@article {8562,
	title = {{The genetics of blood pressure regulation and its target organs from association studies in 342,415 individuals},
	journal = {Nat Genet},
	volume = {48},
	year = {2016},
	month = {10},
	pages = {1171{\textendash}1184},
	abstract = {To dissect the genetic architecture of blood pressure and assess effects on target organ damage, we analyzed 128,272 SNPs from targeted and genome-wide arrays in 201,529 individuals of European ancestry, and genotypes from an additional 140,886 individuals were used for validation. We identified 66 blood pressure-associated loci, of which 17 were new; 15 harbored multiple distinct association signals. The 66 index SNPs were enriched for cis-regulatory elements, particularly in vascular endothelial cells, consistent with a primary role in blood pressure control through modulation of vascular tone across multiple tissues. The 66 index SNPs combined in a risk score showed comparable effects in 64,421 individuals of non-European descent. The 66-SNP blood pressure risk score was significantly associated with target organ damage in multiple tissues but with minor effects in the kidney. Our findings expand current knowledge of blood pressure-related pathways and highlight tissues beyond the classical renal system in blood pressure regulation.},
	author = {Ehret, G. B. and Ferreira, T. and Chasman, D. I. and Jackson, A. U. and Schmidt, E. M. and Johnson, T. and Thorleifsson, G. and Luan, J. and Donnelly, L. A. and Kanoni, S. and Petersen, A. K. and Pihur, V. and Strawbridge, R. J. and Shungin, D. and Hughes, M. F. and Meirelles, O. and Kaakinen, M. and Bouatia-Naji, N. and Kristiansson, K. and Shah, S. and Kleber, M. E. and Guo, X. and Lyytik?inen, L. P. and Fava, C. and Eriksson, N. and Nolte, I. M. and Magnusson, P. K. and Salfati, E. L. and Rallidis, L. S. and Theusch, E. and Smith, A. J. P. and Folkersen, L. and Witkowska, K. and Pers, T. H. and Joehanes, R. and Kim, S. K. and Lataniotis, L. and Jansen, R. and Johnson, A. D. and Warren, H. and Kim, Y. J. and Zhao, W. and Wu, Y. and Tayo, B. O. and Bochud, M. and Absher, D. and Adair, L. S. and Amin, N. and Arking, D. E. and Axelsson, T. and Baldassarre, D. and Balkau, B. and Bandinelli, S. and Barnes, M. R. and Barroso, I. and Bevan, S. and Bis, J. C. and Bjornsdottir, G. and Boehnke, M. and Boerwinkle, E. and Bonnycastle, L. L. and Boomsma, D. I. and Bornstein, S. R. and Brown, M. J. and Burnier, M. and Cabrera, C. P. and Chambers, J. C. and Chang, I. S. and Cheng, C. Y. and Chines, P. S. and Chung, R. H. and Collins, F. S. and Connell, J. M. and D?ring, A. and Dallongeville, J. and Danesh, J. and de Faire, U. and Delgado, G. and Dominiczak, A. F. and Doney, A. S. F. and Drenos, F. and Edkins, S. and Eicher, J. D. and Elosua, R. and Enroth, S. and Erdmann, J. and Eriksson, P. and Esko, T. and Evangelou, E. and Evans, A. and Fall, T. and Farrall, M. and Felix, J. F. and Ferri?res, J. and Ferrucci, L. and Fornage, M. and Forrester, T. and Franceschini, N. and Duran, O. H. F. and Franco-Cereceda, A. and Fraser, R. M. and Ganesh, S. K. and Gao, H. and Gertow, K. and Gianfagna, F. and Gigante, B. and Giulianini, F. and Goel, A. and Goodall, A. H. and Goodarzi, M. O. and Gorski, M. and Gr??ler, J. and Groves, C. and Gudnason, V. and Gyllensten, U. and Hallmans, G. and Hartikainen, A. L. and Hassinen, M. and Havulinna, A. S. and Hayward, C. and Hercberg, S. and Herzig, K. H. and Hicks, A. A. and Hingorani, A. D. and Hirschhorn, J. N. and Hofman, A. and Holmen, J. and Holmen, O. L. and Hottenga, J. J. and Howard, P. and Hsiung, C. A. and Hunt, S. C. and Ikram, M. A. and Illig, T. and Iribarren, C. and Jensen, R. A. and K?h?nen, M. and Kang, H. and Kathiresan, S. and Keating, B. J. and Khaw, K. T. and Kim, Y. K. and Kim, E. and Kivimaki, M. and Klopp, N. and Kolovou, G. and Komulainen, P. and Kooner, J. S. and Kosova, G. and Krauss, R. M. and Kuh, D. and Kutalik, Z. and Kuusisto, J. and Kval?y, K. and Lakka, T. A. and Lee, N. R. and Lee, I. T. and Lee, W. J. and Levy, D. and Li, X. and Liang, K. W. and Lin, H. and Lin, L. and Lindstr?m, J. and Lobbens, S. and M?nnist?, S. and M?ller, G. and M?ller-Nurasyid, M. and Mach, F. and Markus, H. S. and Marouli, E. and McCarthy, M. I. and McKenzie, C. A. and Meneton, P. and Menni, C. and Metspalu, A. and Mijatovic, V. and Moilanen, L. and Montasser, M. E. and Morris, A. D. and Morrison, A. C. and Mulas, A. and Nagaraja, R. and Narisu, N. and Nikus, K. and O{\textquoteright}Donnell, C. J. and O{\textquoteright}Reilly, P. F. and Ong, K. K. and Paccaud, F. and Palmer, C. D. and Parsa, A. and Pedersen, N. L. and Penninx, B. W. and Perola, M. and Peters, A. and Poulter, N. and Pramstaller, P. P. and Psaty, B. M. and Quertermous, T. and Rao, D. C. and Rasheed, A. and Rayner, N. W. N. W. R. and Renstr?m, F. and Rettig, R. and Rice, K. M. and Roberts, R. and Rose, L. M. and Rossouw, J. and Samani, N. J. and Sanna, S. and Saramies, J. and Schunkert, H. and Sebert, S. and Sheu, W. H. and Shin, Y. A. and Sim, X. and Smit, J. H. and Smith, A. V. and Sosa, M. X. and Spector, T. D. and Stan??kov?, A. and Stanton, A. and Stirrups, K. E. and Stringham, H. M. and Sundstrom, J. and Swift, A. J. and Syv?nen, A. C. and Tai, E. S. and Tanaka, T. and Tarasov, K. V. and Teumer, A. and Thorsteinsdottir, U. and Tobin, M. D. and Tremoli, E. and Uitterlinden, A. G. and Uusitupa, M. and Vaez, A. and Vaidya, D. and van Duijn, C. M. and van Iperen, E. P. A. and Vasan, R. S. and Verwoert, G. C. and Virtamo, J. and Vitart, V. and Voight, B. F. and Vollenweider, P. and Wagner, A. and Wain, L. V. and Wareham, N. J. and Watkins, H. and Weder, A. B. and Westra, H. J. and Wilks, R. and Wilsgaard, T. and Wilson, J. F. and Wong, T. Y. and Yang, T. P. and Yao, J. and Yengo, L. and Zhang, W. and Zhao, J. H. and Zhu, X. and Bovet, P. and Cooper, R. S. and Mohlke, K. L. and Saleheen, D. and Lee, J. Y. and Elliott, P. and Gierman, H. J. and Willer, C. J. and Franke, L. and Hovingh, G. K. and Taylor, K. D. and Dedoussis, G. and Sever, P. and Wong, A. and Lind, L. and Assimes, T. L. and Nj?lstad, I. and Schwarz, P. E. and Langenberg, C. and Snieder, H. and Caulfield, M. J. and Melander, O. and Laakso, M. and Saltevo, J. and Rauramaa, R. and Tuomilehto, J. and Ingelsson, E. and Lehtim?ki, T. and Hveem, K. and Palmas, W. and M?rz, W. and Kumari, M. and Salomaa, V. and Chen, Y. I. and Rotter, J. I. and Froguel, P. and Jarvelin, M. R. and Lakatta, E. G. and Kuulasmaa, K. and Franks, P. W. and Hamsten, A. and Wichmann, H. E. and Palmer, C. N. A. and Stefansson, K. and Ridker, P. M. and Loos, R. J. F. and Chakravarti, A. and Deloukas, P. and Morris, A. P. and Newton-Cheh, C. and Munroe, P. B.}
}
@article {8454,
	title = {{Genome-Wide Association Study Meta-Analysis of Stroke in 22 000 Individuals of African Descent Identifies Novel Associations With Stroke},
	journal = {Stroke},
	volume = {51},
	year = {2020},
	month = {Aug},
	pages = {2454{\textendash}2463},
	abstract = {Stroke is a complex disease with multiple genetic and environmental risk factors. Blacks endure a nearly 2-fold greater risk of stroke and are 2{\~A}{\textemdash} to 3{\~A}{\textemdash} more likely to die from stroke than European Americans.\ The COMPASS (Consortium of Minority Population Genome-Wide Association Studies of Stroke) has conducted a genome-wide association meta-analysis of stroke in >22 000 individuals of African ancestry (3734 cases, 18 317 controls) from 13 cohorts.\ In meta-analyses, we identified one single nucleotide polymorphism (rs55931441) near the HNF1A gene that reached genome-wide significance (P=4.62{\~A}{\textemdash}10-8) and an additional 29 variants with suggestive evidence of association (P<1{\~A}{\textemdash}10-6), representing 24 unique loci. For validation, a look-up analysis for a 100 kb region flanking the COMPASS single nucleotide polymorphism was performed in SiGN (Stroke Genetics Network) Europeans, SiGN Hispanics, and METASTROKE (Europeans). Using a stringent Bonferroni correction P value of 2.08{\~A}{\textemdash}10-3 (0.05/24 unique loci), we were able to validate associations at the HNF1A locus in both SiGN (P=8.18{\~A}{\textemdash}10-4) and METASTROKE (P=1.72{\~A}{\textemdash}10-3) European populations. Overall, 16 of 24 loci showed evidence for validation across multiple populations. Previous studies have reported associations between variants in the HNF1A gene and lipids, C-reactive protein, and risk of coronary artery disease and stroke. Suggestive associations with variants in the SFXN4 and TMEM108 genes represent potential novel ischemic stroke loci.\ These findings represent the most thorough investigation of genetic determinants of stroke in individuals of African descent, to date.},
	author = {Keene, K. L. and Hyacinth, H. I. and Bis, J. C. and Kittner, S. J. and Mitchell, B. D. and Cheng, Y. C. and Pare, G. and Chong, M. and O{\textquoteright}Donnell, M. and Meschia, J. F. and Chen, W. M. and Sale, M. M. and Rich, S. S. and Nalls, M. A. and Zonderman, A. B. and Evans, M. K. and Wilson, J. G. and Correa, A. and Markus, H. S. and Traylor, M. and Lewis, C. M. and Carty, C. L. and Reiner, A. and Haessler, J. and Langefeld, C. D. and Gottesman, R. and Mosley, T. H. and Woo, D. and Yaffe, K. and Liu, Y. and Longstreth, W. T. and Psaty, B. M. and Kooperberg, C. and Lange, L. A. and Sacco, R. and Rundek, T. and Lee, J. M. and Cruchaga, C. and Furie, K. L. and Arnett, D. K. and Benavente, O. R. and Grewal, R. P. and Peddareddygari, L. R. and Dichgans, M. and Malik, R. and Worrall, B. B. and Fornage, M.}
}
