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Multiethnic Meta-Analysis Identifies RAI1 as a Possible Obstructive Sleep Apnea-related Quantitative Trait Locus in Men.

TitleMultiethnic Meta-Analysis Identifies RAI1 as a Possible Obstructive Sleep Apnea-related Quantitative Trait Locus in Men.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2018
AuthorsChen, H, Cade, BE, Gleason, KJ, Bjonnes, AC, Stilp, AM, Sofer, T, Conomos, MP, Ancoli-Israel, S, Arens, R, Azarbarzin, A, Bell, GI, Below, JE, Chun, S, Evans, DS, Ewert, R, Frazier-Wood, AC, Gharib, SA, Haba-Rubio, J, Hagen, EW, Heinzer, R, Hillman, DR, W Johnson, C, Kutalik, Z, Lane, JM, Larkin, EK, Lee, SKu, Liang, J, Loredo, JS, Mukherjee, S, Palmer, LJ, Papanicolaou, GJ, Penzel, T, Peppard, PE, Post, WS, Ramos, AR, Rice, K, Rotter, JI, Sands, SA, Shah, NA, Shin, C, Stone, KL, Stubbe, B, Sul, JHoon, Tafti, M, Taylor, KD, Teumer, A, Thornton, TA, Tranah, GJ, Wang, C, Wang, H, Warby, SC, D Wellman, A, Zee, PC, Hanis, CL, Laurie, CC, Gottlieb, DJ, Patel, SR, Zhu, X, Sunyaev, SR, Saxena, R, Lin, X, Redline, S
JournalAm J Respir Cell Mol Biol
Volume58
Issue3
Pagination391-401
Date Published2018 Mar
ISSN1535-4989
Abstract<p>Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common heritable disorder displaying marked sexual dimorphism in disease prevalence and progression. Previous genetic association studies have identified a few genetic loci associated with OSA and related quantitative traits, but they have only focused on single ethnic groups, and a large proportion of the heritability remains unexplained. The apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) is a commonly used quantitative measure characterizing OSA severity. Because OSA differs by sex, and the pathophysiology of obstructive events differ in rapid eye movement (REM) and non-REM (NREM) sleep, we hypothesized that additional genetic association signals would be identified by analyzing the NREM/REM-specific AHI and by conducting sex-specific analyses in multiethnic samples. We performed genome-wide association tests for up to 19,733 participants of African, Asian, European, and Hispanic/Latino American ancestry in 7 studies. We identified rs12936587 on chromosome 17 as a possible quantitative trait locus for NREM AHI in men (N = 6,737; P = 1.7 × 10) but not in women (P = 0.77). The association with NREM AHI was replicated in a physiological research study (N = 67; P = 0.047). This locus overlapping the RAI1 gene and encompassing genes PEMT1, SREBF1, and RASD1 was previously reported to be associated with coronary artery disease, lipid metabolism, and implicated in Potocki-Lupski syndrome and Smith-Magenis syndrome, which are characterized by abnormal sleep phenotypes. We also identified gene-by-sex interactions in suggestive association regions, suggesting that genetic variants for AHI appear to vary by sex, consistent with the clinical observations of strong sexual dimorphism.</p>
DOI10.1165/rcmb.2017-0237OC
Alternate JournalAm. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol.
PubMed ID29077507
PubMed Central IDPMC5854957
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ePub date: 
18/03