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Anwar MY, Baldassari AR, Polikowsky HG, Sitlani CM, Highland HM, Chami N, Chen HH, Graff M, Howard AG, Jung SY, Petty LE, Wang Z, Zhu W, Buyske S, Cheng I, Kaplan R, Kooperberg C, Loos RJF, Peters U, McCormick JB, Fisher-Hoch SP, Avery CL, Taylor KC, Below JE, North KE. Genetic pleiotropy underpinning adiposity and inflammation in self-identified Hispanic/Latino populations. BMC Med Genomics 2022; 15:192. [PMID: 36088317 DOI: 10.1186/s12920-022-01352-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/02/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Concurrent variation in adiposity and inflammation suggests potential shared functional pathways and pleiotropic disease underpinning. Yet, exploration of pleiotropy in the context of adiposity-inflammation has been scarce, and none has included self-identified Hispanic/Latino populations. Given the high level of ancestral diversity in Hispanic American population, genetic studies may reveal variants that are infrequent/monomorphic in more homogeneous populations. METHODS Using multi-trait Adaptive Sum of Powered Score (aSPU) method, we examined individual and shared genetic effects underlying inflammatory (CRP) and adiposity-related traits (Body Mass Index [BMI]), and central adiposity (Waist to Hip Ratio [WHR]) in HLA participating in the Population Architecture Using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) cohort (N = 35,871) with replication of effects in the Cameron County Hispanic Cohort (CCHC) which consists of Mexican American individuals. RESULTS Of the > 16 million SNPs tested, variants representing 7 independent loci were found to illustrate significant association with multiple traits. Two out of 7 variants were replicated at statistically significant level in multi-trait analyses in CCHC. The lead variant on APOE (rs439401) and rs11208712 were found to harbor multi-trait associations with adiposity and inflammation. CONCLUSIONS Results from this study demonstrate the importance of considering pleiotropy for improving our understanding of the etiology of the various metabolic pathways that regulate cardiovascular disease development.
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Aasdahl L, Nilsen TIL, Meisingset I, Nordstoga AL, Evensen KAI, Paulsen J, Mork PJ, Skarpsno ES. Genetic variants related to physical activity or sedentary behaviour: a systematic review. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2021; 18:15. [PMID: 33482856 PMCID: PMC7821484 DOI: 10.1186/s12966-020-01077-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Research shows that part of the variation in physical activity and sedentary behaviour may be explained by genetic factors. Identifying genetic variants associated with physical activity and sedentary behaviour can improve causal inference in physical activity research. The aim of this systematic review was to provide an updated overview of the evidence of genetic variants associated with physical activity or sedentary behaviour. METHODS We performed systematic literature searches in PubMed and Embase for studies published from 1990 to April 2020 using keywords relating to "physical activity", "exercise", "sedentariness" and "genetics". Physical activity phenotypes were either based on self-report (e.g., questionnaires, diaries) or objective measures (e.g., accelerometry, pedometer). We considered original studies aiming to i) identify new genetic variants associated with physical activity or sedentary behaviour (i.e., genome wide association studies [GWAS]), or ii) assess the association between known genetic variants and physical activity or sedentary behaviour (i.e., candidate gene studies). Study selection, data extraction, and critical appraisal were carried out by independent researchers, and risk of bias and methodological quality was assessed for all included studies. RESULTS Fifty-four out of 5420 identified records met the inclusion criteria. Six of the included studies were GWAS, whereas 48 used a candidate gene approach. Only one GWAS and three candidate gene studies were considered high-quality. The six GWAS discovered up to 10 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with physical activity or sedentariness that reached genome-wide significance. In total, the candidate gene studies reported 30 different genes that were associated (p < 0.05) with physical activity or sedentary behaviour. SNPs in or close to nine candidate genes were associated with physical activity or sedentary behaviour in more than one study. CONCLUSION GWAS have reported up to 10 loci associated with physical activity or sedentary behaviour. Candidate gene studies have pointed to some interesting genetic variants, but few have been replicated. Our review highlights the need for high-quality GWAS in large population-based samples, and with objectively assessed phenotypes, in order to establish robust genetic instruments for physical activity and sedentary behaviour. Furthermore, consistent replications in GWAS are needed to improve credibility of genetic variants. TRIAL REGISTRATION Prospero CRD42019119456 .
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- Lene Aasdahl
- Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Postboks 8905, MTFS, 7491, Trondheim, Norway. .,Unicare Helsefort Rehabilitation Centre, Rissa, Norway.
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- Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Postboks 8905, MTFS, 7491, Trondheim, Norway.,Clinic of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Postboks 8905, MTFS, 7491, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Postboks 8905, MTFS, 7491, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Postboks 8905, MTFS, 7491, Trondheim, Norway.,Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.,Department of Physiotherapy, Oslo Metropolitan University, Oslo, Norway.,Unit for Physiotherapy Services, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Medical Genetics, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Postboks 8905, MTFS, 7491, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Public Health and Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Postboks 8905, MTFS, 7491, Trondheim, Norway.,Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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Knutson KA, Deng Y, Pan W. Implicating causal brain imaging endophenotypes in Alzheimer's disease using multivariable IWAS and GWAS summary data. Neuroimage 2020; 223:117347. [PMID: 32898681 PMCID: PMC7778364 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2020.117347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Recent evidence suggests the existence of many undiscovered heritable brain phenotypes involved in Alzheimer's Disease (AD) pathogenesis. This finding necessitates methods for the discovery of causal brain changes in AD that integrate Magnetic Resonance Imaging measures and genotypic data. However, existing approaches for causal inference in this setting, such as the univariate Imaging Wide Association Study (UV-IWAS), suffer from inconsistent effect estimation and inflated Type I errors in the presence of genetic pleiotropy, the phenomenon in which a variant affects multiple causal intermediate risk phenotypes. In this study, we implement a multivariate extension to the IWAS model, namely MV-IWAS, to consistently estimate and test for the causal effects of multiple brain imaging endophenotypes from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) in the presence of pleiotropic and possibly correlated SNPs. We further extend MV-IWAS to incorporate variant-specific direct effects on AD, analogous to the existing Egger regression Mendelian Randomization approach, which allows for testing of remaining pleiotropy after adjusting for multiple intermediate pathways. We propose a convenient approach for implementing MV-IWAS that solely relies on publicly available GWAS summary data and a reference panel. Through simulations with either individual-level or summary data, we demonstrate the well controlled Type I errors and superior power of MV-IWAS over UV-IWAS in the presence of pleiotropic SNPs. We apply the summary statistic based tests to 1578 heritable imaging derived phenotypes (IDPs) from the UK Biobank. MV-IWAS detected numerous IDPs as possible false positives by UV-IWAS while uncovering many additional causal neuroimaging phenotypes in AD which are strongly supported by the existing literature.
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- Katherine A Knutson
- Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota United States
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- Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota United States
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- Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota United States.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW We summarize recent evidence on the shared genetics within and outside the musculoskeletal system (mostly related to bone density and osteoporosis). RECENT FINDINGS Osteoporosis is determined by an interplay between multiple genetic and environmental factors. Significant progress has been made regarding its genetic background revealing a number of robustly validated loci and respective pathways. However, pleiotropic factors affecting bone and other tissues are not well understood. The analytical methods proposed to test for potential associations between genetic variants and multiple phenotypes can be applied to bone-related data. A number of recent genetic studies have shown evidence of pleiotropy between bone density and other different phenotypes (traits, conditions, or diseases), within and outside the musculoskeletal system. Power benefits of combining correlated phenotypes, as well as unbiased discovery, make these studies promising. Studies in humans are supported by evidence from animal models. Drug development and repurposing should benefit from the pleiotropic approach. We believe that future studies should take into account shared genetics between the bone and related traits.
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- M A Christou
- Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
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- Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
- Center for Research Synthesis in Health, Department of Health Services, Policy and Practice, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Hinda and Arthur Marcus Institute for Aging Research, Hebrew SeniorLife, Boston, MA, USA.
- Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan University, Safed, Israel.
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Yang H, Holowko N, Grassmann F, Eriksson M, Hall P, Czene K. Hyperthyroidism is associated with breast cancer risk and mammographic and genetic risk predictors. BMC Med 2020; 18:225. [PMID: 32838791 PMCID: PMC7446157 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-020-01690-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Despite the biological link between thyroid hormones and breast cancer cell proliferation shown in experimental studies, little is known about the association between hyperthyroidism and breast cancer, as well as its association with the most common mammographic and genetic risk predictors for breast cancer. METHODS This study estimates the incidence rate ratios (IRRs) of breast cancer among women diagnosed with hyperthyroidism, compared to those who are not, using two cohorts: a Swedish national cohort of the general female population (n = 3,793,492, 2002-2011) and the Karolinska Mammography Project for Risk Prediction of Breast Cancer (KARMA, n = 69,598, 2002-2017). We used logistic regression to estimate the odds ratios (ORs) of hyperthyroidism according to the mammographic and genetic risk predictors for breast cancer. RESULTS An increased risk of breast cancer was observed in patients in the national cohort with hyperthyroidism (IRR = 1.23, 95% CI = 1.12-1.36), particularly for toxic nodular goiter (IRR = 1.38, 95% CI = 1.16-1.63). Hyperthyroidism was associated with higher body mass index, early age at first birth, and lower breastfeeding duration. Higher mammographic density was observed in women with toxic nodular goiter, compared to women without hyperthyroidism. Additionally, among genotyped women without breast cancer in the KARMA cohort (N = 11,991), hyperthyroidism was associated with a high polygenic risk score (PRS) for breast cancer overall (OR = 1.98, 95% CI = 1.09-3.60) and for estrogen receptor-positive specific PRS (OR = 1.90, 95% CI = 1.04-3.43). CONCLUSION Hyperthyroidism is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, particularly for patients with toxic nodular goiter. The association could be explained by higher mammographic density among these women, as well as pleiotropic genetic variants determining shared hormonal/endocrine factors leading to the pathology of both diseases.
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- Haomin Yang
- Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Fujian Medical University, Xuefu North Road 1, University Town, Fuzhou, 350122 China
- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, SE-17177 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, SE-17177 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, SE-17177 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, SE-17177 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, SE-17177 Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Oncology, South General Hospital, SE-11883 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, SE-17177 Stockholm, Sweden
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Zheng Q, Ma Y, Chen S, Che Q, Zhou Z, Chen D. Identification of genetic loci jointly influencing coronary artery disease risk and sleep traits of insomnia, sleep duration, and chronotype. Sleep Med 2020; 74:116-123. [PMID: 32846279 DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2020.06.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2019] [Revised: 05/17/2020] [Accepted: 06/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Accumulating evidence suggests a relationship between coronary artery disease (CAD) and sleep problems. Our study is aimed to investigate the shared genetic loci underlying this phenotypic association. METHODS Combining summary statistics from different genome-wide association studies, we investigated overlap in single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with CAD and sleep traits (insomnia symptoms, sleep duration, and chronotype) using conditional/conjunctional false discovery rate (condFDR/conjFDR) approach. Relevant variants are further evaluated for differential expression analysis, expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) functionality, and gene ontology (GO) enrichment analysis. RESULTS We observed substantial genetic enrichment in CAD condition on associations with sleep traits, which indicating polygenic overlap. Using conjFDR analysis, 26 loci jointly influencing CAD and sleep traits were identified. One locus was shared between CAD and sleep duration and represented the strongest shared signal detected (closest gene, MSL2; chromosome 3q22.3; conjFDR = 1.77 × 10-4). A consistent direction of allelic effect was observed between CAD and insomnia symptoms, while bi-directional effects were recognized between CAD, sleep duration, and chronotype. Replicable eQTL functionality was further identified for two loci: rs28398825 for FCHO1 in the frontal cortex and blood tissue, and rs8072451 for LRRC37A and its duplicate LRRC37A2 in several brain regions and blood tissue. GO analysis of the loci shared between CAD and sleep traits implicated cellular component related to synapse. CONCLUSIONS Our findings provide new insight into the relationship between CAD and sleep traits. The mechanisms underlying these associations warrant further investigation.
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- Qiwen Zheng
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing, 100191, China.
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Tekola-Ayele F, Lee A, Workalemahu T, Sánchez-Pozos K. Shared genetic underpinnings of childhood obesity and adult cardiometabolic diseases. Hum Genomics 2019; 13:17. [PMID: 30947744 PMCID: PMC6449964 DOI: 10.1186/s40246-019-0202-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2018] [Accepted: 03/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Background Obesity during childhood can lead to increased risk of adverse cardiometabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease during adult life. Evidence for strong genetic correlations between child and adult body mass index (BMI) suggest the possibility of shared genetic effects. We performed a test for pleiotropy (shared genetics) and functional enrichment of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with childhood BMI and 15 adult cardiometabolic traits using a unified statistical approach that integrates pleiotropy and functional annotation data. Results Pleiotropic genetic effects were significantly abundant in 13 out of 15 childhood BMI-adult cardiometabolic trait tests (P < 3.3 × 10−3). SNPs associated with both childhood BMI and adult traits were more likely to be functionally deleterious than SNPs associated with neither trait. Genetic variants associated with increased childhood obesity tend to increase risk of cardiometabolic diseases in adulthood. We replicated 39 genetic loci that are known to be associated with childhood BMI and adult traits (coronary artery disease, HDL cholesterol, myocardial infarction, triglycerides, total cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, BMI, waist circumference, and waist-to-hip ratio) in previous genome-wide association studies. We also found a novel association of rs12446632 near GPRC5B, which is highly expressed in adipose tissue and the central nervous system, with adult HDL cholesterol. Conclusions This study found significant pleiotropic genetic effects and enrichment of functional annotations in genetic variants that were jointly associated with childhood obesity and adult cardiometabolic diseases. The findings provide new avenues to disentangle the genetic basis of life course associations between childhood obesity and adult cardiometabolic diseases. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s40246-019-0202-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Fasil Tekola-Ayele
- Epidemiology Branch, Division of Intramural Population Health Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 6710B Rockledge Drive, Room 3204, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7004, USA.
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- Epidemiology Branch, Division of Intramural Population Health Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 6710B Rockledge Drive, Room 3204, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7004, USA
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- Epidemiology Branch, Division of Intramural Population Health Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 6710B Rockledge Drive, Room 3204, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7004, USA
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- Laboratorio de Endocrinologia Molecular, Hospital Juárez de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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Lutz MW, Casanova R, Saldana S, Kuchibhatla M, Plassman BL, Hayden KM. Analysis of pleiotropic genetic effects on cognitive impairment, systemic inflammation, and plasma lipids in the Health and Retirement Study. Neurobiol Aging 2019; 80:173-186. [PMID: 31201950 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2018.10.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2017] [Revised: 08/11/2018] [Accepted: 10/29/2018] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Variants associated with modulation of c-reactive protein (CRP) and plasma lipids have been investigated for polygenic overlap with Alzheimer's disease risk variants. We examined pleiotropic genetic effects on cognitive impairment conditioned on genetic variants (SNPs) associated with systemic inflammation as measured by CRP and with plasma lipids using data from the Health and Retirement Study. SNP enrichment was observed for cognitive impairment conditioned on the secondary phenotypes of plasma CRP and lipids. Fold enrichment of 100%-800% was observed for increasingly stringent p-value thresholds for SNPs associated with cognitive impairment conditional on plasma CRP, 80%-800% for low-density lipoprotein, and 80%-600% for total cholesterol. Significant associations (false discovery rate Q ≤ 0.05) between cognitive impairment, conditional with either CRP, low-density lipoprotein, or total cholesterol, were found for the locus on chromosome 19 that contains the APOE, TOMM40, APOC1, and PVRL2 genes. Relative numbers of significant SNPs in each of the genes differed by the conditional associations with the secondary phenotypes. Biological interpretation of both the genetic pleiotropy results and the individual genome-wide association results showed that the variants and proximal genes identified are involved in multiple pathological processes including cholesterol metabolism, inflammation, and mitochondrial transport. These findings are potentially important for Alzheimer's disease risk prediction and development of novel therapeutic approaches.
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- Michael W Lutz
- Department of Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
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- Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
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Broce IJ, Tan CH, Fan CC, Jansen I, Savage JE, Witoelar A, Wen N, Hess CP, Dillon WP, Glastonbury CM, Glymour M, Yokoyama JS, Elahi FM, Rabinovici GD, Miller BL, Mormino EC, Sperling RA, Bennett DA, McEvoy LK, Brewer JB, Feldman HH, Hyman BT, Pericak-Vance M, Haines JL, Farrer LA, Mayeux R, Schellenberg GD, Yaffe K, Sugrue LP, Dale AM, Posthuma D, Andreassen OA, Karch CM, Desikan RS. Dissecting the genetic relationship between cardiovascular risk factors and Alzheimer's disease. Acta Neuropathol 2019; 137:209-26. [PMID: 30413934 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-018-1928-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2018] [Revised: 10/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Cardiovascular (CV)- and lifestyle-associated risk factors (RFs) are increasingly recognized as important for Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis. Beyond the ε4 allele of apolipoprotein E (APOE), comparatively little is known about whether CV-associated genes also increase risk for AD. Using large genome-wide association studies and validated tools to quantify genetic overlap, we systematically identified single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) jointly associated with AD and one or more CV-associated RFs, namely body mass index (BMI), type 2 diabetes (T2D), coronary artery disease (CAD), waist hip ratio (WHR), total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), low-density (LDL) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL). In fold enrichment plots, we observed robust genetic enrichment in AD as a function of plasma lipids (TG, TC, LDL, and HDL); we found minimal AD genetic enrichment conditional on BMI, T2D, CAD, and WHR. Beyond APOE, at conjunction FDR < 0.05 we identified 90 SNPs on 19 different chromosomes that were jointly associated with AD and CV-associated outcomes. In meta-analyses across three independent cohorts, we found four novel loci within MBLAC1 (chromosome 7, meta-p = 1.44 × 10-9), MINK1 (chromosome 17, meta-p = 1.98 × 10-7) and two chromosome 11 SNPs within the MTCH2/SPI1 region (closest gene = DDB2, meta-p = 7.01 × 10-7 and closest gene = MYBPC3, meta-p = 5.62 × 10-8). In a large 'AD-by-proxy' cohort from the UK Biobank, we replicated three of the four novel AD/CV pleiotropic SNPs, namely variants within MINK1, MBLAC1, and DDB2. Expression of MBLAC1, SPI1, MINK1 and DDB2 was differentially altered within postmortem AD brains. Beyond APOE, we show that the polygenic component of AD is enriched for lipid-associated RFs. We pinpoint a subset of cardiovascular-associated genes that strongly increase the risk for AD. Our collective findings support a disease model in which cardiovascular biology is integral to the development of clinical AD in a subset of individuals.
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Plana MT, Torres T, Rodríguez N, Boloc D, Gassó P, Moreno E, Lafuente A, Castro-Fornieles J, Mas S, Lazaro L. Genetic variability in the serotoninergic system and age of onset in anorexia nervosa and obsessive-compulsive disorder. Psychiatry Res 2019; 271:554-558. [PMID: 30554102 DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2018.12.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2018] [Revised: 11/05/2018] [Accepted: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The age of onset of some psychiatric disorders may have etiopathogenic and clinical effects and may influence outcome. Following on from previous work by our group where we showed that early onset anorexia nervosa (AN) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) shared a common genetic background, the aim of the present study is to assess genetic pleiotropy related to the serotonergic system (SLC6A4, 5HTR2A, 5HTR2C, TPH2, SLC18A1), in a common phenotype such as very-early age of onset. One hundred and sixteen adolescents diagnosed with AN and 74 adolescents diagnosed with OCD participated in the present study. We confirmed the existence of a genetic overlap between OCD and AN. Specifically, we described genetic pleiotropy for age at onset across these disorders, associating two SNPs (rs6311, rs4942587) of the HTR2A with the very-early onset phenotype.
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- Maria Teresa Plana
- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, Institute of Neurosciences, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, C/ Villarroel 170, E-08036 Barcelona, Spain.
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- Department of Clinical Foundations, Pharmacology Unit, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Foundations, Pharmacology Unit, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Foundations, Pharmacology Unit, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; The August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, Institute of Neurosciences, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, C/ Villarroel 170, E-08036 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Foundations, Pharmacology Unit, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; The August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Carlos III Health Institute, Spain
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, Institute of Neurosciences, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, C/ Villarroel 170, E-08036 Barcelona, Spain; Department of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; The August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Carlos III Health Institute, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Foundations, Pharmacology Unit, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; The August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Carlos III Health Institute, Spain
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, Institute of Neurosciences, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, C/ Villarroel 170, E-08036 Barcelona, Spain; Department of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; The August Pi i Sunyer Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain; Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM), Carlos III Health Institute, Spain.
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Weng LC, Guan W, Steffen LM, Pankow JS, Pankratz N, Chen MH, Cushman M, Basu S, Folsom AR, Tang W. Pleiotropic effects of n-6 and n-3 fatty acid-related genetic variants on circulating hemostatic variables. Thromb Res 2018; 168:53-59. [PMID: 29902632 DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2018.05.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2018] [Revised: 05/15/2018] [Accepted: 05/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Data from epidemiological studies and clinical trials suggest an influence of dietary and circulating polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) on the hemostasis profile. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) related to plasma PUFAs levels. We aimed to investigate whether the SNPs related to plasma PUFAs levels were also associated with plasma levels of hemostatic variables. MATERIALS AND METHODS We tested the associations between 9 PUFA-related SNPs and 6 hemostatic variables in 9035 European Americans (EAs) and 2702 African Americans (AAs) in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. We then conducted a replication study by looking-up our novel observed associations in three published GWAS for hemostatic factors in different EA populations. RESULTS We observed a novel linoleic acid-related locus at the JMJD1C region associated with factor VII activity (FVIIc): rs10740118 and rs1935, Beta (p) = -1.31 (1 × 10-3) and 1.37 (5 × 10-4) in EAs, respectively, and - 1.24 (5 × 10-4) and 1.28 (3 × 10-4) in meta-analysis of EAs and AAs of ARIC. This novel association was replicated in two of three independent EA populations (p = 0.01 and 0.03 in meta-analyses). We confirmed previously reported associations at the docosapentaenoic acid-related GCKR locus with protein C and FVIIc and at JMJD1C with fibrinogen. Adjustment for plasma PUFAs did not abolish the associations between these loci and hemostatic variables. CONCLUSIONS Our study identified a novel association for FVIIc at JMJD1C, a histone demethylase that plays a role in DNA repair and possibly transcription regulation and RNA processing.
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- Lu-Chen Weng
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, WBOB 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, WBOB 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, WBOB 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Mayo Mail Code 609, 420 Delaware Street S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute's The Framingham Heart Study, Population Sciences Branch, Division of Intramural Research, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Framingham, MA, USA
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- Departments of Medicine and Pathology, University of Vermont, Colchester Research Facility, 360 South Park Dr., Colchester, VT 05446, USA
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- Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, WBOB 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, WBOB 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA.
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Khandelwal P, Sinha A, Jain V, Houghton J, Hari P, Bagga A. Fanconi syndrome and neonatal diabetes: phenotypic heterogeneity in patients with GLUT2 defects. CEN Case Rep 2018; 7:1-4. [PMID: 29116606 DOI: 10.1007/s13730-017-0278-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2017] [Accepted: 10/12/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Fanconi-Bickel syndrome, caused by mutations in SLC2A2 encoding the glucose transporter 2 (GLUT2), is characterized by generalized proximal renal tubular dysfunction manifesting in late infancy. We describe phenotypic heterogeneity of Fanconi-Bickel syndrome in three siblings, including early and atypical presentation with transient neonatal diabetes mellitus in one. The second-born of a non-consanguineous couple, evaluated for polyuria and growth retardation, had rickets, hepatomegaly and proximal tubular dysfunction from 4 to 6 months of age. A male sibling, who expired at 4 months, also had hepatomegaly and growth retardation. The third sibling had polyuria, glucosuria and mild proteinuria on day 3 of life. Hyperglycemia was detected 2 weeks later, which required therapy with insulin for 3 months. Mild metabolic acidosis was present at 2 weeks; hypercalciuria, phosphaturia and aminoaciduria were seen at 6 months. Sanger sequencing showed a homozygous missense mutation in SLC2A2 (exon 7, c.952G > A), causing glycine to arginine substitution; both parents were heterozygous carriers. Patients with SLC2A2 mutations may present either with isolated neonatal diabetes or with hepatomegaly and the renal Fanconi syndrome. Fanconi-Bickel syndrome shows phenotypic heterogeneity and may manifest early with subtle or atypical features, mandating a high index of suspicion.
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de Zeeuw EL, van Beijsterveldt CEM, Ehli EA, de Geus EJC, Boomsma DI. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Symptoms and Low Educational Achievement: Evidence Supporting A Causal Hypothesis. Behav Genet 2017; 47:278-289. [PMID: 28191586 PMCID: PMC5403868 DOI: 10.1007/s10519-017-9836-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2015] [Accepted: 01/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and educational achievement are negatively associated in children. Here we test the hypothesis that there is a direct causal effect of ADHD on educational achievement. The causal effect is tested in a genetically sensitive design to exclude the possibility of confounding by a third factor (e.g. genetic pleiotropy) and by comparing educational achievement and secondary school career in children with ADHD who take or do not take methylphenidate. Data on ADHD symptoms, educational achievement and methylphenidate usage were available in a primary school sample of ~10,000 12-year-old twins from the Netherlands Twin Register. A substantial group also had longitudinal data at ages 7-12 years. ADHD symptoms were cross-sectionally and longitudinally, associated with lower educational achievement at age 12. More ADHD symptoms predicted a lower-level future secondary school career at age 14-16. In both the cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses, testing the direct causal effect of ADHD on educational achievement, while controlling for genetic and environmental factors, revealed an association between ADHD symptoms and educational achievement independent of genetic and environmental pleiotropy. These findings were confirmed in MZ twin intra-pair differences models, twins with more ADHD symptoms scored lower on educational achievement than their co-twins. Furthermore, children with ADHD medication, scored significantly higher on the educational achievement test than children with ADHD who did not use medication. Taken together, the results are consistent with a direct causal effect of ADHD on educational achievement.
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- Eveline L de Zeeuw
- Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Amsterdam Public Health research institute, VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Public Health research institute, VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Avera Institute for Human Genetics, Sioux Falls, SD, USA
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- Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Public Health research institute, VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Van der Boechorststraat 1, 1081 BT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Public Health research institute, VU Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Ligthart S, Vaez A, Hsu YH, Stolk R, Uitterlinden AG, Hofman A, Alizadeh BZ, Franco OH, Dehghan A. Bivariate genome-wide association study identifies novel pleiotropic loci for lipids and inflammation. BMC Genomics 2016; 17:443. [PMID: 27286809 PMCID: PMC4901478 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-2712-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2015] [Accepted: 05/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified multiple genetic loci for C-reactive protein (CRP) and lipids, of which some overlap. We aimed to identify genetic pleiotropy among CRP and lipids in order to better understand the shared biology of chronic inflammation and lipid metabolism. RESULTS In a bivariate GWAS, we combined summary statistics of published GWAS on CRP (n = 66,185) and lipids, including LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, and total cholesterol (n = 100,184), using an empirical weighted linear-combined test statistic. We sought replication for novel CRP associations in an independent sample of 17,743 genotyped individuals, and performed in silico replication of novel lipid variants in 93,982 individuals. Fifty potentially pleiotropic SNPs were identified among CRP and lipids: 21 for LDL-cholesterol and CRP, 20 for HDL-cholesterol and CRP, 21 for triglycerides, and CRP and 20 for total cholesterol and CRP. We identified and significantly replicated three novel SNPs for CRP in or near CTSB/FDFT1 (rs10435719, Preplication: 2.6 × 10(-5)), STAG1/PCCB (rs7621025, Preplication: 1.4 × 10(-3)) and FTO (rs1558902, Preplication: 2.7 × 10(-5)). Seven pleiotropic lipid loci were replicated in the independent set of MetaboChip samples of the Global Lipids Genetics Consortium. Annotating the effect of replicated CRP SNPs to the expression of nearby genes, we observed an effect of rs10435719 on gene expression of FDFT1, and an effect of rs7621025 on PCCB. CONCLUSIONS Our large scale combined GWAS analysis identified numerous pleiotropic loci for CRP and lipids providing further insight in the genetic interrelation between lipids and inflammation. In addition, we provide evidence for FDFT1, PCCB and FTO to be associated with CRP levels.
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- Symen Ligthart
- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Molecular and Integrative Physiological Sciences Program, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Framingham Heart Study, Framingham, MA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, PO Box 2040, 3000CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Shin J, Sung J, Lee K, Song YM. Genetic influence on the association between bone mineral density and testosterone in Korean men. Osteoporos Int 2016; 27:643-51. [PMID: 26329099 DOI: 10.1007/s00198-015-3298-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2015] [Accepted: 08/18/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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UNLABELLED Low bone mineral density (BMD) leads to an increased risk of osteoporotic fracture. Total testosterone and free testosterone were positively associated with BMD, which was significantly influenced by the additive genetic effects. INTRODUCTION This cross-sectional study aimed to evaluate an association between testosterone and BMD and the influence of genetic factors on the association. METHODS Study subjects were 1070 Korean men including 144 pairs of monozygotic twins and their family members. Levels of serum total testosterone and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) were measured by chemiluminescence immunoassay. Calculated free testosterone (cFT) was then determined using Vermeulen's method. BMDs of the whole body and specific regions were measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. RESULTS Linear mixed regression analyses showed that total testosterone and cFT were positively associated with BMD at most regions, after considering intra-familial relationship and covariates including fat mass, lean mass, and SHBG. SHBG had an inverse association with BMD at the pelvis but not with the BMD at other regions after adjusting for all covariates and cFT. Co-twin control analysis in monozygotic twins found no association between pairwise difference of testosterone and pairwise difference of BMD. Bivariate variance component analysis showed that both total testosterone and cFT had a significant positive additive genetic correlation with BMD at rib, spine, and arm, whereas SHBG had no significant genetic correlation with BMD. Inverse environmental correlations were seen between total testosterone and BMDs at the lumbar spine and arm. CONCLUSIONS This Korean twin and family study showed that both total testosterone and free testosterone were positively associated with BMD and that genetic effects were significant on the association between testosterone and BMD.
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- J Shin
- Department of Family Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
- Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Family Medicine, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, South Korea
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- Department of Family Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
- Department of Family Medicine, Samsung Medical Center and Center for Clinical Research, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Irwon-ro 81, Gangnamgu, Seoul, 135-710, South Korea.
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Jelenkovic A, Bogl LH, Rose RJ, Kangas AJ, Soininen P, Ala-Korpela M, Kaprio J, Silventoinen K. Association between serum fatty acids and lipoprotein subclass profile in healthy young adults: exploring common genetic and environmental factors. Atherosclerosis 2014; 233:394-402. [PMID: 24530769 DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.12.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2013] [Revised: 12/12/2013] [Accepted: 12/29/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Little is known about the associations of serum fatty acids with lipoprotein profile and the underlying genetic and environmental etiology of these relationships. We aimed to analyze the phenotypic association of serum n-6 and n-3 polyunsaturated (PUFAs), monounsaturated (MUFAs) and saturated (SFAs) fatty acids (relative proportion to total fatty acids) with lipids and lipoproteins, and to quantify common genetic and environmental factors determining their covariation. METHODS Two cohorts of healthy Finnish twins were assessed in young adulthood. Data were available for 1269 individual twins including 561 complete pairs. Serum metabolites were measured by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Bivariate quantitative genetic models were used to decompose the phenotypic covariance between the pairs of traits into genetic and environmental components. RESULTS Among the strongest correlations observed, serum total n-6 PUFAs and linoleic acid were inversely (max. r=-0.65) and MUFAs positively (max. r=0.63) correlated with triglycerides and very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) particle concentration, particularly with large VLDL (for n-6 PUFAs) and medium VLDL (for MUFAs). Genetic factors significantly contributed to their covariance with bivariate heritability estimates ranging from 44% to 56% for n-6 PUFAs and 58% to 66% for MUFAs. Genetic correlations with lipid traits were moderate to high (max. rA=-0.59 and 0.70 for n-6 PUFAs and MUFAs, respectively). Statistically significant, but substantially weaker phenotypic correlations of total n-3 PUFAs, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and SFAs with lipoprotein profile were not decomposed into their genetic and environmental components. CONCLUSION Shared genetic factors are important in explaining why higher concentrations of serum n-6 PUFAs and lower concentrations of serum MUFAs strongly associate with lower triglyceride and VLDL particle concentrations.
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- Aline Jelenkovic
- Department of Genetics, Physical Anthropology and Animal Physiology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Leioa 48940, Spain; IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao 48011, Spain; Department of Public Health, Hjelt Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland.
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- Department of Public Health, Hjelt Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington 47405, USA
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- Computational Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, 90014, Finland
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- Computational Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, 90014, Finland; NMR Metabolomics Laboratory, School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio 70211, Finland
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- Computational Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, 90014, Finland; NMR Metabolomics Laboratory, School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio 70211, Finland; Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland; Computational Medicine, School of Social and Community Medicine and the Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 2BN, UK
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- Department of Public Health, Hjelt Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland; Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki 00271, Finland; Institute for Molecular Medicine FIMM, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Department of Public Health, Hjelt Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland; Population Research Unit, Department of Social Research, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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van Beek JHDA, de Moor MHM, Geels LM, Sinke MRT, de Geus EJC, Lubke GH, Kluft C, Neuteboom J, Vink JM, Willemsen G, Boomsma DI. The association of alcohol intake with γ-glutamyl transferase (GGT) levels: evidence for correlated genetic effects. Drug Alcohol Depend 2014; 134:99-105. [PMID: 24120856 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2013] [Revised: 08/24/2013] [Accepted: 09/16/2013] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Blood levels of gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) are used as a marker for (heavy) alcohol use. The role of GGT in the anti-oxidant defense mechanism that is part of normal metabolism supposes a causal effect of alcohol intake on GGT. However, there is variability in the response of GGT to alcohol use, which may result from genetic differences between individuals. This study aimed to determine whether the epidemiological association between alcohol intake and GGT at the population level is necessarily a causal one or may also reflect effects of genetic pleiotropy (genes influencing multiple traits). METHODS Data on alcohol intake (grams alcohol/day) and GGT, originating from twins, their siblings and parents (N=6465) were analyzed with structural equation models. Bivariate genetic models tested whether genetic and environmental factors influencing alcohol intake and GGT correlated significantly. Significant genetic and environmental correlations are consistent with a causal model. If only the genetic correlation is significant, this is evidence for genetic pleiotropy. RESULTS Phenotypic correlations between alcohol intake and GGT were significant in men (r=.17) and women (r=.09). The genetic factors underlying alcohol intake correlated significantly with those for GGT, whereas the environmental factors were weakly correlated (explaining 4-7% vs. 1-2% of the variance in GGT respectively). CONCLUSIONS In this healthy population sample, the epidemiological association of alcohol intake with GGT is at least partly explained by genetic pleiotropy. Future longitudinal twin studies should determine whether a causal mechanism underlying this association might be confined to heavy drinking populations.
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McEachin RC, Cavalcoli JD. Overlap of genetic influences in phenotypes classically categorized as psychiatric vs medical disorders. World J Med Genet 2011; 1:4-10. [DOI: 10.5496/wjmg.v1.i1.4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Psychiatric disorders have traditionally been segregated from medical disorders in terms of drugs, treatment, insurance coverage and training of clinicians. This segregation is consistent with the long-standing observation that there are inherent differences between psychiatric disorders (diseases relating to thoughts, feelings and behavior) and medical disorders (diseases relating to physical processes). However, these differences are growing less distinct as we improve our understanding of the roles of epistasis and pleiotropy in medical genetics. Both psychiatric and medical disorders are predisposed in part by genetic variation, and psychiatric disorders tend to be comorbid with medical disorders. One hypothesis on this interaction posits that certain combinations of genetic variants (epistasis) influence psychiatric disorders due to their impact on the brain, but the associated genes are also expressed in other tissues so the same groups of variants influence medical disorders (pleiotropy). The observation that psychiatric and medical disorders may interact is not novel. Equally, both epistasis and pleiotropy are fundamental concepts in medical genetics. However, we are just beginning to understand how genetic variation can influence both psychiatric and medical disorders. In our recent work, we have discovered gene networks significantly associated with psychiatric and substance use disorders. Invariably, these networks are also significantly associated with medical disorders. Recognizing how genetic variation can influence both psychiatric and medical disorders will help us to understand the etiology of the individual and comorbid disease phenotypes, predict and minimize side effects in drug and other treatments, and help to reduce stigma associated with psychiatric disorders.
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