@article {8560,
	title = {{Genome-wide association analysis identifies novel blood pressure loci and offers biological insights into cardiovascular risk},
	journal = {Nat Genet},
	volume = {49},
	year = {2017},
	month = {Mar},
	pages = {403{\textendash}415},
	abstract = {Elevated blood pressure is the leading heritable risk factor for cardiovascular disease worldwide. We report genetic association of blood pressure (systolic, diastolic, pulse pressure) among UK Biobank participants of European ancestry with independent replication in other cohorts, and robust validation of 107 independent loci. We also identify new independent variants at 11 previously reported blood pressure loci. In combination with results from a range of in silico functional analyses and wet bench experiments, our findings highlight new biological pathways for blood pressure regulation enriched for genes expressed in vascular tissues and identify potential therapeutic targets for hypertension. Results from genetic risk score models raise the possibility of a precision medicine approach through early lifestyle intervention to offset the impact of blood pressure-raising genetic variants on future cardiovascular disease risk.},
	author = {Warren, H. R. and Evangelou, E. and Cabrera, C. P. and Gao, H. and Ren, M. and Mifsud, B. and Ntalla, I. and Surendran, P. and Liu, C. and Cook, J. P. and Kraja, A. T. and Drenos, F. and Loh, M. and Verweij, N. and Marten, J. and Karaman, I. and Lepe, M. P. and O{\textquoteright}Reilly, P. F. and Knight, J. and Snieder, H. and Kato, N. and He, J. and Tai, E. S. and Said, M. A. and Porteous, D. and Alver, M. and Poulter, N. and Farrall, M. and Gansevoort, R. T. and Padmanabhan, S. and M?gi, R. and Stanton, A. and Connell, J. and Bakker, S. J. and Metspalu, A. and Shields, D. C. and Thom, S. and Brown, M. and Sever, P. and Esko, T. and Hayward, C. and van der Harst, P. and Saleheen, D. and Chowdhury, R. and Chambers, J. C. and Chasman, D. I. and Chakravarti, A. and Newton-Cheh, C. and Lindgren, C. M. and Levy, D. and Kooner, J. S. and Keavney, B. and Tomaszewski, M. and Samani, N. J. and Howson, J. M. and Tobin, M. D. and Munroe, P. B. and Ehret, G. B. and Wain, L. V. and V?lker, U. and Vollenweider, P. and Wild, S. and Willemsen, G. and Wright, A. F. and Yao, J. and Th?riault, S. and Conen, D. and John, A. and Sever, P. and Debette, S. and Mook-Kanamori, D. O. and Zeggini, E. and Spector, T. D. and van der Harst, P. and Palmer, C. N. and Vergnaud, A. C. and Loos, R. J. and Polasek, O. and Starr, J. M. and Girotto, G. and Hayward, C. and Kooner, J. S. and Lindgren, C. M. and Vitart, V. and Samani, N. J. and Tuomilehto, J. and Gyllensten, U. and Knekt, P. and Deary, I. J. and Ciullo, M. and Elosua, R. and Keavney, B. D. and Hicks, A. A. and Scott, R. A. and Gasparini, P. and Laan, M. and Liu, Y. and Watkins, H. and Hartman, C. A. and Salomaa, V. and Toniolo, D. and Perola, M. and Wilson, J. F. and Schmidt, H. and Zhao, J. H. and Lehtim?ki, T. and van Duijn, C. M. and Gudnason, V. and Psaty, B. M. and Peters, A. and Rettig, R. and James, A. and Jukema, J. W. and Strachan, D. P. and Palmas, W. and Metspalu, A. and Ingelsson, E. and Boomsma, D. I. and Franco, O. H. and Bochud, M. and Newton-Cheh, C. and Munroe, P. B. and Elliott, P. and Chasman, D. I. and Chakravarti, A. and Knight, J. and Morris, A. P. and Levy, D. and Tobin, M. D. and Snieder, H. and Caulfield, M. J. and Ehret, G. B. and Barnes, M. R. and Tzoulaki, I. and Caulfield, M. J. and Elliott, P.}
}
@article {8281,
	title = {{A multi-ancestry genome-wide study incorporating gene-smoking interactions identifies multiple new loci for pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure},
	journal = {Hum. Mol. Genet.},
	year = {2019},
	month = {Apr},
	abstract = {Elevated blood pressure (BP), a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality, is influenced by both genetic and lifestyle factors. Cigarette smoking is one such lifestyle factor. Across five ancestries, we performed a genome-wide gene-smoking interaction study of mean arterial pressure (MAP) and pulse pressure (PP) in 129 913 individuals in stage 1 and follow-up analysis in 480 178 additional individuals in stage 2. We report here 136 loci significantly associated with MAP and/or PP. Of these, 61 were previously published through main-effect analysis of BP traits, 37 were recently reported by us for systolic BP and/or diastolic BP through gene-smoking interaction analysis and 38 were newly identified (P < 5 {\~A}{\textemdash} 10-8, false discovery rate < 0.05). We also identified nine new signals near known loci. Of the 136 loci, 8 showed significant interaction with smoking status. They include CSMD1 previously reported for insulin resistance and BP in the spontaneously hypertensive rats. Many of the 38 new loci show biologic plausibility for a role in BP regulation. SLC26A7 encodes a chloride/bicarbonate exchanger expressed in the renal outer medullary collecting duct. AVPR1A is widely expressed, including in vascular smooth muscle cells, kidney, myocardium and brain. FHAD1 is a long non-coding RNA overexpressed in heart failure. TMEM51 was associated with contractile function in cardiomyocytes. CASP9 plays a central role in cardiomyocyte apoptosis. Identified only in African ancestry were 30 novel loci. Our findings highlight the value of multi-ancestry investigations, particularly in studies of interaction with lifestyle factors, where genomic and lifestyle differences may contribute to novel findings.},
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