TY - JOUR T1 - Common variants in 22 loci are associated with QRS duration and cardiac ventricular conduction. JF - Nat Genet Y1 - 2010 A1 - Sotoodehnia, Nona A1 - Isaacs, Aaron A1 - de Bakker, Paul I W A1 - Dörr, Marcus A1 - Newton-Cheh, Christopher A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - Müller, Martina A1 - Eijgelsheim, Mark A1 - Alonso, Alvaro A1 - Hicks, Andrew A A1 - Padmanabhan, Sandosh A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - Smith, Albert Vernon A1 - Polasek, Ozren A1 - Giovannone, Steven A1 - Fu, Jingyuan A1 - Magnani, Jared W A1 - Marciante, Kristin D A1 - Pfeufer, Arne A1 - Gharib, Sina A A1 - Teumer, Alexander A1 - Li, Man A1 - Bis, Joshua C A1 - Rivadeneira, Fernando A1 - Aspelund, Thor A1 - Köttgen, Anna A1 - Johnson, Toby A1 - Rice, Kenneth A1 - Sie, Mark P S A1 - Wang, Ying A A1 - Klopp, Norman A1 - Fuchsberger, Christian A1 - Wild, Sarah H A1 - Mateo Leach, Irene A1 - Estrada, Karol A1 - Völker, Uwe A1 - Wright, Alan F A1 - Asselbergs, Folkert W A1 - Qu, Jiaxiang A1 - Chakravarti, Aravinda A1 - Sinner, Moritz F A1 - Kors, Jan A A1 - Petersmann, Astrid A1 - Harris, Tamara B A1 - Soliman, Elsayed Z A1 - Munroe, Patricia B A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Oostra, Ben A A1 - Cupples, L Adrienne A1 - Perz, Siegfried A1 - de Boer, Rudolf A A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - Völzke, Henry A1 - Spector, Timothy D A1 - Liu, Fang-Yu A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Dominiczak, Anna F A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - van Herpen, Gé A1 - Levy, Daniel A1 - Wichmann, H-Erich A1 - van Gilst, Wiek H A1 - Witteman, Jacqueline C M A1 - Kroemer, Heyo K A1 - Kao, W H Linda A1 - Heckbert, Susan R A1 - Meitinger, Thomas A1 - Hofman, Albert A1 - Campbell, Harry A1 - Folsom, Aaron R A1 - van Veldhuisen, Dirk J A1 - Schwienbacher, Christine A1 - O'Donnell, Christopher J A1 - Volpato, Claudia Beu A1 - Caulfield, Mark J A1 - Connell, John M A1 - Launer, Lenore A1 - Lu, Xiaowen A1 - Franke, Lude A1 - Fehrmann, Rudolf S N A1 - te Meerman, Gerard A1 - Groen, Harry J M A1 - Weersma, Rinse K A1 - van den Berg, Leonard H A1 - Wijmenga, Cisca A1 - Ophoff, Roel A A1 - Navis, Gerjan A1 - Rudan, Igor A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Wilson, James F A1 - Pramstaller, Peter P A1 - Siscovick, David S A1 - Wang, Thomas J A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Felix, Stephan B A1 - Fishman, Glenn I A1 - Jamshidi, Yalda A1 - Stricker, Bruno H Ch A1 - Samani, Nilesh J A1 - Kääb, Stefan A1 - Arking, Dan E KW - Animals KW - Animals, Newborn KW - Chromosomes, Human KW - Computational Biology KW - Electrocardiography KW - Genetic Loci KW - Genome-Wide Association Study KW - Heart Conduction System KW - Humans KW - Mice KW - Mice, Transgenic KW - Models, Animal KW - Myocytes, Cardiac KW - NAV1.8 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel KW - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide KW - Sodium Channels AB -

The QRS interval, from the beginning of the Q wave to the end of the S wave on an electrocardiogram, reflects ventricular depolarization and conduction time and is a risk factor for mortality, sudden death and heart failure. We performed a genome-wide association meta-analysis in 40,407 individuals of European descent from 14 studies, with further genotyping in 7,170 additional Europeans, and we identified 22 loci associated with QRS duration (P < 5 × 10(-8)). These loci map in or near genes in pathways with established roles in ventricular conduction such as sodium channels, transcription factors and calcium-handling proteins, but also point to previously unidentified biologic processes, such as kinase inhibitors and genes related to tumorigenesis. We demonstrate that SCN10A, a candidate gene at the most significantly associated locus in this study, is expressed in the mouse ventricular conduction system, and treatment with a selective SCN10A blocker prolongs QRS duration. These findings extend our current knowledge of ventricular depolarization and conduction.

VL - 42 IS - 12 U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21076409?dopt=Abstract ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Genome-wide association analysis identifies multiple loci related to resting heart rate. JF - Hum Mol Genet Y1 - 2010 A1 - Eijgelsheim, Mark A1 - Newton-Cheh, Christopher A1 - Sotoodehnia, Nona A1 - de Bakker, Paul I W A1 - Müller, Martina A1 - Morrison, Alanna C A1 - Smith, Albert V A1 - Isaacs, Aaron A1 - Sanna, Serena A1 - Dörr, Marcus A1 - Navarro, Pau A1 - Fuchsberger, Christian A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - de Geus, Eco J C A1 - Estrada, Karol A1 - Hwang, Shih-Jen A1 - Bis, Joshua C A1 - Rückert, Ina-Maria A1 - Alonso, Alvaro A1 - Launer, Lenore J A1 - Hottenga, Jouke Jan A1 - Rivadeneira, Fernando A1 - Noseworthy, Peter A A1 - Rice, Kenneth M A1 - Perz, Siegfried A1 - Arking, Dan E A1 - Spector, Tim D A1 - Kors, Jan A A1 - Aulchenko, Yurii S A1 - Tarasov, Kirill V A1 - Homuth, Georg A1 - Wild, Sarah H A1 - Marroni, Fabio A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Licht, Carmilla M A1 - Prineas, Ronald J A1 - Hofman, Albert A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Hicks, Andrew A A1 - Ernst, Florian A1 - Najjar, Samer S A1 - Wright, Alan F A1 - Peters, Annette A1 - Fox, Ervin R A1 - Oostra, Ben A A1 - Kroemer, Heyo K A1 - Couper, David A1 - Völzke, Henry A1 - Campbell, Harry A1 - Meitinger, Thomas A1 - Uda, Manuela A1 - Witteman, Jacqueline C M A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Wichmann, H-Erich A1 - Harris, Tamara B A1 - Kääb, Stefan A1 - Siscovick, David S A1 - Jamshidi, Yalda A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - Folsom, Aaron R A1 - Larson, Martin G A1 - Wilson, James F A1 - Penninx, Brenda W A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Pramstaller, Peter P A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Lakatta, Edward G A1 - Felix, Stephan B A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Pfeufer, Arne A1 - Heckbert, Susan R A1 - Stricker, Bruno H Ch A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - O'Donnell, Christopher J KW - Adult KW - Aged KW - Base Pairing KW - Cohort Studies KW - Female KW - Genetic Loci KW - Genome, Human KW - Genome-Wide Association Study KW - Heart Rate KW - Humans KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide KW - Rest AB -

Higher resting heart rate is associated with increased cardiovascular disease and mortality risk. Though heritable factors play a substantial role in population variation, little is known about specific genetic determinants. This knowledge can impact clinical care by identifying novel factors that influence pathologic heart rate states, modulate heart rate through cardiac structure and function or by improving our understanding of the physiology of heart rate regulation. To identify common genetic variants associated with heart rate, we performed a meta-analysis of 15 genome-wide association studies (GWAS), including 38,991 subjects of European ancestry, estimating the association between age-, sex- and body mass-adjusted RR interval (inverse heart rate) and approximately 2.5 million markers. Results with P < 5 × 10(-8) were considered genome-wide significant. We constructed regression models with multiple markers to assess whether results at less stringent thresholds were likely to be truly associated with RR interval. We identified six novel associations with resting heart rate at six loci: 6q22 near GJA1; 14q12 near MYH7; 12p12 near SOX5, c12orf67, BCAT1, LRMP and CASC1; 6q22 near SLC35F1, PLN and c6orf204; 7q22 near SLC12A9 and UfSp1; and 11q12 near FADS1. Associations at 6q22 400 kb away from GJA1, at 14q12 MYH6 and at 1q32 near CD34 identified in previously published GWAS were confirmed. In aggregate, these variants explain approximately 0.7% of RR interval variance. A multivariant regression model including 20 variants with P < 10(-5) increased the explained variance to 1.6%, suggesting that some loci falling short of genome-wide significance are likely truly associated. Future research is warranted to elucidate underlying mechanisms that may impact clinical care.

VL - 19 IS - 19 U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20639392?dopt=Abstract ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Genome-wide association study identifies six new loci influencing pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure. JF - Nat Genet Y1 - 2011 A1 - Wain, Louise V A1 - Verwoert, Germaine C A1 - O'Reilly, Paul F A1 - Shi, Gang A1 - Johnson, Toby A1 - Johnson, Andrew D A1 - Bochud, Murielle A1 - Rice, Kenneth M A1 - Henneman, Peter A1 - Smith, Albert V A1 - Ehret, Georg B A1 - Amin, Najaf A1 - Larson, Martin G A1 - Mooser, Vincent A1 - Hadley, David A1 - Dörr, Marcus A1 - Bis, Joshua C A1 - Aspelund, Thor A1 - Esko, Tõnu A1 - Janssens, A Cecile J W A1 - Zhao, Jing Hua A1 - Heath, Simon A1 - Laan, Maris A1 - Fu, Jingyuan A1 - Pistis, Giorgio A1 - Luan, Jian'an A1 - Arora, Pankaj A1 - Lucas, Gavin A1 - Pirastu, Nicola A1 - Pichler, Irene A1 - Jackson, Anne U A1 - Webster, Rebecca J A1 - Zhang, Feng A1 - Peden, John F A1 - Schmidt, Helena A1 - Tanaka, Toshiko A1 - Campbell, Harry A1 - Igl, Wilmar A1 - Milaneschi, Yuri A1 - Hottenga, Jouke-Jan A1 - Vitart, Veronique A1 - Chasman, Daniel I A1 - Trompet, Stella A1 - Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L A1 - Alizadeh, Behrooz Z A1 - Chambers, John C A1 - Guo, Xiuqing A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Kuhnel, Brigitte A1 - Lopez, Lorna M A1 - Polasek, Ozren A1 - Boban, Mladen A1 - Nelson, Christopher P A1 - Morrison, Alanna C A1 - Pihur, Vasyl A1 - Ganesh, Santhi K A1 - Hofman, Albert A1 - Kundu, Suman A1 - Mattace-Raso, Francesco U S A1 - Rivadeneira, Fernando A1 - Sijbrands, Eric J G A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - Hwang, Shih-Jen A1 - Vasan, Ramachandran S A1 - Wang, Thomas J A1 - Bergmann, Sven A1 - Vollenweider, Peter A1 - Waeber, Gérard A1 - Laitinen, Jaana A1 - Pouta, Anneli A1 - Zitting, Paavo A1 - McArdle, Wendy L A1 - Kroemer, Heyo K A1 - Völker, Uwe A1 - Völzke, Henry A1 - Glazer, Nicole L A1 - Taylor, Kent D A1 - Harris, Tamara B A1 - Alavere, Helene A1 - Haller, Toomas A1 - Keis, Aime A1 - Tammesoo, Mari-Liis A1 - Aulchenko, Yurii A1 - Barroso, Inês A1 - Khaw, Kay-Tee A1 - Galan, Pilar A1 - Hercberg, Serge A1 - Lathrop, Mark A1 - Eyheramendy, Susana A1 - Org, Elin A1 - Sõber, Siim A1 - Lu, Xiaowen A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Penninx, Brenda W A1 - Corre, Tanguy A1 - Masciullo, Corrado A1 - Sala, Cinzia A1 - Groop, Leif A1 - Voight, Benjamin F A1 - Melander, Olle A1 - O'Donnell, Christopher J A1 - Salomaa, Veikko A1 - d'Adamo, Adamo Pio A1 - Fabretto, Antonella A1 - Faletra, Flavio A1 - Ulivi, Sheila A1 - Del Greco, Fabiola M A1 - Facheris, Maurizio A1 - Collins, Francis S A1 - Bergman, Richard N A1 - Beilby, John P A1 - Hung, Joseph A1 - Musk, A William A1 - Mangino, Massimo A1 - Shin, So-Youn A1 - Soranzo, Nicole A1 - Watkins, Hugh A1 - Goel, Anuj A1 - Hamsten, Anders A1 - Gider, Pierre A1 - Loitfelder, Marisa A1 - Zeginigg, Marion A1 - Hernandez, Dena A1 - Najjar, Samer S A1 - Navarro, Pau A1 - Wild, Sarah H A1 - Corsi, Anna Maria A1 - Singleton, Andrew A1 - de Geus, Eco J C A1 - Willemsen, Gonneke A1 - Parker, Alex N A1 - Rose, Lynda M A1 - Buckley, Brendan A1 - Stott, David A1 - Orrù, Marco A1 - Uda, Manuela A1 - van der Klauw, Melanie M A1 - Zhang, Weihua A1 - Li, Xinzhong A1 - Scott, James A1 - Chen, Yii-Der Ida A1 - Burke, Gregory L A1 - Kähönen, Mika A1 - Viikari, Jorma A1 - Döring, Angela A1 - Meitinger, Thomas A1 - Davies, Gail A1 - Starr, John M A1 - Emilsson, Valur A1 - Plump, Andrew A1 - Lindeman, Jan H A1 - Hoen, Peter A C 't A1 - König, Inke R A1 - Felix, Janine F A1 - Clarke, Robert A1 - Hopewell, Jemma C A1 - Ongen, Halit A1 - Breteler, Monique A1 - Debette, Stephanie A1 - DeStefano, Anita L A1 - Fornage, Myriam A1 - Mitchell, Gary F A1 - Smith, Nicholas L A1 - Holm, Hilma A1 - Stefansson, Kari A1 - Thorleifsson, Gudmar A1 - Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur A1 - Samani, Nilesh J A1 - Preuss, Michael A1 - Rudan, Igor A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - Deary, Ian J A1 - Wichmann, H-Erich A1 - Raitakari, Olli T A1 - Palmas, Walter A1 - Kooner, Jaspal S A1 - Stolk, Ronald P A1 - Jukema, J Wouter A1 - Wright, Alan F A1 - Boomsma, Dorret I A1 - Bandinelli, Stefania A1 - Gyllensten, Ulf B A1 - Wilson, James F A1 - Ferrucci, Luigi A1 - Schmidt, Reinhold A1 - Farrall, Martin A1 - Spector, Tim D A1 - Palmer, Lyle J A1 - Tuomilehto, Jaakko A1 - Pfeufer, Arne A1 - Gasparini, Paolo A1 - Siscovick, David A1 - Altshuler, David A1 - Loos, Ruth J F A1 - Toniolo, Daniela A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Meneton, Pierre A1 - Wareham, Nicholas J A1 - Oostra, Ben A A1 - Metspalu, Andres A1 - Launer, Lenore A1 - Rettig, Rainer A1 - Strachan, David P A1 - Beckmann, Jacques S A1 - Witteman, Jacqueline C M A1 - Erdmann, Jeanette A1 - van Dijk, Ko Willems A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Boehnke, Michael A1 - Ridker, Paul M A1 - Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta A1 - Chakravarti, Aravinda A1 - Abecasis, Goncalo R A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Newton-Cheh, Christopher A1 - Levy, Daniel A1 - Munroe, Patricia B A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Caulfield, Mark J A1 - Rao, Dabeeru C A1 - Tobin, Martin D A1 - Elliott, Paul A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M KW - Arteries KW - Blood Pressure KW - Case-Control Studies KW - Follow-Up Studies KW - Genetic Loci KW - Genome-Wide Association Study KW - Humans KW - Hypertension KW - Linkage Disequilibrium KW - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide AB -

Numerous genetic loci have been associated with systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) in Europeans. We now report genome-wide association studies of pulse pressure (PP) and mean arterial pressure (MAP). In discovery (N = 74,064) and follow-up studies (N = 48,607), we identified at genome-wide significance (P = 2.7 × 10(-8) to P = 2.3 × 10(-13)) four new PP loci (at 4q12 near CHIC2, 7q22.3 near PIK3CG, 8q24.12 in NOV and 11q24.3 near ADAMTS8), two new MAP loci (3p21.31 in MAP4 and 10q25.3 near ADRB1) and one locus associated with both of these traits (2q24.3 near FIGN) that has also recently been associated with SBP in east Asians. For three of the new PP loci, the estimated effect for SBP was opposite of that for DBP, in contrast to the majority of common SBP- and DBP-associated variants, which show concordant effects on both traits. These findings suggest new genetic pathways underlying blood pressure variation, some of which may differentially influence SBP and DBP.

VL - 43 IS - 10 U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21909110?dopt=Abstract ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in >80 000 subjects identifies multiple loci for C-reactive protein levels. JF - Circulation Y1 - 2011 A1 - Dehghan, Abbas A1 - Dupuis, Josée A1 - Barbalic, Maja A1 - Bis, Joshua C A1 - Eiriksdottir, Gudny A1 - Lu, Chen A1 - Pellikka, Niina A1 - Wallaschofski, Henri A1 - Kettunen, Johannes A1 - Henneman, Peter A1 - Baumert, Jens A1 - Strachan, David P A1 - Fuchsberger, Christian A1 - Vitart, Veronique A1 - Wilson, James F A1 - Paré, Guillaume A1 - Naitza, Silvia A1 - Rudock, Megan E A1 - Surakka, Ida A1 - de Geus, Eco J C A1 - Alizadeh, Behrooz Z A1 - Guralnik, Jack A1 - Shuldiner, Alan A1 - Tanaka, Toshiko A1 - Zee, Robert Y L A1 - Schnabel, Renate B A1 - Nambi, Vijay A1 - Kavousi, Maryam A1 - Ripatti, Samuli A1 - Nauck, Matthias A1 - Smith, Nicholas L A1 - Smith, Albert V A1 - Sundvall, Jouko A1 - Scheet, Paul A1 - Liu, Yongmei A1 - Ruokonen, Aimo A1 - Rose, Lynda M A1 - Larson, Martin G A1 - Hoogeveen, Ron C A1 - Freimer, Nelson B A1 - Teumer, Alexander A1 - Tracy, Russell P A1 - Launer, Lenore J A1 - Buring, Julie E A1 - Yamamoto, Jennifer F A1 - Folsom, Aaron R A1 - Sijbrands, Eric J G A1 - Pankow, James A1 - Elliott, Paul A1 - Keaney, John F A1 - Sun, Wei A1 - Sarin, Antti-Pekka A1 - Fontes, João D A1 - Badola, Sunita A1 - Astor, Brad C A1 - Hofman, Albert A1 - Pouta, Anneli A1 - Werdan, Karl A1 - Greiser, Karin H A1 - Kuss, Oliver A1 - Meyer zu Schwabedissen, Henriette E A1 - Thiery, Joachim A1 - Jamshidi, Yalda A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Soranzo, Nicole A1 - Spector, Timothy D A1 - Völzke, Henry A1 - Parker, Alexander N A1 - Aspelund, Thor A1 - Bates, David A1 - Young, Lauren A1 - Tsui, Kim A1 - Siscovick, David S A1 - Guo, Xiuqing A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Uda, Manuela A1 - Schlessinger, David A1 - Rudan, Igor A1 - Hicks, Andrew A A1 - Penninx, Brenda W A1 - Thorand, Barbara A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Coresh, Joe A1 - Willemsen, Gonneke A1 - Harris, Tamara B A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta A1 - Rice, Kenneth A1 - Radke, Dörte A1 - Salomaa, Veikko A1 - Willems van Dijk, Ko A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Vasan, Ramachandran S A1 - Ferrucci, Luigi A1 - Gibson, Quince D A1 - Bandinelli, Stefania A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Boomsma, Dorret I A1 - Xiao, Xiangjun A1 - Campbell, Harry A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - Pramstaller, Peter P A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Peltonen, Leena A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Ridker, Paul M A1 - Homuth, Georg A1 - Koenig, Wolfgang A1 - Ballantyne, Christie M A1 - Witteman, Jacqueline C M A1 - Benjamin, Emelia J A1 - Perola, Markus A1 - Chasman, Daniel I KW - Biomarkers KW - C-Reactive Protein KW - Cardiovascular Diseases KW - Genetic Predisposition to Disease KW - Genome-Wide Association Study KW - Humans KW - Risk Factors KW - Vasculitis AB -

BACKGROUND: C-reactive protein (CRP) is a heritable marker of chronic inflammation that is strongly associated with cardiovascular disease. We sought to identify genetic variants that are associated with CRP levels.

METHODS AND RESULTS: We performed a genome-wide association analysis of CRP in 66 185 participants from 15 population-based studies. We sought replication for the genome-wide significant and suggestive loci in a replication panel comprising 16 540 individuals from 10 independent studies. We found 18 genome-wide significant loci, and we provided evidence of replication for 8 of them. Our results confirm 7 previously known loci and introduce 11 novel loci that are implicated in pathways related to the metabolic syndrome (APOC1, HNF1A, LEPR, GCKR, HNF4A, and PTPN2) or the immune system (CRP, IL6R, NLRP3, IL1F10, and IRF1) or that reside in regions previously not known to play a role in chronic inflammation (PPP1R3B, SALL1, PABPC4, ASCL1, RORA, and BCL7B). We found a significant interaction of body mass index with LEPR (P<2.9×10(-6)). A weighted genetic risk score that was developed to summarize the effect of risk alleles was strongly associated with CRP levels and explained ≈5% of the trait variance; however, there was no evidence for these genetic variants explaining the association of CRP with coronary heart disease.

CONCLUSIONS: We identified 18 loci that were associated with CRP levels. Our study highlights immune response and metabolic regulatory pathways involved in the regulation of chronic inflammation.

VL - 123 IS - 7 U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21300955?dopt=Abstract ER - TY - JOUR T1 - New gene functions in megakaryopoiesis and platelet formation. JF - Nature Y1 - 2011 A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Radhakrishnan, Aparna A1 - Cvejic, Ana A1 - Tang, Weihong A1 - Porcu, Eleonora A1 - Pistis, Giorgio A1 - Serbanovic-Canic, Jovana A1 - Elling, Ulrich A1 - Goodall, Alison H A1 - Labrune, Yann A1 - Lopez, Lorna M A1 - Mägi, Reedik A1 - Meacham, Stuart A1 - Okada, Yukinori A1 - Pirastu, Nicola A1 - Sorice, Rossella A1 - Teumer, Alexander A1 - Voss, Katrin A1 - Zhang, Weihua A1 - Ramirez-Solis, Ramiro A1 - Bis, Joshua C A1 - Ellinghaus, David A1 - Gögele, Martin A1 - Hottenga, Jouke-Jan A1 - Langenberg, Claudia A1 - Kovacs, Peter A1 - O'Reilly, Paul F A1 - Shin, So-Youn A1 - Esko, Tõnu A1 - Hartiala, Jaana A1 - Kanoni, Stavroula A1 - Murgia, Federico A1 - Parsa, Afshin A1 - Stephens, Jonathan A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - Ellen van der Schoot, C A1 - Allayee, Hooman A1 - Attwood, Antony A1 - Balkau, Beverley A1 - Bastardot, François A1 - Basu, Saonli A1 - Baumeister, Sebastian E A1 - Biino, Ginevra A1 - Bomba, Lorenzo A1 - Bonnefond, Amélie A1 - Cambien, Francois A1 - Chambers, John C A1 - Cucca, Francesco A1 - D'Adamo, Pio A1 - Davies, Gail A1 - de Boer, Rudolf A A1 - de Geus, Eco J C A1 - Döring, Angela A1 - Elliott, Paul A1 - Erdmann, Jeanette A1 - Evans, David M A1 - Falchi, Mario A1 - Feng, Wei A1 - Folsom, Aaron R A1 - Frazer, Ian H A1 - Gibson, Quince D A1 - Glazer, Nicole L A1 - Hammond, Chris A1 - Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa A1 - Heckbert, Susan R A1 - Hengstenberg, Christian A1 - Hersch, Micha A1 - Illig, Thomas A1 - Loos, Ruth J F A1 - Jolley, Jennifer A1 - Khaw, Kay Tee A1 - Kuhnel, Brigitte A1 - Kyrtsonis, Marie-Christine A1 - Lagou, Vasiliki A1 - Lloyd-Jones, Heather A1 - Lumley, Thomas A1 - Mangino, Massimo A1 - Maschio, Andrea A1 - Mateo Leach, Irene A1 - McKnight, Barbara A1 - Memari, Yasin A1 - Mitchell, Braxton D A1 - Montgomery, Grant W A1 - Nakamura, Yusuke A1 - Nauck, Matthias A1 - Navis, Gerjan A1 - Nöthlings, Ute A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Porteous, David J A1 - Pouta, Anneli A1 - Pramstaller, Peter P A1 - Pullat, Janne A1 - Ring, Susan M A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Ruggiero, Daniela A1 - Ruokonen, Aimo A1 - Sala, Cinzia A1 - Samani, Nilesh J A1 - Sambrook, Jennifer A1 - Schlessinger, David A1 - Schreiber, Stefan A1 - Schunkert, Heribert A1 - Scott, James A1 - Smith, Nicholas L A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Starr, John M A1 - Stumvoll, Michael A1 - Takahashi, Atsushi A1 - Tang, W H Wilson A1 - Taylor, Kent A1 - Tenesa, Albert A1 - Lay Thein, Swee A1 - Tönjes, Anke A1 - Uda, Manuela A1 - Ulivi, Sheila A1 - van Veldhuisen, Dirk J A1 - Visscher, Peter M A1 - Völker, Uwe A1 - Wichmann, H-Erich A1 - Wiggins, Kerri L A1 - Willemsen, Gonneke A1 - Yang, Tsun-Po A1 - Hua Zhao, Jing A1 - Zitting, Paavo A1 - Bradley, John R A1 - Dedoussis, George V A1 - Gasparini, Paolo A1 - Hazen, Stanley L A1 - Metspalu, Andres A1 - Pirastu, Mario A1 - Shuldiner, Alan R A1 - Joost van Pelt, L A1 - Zwaginga, Jaap-Jan A1 - Boomsma, Dorret I A1 - Deary, Ian J A1 - Franke, Andre A1 - Froguel, Philippe A1 - Ganesh, Santhi K A1 - Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta A1 - Martin, Nicholas G A1 - Meisinger, Christa A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Spector, Timothy D A1 - Wareham, Nicholas J A1 - Akkerman, Jan-Willem N A1 - Ciullo, Marina A1 - Deloukas, Panos A1 - Greinacher, Andreas A1 - Jupe, Steve A1 - Kamatani, Naoyuki A1 - Khadake, Jyoti A1 - Kooner, Jaspal S A1 - Penninger, Josef A1 - Prokopenko, Inga A1 - Stemple, Derek A1 - Toniolo, Daniela A1 - Wernisch, Lorenz A1 - Sanna, Serena A1 - Hicks, Andrew A A1 - Rendon, Augusto A1 - Ferreira, Manuel A A1 - Ouwehand, Willem H A1 - Soranzo, Nicole KW - Animals KW - Blood Platelets KW - Cell Size KW - Drosophila melanogaster KW - Drosophila Proteins KW - Europe KW - Gene Expression Profiling KW - Gene Silencing KW - Genome, Human KW - Genome-Wide Association Study KW - Hematopoiesis KW - Humans KW - Megakaryocytes KW - Platelet Count KW - Protein Interaction Maps KW - Transcription, Genetic KW - Zebrafish KW - Zebrafish Proteins AB -

Platelets are the second most abundant cell type in blood and are essential for maintaining haemostasis. Their count and volume are tightly controlled within narrow physiological ranges, but there is only limited understanding of the molecular processes controlling both traits. Here we carried out a high-powered meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in up to 66,867 individuals of European ancestry, followed by extensive biological and functional assessment. We identified 68 genomic loci reliably associated with platelet count and volume mapping to established and putative novel regulators of megakaryopoiesis and platelet formation. These genes show megakaryocyte-specific gene expression patterns and extensive network connectivity. Using gene silencing in Danio rerio and Drosophila melanogaster, we identified 11 of the genes as novel regulators of blood cell formation. Taken together, our findings advance understanding of novel gene functions controlling fate-determining events during megakaryopoiesis and platelet formation, providing a new example of successful translation of GWAS to function.

VL - 480 IS - 7376 U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22139419?dopt=Abstract ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Association between chromosome 9p21 variants and the ankle-brachial index identified by a meta-analysis of 21 genome-wide association studies. JF - Circ Cardiovasc Genet Y1 - 2012 A1 - Murabito, Joanne M A1 - White, Charles C A1 - Kavousi, Maryam A1 - Sun, Yan V A1 - Feitosa, Mary F A1 - Nambi, Vijay A1 - Lamina, Claudia A1 - Schillert, Arne A1 - Coassin, Stefan A1 - Bis, Joshua C A1 - Broer, Linda A1 - Crawford, Dana C A1 - Franceschini, Nora A1 - Frikke-Schmidt, Ruth A1 - Haun, Margot A1 - Holewijn, Suzanne A1 - Huffman, Jennifer E A1 - Hwang, Shih-Jen A1 - Kiechl, Stefan A1 - Kollerits, Barbara A1 - Montasser, May E A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Rudock, Megan E A1 - Senft, Andrea A1 - Teumer, Alexander A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - Vitart, Veronique A1 - Waite, Lindsay L A1 - Wood, Andrew R A1 - Wassel, Christina L A1 - Absher, Devin M A1 - Allison, Matthew A A1 - Amin, Najaf A1 - Arnold, Alice A1 - Asselbergs, Folkert W A1 - Aulchenko, Yurii A1 - Bandinelli, Stefania A1 - Barbalic, Maja A1 - Boban, Mladen A1 - Brown-Gentry, Kristin A1 - Couper, David J A1 - Criqui, Michael H A1 - Dehghan, Abbas A1 - den Heijer, Martin A1 - Dieplinger, Benjamin A1 - Ding, Jingzhong A1 - Dörr, Marcus A1 - Espinola-Klein, Christine A1 - Felix, Stephan B A1 - Ferrucci, Luigi A1 - Folsom, Aaron R A1 - Fraedrich, Gustav A1 - Gibson, Quince A1 - Goodloe, Robert A1 - Gunjaca, Grgo A1 - Haltmayer, Meinhard A1 - Heiss, Gerardo A1 - Hofman, Albert A1 - Kieback, Arne A1 - Kiemeney, Lambertus A A1 - Kolcic, Ivana A1 - Kullo, Iftikhar J A1 - Kritchevsky, Stephen B A1 - Lackner, Karl J A1 - Li, Xiaohui A1 - Lieb, Wolfgang A1 - Lohman, Kurt A1 - Meisinger, Christa A1 - Melzer, David A1 - Mohler, Emile R A1 - Mudnic, Ivana A1 - Mueller, Thomas A1 - Navis, Gerjan A1 - Oberhollenzer, Friedrich A1 - Olin, Jeffrey W A1 - O'Connell, Jeff A1 - O'Donnell, Christopher J A1 - Palmas, Walter A1 - Penninx, Brenda W A1 - Petersmann, Astrid A1 - Polasek, Ozren A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Rantner, Barbara A1 - Rice, Ken A1 - Rivadeneira, Fernando A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Seldenrijk, Adrie A1 - Stadler, Marietta A1 - Summerer, Monika A1 - Tanaka, Toshiko A1 - Tybjaerg-Hansen, Anne A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - van Gilst, Wiek H A1 - Vermeulen, Sita H A1 - Wild, Sarah H A1 - Wild, Philipp S A1 - Willeit, Johann A1 - Zeller, Tanja A1 - Zemunik, Tatijana A1 - Zgaga, Lina A1 - Assimes, Themistocles L A1 - Blankenberg, Stefan A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Campbell, Harry A1 - Cooke, John P A1 - de Graaf, Jacqueline A1 - Herrington, David A1 - Kardia, Sharon L R A1 - Mitchell, Braxton D A1 - Murray, Anna A1 - Münzel, Thomas A1 - Newman, Anne B A1 - Oostra, Ben A A1 - Rudan, Igor A1 - Shuldiner, Alan R A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Völker, Uwe A1 - Wright, Alan F A1 - Wichmann, H-Erich A1 - Wilson, James F A1 - Witteman, Jacqueline C M A1 - Liu, Yongmei A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - Borecki, Ingrid B A1 - Ziegler, Andreas A1 - North, Kari E A1 - Cupples, L Adrienne A1 - Kronenberg, Florian KW - Adult KW - Age Factors KW - Aged KW - Aged, 80 and over KW - Alleles KW - Ankle Brachial Index KW - Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9 KW - Cohort Studies KW - Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p15 KW - Female KW - Genome-Wide Association Study KW - Genotype KW - HapMap Project KW - Humans KW - Logistic Models KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Peripheral Vascular Diseases KW - Phenotype KW - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide KW - Risk Factors KW - Sex Factors AB -

BACKGROUND: Genetic determinants of peripheral arterial disease (PAD) remain largely unknown. To identify genetic variants associated with the ankle-brachial index (ABI), a noninvasive measure of PAD, we conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide association study data from 21 population-based cohorts.

METHODS AND RESULTS: Continuous ABI and PAD (ABI ≤0.9) phenotypes adjusted for age and sex were examined. Each study conducted genotyping and imputed data to the ≈2.5 million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in HapMap. Linear and logistic regression models were used to test each SNP for association with ABI and PAD using additive genetic models. Study-specific data were combined using fixed effects inverse variance weighted meta-analyses. There were a total of 41 692 participants of European ancestry (≈60% women, mean ABI 1.02 to 1.19), including 3409 participants with PAD and with genome-wide association study data available. In the discovery meta-analysis, rs10757269 on chromosome 9 near CDKN2B had the strongest association with ABI (β=-0.006, P=2.46×10(-8)). We sought replication of the 6 strongest SNP associations in 5 population-based studies and 3 clinical samples (n=16 717). The association for rs10757269 strengthened in the combined discovery and replication analysis (P=2.65×10(-9)). No other SNP associations for ABI or PAD achieved genome-wide significance. However, 2 previously reported candidate genes for PAD and 1 SNP associated with coronary artery disease were associated with ABI: DAB21P (rs13290547, P=3.6×10(-5)), CYBA (rs3794624, P=6.3×10(-5)), and rs1122608 (LDLR, P=0.0026).

CONCLUSIONS: Genome-wide association studies in more than 40 000 individuals identified 1 genome wide significant association on chromosome 9p21 with ABI. Two candidate genes for PAD and 1 SNP for coronary artery disease are associated with ABI.

VL - 5 IS - 1 U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22199011?dopt=Abstract ER - TY - JOUR T1 - FTO genotype is associated with phenotypic variability of body mass index. JF - Nature Y1 - 2012 A1 - Yang, Jian A1 - Loos, Ruth J F A1 - Powell, Joseph E A1 - Medland, Sarah E A1 - Speliotes, Elizabeth K A1 - Chasman, Daniel I A1 - Rose, Lynda M A1 - Thorleifsson, Gudmar A1 - Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur A1 - Mägi, Reedik A1 - Waite, Lindsay A1 - Smith, Albert Vernon A1 - Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M A1 - Monda, Keri L A1 - Hadley, David A1 - Mahajan, Anubha A1 - Li, Guo A1 - Kapur, Karen A1 - Vitart, Veronique A1 - Huffman, Jennifer E A1 - Wang, Sophie R A1 - Palmer, Cameron A1 - Esko, Tõnu A1 - Fischer, Krista A1 - Zhao, Jing Hua A1 - Demirkan, Ayse A1 - Isaacs, Aaron A1 - Feitosa, Mary F A1 - Luan, Jian'an A1 - Heard-Costa, Nancy L A1 - White, Charles A1 - Jackson, Anne U A1 - Preuss, Michael A1 - Ziegler, Andreas A1 - Eriksson, Joel A1 - Kutalik, Zoltán A1 - Frau, Francesca A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V A1 - Hottenga, Jouke-Jan A1 - Jacobs, Kevin B A1 - Verweij, Niek A1 - Goel, Anuj A1 - Medina-Gómez, Carolina A1 - Estrada, Karol A1 - Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer Lynn A1 - Sanna, Serena A1 - Sidore, Carlo A1 - Tyrer, Jonathan A1 - Teumer, Alexander A1 - Prokopenko, Inga A1 - Mangino, Massimo A1 - Lindgren, Cecilia M A1 - Assimes, Themistocles L A1 - Shuldiner, Alan R A1 - Hui, Jennie A1 - Beilby, John P A1 - McArdle, Wendy L A1 - Hall, Per A1 - Haritunians, Talin A1 - Zgaga, Lina A1 - Kolcic, Ivana A1 - Polasek, Ozren A1 - Zemunik, Tatijana A1 - Oostra, Ben A A1 - Junttila, M Juhani A1 - Grönberg, Henrik A1 - Schreiber, Stefan A1 - Peters, Annette A1 - Hicks, Andrew A A1 - Stephens, Jonathan A1 - Foad, Nicola S A1 - Laitinen, Jaana A1 - Pouta, Anneli A1 - Kaakinen, Marika A1 - Willemsen, Gonneke A1 - Vink, Jacqueline M A1 - Wild, Sarah H A1 - Navis, Gerjan A1 - Asselbergs, Folkert W A1 - Homuth, Georg A1 - John, Ulrich A1 - Iribarren, Carlos A1 - Harris, Tamara A1 - Launer, Lenore A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - O'Connell, Jeffrey R A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Cadby, Gemma A1 - Palmer, Lyle J A1 - James, Alan L A1 - Musk, Arthur W A1 - Ingelsson, Erik A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Beckmann, Jacques S A1 - Waeber, Gérard A1 - Vollenweider, Peter A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - Wright, Alan F A1 - Rudan, Igor A1 - Groop, Leif C A1 - Metspalu, Andres A1 - Khaw, Kay Tee A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Borecki, Ingrid B A1 - Province, Michael A A1 - Wareham, Nicholas J A1 - Tardif, Jean-Claude A1 - Huikuri, Heikki V A1 - Cupples, L Adrienne A1 - Atwood, Larry D A1 - Fox, Caroline S A1 - Boehnke, Michael A1 - Collins, Francis S A1 - Mohlke, Karen L A1 - Erdmann, Jeanette A1 - Schunkert, Heribert A1 - Hengstenberg, Christian A1 - Stark, Klaus A1 - Lorentzon, Mattias A1 - Ohlsson, Claes A1 - Cusi, Daniele A1 - Staessen, Jan A A1 - van der Klauw, Melanie M A1 - Pramstaller, Peter P A1 - Kathiresan, Sekar A1 - Jolley, Jennifer D A1 - Ripatti, Samuli A1 - Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta A1 - de Geus, Eco J C A1 - Boomsma, Dorret I A1 - Penninx, Brenda A1 - Wilson, James F A1 - Campbell, Harry A1 - Chanock, Stephen J A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - Hamsten, Anders A1 - Watkins, Hugh A1 - Hofman, Albert A1 - Witteman, Jacqueline C A1 - Zillikens, M Carola A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - Rivadeneira, Fernando A1 - Zillikens, M Carola A1 - Kiemeney, Lambertus A A1 - Vermeulen, Sita H A1 - Abecasis, Goncalo R A1 - Schlessinger, David A1 - Schipf, Sabine A1 - Stumvoll, Michael A1 - Tönjes, Anke A1 - Spector, Tim D A1 - North, Kari E A1 - Lettre, Guillaume A1 - McCarthy, Mark I A1 - Berndt, Sonja I A1 - Heath, Andrew C A1 - Madden, Pamela A F A1 - Nyholt, Dale R A1 - Montgomery, Grant W A1 - Martin, Nicholas G A1 - McKnight, Barbara A1 - Strachan, David P A1 - Hill, William G A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Ridker, Paul M A1 - Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur A1 - Stefansson, Kari A1 - Frayling, Timothy M A1 - Hirschhorn, Joel N A1 - Goddard, Michael E A1 - Visscher, Peter M KW - Alpha-Ketoglutarate-Dependent Dioxygenase FTO KW - Body Height KW - Body Mass Index KW - Co-Repressor Proteins KW - Female KW - Genetic Variation KW - Genome-Wide Association Study KW - Humans KW - Male KW - Nerve Tissue Proteins KW - Phenotype KW - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide KW - Proteins KW - Repressor Proteins AB -

There 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.

VL - 490 IS - 7419 U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22982992?dopt=Abstract ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease. JF - Nat Genet Y1 - 2013 A1 - Do, Ron A1 - Willer, Cristen J A1 - Schmidt, Ellen M A1 - Sengupta, Sebanti A1 - Gao, Chi A1 - Peloso, Gina M A1 - Gustafsson, Stefan A1 - Kanoni, Stavroula A1 - Ganna, Andrea A1 - Chen, Jin A1 - Buchkovich, Martin L A1 - Mora, Samia A1 - Beckmann, Jacques S A1 - Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L A1 - Chang, Hsing-Yi A1 - Demirkan, Ayse A1 - Den Hertog, Heleen M A1 - Donnelly, Louise A A1 - Ehret, Georg B A1 - Esko, Tõnu A1 - Feitosa, Mary F A1 - Ferreira, Teresa A1 - Fischer, Krista A1 - Fontanillas, Pierre A1 - Fraser, Ross M A1 - Freitag, Daniel F A1 - Gurdasani, Deepti A1 - Heikkilä, Kauko A1 - Hyppönen, Elina A1 - Isaacs, Aaron A1 - Jackson, Anne U A1 - Johansson, Asa A1 - Johnson, Toby A1 - Kaakinen, Marika A1 - Kettunen, Johannes A1 - Kleber, Marcus E A1 - Li, Xiaohui A1 - Luan, Jian'an A1 - Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka A1 - Magnusson, Patrik K E A1 - Mangino, Massimo A1 - Mihailov, Evelin A1 - Montasser, May E A1 - Müller-Nurasyid, Martina A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - O'Connell, Jeffrey R A1 - Palmer, Cameron D A1 - Perola, Markus A1 - Petersen, Ann-Kristin A1 - Sanna, Serena A1 - Saxena, Richa A1 - Service, Susan K A1 - Shah, Sonia A1 - Shungin, Dmitry A1 - Sidore, Carlo A1 - Song, Ci A1 - Strawbridge, Rona J A1 - Surakka, Ida A1 - Tanaka, Toshiko A1 - Teslovich, Tanya M A1 - Thorleifsson, Gudmar A1 - van den Herik, Evita G A1 - Voight, Benjamin F A1 - Volcik, Kelly A A1 - Waite, Lindsay L A1 - Wong, Andrew A1 - Wu, Ying A1 - Zhang, Weihua A1 - Absher, Devin A1 - Asiki, Gershim A1 - Barroso, Inês A1 - Been, Latonya F A1 - Bolton, Jennifer L A1 - Bonnycastle, Lori L A1 - Brambilla, Paolo A1 - Burnett, Mary S A1 - Cesana, Giancarlo A1 - Dimitriou, Maria A1 - Doney, Alex S F A1 - Döring, Angela A1 - Elliott, Paul A1 - Epstein, Stephen E A1 - Eyjolfsson, Gudmundur Ingi A1 - Gigante, Bruna A1 - Goodarzi, Mark O A1 - Grallert, Harald A1 - Gravito, Martha L A1 - Groves, Christopher J A1 - Hallmans, Göran A1 - Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - Hernandez, Dena A1 - Hicks, Andrew A A1 - Holm, Hilma A1 - Hung, Yi-Jen A1 - Illig, Thomas A1 - Jones, Michelle R A1 - Kaleebu, Pontiano A1 - Kastelein, John J P A1 - Khaw, Kay-Tee A1 - Kim, Eric A1 - Klopp, Norman A1 - Komulainen, Pirjo A1 - Kumari, Meena A1 - Langenberg, Claudia A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Lin, Shih-Yi A1 - Lindström, Jaana A1 - Loos, Ruth J F A1 - Mach, François A1 - McArdle, Wendy L A1 - Meisinger, Christa A1 - Mitchell, Braxton D A1 - Müller, Gabrielle A1 - Nagaraja, Ramaiah A1 - Narisu, Narisu A1 - Nieminen, Tuomo V M A1 - Nsubuga, Rebecca N A1 - Olafsson, Isleifur A1 - Ong, Ken K A1 - Palotie, Aarno A1 - Papamarkou, Theodore A1 - Pomilla, Cristina A1 - Pouta, Anneli A1 - Rader, Daniel J A1 - Reilly, Muredach P A1 - Ridker, Paul M A1 - Rivadeneira, Fernando A1 - Rudan, Igor A1 - Ruokonen, Aimo A1 - Samani, Nilesh A1 - Scharnagl, Hubert A1 - Seeley, Janet A1 - Silander, Kaisa A1 - Stančáková, Alena A1 - Stirrups, Kathleen A1 - Swift, Amy J A1 - Tiret, Laurence A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - van Pelt, L Joost A1 - Vedantam, Sailaja A1 - Wainwright, Nicholas A1 - Wijmenga, Cisca A1 - Wild, Sarah H A1 - Willemsen, Gonneke A1 - Wilsgaard, Tom A1 - Wilson, James F A1 - Young, Elizabeth H A1 - Zhao, Jing Hua A1 - Adair, Linda S A1 - Arveiler, Dominique A1 - Assimes, Themistocles L A1 - Bandinelli, Stefania A1 - Bennett, Franklyn A1 - Bochud, Murielle A1 - Boehm, Bernhard O A1 - Boomsma, Dorret I A1 - Borecki, Ingrid B A1 - Bornstein, Stefan R A1 - Bovet, Pascal A1 - Burnier, Michel A1 - Campbell, Harry A1 - Chakravarti, Aravinda A1 - Chambers, John C A1 - Chen, Yii-Der Ida A1 - Collins, Francis S A1 - Cooper, Richard S A1 - Danesh, John A1 - Dedoussis, George A1 - de Faire, Ulf A1 - Feranil, Alan B A1 - Ferrieres, Jean A1 - Ferrucci, Luigi A1 - Freimer, Nelson B A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Groop, Leif C A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Gyllensten, Ulf A1 - Hamsten, Anders A1 - Harris, Tamara B A1 - Hingorani, Aroon A1 - Hirschhorn, Joel N A1 - Hofman, Albert A1 - Hovingh, G Kees A1 - Hsiung, Chao Agnes A1 - Humphries, Steve E A1 - Hunt, Steven C A1 - Hveem, Kristian A1 - Iribarren, Carlos A1 - Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta A1 - Jula, Antti A1 - Kähönen, Mika A1 - Kaprio, Jaakko A1 - Kesäniemi, Antero A1 - Kivimaki, Mika A1 - Kooner, Jaspal S A1 - Koudstaal, Peter J A1 - Krauss, Ronald M A1 - Kuh, Diana A1 - Kuusisto, Johanna A1 - Kyvik, Kirsten O A1 - Laakso, Markku A1 - Lakka, Timo A A1 - Lind, Lars A1 - Lindgren, Cecilia M A1 - Martin, Nicholas G A1 - März, Winfried A1 - McCarthy, Mark I A1 - McKenzie, Colin A A1 - Meneton, Pierre A1 - Metspalu, Andres A1 - Moilanen, Leena A1 - Morris, Andrew D A1 - Munroe, Patricia B A1 - Njølstad, Inger A1 - Pedersen, Nancy L A1 - Power, Chris A1 - Pramstaller, Peter P A1 - Price, Jackie F A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Quertermous, Thomas A1 - Rauramaa, Rainer A1 - Saleheen, Danish A1 - Salomaa, Veikko A1 - Sanghera, Dharambir K A1 - Saramies, Jouko A1 - Schwarz, Peter E H A1 - Sheu, Wayne H-H A1 - Shuldiner, Alan R A1 - Siegbahn, Agneta A1 - Spector, Tim D A1 - Stefansson, Kari A1 - Strachan, David P A1 - Tayo, Bamidele O A1 - Tremoli, Elena A1 - Tuomilehto, Jaakko A1 - Uusitupa, Matti A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Vollenweider, Peter A1 - Wallentin, Lars A1 - Wareham, Nicholas J A1 - Whitfield, John B A1 - Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H R A1 - Altshuler, David A1 - Ordovas, Jose M A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Palmer, Colin N A A1 - Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur A1 - Chasman, Daniel I A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Franks, Paul W A1 - Ripatti, Samuli A1 - Cupples, L Adrienne A1 - Sandhu, Manjinder S A1 - Rich, Stephen S A1 - Boehnke, Michael A1 - Deloukas, Panos A1 - Mohlke, Karen L A1 - Ingelsson, Erik A1 - Abecasis, Goncalo R A1 - Daly, Mark J A1 - Neale, Benjamin M A1 - Kathiresan, Sekar KW - Biological Transport KW - Cholesterol, HDL KW - Cholesterol, LDL KW - Coronary Artery Disease KW - Humans KW - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide KW - Risk Factors KW - Triglycerides AB -

Triglycerides are transported in plasma by specific triglyceride-rich lipoproteins; in epidemiological studies, increased triglyceride levels correlate with higher risk for coronary artery disease (CAD). However, it is unclear whether this association reflects causal processes. We used 185 common variants recently mapped for plasma lipids (P < 5 × 10(-8) for each) to examine the role of triglycerides in risk for CAD. First, we highlight loci associated with both low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and triglyceride levels, and we show that the direction and magnitude of the associations with both traits are factors in determining CAD risk. Second, we consider loci with only a strong association with triglycerides and show that these loci are also associated with CAD. Finally, in a model accounting for effects on LDL-C and/or high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels, the strength of a polymorphism's effect on triglyceride levels is correlated with the magnitude of its effect on CAD risk. These results suggest that triglyceride-rich lipoproteins causally influence risk for CAD.

VL - 45 IS - 11 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels. JF - Nat Genet Y1 - 2013 A1 - Willer, Cristen J A1 - Schmidt, Ellen M A1 - Sengupta, Sebanti A1 - Peloso, Gina M A1 - Gustafsson, Stefan A1 - Kanoni, Stavroula A1 - Ganna, Andrea A1 - Chen, Jin A1 - Buchkovich, Martin L A1 - Mora, Samia A1 - Beckmann, Jacques S A1 - Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L A1 - Chang, Hsing-Yi A1 - Demirkan, Ayse A1 - Den Hertog, Heleen M A1 - Do, Ron A1 - Donnelly, Louise A A1 - Ehret, Georg B A1 - Esko, Tõnu A1 - Feitosa, Mary F A1 - Ferreira, Teresa A1 - Fischer, Krista A1 - Fontanillas, Pierre A1 - Fraser, Ross M A1 - Freitag, Daniel F A1 - Gurdasani, Deepti A1 - Heikkilä, Kauko A1 - Hyppönen, Elina A1 - Isaacs, Aaron A1 - Jackson, Anne U A1 - Johansson, Asa A1 - Johnson, Toby A1 - Kaakinen, Marika A1 - Kettunen, Johannes A1 - Kleber, Marcus E A1 - Li, Xiaohui A1 - Luan, Jian'an A1 - Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka A1 - Magnusson, Patrik K E A1 - Mangino, Massimo A1 - Mihailov, Evelin A1 - Montasser, May E A1 - Müller-Nurasyid, Martina A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - O'Connell, Jeffrey R A1 - Palmer, Cameron D A1 - Perola, Markus A1 - Petersen, Ann-Kristin A1 - Sanna, Serena A1 - Saxena, Richa A1 - Service, Susan K A1 - Shah, Sonia A1 - Shungin, Dmitry A1 - Sidore, Carlo A1 - Song, Ci A1 - Strawbridge, Rona J A1 - Surakka, Ida A1 - Tanaka, Toshiko A1 - Teslovich, Tanya M A1 - Thorleifsson, Gudmar A1 - van den Herik, Evita G A1 - Voight, Benjamin F A1 - Volcik, Kelly A A1 - Waite, Lindsay L A1 - Wong, Andrew A1 - Wu, Ying A1 - Zhang, Weihua A1 - Absher, Devin A1 - Asiki, Gershim A1 - Barroso, Inês A1 - Been, Latonya F A1 - Bolton, Jennifer L A1 - Bonnycastle, Lori L A1 - Brambilla, Paolo A1 - Burnett, Mary S A1 - Cesana, Giancarlo A1 - Dimitriou, Maria A1 - Doney, Alex S F A1 - Döring, Angela A1 - Elliott, Paul A1 - Epstein, Stephen E A1 - Ingi Eyjolfsson, Gudmundur A1 - Gigante, Bruna A1 - Goodarzi, Mark O A1 - Grallert, Harald A1 - Gravito, Martha L A1 - Groves, Christopher J A1 - Hallmans, Göran A1 - Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - Hernandez, Dena A1 - Hicks, Andrew A A1 - Holm, Hilma A1 - Hung, Yi-Jen A1 - Illig, Thomas A1 - Jones, Michelle R A1 - Kaleebu, Pontiano A1 - Kastelein, John J P A1 - Khaw, Kay-Tee A1 - Kim, Eric A1 - Klopp, Norman A1 - Komulainen, Pirjo A1 - Kumari, Meena A1 - Langenberg, Claudia A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Lin, Shih-Yi A1 - Lindström, Jaana A1 - Loos, Ruth J F A1 - Mach, François A1 - McArdle, Wendy L A1 - Meisinger, Christa A1 - Mitchell, Braxton D A1 - Müller, Gabrielle A1 - Nagaraja, Ramaiah A1 - Narisu, Narisu A1 - Nieminen, Tuomo V M A1 - Nsubuga, Rebecca N A1 - Olafsson, Isleifur A1 - Ong, Ken K A1 - Palotie, Aarno A1 - Papamarkou, Theodore A1 - Pomilla, Cristina A1 - Pouta, Anneli A1 - Rader, Daniel J A1 - Reilly, Muredach P A1 - Ridker, Paul M A1 - Rivadeneira, Fernando A1 - Rudan, Igor A1 - Ruokonen, Aimo A1 - Samani, Nilesh A1 - Scharnagl, Hubert A1 - Seeley, Janet A1 - Silander, Kaisa A1 - Stančáková, Alena A1 - Stirrups, Kathleen A1 - Swift, Amy J A1 - Tiret, Laurence A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - van Pelt, L Joost A1 - Vedantam, Sailaja A1 - Wainwright, Nicholas A1 - Wijmenga, Cisca A1 - Wild, Sarah H A1 - Willemsen, Gonneke A1 - Wilsgaard, Tom A1 - Wilson, James F A1 - Young, Elizabeth H A1 - Zhao, Jing Hua A1 - Adair, Linda S A1 - Arveiler, Dominique A1 - Assimes, Themistocles L A1 - Bandinelli, Stefania A1 - Bennett, Franklyn A1 - Bochud, Murielle A1 - Boehm, Bernhard O A1 - Boomsma, Dorret I A1 - Borecki, Ingrid B A1 - Bornstein, Stefan R A1 - Bovet, Pascal A1 - Burnier, Michel A1 - Campbell, Harry A1 - Chakravarti, Aravinda A1 - Chambers, John C A1 - Chen, Yii-Der Ida A1 - Collins, Francis S A1 - Cooper, Richard S A1 - Danesh, John A1 - Dedoussis, George A1 - de Faire, Ulf A1 - Feranil, Alan B A1 - Ferrieres, Jean A1 - Ferrucci, Luigi A1 - Freimer, Nelson B A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Groop, Leif C A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Gyllensten, Ulf A1 - Hamsten, Anders A1 - Harris, Tamara B A1 - Hingorani, Aroon A1 - Hirschhorn, Joel N A1 - Hofman, Albert A1 - Hovingh, G Kees A1 - Hsiung, Chao Agnes A1 - Humphries, Steve E A1 - Hunt, Steven C A1 - Hveem, Kristian A1 - Iribarren, Carlos A1 - Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta A1 - Jula, Antti A1 - Kähönen, Mika A1 - Kaprio, Jaakko A1 - Kesäniemi, Antero A1 - Kivimaki, Mika A1 - Kooner, Jaspal S A1 - Koudstaal, Peter J A1 - Krauss, Ronald M A1 - Kuh, Diana A1 - Kuusisto, Johanna A1 - Kyvik, Kirsten O A1 - Laakso, Markku A1 - Lakka, Timo A A1 - Lind, Lars A1 - Lindgren, Cecilia M A1 - Martin, Nicholas G A1 - März, Winfried A1 - McCarthy, Mark I A1 - McKenzie, Colin A A1 - Meneton, Pierre A1 - Metspalu, Andres A1 - Moilanen, Leena A1 - Morris, Andrew D A1 - Munroe, Patricia B A1 - Njølstad, Inger A1 - Pedersen, Nancy L A1 - Power, Chris A1 - Pramstaller, Peter P A1 - Price, Jackie F A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Quertermous, Thomas A1 - Rauramaa, Rainer A1 - Saleheen, Danish A1 - Salomaa, Veikko A1 - Sanghera, Dharambir K A1 - Saramies, Jouko A1 - Schwarz, Peter E H A1 - Sheu, Wayne H-H A1 - Shuldiner, Alan R A1 - Siegbahn, Agneta A1 - Spector, Tim D A1 - Stefansson, Kari A1 - Strachan, David P A1 - Tayo, Bamidele O A1 - Tremoli, Elena A1 - Tuomilehto, Jaakko A1 - Uusitupa, Matti A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Vollenweider, Peter A1 - Wallentin, Lars A1 - Wareham, Nicholas J A1 - Whitfield, John B A1 - Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H R A1 - Ordovas, Jose M A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Palmer, Colin N A A1 - Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur A1 - Chasman, Daniel I A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Franks, Paul W A1 - Ripatti, Samuli A1 - Cupples, L Adrienne A1 - Sandhu, Manjinder S A1 - Rich, Stephen S A1 - Boehnke, Michael A1 - Deloukas, Panos A1 - Kathiresan, Sekar A1 - Mohlke, Karen L A1 - Ingelsson, Erik A1 - Abecasis, Goncalo R KW - African Continental Ancestry Group KW - Asian Continental Ancestry Group KW - Cholesterol, HDL KW - Cholesterol, LDL KW - Coronary Artery Disease KW - European Continental Ancestry Group KW - Genetic Predisposition to Disease KW - Genome-Wide Association Study KW - Genotype KW - Humans KW - Lipids KW - Triglycerides AB -

Levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, triglycerides and total cholesterol are heritable, modifiable risk factors for coronary artery disease. To identify new loci and refine known loci influencing these lipids, we examined 188,577 individuals using genome-wide and custom genotyping arrays. We identify and annotate 157 loci associated with lipid levels at P < 5 × 10(-8), including 62 loci not previously associated with lipid levels in humans. Using dense genotyping in individuals of European, East Asian, South Asian and African ancestry, we narrow association signals in 12 loci. We find that loci associated with blood lipid levels are often associated with cardiovascular and metabolic traits, including coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes, blood pressure, waist-hip ratio and body mass index. Our results demonstrate the value of using genetic data from individuals of diverse ancestry and provide insights into the biological mechanisms regulating blood lipids to guide future genetic, biological and therapeutic research.

VL - 45 IS - 11 U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24097068?dopt=Abstract ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Genome-wide association analyses identify 18 new loci associated with serum urate concentrations. JF - Nat Genet Y1 - 2013 A1 - Köttgen, Anna A1 - Albrecht, Eva A1 - Teumer, Alexander A1 - Vitart, Veronique A1 - Krumsiek, Jan A1 - Hundertmark, Claudia A1 - Pistis, Giorgio A1 - Ruggiero, Daniela A1 - O'Seaghdha, Conall M A1 - Haller, Toomas A1 - Yang, Qiong A1 - Tanaka, Toshiko A1 - Johnson, Andrew D A1 - Kutalik, Zoltán A1 - Smith, Albert V A1 - Shi, Julia A1 - Struchalin, Maksim A1 - Middelberg, Rita P S A1 - Brown, Morris J A1 - Gaffo, Angelo L A1 - Pirastu, Nicola A1 - Li, Guo A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - Zemunik, Tatijana A1 - Huffman, Jennifer A1 - Yengo, Loic A1 - Zhao, Jing Hua A1 - Demirkan, Ayse A1 - Feitosa, Mary F A1 - Liu, Xuan A1 - Malerba, Giovanni A1 - Lopez, Lorna M A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - Li, Xinzhong A1 - Kleber, Marcus E A1 - Hicks, Andrew A A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Johansson, Asa A1 - Murgia, Federico A1 - Wild, Sarah H A1 - Bakker, Stephan J L A1 - Peden, John F A1 - Dehghan, Abbas A1 - Steri, Maristella A1 - Tenesa, Albert A1 - Lagou, Vasiliki A1 - Salo, Perttu A1 - Mangino, Massimo A1 - Rose, Lynda M A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Woodward, Owen M A1 - Okada, Yukinori A1 - Tin, Adrienne A1 - Müller, Christian A1 - Oldmeadow, Christopher A1 - Putku, Margus A1 - Czamara, Darina A1 - Kraft, Peter A1 - Frogheri, Laura A1 - Thun, Gian Andri A1 - Grotevendt, Anne A1 - Gislason, Gauti Kjartan A1 - Harris, Tamara B A1 - Launer, Lenore J A1 - McArdle, Patrick A1 - Shuldiner, Alan R A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Coresh, Josef A1 - Schmidt, Helena A1 - Schallert, Michael A1 - Martin, Nicholas G A1 - Montgomery, Grant W A1 - Kubo, Michiaki A1 - Nakamura, Yusuke A1 - Tanaka, Toshihiro A1 - Munroe, Patricia B A1 - Samani, Nilesh J A1 - Jacobs, David R A1 - Liu, Kiang A1 - D'Adamo, Pio A1 - Ulivi, Sheila A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Vollenweider, Peter A1 - Waeber, Gérard A1 - Campbell, Susan A1 - Devuyst, Olivier A1 - Navarro, Pau A1 - Kolcic, Ivana A1 - Hastie, Nicholas A1 - Balkau, Beverley A1 - Froguel, Philippe A1 - Esko, Tõnu A1 - Salumets, Andres A1 - Khaw, Kay Tee A1 - Langenberg, Claudia A1 - Wareham, Nicholas J A1 - Isaacs, Aaron A1 - Kraja, Aldi A1 - Zhang, Qunyuan A1 - Wild, Philipp S A1 - Scott, Rodney J A1 - Holliday, Elizabeth G A1 - Org, Elin A1 - Viigimaa, Margus A1 - Bandinelli, Stefania A1 - Metter, Jeffrey E A1 - Lupo, Antonio A1 - Trabetti, Elisabetta A1 - Sorice, Rossella A1 - Döring, Angela A1 - Lattka, Eva A1 - Strauch, Konstantin A1 - Theis, Fabian A1 - Waldenberger, Melanie A1 - Wichmann, H-Erich A1 - Davies, Gail A1 - Gow, Alan J A1 - Bruinenberg, Marcel A1 - Stolk, Ronald P A1 - Kooner, Jaspal S A1 - Zhang, Weihua A1 - Winkelmann, Bernhard R A1 - Boehm, Bernhard O A1 - Lucae, Susanne A1 - Penninx, Brenda W A1 - Smit, Johannes H A1 - Curhan, Gary A1 - Mudgal, Poorva A1 - Plenge, Robert M A1 - Portas, Laura A1 - Persico, Ivana A1 - Kirin, Mirna A1 - Wilson, James F A1 - Mateo Leach, Irene A1 - van Gilst, Wiek H A1 - Goel, Anuj A1 - Ongen, Halit A1 - Hofman, Albert A1 - Rivadeneira, Fernando A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - Imboden, Medea A1 - von Eckardstein, Arnold A1 - Cucca, Francesco A1 - Nagaraja, Ramaiah A1 - Piras, Maria Grazia A1 - Nauck, Matthias A1 - Schurmann, Claudia A1 - Budde, Kathrin A1 - Ernst, Florian A1 - Farrington, Susan M A1 - Theodoratou, Evropi A1 - Prokopenko, Inga A1 - Stumvoll, Michael A1 - Jula, Antti A1 - Perola, Markus A1 - Salomaa, Veikko A1 - Shin, So-Youn A1 - Spector, Tim D A1 - Sala, Cinzia A1 - Ridker, Paul M A1 - Kähönen, Mika A1 - Viikari, Jorma A1 - Hengstenberg, Christian A1 - Nelson, Christopher P A1 - Meschia, James F A1 - Nalls, Michael A A1 - Sharma, Pankaj A1 - Singleton, Andrew B A1 - Kamatani, Naoyuki A1 - Zeller, Tanja A1 - Burnier, Michel A1 - Attia, John A1 - Laan, Maris A1 - Klopp, Norman A1 - Hillege, Hans L A1 - Kloiber, Stefan A1 - Choi, Hyon A1 - Pirastu, Mario A1 - Tore, Silvia A1 - Probst-Hensch, Nicole M A1 - Völzke, Henry A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Parsa, Afshin A1 - Schmidt, Reinhold A1 - Whitfield, John B A1 - Fornage, Myriam A1 - Gasparini, Paolo A1 - Siscovick, David S A1 - Polasek, Ozren A1 - Campbell, Harry A1 - Rudan, Igor A1 - Bouatia-Naji, Nabila A1 - Metspalu, Andres A1 - Loos, Ruth J F A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Borecki, Ingrid B A1 - Ferrucci, Luigi A1 - Gambaro, Giovanni A1 - Deary, Ian J A1 - Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H R A1 - Chambers, John C A1 - März, Winfried A1 - Pramstaller, Peter P A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Gyllensten, Ulf A1 - Wright, Alan F A1 - Navis, Gerjan A1 - Watkins, Hugh A1 - Witteman, Jacqueline C M A1 - Sanna, Serena A1 - Schipf, Sabine A1 - Dunlop, Malcolm G A1 - Tönjes, Anke A1 - Ripatti, Samuli A1 - Soranzo, Nicole A1 - Toniolo, Daniela A1 - Chasman, Daniel I A1 - Raitakari, Olli A1 - Kao, W H Linda A1 - Ciullo, Marina A1 - Fox, Caroline S A1 - Caulfield, Mark A1 - Bochud, Murielle A1 - Gieger, Christian KW - Analysis of Variance KW - European Continental Ancestry Group KW - Gene Frequency KW - Genetic Loci KW - Genome-Wide Association Study KW - Glucose KW - Gout KW - Humans KW - Inhibins KW - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide KW - Signal Transduction KW - Uric Acid AB -

Elevated serum urate concentrations can cause gout, a prevalent and painful inflammatory arthritis. By combining data from >140,000 individuals of European ancestry within the Global Urate Genetics Consortium (GUGC), we identified and replicated 28 genome-wide significant loci in association with serum urate concentrations (18 new regions in or near TRIM46, INHBB, SFMBT1, TMEM171, VEGFA, BAZ1B, PRKAG2, STC1, HNF4G, A1CF, ATXN2, UBE2Q2, IGF1R, NFAT5, MAF, HLF, ACVR1B-ACVRL1 and B3GNT4). Associations for many of the loci were of similar magnitude in individuals of non-European ancestry. We further characterized these loci for associations with gout, transcript expression and the fractional excretion of urate. Network analyses implicate the inhibins-activins signaling pathways and glucose metabolism in systemic urate control. New candidate genes for serum urate concentration highlight the importance of metabolic control of urate production and excretion, which may have implications for the treatment and prevention of gout.

VL - 45 IS - 2 U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23263486?dopt=Abstract ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture. JF - Nat Genet Y1 - 2013 A1 - Berndt, Sonja I A1 - Gustafsson, Stefan A1 - Mägi, Reedik A1 - Ganna, Andrea A1 - Wheeler, Eleanor A1 - Feitosa, Mary F A1 - Justice, Anne E A1 - Monda, Keri L A1 - Croteau-Chonka, Damien C A1 - Day, Felix R A1 - Esko, Tõnu A1 - Fall, Tove A1 - Ferreira, Teresa A1 - Gentilini, Davide A1 - Jackson, Anne U A1 - Luan, Jian'an A1 - Randall, Joshua C A1 - Vedantam, Sailaja A1 - Willer, Cristen J A1 - Winkler, Thomas W A1 - Wood, Andrew R A1 - Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie A1 - Hu, Yi-Juan A1 - Lee, Sang Hong A1 - Liang, Liming A1 - Lin, Dan-Yu A1 - Min, Josine L A1 - Neale, Benjamin M A1 - Thorleifsson, Gudmar A1 - Yang, Jian A1 - Albrecht, Eva A1 - Amin, Najaf A1 - Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L A1 - Cadby, Gemma A1 - den Heijer, Martin A1 - Eklund, Niina A1 - Fischer, Krista A1 - Goel, Anuj A1 - Hottenga, Jouke-Jan A1 - Huffman, Jennifer E A1 - Jarick, Ivonne A1 - Johansson, Asa A1 - Johnson, Toby A1 - Kanoni, Stavroula A1 - Kleber, Marcus E A1 - König, Inke R A1 - Kristiansson, Kati A1 - Kutalik, Zoltán A1 - Lamina, Claudia A1 - Lecoeur, Cécile A1 - Li, Guo A1 - Mangino, Massimo A1 - McArdle, Wendy L A1 - Medina-Gómez, Carolina A1 - Müller-Nurasyid, Martina A1 - Ngwa, Julius S A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Paternoster, Lavinia A1 - Pechlivanis, Sonali A1 - Perola, Markus A1 - Peters, Marjolein J A1 - Preuss, Michael A1 - Rose, Lynda M A1 - Shi, Jianxin A1 - Shungin, Dmitry A1 - Smith, Albert Vernon A1 - Strawbridge, Rona J A1 - Surakka, Ida A1 - Teumer, Alexander A1 - Trip, Mieke D A1 - Tyrer, Jonathan A1 - van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V A1 - Vandenput, Liesbeth A1 - Waite, Lindsay L A1 - Zhao, Jing Hua A1 - Absher, Devin A1 - Asselbergs, Folkert W A1 - Atalay, Mustafa A1 - Attwood, Antony P A1 - Balmforth, Anthony J A1 - Basart, Hanneke A1 - Beilby, John A1 - Bonnycastle, Lori L A1 - Brambilla, Paolo A1 - Bruinenberg, Marcel A1 - Campbell, Harry A1 - Chasman, Daniel I A1 - Chines, Peter S A1 - Collins, Francis S A1 - Connell, John M A1 - Cookson, William O A1 - de Faire, Ulf A1 - de Vegt, Femmie A1 - Dei, Mariano A1 - Dimitriou, Maria A1 - Edkins, Sarah A1 - Estrada, Karol A1 - Evans, David M A1 - Farrall, Martin A1 - Ferrario, Marco M A1 - Ferrieres, Jean A1 - Franke, Lude A1 - Frau, Francesca A1 - Gejman, Pablo V A1 - Grallert, Harald A1 - Grönberg, Henrik A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Hall, Alistair S A1 - Hall, Per A1 - Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - Heard-Costa, Nancy L A1 - Heath, Andrew C A1 - Hebebrand, Johannes A1 - Homuth, Georg A1 - Hu, Frank B A1 - Hunt, Sarah E A1 - Hyppönen, Elina A1 - Iribarren, Carlos A1 - Jacobs, Kevin B A1 - Jansson, John-Olov A1 - Jula, Antti A1 - Kähönen, Mika A1 - Kathiresan, Sekar A1 - Kee, Frank A1 - Khaw, Kay-Tee A1 - Kivimaki, Mika A1 - Koenig, Wolfgang A1 - Kraja, Aldi T A1 - Kumari, Meena A1 - Kuulasmaa, Kari A1 - Kuusisto, Johanna A1 - Laitinen, Jaana H A1 - Lakka, Timo A A1 - Langenberg, Claudia A1 - Launer, Lenore J A1 - Lind, Lars A1 - Lindström, Jaana A1 - Liu, Jianjun A1 - Liuzzi, Antonio A1 - Lokki, Marja-Liisa A1 - Lorentzon, Mattias A1 - Madden, Pamela A A1 - Magnusson, Patrik K A1 - Manunta, Paolo A1 - Marek, Diana A1 - März, Winfried A1 - Mateo Leach, Irene A1 - McKnight, Barbara A1 - Medland, Sarah E A1 - Mihailov, Evelin A1 - Milani, Lili A1 - Montgomery, Grant W A1 - Mooser, Vincent A1 - Mühleisen, Thomas W A1 - Munroe, Patricia B A1 - Musk, Arthur W A1 - Narisu, Narisu A1 - Navis, Gerjan A1 - Nicholson, George A1 - Nohr, Ellen A A1 - Ong, Ken K A1 - Oostra, Ben A A1 - Palmer, Colin N A A1 - Palotie, Aarno A1 - Peden, John F A1 - Pedersen, Nancy A1 - Peters, Annette A1 - Polasek, Ozren A1 - Pouta, Anneli A1 - Pramstaller, Peter P A1 - Prokopenko, Inga A1 - Pütter, Carolin A1 - Radhakrishnan, Aparna A1 - Raitakari, Olli A1 - Rendon, Augusto A1 - Rivadeneira, Fernando A1 - Rudan, Igor A1 - Saaristo, Timo E A1 - Sambrook, Jennifer G A1 - Sanders, Alan R A1 - Sanna, Serena A1 - Saramies, Jouko A1 - Schipf, Sabine A1 - Schreiber, Stefan A1 - Schunkert, Heribert A1 - Shin, So-Youn A1 - Signorini, Stefano A1 - Sinisalo, Juha A1 - Skrobek, Boris A1 - Soranzo, Nicole A1 - Stančáková, Alena A1 - Stark, Klaus A1 - Stephens, Jonathan C A1 - Stirrups, Kathleen A1 - Stolk, Ronald P A1 - Stumvoll, Michael A1 - Swift, Amy J A1 - Theodoraki, Eirini V A1 - Thorand, Barbara A1 - Trégouët, David-Alexandre A1 - Tremoli, Elena A1 - van der Klauw, Melanie M A1 - van Meurs, Joyce B J A1 - Vermeulen, Sita H A1 - Viikari, Jorma A1 - Virtamo, Jarmo A1 - Vitart, Veronique A1 - Waeber, Gérard A1 - Wang, Zhaoming A1 - Widen, Elisabeth A1 - Wild, Sarah H A1 - Willemsen, Gonneke A1 - Winkelmann, Bernhard R A1 - Witteman, Jacqueline C M A1 - Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H R A1 - Wong, Andrew A1 - Wright, Alan F A1 - Zillikens, M Carola A1 - Amouyel, Philippe A1 - Boehm, Bernhard O A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Boomsma, Dorret I A1 - Caulfield, Mark J A1 - Chanock, Stephen J A1 - Cupples, L Adrienne A1 - Cusi, Daniele A1 - Dedoussis, George V A1 - Erdmann, Jeanette A1 - Eriksson, Johan G A1 - Franks, Paul W A1 - Froguel, Philippe A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Gyllensten, Ulf A1 - Hamsten, Anders A1 - Harris, Tamara B A1 - Hengstenberg, Christian A1 - Hicks, Andrew A A1 - Hingorani, Aroon A1 - Hinney, Anke A1 - Hofman, Albert A1 - Hovingh, Kees G A1 - Hveem, Kristian A1 - Illig, Thomas A1 - Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta A1 - Jöckel, Karl-Heinz A1 - Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M A1 - Kiemeney, Lambertus A A1 - Kuh, Diana A1 - Laakso, Markku A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Levinson, Douglas F A1 - Martin, Nicholas G A1 - Metspalu, Andres A1 - Morris, Andrew D A1 - Nieminen, Markku S A1 - Njølstad, Inger A1 - Ohlsson, Claes A1 - Oldehinkel, Albertine J A1 - Ouwehand, Willem H A1 - Palmer, Lyle J A1 - Penninx, Brenda A1 - Power, Chris A1 - Province, Michael A A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Qi, Lu A1 - Rauramaa, Rainer A1 - Ridker, Paul M A1 - Ripatti, Samuli A1 - Salomaa, Veikko A1 - Samani, Nilesh J A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Sørensen, Thorkild I A A1 - Spector, Timothy D A1 - Stefansson, Kari A1 - Tönjes, Anke A1 - Tuomilehto, Jaakko A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - Uusitupa, Matti A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - Vollenweider, Peter A1 - Wallaschofski, Henri A1 - Wareham, Nicholas J A1 - Watkins, Hugh A1 - Wichmann, H-Erich A1 - Wilson, James F A1 - Abecasis, Goncalo R A1 - Assimes, Themistocles L A1 - Barroso, Inês A1 - Boehnke, Michael A1 - Borecki, Ingrid B A1 - Deloukas, Panos A1 - Fox, Caroline S A1 - Frayling, Timothy A1 - Groop, Leif C A1 - Haritunian, Talin A1 - Heid, Iris M A1 - Hunter, David A1 - Kaplan, Robert C A1 - Karpe, Fredrik A1 - Moffatt, Miriam F A1 - Mohlke, Karen L A1 - O'Connell, Jeffrey R A1 - Pawitan, Yudi A1 - Schadt, Eric E A1 - Schlessinger, David A1 - Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur A1 - Strachan, David P A1 - Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Visscher, Peter M A1 - Di Blasio, Anna Maria A1 - Hirschhorn, Joel N A1 - Lindgren, Cecilia M A1 - Morris, Andrew P A1 - Meyre, David A1 - Scherag, Andre A1 - McCarthy, Mark I A1 - Speliotes, Elizabeth K A1 - North, Kari E A1 - Loos, Ruth J F A1 - Ingelsson, Erik KW - Anthropometry KW - Body Height KW - Body Mass Index KW - Case-Control Studies KW - European Continental Ancestry Group KW - Genetic Predisposition to Disease KW - Genome-Wide Association Study KW - Genotype KW - Humans KW - Meta-Analysis as Topic KW - Obesity KW - Phenotype KW - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide KW - Quantitative Trait Loci KW - Waist-Hip Ratio AB -

Approaches 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.

VL - 45 IS - 5 U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23563607?dopt=Abstract ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Identification of heart rate-associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders. JF - Nat Genet Y1 - 2013 A1 - den Hoed, Marcel A1 - Eijgelsheim, Mark A1 - Esko, Tõnu A1 - Brundel, Bianca J J M A1 - Peal, David S A1 - Evans, David M A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Segrè, Ayellet V A1 - Holm, Hilma A1 - Handsaker, Robert E A1 - Westra, Harm-Jan A1 - Johnson, Toby A1 - Isaacs, Aaron A1 - Yang, Jian A1 - Lundby, Alicia A1 - Zhao, Jing Hua A1 - Kim, Young Jin A1 - Go, Min Jin A1 - Almgren, Peter A1 - Bochud, Murielle A1 - Boucher, Gabrielle A1 - Cornelis, Marilyn C A1 - Gudbjartsson, Daniel A1 - Hadley, David A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - den Heijer, Martin A1 - Igl, Wilmar A1 - Jackson, Anne U A1 - Kutalik, Zoltán A1 - Luan, Jian'an A1 - Kemp, John P A1 - Kristiansson, Kati A1 - Ladenvall, Claes A1 - Lorentzon, Mattias A1 - Montasser, May E A1 - Njajou, Omer T A1 - O'Reilly, Paul F A1 - Padmanabhan, Sandosh A1 - St Pourcain, Beate A1 - Rankinen, Tuomo A1 - Salo, Perttu A1 - Tanaka, Toshiko A1 - Timpson, Nicholas J A1 - Vitart, Veronique A1 - Waite, Lindsay A1 - Wheeler, William A1 - Zhang, Weihua A1 - Draisma, Harmen H M A1 - Feitosa, Mary F A1 - Kerr, Kathleen F A1 - Lind, Penelope A A1 - Mihailov, Evelin A1 - Onland-Moret, N Charlotte A1 - Song, Ci A1 - Weedon, Michael N A1 - Xie, Weijia A1 - Yengo, Loic A1 - Absher, Devin A1 - Albert, Christine M A1 - Alonso, Alvaro A1 - Arking, Dan E A1 - de Bakker, Paul I W A1 - Balkau, Beverley A1 - Barlassina, Cristina A1 - Benaglio, Paola A1 - Bis, Joshua C A1 - Bouatia-Naji, Nabila A1 - Brage, Søren A1 - Chanock, Stephen J A1 - Chines, Peter S A1 - Chung, Mina A1 - Darbar, Dawood A1 - Dina, Christian A1 - Dörr, Marcus A1 - Elliott, Paul A1 - Felix, Stephan B A1 - Fischer, Krista A1 - Fuchsberger, Christian A1 - de Geus, Eco J C A1 - Goyette, Philippe A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Harris, Tamara B A1 - Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa A1 - Havulinna, Aki S A1 - Heckbert, Susan R A1 - Hicks, Andrew A A1 - Hofman, Albert A1 - Holewijn, Suzanne A1 - Hoogstra-Berends, Femke A1 - Hottenga, Jouke-Jan A1 - Jensen, Majken K A1 - Johansson, Asa A1 - Junttila, Juhani A1 - Kääb, Stefan A1 - Kanon, Bart A1 - Ketkar, Shamika A1 - Khaw, Kay-Tee A1 - Knowles, Joshua W A1 - Kooner, Angrad S A1 - Kors, Jan A A1 - Kumari, Meena A1 - Milani, Lili A1 - Laiho, Päivi A1 - Lakatta, Edward G A1 - Langenberg, Claudia A1 - Leusink, Maarten A1 - Liu, Yongmei A1 - Luben, Robert N A1 - Lunetta, Kathryn L A1 - Lynch, Stacey N A1 - Markus, Marcello R P A1 - Marques-Vidal, Pedro A1 - Mateo Leach, Irene A1 - McArdle, Wendy L A1 - McCarroll, Steven A A1 - Medland, Sarah E A1 - Miller, Kathryn A A1 - Montgomery, Grant W A1 - Morrison, Alanna C A1 - Müller-Nurasyid, Martina A1 - Navarro, Pau A1 - Nelis, Mari A1 - O'Connell, Jeffrey R A1 - O'Donnell, Christopher J A1 - Ong, Ken K A1 - Newman, Anne B A1 - Peters, Annette A1 - Polasek, Ozren A1 - Pouta, Anneli A1 - Pramstaller, Peter P A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Rao, Dabeeru C A1 - Ring, Susan M A1 - Rossin, Elizabeth J A1 - Rudan, Diana A1 - Sanna, Serena A1 - Scott, Robert A A1 - Sehmi, Jaban S A1 - Sharp, Stephen A1 - Shin, Jordan T A1 - Singleton, Andrew B A1 - Smith, Albert V A1 - Soranzo, Nicole A1 - Spector, Tim D A1 - Stewart, Chip A1 - Stringham, Heather M A1 - Tarasov, Kirill V A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - Vandenput, Liesbeth A1 - Hwang, Shih-Jen A1 - Whitfield, John B A1 - Wijmenga, Cisca A1 - Wild, Sarah H A1 - Willemsen, Gonneke A1 - Wilson, James F A1 - Witteman, Jacqueline C M A1 - Wong, Andrew A1 - Wong, Quenna A1 - Jamshidi, Yalda A1 - Zitting, Paavo A1 - Boer, Jolanda M A A1 - Boomsma, Dorret I A1 - Borecki, Ingrid B A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Ekelund, Ulf A1 - Forouhi, Nita G A1 - Froguel, Philippe A1 - Hingorani, Aroon A1 - Ingelsson, Erik A1 - Kivimaki, Mika A1 - Kronmal, Richard A A1 - Kuh, Diana A1 - Lind, Lars A1 - Martin, Nicholas G A1 - Oostra, Ben A A1 - Pedersen, Nancy L A1 - Quertermous, Thomas A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - van der Schouw, Yvonne T A1 - Verschuren, W M Monique A1 - Walker, Mark A1 - Albanes, Demetrius A1 - Arnar, David O A1 - Assimes, Themistocles L A1 - Bandinelli, Stefania A1 - Boehnke, Michael A1 - de Boer, Rudolf A A1 - Bouchard, Claude A1 - Caulfield, W L Mark A1 - Chambers, John C A1 - Curhan, Gary A1 - Cusi, Daniele A1 - Eriksson, Johan A1 - Ferrucci, Luigi A1 - van Gilst, Wiek H A1 - Glorioso, Nicola A1 - de Graaf, Jacqueline A1 - Groop, Leif A1 - Gyllensten, Ulf A1 - Hsueh, Wen-Chi A1 - Hu, Frank B A1 - Huikuri, Heikki V A1 - Hunter, David J A1 - Iribarren, Carlos A1 - Isomaa, Bo A1 - Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta A1 - Jula, Antti A1 - Kähönen, Mika A1 - Kiemeney, Lambertus A A1 - van der Klauw, Melanie M A1 - Kooner, Jaspal S A1 - Kraft, Peter A1 - Iacoviello, Licia A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Lokki, Marja-Liisa L A1 - Mitchell, Braxton D A1 - Navis, Gerjan A1 - Nieminen, Markku S A1 - Ohlsson, Claes A1 - Poulter, Neil R A1 - Qi, Lu A1 - Raitakari, Olli T A1 - Rimm, Eric B A1 - Rioux, John D A1 - Rizzi, Federica A1 - Rudan, Igor A1 - Salomaa, Veikko A1 - Sever, Peter S A1 - Shields, Denis C A1 - Shuldiner, Alan R A1 - Sinisalo, Juha A1 - Stanton, Alice V A1 - Stolk, Ronald P A1 - Strachan, David P A1 - Tardif, Jean-Claude A1 - Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur A1 - Tuomilehto, Jaako A1 - van Veldhuisen, Dirk J A1 - Virtamo, Jarmo A1 - Viikari, Jorma A1 - Vollenweider, Peter A1 - Waeber, Gérard A1 - Widen, Elisabeth A1 - Cho, Yoon Shin A1 - Olsen, Jesper V A1 - Visscher, Peter M A1 - Willer, Cristen A1 - Franke, Lude A1 - Erdmann, Jeanette A1 - Thompson, John R A1 - Pfeufer, Arne A1 - Sotoodehnia, Nona A1 - Newton-Cheh, Christopher A1 - Ellinor, Patrick T A1 - Stricker, Bruno H Ch A1 - Metspalu, Andres A1 - Perola, Markus A1 - Beckmann, Jacques S A1 - Smith, George Davey A1 - Stefansson, Kari A1 - Wareham, Nicholas J A1 - Munroe, Patricia B A1 - Sibon, Ody C M A1 - Milan, David J A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Samani, Nilesh J A1 - Loos, Ruth J F KW - Animals KW - Arrhythmias, Cardiac KW - Gene Frequency KW - Genetic Loci KW - Genome-Wide Association Study KW - Heart Conduction System KW - Heart Rate KW - Humans KW - Metabolic Networks and Pathways KW - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide KW - Quantitative Trait Loci AB -

Elevated 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.

VL - 45 IS - 6 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A meta-analysis of thyroid-related traits reveals novel loci and gender-specific differences in the regulation of thyroid function. JF - PLoS Genet Y1 - 2013 A1 - Porcu, Eleonora A1 - Medici, Marco A1 - Pistis, Giorgio A1 - Volpato, Claudia B A1 - Wilson, Scott G A1 - Cappola, Anne R A1 - Bos, Steffan D A1 - Deelen, Joris A1 - den Heijer, Martin A1 - Freathy, Rachel M A1 - Lahti, Jari A1 - Liu, Chunyu A1 - Lopez, Lorna M A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - O'Connell, Jeffrey R A1 - Tanaka, Toshiko A1 - Trompet, Stella A1 - Arnold, Alice A1 - Bandinelli, Stefania A1 - Beekman, Marian A1 - Böhringer, Stefan A1 - Brown, Suzanne J A1 - Buckley, Brendan M A1 - Camaschella, Clara A1 - de Craen, Anton J M A1 - Davies, Gail A1 - de Visser, Marieke C H A1 - Ford, Ian A1 - Forsen, Tom A1 - Frayling, Timothy M A1 - Fugazzola, Laura A1 - Gögele, Martin A1 - Hattersley, Andrew T A1 - Hermus, Ad R A1 - Hofman, Albert A1 - Houwing-Duistermaat, Jeanine J A1 - Jensen, Richard A A1 - Kajantie, Eero A1 - Kloppenburg, Margreet A1 - Lim, Ee M A1 - Masciullo, Corrado A1 - Mariotti, Stefano A1 - Minelli, Cosetta A1 - Mitchell, Braxton D A1 - Nagaraja, Ramaiah A1 - Netea-Maier, Romana T A1 - Palotie, Aarno A1 - Persani, Luca A1 - Piras, Maria G A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Räikkönen, Katri A1 - Richards, J Brent A1 - Rivadeneira, Fernando A1 - Sala, Cinzia A1 - Sabra, Mona M A1 - Sattar, Naveed A1 - Shields, Beverley M A1 - Soranzo, Nicole A1 - Starr, John M A1 - Stott, David J A1 - Sweep, Fred C G J A1 - Usala, Gianluca A1 - van der Klauw, Melanie M A1 - van Heemst, Diana A1 - van Mullem, Alies A1 - Vermeulen, Sita H A1 - Visser, W Edward A1 - Walsh, John P A1 - Westendorp, Rudi G J A1 - Widen, Elisabeth A1 - Zhai, Guangju A1 - Cucca, Francesco A1 - Deary, Ian J A1 - Eriksson, Johan G A1 - Ferrucci, Luigi A1 - Fox, Caroline S A1 - Jukema, J Wouter A1 - Kiemeney, Lambertus A A1 - Pramstaller, Peter P A1 - Schlessinger, David A1 - Shuldiner, Alan R A1 - Slagboom, Eline P A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - Vaidya, Bijay A1 - Visser, Theo J A1 - Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H R A1 - Meulenbelt, Ingrid A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Spector, Tim D A1 - Hicks, Andrew A A1 - Toniolo, Daniela A1 - Sanna, Serena A1 - Peeters, Robin P A1 - Naitza, Silvia KW - Female KW - Genome-Wide Association Study KW - Humans KW - Hyperthyroidism KW - Hypothyroidism KW - Male KW - Phenotype KW - Polymorphism, Genetic KW - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide KW - Sex Characteristics KW - Signal Transduction KW - Thyroid Gland KW - Thyrotropin KW - Thyroxine AB -

Thyroid hormone is essential for normal metabolism and development, and overt abnormalities in thyroid function lead to common endocrine disorders affecting approximately 10% of individuals over their life span. In addition, even mild alterations in thyroid function are associated with weight changes, atrial fibrillation, osteoporosis, and psychiatric disorders. To identify novel variants underlying thyroid function, we performed a large meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for serum levels of the highly heritable thyroid function markers TSH and FT4, in up to 26,420 and 17,520 euthyroid subjects, respectively. Here we report 26 independent associations, including several novel loci for TSH (PDE10A, VEGFA, IGFBP5, NFIA, SOX9, PRDM11, FGF7, INSR, ABO, MIR1179, NRG1, MBIP, ITPK1, SASH1, GLIS3) and FT4 (LHX3, FOXE1, AADAT, NETO1/FBXO15, LPCAT2/CAPNS2). Notably, only limited overlap was detected between TSH and FT4 associated signals, in spite of the feedback regulation of their circulating levels by the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis. Five of the reported loci (PDE8B, PDE10A, MAF/LOC440389, NETO1/FBXO15, and LPCAT2/CAPNS2) show strong gender-specific differences, which offer clues for the known sexual dimorphism in thyroid function and related pathologies. Importantly, the TSH-associated loci contribute not only to variation within the normal range, but also to TSH values outside the reference range, suggesting that they may be involved in thyroid dysfunction. Overall, our findings explain, respectively, 5.64% and 2.30% of total TSH and FT4 trait variance, and they improve the current knowledge of the regulation of hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis function and the consequences of genetic variation for hypo- or hyperthyroidism.

VL - 9 IS - 2 U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23408906?dopt=Abstract ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Sex-stratified genome-wide association studies including 270,000 individuals show sexual dimorphism in genetic loci for anthropometric traits. JF - PLoS Genet Y1 - 2013 A1 - Randall, Joshua C A1 - Winkler, Thomas W A1 - Kutalik, Zoltán A1 - Berndt, Sonja I A1 - Jackson, Anne U A1 - Monda, Keri L A1 - Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O A1 - Esko, Tõnu A1 - Mägi, Reedik A1 - Li, Shengxu A1 - Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie A1 - Feitosa, Mary F A1 - Croteau-Chonka, Damien C A1 - Day, Felix R A1 - Fall, Tove A1 - Ferreira, Teresa A1 - Gustafsson, Stefan A1 - Locke, Adam E A1 - Mathieson, Iain A1 - Scherag, Andre A1 - Vedantam, Sailaja A1 - Wood, Andrew R A1 - Liang, Liming A1 - Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur A1 - Thorleifsson, Gudmar A1 - Dermitzakis, Emmanouil T A1 - Dimas, Antigone S A1 - Karpe, Fredrik A1 - Min, Josine L A1 - Nicholson, George A1 - Clegg, Deborah J A1 - Person, Thomas A1 - Krohn, Jon P A1 - Bauer, Sabrina A1 - Buechler, Christa A1 - Eisinger, Kristina A1 - Bonnefond, Amélie A1 - Froguel, Philippe A1 - Hottenga, Jouke-Jan A1 - Prokopenko, Inga A1 - Waite, Lindsay L A1 - Harris, Tamara B A1 - Smith, Albert Vernon A1 - Shuldiner, Alan R A1 - McArdle, Wendy L A1 - Caulfield, Mark J A1 - Munroe, Patricia B A1 - Grönberg, Henrik A1 - Chen, Yii-Der Ida A1 - Li, Guo A1 - Beckmann, Jacques S A1 - Johnson, Toby A1 - Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur A1 - Teder-Laving, Maris A1 - Khaw, Kay-Tee A1 - Wareham, Nicholas J A1 - Zhao, Jing Hua A1 - Amin, Najaf A1 - Oostra, Ben A A1 - Kraja, Aldi T A1 - Province, Michael A A1 - Cupples, L Adrienne A1 - Heard-Costa, Nancy L A1 - Kaprio, Jaakko A1 - Ripatti, Samuli A1 - Surakka, Ida A1 - Collins, Francis S A1 - Saramies, Jouko A1 - Tuomilehto, Jaakko A1 - Jula, Antti A1 - Salomaa, Veikko A1 - Erdmann, Jeanette A1 - Hengstenberg, Christian A1 - Loley, Christina A1 - Schunkert, Heribert A1 - Lamina, Claudia A1 - Wichmann, H Erich A1 - Albrecht, Eva A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Hicks, Andrew A A1 - Johansson, Asa A1 - Pramstaller, Peter P A1 - Kathiresan, Sekar A1 - Speliotes, Elizabeth K A1 - Penninx, Brenda A1 - Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa A1 - Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta A1 - Gyllensten, Ulf A1 - Boomsma, Dorret I A1 - Campbell, Harry A1 - Wilson, James F A1 - Chanock, Stephen J A1 - Farrall, Martin A1 - Goel, Anuj A1 - Medina-Gómez, Carolina A1 - Rivadeneira, Fernando A1 - Estrada, Karol A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - Hofman, Albert A1 - Zillikens, M Carola A1 - den Heijer, Martin A1 - Kiemeney, Lambertus A A1 - Maschio, Andrea A1 - Hall, Per A1 - Tyrer, Jonathan A1 - Teumer, Alexander A1 - Völzke, Henry A1 - Kovacs, Peter A1 - Tönjes, Anke A1 - Mangino, Massimo A1 - Spector, Tim D A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - Rudan, Igor A1 - Hall, Alistair S A1 - Samani, Nilesh J A1 - Attwood, Antony Paul A1 - Sambrook, Jennifer G A1 - Hung, Joseph A1 - Palmer, Lyle J A1 - Lokki, Marja-Liisa A1 - Sinisalo, Juha A1 - Boucher, Gabrielle A1 - Huikuri, Heikki A1 - Lorentzon, Mattias A1 - Ohlsson, Claes A1 - Eklund, Niina A1 - Eriksson, Johan G A1 - Barlassina, Cristina A1 - Rivolta, Carlo A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - van der Klauw, Melanie M A1 - van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V A1 - Gejman, Pablo V A1 - Shi, Jianxin A1 - Jacobs, Kevin B A1 - Wang, Zhaoming A1 - Bakker, Stephan J L A1 - Mateo Leach, Irene A1 - Navis, Gerjan A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - Martin, Nicholas G A1 - Medland, Sarah E A1 - Montgomery, Grant W A1 - Yang, Jian A1 - Chasman, Daniel I A1 - Ridker, Paul M A1 - Rose, Lynda M A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Raitakari, Olli A1 - Absher, Devin A1 - Iribarren, Carlos A1 - Basart, Hanneke A1 - Hovingh, Kees G A1 - Hyppönen, Elina A1 - Power, Chris A1 - Anderson, Denise A1 - Beilby, John P A1 - Hui, Jennie A1 - Jolley, Jennifer A1 - Sager, Hendrik A1 - Bornstein, Stefan R A1 - Schwarz, Peter E H A1 - Kristiansson, Kati A1 - Perola, Markus A1 - Lindström, Jaana A1 - Swift, Amy J A1 - Uusitupa, Matti A1 - Atalay, Mustafa A1 - Lakka, Timo A A1 - Rauramaa, Rainer A1 - Bolton, Jennifer L A1 - Fowkes, Gerry A1 - Fraser, Ross M A1 - Price, Jackie F A1 - Fischer, Krista A1 - Krjutå Kov, Kaarel A1 - Metspalu, Andres A1 - Mihailov, Evelin A1 - Langenberg, Claudia A1 - Luan, Jian'an A1 - Ong, Ken K A1 - Chines, Peter S A1 - Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M A1 - Saaristo, Timo E A1 - Edkins, Sarah A1 - Franks, Paul W A1 - Hallmans, Göran A1 - Shungin, Dmitry A1 - Morris, Andrew David A1 - Palmer, Colin N A A1 - Erbel, Raimund A1 - Moebus, Susanne A1 - Nöthen, Markus M A1 - Pechlivanis, Sonali A1 - Hveem, Kristian A1 - Narisu, Narisu A1 - Hamsten, Anders A1 - Humphries, Steve E A1 - Strawbridge, Rona J A1 - Tremoli, Elena A1 - Grallert, Harald A1 - Thorand, Barbara A1 - Illig, Thomas A1 - Koenig, Wolfgang A1 - Müller-Nurasyid, Martina A1 - Peters, Annette A1 - Boehm, Bernhard O A1 - Kleber, Marcus E A1 - März, Winfried A1 - Winkelmann, Bernhard R A1 - Kuusisto, Johanna A1 - Laakso, Markku A1 - Arveiler, Dominique A1 - Cesana, Giancarlo A1 - Kuulasmaa, Kari A1 - Virtamo, Jarmo A1 - Yarnell, John W G A1 - Kuh, Diana A1 - Wong, Andrew A1 - Lind, Lars A1 - de Faire, Ulf A1 - Gigante, Bruna A1 - Magnusson, Patrik K E A1 - Pedersen, Nancy L A1 - Dedoussis, George A1 - Dimitriou, Maria A1 - Kolovou, Genovefa A1 - Kanoni, Stavroula A1 - Stirrups, Kathleen A1 - Bonnycastle, Lori L A1 - Njølstad, Inger A1 - Wilsgaard, Tom A1 - Ganna, Andrea A1 - Rehnberg, Emil A1 - Hingorani, Aroon A1 - Kivimaki, Mika A1 - Kumari, Meena A1 - Assimes, Themistocles L A1 - Barroso, Inês A1 - Boehnke, Michael A1 - Borecki, Ingrid B A1 - Deloukas, Panos A1 - Fox, Caroline S A1 - Frayling, Timothy A1 - Groop, Leif C A1 - Haritunians, Talin A1 - Hunter, David A1 - Ingelsson, Erik A1 - Kaplan, Robert A1 - Mohlke, Karen L A1 - O'Connell, Jeffrey R A1 - Schlessinger, David A1 - Strachan, David P A1 - Stefansson, Kari A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Abecasis, Goncalo R A1 - McCarthy, Mark I A1 - Hirschhorn, Joel N A1 - Qi, Lu A1 - Loos, Ruth J F A1 - Lindgren, Cecilia M A1 - North, Kari E A1 - Heid, Iris M KW - Anthropometry KW - Body Height KW - Body Mass Index KW - Body Weight KW - Body Weights and Measures KW - Female KW - Genetic Loci KW - Genome, Human KW - Genome-Wide Association Study KW - Humans KW - Male KW - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide KW - Sex Characteristics KW - Waist Circumference KW - Waist-Hip Ratio AB -

Given 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.

VL - 9 IS - 6 U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23754948?dopt=Abstract ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Gene-age interactions in blood pressure regulation: a large-scale investigation with the CHARGE, Global BPgen, and ICBP Consortia. JF - Am J Hum Genet Y1 - 2014 A1 - Simino, Jeannette A1 - Shi, Gang A1 - Bis, Joshua C A1 - Chasman, Daniel I A1 - Ehret, Georg B A1 - Gu, Xiangjun A1 - Guo, Xiuqing A1 - Hwang, Shih-Jen A1 - Sijbrands, Eric A1 - Smith, Albert V A1 - Verwoert, Germaine C A1 - Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L A1 - Cadby, Gemma A1 - Chen, Peng A1 - Cheng, Ching-Yu A1 - Corre, Tanguy A1 - de Boer, Rudolf A A1 - Goel, Anuj A1 - Johnson, Toby A1 - Khor, Chiea-Chuen A1 - Lluís-Ganella, Carla A1 - Luan, Jian'an A1 - Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Sim, Xueling A1 - Sõber, Siim A1 - van der Most, Peter J A1 - Verweij, Niek A1 - Zhao, Jing Hua A1 - Amin, Najaf A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Bouchard, Claude A1 - Dehghan, Abbas A1 - Eiriksdottir, Gudny A1 - Elosua, Roberto A1 - Franco, Oscar H A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Harris, Tamara B A1 - Hercberg, Serge A1 - Hofman, Albert A1 - James, Alan L A1 - Johnson, Andrew D A1 - Kähönen, Mika A1 - Khaw, Kay-Tee A1 - Kutalik, Zoltán A1 - Larson, Martin G A1 - Launer, Lenore J A1 - Li, Guo A1 - Liu, Jianjun A1 - Liu, Kiang A1 - Morrison, Alanna C A1 - Navis, Gerjan A1 - Ong, Rick Twee-Hee A1 - Papanicolau, George J A1 - Penninx, Brenda W A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Raffel, Leslie J A1 - Raitakari, Olli T A1 - Rice, Kenneth A1 - Rivadeneira, Fernando A1 - Rose, Lynda M A1 - Sanna, Serena A1 - Scott, Robert A A1 - Siscovick, David S A1 - Stolk, Ronald P A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - Vaidya, Dhananjay A1 - van der Klauw, Melanie M A1 - Vasan, Ramachandran S A1 - Vithana, Eranga Nishanthie A1 - Völker, Uwe A1 - Völzke, Henry A1 - Watkins, Hugh A1 - Young, Terri L A1 - Aung, Tin A1 - Bochud, Murielle A1 - Farrall, Martin A1 - Hartman, Catharina A A1 - Laan, Maris A1 - Lakatta, Edward G A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Loos, Ruth J F A1 - Lucas, Gavin A1 - Meneton, Pierre A1 - Palmer, Lyle J A1 - Rettig, Rainer A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Tai, E Shyong A1 - Teo, Yik-Ying A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - Wareham, Nicholas J A1 - Wijmenga, Cisca A1 - Wong, Tien Yin A1 - Fornage, Myriam A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Levy, Daniel A1 - Palmas, Walter A1 - Ridker, Paul M A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Witteman, Jacqueline C M A1 - Chakravarti, Aravinda A1 - Rao, Dabeeru C KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - Age Factors KW - Aged KW - Blood Pressure KW - Cohort Studies KW - Humans KW - Middle Aged KW - Young Adult AB -

Although age-dependent effects on blood pressure (BP) have been reported, they have not been systematically investigated in large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWASs). We leveraged the infrastructure of three well-established consortia (CHARGE, GBPgen, and ICBP) and a nonstandard approach (age stratification and metaregression) to conduct a genome-wide search of common variants with age-dependent effects on systolic (SBP), diastolic (DBP), mean arterial (MAP), and pulse (PP) pressure. In a two-staged design using 99,241 individuals of European ancestry, we identified 20 genome-wide significant (p ≤ 5 × 10(-8)) loci by using joint tests of the SNP main effect and SNP-age interaction. Nine of the significant loci demonstrated nominal evidence of age-dependent effects on BP by tests of the interactions alone. Index SNPs in the EHBP1L1 (DBP and MAP), CASZ1 (SBP and MAP), and GOSR2 (PP) loci exhibited the largest age interactions, with opposite directions of effect in the young versus the old. The changes in the genetic effects over time were small but nonnegligible (up to 1.58 mm Hg over 60 years). The EHBP1L1 locus was discovered through gene-age interactions only in whites but had DBP main effects replicated (p = 8.3 × 10(-4)) in 8,682 Asians from Singapore, indicating potential interethnic heterogeneity. A secondary analysis revealed 22 loci with evidence of age-specific effects (e.g., only in 20 to 29-year-olds). Age can be used to select samples with larger genetic effect sizes and more homogenous phenotypes, which may increase statistical power. Age-dependent effects identified through novel statistical approaches can provide insight into the biology and temporal regulation underlying BP associations.

VL - 95 IS - 1 U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24954895?dopt=Abstract ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Genetic association study of QT interval highlights role for calcium signaling pathways in myocardial repolarization. JF - Nat Genet Y1 - 2014 A1 - Arking, Dan E A1 - Pulit, Sara L A1 - Crotti, Lia A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - Munroe, Patricia B A1 - Koopmann, Tamara T A1 - Sotoodehnia, Nona A1 - Rossin, Elizabeth J A1 - Morley, Michael A1 - Wang, Xinchen A1 - Johnson, Andrew D A1 - Lundby, Alicia A1 - Gudbjartsson, Daniel F A1 - Noseworthy, Peter A A1 - Eijgelsheim, Mark A1 - Bradford, Yuki A1 - Tarasov, Kirill V A1 - Dörr, Marcus A1 - Müller-Nurasyid, Martina A1 - Lahtinen, Annukka M A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Smith, Albert Vernon A1 - Bis, Joshua C A1 - Isaacs, Aaron A1 - Newhouse, Stephen J A1 - Evans, Daniel S A1 - Post, Wendy S A1 - Waggott, Daryl A1 - Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka A1 - Hicks, Andrew A A1 - Eisele, Lewin A1 - Ellinghaus, David A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - Navarro, Pau A1 - Ulivi, Sheila A1 - Tanaka, Toshiko A1 - Tester, David J A1 - Chatel, Stéphanie A1 - Gustafsson, Stefan A1 - Kumari, Meena A1 - Morris, Richard W A1 - Naluai, Åsa T A1 - Padmanabhan, Sandosh A1 - Kluttig, Alexander A1 - Strohmer, Bernhard A1 - Panayiotou, Andrie G A1 - Torres, Maria A1 - Knoflach, Michael A1 - Hubacek, Jaroslav A A1 - Slowikowski, Kamil A1 - Raychaudhuri, Soumya A1 - Kumar, Runjun D A1 - Harris, Tamara B A1 - Launer, Lenore J A1 - Shuldiner, Alan R A1 - Alonso, Alvaro A1 - Bader, Joel S A1 - Ehret, Georg A1 - Huang, Hailiang A1 - Kao, W H Linda A1 - Strait, James B A1 - Macfarlane, Peter W A1 - Brown, Morris A1 - Caulfield, Mark J A1 - Samani, Nilesh J A1 - Kronenberg, Florian A1 - Willeit, Johann A1 - Smith, J Gustav A1 - Greiser, Karin H A1 - Meyer Zu Schwabedissen, Henriette A1 - Werdan, Karl A1 - Carella, Massimo A1 - Zelante, Leopoldo A1 - Heckbert, Susan R A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Kolcic, Ivana A1 - Polasek, Ozren A1 - Wright, Alan F A1 - Griffin, Maura A1 - Daly, Mark J A1 - Arnar, David O A1 - Holm, Hilma A1 - Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur A1 - Denny, Joshua C A1 - Roden, Dan M A1 - Zuvich, Rebecca L A1 - Emilsson, Valur A1 - Plump, Andrew S A1 - Larson, Martin G A1 - O'Donnell, Christopher J A1 - Yin, Xiaoyan A1 - Bobbo, Marco A1 - D'Adamo, Adamo P A1 - Iorio, Annamaria A1 - Sinagra, Gianfranco A1 - Carracedo, Angel A1 - Cummings, Steven R A1 - Nalls, Michael A A1 - Jula, Antti A1 - Kontula, Kimmo K A1 - Marjamaa, Annukka A1 - Oikarinen, Lasse A1 - Perola, Markus A1 - Porthan, Kimmo A1 - Erbel, Raimund A1 - Hoffmann, Per A1 - Jöckel, Karl-Heinz A1 - Kälsch, Hagen A1 - Nöthen, Markus M A1 - den Hoed, Marcel A1 - Loos, Ruth J F A1 - Thelle, Dag S A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Meitinger, Thomas A1 - Perz, Siegfried A1 - Peters, Annette A1 - Prucha, Hanna A1 - Sinner, Moritz F A1 - Waldenberger, Melanie A1 - de Boer, Rudolf A A1 - Franke, Lude A1 - van der Vleuten, Pieter A A1 - Beckmann, Britt Maria A1 - Martens, Eimo A1 - Bardai, Abdennasser A1 - Hofman, Nynke A1 - Wilde, Arthur A M A1 - Behr, Elijah R A1 - Dalageorgou, Chrysoula A1 - Giudicessi, John R A1 - Medeiros-Domingo, Argelia A1 - Barc, Julien A1 - Kyndt, Florence A1 - Probst, Vincent A1 - Ghidoni, Alice A1 - Insolia, Roberto A1 - Hamilton, Robert M A1 - Scherer, Stephen W A1 - Brandimarto, Jeffrey A1 - Margulies, Kenneth A1 - Moravec, Christine E A1 - del Greco M, Fabiola A1 - Fuchsberger, Christian A1 - O'Connell, Jeffrey R A1 - Lee, Wai K A1 - Watt, Graham C M A1 - Campbell, Harry A1 - Wild, Sarah H A1 - El Mokhtari, Nour E A1 - Frey, Norbert A1 - Asselbergs, Folkert W A1 - Mateo Leach, Irene A1 - Navis, Gerjan A1 - van den Berg, Maarten P A1 - van Veldhuisen, Dirk J A1 - Kellis, Manolis A1 - Krijthe, Bouwe P A1 - Franco, Oscar H A1 - Hofman, Albert A1 - Kors, Jan A A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - Witteman, Jacqueline C M A1 - Kedenko, Lyudmyla A1 - Lamina, Claudia A1 - Oostra, Ben A A1 - Abecasis, Goncalo R A1 - Lakatta, Edward G A1 - Mulas, Antonella A1 - Orrù, Marco A1 - Schlessinger, David A1 - Uda, Manuela A1 - Markus, Marcello R P A1 - Völker, Uwe A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Spector, Timothy D A1 - Arnlöv, Johan A1 - Lind, Lars A1 - Sundström, Johan A1 - Syvänen, Ann-Christine A1 - Kivimaki, Mika A1 - Kähönen, Mika A1 - Mononen, Nina A1 - Raitakari, Olli T A1 - Viikari, Jorma S A1 - Adamkova, Vera A1 - Kiechl, Stefan A1 - Brion, Maria A1 - Nicolaides, Andrew N A1 - Paulweber, Bernhard A1 - Haerting, Johannes A1 - Dominiczak, Anna F A1 - Nyberg, Fredrik A1 - Whincup, Peter H A1 - Hingorani, Aroon D A1 - Schott, Jean-Jacques A1 - Bezzina, Connie R A1 - Ingelsson, Erik A1 - Ferrucci, Luigi A1 - Gasparini, Paolo A1 - Wilson, James F A1 - Rudan, Igor A1 - Franke, Andre A1 - Mühleisen, Thomas W A1 - Pramstaller, Peter P A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho J A1 - Paterson, Andrew D A1 - Parsa, Afshin A1 - Liu, Yongmei A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Siscovick, David S A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Jamshidi, Yalda A1 - Salomaa, Veikko A1 - Felix, Stephan B A1 - Sanna, Serena A1 - Ritchie, Marylyn D A1 - Stricker, Bruno H A1 - Stefansson, Kari A1 - Boyer, Laurie A A1 - Cappola, Thomas P A1 - Olsen, Jesper V A1 - Lage, Kasper A1 - Schwartz, Peter J A1 - Kääb, Stefan A1 - Chakravarti, Aravinda A1 - Ackerman, Michael J A1 - Pfeufer, Arne A1 - de Bakker, Paul I W A1 - Newton-Cheh, Christopher KW - Adult KW - Aged KW - Arrhythmias, Cardiac KW - Calcium Signaling KW - Death, Sudden, Cardiac KW - Electrocardiography KW - Female KW - Genetic Predisposition to Disease KW - Genome-Wide Association Study KW - Genotype KW - Heart Ventricles KW - Humans KW - Long QT Syndrome KW - Male KW - Middle Aged KW - Myocardium KW - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide AB -

The QT interval, an electrocardiographic measure reflecting myocardial repolarization, is a heritable trait. QT prolongation is a risk factor for ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death (SCD) and could indicate the presence of the potentially lethal mendelian long-QT syndrome (LQTS). Using a genome-wide association and replication study in up to 100,000 individuals, we identified 35 common variant loci associated with QT interval that collectively explain ∼8-10% of QT-interval variation and highlight the importance of calcium regulation in myocardial repolarization. Rare variant analysis of 6 new QT interval-associated loci in 298 unrelated probands with LQTS identified coding variants not found in controls but of uncertain causality and therefore requiring validation. Several newly identified loci encode proteins that physically interact with other recognized repolarization proteins. Our integration of common variant association, expression and orthogonal protein-protein interaction screens provides new insights into cardiac electrophysiology and identifies new candidate genes for ventricular arrhythmias, LQTS and SCD.

VL - 46 IS - 8 U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24952745?dopt=Abstract ER - TY - JOUR T1 - 52 Genetic Loci Influencing Myocardial Mass. JF - J Am Coll Cardiol Y1 - 2016 A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - van Setten, Jessica A1 - Verweij, Niek A1 - Vogler, Georg A1 - Franke, Lude A1 - Maurano, Matthew T A1 - Wang, Xinchen A1 - Mateo Leach, Irene A1 - Eijgelsheim, Mark A1 - Sotoodehnia, Nona A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - Sorice, Rossella A1 - Meirelles, Osorio A1 - Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka A1 - Polasek, Ozren A1 - Tanaka, Toshiko A1 - Arking, Dan E A1 - Ulivi, Sheila A1 - Trompet, Stella A1 - Müller-Nurasyid, Martina A1 - Smith, Albert V A1 - Dörr, Marcus A1 - Kerr, Kathleen F A1 - Magnani, Jared W A1 - del Greco M, Fabiola A1 - Zhang, Weihua A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Silva, Claudia T A1 - Padmanabhan, Sandosh A1 - Tragante, Vinicius A1 - Esko, Tõnu A1 - Abecasis, Goncalo R A1 - Adriaens, Michiel E A1 - Andersen, Karl A1 - Barnett, Phil A1 - Bis, Joshua C A1 - Bodmer, Rolf A1 - Buckley, Brendan M A1 - Campbell, Harry A1 - Cannon, Megan V A1 - Chakravarti, Aravinda A1 - Chen, Lin Y A1 - Delitala, Alessandro A1 - Devereux, Richard B A1 - Doevendans, Pieter A A1 - Dominiczak, Anna F A1 - Ferrucci, Luigi A1 - Ford, Ian A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Harris, Tamara B A1 - Haugen, Eric A1 - Heinig, Matthias A1 - Hernandez, Dena G A1 - Hillege, Hans L A1 - Hirschhorn, Joel N A1 - Hofman, Albert A1 - Hubner, Norbert A1 - Hwang, Shih-Jen A1 - Iorio, Annamaria A1 - Kähönen, Mika A1 - Kellis, Manolis A1 - Kolcic, Ivana A1 - Kooner, Ishminder K A1 - Kooner, Jaspal S A1 - Kors, Jan A A1 - Lakatta, Edward G A1 - Lage, Kasper A1 - Launer, Lenore J A1 - Levy, Daniel A1 - Lundby, Alicia A1 - Macfarlane, Peter W A1 - May, Dalit A1 - Meitinger, Thomas A1 - Metspalu, Andres A1 - Nappo, Stefania A1 - Naitza, Silvia A1 - Neph, Shane A1 - Nord, Alex S A1 - Nutile, Teresa A1 - Okin, Peter M A1 - Olsen, Jesper V A1 - Oostra, Ben A A1 - Penninger, Josef M A1 - Pennacchio, Len A A1 - Pers, Tune H A1 - Perz, Siegfried A1 - Peters, Annette A1 - Pinto, Yigal M A1 - Pfeufer, Arne A1 - Pilia, Maria Grazia A1 - Pramstaller, Peter P A1 - Prins, Bram P A1 - Raitakari, Olli T A1 - Raychaudhuri, Soumya A1 - Rice, Ken M A1 - Rossin, Elizabeth J A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Schafer, Sebastian A1 - Schlessinger, David A1 - Schmidt, Carsten O A1 - Sehmi, Jobanpreet A1 - Silljé, Herman H W A1 - Sinagra, Gianfranco A1 - Sinner, Moritz F A1 - Slowikowski, Kamil A1 - Soliman, Elsayed Z A1 - Spector, Timothy D A1 - Spiering, Wilko A1 - Stamatoyannopoulos, John A A1 - Stolk, Ronald P A1 - Strauch, Konstantin A1 - Tan, Sian-Tsung A1 - Tarasov, Kirill V A1 - Trinh, Bosco A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - van den Boogaard, Malou A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - van Gilst, Wiek H A1 - Viikari, Jorma S A1 - Visscher, Peter M A1 - Vitart, Veronique A1 - Völker, Uwe A1 - Waldenberger, Melanie A1 - Weichenberger, Christian X A1 - Westra, Harm-Jan A1 - Wijmenga, Cisca A1 - Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H A1 - Yang, Jian A1 - Bezzina, Connie R A1 - Munroe, Patricia B A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Wright, Alan F A1 - Rudan, Igor A1 - Boyer, Laurie A A1 - Asselbergs, Folkert W A1 - van Veldhuisen, Dirk J A1 - Stricker, Bruno H A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Ciullo, Marina A1 - Sanna, Serena A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Wilson, James F A1 - Bandinelli, Stefania A1 - Alonso, Alvaro A1 - Gasparini, Paolo A1 - Jukema, J Wouter A1 - Kääb, Stefan A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Felix, Stephan B A1 - Heckbert, Susan R A1 - de Boer, Rudolf A A1 - Newton-Cheh, Christopher A1 - Hicks, Andrew A A1 - Chambers, John C A1 - Jamshidi, Yalda A1 - Visel, Axel A1 - Christoffels, Vincent M A1 - Isaacs, Aaron A1 - Samani, Nilesh J A1 - de Bakker, Paul I W AB -

BACKGROUND: 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.

VL - 68 IS - 13 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Meta-analysis of 49 549 individuals imputed with the 1000 Genomes Project reveals an exonic damaging variant in ANGPTL4 determining fasting TG levels. JF - J Med Genet Y1 - 2016 A1 - van Leeuwen, Elisabeth M A1 - Sabo, Aniko A1 - Bis, Joshua C A1 - Huffman, Jennifer E A1 - Manichaikul, Ani A1 - Smith, Albert V A1 - Feitosa, Mary F A1 - Demissie, Serkalem A1 - Joshi, Peter K A1 - Duan, Qing A1 - Marten, Jonathan A1 - van Klinken, Jan B A1 - Surakka, Ida A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Zhang, Weihua A1 - Mbarek, Hamdi A1 - Li-Gao, Ruifang A1 - Trompet, Stella A1 - Verweij, Niek A1 - Evangelou, Evangelos A1 - Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka A1 - Tayo, Bamidele O A1 - Deelen, Joris A1 - van der Most, Peter J A1 - van der Laan, Sander W A1 - Arking, Dan E A1 - Morrison, Alanna A1 - Dehghan, Abbas A1 - Franco, Oscar H A1 - Hofman, Albert A1 - Rivadeneira, Fernando A1 - Sijbrands, Eric J A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - Mychaleckyj, Josyf C A1 - Campbell, Archie A1 - Hocking, Lynne J A1 - Padmanabhan, Sandosh A1 - Brody, Jennifer A A1 - Rice, Kenneth M A1 - White, Charles C A1 - Harris, Tamara A1 - Isaacs, Aaron A1 - Campbell, Harry A1 - Lange, Leslie A A1 - Rudan, Igor A1 - Kolcic, Ivana A1 - Navarro, Pau A1 - Zemunik, Tatijana A1 - Salomaa, Veikko A1 - Kooner, Angad S A1 - Kooner, Jaspal S A1 - Lehne, Benjamin A1 - Scott, William R A1 - Tan, Sian-Tsung A1 - de Geus, Eco J A1 - Milaneschi, Yuri A1 - Penninx, Brenda W J H A1 - Willemsen, Gonneke A1 - de Mutsert, Renée A1 - Ford, Ian A1 - Gansevoort, Ron T A1 - Segura-Lepe, Marcelo P A1 - Raitakari, Olli T A1 - Viikari, Jorma S A1 - Nikus, Kjell A1 - Forrester, Terrence A1 - McKenzie, Colin A A1 - de Craen, Anton J M A1 - de Ruijter, Hester M A1 - Pasterkamp, Gerard A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Oldehinkel, Albertine J A1 - Slagboom, P Eline A1 - Cooper, Richard S A1 - Kähönen, Mika A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Elliott, Paul A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - Jukema, J Wouter A1 - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O A1 - Boomsma, Dorret I A1 - Chambers, John C A1 - Swertz, Morris A1 - Ripatti, Samuli A1 - Willems van Dijk, Ko A1 - Vitart, Veronique A1 - Polasek, Ozren A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - Wilson, James G A1 - Wilson, James F A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Rich, Stephen S A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Borecki, Ingrid B A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Cupples, L Adrienne A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M AB -

BACKGROUND: So far, more than 170 loci have been associated with circulating lipid levels through genome-wide association studies (GWAS). These associations are largely driven by common variants, their function is often not known, and many are likely to be markers for the causal variants. In this study we aimed to identify more new rare and low-frequency functional variants associated with circulating lipid levels.

METHODS: We used the 1000 Genomes Project as a reference panel for the imputations of GWAS data from ∼60 000 individuals in the discovery stage and ∼90 000 samples in the replication stage.

RESULTS: Our study resulted in the identification of five new associations with circulating lipid levels at four loci. All four loci are within genes that can be linked biologically to lipid metabolism. One of the variants, rs116843064, is a damaging missense variant within the ANGPTL4 gene.

CONCLUSIONS: This study illustrates that GWAS with high-scale imputation may still help us unravel the biological mechanism behind circulating lipid levels.

VL - 53 IS - 7 U1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27036123?dopt=Abstract ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A principal component meta-analysis on multiple anthropometric traits identifies novel loci for body shape. JF - Nat Commun Y1 - 2016 A1 - Ried, Janina S A1 - Jeff M, Janina A1 - Chu, Audrey Y A1 - Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L A1 - van Dongen, Jenny A1 - Huffman, Jennifer E A1 - Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S A1 - Cadby, Gemma A1 - Eklund, Niina A1 - Eriksson, Joel A1 - Esko, Tõnu A1 - Feitosa, Mary F A1 - Goel, Anuj A1 - Gorski, Mathias A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - Heard-Costa, Nancy L A1 - Jackson, Anne U A1 - Jokinen, Eero A1 - Kanoni, Stavroula A1 - Kristiansson, Kati A1 - Kutalik, Zoltán A1 - Lahti, Jari A1 - Luan, Jian'an A1 - Mägi, Reedik A1 - Mahajan, Anubha A1 - Mangino, Massimo A1 - Medina-Gómez, Carolina A1 - Monda, Keri L A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Perusse, Louis A1 - Prokopenko, Inga A1 - Qi, Lu A1 - Rose, Lynda M A1 - Salvi, Erika A1 - Smith, Megan T A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Stančáková, Alena A1 - Ju Sung, Yun A1 - Tachmazidou, Ioanna A1 - Teumer, Alexander A1 - Thorleifsson, Gudmar A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - Walker, Ryan W A1 - Wang, Sophie R A1 - Wild, Sarah H A1 - Willems, Sara M A1 - Wong, Andrew A1 - Zhang, Weihua A1 - Albrecht, Eva A1 - Couto Alves, Alexessander A1 - Bakker, Stephan J L A1 - Barlassina, Cristina A1 - Bartz, Traci M A1 - Beilby, John A1 - Bellis, Claire A1 - Bergman, Richard N A1 - Bergmann, Sven A1 - Blangero, John A1 - Blüher, Matthias A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Bonnycastle, Lori L A1 - Bornstein, Stefan R A1 - Bruinenberg, Marcel A1 - Campbell, Harry A1 - Chen, Yii-Der Ida A1 - Chiang, Charleston W K A1 - Chines, Peter S A1 - Collins, Francis S A1 - Cucca, Fracensco A1 - Cupples, L Adrienne A1 - D'Avila, Francesca A1 - de Geus, Eco J C A1 - Dedoussis, George A1 - Dimitriou, Maria A1 - Döring, Angela A1 - Eriksson, Johan G A1 - Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni A1 - Farrall, Martin A1 - Ferreira, Teresa A1 - Fischer, Krista A1 - Forouhi, Nita G A1 - Friedrich, Nele A1 - Gjesing, Anette Prior A1 - Glorioso, Nicola A1 - Graff, Mariaelisa A1 - Grallert, Harald A1 - Grarup, Niels A1 - Gräßler, Jürgen A1 - Grewal, Jagvir A1 - Hamsten, Anders A1 - Harder, Marie Neergaard A1 - Hartman, Catharina A A1 - Hassinen, Maija A1 - Hastie, Nicholas A1 - Hattersley, Andrew Tym A1 - Havulinna, Aki S A1 - Heliövaara, Markku A1 - Hillege, Hans A1 - Hofman, Albert A1 - Holmen, Oddgeir A1 - Homuth, Georg A1 - Hottenga, Jouke-Jan A1 - Hui, Jennie A1 - Husemoen, Lise Lotte A1 - Hysi, Pirro G A1 - Isaacs, Aaron A1 - Ittermann, Till A1 - Jalilzadeh, Shapour A1 - James, Alan L A1 - Jørgensen, Torben A1 - Jousilahti, Pekka A1 - Jula, Antti A1 - Marie Justesen, Johanne A1 - Justice, Anne E A1 - Kähönen, Mika A1 - Karaleftheri, Maria A1 - Tee Khaw, Kay A1 - Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M A1 - Kinnunen, Leena A1 - Knekt, Paul B A1 - Koistinen, Heikki A A1 - Kolcic, Ivana A1 - Kooner, Ishminder K A1 - Koskinen, Seppo A1 - Kovacs, Peter A1 - Kyriakou, Theodosios A1 - Laitinen, Tomi A1 - Langenberg, Claudia A1 - Lewin, Alexandra M A1 - Lichtner, Peter A1 - Lindgren, Cecilia M A1 - Lindström, Jaana A1 - Linneberg, Allan A1 - Lorbeer, Roberto A1 - Lorentzon, Mattias A1 - Luben, Robert A1 - Lyssenko, Valeriya A1 - Männistö, Satu A1 - Manunta, Paolo A1 - Leach, Irene Mateo A1 - McArdle, Wendy L A1 - McKnight, Barbara A1 - Mohlke, Karen L A1 - Mihailov, Evelin A1 - Milani, Lili A1 - Mills, Rebecca A1 - Montasser, May E A1 - Morris, Andrew P A1 - Müller, Gabriele A1 - Musk, Arthur W A1 - Narisu, Narisu A1 - Ong, Ken K A1 - Oostra, Ben A A1 - Osmond, Clive A1 - Palotie, Aarno A1 - Pankow, James S A1 - Paternoster, Lavinia A1 - Penninx, Brenda W A1 - Pichler, Irene A1 - Pilia, Maria G A1 - Polasek, Ozren A1 - Pramstaller, Peter P A1 - Raitakari, Olli T A1 - Rankinen, Tuomo A1 - Rao, D C A1 - Rayner, Nigel W A1 - Ribel-Madsen, Rasmus A1 - Rice, Treva K A1 - Richards, Marcus A1 - Ridker, Paul M A1 - Rivadeneira, Fernando A1 - Ryan, Kathy A A1 - Sanna, Serena A1 - Sarzynski, Mark A A1 - Scholtens, Salome A1 - Scott, Robert A A1 - Sebert, Sylvain A1 - Southam, Lorraine A1 - Sparsø, Thomas Hempel A1 - Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur A1 - Stirrups, Kathleen A1 - Stolk, Ronald P A1 - Strauch, Konstantin A1 - Stringham, Heather M A1 - Swertz, Morris A A1 - Swift, Amy J A1 - Tönjes, Anke A1 - Tsafantakis, Emmanouil A1 - van der Most, Peter J A1 - van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V A1 - Vandenput, Liesbeth A1 - Vartiainen, Erkki A1 - Venturini, Cristina A1 - Verweij, Niek A1 - Viikari, Jorma S A1 - Vitart, Veronique A1 - Vohl, Marie-Claude A1 - Vonk, Judith M A1 - Waeber, Gérard A1 - Widen, Elisabeth A1 - Willemsen, Gonneke A1 - Wilsgaard, Tom A1 - Winkler, Thomas W A1 - Wright, Alan F A1 - Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M A1 - Hua Zhao, Jing A1 - Zillikens, M Carola A1 - Boomsma, Dorret I A1 - Bouchard, Claude A1 - Chambers, John C A1 - Chasman, Daniel I A1 - Cusi, Daniele A1 - Gansevoort, Ron T A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Hansen, Torben A1 - Hicks, Andrew A A1 - Hu, Frank A1 - Hveem, Kristian A1 - Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta A1 - Kajantie, Eero A1 - Kooner, Jaspal S A1 - Kuh, Diana A1 - Kuusisto, Johanna A1 - Laakso, Markku A1 - Lakka, Timo A A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Metspalu, Andres A1 - Njølstad, Inger A1 - Ohlsson, Claes A1 - Oldehinkel, Albertine J A1 - Palmer, Lyle J A1 - Pedersen, Oluf A1 - Perola, Markus A1 - Peters, Annette A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Puolijoki, Hannu A1 - Rauramaa, Rainer A1 - Rudan, Igor A1 - Salomaa, Veikko A1 - Schwarz, Peter E H A1 - Shudiner, Alan R A1 - Smit, Jan H A1 - Sørensen, Thorkild I A A1 - Spector, Timothy D A1 - Stefansson, Kari A1 - Stumvoll, Michael A1 - Tremblay, Angelo A1 - Tuomilehto, Jaakko A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - Uusitupa, Matti A1 - Völker, Uwe A1 - Vollenweider, Peter A1 - Wareham, Nicholas J A1 - Watkins, Hugh A1 - Wilson, James F A1 - Zeggini, Eleftheria A1 - Abecasis, Goncalo R A1 - Boehnke, Michael A1 - Borecki, Ingrid B A1 - Deloukas, Panos A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Fox, Caroline A1 - Groop, Leif C A1 - Heid, Iris M A1 - Hunter, David J A1 - Kaplan, Robert C A1 - McCarthy, Mark I A1 - North, Kari E A1 - O'Connell, Jeffrey R A1 - Schlessinger, David A1 - Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur A1 - Strachan, David P A1 - Frayling, Timothy A1 - Hirschhorn, Joel N A1 - Müller-Nurasyid, Martina A1 - Loos, Ruth J F KW - Anthropometry KW - Body Size KW - Genome-Wide Association Study KW - Genotype KW - Humans KW - Models, Genetic KW - Principal Component Analysis AB -

Large consortia have revealed hundreds of genetic loci associated with anthropometric traits, one trait at a time. We examined whether genetic variants affect body shape as a composite phenotype that is represented by a combination of anthropometric traits. We developed an approach that calculates averaged PCs (AvPCs) representing body shape derived from six anthropometric traits (body mass index, height, weight, waist and hip circumference, waist-to-hip ratio). The first four AvPCs explain >99% of the variability, are heritable, and associate with cardiometabolic outcomes. We performed genome-wide association analyses for each body shape composite phenotype across 65 studies and meta-analysed summary statistics. We identify six novel loci: LEMD2 and CD47 for AvPC1, RPS6KA5/C14orf159 and GANAB for AvPC3, and ARL15 and ANP32 for AvPC4. Our findings highlight the value of using multiple traits to define complex phenotypes for discovery, which are not captured by single-trait analyses, and may shed light onto new pathways.

VL - 7 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Genetic loci associated with heart rate variability and their effects on cardiac disease risk. JF - Nat Commun Y1 - 2017 A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Munoz, M Loretto A1 - Tragante, Vinicius A1 - Amare, Azmeraw T A1 - Jansen, Rick A1 - Vaez, Ahmad A1 - von der Heyde, Benedikt A1 - Avery, Christy L A1 - Bis, Joshua C A1 - Dierckx, Bram A1 - van Dongen, Jenny A1 - Gogarten, Stephanie M A1 - Goyette, Philippe A1 - Hernesniemi, Jussi A1 - Huikari, Ville A1 - Hwang, Shih-Jen A1 - Jaju, Deepali A1 - Kerr, Kathleen F A1 - Kluttig, Alexander A1 - Krijthe, Bouwe P A1 - Kumar, Jitender A1 - van der Laan, Sander W A1 - Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka A1 - Maihofer, Adam X A1 - Minassian, Arpi A1 - van der Most, Peter J A1 - Müller-Nurasyid, Martina A1 - Nivard, Michel A1 - Salvi, Erika A1 - Stewart, James D A1 - Thayer, Julian F A1 - Verweij, Niek A1 - Wong, Andrew A1 - Zabaneh, Delilah A1 - Zafarmand, Mohammad H A1 - Abdellaoui, Abdel A1 - Albarwani, Sulayma A1 - Albert, Christine A1 - Alonso, Alvaro A1 - Ashar, Foram A1 - Auvinen, Juha A1 - Axelsson, Tomas A1 - Baker, Dewleen G A1 - de Bakker, Paul I W A1 - Barcella, Matteo A1 - Bayoumi, Riad A1 - Bieringa, Rob J A1 - Boomsma, Dorret A1 - Boucher, Gabrielle A1 - Britton, Annie R A1 - Christophersen, Ingrid A1 - Dietrich, Andrea A1 - Ehret, George B A1 - Ellinor, Patrick T A1 - Eskola, Markku A1 - Felix, Janine F A1 - Floras, John S A1 - Franco, Oscar H A1 - Friberg, Peter A1 - Gademan, Maaike G J A1 - Geyer, Mark A A1 - Giedraitis, Vilmantas A1 - Hartman, Catharina A A1 - Hemerich, Daiane A1 - Hofman, Albert A1 - Hottenga, Jouke-Jan A1 - Huikuri, Heikki A1 - Hutri-Kähönen, Nina A1 - Jouven, Xavier A1 - Junttila, Juhani A1 - Juonala, Markus A1 - Kiviniemi, Antti M A1 - Kors, Jan A A1 - Kumari, Meena A1 - Kuznetsova, Tatiana A1 - Laurie, Cathy C A1 - Lefrandt, Joop D A1 - Li, Yong A1 - Li, Yun A1 - Liao, Duanping A1 - Limacher, Marian C A1 - Lin, Henry J A1 - Lindgren, Cecilia M A1 - Lubitz, Steven A A1 - Mahajan, Anubha A1 - McKnight, Barbara A1 - Zu Schwabedissen, Henriette Meyer A1 - Milaneschi, Yuri A1 - Mononen, Nina A1 - Morris, Andrew P A1 - Nalls, Mike A A1 - Navis, Gerjan A1 - Neijts, Melanie A1 - Nikus, Kjell A1 - North, Kari E A1 - O'Connor, Daniel T A1 - Ormel, Johan A1 - Perz, Siegfried A1 - Peters, Annette A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Raitakari, Olli T A1 - Risbrough, Victoria B A1 - Sinner, Moritz F A1 - Siscovick, David A1 - Smit, Johannes H A1 - Smith, Nicholas L A1 - Soliman, Elsayed Z A1 - Sotoodehnia, Nona A1 - Staessen, Jan A A1 - Stein, Phyllis K A1 - Stilp, Adrienne M A1 - Stolarz-Skrzypek, Katarzyna A1 - Strauch, Konstantin A1 - Sundström, Johan A1 - Swenne, Cees A A1 - Syvänen, Ann-Christine A1 - Tardif, Jean-Claude A1 - Taylor, Kent D A1 - Teumer, Alexander A1 - Thornton, Timothy A A1 - Tinker, Lesley E A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - van Setten, Jessica A1 - Voss, Andreas A1 - Waldenberger, Melanie A1 - Wilhelmsen, Kirk C A1 - Willemsen, Gonneke A1 - Wong, Quenna A1 - Zhang, Zhu-Ming A1 - Zonderman, Alan B A1 - Cusi, Daniele A1 - Evans, Michele K A1 - Greiser, Halina K A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - Hassan, Mohammad A1 - Ingelsson, Erik A1 - Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta A1 - Kääb, Stefan A1 - Kähönen, Mika A1 - Kivimaki, Mika A1 - Kooperberg, Charles A1 - Kuh, Diana A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Lind, Lars A1 - Nievergelt, Caroline M A1 - O'Donnell, Chris J A1 - Oldehinkel, Albertine J A1 - Penninx, Brenda A1 - Reiner, Alexander P A1 - Riese, Harriëtte A1 - van Roon, Arie M A1 - Rioux, John D A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Sofer, Tamar A1 - Stricker, Bruno H A1 - Tiemeier, Henning A1 - Vrijkotte, Tanja G M A1 - Asselbergs, Folkert W A1 - Brundel, Bianca J J M A1 - Heckbert, Susan R A1 - Whitsel, Eric A A1 - den Hoed, Marcel A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - de Geus, Eco J C AB -

Reduced cardiac vagal control reflected in low heart rate variability (HRV) is associated with greater risks for cardiac morbidity and mortality. In two-stage meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies for three HRV traits in up to 53,174 individuals of European ancestry, we detect 17 genome-wide significant SNPs in eight loci. HRV SNPs tag non-synonymous SNPs (in NDUFA11 and KIAA1755), expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) (influencing GNG11, RGS6 and NEO1), or are located in genes preferentially expressed in the sinoatrial node (GNG11, RGS6 and HCN4). Genetic risk scores account for 0.9 to 2.6% of the HRV variance. Significant genetic correlation is found for HRV with heart rate (-0.74 VL - 8 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Impact of common genetic determinants of Hemoglobin A1c on type 2 diabetes risk and diagnosis in ancestrally diverse populations: A transethnic genome-wide meta-analysis. JF - PLoS Med Y1 - 2017 A1 - Wheeler, Eleanor A1 - Leong, Aaron A1 - Liu, Ching-Ti A1 - Hivert, Marie-France A1 - Strawbridge, Rona J A1 - Podmore, Clara A1 - Li, Man A1 - Yao, Jie A1 - Sim, Xueling A1 - Hong, Jaeyoung A1 - Chu, Audrey Y A1 - Zhang, Weihua A1 - Wang, Xu A1 - Chen, Peng A1 - Maruthur, Nisa M A1 - Porneala, Bianca C A1 - Sharp, Stephen J A1 - Jia, Yucheng A1 - Kabagambe, Edmond K A1 - Chang, Li-Ching A1 - Chen, Wei-Min A1 - Elks, Cathy E A1 - Evans, Daniel S A1 - Fan, Qiao A1 - Giulianini, Franco A1 - Go, Min Jin A1 - Hottenga, Jouke-Jan A1 - Hu, Yao A1 - Jackson, Anne U A1 - Kanoni, Stavroula A1 - Kim, Young Jin A1 - Kleber, Marcus E A1 - Ladenvall, Claes A1 - Lecoeur, Cécile A1 - Lim, Sing-Hui A1 - Lu, Yingchang A1 - Mahajan, Anubha A1 - Marzi, Carola A1 - Nalls, Mike A A1 - Navarro, Pau A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Rose, Lynda M A1 - Rybin, Denis V A1 - Sanna, Serena A1 - Shi, Yuan A1 - Stram, Daniel O A1 - Takeuchi, Fumihiko A1 - Tan, Shu Pei A1 - van der Most, Peter J A1 - van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V A1 - Wong, Andrew A1 - Yengo, Loic A1 - Zhao, Wanting A1 - Goel, Anuj A1 - Martinez Larrad, Maria Teresa A1 - Radke, Dörte A1 - Salo, Perttu A1 - Tanaka, Toshiko A1 - van Iperen, Erik P A A1 - Abecasis, Goncalo A1 - Afaq, Saima A1 - Alizadeh, Behrooz Z A1 - Bertoni, Alain G A1 - Bonnefond, Amélie A1 - Böttcher, Yvonne A1 - Bottinger, Erwin P A1 - Campbell, Harry A1 - Carlson, Olga D A1 - Chen, Chien-Hsiun A1 - Cho, Yoon Shin A1 - Garvey, W Timothy A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Goodarzi, Mark O A1 - Grallert, Harald A1 - Hamsten, Anders A1 - Hartman, Catharina A A1 - Herder, Christian A1 - Hsiung, Chao Agnes A1 - Huang, Jie A1 - Igase, Michiya A1 - Isono, Masato A1 - Katsuya, Tomohiro A1 - Khor, Chiea-Chuen A1 - Kiess, Wieland A1 - Kohara, Katsuhiko A1 - Kovacs, Peter A1 - Lee, Juyoung A1 - Lee, Wen-Jane A1 - Lehne, Benjamin A1 - Li, Huaixing A1 - Liu, Jianjun A1 - Lobbens, Stephane A1 - Luan, Jian'an A1 - Lyssenko, Valeriya A1 - Meitinger, Thomas A1 - Miki, Tetsuro A1 - Miljkovic, Iva A1 - Moon, Sanghoon A1 - Mulas, Antonella A1 - Müller, Gabriele A1 - Müller-Nurasyid, Martina A1 - Nagaraja, Ramaiah A1 - Nauck, Matthias A1 - Pankow, James S A1 - Polasek, Ozren A1 - Prokopenko, Inga A1 - Ramos, Paula S A1 - Rasmussen-Torvik, Laura A1 - Rathmann, Wolfgang A1 - Rich, Stephen S A1 - Robertson, Neil R A1 - Roden, Michael A1 - Roussel, Ronan A1 - Rudan, Igor A1 - Scott, Robert A A1 - Scott, William R A1 - Sennblad, Bengt A1 - Siscovick, David S A1 - Strauch, Konstantin A1 - Sun, Liang A1 - Swertz, Morris A1 - Tajuddin, Salman M A1 - Taylor, Kent D A1 - Teo, Yik-Ying A1 - Tham, Yih Chung A1 - Tönjes, Anke A1 - Wareham, Nicholas J A1 - Willemsen, Gonneke A1 - Wilsgaard, Tom A1 - Hingorani, Aroon D A1 - Egan, Josephine A1 - Ferrucci, Luigi A1 - Hovingh, G Kees A1 - Jula, Antti A1 - Kivimaki, Mika A1 - Kumari, Meena A1 - Njølstad, Inger A1 - Palmer, Colin N A A1 - Serrano Ríos, Manuel A1 - Stumvoll, Michael A1 - Watkins, Hugh A1 - Aung, Tin A1 - Blüher, Matthias A1 - Boehnke, Michael A1 - Boomsma, Dorret I A1 - Bornstein, Stefan R A1 - Chambers, John C A1 - Chasman, Daniel I A1 - Chen, Yii-Der Ida A1 - Chen, Yduan-Tsong A1 - Cheng, Ching-Yu A1 - Cucca, Francesco A1 - de Geus, Eco J C A1 - Deloukas, Panos A1 - Evans, Michele K A1 - Fornage, Myriam A1 - Friedlander, Yechiel A1 - Froguel, Philippe A1 - Groop, Leif A1 - Gross, Myron D A1 - Harris, Tamara B A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - Heng, Chew-Kiat A1 - Ingelsson, Erik A1 - Kato, Norihiro A1 - Kim, Bong-Jo A1 - Koh, Woon-Puay A1 - Kooner, Jaspal S A1 - Körner, Antje A1 - Kuh, Diana A1 - Kuusisto, Johanna A1 - Laakso, Markku A1 - Lin, Xu A1 - Liu, Yongmei A1 - Loos, Ruth J F A1 - Magnusson, Patrik K E A1 - März, Winfried A1 - McCarthy, Mark I A1 - Oldehinkel, Albertine J A1 - Ong, Ken K A1 - Pedersen, Nancy L A1 - Pereira, Mark A A1 - Peters, Annette A1 - Ridker, Paul M A1 - Sabanayagam, Charumathi A1 - Sale, Michele A1 - Saleheen, Danish A1 - Saltevo, Juha A1 - Schwarz, Peter Eh A1 - Sheu, Wayne H H A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Spector, Timothy D A1 - Tabara, Yasuharu A1 - Tuomilehto, Jaakko A1 - van Dam, Rob M A1 - Wilson, James G A1 - Wilson, James F A1 - Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H R A1 - Wong, Tien Yin A1 - Wu, Jer-Yuarn A1 - Yuan, Jian-Min A1 - Zonderman, Alan B A1 - Soranzo, Nicole A1 - Guo, Xiuqing A1 - Roberts, David J A1 - Florez, Jose C A1 - Sladek, Robert A1 - Dupuis, Josée A1 - Morris, Andrew P A1 - Tai, E-Shyong A1 - Selvin, Elizabeth A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Langenberg, Claudia A1 - Barroso, Inês A1 - Meigs, James B KW - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 KW - Genetic Variation KW - Genome-Wide Association Study KW - Glycated Hemoglobin A KW - Humans KW - Phenotype KW - Risk AB -

BACKGROUND: Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is used to diagnose type 2 diabetes (T2D) and assess glycemic control in patients with diabetes. Previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 18 HbA1c-associated genetic variants. These variants proved to be classifiable by their likely biological action as erythrocytic (also associated with erythrocyte traits) or glycemic (associated with other glucose-related traits). In this study, we tested the hypotheses that, in a very large scale GWAS, we would identify more genetic variants associated with HbA1c and that HbA1c variants implicated in erythrocytic biology would affect the diagnostic accuracy of HbA1c. We therefore expanded the number of HbA1c-associated loci and tested the effect of genetic risk-scores comprised of erythrocytic or glycemic variants on incident diabetes prediction and on prevalent diabetes screening performance. Throughout this multiancestry study, we kept a focus on interancestry differences in HbA1c genetics performance that might influence race-ancestry differences in health outcomes.

METHODS & FINDINGS: Using genome-wide association meta-analyses in up to 159,940 individuals from 82 cohorts of European, African, East Asian, and South Asian ancestry, we identified 60 common genetic variants associated with HbA1c. We classified variants as implicated in glycemic, erythrocytic, or unclassified biology and tested whether additive genetic scores of erythrocytic variants (GS-E) or glycemic variants (GS-G) were associated with higher T2D incidence in multiethnic longitudinal cohorts (N = 33,241). Nineteen glycemic and 22 erythrocytic variants were associated with HbA1c at genome-wide significance. GS-G was associated with higher T2D risk (incidence OR = 1.05, 95% CI 1.04-1.06, per HbA1c-raising allele, p = 3 × 10-29); whereas GS-E was not (OR = 1.00, 95% CI 0.99-1.01, p = 0.60). In Europeans and Asians, erythrocytic variants in aggregate had only modest effects on the diagnostic accuracy of HbA1c. Yet, in African Americans, the X-linked G6PD G202A variant (T-allele frequency 11%) was associated with an absolute decrease in HbA1c of 0.81%-units (95% CI 0.66-0.96) per allele in hemizygous men, and 0.68%-units (95% CI 0.38-0.97) in homozygous women. The G6PD variant may cause approximately 2% (N = 0.65 million, 95% CI 0.55-0.74) of African American adults with T2D to remain undiagnosed when screened with HbA1c. Limitations include the smaller sample sizes for non-European ancestries and the inability to classify approximately one-third of the variants. Further studies in large multiethnic cohorts with HbA1c, glycemic, and erythrocytic traits are required to better determine the biological action of the unclassified variants.

CONCLUSIONS: As G6PD deficiency can be clinically silent until illness strikes, we recommend investigation of the possible benefits of screening for the G6PD genotype along with using HbA1c to diagnose T2D in populations of African ancestry or groups where G6PD deficiency is common. Screening with direct glucose measurements, or genetically-informed HbA1c diagnostic thresholds in people with G6PD deficiency, may be required to avoid missed or delayed diagnoses.

VL - 14 IS - 9 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Novel Blood Pressure Locus and Gene Discovery Using Genome-Wide Association Study and Expression Data Sets From Blood and the Kidney. JF - Hypertension Y1 - 2017 A1 - Wain, Louise V A1 - Vaez, Ahmad A1 - Jansen, Rick A1 - Joehanes, Roby A1 - van der Most, Peter J A1 - Erzurumluoglu, A Mesut A1 - O'Reilly, Paul F A1 - Cabrera, Claudia P A1 - Warren, Helen R A1 - Rose, Lynda M A1 - Verwoert, Germaine C A1 - Hottenga, Jouke-Jan A1 - Strawbridge, Rona J A1 - Esko, Tõnu A1 - Arking, Dan E A1 - Hwang, Shih-Jen A1 - Guo, Xiuqing A1 - Kutalik, Zoltán A1 - Trompet, Stella A1 - Shrine, Nick A1 - Teumer, Alexander A1 - Ried, Janina S A1 - Bis, Joshua C A1 - Smith, Albert V A1 - Amin, Najaf A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka A1 - Mahajan, Anubha A1 - Wareham, Nicholas J A1 - Hofer, Edith A1 - Joshi, Peter K A1 - Kristiansson, Kati A1 - Traglia, Michela A1 - Havulinna, Aki S A1 - Goel, Anuj A1 - Nalls, Mike A A1 - Sõber, Siim A1 - Vuckovic, Dragana A1 - Luan, Jian'an A1 - del Greco M, Fabiola A1 - Ayers, Kristin L A1 - Marrugat, Jaume A1 - Ruggiero, Daniela A1 - Lopez, Lorna M A1 - Niiranen, Teemu A1 - Enroth, Stefan A1 - Jackson, Anne U A1 - Nelson, Christopher P A1 - Huffman, Jennifer E A1 - Zhang, Weihua A1 - Marten, Jonathan A1 - Gandin, Ilaria A1 - Harris, Sarah E A1 - Zemunik, Tatijana A1 - Lu, Yingchang A1 - Evangelou, Evangelos A1 - Shah, Nabi A1 - de Borst, Martin H A1 - Mangino, Massimo A1 - Prins, Bram P A1 - Campbell, Archie A1 - Li-Gao, Ruifang A1 - Chauhan, Ganesh A1 - Oldmeadow, Christopher A1 - Abecasis, Goncalo A1 - Abedi, Maryam A1 - Barbieri, Caterina M A1 - Barnes, Michael R A1 - Batini, Chiara A1 - Beilby, John A1 - Blake, Tineka A1 - Boehnke, Michael A1 - Bottinger, Erwin P A1 - Braund, Peter S A1 - Brown, Morris A1 - Brumat, Marco A1 - Campbell, Harry A1 - Chambers, John C A1 - Cocca, Massimiliano A1 - Collins, Francis A1 - Connell, John A1 - Cordell, Heather J A1 - Damman, Jeffrey J A1 - Davies, Gail A1 - de Geus, Eco J A1 - de Mutsert, Renée A1 - Deelen, Joris A1 - Demirkale, Yusuf A1 - Doney, Alex S F A1 - Dörr, Marcus A1 - Farrall, Martin A1 - Ferreira, Teresa A1 - Frånberg, Mattias A1 - Gao, He A1 - Giedraitis, Vilmantas A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Giulianini, Franco A1 - Gow, Alan J A1 - Hamsten, Anders A1 - Harris, Tamara B A1 - Hofman, Albert A1 - Holliday, Elizabeth G A1 - Hui, Jennie A1 - Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta A1 - Johansson, Asa A1 - Johnson, Andrew D A1 - Jousilahti, Pekka A1 - Jula, Antti A1 - Kähönen, Mika A1 - Kathiresan, Sekar A1 - Khaw, Kay-Tee A1 - Kolcic, Ivana A1 - Koskinen, Seppo A1 - Langenberg, Claudia A1 - Larson, Marty A1 - Launer, Lenore J A1 - Lehne, Benjamin A1 - Liewald, David C M A1 - Lin, Li A1 - Lind, Lars A1 - Mach, François A1 - Mamasoula, Chrysovalanto A1 - Menni, Cristina A1 - Mifsud, Borbala A1 - Milaneschi, Yuri A1 - Morgan, Anna A1 - Morris, Andrew D A1 - Morrison, Alanna C A1 - Munson, Peter J A1 - Nandakumar, Priyanka A1 - Nguyen, Quang Tri A1 - Nutile, Teresa A1 - Oldehinkel, Albertine J A1 - Oostra, Ben A A1 - Org, Elin A1 - Padmanabhan, Sandosh A1 - Palotie, Aarno A1 - Paré, Guillaume A1 - Pattie, Alison A1 - Penninx, Brenda W J H A1 - Poulter, Neil A1 - Pramstaller, Peter P A1 - Raitakari, Olli T A1 - Ren, Meixia A1 - Rice, Kenneth A1 - Ridker, Paul M A1 - Riese, Harriëtte A1 - Ripatti, Samuli A1 - Robino, Antonietta A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Rudan, Igor A1 - Saba, Yasaman A1 - Saint Pierre, Aude A1 - Sala, Cinzia F A1 - Sarin, Antti-Pekka A1 - Schmidt, Reinhold A1 - Scott, Rodney A1 - Seelen, Marc A A1 - Shields, Denis C A1 - Siscovick, David A1 - Sorice, Rossella A1 - Stanton, Alice A1 - Stott, David J A1 - Sundström, Johan A1 - Swertz, Morris A1 - Taylor, Kent D A1 - Thom, Simon A1 - Tzoulaki, Ioanna A1 - Tzourio, Christophe A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - Völker, Uwe A1 - Vollenweider, Peter A1 - Wild, Sarah A1 - Willemsen, Gonneke A1 - Wright, Alan F A1 - Yao, Jie A1 - Thériault, Sébastien A1 - Conen, David A1 - Attia, John A1 - Sever, Peter A1 - Debette, Stephanie A1 - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O A1 - Zeggini, Eleftheria A1 - Spector, Tim D A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - Palmer, Colin N A A1 - Vergnaud, Anne-Claire A1 - Loos, Ruth J F A1 - Polasek, Ozren A1 - Starr, John M A1 - Girotto, Giorgia A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - Kooner, Jaspal S A1 - Lindgren, Cecila M A1 - Vitart, Veronique A1 - Samani, Nilesh J A1 - Tuomilehto, Jaakko A1 - Gyllensten, Ulf A1 - Knekt, Paul A1 - Deary, Ian J A1 - Ciullo, Marina A1 - Elosua, Roberto A1 - Keavney, Bernard D A1 - Hicks, Andrew A A1 - Scott, Robert A A1 - Gasparini, Paolo A1 - Laan, Maris A1 - Liu, Yongmei A1 - Watkins, Hugh A1 - Hartman, Catharina A A1 - Salomaa, Veikko A1 - Toniolo, Daniela A1 - Perola, Markus A1 - Wilson, James F A1 - Schmidt, Helena A1 - Zhao, Jing Hua A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Peters, Annette A1 - Rettig, Rainer A1 - James, Alan A1 - Jukema, J Wouter A1 - Strachan, David P A1 - Palmas, Walter A1 - Metspalu, Andres A1 - Ingelsson, Erik A1 - Boomsma, Dorret I A1 - Franco, Oscar H A1 - Bochud, Murielle A1 - Newton-Cheh, Christopher A1 - Munroe, Patricia B A1 - Elliott, Paul A1 - Chasman, Daniel I A1 - Chakravarti, Aravinda A1 - Knight, Joanne A1 - Morris, Andrew P A1 - Levy, Daniel A1 - Tobin, Martin D A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Caulfield, Mark J A1 - Ehret, Georg B AB -

Elevated blood pressure is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and has a substantial genetic contribution. Genetic variation influencing blood pressure has the potential to identify new pharmacological targets for the treatment of hypertension. To discover additional novel blood pressure loci, we used 1000 Genomes Project-based imputation in 150 134 European ancestry individuals and sought significant evidence for independent replication in a further 228 245 individuals. We report 6 new signals of association in or near HSPB7, TNXB, LRP12, LOC283335, SEPT9, and AKT2, and provide new replication evidence for a further 2 signals in EBF2 and NFKBIA Combining large whole-blood gene expression resources totaling 12 607 individuals, we investigated all novel and previously reported signals and identified 48 genes with evidence for involvement in blood pressure regulation that are significant in multiple resources. Three novel kidney-specific signals were also detected. These robustly implicated genes may provide new leads for therapeutic innovation.

ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits. JF - Nat Genet Y1 - 2018 A1 - Evangelou, Evangelos A1 - Warren, Helen R A1 - Mosen-Ansorena, David A1 - Mifsud, Borbala A1 - Pazoki, Raha A1 - Gao, He A1 - Ntritsos, Georgios A1 - Dimou, Niki A1 - Cabrera, Claudia P A1 - Karaman, Ibrahim A1 - Ng, Fu Liang A1 - Evangelou, Marina A1 - Witkowska, Katarzyna A1 - Tzanis, Evan A1 - Hellwege, Jacklyn N A1 - Giri, Ayush A1 - Velez Edwards, Digna R A1 - Sun, Yan V A1 - Cho, Kelly A1 - Gaziano, J Michael A1 - Wilson, Peter W F A1 - Tsao, Philip S A1 - Kovesdy, Csaba P A1 - Esko, Tõnu A1 - Mägi, Reedik A1 - Milani, Lili A1 - Almgren, Peter A1 - Boutin, Thibaud A1 - Debette, Stephanie A1 - Ding, Jun A1 - Giulianini, Franco A1 - Holliday, Elizabeth G A1 - Jackson, Anne U A1 - Li-Gao, Ruifang A1 - Lin, Wei-Yu A1 - Luan, Jian'an A1 - Mangino, Massimo A1 - Oldmeadow, Christopher A1 - Prins, Bram Peter A1 - Qian, Yong A1 - Sargurupremraj, Muralidharan A1 - Shah, Nabi A1 - Surendran, Praveen A1 - Thériault, Sébastien A1 - Verweij, Niek A1 - Willems, Sara M A1 - Zhao, Jing-Hua A1 - Amouyel, Philippe A1 - Connell, John A1 - de Mutsert, Renée A1 - Doney, Alex S F A1 - Farrall, Martin A1 - Menni, Cristina A1 - Morris, Andrew D A1 - Noordam, Raymond A1 - Paré, Guillaume A1 - Poulter, Neil R A1 - Shields, Denis C A1 - Stanton, Alice A1 - Thom, Simon A1 - Abecasis, Goncalo A1 - Amin, Najaf A1 - Arking, Dan E A1 - Ayers, Kristin L A1 - Barbieri, Caterina M A1 - Batini, Chiara A1 - Bis, Joshua C A1 - Blake, Tineka A1 - Bochud, Murielle A1 - Boehnke, Michael A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Boomsma, Dorret I A1 - Bottinger, Erwin P A1 - Braund, Peter S A1 - Brumat, Marco A1 - Campbell, Archie A1 - Campbell, Harry A1 - Chakravarti, Aravinda A1 - Chambers, John C A1 - Chauhan, Ganesh A1 - Ciullo, Marina A1 - Cocca, Massimiliano A1 - Collins, Francis A1 - Cordell, Heather J A1 - Davies, Gail A1 - Borst, Martin H de A1 - Geus, Eco J de A1 - Deary, Ian J A1 - Deelen, Joris A1 - del Greco M, Fabiola A1 - Demirkale, Cumhur Yusuf A1 - Dörr, Marcus A1 - Ehret, Georg B A1 - Elosua, Roberto A1 - Enroth, Stefan A1 - Erzurumluoglu, A Mesut A1 - Ferreira, Teresa A1 - Frånberg, Mattias A1 - Franco, Oscar H A1 - Gandin, Ilaria A1 - Gasparini, Paolo A1 - Giedraitis, Vilmantas A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Girotto, Giorgia A1 - Goel, Anuj A1 - Gow, Alan J A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Guo, Xiuqing A1 - Gyllensten, Ulf A1 - Hamsten, Anders A1 - Harris, Tamara B A1 - Harris, Sarah E A1 - Hartman, Catharina A A1 - Havulinna, Aki S A1 - Hicks, Andrew A A1 - Hofer, Edith A1 - Hofman, Albert A1 - Hottenga, Jouke-Jan A1 - Huffman, Jennifer E A1 - Hwang, Shih-Jen A1 - Ingelsson, Erik A1 - James, Alan A1 - Jansen, Rick A1 - Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta A1 - Joehanes, Roby A1 - Johansson, Asa A1 - Johnson, Andrew D A1 - Joshi, Peter K A1 - Jousilahti, Pekka A1 - Jukema, J Wouter A1 - Jula, Antti A1 - Kähönen, Mika A1 - Kathiresan, Sekar A1 - Keavney, Bernard D A1 - Khaw, Kay-Tee A1 - Knekt, Paul A1 - Knight, Joanne A1 - Kolcic, Ivana A1 - Kooner, Jaspal S A1 - Koskinen, Seppo A1 - Kristiansson, Kati A1 - Kutalik, Zoltán A1 - Laan, Maris A1 - Larson, Marty A1 - Launer, Lenore J A1 - Lehne, Benjamin A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Liewald, David C M A1 - Lin, Li A1 - Lind, Lars A1 - Lindgren, Cecilia M A1 - Liu, Yongmei A1 - Loos, Ruth J F A1 - Lopez, Lorna M A1 - Lu, Yingchang A1 - Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka A1 - Mahajan, Anubha A1 - Mamasoula, Chrysovalanto A1 - Marrugat, Jaume A1 - Marten, Jonathan A1 - Milaneschi, Yuri A1 - Morgan, Anna A1 - Morris, Andrew P A1 - Morrison, Alanna C A1 - Munson, Peter J A1 - Nalls, Mike A A1 - Nandakumar, Priyanka A1 - Nelson, Christopher P A1 - Niiranen, Teemu A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Nutile, Teresa A1 - Oldehinkel, Albertine J A1 - Oostra, Ben A A1 - O'Reilly, Paul F A1 - Org, Elin A1 - Padmanabhan, Sandosh A1 - Palmas, Walter A1 - Palotie, Aarno A1 - Pattie, Alison A1 - Penninx, Brenda W J H A1 - Perola, Markus A1 - Peters, Annette A1 - Polasek, Ozren A1 - Pramstaller, Peter P A1 - Nguyen, Quang Tri A1 - Raitakari, Olli T A1 - Ren, Meixia A1 - Rettig, Rainer A1 - Rice, Kenneth A1 - Ridker, Paul M A1 - Ried, Janina S A1 - Riese, Harriëtte A1 - Ripatti, Samuli A1 - Robino, Antonietta A1 - Rose, Lynda M A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Rudan, Igor A1 - Ruggiero, Daniela A1 - Saba, Yasaman A1 - Sala, Cinzia F A1 - Salomaa, Veikko A1 - Samani, Nilesh J A1 - Sarin, Antti-Pekka A1 - Schmidt, Reinhold A1 - Schmidt, Helena A1 - Shrine, Nick A1 - Siscovick, David A1 - Smith, Albert V A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Sõber, Siim A1 - Sorice, Rossella A1 - Starr, John M A1 - Stott, David J A1 - Strachan, David P A1 - Strawbridge, Rona J A1 - Sundström, Johan A1 - Swertz, Morris A A1 - Taylor, Kent D A1 - Teumer, Alexander A1 - Tobin, Martin D A1 - Tomaszewski, Maciej A1 - Toniolo, Daniela A1 - Traglia, Michela A1 - Trompet, Stella A1 - Tuomilehto, Jaakko A1 - Tzourio, Christophe A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - Vaez, Ahmad A1 - van der Most, Peter J A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Vergnaud, Anne-Claire A1 - Verwoert, Germaine C A1 - Vitart, Veronique A1 - Völker, Uwe A1 - Vollenweider, Peter A1 - Vuckovic, Dragana A1 - Watkins, Hugh A1 - Wild, Sarah H A1 - Willemsen, Gonneke A1 - Wilson, James F A1 - Wright, Alan F A1 - Yao, Jie A1 - Zemunik, Tatijana A1 - Zhang, Weihua A1 - Attia, John R A1 - Butterworth, Adam S A1 - Chasman, Daniel I A1 - Conen, David A1 - Cucca, Francesco A1 - Danesh, John A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - Howson, Joanna M M A1 - Laakso, Markku A1 - Lakatta, Edward G A1 - Langenberg, Claudia A1 - Melander, Olle A1 - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O A1 - Palmer, Colin N A A1 - Risch, Lorenz A1 - Scott, Robert A A1 - Scott, Rodney J A1 - Sever, Peter A1 - Spector, Tim D A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - Wareham, Nicholas J A1 - Zeggini, Eleftheria A1 - Levy, Daniel A1 - Munroe, Patricia B A1 - Newton-Cheh, Christopher A1 - Brown, Morris J A1 - Metspalu, Andres A1 - Hung, Adriana M A1 - O'Donnell, Christopher J A1 - Edwards, Todd L A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Tzoulaki, Ioanna A1 - Barnes, Michael R A1 - Wain, Louise V A1 - Elliott, Paul A1 - Caulfield, Mark J AB -

High blood pressure is a highly heritable and modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. We report the largest genetic association study of blood pressure traits (systolic, diastolic and pulse pressure) to date in over 1 million people of European ancestry. We identify 535 novel blood pressure loci that not only offer new biological insights into blood pressure regulation but also highlight shared genetic architecture between blood pressure and lifestyle exposures. Our findings identify new biological pathways for blood pressure regulation with potential for improved cardiovascular disease prevention in the future.

VL - 50 IS - 10 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Genome Analyses of >200,000 Individuals Identify 58 Loci for Chronic Inflammation and Highlight Pathways that Link Inflammation and Complex Disorders. JF - Am J Hum Genet Y1 - 2018 A1 - Ligthart, Symen A1 - Vaez, Ahmad A1 - Võsa, Urmo A1 - Stathopoulou, Maria G A1 - de Vries, Paul S A1 - Prins, Bram P A1 - van der Most, Peter J A1 - Tanaka, Toshiko A1 - Naderi, Elnaz A1 - Rose, Lynda M A1 - Wu, Ying A1 - Karlsson, Robert A1 - Barbalic, Maja A1 - Lin, Honghuang A1 - Pool, Rene A1 - Zhu, Gu A1 - Mace, Aurelien A1 - Sidore, Carlo A1 - Trompet, Stella A1 - Mangino, Massimo A1 - Sabater-Lleal, Maria A1 - Kemp, John P A1 - Abbasi, Ali A1 - Kacprowski, Tim A1 - Verweij, Niek A1 - Smith, Albert V A1 - Huang, Tao A1 - Marzi, Carola A1 - Feitosa, Mary F A1 - Lohman, Kurt K A1 - Kleber, Marcus E A1 - Milaneschi, Yuri A1 - Mueller, Christian A1 - Huq, Mahmudul A1 - Vlachopoulou, Efthymia A1 - Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka A1 - Oldmeadow, Christopher A1 - Deelen, Joris A1 - Perola, Markus A1 - Zhao, Jing Hua A1 - Feenstra, Bjarke A1 - Amini, Marzyeh A1 - Lahti, Jari A1 - Schraut, Katharina E A1 - Fornage, Myriam A1 - Suktitipat, Bhoom A1 - Chen, Wei-Min A1 - Li, Xiaohui A1 - Nutile, Teresa A1 - Malerba, Giovanni A1 - Luan, Jian'an A1 - Bak, Tom A1 - Schork, Nicholas A1 - del Greco M, Fabiola A1 - Thiering, Elisabeth A1 - Mahajan, Anubha A1 - Marioni, Riccardo E A1 - Mihailov, Evelin A1 - Eriksson, Joel A1 - Ozel, Ayse Bilge A1 - Zhang, Weihua A1 - Nethander, Maria A1 - Cheng, Yu-Ching A1 - Aslibekyan, Stella A1 - Ang, Wei A1 - Gandin, Ilaria A1 - Yengo, Loic A1 - Portas, Laura A1 - Kooperberg, Charles A1 - Hofer, Edith A1 - Rajan, Kumar B A1 - Schurmann, Claudia A1 - den Hollander, Wouter A1 - Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S A1 - Zhao, Jing A1 - Draisma, Harmen H M A1 - Ford, Ian A1 - Timpson, Nicholas A1 - Teumer, Alexander A1 - Huang, Hongyan A1 - Wahl, Simone A1 - Liu, Yongmei A1 - Huang, Jie A1 - Uh, Hae-Won A1 - Geller, Frank A1 - Joshi, Peter K A1 - Yanek, Lisa R A1 - Trabetti, Elisabetta A1 - Lehne, Benjamin A1 - Vozzi, Diego A1 - Verbanck, Marie A1 - Biino, Ginevra A1 - Saba, Yasaman A1 - Meulenbelt, Ingrid A1 - O'Connell, Jeff R A1 - Laakso, Markku A1 - Giulianini, Franco A1 - Magnusson, Patrik K E A1 - Ballantyne, Christie M A1 - Hottenga, Jouke Jan A1 - Montgomery, Grant W A1 - Rivadineira, Fernando A1 - Rueedi, Rico A1 - Steri, Maristella A1 - Herzig, Karl-Heinz A1 - Stott, David J A1 - Menni, Cristina A1 - Frånberg, Mattias A1 - St Pourcain, Beate A1 - Felix, Stephan B A1 - Pers, Tune H A1 - Bakker, Stephan J L A1 - Kraft, Peter A1 - Peters, Annette A1 - Vaidya, Dhananjay A1 - Delgado, Graciela A1 - Smit, Johannes H A1 - Großmann, Vera A1 - Sinisalo, Juha A1 - Seppälä, Ilkka A1 - Williams, Stephen R A1 - Holliday, Elizabeth G A1 - Moed, Matthijs A1 - Langenberg, Claudia A1 - Räikkönen, Katri A1 - Ding, Jingzhong A1 - Campbell, Harry A1 - Sale, Michèle M A1 - Chen, Yii-der I A1 - James, Alan L A1 - Ruggiero, Daniela A1 - Soranzo, Nicole A1 - Hartman, Catharina A A1 - Smith, Erin N A1 - Berenson, Gerald S A1 - Fuchsberger, Christian A1 - Hernandez, Dena A1 - Tiesler, Carla M T A1 - Giedraitis, Vilmantas A1 - Liewald, David A1 - Fischer, Krista A1 - Mellström, Dan A1 - Larsson, Anders A1 - Wang, Yunmei A1 - Scott, William R A1 - Lorentzon, Matthias A1 - Beilby, John A1 - Ryan, Kathleen A A1 - Pennell, Craig E A1 - Vuckovic, Dragana A1 - Balkau, Beverly A1 - Concas, Maria Pina A1 - Schmidt, Reinhold A1 - Mendes de Leon, Carlos F A1 - Bottinger, Erwin P A1 - Kloppenburg, Margreet A1 - Paternoster, Lavinia A1 - Boehnke, Michael A1 - Musk, A W A1 - Willemsen, Gonneke A1 - Evans, David M A1 - Madden, Pamela A F A1 - Kähönen, Mika A1 - Kutalik, Zoltán A1 - Zoledziewska, Magdalena A1 - Karhunen, Ville A1 - Kritchevsky, Stephen B A1 - Sattar, Naveed A1 - Lachance, Genevieve A1 - Clarke, Robert A1 - Harris, Tamara B A1 - Raitakari, Olli T A1 - Attia, John R A1 - van Heemst, Diana A1 - Kajantie, Eero A1 - Sorice, Rossella A1 - Gambaro, Giovanni A1 - Scott, Robert A A1 - Hicks, Andrew A A1 - Ferrucci, Luigi A1 - Standl, Marie A1 - Lindgren, Cecilia M A1 - Starr, John M A1 - Karlsson, Magnus A1 - Lind, Lars A1 - Li, Jun Z A1 - Chambers, John C A1 - Mori, Trevor A A1 - de Geus, Eco J C N A1 - Heath, Andrew C A1 - Martin, Nicholas G A1 - Auvinen, Juha A1 - Buckley, Brendan M A1 - de Craen, Anton J M A1 - Waldenberger, Melanie A1 - Strauch, Konstantin A1 - Meitinger, Thomas A1 - Scott, Rodney J A1 - McEvoy, Mark A1 - Beekman, Marian A1 - Bombieri, Cristina A1 - Ridker, Paul M A1 - Mohlke, Karen L A1 - Pedersen, Nancy L A1 - Morrison, Alanna C A1 - Boomsma, Dorret I A1 - Whitfield, John B A1 - Strachan, David P A1 - Hofman, Albert A1 - Vollenweider, Peter A1 - Cucca, Francesco A1 - Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta A1 - Jukema, J Wouter A1 - Spector, Tim D A1 - Hamsten, Anders A1 - Zeller, Tanja A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - Nauck, Matthias A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Qi, Lu A1 - Grallert, Harald A1 - Borecki, Ingrid B A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - März, Winfried A1 - Wild, Philipp S A1 - Lokki, Marja-Liisa A1 - Boyle, Michael A1 - Salomaa, Veikko A1 - Melbye, Mads A1 - Eriksson, Johan G A1 - Wilson, James F A1 - Penninx, Brenda W J H A1 - Becker, Diane M A1 - Worrall, Bradford B A1 - Gibson, Greg A1 - Krauss, Ronald M A1 - Ciullo, Marina A1 - Zaza, Gianluigi A1 - Wareham, Nicholas J A1 - Oldehinkel, Albertine J A1 - Palmer, Lyle J A1 - Murray, Sarah S A1 - Pramstaller, Peter P A1 - Bandinelli, Stefania A1 - Heinrich, Joachim A1 - Ingelsson, Erik A1 - Deary, Ian J A1 - Mägi, Reedik A1 - Vandenput, Liesbeth A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - Desch, Karl C A1 - Kooner, Jaspal S A1 - Ohlsson, Claes A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Shuldiner, Alan R A1 - Arnett, Donna K A1 - Beilin, Lawrence J A1 - Robino, Antonietta A1 - Froguel, Philippe A1 - Pirastu, Mario A1 - Jess, Tine A1 - Koenig, Wolfgang A1 - Loos, Ruth J F A1 - Evans, Denis A A1 - Schmidt, Helena A1 - Smith, George Davey A1 - Slagboom, P Eline A1 - Eiriksdottir, Gudny A1 - Morris, Andrew P A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Tracy, Russell P A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Visvikis-Siest, Sophie A1 - Reiner, Alex P A1 - Gross, Myron A1 - Bis, Joshua C A1 - Franke, Lude A1 - Franco, Oscar H A1 - Benjamin, Emelia J A1 - Chasman, Daniel I A1 - Dupuis, Josée A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Dehghan, Abbas A1 - Alizadeh, Behrooz Z AB -

C-reactive protein (CRP) is a sensitive biomarker of chronic low-grade inflammation and is associated with multiple complex diseases. The genetic determinants of chronic inflammation remain largely unknown, and the causal role of CRP in several clinical outcomes is debated. We performed two genome-wide association studies (GWASs), on HapMap and 1000 Genomes imputed data, of circulating amounts of CRP by using data from 88 studies comprising 204,402 European individuals. Additionally, we performed in silico functional analyses and Mendelian randomization analyses with several clinical outcomes. The GWAS meta-analyses of CRP revealed 58 distinct genetic loci (p < 5 × 10). After adjustment for body mass index in the regression analysis, the associations at all except three loci remained. The lead variants at the distinct loci explained up to 7.0% of the variance in circulating amounts of CRP. We identified 66 gene sets that were organized in two substantially correlated clusters, one mainly composed of immune pathways and the other characterized by metabolic pathways in the liver. Mendelian randomization analyses revealed a causal protective effect of CRP on schizophrenia and a risk-increasing effect on bipolar disorder. Our findings provide further insights into the biology of inflammation and could lead to interventions for treating inflammation and its clinical consequences.

VL - 103 IS - 5 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Genome-wide analyses identify a role for SLC17A4 and AADAT in thyroid hormone regulation. JF - Nat Commun Y1 - 2018 A1 - Teumer, Alexander A1 - Chaker, Layal A1 - Groeneweg, Stefan A1 - Li, Yong A1 - Di Munno, Celia A1 - Barbieri, Caterina A1 - Schultheiss, Ulla T A1 - Traglia, Michela A1 - Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S A1 - Akiyama, Masato A1 - Appel, Emil Vincent R A1 - Arking, Dan E A1 - Arnold, Alice A1 - Astrup, Arne A1 - Beekman, Marian A1 - Beilby, John P A1 - Bekaert, Sofie A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Brown, Suzanne J A1 - De Buyzere, Marc A1 - Campbell, Purdey J A1 - Ceresini, Graziano A1 - Cerqueira, Charlotte A1 - Cucca, Francesco A1 - Deary, Ian J A1 - Deelen, Joris A1 - Eckardt, Kai-Uwe A1 - Ekici, Arif B A1 - Eriksson, Johan G A1 - Ferrrucci, Luigi A1 - Fiers, Tom A1 - Fiorillo, Edoardo A1 - Ford, Ian A1 - Fox, Caroline S A1 - Fuchsberger, Christian A1 - Galesloot, Tessel E A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Gögele, Martin A1 - De Grandi, Alessandro A1 - Grarup, Niels A1 - Greiser, Karin Halina A1 - Haljas, Kadri A1 - Hansen, Torben A1 - Harris, Sarah E A1 - van Heemst, Diana A1 - den Heijer, Martin A1 - Hicks, Andrew A A1 - den Hollander, Wouter A1 - Homuth, Georg A1 - Hui, Jennie A1 - Ikram, M Arfan A1 - Ittermann, Till A1 - Jensen, Richard A A1 - Jing, Jiaojiao A1 - Jukema, J Wouter A1 - Kajantie, Eero A1 - Kamatani, Yoichiro A1 - Kasbohm, Elisa A1 - Kaufman, Jean-Marc A1 - Kiemeney, Lambertus A A1 - Kloppenburg, Margreet A1 - Kronenberg, Florian A1 - Kubo, Michiaki A1 - Lahti, Jari A1 - Lapauw, Bruno A1 - Li, Shuo A1 - Liewald, David C M A1 - Lim, Ee Mun A1 - Linneberg, Allan A1 - Marina, Michela A1 - Mascalzoni, Deborah A1 - Matsuda, Koichi A1 - Medenwald, Daniel A1 - Meisinger, Christa A1 - Meulenbelt, Ingrid A1 - De Meyer, Tim A1 - Meyer zu Schwabedissen, Henriette E A1 - Mikolajczyk, Rafael A1 - Moed, Matthijs A1 - Netea-Maier, Romana T A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Okada, Yukinori A1 - Pala, Mauro A1 - Pattaro, Cristian A1 - Pedersen, Oluf A1 - Petersmann, Astrid A1 - Porcu, Eleonora A1 - Postmus, Iris A1 - Pramstaller, Peter P A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Ramos, Yolande F M A1 - Rawal, Rajesh A1 - Redmond, Paul A1 - Richards, J Brent A1 - Rietzschel, Ernst R A1 - Rivadeneira, Fernando A1 - Roef, Greet A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Sala, Cinzia F A1 - Schlessinger, David A1 - Selvin, Elizabeth A1 - Slagboom, P Eline A1 - Soranzo, Nicole A1 - Sørensen, Thorkild I A A1 - Spector, Timothy D A1 - Starr, John M A1 - Stott, David J A1 - Taes, Youri A1 - Taliun, Daniel A1 - Tanaka, Toshiko A1 - Thuesen, Betina A1 - Tiller, Daniel A1 - Toniolo, Daniela A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - Visser, W Edward A1 - Walsh, John P A1 - Wilson, Scott G A1 - Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H R A1 - Yang, Qiong A1 - Zheng, Hou-Feng A1 - Cappola, Anne A1 - Peeters, Robin P A1 - Naitza, Silvia A1 - Völzke, Henry A1 - Sanna, Serena A1 - Köttgen, Anna A1 - Visser, Theo J A1 - Medici, Marco AB -

Thyroid dysfunction is an important public health problem, which affects 10% of the general population and increases the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Many aspects of thyroid hormone regulation have only partly been elucidated, including its transport, metabolism, and genetic determinants. Here we report a large meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for thyroid function and dysfunction, testing 8 million genetic variants in up to 72,167 individuals. One-hundred-and-nine independent genetic variants are associated with these traits. A genetic risk score, calculated to assess their combined effects on clinical end points, shows significant associations with increased risk of both overt (Graves' disease) and subclinical thyroid disease, as well as clinical complications. By functional follow-up on selected signals, we identify a novel thyroid hormone transporter (SLC17A4) and a metabolizing enzyme (AADAT). Together, these results provide new knowledge about thyroid hormone physiology and disease, opening new possibilities for therapeutic targets.

VL - 9 IS - 1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - GWAS and colocalization analyses implicate carotid intima-media thickness and carotid plaque loci in cardiovascular outcomes. JF - Nat Commun Y1 - 2018 A1 - Franceschini, Nora A1 - Giambartolomei, Claudia A1 - de Vries, Paul S A1 - Finan, Chris A1 - Bis, Joshua C A1 - Huntley, Rachael P A1 - Lovering, Ruth C A1 - Tajuddin, Salman M A1 - Winkler, Thomas W A1 - Graff, Misa A1 - Kavousi, Maryam A1 - Dale, Caroline A1 - Smith, Albert V A1 - Hofer, Edith A1 - van Leeuwen, Elisabeth M A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Lu, Lingyi A1 - Scholz, Markus A1 - Sargurupremraj, Muralidharan A1 - Pitkänen, Niina A1 - Franzén, Oscar A1 - Joshi, Peter K A1 - Noordam, Raymond A1 - Marioni, Riccardo E A1 - Hwang, Shih-Jen A1 - Musani, Solomon K A1 - Schminke, Ulf A1 - Palmas, Walter A1 - Isaacs, Aaron A1 - Correa, Adolfo A1 - Zonderman, Alan B A1 - Hofman, Albert A1 - Teumer, Alexander A1 - Cox, Amanda J A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - Wong, Andrew A1 - Smit, Andries J A1 - Newman, Anne B A1 - Britton, Annie A1 - Ruusalepp, Arno A1 - Sennblad, Bengt A1 - Hedblad, Bo A1 - Pasaniuc, Bogdan A1 - Penninx, Brenda W A1 - Langefeld, Carl D A1 - Wassel, Christina L A1 - Tzourio, Christophe A1 - Fava, Cristiano A1 - Baldassarre, Damiano A1 - O'Leary, Daniel H A1 - Teupser, Daniel A1 - Kuh, Diana A1 - Tremoli, Elena A1 - Mannarino, Elmo A1 - Grossi, Enzo A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Schadt, Eric E A1 - Ingelsson, Erik A1 - Veglia, Fabrizio A1 - Rivadeneira, Fernando A1 - Beutner, Frank A1 - Chauhan, Ganesh A1 - Heiss, Gerardo A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Campbell, Harry A1 - Völzke, Henry A1 - Markus, Hugh S A1 - Deary, Ian J A1 - Jukema, J Wouter A1 - de Graaf, Jacqueline A1 - Price, Jacqueline A1 - Pott, Janne A1 - Hopewell, Jemma C A1 - Liang, Jingjing A1 - Thiery, Joachim A1 - Engmann, Jorgen A1 - Gertow, Karl A1 - Rice, Kenneth A1 - Taylor, Kent D A1 - Dhana, Klodian A1 - Kiemeney, Lambertus A L M A1 - Lind, Lars A1 - Raffield, Laura M A1 - Launer, Lenore J A1 - Holdt, Lesca M A1 - Dörr, Marcus A1 - Dichgans, Martin A1 - Traylor, Matthew A1 - Sitzer, Matthias A1 - Kumari, Meena A1 - Kivimaki, Mika A1 - Nalls, Mike A A1 - Melander, Olle A1 - Raitakari, Olli A1 - Franco, Oscar H A1 - Rueda-Ochoa, Oscar L A1 - Roussos, Panos A1 - Whincup, Peter H A1 - Amouyel, Philippe A1 - Giral, Philippe A1 - Anugu, Pramod A1 - Wong, Quenna A1 - Malik, Rainer A1 - Rauramaa, Rainer A1 - Burkhardt, Ralph A1 - Hardy, Rebecca A1 - Schmidt, Reinhold A1 - de Mutsert, Renée A1 - Morris, Richard W A1 - Strawbridge, Rona J A1 - Wannamethee, S Goya A1 - Hägg, Sara A1 - Shah, Sonia A1 - McLachlan, Stela A1 - Trompet, Stella A1 - Seshadri, Sudha A1 - Kurl, Sudhir A1 - Heckbert, Susan R A1 - Ring, Susan A1 - Harris, Tamara B A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Galesloot, Tessel E A1 - Shah, Tina A1 - de Faire, Ulf A1 - Plagnol, Vincent A1 - Rosamond, Wayne D A1 - Post, Wendy A1 - Zhu, Xiaofeng A1 - Zhang, Xiaoling A1 - Guo, Xiuqing A1 - Saba, Yasaman A1 - Dehghan, Abbas A1 - Seldenrijk, Adrie A1 - Morrison, Alanna C A1 - Hamsten, Anders A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Lawlor, Deborah A A1 - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O A1 - Bowden, Donald W A1 - Schmidt, Helena A1 - Wilson, James F A1 - Wilson, James G A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Wardlaw, Joanna M A1 - Deanfield, John A1 - Halcox, Julian A1 - Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka A1 - Loeffler, Markus A1 - Evans, Michele K A1 - Debette, Stephanie A1 - Humphries, Steve E A1 - Völker, Uwe A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Hingorani, Aroon D A1 - Björkegren, Johan L M A1 - Casas, Juan P A1 - O'Donnell, Christopher J KW - ADAMTS9 Protein KW - Amino Acid Oxidoreductases KW - Carotid Intima-Media Thickness KW - Coronary Disease KW - Genetic Predisposition to Disease KW - Genome-Wide Association Study KW - Humans KW - Lod Score KW - Plaque, Atherosclerotic KW - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide KW - Quantitative Trait Loci KW - Risk Factors AB -

Carotid artery intima media thickness (cIMT) and carotid plaque are measures of subclinical atherosclerosis associated with ischemic stroke and coronary heart disease (CHD). Here, we undertake meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in 71,128 individuals for cIMT, and 48,434 individuals for carotid plaque traits. We identify eight novel susceptibility loci for cIMT, one independent association at the previously-identified PINX1 locus, and one novel locus for carotid plaque. Colocalization analysis with nearby vascular expression quantitative loci (cis-eQTLs) derived from arterial wall and metabolic tissues obtained from patients with CHD identifies candidate genes at two potentially additional loci, ADAMTS9 and LOXL4. LD score regression reveals significant genetic correlations between cIMT and plaque traits, and both cIMT and plaque with CHD, any stroke subtype and ischemic stroke. Our study provides insights into genes and tissue-specific regulatory mechanisms linking atherosclerosis both to its functional genomic origins and its clinical consequences in humans.

VL - 9 IS - 1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries. JF - PLoS One Y1 - 2018 A1 - Feitosa, Mary F A1 - Kraja, Aldi T A1 - Chasman, Daniel I A1 - Sung, Yun J A1 - Winkler, Thomas W A1 - Ntalla, Ioanna A1 - Guo, Xiuqing A1 - Franceschini, Nora A1 - Cheng, Ching-Yu A1 - Sim, Xueling A1 - Vojinovic, Dina A1 - Marten, Jonathan A1 - Musani, Solomon K A1 - Li, Changwei A1 - Bentley, Amy R A1 - Brown, Michael R A1 - Schwander, Karen A1 - Richard, Melissa A A1 - Noordam, Raymond A1 - Aschard, Hugues A1 - Bartz, Traci M A1 - Bielak, Lawrence F A1 - Dorajoo, Rajkumar A1 - Fisher, Virginia A1 - Hartwig, Fernando P A1 - Horimoto, Andrea R V R A1 - Lohman, Kurt K A1 - Manning, Alisa K A1 - Rankinen, Tuomo A1 - Smith, Albert V A1 - Tajuddin, Salman M A1 - Wojczynski, Mary K A1 - Alver, Maris A1 - Boissel, Mathilde A1 - Cai, Qiuyin A1 - Campbell, Archie A1 - Chai, Jin Fang A1 - Chen, Xu A1 - Divers, Jasmin A1 - Gao, Chuan A1 - Goel, Anuj A1 - Hagemeijer, Yanick A1 - Harris, Sarah E A1 - He, Meian A1 - Hsu, Fang-Chi A1 - Jackson, Anne U A1 - Kähönen, Mika A1 - Kasturiratne, Anuradhani A1 - Komulainen, Pirjo A1 - Kuhnel, Brigitte A1 - Laguzzi, Federica A1 - Luan, Jian'an A1 - Matoba, Nana A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Padmanabhan, Sandosh A1 - Riaz, Muhammad A1 - Rueedi, Rico A1 - Robino, Antonietta A1 - Said, M Abdullah A1 - Scott, Robert A A1 - Sofer, Tamar A1 - Stančáková, Alena A1 - Takeuchi, Fumihiko A1 - Tayo, Bamidele O A1 - van der Most, Peter J A1 - Varga, Tibor V A1 - Vitart, Veronique A1 - Wang, Yajuan A1 - Ware, Erin B A1 - Warren, Helen R A1 - Weiss, Stefan A1 - Wen, Wanqing A1 - Yanek, Lisa R A1 - Zhang, Weihua A1 - Zhao, Jing Hua A1 - Afaq, Saima A1 - Amin, Najaf A1 - Amini, Marzyeh A1 - Arking, Dan E A1 - Aung, Tin A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Borecki, Ingrid A1 - Broeckel, Ulrich A1 - Brown, Morris A1 - Brumat, Marco A1 - Burke, Gregory L A1 - Canouil, Mickaël A1 - Chakravarti, Aravinda A1 - Charumathi, Sabanayagam A1 - Ida Chen, Yii-Der A1 - Connell, John M A1 - Correa, Adolfo A1 - de Las Fuentes, Lisa A1 - de Mutsert, Renée A1 - de Silva, H Janaka A1 - Deng, Xuan A1 - Ding, Jingzhong A1 - Duan, Qing A1 - Eaton, Charles B A1 - Ehret, Georg A1 - Eppinga, Ruben N A1 - Evangelou, Evangelos A1 - Faul, Jessica D A1 - Felix, Stephan B A1 - Forouhi, Nita G A1 - Forrester, Terrence A1 - Franco, Oscar H A1 - Friedlander, Yechiel A1 - Gandin, Ilaria A1 - Gao, He A1 - Ghanbari, Mohsen A1 - Gigante, Bruna A1 - Gu, C Charles A1 - Gu, Dongfeng A1 - Hagenaars, Saskia P A1 - Hallmans, Göran A1 - Harris, Tamara B A1 - He, Jiang A1 - Heikkinen, Sami A1 - Heng, Chew-Kiat A1 - Hirata, Makoto A1 - Howard, Barbara V A1 - Ikram, M Arfan A1 - John, Ulrich A1 - Katsuya, Tomohiro A1 - Khor, Chiea Chuen A1 - Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O A1 - Koh, Woon-Puay A1 - Krieger, Jose E A1 - Kritchevsky, Stephen B A1 - Kubo, Michiaki A1 - Kuusisto, Johanna A1 - Lakka, Timo A A1 - Langefeld, Carl D A1 - Langenberg, Claudia A1 - Launer, Lenore J A1 - Lehne, Benjamin A1 - Lewis, Cora E A1 - Li, Yize A1 - Lin, Shiow A1 - Liu, Jianjun A1 - Liu, Jingmin A1 - Loh, Marie A1 - Louie, Tin A1 - 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Heavy alcohol consumption is an established risk factor for hypertension; the mechanism by which alcohol consumption impact blood pressure (BP) regulation remains unknown. We hypothesized that a genome-wide association study accounting for gene-alcohol consumption interaction for BP might identify additional BP loci and contribute to the understanding of alcohol-related BP regulation. We conducted a large two-stage investigation incorporating joint testing of main genetic effects and single nucleotide variant (SNV)-alcohol consumption interactions. In Stage 1, genome-wide discovery meta-analyses in ≈131K individuals across several ancestry groups yielded 3,514 SNVs (245 loci) with suggestive evidence of association (P < 1.0 x 10-5). In Stage 2, these SNVs were tested for independent external replication in ≈440K individuals across multiple ancestries. We identified and replicated (at Bonferroni correction threshold) five novel BP loci (380 SNVs in 21 genes) and 49 previously reported BP loci (2,159 SNVs in 109 genes) in European ancestry, and in multi-ancestry meta-analyses (P < 5.0 x 10-8). For African ancestry samples, we detected 18 potentially novel BP loci (P < 5.0 x 10-8) in Stage 1 that warrant further replication. Additionally, correlated meta-analysis identified eight novel BP loci (11 genes). Several genes in these loci (e.g., PINX1, GATA4, BLK, FTO and GABBR2) have been previously reported to be associated with alcohol consumption. These findings provide insights into the role of alcohol consumption in the genetic architecture of hypertension.

VL - 13 IS - 6 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - PR interval genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies 50 loci associated with atrial and atrioventricular electrical activity. JF - Nat Commun Y1 - 2018 A1 - van Setten, Jessica A1 - Brody, Jennifer A A1 - Jamshidi, Yalda A1 - Swenson, Brenton R A1 - Butler, Anne M A1 - Campbell, Harry A1 - Del Greco, Fabiola M A1 - Evans, Daniel S A1 - Gibson, Quince A1 - Gudbjartsson, Daniel F A1 - Kerr, Kathleen F A1 - Krijthe, Bouwe P A1 - Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka A1 - Müller, Christian A1 - Müller-Nurasyid, Martina A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Padmanabhan, Sandosh A1 - Ritchie, Marylyn D A1 - Robino, Antonietta A1 - Smith, Albert V A1 - Steri, Maristella A1 - Tanaka, Toshiko A1 - Teumer, Alexander A1 - Trompet, Stella A1 - Ulivi, Sheila A1 - Verweij, Niek A1 - Yin, Xiaoyan A1 - Arnar, David O A1 - Asselbergs, Folkert W A1 - Bader, Joel S A1 - Barnard, John A1 - Bis, Josh A1 - Blankenberg, Stefan A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Bradford, Yuki A1 - Buckley, Brendan M A1 - Chung, Mina K A1 - Crawford, Dana A1 - den Hoed, Marcel A1 - Denny, Josh C A1 - Dominiczak, Anna F A1 - Ehret, Georg B A1 - Eijgelsheim, Mark A1 - Ellinor, Patrick T A1 - Felix, Stephan B A1 - Franco, Oscar H A1 - Franke, Lude A1 - Harris, Tamara B A1 - Holm, Hilma A1 - Ilaria, Gandin A1 - Iorio, Annamaria A1 - Kähönen, Mika A1 - Kolcic, Ivana A1 - Kors, Jan A A1 - Lakatta, Edward G A1 - Launer, Lenore J A1 - Lin, Honghuang A1 - Lin, Henry J A1 - Loos, Ruth J F A1 - Lubitz, Steven A A1 - Macfarlane, Peter W A1 - Magnani, Jared W A1 - Leach, Irene Mateo A1 - Meitinger, Thomas A1 - Mitchell, Braxton D A1 - Münzel, Thomas A1 - Papanicolaou, George J A1 - Peters, Annette A1 - Pfeufer, Arne A1 - Pramstaller, Peter P A1 - Raitakari, Olli T A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Rudan, Igor A1 - Samani, Nilesh J A1 - Schlessinger, David A1 - Silva Aldana, Claudia T A1 - Sinner, Moritz F A1 - Smith, Jonathan D A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Soliman, Elsayed Z A1 - Spector, Timothy D A1 - Stott, David J A1 - Strauch, Konstantin A1 - Tarasov, Kirill V A1 - Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - Van Wagoner, David R A1 - Völker, Uwe A1 - Völzke, Henry A1 - Waldenberger, Melanie A1 - Jan Westra, Harm A1 - Wild, Philipp S A1 - Zeller, Tanja A1 - Alonso, Alvaro A1 - Avery, Christy L A1 - Bandinelli, Stefania A1 - Benjamin, Emelia J A1 - Cucca, Francesco A1 - Dörr, Marcus A1 - Ferrucci, Luigi A1 - Gasparini, Paolo A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - Heckbert, Susan R A1 - Hicks, Andrew A A1 - Jukema, J Wouter A1 - Kääb, Stefan A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Liu, Yongmei A1 - Munroe, Patricia B A1 - Parsa, Afshin A1 - Polasek, Ozren A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Roden, Dan M A1 - Schnabel, Renate B A1 - Sinagra, Gianfranco A1 - Stefansson, Kari A1 - Stricker, Bruno H A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Wilson, James F A1 - Gharib, Sina A A1 - de Bakker, Paul I W A1 - Isaacs, Aaron A1 - Arking, Dan E A1 - Sotoodehnia, Nona AB -

Electrocardiographic PR interval measures atrio-ventricular depolarization and conduction, and abnormal PR interval is a risk factor for atrial fibrillation and heart block. Our genome-wide association study of over 92,000 European-descent individuals identifies 44 PR interval loci (34 novel). Examination of these loci reveals known and previously not-yet-reported biological processes involved in cardiac atrial electrical activity. Genes in these loci are over-represented in cardiac disease processes including heart block and atrial fibrillation. Variants in over half of the 44 loci were associated with atrial or blood transcript expression levels, or were in high linkage disequilibrium with missense variants. Six additional loci were identified either by meta-analysis of ~105,000 African and European-descent individuals and/or by pleiotropic analyses combining PR interval with heart rate, QRS interval, and atrial fibrillation. These findings implicate developmental pathways, and identify transcription factors, ion-channel genes, and cell-junction/cell-signaling proteins in atrio-ventricular conduction, identifying potential targets for drug development.

VL - 9 IS - 1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Associations of autozygosity with a broad range of human phenotypes. 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In many species, the offspring of related parents suffer reduced reproductive success, a phenomenon known as inbreeding depression. In humans, the importance of this effect has remained unclear, partly because reproduction between close relatives is both rare and frequently associated with confounding social factors. Here, using genomic inbreeding coefficients (F) for >1.4 million individuals, we show that F is significantly associated (p < 0.0005) with apparently deleterious changes in 32 out of 100 traits analysed. These changes are associated with runs of homozygosity (ROH), but not with common variant homozygosity, suggesting that genetic variants associated with inbreeding depression are predominantly rare. The effect on fertility is striking: F equivalent to the offspring of first cousins is associated with a 55% decrease [95% CI 44-66%] in the odds of having children. Finally, the effects of F are confirmed within full-sibling pairs, where the variation in F is independent of all environmental confounding.

VL - 10 IS - 1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - A catalog of genetic loci associated with kidney function from analyses of a million individuals. 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van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Velez Edward, Digna R A1 - Verweij, Niek A1 - Vogelezang, Suzanne A1 - Völker, Uwe A1 - Vollenweider, Peter A1 - Waeber, Gérard A1 - Waldenberger, Melanie A1 - Wallentin, Lars A1 - Wang, Ya Xing A1 - Wang, Chaolong A1 - Waterworth, Dawn M A1 - Bin Wei, Wen A1 - White, Harvey A1 - Whitfield, John B A1 - Wild, Sarah H A1 - Wilson, James F A1 - Wojczynski, Mary K A1 - Wong, Charlene A1 - Wong, Tien-Yin A1 - Xu, Liang A1 - Yang, Qiong A1 - Yasuda, Masayuki A1 - Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M A1 - Zhang, Weihua A1 - Zonderman, Alan B A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Bochud, Murielle A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Vitart, Veronique A1 - Wilson, James G A1 - Dehghan, Abbas A1 - Parsa, Afshin A1 - Chasman, Daniel I A1 - Ho, Kevin A1 - Morris, Andrew P A1 - Devuyst, Olivier A1 - Akilesh, Shreeram A1 - Pendergrass, Sarah A A1 - Sim, Xueling A1 - Böger, Carsten A A1 - Okada, Yukinori A1 - Edwards, Todd L A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Stefansson, Kari A1 - Hung, Adriana M A1 - Heid, Iris M A1 - Scholz, Markus A1 - Teumer, Alexander A1 - Köttgen, Anna A1 - Pattaro, Cristian KW - Chromosome Mapping KW - European Continental Ancestry Group KW - Genetic Association Studies KW - Genetic Predisposition to Disease KW - Genome-Wide Association Study KW - Glomerular Filtration Rate KW - Humans KW - Inheritance Patterns KW - Kidney Function Tests KW - Phenotype KW - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide KW - Quantitative Trait Loci KW - Quantitative Trait, Heritable KW - Renal Insufficiency, Chronic KW - Uromodulin AB -

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is responsible for a public health burden with multi-systemic complications. Through trans-ancestry meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and independent replication (n = 1,046,070), we identified 264 associated loci (166 new). Of these, 147 were likely to be relevant for kidney function on the basis of associations with the alternative kidney function marker blood urea nitrogen (n = 416,178). Pathway and enrichment analyses, including mouse models with renal phenotypes, support the kidney as the main target organ. A genetic risk score for lower eGFR was associated with clinically diagnosed CKD in 452,264 independent individuals. Colocalization analyses of associations with eGFR among 783,978 European-ancestry individuals and gene expression across 46 human tissues, including tubulo-interstitial and glomerular kidney compartments, identified 17 genes differentially expressed in kidney. Fine-mapping highlighted missense driver variants in 11 genes and kidney-specific regulatory variants. These results provide a comprehensive priority list of molecular targets for translational research.

VL - 51 IS - 6 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Multi-Ancestry Genome-Wide Association Study of Lipid Levels Incorporating Gene-Alcohol Interactions. JF - Am J Epidemiol Y1 - 2019 A1 - de Vries, Paul S A1 - Brown, Michael R A1 - Bentley, Amy R A1 - Sung, Yun J A1 - Winkler, Thomas W A1 - Ntalla, Ioanna A1 - Schwander, Karen A1 - Kraja, Aldi T A1 - Guo, Xiuqing A1 - Franceschini, Nora A1 - Cheng, Ching-Yu A1 - Sim, Xueling A1 - Vojinovic, Dina A1 - Huffman, Jennifer E A1 - Musani, Solomon K A1 - Li, Changwei A1 - Feitosa, Mary F A1 - Richard, Melissa A A1 - Noordam, Raymond A1 - Aschard, Hugues A1 - Bartz, Traci M A1 - Bielak, Lawrence F A1 - Deng, Xuan A1 - Dorajoo, Rajkumar A1 - Lohman, Kurt K A1 - Manning, Alisa K A1 - Rankinen, Tuomo A1 - Smith, Albert V A1 - Tajuddin, Salman M A1 - Evangelou, Evangelos A1 - Graff, Mariaelisa A1 - Alver, Maris A1 - Boissel, Mathilde A1 - Chai, Jin Fang A1 - Chen, Xu A1 - Divers, Jasmin A1 - Gandin, Ilaria A1 - Gao, Chuan A1 - Goel, Anuj A1 - Hagemeijer, Yanick A1 - Harris, Sarah E A1 - Hartwig, Fernando P A1 - He, Meian A1 - Horimoto, Andrea R V R A1 - Hsu, Fang-Chi A1 - Jackson, Anne U A1 - Kasturiratne, Anuradhani A1 - Komulainen, Pirjo A1 - Kuhnel, Brigitte A1 - Laguzzi, Federica A1 - Lee, Joseph H A1 - Luan, Jian'an A1 - Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka A1 - Matoba, Nana A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Pietzner, Maik A1 - Riaz, Muhammad A1 - Said, M Abdullah A1 - Scott, Robert A A1 - Sofer, Tamar A1 - Stančáková, Alena A1 - Takeuchi, Fumihiko A1 - Tayo, Bamidele O A1 - van der Most, Peter J A1 - Varga, Tibor V A1 - Wang, Yajuan A1 - Ware, Erin B A1 - Wen, Wanqing A1 - Yanek, Lisa R A1 - Zhang, Weihua A1 - Zhao, Jing Hua A1 - Afaq, Saima A1 - Amin, Najaf A1 - Amini, Marzyeh A1 - Arking, Dan E A1 - Aung, Tin A1 - Ballantyne, Christie A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Broeckel, Ulrich A1 - Campbell, Archie A1 - Canouil, Mickaël A1 - Charumathi, Sabanayagam A1 - Chen, Yii-Der Ida A1 - Connell, John M A1 - de Faire, Ulf A1 - de Las Fuentes, Lisa A1 - de Mutsert, Renée A1 - de Silva, H Janaka A1 - Ding, Jingzhong A1 - Dominiczak, Anna F A1 - Duan, Qing A1 - Eaton, Charles B A1 - Eppinga, Ruben N A1 - Faul, Jessica D A1 - Fisher, Virginia A1 - Forrester, Terrence A1 - Franco, Oscar H A1 - Friedlander, Yechiel A1 - Ghanbari, Mohsen A1 - Giulianini, Franco A1 - Grabe, Hans J A1 - Grove, Megan L A1 - Gu, C Charles A1 - Harris, Tamara B A1 - Heikkinen, Sami A1 - Heng, Chew-Kiat A1 - Hirata, Makoto A1 - Hixson, James E A1 - Howard, Barbara V A1 - Ikram, M Arfan A1 - Jacobs, David R A1 - Johnson, Craig A1 - Jonas, Jost Bruno A1 - Kammerer, Candace M A1 - Katsuya, Tomohiro A1 - Khor, Chiea Chuen A1 - Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O A1 - Koh, Woon-Puay A1 - Koistinen, Heikki A A1 - Kolcic, Ivana A1 - Kooperberg, Charles A1 - Krieger, Jose E A1 - Kritchevsky, Steve B A1 - Kubo, Michiaki A1 - Kuusisto, Johanna A1 - Lakka, Timo A A1 - Langefeld, Carl D A1 - Langenberg, Claudia A1 - Launer, Lenore J A1 - Lehne, Benjamin A1 - Lemaitre, Rozenn N A1 - Li, Yize A1 - Liang, Jingjing A1 - Liu, Jianjun A1 - Liu, Kiang A1 - Loh, Marie A1 - Louie, Tin A1 - Mägi, Reedik A1 - Manichaikul, Ani W A1 - McKenzie, Colin A A1 - Meitinger, Thomas A1 - Metspalu, Andres A1 - Milaneschi, Yuri A1 - Milani, Lili A1 - Mohlke, Karen L A1 - Mosley, Thomas H A1 - Mukamal, Kenneth J A1 - Nalls, Mike A A1 - Nauck, Matthias A1 - Nelson, Christopher P A1 - Sotoodehnia, Nona A1 - O'Connell, Jeff R A1 - Palmer, Nicholette D A1 - Pazoki, Raha A1 - Pedersen, Nancy L A1 - Peters, Annette A1 - Peyser, Patricia A A1 - Polasek, Ozren A1 - Poulter, Neil A1 - Raffel, Leslie J A1 - Raitakari, Olli T A1 - Reiner, Alex P A1 - Rice, Treva K A1 - Rich, Stephen S A1 - Robino, Antonietta A1 - Robinson, Jennifer G A1 - Rose, Lynda M A1 - Rudan, Igor A1 - Schmidt, Carsten O A1 - Schreiner, Pamela J A1 - Scott, William R A1 - Sever, Peter A1 - Shi, Yuan A1 - Sidney, Stephen A1 - Sims, Mario A1 - Smith, Blair H A1 - Smith, Jennifer A A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Starr, John M A1 - Strauch, Konstantin A1 - Tan, Nicholas A1 - Taylor, Kent D A1 - Teo, Yik Ying A1 - Tham, Yih Chung A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - van Heemst, Diana A1 - Vuckovic, Dragana A1 - Waldenberger, Melanie A1 - Wang, Lihua A1 - Wang, Yujie A1 - Wang, Zhe A1 - Wei, Wen Bin A1 - Williams, Christine A1 - Wilson, Gregory A1 - Wojczynski, Mary K A1 - Yao, Jie A1 - Yu, Bing A1 - Yu, Caizheng A1 - Yuan, Jian-Min A1 - Zhao, Wei A1 - Zonderman, Alan B A1 - Becker, Diane M A1 - Boehnke, Michael A1 - Bowden, Donald W A1 - Chambers, John C A1 - Deary, Ian J A1 - Esko, Tõnu A1 - Farrall, Martin A1 - Franks, Paul W A1 - Freedman, Barry I A1 - Froguel, Philippe A1 - Gasparini, Paolo A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Horta, Bernardo L A1 - Kamatani, Yoichiro A1 - Kato, Norihiro A1 - Kooner, Jaspal S A1 - Laakso, Markku A1 - Leander, Karin A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Magnusson, Patrik K E A1 - Penninx, Brenda A1 - Pereira, Alexandre C A1 - Rauramaa, Rainer A1 - Samani, Nilesh J A1 - Scott, James A1 - Shu, Xiao-Ou A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - Wagenknecht, Lynne E A1 - Wang, Ya Xing A1 - Wareham, Nicholas J A1 - Watkins, Hugh A1 - Weir, David R A1 - Wickremasinghe, Ananda R A1 - Zheng, Wei A1 - Elliott, Paul A1 - North, Kari E A1 - Bouchard, Claude A1 - Evans, Michele K A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Liu, Ching-Ti A1 - Liu, Yongmei A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Ridker, Paul M A1 - van Dam, Rob M A1 - Kardia, Sharon L R A1 - Zhu, Xiaofeng A1 - Rotimi, Charles N A1 - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O A1 - Fornage, Myriam A1 - Kelly, Tanika N A1 - Fox, Ervin R A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Tai, E Shyong A1 - Wong, Tien Yin A1 - Liu, Jingmin A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Gauderman, W James A1 - Province, Michael A A1 - Munroe, Patricia B A1 - Rice, Kenneth A1 - Chasman, Daniel I A1 - Cupples, L Adrienne A1 - Rao, Dabeeru C A1 - Morrison, Alanna C AB -

An individual's lipid profile is influenced by genetic variants and alcohol consumption, but the contribution of interactions between these exposures has not been studied. We therefore incorporated gene-alcohol interactions into a multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and triglycerides. We included 45 studies in Stage 1 (genome-wide discovery) and 66 studies in Stage 2 (focused follow-up), for a total of 394,584 individuals from five ancestry groups. Genetic main and interaction effects were jointly assessed by a 2 degrees of freedom (DF) test, and a 1 DF test was used to assess the interaction effects alone. Variants at 495 loci were at least suggestively associated (P < 1 × 10-6) with lipid levels in Stage 1 and were evaluated in Stage 2, followed by combined analyses of Stage 1 and Stage 2. In the combined analysis of Stage 1 and Stage 2, 147 independent loci were associated with lipid levels at P < 5 × 10-8 using 2 DF tests, of which 18 were novel. No genome-wide significant associations were found testing the interaction effect alone. The novel loci included several genes (PCSK5, VEGFB, and A1CF) with a putative role in lipid metabolism based on existing evidence from cellular and experimental models.

ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Multi-ancestry genome-wide gene-smoking interaction study of 387,272 individuals identifies new loci associated with serum lipids. 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Lakka, Timo A A1 - Langefeld, Carl D A1 - Langenberg, Claudia A1 - Launer, Lenore J A1 - Lehne, Benjamin A1 - Lewis, Cora E A1 - Li, Yize A1 - Liang, Jingjing A1 - Lin, Shiow A1 - Liu, Ching-Ti A1 - Liu, Jianjun A1 - Liu, Kiang A1 - Loh, Marie A1 - Lohman, Kurt K A1 - Louie, Tin A1 - Luzzi, Anna A1 - Mägi, Reedik A1 - Mahajan, Anubha A1 - Manichaikul, Ani W A1 - McKenzie, Colin A A1 - Meitinger, Thomas A1 - Metspalu, Andres A1 - Milaneschi, Yuri A1 - Milani, Lili A1 - Mohlke, Karen L A1 - Momozawa, Yukihide A1 - Morris, Andrew P A1 - Murray, Alison D A1 - Nalls, Mike A A1 - Nauck, Matthias A1 - Nelson, Christopher P A1 - North, Kari E A1 - O'Connell, Jeffrey R A1 - Palmer, Nicholette D A1 - Papanicolau, George J A1 - Pedersen, Nancy L A1 - Peters, Annette A1 - Peyser, Patricia A A1 - Polasek, Ozren A1 - Poulter, Neil A1 - Raitakari, Olli T A1 - Reiner, Alex P A1 - Renstrom, Frida A1 - Rice, Treva K A1 - Rich, Stephen S A1 - Robinson, Jennifer G A1 - Rose, Lynda M A1 - Rosendaal, Frits R A1 - 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Gasparini, Paolo A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Horta, Bernardo L A1 - Juang, Jyh-Ming Jimmy A1 - Kamatani, Yoichiro A1 - Kammerer, Candace M A1 - Kato, Norihiro A1 - Kooner, Jaspal S A1 - Laakso, Markku A1 - Laurie, Cathy C A1 - Lee, I-Te A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Magnusson, Patrik K E A1 - Oldehinkel, Albertine J A1 - Penninx, Brenda W J H A1 - Pereira, Alexandre C A1 - Rauramaa, Rainer A1 - Redline, Susan A1 - Samani, Nilesh J A1 - Scott, James A1 - Shu, Xiao-Ou A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - Wagenknecht, Lynne E A1 - Wang, Jun-Sing A1 - Wang, Ya Xing A1 - Wareham, Nicholas J A1 - Watkins, Hugh A1 - Weir, David R A1 - Wickremasinghe, Ananda R A1 - Wu, Tangchun A1 - Zeggini, Eleftheria A1 - Zheng, Wei A1 - Bouchard, Claude A1 - Evans, Michele K A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Kardia, Sharon L R A1 - Liu, Yongmei A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Ridker, Paul M A1 - van Dam, Rob M A1 - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O A1 - Fornage, Myriam A1 - Province, Michael A A1 - Kelly, Tanika N A1 - Fox, Ervin R A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Tai, E Shyong A1 - Wong, Tien Yin A1 - Loos, Ruth J F A1 - Franceschini, Nora A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Zhu, Xiaofeng A1 - Bierut, Laura J A1 - Gauderman, W James A1 - Rice, Kenneth A1 - Munroe, Patricia B A1 - Morrison, Alanna C A1 - Rao, Dabeeru C A1 - Rotimi, Charles N A1 - Cupples, L Adrienne AB -

The concentrations of high- and low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides are influenced by smoking, but it is unknown whether genetic associations with lipids may be modified by smoking. We conducted a multi-ancestry genome-wide gene-smoking interaction study in 133,805 individuals with follow-up in an additional 253,467 individuals. Combined meta-analyses identified 13 new loci associated with lipids, some of which were detected only because association differed by smoking status. Additionally, we demonstrate the importance of including diverse populations, particularly in studies of interactions with lifestyle factors, where genomic and lifestyle differences by ancestry may contribute to novel findings.

VL - 51 IS - 4 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Multi-ancestry sleep-by-SNP interaction analysis in 126,926 individuals reveals lipid loci stratified by sleep duration. JF - Nat Commun Y1 - 2019 A1 - Noordam, Raymond A1 - Bos, Maxime M A1 - Wang, Heming A1 - Winkler, Thomas W A1 - Bentley, Amy R A1 - Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O A1 - de Vries, Paul S A1 - Sung, Yun Ju A1 - Schwander, Karen A1 - Cade, Brian E A1 - Manning, Alisa A1 - Aschard, Hugues A1 - Brown, Michael R A1 - Chen, Han A1 - Franceschini, Nora A1 - Musani, Solomon K A1 - Richard, Melissa A1 - Vojinovic, Dina A1 - Aslibekyan, Stella A1 - Bartz, Traci M A1 - de Las Fuentes, Lisa A1 - Feitosa, Mary A1 - Horimoto, Andrea R A1 - Ilkov, Marjan A1 - Kho, Minjung A1 - Kraja, Aldi A1 - Li, Changwei A1 - Lim, Elise A1 - Liu, Yongmei A1 - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O A1 - Rankinen, Tuomo A1 - Tajuddin, Salman M A1 - van der Spek, Ashley A1 - Wang, Zhe A1 - Marten, Jonathan A1 - Laville, Vincent A1 - Alver, Maris A1 - Evangelou, Evangelos A1 - Graff, Maria E A1 - He, Meian A1 - Kuhnel, Brigitte A1 - Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka A1 - Marques-Vidal, Pedro A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Palmer, Nicholette D A1 - Rauramaa, Rainer A1 - Shu, Xiao-Ou A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Weiss, Stefan A1 - Wen, Wanqing A1 - Yanek, Lisa R A1 - Adolfo, Correa A1 - Ballantyne, Christie A1 - Bielak, Larry A1 - Biermasz, Nienke R A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Dimou, Niki A1 - Eiriksdottir, Gudny A1 - Gao, Chuan A1 - Gharib, Sina A A1 - Gottlieb, Daniel J A1 - Haba-Rubio, José A1 - Harris, Tamara B A1 - Heikkinen, Sami A1 - Heinzer, Raphael A1 - Hixson, James E A1 - Homuth, Georg A1 - Ikram, M Arfan A1 - Komulainen, Pirjo A1 - Krieger, Jose E A1 - Lee, Jiwon A1 - Liu, Jingmin A1 - Lohman, Kurt K A1 - Luik, Annemarie I A1 - Mägi, Reedik A1 - Martin, Lisa W A1 - Meitinger, Thomas A1 - Metspalu, Andres A1 - Milaneschi, Yuri A1 - Nalls, Mike A A1 - O'Connell, Jeff A1 - Peters, Annette A1 - Peyser, Patricia A1 - Raitakari, Olli T A1 - Reiner, Alex P A1 - Rensen, Patrick C N A1 - Rice, Treva K A1 - Rich, Stephen S A1 - Roenneberg, Till A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Schreiner, Pamela J A1 - Shikany, James A1 - Sidney, Stephen S A1 - Sims, Mario A1 - Sitlani, Colleen M A1 - Sofer, Tamar A1 - Strauch, Konstantin A1 - Swertz, Morris A A1 - Taylor, Kent D A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Völzke, Henry A1 - Waldenberger, Melanie A1 - Wallance, Robert B A1 - van Dijk, Ko Willems A1 - Yu, Caizheng A1 - Zonderman, Alan B A1 - Becker, Diane M A1 - Elliott, Paul A1 - Esko, Tõnu A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Grabe, Hans J A1 - Lakka, Timo A A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - North, Kari E A1 - Penninx, Brenda W J H A1 - Vollenweider, Peter A1 - Wagenknecht, Lynne E A1 - Wu, Tangchun A1 - Xiang, Yong-Bing A1 - Zheng, Wei A1 - Arnett, Donna K A1 - Bouchard, Claude A1 - Evans, Michele K A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Kardia, Sharon A1 - Kelly, Tanika N A1 - Kritchevsky, Stephen B A1 - Loos, Ruth J F A1 - Pereira, Alexandre C A1 - Province, Mike A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Rotimi, Charles A1 - Zhu, Xiaofeng A1 - Amin, Najaf A1 - Cupples, L Adrienne A1 - Fornage, Myriam A1 - Fox, Ervin F A1 - Guo, Xiuqing A1 - Gauderman, W James A1 - Rice, Kenneth A1 - Kooperberg, Charles A1 - Munroe, Patricia B A1 - Liu, Ching-Ti A1 - Morrison, Alanna C A1 - Rao, Dabeeru C A1 - van Heemst, Diana A1 - Redline, Susan AB -

Both short and long sleep are associated with an adverse lipid profile, likely through different biological pathways. To elucidate the biology of sleep-associated adverse lipid profile, we conduct multi-ancestry genome-wide sleep-SNP interaction analyses on three lipid traits (HDL-c, LDL-c and triglycerides). In the total study sample (discovery + replication) of 126,926 individuals from 5 different ancestry groups, when considering either long or short total sleep time interactions in joint analyses, we identify 49 previously unreported lipid loci, and 10 additional previously unreported lipid loci in a restricted sample of European-ancestry cohorts. In addition, we identify new gene-sleep interactions for known lipid loci such as LPL and PCSK9. The previously unreported lipid loci have a modest explained variance in lipid levels: most notable, gene-short-sleep interactions explain 4.25% of the variance in triglyceride level. Collectively, these findings contribute to our understanding of the biological mechanisms involved in sleep-associated adverse lipid profiles.

VL - 10 IS - 1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Multi-ancestry study of blood lipid levels identifies four loci interacting with physical activity. JF - Nat Commun Y1 - 2019 A1 - Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O A1 - Bentley, Amy R A1 - Noordam, Raymond A1 - Sung, Yun Ju A1 - Schwander, Karen A1 - Winkler, Thomas W A1 - Jakupović, Hermina A1 - Chasman, Daniel I A1 - Manning, Alisa A1 - Ntalla, Ioanna A1 - Aschard, Hugues A1 - Brown, Michael R A1 - de Las Fuentes, Lisa A1 - Franceschini, Nora A1 - Guo, Xiuqing A1 - Vojinovic, Dina A1 - Aslibekyan, Stella A1 - Feitosa, Mary F A1 - Kho, Minjung A1 - Musani, Solomon K A1 - Richard, Melissa A1 - Wang, Heming A1 - Wang, Zhe A1 - Bartz, Traci M A1 - Bielak, Lawrence F A1 - Campbell, Archie A1 - Dorajoo, Rajkumar A1 - Fisher, Virginia A1 - Hartwig, Fernando P A1 - Horimoto, Andrea R V R A1 - Li, Changwei A1 - Lohman, Kurt K A1 - Marten, Jonathan A1 - Sim, Xueling A1 - Smith, Albert V A1 - Tajuddin, Salman M A1 - Alver, Maris A1 - Amini, Marzyeh A1 - Boissel, Mathilde A1 - Chai, Jin Fang A1 - Chen, Xu A1 - Divers, Jasmin A1 - Evangelou, Evangelos A1 - Gao, Chuan A1 - Graff, Mariaelisa A1 - Harris, Sarah E A1 - He, Meian A1 - Hsu, Fang-Chi A1 - Jackson, Anne U A1 - Zhao, Jing Hua A1 - Kraja, Aldi T A1 - Kuhnel, Brigitte A1 - Laguzzi, Federica A1 - Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Rauramaa, Rainer A1 - Riaz, Muhammad A1 - Robino, Antonietta A1 - Rueedi, Rico A1 - Stringham, Heather M A1 - Takeuchi, Fumihiko A1 - van der Most, Peter J A1 - Varga, Tibor V A1 - Verweij, Niek A1 - Ware, Erin B A1 - Wen, Wanqing A1 - Li, Xiaoyin A1 - Yanek, Lisa R A1 - Amin, Najaf A1 - Arnett, Donna K A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Brumat, Marco A1 - Cade, Brian A1 - Canouil, Mickaël A1 - Chen, Yii-Der Ida A1 - Concas, Maria Pina A1 - Connell, John A1 - de Mutsert, Renée A1 - de Silva, H Janaka A1 - de Vries, Paul S A1 - Demirkan, Ayse A1 - Ding, Jingzhong A1 - Eaton, Charles B A1 - Faul, Jessica D A1 - Friedlander, Yechiel A1 - Gabriel, Kelley P A1 - Ghanbari, Mohsen A1 - Giulianini, Franco A1 - Gu, Chi Charles A1 - Gu, Dongfeng A1 - Harris, Tamara B A1 - He, Jiang A1 - Heikkinen, Sami A1 - Heng, Chew-Kiat A1 - Hunt, Steven C A1 - Ikram, M Arfan A1 - Jonas, Jost B A1 - Koh, Woon-Puay A1 - Komulainen, Pirjo A1 - Krieger, Jose E A1 - Kritchevsky, Stephen B A1 - Kutalik, Zoltán A1 - Kuusisto, Johanna A1 - Langefeld, Carl D A1 - Langenberg, Claudia A1 - Launer, Lenore J A1 - Leander, Karin A1 - Lemaitre, Rozenn N A1 - Lewis, Cora E A1 - Liang, Jingjing A1 - Liu, Jianjun A1 - Mägi, Reedik A1 - Manichaikul, Ani A1 - Meitinger, Thomas A1 - Metspalu, Andres A1 - Milaneschi, Yuri A1 - Mohlke, Karen L A1 - Mosley, Thomas H A1 - Murray, Alison D A1 - Nalls, Mike A A1 - Nang, Ei-Ei Khaing A1 - Nelson, Christopher P A1 - Nona, Sotoodehnia A1 - Norris, Jill M A1 - Nwuba, Chiamaka Vivian A1 - O'Connell, Jeff A1 - Palmer, Nicholette D A1 - Papanicolau, George J A1 - Pazoki, Raha A1 - Pedersen, Nancy L A1 - Peters, Annette A1 - Peyser, Patricia A A1 - Polasek, Ozren A1 - Porteous, David J A1 - Poveda, Alaitz A1 - Raitakari, Olli T A1 - Rich, Stephen S A1 - Risch, Neil A1 - Robinson, Jennifer G A1 - Rose, Lynda M A1 - Rudan, Igor A1 - Schreiner, Pamela J A1 - Scott, Robert A A1 - Sidney, Stephen S A1 - Sims, Mario A1 - Smith, Jennifer A A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Sofer, Tamar A1 - Starr, John M A1 - Sternfeld, Barbara A1 - Strauch, Konstantin A1 - Tang, Hua A1 - Taylor, Kent D A1 - Tsai, Michael Y A1 - Tuomilehto, Jaakko A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - van der Ende, M Yldau A1 - van Heemst, Diana A1 - Voortman, Trudy A1 - Waldenberger, Melanie A1 - Wennberg, Patrik A1 - Wilson, Gregory A1 - Xiang, Yong-Bing A1 - Yao, Jie A1 - Yu, Caizheng A1 - Yuan, Jian-Min A1 - Zhao, Wei A1 - Zonderman, Alan B A1 - Becker, Diane M A1 - Boehnke, Michael A1 - Bowden, Donald W A1 - de Faire, Ulf A1 - Deary, Ian J A1 - Elliott, Paul A1 - Esko, Tõnu A1 - Freedman, Barry I A1 - Froguel, Philippe A1 - Gasparini, Paolo A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Kato, Norihiro A1 - Laakso, Markku A1 - Lakka, Timo A A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Magnusson, Patrik K E A1 - Oldehinkel, Albertine J A1 - Penninx, Brenda W J H A1 - Samani, Nilesh J A1 - Shu, Xiao-Ou A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V A1 - Vollenweider, Peter A1 - Wagenknecht, Lynne E A1 - Wang, Ya X A1 - Wareham, Nicholas J A1 - Weir, David R A1 - Wu, Tangchun A1 - Zheng, Wei A1 - Zhu, Xiaofeng A1 - Evans, Michele K A1 - Franks, Paul W A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - Horta, Bernardo L A1 - Kelly, Tanika N A1 - Liu, Yongmei A1 - North, Kari E A1 - Pereira, Alexandre C A1 - Ridker, Paul M A1 - Tai, E Shyong A1 - van Dam, Rob M A1 - Fox, Ervin R A1 - Kardia, Sharon L R A1 - Liu, Ching-Ti A1 - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O A1 - Province, Michael A A1 - Redline, Susan A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Kooperberg, Charles B A1 - Gauderman, W James A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Rice, Kenneth A1 - Munroe, Patricia B A1 - Fornage, Myriam A1 - Cupples, L Adrienne A1 - Rotimi, Charles N A1 - Morrison, Alanna C A1 - Rao, Dabeeru C A1 - Loos, Ruth J F KW - Adolescent KW - Adult KW - African Continental Ancestry Group KW - Aged KW - Aged, 80 and over KW - Asian Continental Ancestry Group KW - Brazil KW - Calcium-Binding Proteins KW - Cholesterol KW - Cholesterol, HDL KW - Cholesterol, LDL KW - European Continental Ancestry Group KW - Exercise KW - Female KW - Genetic Loci KW - Genome-Wide Association Study KW - Genotype KW - Hispanic Americans KW - Humans KW - LIM-Homeodomain Proteins KW - Lipid Metabolism KW - Lipids KW - Male KW - Membrane Proteins KW - Microtubule-Associated Proteins KW - Middle Aged KW - Muscle Proteins KW - Nerve Tissue Proteins KW - Transcription Factors KW - Triglycerides KW - Young Adult AB -

Many genetic loci affect circulating lipid levels, but it remains unknown whether lifestyle factors, such as physical activity, modify these genetic effects. To identify lipid loci interacting with physical activity, we performed genome-wide analyses of circulating HDL cholesterol, LDL cholesterol, and triglyceride levels in up to 120,979 individuals of European, African, Asian, Hispanic, and Brazilian ancestry, with follow-up of suggestive associations in an additional 131,012 individuals. We find four loci, in/near CLASP1, LHX1, SNTA1, and CNTNAP2, that are associated with circulating lipid levels through interaction with physical activity; higher levels of physical activity enhance the HDL cholesterol-increasing effects of the CLASP1, LHX1, and SNTA1 loci and attenuate the LDL cholesterol-increasing effect of the CNTNAP2 locus. The CLASP1, LHX1, and SNTA1 regions harbor genes linked to muscle function and lipid metabolism. Our results elucidate the role of physical activity interactions in the genetic contribution to blood lipid levels.

VL - 10 IS - 1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Target genes, variants, tissues and transcriptional pathways influencing human serum urate levels. JF - Nat Genet Y1 - 2019 A1 - Tin, Adrienne A1 - Marten, Jonathan A1 - Halperin Kuhns, Victoria L A1 - Li, Yong A1 - Wuttke, Matthias A1 - Kirsten, Holger A1 - Sieber, Karsten B A1 - Qiu, Chengxiang A1 - Gorski, Mathias A1 - Yu, Zhi A1 - Giri, Ayush A1 - Sveinbjornsson, Gardar A1 - Li, Man A1 - Chu, Audrey Y A1 - Hoppmann, Anselm A1 - O'Connor, Luke J A1 - Prins, Bram A1 - Nutile, Teresa A1 - Noce, Damia A1 - Akiyama, Masato A1 - Cocca, Massimiliano A1 - Ghasemi, Sahar A1 - van der Most, Peter J A1 - Horn, Katrin A1 - Xu, Yizhe A1 - Fuchsberger, Christian A1 - Sedaghat, Sanaz A1 - Afaq, Saima A1 - Amin, Najaf A1 - Arnlöv, Johan A1 - Bakker, Stephan J L A1 - Bansal, Nisha A1 - Baptista, Daniela A1 - Bergmann, Sven A1 - Biggs, Mary L A1 - Biino, Ginevra A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Bottinger, Erwin P A1 - Boutin, Thibaud S A1 - Brumat, Marco A1 - Burkhardt, Ralph A1 - Campana, Eric A1 - Campbell, Archie A1 - Campbell, Harry A1 - Carroll, Robert J A1 - Catamo, Eulalia A1 - Chambers, John C A1 - Ciullo, Marina A1 - Concas, Maria Pina A1 - Coresh, Josef A1 - Corre, Tanguy A1 - Cusi, Daniele A1 - Felicita, Sala Cinzia A1 - de Borst, Martin H A1 - De Grandi, Alessandro A1 - de Mutsert, Renée A1 - de Vries, Aiko P J A1 - Delgado, Graciela A1 - Demirkan, Ayse A1 - Devuyst, Olivier A1 - Dittrich, Katalin A1 - Eckardt, Kai-Uwe A1 - Ehret, Georg A1 - Endlich, Karlhans A1 - Evans, Michele K A1 - Gansevoort, Ron T A1 - Gasparini, Paolo A1 - Giedraitis, Vilmantas A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Girotto, Giorgia A1 - Gögele, Martin A1 - Gordon, Scott D A1 - Gudbjartsson, Daniel F A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Haller, Toomas A1 - Hamet, Pavel A1 - Harris, Tamara B A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - Hicks, Andrew A A1 - Hofer, Edith A1 - Holm, Hilma A1 - Huang, Wei A1 - Hutri-Kähönen, Nina A1 - Hwang, Shih-Jen A1 - Ikram, M Arfan A1 - Lewis, Raychel M A1 - Ingelsson, Erik A1 - Jakobsdottir, Johanna A1 - Jonsdottir, Ingileif A1 - Jonsson, Helgi A1 - Joshi, Peter K A1 - Josyula, Navya Shilpa A1 - Jung, Bettina A1 - Kähönen, Mika A1 - Kamatani, Yoichiro A1 - Kanai, Masahiro A1 - Kerr, Shona M A1 - Kiess, Wieland A1 - Kleber, Marcus E A1 - Koenig, Wolfgang A1 - Kooner, Jaspal S A1 - Körner, Antje A1 - Kovacs, Peter A1 - Krämer, Bernhard K A1 - Kronenberg, Florian A1 - Kubo, Michiaki A1 - Kuhnel, Brigitte A1 - La Bianca, Martina A1 - Lange, Leslie A A1 - Lehne, Benjamin A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Liu, Jun A1 - Loeffler, Markus A1 - Loos, Ruth J F A1 - Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka A1 - Mägi, Reedik A1 - Mahajan, Anubha A1 - Martin, Nicholas G A1 - März, Winfried A1 - Mascalzoni, Deborah A1 - Matsuda, Koichi A1 - Meisinger, Christa A1 - Meitinger, Thomas A1 - Metspalu, Andres A1 - Milaneschi, Yuri A1 - O'Donnell, Christopher J A1 - Wilson, Otis D A1 - Gaziano, J Michael A1 - Mishra, Pashupati P A1 - Mohlke, Karen L A1 - Mononen, Nina A1 - Montgomery, Grant W A1 - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O A1 - Müller-Nurasyid, Martina A1 - Nadkarni, Girish N A1 - Nalls, Mike A A1 - Nauck, Matthias A1 - Nikus, Kjell A1 - Ning, Boting A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Noordam, Raymond A1 - O'Connell, Jeffrey R A1 - Olafsson, Isleifur A1 - Padmanabhan, Sandosh A1 - Penninx, Brenda W J H A1 - Perls, Thomas A1 - Peters, Annette A1 - Pirastu, Mario A1 - Pirastu, Nicola A1 - Pistis, Giorgio A1 - Polasek, Ozren A1 - Ponte, Belen A1 - Porteous, David J A1 - Poulain, Tanja A1 - Preuss, Michael H A1 - Rabelink, Ton J A1 - Raffield, Laura M A1 - Raitakari, Olli T A1 - Rettig, Rainer A1 - Rheinberger, Myriam A1 - Rice, Kenneth M A1 - Rizzi, Federica A1 - Robino, Antonietta A1 - Rudan, Igor A1 - Krajcoviechova, Alena A1 - Cifkova, Renata A1 - Rueedi, Rico A1 - Ruggiero, Daniela A1 - Ryan, Kathleen A A1 - Saba, Yasaman A1 - Salvi, Erika A1 - Schmidt, Helena A1 - Schmidt, Reinhold A1 - Shaffer, Christian M A1 - Smith, Albert V A1 - Smith, Blair H A1 - Spracklen, Cassandra N A1 - Strauch, Konstantin A1 - Stumvoll, Michael A1 - Sulem, Patrick A1 - Tajuddin, Salman M A1 - Teren, Andrej A1 - Thiery, Joachim A1 - Thio, Chris H L A1 - Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur A1 - Toniolo, Daniela A1 - Tönjes, Anke A1 - Tremblay, Johanne A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - Vaccargiu, Simona A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Verweij, Niek A1 - Völker, Uwe A1 - Vollenweider, Peter A1 - Waeber, Gérard A1 - Waldenberger, Melanie A1 - Whitfield, John B A1 - Wild, Sarah H A1 - Wilson, James F A1 - Yang, Qiong A1 - Zhang, Weihua A1 - Zonderman, Alan B A1 - Bochud, Murielle A1 - Wilson, James G A1 - Pendergrass, Sarah A A1 - Ho, Kevin A1 - Parsa, Afshin A1 - Pramstaller, Peter P A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Böger, Carsten A A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Butterworth, Adam S A1 - Okada, Yukinori A1 - Edwards, Todd L A1 - Stefansson, Kari A1 - Susztak, Katalin A1 - Scholz, Markus A1 - Heid, Iris M A1 - Hung, Adriana M A1 - Teumer, Alexander A1 - Pattaro, Cristian A1 - Woodward, Owen M A1 - Vitart, Veronique A1 - Köttgen, Anna AB -

Elevated serum urate levels cause gout and correlate with cardiometabolic diseases via poorly understood mechanisms. We performed a trans-ancestry genome-wide association study of serum urate in 457,690 individuals, identifying 183 loci (147 previously unknown) that improve the prediction of gout in an independent cohort of 334,880 individuals. Serum urate showed significant genetic correlations with many cardiometabolic traits, with genetic causality analyses supporting a substantial role for pleiotropy. Enrichment analysis, fine-mapping of urate-associated loci and colocalization with gene expression in 47 tissues implicated the kidney and liver as the main target organs and prioritized potentially causal genes and variants, including the transcriptional master regulators in the liver and kidney, HNF1A and HNF4A. Experimental validation showed that HNF4A transactivated the promoter of ABCG2, encoding a major urate transporter, in kidney cells, and that HNF4A p.Thr139Ile is a functional variant. Transcriptional coregulation within and across organs may be a general mechanism underlying the observed pleiotropy between urate and cardiometabolic traits.

VL - 51 IS - 10 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Gene-educational attainment interactions in a multi-ancestry genome-wide meta-analysis identify novel blood pressure loci. JF - Mol Psychiatry Y1 - 2020 A1 - de Las Fuentes, Lisa A1 - Sung, Yun Ju A1 - Noordam, Raymond A1 - Winkler, Thomas A1 - Feitosa, Mary F A1 - Schwander, Karen A1 - Bentley, Amy R A1 - Brown, Michael R A1 - Guo, Xiuqing A1 - Manning, Alisa A1 - Chasman, Daniel I A1 - Aschard, Hugues A1 - Bartz, Traci M A1 - Bielak, Lawrence F A1 - Campbell, Archie A1 - Cheng, Ching-Yu A1 - Dorajoo, Rajkumar A1 - Hartwig, Fernando P A1 - Horimoto, A R V R A1 - Li, Changwei A1 - Li-Gao, Ruifang A1 - Liu, Yongmei A1 - Marten, Jonathan A1 - Musani, Solomon K A1 - Ntalla, Ioanna A1 - Rankinen, Tuomo A1 - Richard, Melissa A1 - Sim, Xueling A1 - Smith, Albert V A1 - Tajuddin, Salman M A1 - Tayo, Bamidele O A1 - Vojinovic, Dina A1 - Warren, Helen R A1 - Xuan, Deng A1 - Alver, Maris A1 - Boissel, Mathilde A1 - Chai, Jin-Fang A1 - Chen, Xu A1 - Christensen, Kaare A1 - Divers, Jasmin A1 - Evangelou, Evangelos A1 - Gao, Chuan A1 - Girotto, Giorgia A1 - Harris, Sarah E A1 - He, Meian A1 - Hsu, Fang-Chi A1 - Kuhnel, Brigitte A1 - Laguzzi, Federica A1 - Li, Xiaoyin A1 - Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Poveda, Alaitz A1 - Rauramaa, Rainer A1 - Riaz, Muhammad A1 - Rueedi, Rico A1 - Shu, Xiao-Ou A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Sofer, Tamar A1 - Takeuchi, Fumihiko A1 - Verweij, Niek A1 - Ware, Erin B A1 - Weiss, Stefan A1 - Yanek, Lisa R A1 - Amin, Najaf A1 - Arking, Dan E A1 - Arnett, Donna K A1 - Bergmann, Sven A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Brody, Jennifer A A1 - Broeckel, Ulrich A1 - Brumat, Marco A1 - Burke, Gregory A1 - Cabrera, Claudia P A1 - Canouil, Mickaël A1 - Chee, Miao Li A1 - Chen, Yii-Der Ida A1 - Cocca, Massimiliano A1 - Connell, John A1 - de Silva, H Janaka A1 - de Vries, Paul S A1 - Eiriksdottir, Gudny A1 - Faul, Jessica D A1 - Fisher, Virginia A1 - Forrester, Terrence A1 - Fox, Ervin F A1 - Friedlander, Yechiel A1 - Gao, He A1 - Gigante, Bruna A1 - Giulianini, Franco A1 - Gu, Chi Charles A1 - Gu, Dongfeng A1 - Harris, Tamara B A1 - He, Jiang A1 - Heikkinen, Sami A1 - Heng, Chew-Kiat A1 - Hunt, Steven A1 - Ikram, M Arfan A1 - Irvin, Marguerite R A1 - Kähönen, Mika A1 - Kavousi, Maryam A1 - Khor, Chiea Chuen A1 - Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O A1 - Koh, Woon-Puay A1 - Komulainen, Pirjo A1 - Kraja, Aldi T A1 - Krieger, J E A1 - Langefeld, Carl D A1 - Li, Yize A1 - Liang, Jingjing A1 - Liewald, David C M A1 - Liu, Ching-Ti A1 - Liu, Jianjun A1 - Lohman, Kurt K A1 - Mägi, Reedik A1 - McKenzie, Colin A A1 - Meitinger, Thomas A1 - Metspalu, Andres A1 - Milaneschi, Yuri A1 - Milani, Lili A1 - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O A1 - Nalls, Mike A A1 - Nelson, Christopher P A1 - Norris, Jill M A1 - O'Connell, Jeff A1 - Ogunniyi, Adesola A1 - Padmanabhan, Sandosh A1 - Palmer, Nicholette D A1 - Pedersen, Nancy L A1 - Perls, Thomas A1 - Peters, Annette A1 - Petersmann, Astrid A1 - Peyser, Patricia A A1 - Polasek, Ozren A1 - Porteous, David J A1 - Raffel, Leslie J A1 - Rice, Treva K A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Rudan, Igor A1 - Rueda-Ochoa, Oscar-Leonel A1 - Sabanayagam, Charumathi A1 - Salako, Babatunde L A1 - Schreiner, Pamela J A1 - Shikany, James M A1 - Sidney, Stephen S A1 - Sims, Mario A1 - Sitlani, Colleen M A1 - Smith, Jennifer A A1 - Starr, John M A1 - Strauch, Konstantin A1 - Swertz, Morris A A1 - Teumer, Alexander A1 - Tham, Yih Chung A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - Vaidya, Dhananjay A1 - van der Ende, M Yldau A1 - Waldenberger, Melanie A1 - Wang, Lihua A1 - Wang, Ya-Xing A1 - Wei, Wen-Bin A1 - Weir, David R A1 - Wen, Wanqing A1 - Yao, Jie A1 - Yu, Bing A1 - Yu, Caizheng A1 - Yuan, Jian-Min A1 - Zhao, Wei A1 - Zonderman, Alan B A1 - Becker, Diane M A1 - Bowden, Donald W A1 - Deary, Ian J A1 - Dörr, Marcus A1 - Esko, Tõnu A1 - Freedman, Barry I A1 - Froguel, Philippe A1 - Gasparini, Paolo A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Jonas, Jost Bruno A1 - Kammerer, Candace M A1 - Kato, Norihiro A1 - Lakka, Timo A A1 - Leander, Karin A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Magnusson, Patrik K E A1 - Marques-Vidal, Pedro A1 - Penninx, Brenda W J H A1 - Samani, Nilesh J A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - Wagenknecht, Lynne E A1 - Wu, Tangchun A1 - Zheng, Wei A1 - Zhu, Xiaofeng A1 - Bouchard, Claude A1 - Cooper, Richard S A1 - Correa, Adolfo A1 - Evans, Michele K A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - Horta, Bernardo L A1 - Kelly, Tanika N A1 - Kritchevsky, Stephen B A1 - Levy, Daniel A1 - Palmas, Walter R A1 - Pereira, A C A1 - Province, Michael M A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Ridker, Paul M A1 - Rotimi, Charles N A1 - Tai, E Shyong A1 - van Dam, Rob M A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Wong, Tien Yin A1 - Rice, Kenneth A1 - Gauderman, W James A1 - Morrison, Alanna C A1 - North, Kari E A1 - Kardia, Sharon L R A1 - Caulfield, Mark J A1 - Elliott, Paul A1 - Munroe, Patricia B A1 - Franks, Paul W A1 - Rao, Dabeeru C A1 - Fornage, Myriam AB -

Educational attainment is widely used as a surrogate for socioeconomic status (SES). Low SES is a risk factor for hypertension and high blood pressure (BP). To identify novel BP loci, we performed multi-ancestry meta-analyses accounting for gene-educational attainment interactions using two variables, "Some College" (yes/no) and "Graduated College" (yes/no). Interactions were evaluated using both a 1 degree of freedom (DF) interaction term and a 2DF joint test of genetic and interaction effects. Analyses were performed for systolic BP, diastolic BP, mean arterial pressure, and pulse pressure. We pursued genome-wide interrogation in Stage 1 studies (N = 117 438) and follow-up on promising variants in Stage 2 studies (N = 293 787) in five ancestry groups. Through combined meta-analyses of Stages 1 and 2, we identified 84 known and 18 novel BP loci at genome-wide significance level (P < 5 × 10). Two novel loci were identified based on the 1DF test of interaction with educational attainment, while the remaining 16 loci were identified through the 2DF joint test of genetic and interaction effects. Ten novel loci were identified in individuals of African ancestry. Several novel loci show strong biological plausibility since they involve physiologic systems implicated in BP regulation. They include genes involved in the central nervous system-adrenal signaling axis (ZDHHC17, CADPS, PIK3C2G), vascular structure and function (GNB3, CDON), and renal function (HAS2 and HAS2-AS1, SLIT3). Collectively, these findings suggest a role of educational attainment or SES in further dissection of the genetic architecture of BP.

ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Meta-analysis uncovers genome-wide significant variants for rapid kidney function decline. JF - Kidney Int Y1 - 2020 A1 - Gorski, Mathias A1 - Jung, Bettina A1 - Li, Yong A1 - Matias-Garcia, Pamela R A1 - Wuttke, Matthias A1 - Coassin, Stefan A1 - Thio, Chris H L A1 - Kleber, Marcus E A1 - Winkler, Thomas W A1 - Wanner, Veronika A1 - Chai, Jin-Fang A1 - Chu, Audrey Y A1 - Cocca, Massimiliano A1 - Feitosa, Mary F A1 - Ghasemi, Sahar A1 - Hoppmann, Anselm A1 - Horn, Katrin A1 - Li, Man A1 - Nutile, Teresa A1 - Scholz, Markus A1 - Sieber, Karsten B A1 - Teumer, Alexander A1 - Tin, Adrienne A1 - Wang, Judy A1 - Tayo, Bamidele O A1 - Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S A1 - Almgren, Peter A1 - Bakker, Stephan J L A1 - Banas, Bernhard A1 - Bansal, Nisha A1 - Biggs, Mary L A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Bottinger, Erwin P A1 - Brenner, Hermann A1 - Carroll, Robert J A1 - Chalmers, John A1 - Chee, Miao-Li A1 - Chee, Miao-Ling A1 - Cheng, Ching-Yu A1 - Coresh, Josef A1 - de Borst, Martin H A1 - Degenhardt, Frauke A1 - Eckardt, Kai-Uwe A1 - Endlich, Karlhans A1 - Franke, Andre A1 - Freitag-Wolf, Sandra A1 - Gampawar, Piyush A1 - Gansevoort, Ron T A1 - Ghanbari, Mohsen A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Hamet, Pavel A1 - Ho, Kevin A1 - Hofer, Edith A1 - Holleczek, Bernd A1 - Xian Foo, Valencia Hui A1 - Hutri-Kähönen, Nina A1 - Hwang, Shih-Jen A1 - Ikram, M Arfan A1 - Josyula, Navya Shilpa A1 - Kähönen, Mika A1 - Khor, Chiea-Chuen A1 - Koenig, Wolfgang A1 - Kramer, Holly A1 - Krämer, Bernhard K A1 - Kuhnel, Brigitte A1 - Lange, Leslie A A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Lieb, Wolfgang A1 - Loos, Ruth J F A1 - Lukas, Mary Ann A1 - Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka A1 - Meisinger, Christa A1 - Meitinger, Thomas A1 - Melander, Olle A1 - Milaneschi, Yuri A1 - Mishra, Pashupati P A1 - Mononen, Nina A1 - Mychaleckyj, Josyf C A1 - Nadkarni, Girish N A1 - Nauck, Matthias A1 - Nikus, Kjell A1 - Ning, Boting A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - O'Donoghue, Michelle L A1 - Orho-Melander, Marju A1 - Pendergrass, Sarah A A1 - Penninx, Brenda W J H A1 - Preuss, Michael H A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Raffield, Laura M A1 - Raitakari, Olli T A1 - Rettig, Rainer A1 - Rheinberger, Myriam A1 - Rice, Kenneth M A1 - Rosenkranz, Alexander R A1 - Rossing, Peter A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Sabanayagam, Charumathi A1 - Schmidt, Helena A1 - Schmidt, Reinhold A1 - Schöttker, Ben A1 - Schulz, Christina-Alexandra A1 - Sedaghat, Sanaz A1 - Shaffer, Christian M A1 - Strauch, Konstantin A1 - Szymczak, Silke A1 - Taylor, Kent D A1 - Tremblay, Johanne A1 - Chaker, Layal A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - van der Most, Peter J A1 - Verweij, Niek A1 - Völker, Uwe A1 - Waldenberger, Melanie A1 - Wallentin, Lars A1 - Waterworth, Dawn M A1 - White, Harvey D A1 - Wilson, James G A1 - Wong, Tien-Yin A1 - Woodward, Mark A1 - Yang, Qiong A1 - Yasuda, Masayuki A1 - Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M A1 - Zhang, Yan A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Wanner, Christoph A1 - Böger, Carsten A A1 - Köttgen, Anna A1 - Kronenberg, Florian A1 - Pattaro, Cristian A1 - Heid, Iris M AB -

Rapid decline of glomerular filtration rate estimated from creatinine (eGFRcrea) is associated with severe clinical endpoints. In contrast to cross-sectionally assessed eGFRcrea, the genetic basis for rapid eGFRcrea decline is largely unknown. To help define this, we meta-analyzed 42 genome-wide association studies from the Chronic Kidney Diseases Genetics Consortium and United Kingdom Biobank to identify genetic loci for rapid eGFRcrea decline. Two definitions of eGFRcrea decline were used: 3 mL/min/1.73m/year or more ("Rapid3"; encompassing 34,874 cases, 107,090 controls) and eGFRcrea decline 25% or more and eGFRcrea under 60 mL/min/1.73m at follow-up among those with eGFRcrea 60 mL/min/1.73m or more at baseline ("CKDi25"; encompassing 19,901 cases, 175,244 controls). Seven independent variants were identified across six loci for Rapid3 and/or CKDi25: consisting of five variants at four loci with genome-wide significance (near UMOD-PDILT (2), PRKAG2, WDR72, OR2S2) and two variants among 265 known eGFRcrea variants (near GATM, LARP4B). All these loci were novel for Rapid3 and/or CKDi25 and our bioinformatic follow-up prioritized variants and genes underneath these loci. The OR2S2 locus is novel for any eGFRcrea trait including interesting candidates. For the five genome-wide significant lead variants, we found supporting effects for annual change in blood urea nitrogen or cystatin-based eGFR, but not for GATM or LARP4B. Individuals at high compared to those at low genetic risk (8-14 vs 0-5 adverse alleles) had a 1.20-fold increased risk of acute kidney injury (95% confidence interval 1.08-1.33). Thus, our identified loci for rapid kidney function decline may help prioritize therapeutic targets and identify mechanisms and individuals at risk for sustained deterioration of kidney function.

ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Multi-Ancestry Genome-wide Association Study Accounting for Gene-Psychosocial Factor Interactions Identifies Novel Loci for Blood Pressure Traits. JF - HGG Adv Y1 - 2021 A1 - Sun, Daokun A1 - Richard, Melissa A1 - Musani, Solomon K A1 - Sung, Yun Ju A1 - Winkler, Thomas W A1 - Schwander, Karen A1 - Chai, Jin Fang A1 - Guo, Xiuqing A1 - Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O A1 - Vojinovic, Dina A1 - Aschard, Hugues A1 - Bartz, Traci M A1 - Bielak, Lawrence F A1 - Brown, Michael R A1 - Chitrala, Kumaraswamy A1 - Hartwig, Fernando P A1 - Horimoto, Andrea R V R A1 - Liu, Yongmei A1 - Manning, Alisa K A1 - Noordam, Raymond A1 - Smith, Albert V A1 - Harris, Sarah E A1 - Kuhnel, Brigitte A1 - Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Rauramaa, Rainer A1 - van der Most, Peter J A1 - Wang, Rujia A1 - Ware, Erin B A1 - Weiss, Stefan A1 - Wen, Wanqing A1 - Yanek, Lisa R A1 - Arking, Dan E A1 - Arnett, Donna K A1 - Barac, Ana A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Broeckel, Ulrich A1 - Chakravarti, Aravinda A1 - Chen, Yii-Der Ida A1 - Cupples, L Adrienne A1 - Davigulus, Martha L A1 - de Las Fuentes, Lisa A1 - de Mutsert, Renée A1 - de Vries, Paul S A1 - Delaney, Joseph A C A1 - Roux, Ana V Diez A1 - Dörr, Marcus A1 - Faul, Jessica D A1 - Fretts, Amanda M A1 - Gallo, Linda C A1 - Grabe, Hans Jörgen A1 - Gu, C Charles A1 - Harris, Tamara B A1 - Hartman, Catharina C A A1 - Heikkinen, Sami A1 - Ikram, M Arfan A1 - Isasi, Carmen A1 - Johnson, W Craig A1 - Jonas, Jost Bruno A1 - Kaplan, Robert C A1 - Komulainen, Pirjo A1 - Krieger, Jose E A1 - Levy, Daniel A1 - Liu, Jianjun A1 - Lohman, Kurt A1 - Luik, Annemarie I A1 - Martin, Lisa W A1 - Meitinger, Thomas A1 - Milaneschi, Yuri A1 - O'Connell, Jeff R A1 - Palmas, Walter R A1 - Peters, Annette A1 - Peyser, Patricia A A1 - Pulkki-Råback, Laura A1 - Raffel, Leslie J A1 - Reiner, Alex P A1 - Rice, Kenneth A1 - Robinson, Jennifer G A1 - Rosendaal, Frits R A1 - Schmidt, Carsten Oliver A1 - Schreiner, Pamela J A1 - Schwettmann, Lars A1 - Shikany, James M A1 - Shu, Xiao-Ou A1 - Sidney, Stephen A1 - Sims, Mario A1 - Smith, Jennifer A A1 - Sotoodehnia, Nona A1 - Strauch, Konstantin A1 - Tai, E Shyong A1 - Taylor, Kent A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Waldenberger, Melanie A1 - Wee, Hwee-Lin A1 - Wei, Wen-Bin A1 - Wilson, Gregory A1 - Xuan, Deng A1 - Yao, Jie A1 - Zeng, Donglin A1 - Zhao, Wei A1 - Zhu, Xiaofeng A1 - Zonderman, Alan B A1 - Becker, Diane M A1 - Deary, Ian J A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Lakka, Timo A A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - North, Kari E A1 - Oldehinkel, Albertine J A1 - Penninx, Brenda W J H A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Wang, Ya-Xing A1 - Weir, David R A1 - Zheng, Wei A1 - Evans, Michele K A1 - Gauderman, W James A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Horta, Bernardo L A1 - Liu, Ching-Ti A1 - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O A1 - Morrison, Alanna C A1 - Pereira, Alexandre C A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Amin, Najaf A1 - Fox, Ervin R A1 - Kooperberg, Charles A1 - Sim, Xueling A1 - Bierut, Laura A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Kardia, Sharon L R A1 - Franceschini, Nora A1 - Rao, Dabeeru C A1 - Fornage, Myriam AB -

Psychological and social factors are known to influence blood pressure (BP) and risk of hypertension and associated cardiovascular diseases. To identify novel BP loci, we carried out genome-wide association meta-analyses of systolic, diastolic, pulse, and mean arterial BP taking into account the interaction effects of genetic variants with three psychosocial factors: depressive symptoms, anxiety symptoms, and social support. Analyses were performed using a two-stage design in a sample of up to 128,894 adults from 5 ancestry groups. In the combined meta-analyses of Stages 1 and 2, we identified 59 loci (p value <5e-8), including nine novel BP loci. The novel associations were observed mostly with pulse pressure, with fewer observed with mean arterial pressure. Five novel loci were identified in African ancestry, and all but one showed patterns of interaction with at least one psychosocial factor. Functional annotation of the novel loci supports a major role for genes implicated in the immune response (), synaptic function and neurotransmission (), as well as genes previously implicated in neuropsychiatric or stress-related disorders (). These findings underscore the importance of considering psychological and social factors in gene discovery for BP, especially in non-European populations.

VL - 2 IS - 1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Multi-ancestry genome-wide gene-sleep interactions identify novel loci for blood pressure. JF - Mol Psychiatry Y1 - 2021 A1 - Wang, Heming A1 - Noordam, Raymond A1 - Cade, Brian E A1 - Schwander, Karen A1 - Winkler, Thomas W A1 - Lee, Jiwon A1 - Sung, Yun Ju A1 - Bentley, Amy R A1 - Manning, Alisa K A1 - Aschard, Hugues A1 - Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O A1 - Ilkov, Marjan A1 - Brown, Michael R A1 - Horimoto, Andrea R A1 - Richard, Melissa A1 - Bartz, Traci M A1 - Vojinovic, Dina A1 - Lim, Elise A1 - Nierenberg, Jovia L A1 - Liu, Yongmei A1 - Chitrala, Kumaraswamynaidu A1 - Rankinen, Tuomo A1 - Musani, Solomon K A1 - Franceschini, Nora A1 - Rauramaa, Rainer A1 - Alver, Maris A1 - Zee, Phyllis C A1 - Harris, Sarah E A1 - van der Most, Peter J A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Munroe, Patricia B A1 - Palmer, Nicholette D A1 - Kuhnel, Brigitte A1 - Weiss, Stefan A1 - Wen, Wanqing A1 - Hall, Kelly A A1 - Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka A1 - O'Connell, Jeff A1 - Eiriksdottir, Gudny A1 - Launer, Lenore J A1 - de Vries, Paul S A1 - Arking, Dan E A1 - Chen, Han A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Krieger, Jose E A1 - Schreiner, Pamela J A1 - Sidney, Stephen A1 - Shikany, James M A1 - Rice, Kenneth A1 - Chen, Yii-Der Ida A1 - Gharib, Sina A A1 - Bis, Joshua C A1 - Luik, Annemarie I A1 - Ikram, M Arfan A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - Amin, Najaf A1 - Xu, Hanfei A1 - Levy, Daniel A1 - He, Jiang A1 - Lohman, Kurt K A1 - Zonderman, Alan B A1 - Rice, Treva K A1 - Sims, Mario A1 - Wilson, Gregory A1 - Sofer, Tamar A1 - Rich, Stephen S A1 - Palmas, Walter A1 - Yao, Jie A1 - Guo, Xiuqing A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Biermasz, Nienke R A1 - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O A1 - Martin, Lisa W A1 - Barac, Ana A1 - Wallace, Robert B A1 - Gottlieb, Daniel J A1 - Komulainen, Pirjo A1 - Heikkinen, Sami A1 - Mägi, Reedik A1 - Milani, Lili A1 - Metspalu, Andres A1 - Starr, John M A1 - Milaneschi, Yuri A1 - Waken, R J A1 - Gao, Chuan A1 - Waldenberger, Melanie A1 - Peters, Annette A1 - Strauch, Konstantin A1 - Meitinger, Thomas A1 - Roenneberg, Till A1 - Völker, Uwe A1 - Dörr, Marcus A1 - Shu, Xiao-Ou A1 - Mukherjee, Sutapa A1 - Hillman, David R A1 - Kähönen, Mika A1 - Wagenknecht, Lynne E A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Grabe, Hans J A1 - Zheng, Wei A1 - Palmer, Lyle J A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Morrison, Alanna C A1 - Pereira, Alexandre C A1 - Fornage, Myriam A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Liu, Ching-Ti A1 - Kelly, Tanika N A1 - Evans, Michele K A1 - Bouchard, Claude A1 - Fox, Ervin R A1 - Kooperberg, Charles A1 - Zhu, Xiaofeng A1 - Lakka, Timo A A1 - Esko, Tõnu A1 - North, Kari E A1 - Deary, Ian J A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Penninx, Brenda W J H A1 - Gauderman, W James A1 - Rao, Dabeeru C A1 - Redline, Susan A1 - van Heemst, Diana AB -

Long and short sleep duration are associated with elevated blood pressure (BP), possibly through effects on molecular pathways that influence neuroendocrine and vascular systems. To gain new insights into the genetic basis of sleep-related BP variation, we performed genome-wide gene by short or long sleep duration interaction analyses on four BP traits (systolic BP, diastolic BP, mean arterial pressure, and pulse pressure) across five ancestry groups in two stages using 2 degree of freedom (df) joint test followed by 1df test of interaction effects. Primary multi-ancestry analysis in 62,969 individuals in stage 1 identified three novel gene by sleep interactions that were replicated in an additional 59,296 individuals in stage 2 (stage 1 + 2 P < 5 × 10), including rs7955964 (FIGNL2/ANKRD33) that increases BP among long sleepers, and rs73493041 (SNORA26/C9orf170) and rs10406644 (KCTD15/LSM14A) that increase BP among short sleepers (P < 5 × 10). Secondary ancestry-specific analysis identified another novel gene by long sleep interaction at rs111887471 (TRPC3/KIAA1109) in individuals of African ancestry (P = 2 × 10). Combined stage 1 and 2 analyses additionally identified significant gene by long sleep interactions at 10 loci including MKLN1 and RGL3/ELAVL3 previously associated with BP, and significant gene by short sleep interactions at 10 loci including C2orf43 previously associated with BP (P < 10). 2df test also identified novel loci for BP after modeling sleep that has known functions in sleep-wake regulation, nervous and cardiometabolic systems. This study indicates that sleep and primary mechanisms regulating BP may interact to elevate BP level, suggesting novel insights into sleep-related BP regulation.

ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Differential and shared genetic effects on kidney function between diabetic and non-diabetic individuals. JF - Commun Biol Y1 - 2022 A1 - Winkler, Thomas W A1 - Rasheed, Humaira A1 - Teumer, Alexander A1 - Gorski, Mathias A1 - Rowan, Bryce X A1 - Stanzick, Kira J A1 - Thomas, Laurent F A1 - Tin, Adrienne A1 - Hoppmann, Anselm A1 - Chu, Audrey Y A1 - Tayo, Bamidele A1 - Thio, Chris H L A1 - Cusi, Daniele A1 - Chai, Jin-Fang A1 - Sieber, Karsten B A1 - Horn, Katrin A1 - Li, Man A1 - Scholz, Markus A1 - Cocca, Massimiliano A1 - Wuttke, Matthias A1 - van der Most, Peter J A1 - Yang, Qiong A1 - Ghasemi, Sahar A1 - Nutile, Teresa A1 - Li, Yong A1 - Pontali, Giulia A1 - Günther, Felix A1 - Dehghan, Abbas A1 - Correa, Adolfo A1 - Parsa, Afshin A1 - Feresin, Agnese A1 - de Vries, Aiko P J A1 - Zonderman, Alan B A1 - Smith, Albert V A1 - Oldehinkel, Albertine J A1 - De Grandi, Alessandro A1 - Rosenkranz, Alexander R A1 - Franke, Andre A1 - Teren, Andrej A1 - Metspalu, Andres A1 - Hicks, Andrew A A1 - Morris, Andrew P A1 - Tönjes, Anke A1 - Morgan, Anna A1 - Podgornaia, Anna I A1 - Peters, Annette A1 - Körner, Antje A1 - Mahajan, Anubha A1 - Campbell, Archie A1 - Freedman, Barry I A1 - Spedicati, Beatrice A1 - Ponte, Belen A1 - Schöttker, Ben A1 - Brumpton, Ben A1 - Banas, Bernhard A1 - Krämer, Bernhard K A1 - Jung, Bettina A1 - Åsvold, Bjørn Olav A1 - Smith, Blair H A1 - Ning, Boting A1 - Penninx, Brenda W J H A1 - Vanderwerff, Brett R A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Kammerer, Candace M A1 - Langefeld, Carl D A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - Spracklen, Cassandra N A1 - Robinson-Cohen, Cassianne A1 - Hartman, Catharina A A1 - Lindgren, Cecilia M A1 - Wang, Chaolong A1 - Sabanayagam, Charumathi A1 - Heng, Chew-Kiat A1 - Lanzani, Chiara A1 - Khor, Chiea-Chuen A1 - Cheng, Ching-Yu A1 - Fuchsberger, Christian A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Shaffer, Christian M A1 - Schulz, Christina-Alexandra A1 - Willer, Cristen J A1 - Chasman, Daniel I A1 - Gudbjartsson, Daniel F A1 - Ruggiero, Daniela A1 - Toniolo, Daniela A1 - Czamara, Darina A1 - Porteous, David J A1 - Waterworth, Dawn M A1 - Mascalzoni, Deborah A1 - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O A1 - Reilly, Dermot F A1 - Daw, E Warwick A1 - Hofer, Edith A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Salvi, Erika A1 - Bottinger, Erwin P A1 - Tai, E-Shyong A1 - Catamo, Eulalia A1 - Rizzi, Federica A1 - Guo, Feng A1 - Rivadeneira, Fernando A1 - Guilianini, Franco A1 - Sveinbjornsson, Gardar A1 - Ehret, Georg A1 - Waeber, Gérard A1 - Biino, Ginevra A1 - Girotto, Giorgia A1 - Pistis, Giorgio A1 - Nadkarni, Girish N A1 - Delgado, Graciela E A1 - Montgomery, Grant W A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Campbell, Harry A1 - White, Harvey D A1 - Gao, He A1 - Stringham, Heather M A1 - Schmidt, Helena A1 - Li, Hengtong A1 - Brenner, Hermann A1 - Holm, Hilma A1 - Kirsten, Holgen A1 - Kramer, Holly A1 - Rudan, Igor A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Tzoulaki, Ioanna A1 - Olafsson, Isleifur A1 - Martins, Jade A1 - Cook, James P A1 - Wilson, James F A1 - Halbritter, Jan A1 - Felix, Janine F A1 - Divers, Jasmin A1 - Kooner, Jaspal S A1 - Lee, Jeannette Jen-Mai A1 - O'Connell, Jeffrey A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Liu, Jianjun A1 - Xu, Jie A1 - Thiery, Joachim A1 - Arnlöv, Johan A1 - Kuusisto, Johanna A1 - Jakobsdottir, Johanna A1 - Tremblay, Johanne A1 - Chambers, John C A1 - Whitfield, John B A1 - Gaziano, John M A1 - Marten, Jonathan A1 - Coresh, Josef A1 - Jonas, Jost B A1 - Mychaleckyj, Josyf C A1 - Christensen, Kaare A1 - Eckardt, Kai-Uwe A1 - Mohlke, Karen L A1 - Endlich, Karlhans A1 - Dittrich, Katalin A1 - Ryan, Kathleen A A1 - Rice, Kenneth M A1 - Taylor, Kent D A1 - Ho, Kevin A1 - Nikus, Kjell A1 - Matsuda, Koichi A1 - Strauch, Konstantin A1 - Miliku, Kozeta A1 - Hveem, Kristian A1 - Lind, Lars A1 - Wallentin, Lars A1 - Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M A1 - Raffield, Laura M A1 - Phillips, Lawrence S A1 - Launer, Lenore J A1 - Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka A1 - Lange, Leslie A A1 - Citterio, Lorena A1 - Klaric, Lucija A1 - Ikram, M Arfan A1 - Ising, Marcus A1 - Kleber, Marcus E A1 - Francescatto, Margherita A1 - Concas, Maria Pina A1 - Ciullo, Marina A1 - Piratsu, Mario A1 - Orho-Melander, Marju A1 - Laakso, Markku A1 - Loeffler, Markus A1 - Perola, Markus A1 - de Borst, Martin H A1 - Gögele, Martin A1 - Bianca, Martina La A1 - Lukas, Mary Ann A1 - Feitosa, Mary F A1 - Biggs, Mary L A1 - Wojczynski, Mary K A1 - Kavousi, Maryam A1 - Kanai, Masahiro A1 - Akiyama, Masato A1 - Yasuda, Masayuki A1 - Nauck, Matthias A1 - Waldenberger, Melanie A1 - Chee, Miao-Li A1 - Chee, Miao-Ling A1 - Boehnke, Michael A1 - Preuss, Michael H A1 - Stumvoll, Michael A1 - Province, Michael A A1 - Evans, Michele K A1 - O'Donoghue, Michelle L A1 - Kubo, Michiaki A1 - Kähönen, Mika A1 - Kastarinen, Mika A1 - Nalls, Mike A A1 - Kuokkanen, Mikko A1 - Ghanbari, Mohsen A1 - Bochud, Murielle A1 - Josyula, Navya Shilpa A1 - Martin, Nicholas G A1 - Tan, Nicholas Y Q A1 - Palmer, Nicholette D A1 - Pirastu, Nicola A1 - Schupf, Nicole A1 - Verweij, Niek A1 - Hutri-Kähönen, Nina A1 - Mononen, Nina A1 - Bansal, Nisha A1 - Devuyst, Olivier A1 - Melander, Olle A1 - Raitakari, Olli T A1 - Polasek, Ozren A1 - Manunta, Paolo A1 - Gasparini, Paolo A1 - Mishra, Pashupati P A1 - Sulem, Patrick A1 - Magnusson, Patrik K E A1 - Elliott, Paul A1 - Ridker, Paul M A1 - Hamet, Pavel A1 - Svensson, Per O A1 - Joshi, Peter K A1 - Kovacs, Peter A1 - Pramstaller, Peter P A1 - Rossing, Peter A1 - Vollenweider, Peter A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - Dorajoo, Rajkumar A1 - Sim, Ralene Z H A1 - Burkhardt, Ralph A1 - Tao, Ran A1 - Noordam, Raymond A1 - Mägi, Reedik A1 - Schmidt, Reinhold A1 - de Mutsert, Renée A1 - Rueedi, Rico A1 - van Dam, Rob M A1 - Carroll, Robert J A1 - Gansevoort, Ron T A1 - Loos, Ruth J F A1 - Felicita, Sala Cinzia A1 - Sedaghat, Sanaz A1 - Padmanabhan, Sandosh A1 - Freitag-Wolf, Sandra A1 - Pendergrass, Sarah A A1 - Graham, Sarah E A1 - Gordon, Scott D A1 - Hwang, Shih-Jen A1 - Kerr, Shona M A1 - Vaccargiu, Simona A1 - Patil, Snehal B A1 - Hallan, Stein A1 - Bakker, Stephan J L A1 - Lim, Su-Chi A1 - Lucae, Susanne A1 - Vogelezang, Suzanne A1 - Bergmann, Sven A1 - Corre, Tanguy A1 - Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Boutin, Thibaud S A1 - Meitinger, Thomas A1 - Wong, Tien-Yin A1 - Bergler, Tobias A1 - Rabelink, Ton J A1 - Esko, Tõnu A1 - Haller, Toomas A1 - Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur A1 - Völker, Uwe A1 - Foo, Valencia Hui Xian A1 - Salomaa, Veikko A1 - Vitart, Veronique A1 - Giedraitis, Vilmantas A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Jaddoe, Vincent W V A1 - Huang, Wei A1 - Zhang, Weihua A1 - Wei, Wen Bin A1 - Kiess, Wieland A1 - März, Winfried A1 - Koenig, Wolfgang A1 - Lieb, Wolfgang A1 - Gào, Xīn A1 - Sim, Xueling A1 - Wang, Ya Xing A1 - Friedlander, Yechiel A1 - Tham, Yih-Chung A1 - Kamatani, Yoichiro A1 - Okada, Yukinori A1 - Milaneschi, Yuri A1 - Yu, Zhi A1 - Stark, Klaus J A1 - Stefansson, Kari A1 - Böger, Carsten A A1 - Hung, Adriana M A1 - Kronenberg, Florian A1 - Köttgen, Anna A1 - Pattaro, Cristian A1 - Heid, Iris M KW - Creatinine KW - Diabetes Mellitus KW - Diabetic Nephropathies KW - Genome-Wide Association Study KW - Glomerular Filtration Rate KW - Humans KW - Kidney AB -

Reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR) can progress to kidney failure. Risk factors include genetics and diabetes mellitus (DM), but little is known about their interaction. We conducted genome-wide association meta-analyses for estimated GFR based on serum creatinine (eGFR), separately for individuals with or without DM (n = 178,691, n = 1,296,113). Our genome-wide searches identified (i) seven eGFR loci with significant DM/noDM-difference, (ii) four additional novel loci with suggestive difference and (iii) 28 further novel loci (including CUBN) by allowing for potential difference. GWAS on eGFR among DM individuals identified 2 known and 27 potentially responsible loci for diabetic kidney disease. Gene prioritization highlighted 18 genes that may inform reno-protective drug development. We highlight the existence of DM-only and noDM-only effects, which can inform about the target group, if respective genes are advanced as drug targets. Largely shared effects suggest that most drug interventions to alter eGFR should be effective in DM and noDM.

VL - 5 IS - 1 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Genetic loci and prioritization of genes for kidney function decline derived from a meta-analysis of 62 longitudinal genome-wide association studies. JF - Kidney Int Y1 - 2022 A1 - Gorski, Mathias A1 - Rasheed, Humaira A1 - Teumer, Alexander A1 - Thomas, Laurent F A1 - Graham, Sarah E A1 - Sveinbjornsson, Gardar A1 - Winkler, Thomas W A1 - Günther, Felix A1 - Stark, Klaus J A1 - Chai, Jin-Fang A1 - Tayo, Bamidele O A1 - Wuttke, Matthias A1 - Li, Yong A1 - Tin, Adrienne A1 - Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S A1 - Arnlöv, Johan A1 - Åsvold, Bjørn Olav A1 - Bakker, Stephan J L A1 - Banas, Bernhard A1 - Bansal, Nisha A1 - Biggs, Mary L A1 - Biino, Ginevra A1 - Böhnke, Michael A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Bottinger, Erwin P A1 - Brenner, Hermann A1 - Brumpton, Ben A1 - Carroll, Robert J A1 - Chaker, Layal A1 - Chalmers, John A1 - Chee, Miao-Li A1 - Chee, Miao-Ling A1 - Cheng, Ching-Yu A1 - Chu, Audrey Y A1 - Ciullo, Marina A1 - Cocca, Massimiliano A1 - Cook, James P A1 - Coresh, Josef A1 - Cusi, Daniele A1 - de Borst, Martin H A1 - Degenhardt, Frauke A1 - Eckardt, Kai-Uwe A1 - Endlich, Karlhans A1 - Evans, Michele K A1 - Feitosa, Mary F A1 - Franke, Andre A1 - Freitag-Wolf, Sandra A1 - Fuchsberger, Christian A1 - Gampawar, Piyush A1 - Gansevoort, Ron T A1 - Ghanbari, Mohsen A1 - Ghasemi, Sahar A1 - Giedraitis, Vilmantas A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Gudbjartsson, Daniel F A1 - Hallan, Stein A1 - Hamet, Pavel A1 - Hishida, Asahi A1 - Ho, Kevin A1 - Hofer, Edith A1 - Holleczek, Bernd A1 - Holm, Hilma A1 - Hoppmann, Anselm A1 - Horn, Katrin A1 - Hutri-Kähönen, Nina A1 - Hveem, Kristian A1 - Hwang, Shih-Jen A1 - Ikram, M Arfan A1 - Josyula, Navya Shilpa A1 - Jung, Bettina A1 - Kähönen, Mika A1 - Karabegović, Irma A1 - Khor, Chiea-Chuen A1 - Koenig, Wolfgang A1 - Kramer, Holly A1 - Krämer, Bernhard K A1 - Kuhnel, Brigitte A1 - Kuusisto, Johanna A1 - Laakso, Markku A1 - Lange, Leslie A A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Li, Man A1 - Lieb, Wolfgang A1 - Lind, Lars A1 - Lindgren, Cecilia M A1 - Loos, Ruth J F A1 - Lukas, Mary Ann A1 - Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka A1 - Mahajan, Anubha A1 - Matias-Garcia, Pamela R A1 - Meisinger, Christa A1 - Meitinger, Thomas A1 - Melander, Olle A1 - Milaneschi, Yuri A1 - Mishra, Pashupati P A1 - Mononen, Nina A1 - Morris, Andrew P A1 - Mychaleckyj, Josyf C A1 - Nadkarni, Girish N A1 - Naito, Mariko A1 - Nakatochi, Masahiro A1 - Nalls, Mike A A1 - Nauck, Matthias A1 - Nikus, Kjell A1 - Ning, Boting A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Nutile, Teresa A1 - O'Donoghue, Michelle L A1 - O'Connell, Jeffrey A1 - Olafsson, Isleifur A1 - Orho-Melander, Marju A1 - Parsa, Afshin A1 - Pendergrass, Sarah A A1 - Penninx, Brenda W J H A1 - Pirastu, Mario A1 - Preuss, Michael H A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Raffield, Laura M A1 - Raitakari, Olli T A1 - Rheinberger, Myriam A1 - Rice, Kenneth M A1 - Rizzi, Federica A1 - Rosenkranz, Alexander R A1 - Rossing, Peter A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Ruggiero, Daniela A1 - Ryan, Kathleen A A1 - Sabanayagam, Charumathi A1 - Salvi, Erika A1 - Schmidt, Helena A1 - Schmidt, Reinhold A1 - Scholz, Markus A1 - Schöttker, Ben A1 - Schulz, Christina-Alexandra A1 - Sedaghat, Sanaz A1 - Shaffer, Christian M A1 - Sieber, Karsten B A1 - Sim, Xueling A1 - Sims, Mario A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Stanzick, Kira J A1 - Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur A1 - Stocker, Hannah A1 - Strauch, Konstantin A1 - Stringham, Heather M A1 - Sulem, Patrick A1 - Szymczak, Silke A1 - Taylor, Kent D A1 - Thio, Chris H L A1 - Tremblay, Johanne A1 - Vaccargiu, Simona A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - van der Most, Peter J A1 - Verweij, Niek A1 - Völker, Uwe A1 - Wakai, Kenji A1 - Waldenberger, Melanie A1 - Wallentin, Lars A1 - Wallner, Stefan A1 - Wang, Judy A1 - Waterworth, Dawn M A1 - White, Harvey D A1 - Willer, Cristen J A1 - Wong, Tien-Yin A1 - Woodward, Mark A1 - Yang, Qiong A1 - Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M A1 - Zimmermann, Martina A1 - Zonderman, Alan B A1 - Bergler, Tobias A1 - Stefansson, Kari A1 - Böger, Carsten A A1 - Pattaro, Cristian A1 - Köttgen, Anna A1 - Kronenberg, Florian A1 - Heid, Iris M AB -

Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) reflects kidney function. Progressive eGFR-decline can lead to kidney failure, necessitating dialysis or transplantation. Hundreds of loci from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for eGFR help explain population cross section variability. Since the contribution of these or other loci to eGFR-decline remains largely unknown, we derived GWAS for annual eGFR-decline and meta-analyzed 62 longitudinal studies with eGFR assessed twice over time in all 343,339 individuals and in high-risk groups. We also explored different covariate adjustment. Twelve genome-wide significant independent variants for eGFR-decline unadjusted or adjusted for eGFR-baseline (11 novel, one known for this phenotype), including nine variants robustly associated across models were identified. All loci for eGFR-decline were known for cross-sectional eGFR and thus distinguished a subgroup of eGFR loci. Seven of the nine variants showed variant-by-age interaction on eGFR cross section (further about 350,000 individuals), which linked genetic associations for eGFR-decline with age-dependency of genetic cross-section associations. Clinically important were two to four-fold greater genetic effects on eGFR-decline in high-risk subgroups. Five variants associated also with chronic kidney disease progression mapped to genes with functional in-silico evidence (UMOD, SPATA7, GALNTL5, TPPP). An unfavorable versus favorable nine-variant genetic profile showed increased risk odds ratios of 1.35 for kidney failure (95% confidence intervals 1.03-1.77) and 1.27 for acute kidney injury (95% confidence intervals 1.08-1.50) in over 2000 cases each, with matched controls). Thus, we provide a large data resource, genetic loci, and prioritized genes for kidney function decline, which help inform drug development pipelines revealing important insights into the age-dependency of kidney function genetics.

ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Gene-educational attainment interactions in a multi-population genome-wide meta-analysis identify novel lipid loci. JF - Front Genet Y1 - 2023 A1 - de Las Fuentes, Lisa A1 - Schwander, Karen L A1 - Brown, Michael R A1 - Bentley, Amy R A1 - Winkler, Thomas W A1 - Sung, Yun Ju A1 - Munroe, Patricia B A1 - Miller, Clint L A1 - Aschard, Hugo A1 - Aslibekyan, Stella A1 - Bartz, Traci M A1 - Bielak, Lawrence F A1 - Chai, Jin Fang A1 - Cheng, Ching-Yu A1 - Dorajoo, Rajkumar A1 - Feitosa, Mary F A1 - Guo, Xiuqing A1 - Hartwig, Fernando P A1 - Horimoto, Andrea A1 - Kolcic, Ivana A1 - Lim, Elise A1 - Liu, Yongmei A1 - Manning, Alisa K A1 - Marten, Jonathan A1 - Musani, Solomon K A1 - Noordam, Raymond A1 - Padmanabhan, Sandosh A1 - Rankinen, Tuomo A1 - Richard, Melissa A A1 - Ridker, Paul M A1 - Smith, Albert V A1 - Vojinovic, Dina A1 - Zonderman, Alan B A1 - Alver, Maris A1 - Boissel, Mathilde A1 - Christensen, Kaare A1 - Freedman, Barry I A1 - Gao, Chuan A1 - Giulianini, Franco A1 - Harris, Sarah E A1 - He, Meian A1 - Hsu, Fang-Chi A1 - Kuhnel, Brigitte A1 - Laguzzi, Federica A1 - Li, Xiaoyin A1 - Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Poveda, Alaitz A1 - Rauramaa, Rainer A1 - Riaz, Muhammad A1 - Robino, Antonietta A1 - Sofer, Tamar A1 - Takeuchi, Fumihiko A1 - Tayo, Bamidele O A1 - van der Most, Peter J A1 - Verweij, Niek A1 - Ware, Erin B A1 - Weiss, Stefan A1 - Wen, Wanqing A1 - Yanek, Lisa R A1 - Zhan, Yiqiang A1 - Amin, Najaf A1 - Arking, Dan E A1 - Ballantyne, Christie A1 - Boerwinkle, Eric A1 - Brody, Jennifer A A1 - Broeckel, Ulrich A1 - Campbell, Archie A1 - Canouil, Mickaël A1 - Chai, Xiaoran A1 - Chen, Yii-Der Ida A1 - Chen, Xu A1 - Chitrala, Kumaraswamy Naidu A1 - Concas, Maria Pina A1 - de Faire, Ulf A1 - de Mutsert, Renée A1 - de Silva, H Janaka A1 - de Vries, Paul S A1 - Do, Ahn A1 - Faul, Jessica D A1 - Fisher, Virginia A1 - Floyd, James S A1 - Forrester, Terrence A1 - Friedlander, Yechiel A1 - Girotto, Giorgia A1 - Gu, C Charles A1 - Hallmans, Göran A1 - Heikkinen, Sami A1 - Heng, Chew-Kiat A1 - Homuth, Georg A1 - Hunt, Steven A1 - Ikram, M Arfan A1 - Jacobs, David R A1 - Kavousi, Maryam A1 - Khor, Chiea Chuen A1 - Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O A1 - Koh, Woon-Puay A1 - Komulainen, Pirjo A1 - Langefeld, Carl D A1 - Liang, Jingjing A1 - Liu, Kiang A1 - Liu, Jianjun A1 - Lohman, Kurt A1 - Mägi, Reedik A1 - Manichaikul, Ani W A1 - McKenzie, Colin A A1 - Meitinger, Thomas A1 - Milaneschi, Yuri A1 - Nauck, Matthias A1 - Nelson, Christopher P A1 - O'Connell, Jeffrey R A1 - Palmer, Nicholette D A1 - Pereira, Alexandre C A1 - Perls, Thomas A1 - Peters, Annette A1 - Polasek, Ozren A1 - Raitakari, Olli T A1 - Rice, Kenneth A1 - Rice, Treva K A1 - Rich, Stephen S A1 - Sabanayagam, Charumathi A1 - Schreiner, Pamela J A1 - Shu, Xiao-Ou A1 - Sidney, Stephen A1 - Sims, Mario A1 - Smith, Jennifer A A1 - Starr, John M A1 - Strauch, Konstantin A1 - Tai, E Shyong A1 - Taylor, Kent D A1 - Tsai, Michael Y A1 - Uitterlinden, André G A1 - van Heemst, Diana A1 - Waldenberger, Melanie A1 - Wang, Ya-Xing A1 - Wei, Wen-Bin A1 - Wilson, Gregory A1 - Xuan, Deng A1 - Yao, Jie A1 - Yu, Caizheng A1 - Yuan, Jian-Min A1 - Zhao, Wei A1 - Becker, Diane M A1 - Bonnefond, Amélie A1 - Bowden, Donald W A1 - Cooper, Richard S A1 - Deary, Ian J A1 - Divers, Jasmin A1 - Esko, Tõnu A1 - Franks, Paul W A1 - Froguel, Philippe A1 - Gieger, Christian A1 - Jonas, Jost B A1 - Kato, Norihiro A1 - Lakka, Timo A A1 - Leander, Karin A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Magnusson, Patrik K E A1 - North, Kari E A1 - Ntalla, Ioanna A1 - Penninx, Brenda A1 - Samani, Nilesh J A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Spedicati, Beatrice A1 - van der Harst, Pim A1 - Völzke, Henry A1 - Wagenknecht, Lynne E A1 - Weir, David R A1 - Wojczynski, Mary K A1 - Wu, Tangchun A1 - Zheng, Wei A1 - Zhu, Xiaofeng A1 - Bouchard, Claude A1 - Chasman, Daniel I A1 - Evans, Michele K A1 - Fox, Ervin R A1 - Gudnason, Vilmundur A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - Horta, Bernardo L A1 - Kardia, Sharon L R A1 - Krieger, Jose Eduardo A1 - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O A1 - Peyser, Patricia A A1 - Province, Michael M A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Rudan, Igor A1 - Sim, Xueling A1 - Smith, Blair H A1 - van Dam, Rob M A1 - van Duijn, Cornelia M A1 - Wong, Tien Yin A1 - Arnett, Donna K A1 - Rao, Dabeeru C A1 - Gauderman, James A1 - Liu, Ching-Ti A1 - Morrison, Alanna C A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Fornage, Myriam AB -

Educational attainment, widely used in epidemiologic studies as a surrogate for socioeconomic status, is a predictor of cardiovascular health outcomes. A two-stage genome-wide meta-analysis of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL), and triglyceride (TG) levels was performed while accounting for gene-educational attainment interactions in up to 226,315 individuals from five population groups. We considered two educational attainment variables: "Some College" (yes/no, for any education beyond high school) and "Graduated College" (yes/no, for completing a 4-year college degree). Genome-wide significant ( < 5 × 10) and suggestive ( < 1 × 10) variants were identified in Stage 1 (in up to 108,784 individuals) through genome-wide analysis, and those variants were followed up in Stage 2 studies (in up to 117,531 individuals). In combined analysis of Stages 1 and 2, we identified 18 novel lipid loci (nine for LDL, seven for HDL, and two for TG) by two degree-of-freedom (2 DF) joint tests of main and interaction effects. Four loci showed significant interaction with educational attainment. Two loci were significant only in cross-population analyses. Several loci include genes with known or suggested roles in adipose (), brain (), and liver () biology, highlighting the potential importance of brain-adipose-liver communication in the regulation of lipid metabolism. An investigation of the potential druggability of genes in identified loci resulted in five gene targets shown to interact with drugs approved by the Food and Drug Administration, including genes with roles in adipose and brain tissue. Genome-wide interaction analysis of educational attainment identified novel lipid loci not previously detected by analyses limited to main genetic effects.

VL - 14 ER - TY - JOUR T1 - X-chromosome and kidney function: evidence from a multi-trait genetic analysis of 908,697 individuals reveals sex-specific and sex-differential findings in genes regulated by androgen response elements. JF - Nat Commun Y1 - 2024 A1 - Scholz, Markus A1 - Horn, Katrin A1 - Pott, Janne A1 - Wuttke, Matthias A1 - Kühnapfel, Andreas A1 - Nasr, M Kamal A1 - Kirsten, Holger A1 - Li, Yong A1 - Hoppmann, Anselm A1 - Gorski, Mathias A1 - Ghasemi, Sahar A1 - Li, Man A1 - Tin, Adrienne A1 - Chai, Jin-Fang A1 - Cocca, Massimiliano A1 - Wang, Judy A1 - Nutile, Teresa A1 - Akiyama, Masato A1 - Åsvold, Bjørn Olav A1 - Bansal, Nisha A1 - Biggs, Mary L A1 - Boutin, Thibaud A1 - Brenner, Hermann A1 - Brumpton, Ben A1 - Burkhardt, Ralph A1 - Cai, Jianwen A1 - Campbell, Archie A1 - Campbell, Harry A1 - Chalmers, John A1 - Chasman, Daniel I A1 - Chee, Miao Ling A1 - Chee, Miao Li A1 - Chen, Xu A1 - Cheng, Ching-Yu A1 - Cifkova, Renata A1 - Daviglus, Martha A1 - Delgado, Graciela A1 - Dittrich, Katalin A1 - Edwards, Todd L A1 - Endlich, Karlhans A1 - Michael Gaziano, J A1 - Giri, Ayush A1 - Giulianini, Franco A1 - Gordon, Scott D A1 - Gudbjartsson, Daniel F A1 - Hallan, Stein A1 - Hamet, Pavel A1 - Hartman, Catharina A A1 - Hayward, Caroline A1 - Heid, Iris M A1 - Hellwege, Jacklyn N A1 - Holleczek, Bernd A1 - Holm, Hilma A1 - Hutri-Kähönen, Nina A1 - Hveem, Kristian A1 - Isermann, Berend A1 - Jonas, Jost B A1 - Joshi, Peter K A1 - Kamatani, Yoichiro A1 - Kanai, Masahiro A1 - Kastarinen, Mika A1 - Khor, Chiea Chuen A1 - Kiess, Wieland A1 - Kleber, Marcus E A1 - Körner, Antje A1 - Kovacs, Peter A1 - Krajcoviechova, Alena A1 - Kramer, Holly A1 - Krämer, Bernhard K A1 - Kuokkanen, Mikko A1 - Kähönen, Mika A1 - Lange, Leslie A A1 - Lash, James P A1 - Lehtimäki, Terho A1 - Li, Hengtong A1 - Lin, Bridget M A1 - Liu, Jianjun A1 - Loeffler, Markus A1 - Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka A1 - Magnusson, Patrik K E A1 - Martin, Nicholas G A1 - Matsuda, Koichi A1 - Milaneschi, Yuri A1 - Mishra, Pashupati P A1 - Mononen, Nina A1 - Montgomery, Grant W A1 - Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O A1 - Mychaleckyj, Josyf C A1 - März, Winfried A1 - Nauck, Matthias A1 - Nikus, Kjell A1 - Nolte, Ilja M A1 - Noordam, Raymond A1 - Okada, Yukinori A1 - Olafsson, Isleifur A1 - Oldehinkel, Albertine J A1 - Penninx, Brenda W J H A1 - Perola, Markus A1 - Pirastu, Nicola A1 - Polasek, Ozren A1 - Porteous, David J A1 - Poulain, Tanja A1 - Psaty, Bruce M A1 - Rabelink, Ton J A1 - Raffield, Laura M A1 - Raitakari, Olli T A1 - Rasheed, Humaira A1 - Reilly, Dermot F A1 - Rice, Kenneth M A1 - Richmond, Anne A1 - Ridker, Paul M A1 - Rotter, Jerome I A1 - Rudan, Igor A1 - Sabanayagam, Charumathi A1 - Salomaa, Veikko A1 - Schneiderman, Neil A1 - Schöttker, Ben A1 - Sims, Mario A1 - Snieder, Harold A1 - Stark, Klaus J A1 - Stefansson, Kari A1 - Stocker, Hannah A1 - Stumvoll, Michael A1 - Sulem, Patrick A1 - Sveinbjornsson, Gardar A1 - Svensson, Per O A1 - Tai, E-Shyong A1 - Taylor, Kent D A1 - Tayo, Bamidele O A1 - Teren, Andrej A1 - Tham, Yih-Chung A1 - Thiery, Joachim A1 - Thio, Chris H L A1 - Thomas, Laurent F A1 - Tremblay, Johanne A1 - Tönjes, Anke A1 - van der Most, Peter J A1 - Vitart, Veronique A1 - Völker, Uwe A1 - Wang, Ya Xing A1 - Wang, Chaolong A1 - Wei, Wen Bin A1 - Whitfield, John B A1 - Wild, Sarah H A1 - Wilson, James F A1 - Winkler, Thomas W A1 - Wong, Tien-Yin A1 - Woodward, Mark A1 - Sim, Xueling A1 - Chu, Audrey Y A1 - Feitosa, Mary F A1 - Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur A1 - Hung, Adriana M A1 - Teumer, Alexander A1 - Franceschini, Nora A1 - Parsa, Afshin A1 - Köttgen, Anna A1 - Schlosser, Pascal A1 - Pattaro, Cristian KW - Androgens KW - Chromosomes, Human, X KW - Female KW - Genetic Predisposition to Disease KW - Genome-Wide Association Study KW - Humans KW - Kidney KW - Male KW - Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide KW - Response Elements KW - Tetraspanins AB -

X-chromosomal genetic variants are understudied but can yield valuable insights into sexually dimorphic human traits and diseases. We performed a sex-stratified cross-ancestry X-chromosome-wide association meta-analysis of seven kidney-related traits (n = 908,697), identifying 23 loci genome-wide significantly associated with two of the traits: 7 for uric acid and 16 for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), including four novel eGFR loci containing the functionally plausible prioritized genes ACSL4, CLDN2, TSPAN6 and the female-specific DRP2. Further, we identified five novel sex-interactions, comprising male-specific effects at FAM9B and AR/EDA2R, and three sex-differential findings with larger genetic effect sizes in males at DCAF12L1 and MST4 and larger effect sizes in females at HPRT1. All prioritized genes in loci showing significant sex-interactions were located next to androgen response elements (ARE). Five ARE genes showed sex-differential expressions. This study contributes new insights into sex-dimorphisms of kidney traits along with new prioritized gene targets for further molecular research.

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