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{Genome-Wide Association Study of Circulating Interleukin 6 Levels Identifies Novel Loci
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| Title | {Genome-Wide Association Study of Circulating Interleukin 6 Levels Identifies Novel Loci |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2021 |
| Authors | Ahluwalia, TS, Prins, BP, Abdollahi, M, Armstrong, NJ, Aslibekyan, S, Bain, L, Jefferis, B, Baumert, J, Beekman, M, Ben-Shlomo, Y, Bis, JC, Mitchell, BD, de Geus, E, Delgado, GE, Marek, D, Eriksson, J, Kajantie, E, Kanoni, S, Kemp, JP, Lu, C, Marioni, RE, McLachlan, S, Milaneschi, Y, Nolte, IM, Petrelis, AM, Porcu, E, Sabater-Lleal, M, Naderi, E, Seppälä, I, Shah, T, Singhal, G, Standl, M, Teumer, A, Thalamuthu, A, Thiering, E, Trompet, S, Ballantyne, CM, Benjamin, EJ, Casas, JP, Toben, C, Dedoussis, G, Deelen, J, Durda, P, Engmann, J, Feitosa, MF, Grallert, H, Hammarstedt, A, Harris, SE, Homuth, G, Hottenga, JJ, Jalkanen, S, Jamshidi, Y, Jawahar, MC, Jess, T, Kivimaki, M, Kleber, ME, Lahti, J, Liu, Y, Marques-Vidal, P, Mellström, D, Mooijaart, SP, Müller-Nurasyid, M, Penninx, B, Revez, JA, Rossing, P, Räikkönen, K, Sattar, N, Scharnagl, H, Sennblad, B, Silveira, A, Pourcain, BS, Timpson, NJ, Trollor, J, van Dongen, J, van Heemst, D, Visvikis-Siest, S, Vollenweider, P, Völker, U, Waldenberger, M, Willemsen, G, Zabaneh, D, Morris, RW, Arnett, DK, Baune, BT, Boomsma, DI, Chang, YC, Deary, IJ, Deloukas, P, Eriksson, JG, Evans, DM, Ferreira, MA, Gaunt, T, Gudnason, V, Hamsten, A, Heinrich, J, Hingorani, A, Humphries, SE, Jukema, JW, Koeing, W, Kumari, M, Kutalik, Z, Lawlor, DA, Lehtimäki, T, März, W, Mather, K, Naitza, S, Nauck, M, Ohlsson, C, Price, JF, Raitakari, O, Rice, K, Sachdev, PS, Slagboom, E, Sørensen, TIA, Spector, T, Stacey, D, Stathopoulou, MG, Tanaka, T, Wannamethee, SG, Whincup, P, Rotter, JI, Dehghan, A, Boerwinkle, E, Psaty, BM, Snieder, H, Alizadeh, BZ |
| Journal | Hum Mol Genet |
| Date Published | Jan |
| Abstract | Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a multifunctional cytokine with both pro- and anti-inflammatory properties with a heritability estimate of up to 61%. The circulating levels of IL-6 in blood have been associated with an increased risk of complex disease pathogenesis. We conducted a two-staged, discovery, and replication meta genome-wide association study (GWAS) of circulating serum IL-6 levels comprising up to 67 428 (ndiscovery = 52 654 and nreplication = 14 774) individuals of European ancestry. The inverse variance fixed-effects based discovery meta-analysis, followed by replication led to the identification of two independent loci, IL1F10/IL1RN rs6734238 on Chromosome (Chr) 2q14, (pcombined = 1.8 × 10-11), HLA-DRB1/DRB5 rs660895 on Chr6p21 (pcombined = 1.5 × 10-10) in the combined meta-analyses of all samples. We also replicated the IL6R rs4537545 locus on Chr1q21 (pcombined = 1.2 × 10-122). Our study identifies novel loci for circulating IL-6 levels uncovering new immunological and inflammatory pathways that may influence IL-6 pathobiology. |
ePub date:
21/01