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Obesity is globally prevalent and highly heritable, but its underlying genetic factors remain largely elusive. To identify genetic loci for obesity susceptibility, we examined associations between body mass index and ∼ 2.8 million SNPs in up to 123,865 individuals with targeted follow up of 42 SNPs in up to 125,931 additional individuals. We confirmed 14 known obesity susceptibility loci and identified 18 new loci associated with body mass index (P < 5 × 10⁻⁸), one of which includes a copy number variant near GPRC5B. Some loci (at MC4R, POMC, SH2B1 and BDNF) map near key hypothalamic regulators of energy balance, and one of these loci is near GIPR, an incretin receptor. Furthermore, genes in other newly associated loci may provide new insights into human body weight regulation.
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2010 eng d a1476-468700aHundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height.0 aHundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pa c2010 Oct 14 a832-80 v4673 aMost common human traits and diseases have a polygenic pattern of inheritance: DNA sequence variants at many genetic loci influence the phenotype. Genome-wide association (GWA) studies have identified more than 600 variants associated with human traits, but these typically explain small fractions of phenotypic variation, raising questions about the use of further studies. Here, using 183,727 individuals, we show that hundreds of genetic variants, in at least 180 loci, influence adult height, a highly heritable and classic polygenic trait. The large number of loci reveals patterns with important implications for genetic studies of common human diseases and traits. First, the 180 loci are not random, but instead are enriched for genes that are connected in biological pathways (P = 0.016) and that underlie skeletal growth defects (P < 0.001). Second, the likely causal gene is often located near the most strongly associated variant: in 13 of 21 loci containing a known skeletal growth gene, that gene was closest to the associated variant. Third, at least 19 loci have multiple independently associated variants, suggesting that allelic heterogeneity is a frequent feature of polygenic traits, that comprehensive explorations of already-discovered loci should discover additional variants and that an appreciable fraction of associated loci may have been identified. Fourth, associated variants are enriched for likely functional effects on genes, being over-represented among variants that alter amino-acid structure of proteins and expression levels of nearby genes. Our data explain approximately 10% of the phenotypic variation in height, and we estimate that unidentified common variants of similar effect sizes would increase this figure to approximately 16% of phenotypic variation (approximately 20% of heritable variation). Although additional approaches are needed to dissect the genetic architecture of polygenic human traits fully, our findings indicate that GWA studies can identify large numbers of loci that implicate biologically relevant genes and pathways.
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2010 eng d a1546-171800aMeta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution.0 aMetaanalysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waisthip rat c2010 Nov a949-600 v423 aWaist-hip ratio (WHR) is a measure of body fat distribution and a predictor of metabolic consequences independent of overall adiposity. WHR is heritable, but few genetic variants influencing this trait have been identified. We conducted a meta-analysis of 32 genome-wide association studies for WHR adjusted for body mass index (comprising up to 77,167 participants), following up 16 loci in an additional 29 studies (comprising up to 113,636 subjects). We identified 13 new loci in or near RSPO3, VEGFA, TBX15-WARS2, NFE2L3, GRB14, DNM3-PIGC, ITPR2-SSPN, LY86, HOXC13, ADAMTS9, ZNRF3-KREMEN1, NISCH-STAB1 and CPEB4 (P = 1.9 × 10⁻⁹ to P = 1.8 × 10⁻⁴⁰) and the known signal at LYPLAL1. Seven of these loci exhibited marked sexual dimorphism, all with a stronger effect on WHR in women than men (P for sex difference = 1.9 × 10⁻³ to P = 1.2 × 10⁻¹³). These findings provide evidence for multiple loci that modulate body fat distribution independent of overall adiposity and reveal strong gene-by-sex interactions.
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2012 eng d a1476-468700aFTO genotype is associated with phenotypic variability of body mass index.0 aFTO genotype is associated with phenotypic variability of body m c2012 Oct 11 a267-720 v4903 aThere is evidence across several species for genetic control of phenotypic variation of complex traits, such that the variance among phenotypes is genotype dependent. Understanding genetic control of variability is important in evolutionary biology, agricultural selection programmes and human medicine, yet for complex traits, no individual genetic variants associated with variance, as opposed to the mean, have been identified. Here we perform a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of phenotypic variation using ∼170,000 samples on height and body mass index (BMI) in human populations. We report evidence that the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs7202116 at the FTO gene locus, which is known to be associated with obesity (as measured by mean BMI for each rs7202116 genotype), is also associated with phenotypic variability. We show that the results are not due to scale effects or other artefacts, and find no other experiment-wise significant evidence for effects on variability, either at loci other than FTO for BMI or at any locus for height. The difference in variance for BMI among individuals with opposite homozygous genotypes at the FTO locus is approximately 7%, corresponding to a difference of ∼0.5 kilograms in the standard deviation of weight. Our results indicate that genetic variants can be discovered that are associated with variability, and that between-person variability in obesity can partly be explained by the genotype at the FTO locus. The results are consistent with reported FTO by environment interactions for BMI, possibly mediated by DNA methylation. Our BMI results for other SNPs and our height results for all SNPs suggest that most genetic variants, including those that influence mean height or mean BMI, are not associated with phenotypic variance, or that their effects on variability are too small to detect even with samples sizes greater than 100,000.
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2013 eng d a1546-171800aGenome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture.0 aGenomewide metaanalysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometri c2013 May a501-120 v453 aApproaches exploiting trait distribution extremes may be used to identify loci associated with common traits, but it is unknown whether these loci are generalizable to the broader population. In a genome-wide search for loci associated with the upper versus the lower 5th percentiles of body mass index, height and waist-to-hip ratio, as well as clinical classes of obesity, including up to 263,407 individuals of European ancestry, we identified 4 new loci (IGFBP4, H6PD, RSRC1 and PPP2R2A) influencing height detected in the distribution tails and 7 new loci (HNF4G, RPTOR, GNAT2, MRPS33P4, ADCY9, HS6ST3 and ZZZ3) for clinical classes of obesity. Further, we find a large overlap in genetic structure and the distribution of variants between traits based on extremes and the general population and little etiological heterogeneity between obesity subgroups.
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2013 eng d a1546-171800aIdentification of heart rate-associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders.0 aIdentification of heart rateassociated loci and their effects on c2013 Jun a621-310 v453 aElevated resting heart rate is associated with greater risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality. In a 2-stage meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in up to 181,171 individuals, we identified 14 new loci associated with heart rate and confirmed associations with all 7 previously established loci. Experimental downregulation of gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster and Danio rerio identified 20 genes at 11 loci that are relevant for heart rate regulation and highlight a role for genes involved in signal transmission, embryonic cardiac development and the pathophysiology of dilated cardiomyopathy, congenital heart failure and/or sudden cardiac death. In addition, genetic susceptibility to increased heart rate is associated with altered cardiac conduction and reduced risk of sick sinus syndrome, and both heart rate-increasing and heart rate-decreasing variants associate with risk of atrial fibrillation. Our findings provide fresh insights into the mechanisms regulating heart rate and identify new therapeutic targets.
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Nicola1 ade Graaf, Jacqueline1 aGroop, Leif1 aGyllensten, Ulf1 aHsueh, Wen-Chi1 aHu, Frank, B1 aHuikuri, Heikki, V1 aHunter, David, J1 aIribarren, Carlos1 aIsomaa, Bo1 aJarvelin, Marjo-Riitta1 aJula, Antti1 aKähönen, Mika1 aKiemeney, Lambertus, A1 avan der Klauw, Melanie, M1 aKooner, Jaspal, S1 aKraft, Peter1 aIacoviello, Licia1 aLehtimäki, Terho1 aLokki, Marja-Liisa, L1 aMitchell, Braxton, D1 aNavis, Gerjan1 aNieminen, Markku, S1 aOhlsson, Claes1 aPoulter, Neil, R1 aQi, Lu1 aRaitakari, Olli, T1 aRimm, Eric, B1 aRioux, John, D1 aRizzi, Federica1 aRudan, Igor1 aSalomaa, Veikko1 aSever, Peter, S1 aShields, Denis, C1 aShuldiner, Alan, R1 aSinisalo, Juha1 aStanton, Alice, V1 aStolk, Ronald, P1 aStrachan, David, P1 aTardif, Jean-Claude1 aThorsteinsdottir, Unnur1 aTuomilehto, Jaako1 avan Veldhuisen, Dirk, J1 aVirtamo, Jarmo1 aViikari, Jorma1 aVollenweider, Peter1 aWaeber, Gérard1 aWiden, Elisabeth1 aCho, Yoon Shin1 aOlsen, Jesper, V1 aVisscher, Peter, M1 aWiller, Cristen1 aFranke, Lude1 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2013 eng d a1553-740400aSex-stratified genome-wide association studies including 270,000 individuals show sexual dimorphism in genetic loci for anthropometric traits.0 aSexstratified genomewide association studies including 270000 in c2013 Jun ae10035000 v93 aGiven the anthropometric differences between men and women and previous evidence of sex-difference in genetic effects, we conducted a genome-wide search for sexually dimorphic associations with height, weight, body mass index, waist circumference, hip circumference, and waist-to-hip-ratio (133,723 individuals) and took forward 348 SNPs into follow-up (additional 137,052 individuals) in a total of 94 studies. Seven loci displayed significant sex-difference (FDR<5%), including four previously established (near GRB14/COBLL1, LYPLAL1/SLC30A10, VEGFA, ADAMTS9) and three novel anthropometric trait loci (near MAP3K1, HSD17B4, PPARG), all of which were genome-wide significant in women (P<5×10(-8)), but not in men. Sex-differences were apparent only for waist phenotypes, not for height, weight, BMI, or hip circumference. Moreover, we found no evidence for genetic effects with opposite directions in men versus women. The PPARG locus is of specific interest due to its role in diabetes genetics and therapy. Our results demonstrate the value of sex-specific GWAS to unravel the sexually dimorphic genetic underpinning of complex traits.
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2016 eng d a1558-359700a52 Genetic Loci Influencing Myocardial Mass.0 a52 Genetic Loci Influencing Myocardial Mass c2016 Sep 27 a1435-480 v683 aBACKGROUND: Myocardial mass is a key determinant of cardiac muscle function and hypertrophy. Myocardial depolarization leading to cardiac muscle contraction is reflected by the amplitude and duration of the QRS complex on the electrocardiogram (ECG). Abnormal QRS amplitude or duration reflect changes in myocardial mass and conduction, and are associated with increased risk of heart failure and death.
OBJECTIVES: This meta-analysis sought to gain insights into the genetic determinants of myocardial mass.
METHODS: We carried out a genome-wide association meta-analysis of 4 QRS traits in up to 73,518 individuals of European ancestry, followed by extensive biological and functional assessment.
RESULTS: We identified 52 genomic loci, of which 32 are novel, that are reliably associated with 1 or more QRS phenotypes at p < 1 × 10(-8). These loci are enriched in regions of open chromatin, histone modifications, and transcription factor binding, suggesting that they represent regions of the genome that are actively transcribed in the human heart. Pathway analyses provided evidence that these loci play a role in cardiac hypertrophy. We further highlighted 67 candidate genes at the identified loci that are preferentially expressed in cardiac tissue and associated with cardiac abnormalities in Drosophila melanogaster and Mus musculus. We validated the regulatory function of a novel variant in the SCN5A/SCN10A locus in vitro and in vivo.
CONCLUSIONS: Taken together, our findings provide new insights into genes and biological pathways controlling myocardial mass and may help identify novel therapeutic targets.
1 aHarst, Pim1 avan Setten, Jessica1 aVerweij, Niek1 aVogler, Georg1 aFranke, Lude1 aMaurano, Matthew, T1 aWang, Xinchen1 aLeach, Irene, Mateo1 aEijgelsheim, Mark1 aSotoodehnia, Nona1 aHayward, Caroline1 aSorice, Rossella1 aMeirelles, Osorio1 aLyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka1 aPolasek, Ozren1 aTanaka, Toshiko1 aArking, Dan, E1 aUlivi, Sheila1 aTrompet, Stella1 aMüller-Nurasyid, Martina1 aSmith, Albert, V1 aDörr, Marcus1 aKerr, Kathleen, F1 aMagnani, Jared, W1 aM, Fabiola, del Greco1 aZhang, Weihua1 aNolte, Ilja, M1 aSilva, Claudia, T1 aPadmanabhan, Sandosh1 aTragante, Vinicius1 aEsko, Tõnu1 aAbecasis, Goncalo, R1 aAdriaens, Michiel, E1 aAndersen, Karl1 aBarnett, Phil1 aBis, Joshua, C1 aBodmer, Rolf1 aBuckley, Brendan, M1 aCampbell, Harry1 aCannon, Megan, V1 aChakravarti, Aravinda1 aChen, Lin, Y1 aDelitala, Alessandro1 aDevereux, Richard, B1 aDoevendans, Pieter, A1 aDominiczak, Anna, F1 aFerrucci, Luigi1 aFord, Ian1 aGieger, Christian1 aHarris, Tamara, B1 aHaugen, Eric1 aHeinig, Matthias1 aHernandez, Dena, G1 aHillege, Hans, L1 aHirschhorn, Joel, N1 aHofman, Albert1 aHubner, Norbert1 aHwang, Shih-Jen1 aIorio, Annamaria1 aKähönen, Mika1 aKellis, Manolis1 aKolcic, Ivana1 aKooner, Ishminder, K1 aKooner, Jaspal, S1 aKors, Jan, A1 aLakatta, Edward, G1 aLage, Kasper1 aLauner, Lenore, J1 aLevy, Daniel1 aLundby, Alicia1 aMacfarlane, Peter, W1 aMay, Dalit1 aMeitinger, Thomas1 aMetspalu, Andres1 aNappo, Stefania1 aNaitza, Silvia1 aNeph, Shane1 aNord, Alex, S1 aNutile, Teresa1 aOkin, Peter, M1 aOlsen, Jesper, V1 aOostra, Ben, A1 aPenninger, Josef, M1 aPennacchio, Len, A1 aPers, Tune, H1 aPerz, Siegfried1 aPeters, Annette1 aPinto, Yigal, M1 aPfeufer, Arne1 aPilia, Maria, Grazia1 aPramstaller, Peter, P1 aPrins, Bram, P1 aRaitakari, Olli, T1 aRaychaudhuri, Soumya1 aRice, Ken, M1 aRossin, Elizabeth, J1 aRotter, Jerome, I1 aSchafer, Sebastian1 aSchlessinger, David1 aSchmidt, Carsten, O1 aSehmi, Jobanpreet1 aSilljé, Herman, H W1 aSinagra, Gianfranco1 aSinner, Moritz, F1 aSlowikowski, Kamil1 aSoliman, Elsayed, Z1 aSpector, Timothy, D1 aSpiering, Wilko1 aStamatoyannopoulos, John, A1 aStolk, Ronald, P1 aStrauch, Konstantin1 aTan, Sian-Tsung1 aTarasov, Kirill, V1 aTrinh, Bosco1 aUitterlinden, André, G1 avan den Boogaard, Malou1 aDuijn, Cornelia, M1 aGilst, Wiek, H1 aViikari, Jorma, S1 aVisscher, Peter, M1 aVitart, Veronique1 aVölker, Uwe1 aWaldenberger, Melanie1 aWeichenberger, Christian, X1 aWestra, Harm-Jan1 aWijmenga, Cisca1 aWolffenbuttel, Bruce, H1 aYang, Jian1 aBezzina, Connie, R1 aMunroe, Patricia, B1 aSnieder, Harold1 aWright, Alan, F1 aRudan, Igor1 aBoyer, Laurie, A1 aAsselbergs, Folkert, W1 avan Veldhuisen, Dirk, J1 aStricker, Bruno, H1 aPsaty, Bruce, M1 aCiullo, Marina1 aSanna, Serena1 aLehtimäki, Terho1 aWilson, James, F1 aBandinelli, Stefania1 aAlonso, Alvaro1 aGasparini, Paolo1 aJukema, Wouter1 aKääb, Stefan1 aGudnason, Vilmundur1 aFelix, Stephan, B1 aHeckbert, Susan, R1 ade Boer, Rudolf, A1 aNewton-Cheh, Christopher1 aHicks, Andrew, A1 aChambers, John, C1 aJamshidi, Yalda1 aVisel, Axel1 aChristoffels, Vincent, M1 aIsaacs, Aaron1 aSamani, Nilesh, J1 ade Bakker, Paul, I W uhttps://chs-nhlbi.org/node/726203404nas a2200757 4500008004100000022001400041245011100055210006900166260001300235300001200248490000700260520115000267100002601417700001701443700001701460700002501477700002401502700002201526700002701548700002501575700002001600700002401620700001801644700002501662700001501687700002301702700001901725700002701744700002101771700002401792700002101816700002201837700002601859700001901885700002301904700002401927700002801951700001901979700002001998700002002018700002302038700002402061700002702085700002302112700002002135700002102155700002202176700002302198700001902221700001702240700002002257700002302277700002302300700002502323700002402348700002102372700001902393700002102412700001902433700001602452700001502468700002302483710003902506710006502545856003602610 2022 eng d a1546-171800aAssessing the contribution of rare variants to complex trait heritability from whole-genome sequence data.0 aAssessing the contribution of rare variants to complex trait her c2022 Mar a263-2730 v543 aAnalyses of data from genome-wide association studies on unrelated individuals have shown that, for human traits and diseases, approximately one-third to two-thirds of heritability is captured by common SNPs. However, it is not known whether the remaining heritability is due to the imperfect tagging of causal variants by common SNPs, in particular whether the causal variants are rare, or whether it is overestimated due to bias in inference from pedigree data. Here we estimated heritability for height and body mass index (BMI) from whole-genome sequence data on 25,465 unrelated individuals of European ancestry. The estimated heritability was 0.68 (standard error 0.10) for height and 0.30 (standard error 0.10) for body mass index. Low minor allele frequency variants in low linkage disequilibrium (LD) with neighboring variants were enriched for heritability, to a greater extent for protein-altering variants, consistent with negative selection. Our results imply that rare variants, in particular those in regions of low linkage disequilibrium, are a major source of the still missing heritability of complex traits and disease.
1 aWainschtein, Pierrick1 aJain, Deepti1 aZheng, Zhili1 aCupples, Adrienne, L1 aShadyab, Aladdin, H1 aMcKnight, Barbara1 aShoemaker, Benjamin, M1 aMitchell, Braxton, D1 aPsaty, Bruce, M1 aKooperberg, Charles1 aLiu, Ching-Ti1 aAlbert, Christine, M1 aRoden, Dan1 aChasman, Daniel, I1 aDarbar, Dawood1 aLloyd-Jones, Donald, M1 aArnett, Donna, K1 aRegan, Elizabeth, A1 aBoerwinkle, Eric1 aRotter, Jerome, I1 aO'Connell, Jeffrey, R1 aYanek, Lisa, R1 ade Andrade, Mariza1 aAllison, Matthew, A1 aMcDonald, Merry-Lynn, N1 aChung, Mina, K1 aFornage, Myriam1 aChami, Nathalie1 aSmith, Nicholas, L1 aEllinor, Patrick, T1 aVasan, Ramachandran, S1 aMathias, Rasika, A1 aLoos, Ruth, J F1 aRich, Stephen, S1 aLubitz, Steven, A1 aHeckbert, Susan, R1 aRedline, Susan1 aGuo, Xiuqing1 aChen, Y, -D Ida1 aLaurie, Cecelia, A1 aHernandez, Ryan, D1 aMcGarvey, Stephen, T1 aGoddard, Michael, E1 aLaurie, Cathy, C1 aNorth, Kari, E1 aLange, Leslie, A1 aWeir, Bruce, S1 aYengo, Loic1 aYang, Jian1 aVisscher, Peter, M1 aTOPMed Anthropometry Working Group1 aNHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium uhttps://chs-nhlbi.org/node/904202945nas a2200397 4500008004100000245009500041210006900136260001600205520178200221100001802003700002002021700001502041700001402056700003002070700001302100700001902113700001702132700001502149700002302164700002202187700002102209700002202230700002102252700002702273700001902300700002002319700002102339700002802360700002602388700001902414700001402433700001702447700001602464710003102480856003602511 2024 eng d00aAssociation analysis of mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmic variants: methods and application.0 aAssociation analysis of mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmic variants c2024 Jan 133 aWe rigorously assessed a comprehensive association testing framework for heteroplasmy, employing both simulated and real-world data. This framework employed a variant allele fraction (VAF) threshold and harnessed multiple gene-based tests for robust identification and association testing of heteroplasmy. Our simulation studies demonstrated that gene-based tests maintained an appropriate type I error rate at α=0.001. Notably, when 5% or more heteroplasmic variants within a target region were linked to an outcome, burden-extension tests (including the adaptive burden test, variable threshold burden test, and z-score weighting burden test) outperformed the sequence kernel association test (SKAT) and the original burden test. Applying this framework, we conducted association analyses on whole-blood derived heteroplasmy in 17,507 individuals of African and European ancestries (31% of African Ancestry, mean age of 62, with 58% women) with whole genome sequencing data. We performed both cohort- and ancestry-specific association analyses, followed by meta-analysis on bothpooled samples and within each ancestry group. Our results suggest that mtDNA-Enco ded genes/regions are likely to exhibit varying rates in somatic aging, with the notably strong associations observed between heteroplasmy in the and genes ( <0.001) and advance aging by the Original Burden test. In contrast, SKAT identified significant associations ( <0.001) between diabetes and the aggregated effects of heteroplasmy in several protein-coding genes. Further research is warranted to validate these findings. In summary, our proposed statistical framework represents a valuable tool for facilitating association testing of heteroplasmy with disease traits in large human populations.
1 aSun, Xianbang1 aBulekova, Katia1 aYang, Jian1 aLai, Meng1 aPitsillides, Achilleas, N1 aLiu, Xue1 aZhang, Yuankai1 aGuo, Xiuqing1 aYong, Qian1 aRaffield, Laura, M1 aRotter, Jerome, I1 aRich, Stephen, S1 aAbecasis, Goncalo1 aCarson, April, P1 aVasan, Ramachandran, S1 aBis, Joshua, C1 aPsaty, Bruce, M1 aBoerwinkle, Eric1 aFitzpatrick, Annette, L1 aSatizabal, Claudia, L1 aArking, Dan, E1 aDing, Jun1 aLevy, Daniel1 aLiu, Chunyu1 aTOPMed mtDNA working group uhttps://chs-nhlbi.org/node/9580