause (eg, LIMS1, TINF2, and SAFB). The remaining 11 significant genes represent potential novel genetic associations with asthma. The association with 4 of these replicated in an independent GWAS: B4GALT3, USMG5, P2RY13, and P2RY14, which are genes involved in nucleotide synthesis or nucleotide-dependent cell activation. In mouse studies, P2ry13 and P2ry14-purinergic receptors activated by adenosine 5-diphosphate and UDP-sugars, respectively-were upregulated after allergen challenge, notably in airway epithelial cells, eosinophils, and neutrophils. Intranasal exposure with receptor agonists induced the release of IL-33 and subsequent eosinophil infiltration into the lungs. CONCLUSION We identified novel associations between asthma and eQTLs for 4 genes related to nucleotide synthesis/signaling and demonstrated the power of gene-based analyses of GWASs.
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- Department of Psychiatry, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- PathWest Laboratory Medicine of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia; School of Population Health, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia; School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia; Busselton Population Medical Research Foundation, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Australia
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- Institute for Respiratory Health, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Nedlands, Australia
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- School of Paediatrics and Child Health, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Subiaco, Australia
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- Respiratory Medicine, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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- Busselton Population Medical Research Foundation, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Australia; School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia; Department of Pulmonary Physiology and Sleep Medicine, West Australian Sleep Disorders Research Institute, Nedlands, Australia
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- Institute for Respiratory Health, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, Nedlands, Australia; School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia
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- Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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Hillenmeyer S, Davis LK, Gamazon ER, Cook EH, Cox NJ, Altman RB. STAMS: STRING-assisted module search for genome wide association studies and application to autism. Bioinformatics 2016; 32:3815-3822. [PMID: 27542772 PMCID: PMC5167061 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btw530] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2016] [Revised: 06/29/2016] [Accepted: 08/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Motivation: Analyzing genome wide association data in the context of biological pathways helps us understand how genetic variation influences phenotype and increases power to find associations. However, the utility of pathway-based analysis tools is hampered by undercuration and reliance on a distribution of signal across all of the genes in a pathway. Methods that combine genome wide association results with genetic networks to infer the key phenotype-modulating subnetworks combat these issues, but have primarily been limited to network definitions with yes/no labels for gene-gene interactions. A recent method (EW_dmGWAS) incorporates a biological network with weighted edge probability by requiring a secondary phenotype-specific expression dataset. In this article, we combine an algorithm for weighted-edge module searching and a probabilistic interaction network in order to develop a method, STAMS, for recovering modules of genes with strong associations to the phenotype and probable biologic coherence. Our method builds on EW_dmGWAS but does not require a secondary expression dataset and performs better in six test cases. Results: We show that our algorithm improves over EW_dmGWAS and standard gene-based analysis by measuring precision and recall of each method on separately identified associations. In the Wellcome Trust Rheumatoid Arthritis study, STAMS-identified modules were more enriched for separately identified associations than EW_dmGWAS (STAMS P-value 3.0 × 10−4; EW_dmGWAS- P-value = 0.8). We demonstrate that the area under the Precision-Recall curve is 5.9 times higher with STAMS than EW_dmGWAS run on the Wellcome Trust Type 1 Diabetes data. Availability and Implementation: STAMS is implemented as an R package and is freely available at https://simtk.org/projects/stams. Contact:rbaltman@stanford.edu Supplementary information:Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
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- Sara Hillenmeyer
- Biomedical Informatics Training Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Vanderbilt Genetics Institute.,Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.,Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Vanderbilt Genetics Institute.,Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Departments of Bioengineering and Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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Polimanti R, Yang BZ, Zhao H, Gelernter J. Evidence of Polygenic Adaptation in the Systems Genetics of Anthropometric Traits. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0160654. [PMID: 27537407 PMCID: PMC4990182 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2015] [Accepted: 07/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Many signals of natural selection have been identified in the human genome. However, except for some single-locus mechanisms, most molecular processes generating these adaptation signals are still unknown. We developed an approach that integrates datasets related to genome-wide association studies (GWAS) with information about systems biology and genetic signatures of natural selection to identify evidence of polygenic adaptation. Specifically, we focused on five anthropometric measurements: body mass index (BMI), height, waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI (WHR), and waist circumference adjusted for BMI (WC), and sex differences for WHR and WC. We performed an enrichment analysis for signals of natural selection in protein interaction networks associated with anthropometric traits in European populations. The adaptation signals-enriched gene networks associated highlighted epistatic interactions in the context of polygenic selection for the investigated traits. These polygenic mechanisms indicated intriguing selective mechanisms related to the anthropometric traits: adult locomotory behavior for BMI, infection resistance for height, interplay between lipid transport and immune systems for WHR, and female-specific polygenic adaptation for WHR and WC. In conclusion, we observed evidence of polygenic adaptation in the context of systems genetics of anthropometric traits that indicates polygenic mechanisms related to the natural selection in European populations.
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- Renato Polimanti
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- VA CT Healthcare Center, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- VA CT Healthcare Center, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Biostatistics, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- VA CT Healthcare Center, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Department of Neurobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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Zhang H, Wu CO, Yang Y, Berndt SI, Chanock SJ, Yu K. A multi-locus genetic association test for a dichotomous trait and its secondary phenotype. Stat Methods Med Res 2016; 27:1464-1475. [PMID: 27507288 DOI: 10.1177/0962280216662071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Genetic association studies often collect information on secondary phenotypes related to the primary disease status. In many situations, the secondary phenotypes are only measured in subjects with the disease condition. It would be advantageous to model the primary trait and the secondary phenotype together if they share certain level of genetic heritability. We propose a family of multi-locus testing procedures to detect the composite association between a set of genetic markers and two traits (the primary trait and a secondary phenotype), in order to identify genes influencing both traits. The proposed test is derived from a random effect model with two variance components, with each presenting the genetic effect on one trait, and incorporates a model selection procedure for seeking the optimal model to represent the two sources of genetic effects. We conduct simulation studies to evaluate performance of the proposed procedure and apply the method to a genome-wide association study of prostate cancer with the Gleason score as the secondary phenotype.
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- Han Zhang
- 1 Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, USA
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- 2 Office of Biostatistics Research, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, USA
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- 3 Department of Statistics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, USA
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- 1 Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, USA
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- 1 Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, USA
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- 1 Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, USA
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Fang S, Vaysse A, Brossard M, Wang Y, Deng D, Liu Q, Zhang P, Xu K, Li M, Feng R, Liu H, Dang Y, Chen W, Prieto V, Gershenwald JE, Ross MI, Matejka B, Malke J, Haydu LE, Reveille JD, Sui D, Bassett RL, Koshkina N, Avril MF, Lu M, Wei Q, Demenais F, Amos CI, Lee JE. Melanoma Expression Genes Identified through Genome-Wide Association Study of Breslow Tumor Thickness. J Invest Dermatol 2016; 137:253-257. [PMID: 27506587 DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2016.07.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2016] [Revised: 07/04/2016] [Accepted: 07/10/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Shenying Fang
- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
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- INSERM, Genetic Variation and Human Diseases Unit, Paris, France; Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, Paris, France
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- INSERM, Genetic Variation and Human Diseases Unit, Paris, France; Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, Paris, France
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA; The Fifth Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Clinical Applications and Support, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center and Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- INSERM, Genetic Variation and Human Diseases Unit, Paris, France; Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, Paris, France
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- Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel College of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, New Hampshire, USA
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
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Hardin M, Cho MH, McDonald ML, Wan E, Lomas DA, Coxson HO, MacNee W, Vestbo J, Yates JC, Agusti A, Calverley PMA, Celli B, Crim C, Rennard S, Wouters E, Bakke P, Bhatt SP, Kim V, Ramsdell J, Regan EA, Make BJ, Hokanson JE, Crapo JD, Beaty TH, Hersh CP. A genome-wide analysis of the response to inhaled β2-agonists in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. THE PHARMACOGENOMICS JOURNAL 2016; 16:326-35. [PMID: 26503814 PMCID: PMC4848212 DOI: 10.1038/tpj.2015.65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2014] [Revised: 05/04/2015] [Accepted: 05/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Short-acting β2-agonist bronchodilators are the most common medications used in treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Genetic variants determining bronchodilator responsiveness (BDR) in COPD have not been identified. We performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of BDR in 5789 current or former smokers with COPD in one African-American and four white populations. BDR was defined as the quantitative spirometric response to inhaled β2-agonists. We combined results in a meta-analysis. In the meta-analysis, single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the genes KCNK1 (P=2.02 × 10(-7)) and KCNJ2 (P=1.79 × 10(-7)) were the top associations with BDR. Among African Americans, SNPs in CDH13 were significantly associated with BDR (P=5.1 × 10(-9)). A nominal association with CDH13 was identified in a gene-based analysis in all subjects. We identified suggestive association with BDR among COPD subjects for variants near two potassium channel genes (KCNK1 and KCNJ2). SNPs in CDH13 were significantly associated with BDR in African Americans.The Pharmacogenomics Journal advance online publication, 27 October 2015; doi:10.1038/tpj.2015.65.
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- Megan Hardin
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London, UK
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- UBC Department of Radiology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, Canada
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- Centre for Inflammation Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, University Hospital of South Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Thorax Institute, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, Univ Barcelona and CIBERES, SP
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- Department of Pulmonary and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
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- Center for Chronic Diseases, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
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- Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, USA
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- Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Colorado School of Public Health, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, Colorado
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- Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, USA
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- Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Li C, He J, Chen J, Zhao J, Gu D, Hixson JE, Rao DC, Jaquish CE, Gu CC, Chen J, Huang J, Chen S, Kelly TN. Genome-Wide Gene-Sodium Interaction Analyses on Blood Pressure: The Genetic Epidemiology Network of Salt-Sensitivity Study. Hypertension 2016; 68:348-55. [PMID: 27271309 PMCID: PMC5373034 DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.115.06765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2015] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
We performed genome-wide analyses to identify genomic loci that interact with sodium to influence blood pressure (BP) using single-marker-based (1 and 2 df joint tests) and gene-based tests among 1876 Chinese participants of the Genetic Epidemiology Network of Salt-Sensitivity (GenSalt) study. Among GenSalt participants, the average of 3 urine samples was used to estimate sodium excretion. Nine BP measurements were taken using a random zero sphygmomanometer. A total of 2.05 million single-nucleotide polymorphisms were imputed using Affymetrix 6.0 genotype data and the Chinese Han of Beijing and Japanese of Tokyo HapMap reference panel. Promising findings (P<1.00×10(-4)) from GenSalt were evaluated for replication among 775 Chinese participants of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Single-nucleotide polymorphism and gene-based results were meta-analyzed across the GenSalt and MESA studies to determine genome-wide significance. The 1 df tests identified interactions for UST rs13211840 on diastolic BP (P=3.13×10(-9)). The 2 df tests additionally identified associations for CLGN rs2567241 (P=3.90×10(-12)) and LOC105369882 rs11104632 (P=4.51×10(-8)) with systolic BP. The CLGN variant rs2567241 was also associated with diastolic BP (P=3.11×10(-22)) and mean arterial pressure (P=2.86×10(-15)). Genome-wide gene-based analysis identified MKNK1 (P=6.70×10(-7)), C2orf80 (P<1.00×10(-12)), EPHA6 (P=2.88×10(-7)), SCOC-AS1 (P=4.35×10(-14)), SCOC (P=6.46×10(-11)), CLGN (P=3.68×10(-13)), MGAT4D (P=4.73×10(-11)), ARHGAP42 (P≤1.00×10(-12)), CASP4 (P=1.31×10(-8)), and LINC01478 (P=6.75×10(-10)) that were associated with at least 1 BP phenotype. In summary, we identified 8 novel and 1 previously reported BP loci through the examination of single-nucleotide polymorphism and gene-based interactions with sodium.
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- Changwei Li
- From the Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA (C.L., J.H., J.Z., T.N.K.); Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA (J.H., J.C.); State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (D.G., J.C., J.H., S.C.); Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston (J.E.H.); Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (D.C.R., C.C.G.); and Division of Prevention and Population Sciences, National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (C.E.J.)
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- From the Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA (C.L., J.H., J.Z., T.N.K.); Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA (J.H., J.C.); State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (D.G., J.C., J.H., S.C.); Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston (J.E.H.); Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (D.C.R., C.C.G.); and Division of Prevention and Population Sciences, National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (C.E.J.)
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- From the Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA (C.L., J.H., J.Z., T.N.K.); Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA (J.H., J.C.); State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (D.G., J.C., J.H., S.C.); Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston (J.E.H.); Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (D.C.R., C.C.G.); and Division of Prevention and Population Sciences, National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (C.E.J.)
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- From the Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA (C.L., J.H., J.Z., T.N.K.); Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA (J.H., J.C.); State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (D.G., J.C., J.H., S.C.); Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston (J.E.H.); Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (D.C.R., C.C.G.); and Division of Prevention and Population Sciences, National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (C.E.J.)
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- From the Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA (C.L., J.H., J.Z., T.N.K.); Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA (J.H., J.C.); State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (D.G., J.C., J.H., S.C.); Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston (J.E.H.); Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (D.C.R., C.C.G.); and Division of Prevention and Population Sciences, National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (C.E.J.)
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- From the Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA (C.L., J.H., J.Z., T.N.K.); Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA (J.H., J.C.); State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (D.G., J.C., J.H., S.C.); Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston (J.E.H.); Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (D.C.R., C.C.G.); and Division of Prevention and Population Sciences, National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (C.E.J.)
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- From the Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA (C.L., J.H., J.Z., T.N.K.); Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA (J.H., J.C.); State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (D.G., J.C., J.H., S.C.); Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston (J.E.H.); Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (D.C.R., C.C.G.); and Division of Prevention and Population Sciences, National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (C.E.J.)
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- From the Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA (C.L., J.H., J.Z., T.N.K.); Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA (J.H., J.C.); State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (D.G., J.C., J.H., S.C.); Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston (J.E.H.); Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (D.C.R., C.C.G.); and Division of Prevention and Population Sciences, National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (C.E.J.)
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- From the Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA (C.L., J.H., J.Z., T.N.K.); Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA (J.H., J.C.); State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (D.G., J.C., J.H., S.C.); Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston (J.E.H.); Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (D.C.R., C.C.G.); and Division of Prevention and Population Sciences, National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (C.E.J.)
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- From the Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA (C.L., J.H., J.Z., T.N.K.); Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA (J.H., J.C.); State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (D.G., J.C., J.H., S.C.); Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston (J.E.H.); Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (D.C.R., C.C.G.); and Division of Prevention and Population Sciences, National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (C.E.J.)
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- From the Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA (C.L., J.H., J.Z., T.N.K.); Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA (J.H., J.C.); State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (D.G., J.C., J.H., S.C.); Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston (J.E.H.); Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (D.C.R., C.C.G.); and Division of Prevention and Population Sciences, National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (C.E.J.)
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- From the Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA (C.L., J.H., J.Z., T.N.K.); Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA (J.H., J.C.); State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (D.G., J.C., J.H., S.C.); Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston (J.E.H.); Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (D.C.R., C.C.G.); and Division of Prevention and Population Sciences, National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (C.E.J.)
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- From the Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA (C.L., J.H., J.Z., T.N.K.); Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA (J.H., J.C.); State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Fuwai Hospital, National Center of Cardiovascular Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China (D.G., J.C., J.H., S.C.); Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston (J.E.H.); Division of Biostatistics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (D.C.R., C.C.G.); and Division of Prevention and Population Sciences, National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (C.E.J.).
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Wang XB, Han YD, Zhang S, Cui NH, Liu ZJ, Huang ZL, Li C, Zheng F. Associations of polymorphisms in TXNIP and gene-environment interactions with the risk of coronary artery disease in a Chinese Han population. J Cell Mol Med 2016; 20:2362-2373. [PMID: 27470124 PMCID: PMC5134401 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.12929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2016] [Accepted: 06/13/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in thioredoxin-interacting protein (TXNIP) gene may modulate TXNIP expression, then increase the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD). In a two-stage case-control study with a total of 1818 CAD patients and 1963 controls, we genotyped three SNPs in TXNIP and found that the variant genotypes of SNPs rs7212 [odds ratio (OR) = 1.26, P = 0.001] and rs7211 (OR = 1.23, P = 0.005) were significantly associated with increased CAD risk under a dominant model. In haplotype analyses, compared with the reference haplotype, haplotype 'G-T' had a 1.22-fold increased risk of CAD (P = 0.003). We also observed the cumulative effects of SNPs rs7212 and rs7211 on CAD risk and the severity of coronary atherosclerosis. Moreover, the gene-environment interactions among the variant genotypes of SNP rs7212, smoking habit, alcohol drinking habit and history of type 2 diabetes were associated with a 3.70-fold increased risk of CAD (P < 0.001). Subsequent genotype-phenotype correlation analyses further observed the significant effects of SNP rs7212 on TXNIP mRNA expression, plasma TXNIP and malondialdehyde levels. Taken together, our data suggest that TXNIP SNPs may individually and cumulatively affect CAD risk through a possible mechanism for regulating TXNIP expression and gene-environment interactions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Xue-Bin Wang
- Center for Gene Diagnosis, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Center for Gene Diagnosis, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Center for Gene Diagnosis, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Children's Hospital of Zhengzhou, Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- Center of Clinical Laboratory, Wuhan Asia Heart Hospital, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Center for Gene Diagnosis, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Center for Gene Diagnosis, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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