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Williams WW, Salem RM, McKnight AJ, Sandholm N, Forsblom C, Taylor A, Guiducci C, McAteer JB, McKay GJ, Isakova T, Brennan EP, Sadlier DM, Palmer C, Söderlund J, Fagerholm E, Harjutsalo V, Lithovius R, Gordin D, Hietala K, Kytö J, Parkkonen M, Rosengård-Bärlund M, Thorn L, Syreeni A, Tolonen N, Saraheimo M, Wadén J, Pitkäniemi J, Sarti C, Tuomilehto J, Tryggvason K, Österholm AM, He B, Bain S, Martin F, Godson C, Hirschhorn JN, Maxwell AP, Groop PH, Florez JC. Association testing of previously reported variants in a large case-control meta-analysis of diabetic nephropathy. Diabetes 2012; 61:2187-94. [PMID: 22721967 PMCID: PMC3402313 DOI: 10.2337/db11-0751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
Abstract
We formed the GEnetics of Nephropathy-an International Effort (GENIE) consortium to examine previously reported genetic associations with diabetic nephropathy (DN) in type 1 diabetes. GENIE consists of 6,366 similarly ascertained participants of European ancestry with type 1 diabetes, with and without DN, from the All Ireland-Warren 3-Genetics of Kidneys in Diabetes U.K. and Republic of Ireland (U.K.-R.O.I.) collection and the Finnish Diabetic Nephropathy Study (FinnDiane), combined with reanalyzed data from the Genetics of Kidneys in Diabetes U.S. Study (U.S. GoKinD). We found little evidence for the association of the EPO promoter polymorphism, rs161740, with the combined phenotype of proliferative retinopathy and end-stage renal disease in U.K.-R.O.I. (odds ratio [OR] 1.14, P = 0.19) or FinnDiane (OR 1.06, P = 0.60). However, a fixed-effects meta-analysis that included the previously reported cohorts retained a genome-wide significant association with that phenotype (OR 1.31, P = 2 × 10(-9)). An expanded investigation of the ELMO1 locus and genetic regions reported to be associated with DN in the U.S. GoKinD yielded only nominal statistical significance for these loci. Finally, top candidates identified in a recent meta-analysis failed to reach genome-wide significance. In conclusion, we were unable to replicate most of the previously reported genetic associations for DN, and significance for the EPO promoter association was attenuated.
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Affiliation(s)
- Winfred W. Williams
- Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Endocrine Research Unit, Department of Endocrinology, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Nephrology Research, Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, U.K
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- Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Folkhälsan Research Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Biomedical Engineering and Computational Science, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Folkhälsan Research Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Diabetes Research Center (Diabetes Unit), Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Diabetes Research Center (Diabetes Unit), Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Nephrology Research, Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, U.K
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- Division of Nephrology, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- UCD Diabetes Research Centre, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
- School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
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- UCD Diabetes Research Centre, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
- School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
- Mater University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Endocrine Research Unit, Department of Endocrinology, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Folkhälsan Research Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Folkhälsan Research Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Folkhälsan Research Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, Welfare and Health Promotion Division, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Folkhälsan Research Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Folkhälsan Research Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Folkhälsan Research Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Ophthalmology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Folkhälsan Research Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Ophthalmology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Folkhälsan Research Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Folkhälsan Research Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Folkhälsan Research Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Folkhälsan Research Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Folkhälsan Research Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Folkhälsan Research Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Folkhälsan Research Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, Welfare and Health Promotion Division, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- South Ostrobothnia Central Hospital, Seinäjoki, Finland
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- Division of Matrix Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Matrix Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Matrix Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Life Sciences, Swansea University, Swansea, U.K
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- UCD Diabetes Research Centre, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
- School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
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- UCD Diabetes Research Centre, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
- School of Medicine, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland
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- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Endocrine Research Unit, Department of Endocrinology, Children’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Nephrology Research, Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University of Belfast, Belfast, U.K
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- Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Folkhälsan Research Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Diabetes Research Center (Diabetes Unit), Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
- Corresponding author: Jose C. Florez,
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Wessman M, Forsblom C, Kaunisto MA, Söderlund J, Ilonen J, Sallinen R, Hiekkalinna T, Parkkonen M, Maxwell AP, Tarnow L, Parving HH, Hadjadj S, Marre M, Peltonen L, Groop PH. Novel susceptibility locus at 22q11 for diabetic nephropathy in type 1 diabetes. PLoS One 2011; 6:e24053. [PMID: 21909410 PMCID: PMC3164698 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2011] [Accepted: 08/03/2011] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Diabetic nephropathy (DN) affects about 30% of patients with type 1 diabetes (T1D) and contributes to serious morbidity and mortality. So far only the 3q21–q25 region has repeatedly been indicated as a susceptibility region for DN. The aim of this study was to search for new DN susceptibility loci in Finnish, Danish and French T1D families. Methods and Results We performed a genome-wide linkage study using 384 microsatellite markers. A total of 175 T1D families were studied, of which 94 originated from Finland, 46 from Denmark and 35 from France. The whole sample set consisted of 556 individuals including 42 sib-pairs concordant and 84 sib-pairs discordant for DN. Two-point and multi-point non-parametric linkage analyses were performed using the Analyze package and the MERLIN software. A novel DN locus on 22q11 was identified in the joint analysis of the Finnish, Danish and French families by genome-wide multipoint non-parametric linkage analysis using the Kong and Cox linear model (NPLpairs LOD score 3.58). Nominal or suggestive evidence of linkage to this locus was also detected when the three populations were analyzed separately. Suggestive evidence of linkage was found to six additional loci in the Finnish and French sample sets. Conclusions This study identified a novel DN locus at chromosome 22q11 with significant evidence of linkage to DN. Our results suggest that this locus may be of importance in European populations. In addition, this study supports previously indicated DN loci on 3q21–q25 and 19q13.
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- Maija Wessman
- Folkhälsan Research Center, Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Biomedicum Helsinki, Research Program in Molecular Medicine and Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- * E-mail: (MW); (P-HG)
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- Folkhälsan Research Center, Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Research Center, Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Biomedicum Helsinki, Research Program in Molecular Medicine and Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Research Center, Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- Immunogenetics Laboratory, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Research Center, Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Biomedicum Helsinki, Research Program in Molecular Medicine and Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Unit of Public Health Genomics, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Research Center, Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Nephrology Research Group, Centre for Public Health, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medical Endocrinology, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Faculty of Health Science, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Service de Médecine Interne, Endocrinologie et Maladies Métaboliques, Centre d'Investigation Clinique, Inserm CIC0802, CHU de Poitiers, Poitiers, France and Université de Poitiers, Poitiers, France
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- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Nutrition, Bichat-Claude Bernard University Hospital, Paris, France
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- Biomedicum Helsinki, Research Program in Molecular Medicine and Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland FIMM, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Unit of Public Health Genomics, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Human Genetics, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hingston, United Kingdom
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- Folkhälsan Research Center, Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Biomedicum Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- * E-mail: (MW); (P-HG)
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