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1. Toward clinical exomes in diagnostics and management of male infertility

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Lillepea, Kristiina, Juchnewitsch, Anna Grete, Kasak, Laura, Valkna, Anu, Dutta, Avirup, Pomm, Kristjan, Poolamets, Olev, Nagirnaja, Liina, Tamp, Erik, Mahyari, Eisa, Vihljajev, Vladimir, Tjagur, Stanislav, Papadimitriou, Sofia, Riera-Escamilla, Antoni, Versbraegen, Nassim, Farnetani, Ginevra, Castillo-Madeen, Helen, Sütt, Mailis, Kübarsepp, Viljo, Tennisberg, Sven, Korrovits, Paul, Krausz, Csilla, Aston, Kenneth Ivan, Lenaerts, Tom, Conrad, Donald D.F., Punab, Margus, Laan, Maris, Lillepea, Kristiina, Juchnewitsch, Anna Grete, Kasak, Laura, Valkna, Anu, Dutta, Avirup, Pomm, Kristjan, Poolamets, Olev, Nagirnaja, Liina, Tamp, Erik, Mahyari, Eisa, Vihljajev, Vladimir, Tjagur, Stanislav, Papadimitriou, Sofia, Riera-Escamilla, Antoni, Versbraegen, Nassim, Farnetani, Ginevra, Castillo-Madeen, Helen, Sütt, Mailis, Kübarsepp, Viljo, Tennisberg, Sven, Korrovits, Paul, Krausz, Csilla, Aston, Kenneth Ivan, Lenaerts, Tom, Conrad, Donald D.F., Punab, Margus, and Laan, Maris

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Infertility, affecting ∼10% of men, is predominantly caused by primary spermatogenic failure (SPGF). We screened likely pathogenic and pathogenic (LP/P) variants in 638 candidate genes for male infertility in 521 individuals presenting idiopathic SPGF and 323 normozoospermic men in the ESTAND cohort. Molecular diagnosis was reached for 64 men with SPGF (12%), with findings in 39 genes (6%). The yield did not differ significantly between the subgroups with azoospermia (20/185, 11%), oligozoospermia (18/181, 10%), and primary cryptorchidism with SPGF (26/155, 17%). Notably, 19 of 64 LP/P variants (30%) identified in 28 subjects represented recurrent findings in this study and/or with other male infertility cohorts. NR5A1 was the most frequently affected gene, with seven LP/P variants in six SPGF-affected men and two normozoospermic men. The link to SPGF was validated for recently proposed candidate genes ACTRT1, ASZ1, GLUD2, GREB1L, LEO1, RBM5, ROS1, and TGIF2LY. Heterozygous truncating variants in BNC1, reported in female infertility, emerged as plausible causes of severe oligozoospermia. Data suggested that several infertile men may present congenital conditions with less pronounced or pleiotropic phenotypes affecting the development and function of the reproductive system. Genes regulating the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis were affected in >30% of subjects with LP/P variants. Six individuals had more than one LP/P variant, including five with two findings from the gene panel. A 4-fold increased prevalence of cancer was observed in men with genetic infertility compared to the general male population (8% vs. 2%; p = 4.4 × 10−3). Expanding genetic testing in andrology will contribute to the multidisciplinary management of SPGF., SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published

Published
2024

2. Undiagnosed RASopathies in infertile men

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Juchnewitsch, Anna Grete, Pomm, Kristjan, Dutta, Avirup, Tamp, Erik, Valkna, Anu, Lillepea, Kristiina, Mahyari, Eisa, Tjagur, Stanislav, Belova, Galina, Kübarsepp, Viljo, Castillo-Madeen, Helen, Riera-Escamilla, Antoni, Põlluaas, Lisanna, Nagirnaja, Liina, Poolamets, Olev, Vihljajev, Vladimir, Sütt, Mailis, Versbraegen, Nassim, Papadimitriou, Sofia, McLachlan, Robert Ian, Jarvi, Keith Allen, Schlegel, Peter P.N., Tennisberg, Sven, Korrovits, Paul, Vigh-Conrad, Katinka, O’Bryan, Moira M.K., Aston, Kenneth Ivan, Lenaerts, Tom, Conrad, Donald D.F., Kasak, Laura, Punab, Margus, Laan, Maris, Juchnewitsch, Anna Grete, Pomm, Kristjan, Dutta, Avirup, Tamp, Erik, Valkna, Anu, Lillepea, Kristiina, Mahyari, Eisa, Tjagur, Stanislav, Belova, Galina, Kübarsepp, Viljo, Castillo-Madeen, Helen, Riera-Escamilla, Antoni, Põlluaas, Lisanna, Nagirnaja, Liina, Poolamets, Olev, Vihljajev, Vladimir, Sütt, Mailis, Versbraegen, Nassim, Papadimitriou, Sofia, McLachlan, Robert Ian, Jarvi, Keith Allen, Schlegel, Peter P.N., Tennisberg, Sven, Korrovits, Paul, Vigh-Conrad, Katinka, O’Bryan, Moira M.K., Aston, Kenneth Ivan, Lenaerts, Tom, Conrad, Donald D.F., Kasak, Laura, Punab, Margus, and Laan, Maris

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RASopathies are syndromes caused by congenital defects in the Ras/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway genes, with a population prevalence of 1 in 1,000. Patients are typically identified in childhood based on diverse characteristic features, including cryptorchidism (CR) in >50% of affected men. As CR predisposes to spermatogenic failure (SPGF; total sperm count per ejaculate 0–39 million), we hypothesized that men seeking infertility management include cases with undiagnosed RASopathies. Likely pathogenic or pathogenic (LP/P) variants in 22 RASopathy-linked genes were screened in 521 idiopathic SPGF patients (including 155 CR cases) and 323 normozoospermic controls using exome sequencing. All 844 men were recruited to the ESTonian ANDrology (ESTAND) cohort and underwent identical andrological phenotyping. RASopathy-specific variant interpretation guidelines were used for pathogenicity assessment. LP/P variants were identified in PTPN11 (two), SOS1 (three), SOS2 (one), LZTR1 (one), SPRED1 (one), NF1 (one), and MAP2K1 (one). The findings affected six of 155 cases with CR and SPGF, three of 366 men with SPGF only, and one (of 323) normozoospermic subfertile man. The subgroup “CR and SPGF” had over 13-fold enrichment of findings compared to controls (3.9% vs. 0.3%; Fisher’s exact test, p = 5.5 × 10−3). All ESTAND subjects with LP/P variants in the Ras/MAPK pathway genes presented congenital genitourinary anomalies, skeletal and joint conditions, and other RASopathy-linked health concerns. Rare forms of malignancies (schwannomatosis and pancreatic and testicular cancer) were reported on four occasions. The Genetics of Male Infertility Initiative (GEMINI) cohort (1,416 SPGF cases and 317 fertile men) was used to validate the outcome. LP/P variants in PTPN11 (three), LZTR1 (three), and MRAS (one) were identified in six SPGF cases (including 4/31 GEMINI cases with CR) and one normozoospermic man. Undiagnosed RASopathies were detected in total for 17 ESTAND and, SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published

Published
2024

3. Genetic analysis of blood molecular phenotypes reveals common properties in the regulatory networks affecting complex traits

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Brown, Andrew A., Fernandez-Tajes, Juan J., Hong, Mun gwan, Brorsson, Caroline A., Koivula, Robert W., Davtian, David, Dupuis, Théo, Sartori, Ambra, Michalettou, Theodora Dafni, Forgie, Ian M., Adam, Jonathan, Allin, Kristine H., Caiazzo, Robert, Cederberg, Henna, De Masi, Federico, Elders, Petra J.M., Giordano, Giuseppe N., Haid, Mark, Hansen, Torben, Hansen, Tue H., Hattersley, Andrew T., Heggie, Alison J., Howald, Cédric, Jones, Angus G., Kokkola, Tarja, Laakso, Markku, Mahajan, Anubha, Mari, Andrea, McDonald, Timothy J., McEvoy, Donna, Mourby, Miranda, Musholt, Petra B., Nilsson, Birgitte, Pattou, Francois, Penet, Deborah, Raverdy, Violeta, Ridderstråle, Martin, Romano, Luciana, Rutters, Femke, Sharma, Sapna, Teare, Harriet, ‘t Hart, Leen, Tsirigos, Konstantinos D., Vangipurapu, Jagadish, Vestergaard, Henrik, Brunak, Søren, Franks, Paul W., Frost, Gary, Grallert, Harald, Jablonka, Bernd, McCarthy, Mark I., Pavo, Imre, Pedersen, Oluf, Ruetten, Hartmut, Walker, Mark, Adragni, Kofi, Allesøe, Rosa Lundbye L., Artati, Anna A., Arumugam, Manimozhiyan, Atabaki-Pasdar, Naeimeh, Baltauss, Tania, Banasik, Karina, Barnett, Anna L., Baum, Patrick, Bell, Jimmy D., Beulens, Joline W., Bianzano, Susanna B., Bizzotto, Roberto, Bonnefond, Amelie, Cabrelli, Louise, Dale, Matilda, Dawed, Adem Y., de Preville, Nathalie, Dekkers, Koen F., Deshmukh, Harshal A., Dings, Christiane, Donnelly, Louise, Dutta, Avirup, Ehrhardt, Beate, Engelbrechtsen, Line, Eriksen, Rebeca, Fan, Yong, Ferrer, Jorge, Fitipaldi, Hugo, Forman, Annemette, Fritsche, Andreas, Froguel, Philippe, Gassenhuber, Johann, Gough, Stephen, Graefe-Mody, Ulrike, Grempler, Rolf, Groeneveld, Lenka, Groop, Leif, Gudmundsdóttir, Valborg, Gupta, Ramneek, Hennige, Anita M.H., Hill, Anita V., Holl, Reinhard W., Hudson, Michelle, Jacobsen, Ulrik Plesner, Jennison, Christopher, Johansen, Joachim, Jonsson, Anna, Karaderi, Tugce, Kaye, Jane, Kennedy, Gwen, Klintenberg, Maria, Kuulasmaa, Teemu, Lehr, Thorsten, Loftus, Heather, Lundgaard, Agnete Troen T., Mazzoni, Gianluca, McRobert, Nicky, McVittie, Ian, Nice, Rachel, Nicolay, Claudia, Nijpels, Giel, Palmer, Colin N., Pedersen, Helle K., Perry, Mandy H., Pomares-Millan, Hugo, Prehn, Cornelia P., Ramisch, Anna, Rasmussen, Simon, Robertson, Neil, Rodriquez, Marianne, Sackett, Peter, Scherer, Nina, Shah, Nisha, Sihinevich, Iryna, Slieker, Roderick C., Sondertoft, Nadja B., Steckel-Hamann, Birgit, Thomas, Melissa K., Thomas, Cecilia Engel E., Thomas, Elizabeth Louise L., Thorand, Barbara, Thorne, Claire E., Tillner, Joachim, Tura, Andrea, Uhlen, Mathias, van Leeuwen, Nienke, van Oort, Sabine, Verkindt, Helene, Vogt, Josef, Wad Sackett, Peter W., Wesolowska-Andersen, Agata, Whitcher, Brandon, White, Margaret W., Adamski, Jerzy, Schwenk, Jochen M., Pearson, Ewan R., Dermitzakis, Emmanouil T., Viñuela, Ana, Brown, Andrew A., Fernandez-Tajes, Juan J., Hong, Mun gwan, Brorsson, Caroline A., Koivula, Robert W., Davtian, David, Dupuis, Théo, Sartori, Ambra, Michalettou, Theodora Dafni, Forgie, Ian M., Adam, Jonathan, Allin, Kristine H., Caiazzo, Robert, Cederberg, Henna, De Masi, Federico, Elders, Petra J.M., Giordano, Giuseppe N., Haid, Mark, Hansen, Torben, Hansen, Tue H., Hattersley, Andrew T., Heggie, Alison J., Howald, Cédric, Jones, Angus G., Kokkola, Tarja, Laakso, Markku, Mahajan, Anubha, Mari, Andrea, McDonald, Timothy J., McEvoy, Donna, Mourby, Miranda, Musholt, Petra B., Nilsson, Birgitte, Pattou, Francois, Penet, Deborah, Raverdy, Violeta, Ridderstråle, Martin, Romano, Luciana, Rutters, Femke, Sharma, Sapna, Teare, Harriet, ‘t Hart, Leen, Tsirigos, Konstantinos D., Vangipurapu, Jagadish, Vestergaard, Henrik, Brunak, Søren, Franks, Paul W., Frost, Gary, Grallert, Harald, Jablonka, Bernd, McCarthy, Mark I., Pavo, Imre, Pedersen, Oluf, Ruetten, Hartmut, Walker, Mark, Adragni, Kofi, Allesøe, Rosa Lundbye L., Artati, Anna A., Arumugam, Manimozhiyan, Atabaki-Pasdar, Naeimeh, Baltauss, Tania, Banasik, Karina, Barnett, Anna L., Baum, Patrick, Bell, Jimmy D., Beulens, Joline W., Bianzano, Susanna B., Bizzotto, Roberto, Bonnefond, Amelie, Cabrelli, Louise, Dale, Matilda, Dawed, Adem Y., de Preville, Nathalie, Dekkers, Koen F., Deshmukh, Harshal A., Dings, Christiane, Donnelly, Louise, Dutta, Avirup, Ehrhardt, Beate, Engelbrechtsen, Line, Eriksen, Rebeca, Fan, Yong, Ferrer, Jorge, Fitipaldi, Hugo, Forman, Annemette, Fritsche, Andreas, Froguel, Philippe, Gassenhuber, Johann, Gough, Stephen, Graefe-Mody, Ulrike, Grempler, Rolf, Groeneveld, Lenka, Groop, Leif, Gudmundsdóttir, Valborg, Gupta, Ramneek, Hennige, Anita M.H., Hill, Anita V., Holl, Reinhard W., Hudson, Michelle, Jacobsen, Ulrik Plesner, Jennison, Christopher, Johansen, Joachim, Jonsson, Anna, Karaderi, Tugce, Kaye, Jane, Kennedy, Gwen, Klintenberg, Maria, Kuulasmaa, Teemu, Lehr, Thorsten, Loftus, Heather, Lundgaard, Agnete Troen T., Mazzoni, Gianluca, McRobert, Nicky, McVittie, Ian, Nice, Rachel, Nicolay, Claudia, Nijpels, Giel, Palmer, Colin N., Pedersen, Helle K., Perry, Mandy H., Pomares-Millan, Hugo, Prehn, Cornelia P., Ramisch, Anna, Rasmussen, Simon, Robertson, Neil, Rodriquez, Marianne, Sackett, Peter, Scherer, Nina, Shah, Nisha, Sihinevich, Iryna, Slieker, Roderick C., Sondertoft, Nadja B., Steckel-Hamann, Birgit, Thomas, Melissa K., Thomas, Cecilia Engel E., Thomas, Elizabeth Louise L., Thorand, Barbara, Thorne, Claire E., Tillner, Joachim, Tura, Andrea, Uhlen, Mathias, van Leeuwen, Nienke, van Oort, Sabine, Verkindt, Helene, Vogt, Josef, Wad Sackett, Peter W., Wesolowska-Andersen, Agata, Whitcher, Brandon, White, Margaret W., Adamski, Jerzy, Schwenk, Jochen M., Pearson, Ewan R., Dermitzakis, Emmanouil T., and Viñuela, Ana

Abstract

We evaluate the shared genetic regulation of mRNA molecules, proteins and metabolites derived from whole blood from 3029 human donors. We find abundant allelic heterogeneity, where multiple variants regulate a particular molecular phenotype, and pleiotropy, where a single variant associates with multiple molecular phenotypes over multiple genomic regions. The highest proportion of share genetic regulation is detected between gene expression and proteins (66.6%), with a further median shared genetic associations across 49 different tissues of 78.3% and 62.4% between plasma proteins and gene expression. We represent the genetic and molecular associations in networks including 2828 known GWAS variants, showing that GWAS variants are more often connected to gene expression in trans than other molecular phenotypes in the network. Our work provides a roadmap to understanding molecular networks and deriving the underlying mechanism of action of GWAS variants using different molecular phenotypes in an accessible tissue.

Published
2023

4. Genetic analysis of blood molecular phenotypes reveals common properties in the regulatory networks affecting complex traits

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Brown, Andrew A., Fernandez-Tajes, Juan J., Hong, Mun gwan, Brorsson, Caroline A., Koivula, Robert W., Davtian, David, Dupuis, Théo, Sartori, Ambra, Michalettou, Theodora Dafni, Forgie, Ian M., Adam, Jonathan, Allin, Kristine H., Caiazzo, Robert, Cederberg, Henna, De Masi, Federico, Elders, Petra J.M., Giordano, Giuseppe N., Haid, Mark, Hansen, Torben, Hansen, Tue H., Hattersley, Andrew T., Heggie, Alison J., Howald, Cédric, Jones, Angus G., Kokkola, Tarja, Laakso, Markku, Mahajan, Anubha, Mari, Andrea, McDonald, Timothy J., McEvoy, Donna, Mourby, Miranda, Musholt, Petra B., Nilsson, Birgitte, Pattou, Francois, Penet, Deborah, Raverdy, Violeta, Ridderstråle, Martin, Romano, Luciana, Rutters, Femke, Sharma, Sapna, Teare, Harriet, ‘t Hart, Leen, Tsirigos, Konstantinos D., Vangipurapu, Jagadish, Vestergaard, Henrik, Brunak, Søren, Franks, Paul W., Frost, Gary, Grallert, Harald, Jablonka, Bernd, McCarthy, Mark I., Pavo, Imre, Pedersen, Oluf, Ruetten, Hartmut, Walker, Mark, Adragni, Kofi, Allesøe, Rosa Lundbye L., Artati, Anna A., Arumugam, Manimozhiyan, Atabaki-Pasdar, Naeimeh, Baltauss, Tania, Banasik, Karina, Barnett, Anna L., Baum, Patrick, Bell, Jimmy D., Beulens, Joline W., Bianzano, Susanna B., Bizzotto, Roberto, Bonnefond, Amelie, Cabrelli, Louise, Dale, Matilda, Dawed, Adem Y., de Preville, Nathalie, Dekkers, Koen F., Deshmukh, Harshal A., Dings, Christiane, Donnelly, Louise, Dutta, Avirup, Ehrhardt, Beate, Engelbrechtsen, Line, Eriksen, Rebeca, Fan, Yong, Ferrer, Jorge, Fitipaldi, Hugo, Forman, Annemette, Fritsche, Andreas, Froguel, Philippe, Gassenhuber, Johann, Gough, Stephen, Graefe-Mody, Ulrike, Grempler, Rolf, Groeneveld, Lenka, Groop, Leif, Gudmundsdóttir, Valborg, Gupta, Ramneek, Hennige, Anita M.H., Hill, Anita V., Holl, Reinhard W., Hudson, Michelle, Jacobsen, Ulrik Plesner, Jennison, Christopher, Johansen, Joachim, Jonsson, Anna, Karaderi, Tugce, Kaye, Jane, Kennedy, Gwen, Klintenberg, Maria, Kuulasmaa, Teemu, Lehr, Thorsten, Loftus, Heather, Lundgaard, Agnete Troen T., Mazzoni, Gianluca, McRobert, Nicky, McVittie, Ian, Nice, Rachel, Nicolay, Claudia, Nijpels, Giel, Palmer, Colin N., Pedersen, Helle K., Perry, Mandy H., Pomares-Millan, Hugo, Prehn, Cornelia P., Ramisch, Anna, Rasmussen, Simon, Robertson, Neil, Rodriquez, Marianne, Sackett, Peter, Scherer, Nina, Shah, Nisha, Sihinevich, Iryna, Slieker, Roderick C., Sondertoft, Nadja B., Steckel-Hamann, Birgit, Thomas, Melissa K., Thomas, Cecilia Engel E., Thomas, Elizabeth Louise L., Thorand, Barbara, Thorne, Claire E., Tillner, Joachim, Tura, Andrea, Uhlen, Mathias, van Leeuwen, Nienke, van Oort, Sabine, Verkindt, Helene, Vogt, Josef, Wad Sackett, Peter W., Wesolowska-Andersen, Agata, Whitcher, Brandon, White, Margaret W., Adamski, Jerzy, Schwenk, Jochen M., Pearson, Ewan R., Dermitzakis, Emmanouil T., Viñuela, Ana, Brown, Andrew A., Fernandez-Tajes, Juan J., Hong, Mun gwan, Brorsson, Caroline A., Koivula, Robert W., Davtian, David, Dupuis, Théo, Sartori, Ambra, Michalettou, Theodora Dafni, Forgie, Ian M., Adam, Jonathan, Allin, Kristine H., Caiazzo, Robert, Cederberg, Henna, De Masi, Federico, Elders, Petra J.M., Giordano, Giuseppe N., Haid, Mark, Hansen, Torben, Hansen, Tue H., Hattersley, Andrew T., Heggie, Alison J., Howald, Cédric, Jones, Angus G., Kokkola, Tarja, Laakso, Markku, Mahajan, Anubha, Mari, Andrea, McDonald, Timothy J., McEvoy, Donna, Mourby, Miranda, Musholt, Petra B., Nilsson, Birgitte, Pattou, Francois, Penet, Deborah, Raverdy, Violeta, Ridderstråle, Martin, Romano, Luciana, Rutters, Femke, Sharma, Sapna, Teare, Harriet, ‘t Hart, Leen, Tsirigos, Konstantinos D., Vangipurapu, Jagadish, Vestergaard, Henrik, Brunak, Søren, Franks, Paul W., Frost, Gary, Grallert, Harald, Jablonka, Bernd, McCarthy, Mark I., Pavo, Imre, Pedersen, Oluf, Ruetten, Hartmut, Walker, Mark, Adragni, Kofi, Allesøe, Rosa Lundbye L., Artati, Anna A., Arumugam, Manimozhiyan, Atabaki-Pasdar, Naeimeh, Baltauss, Tania, Banasik, Karina, Barnett, Anna L., Baum, Patrick, Bell, Jimmy D., Beulens, Joline W., Bianzano, Susanna B., Bizzotto, Roberto, Bonnefond, Amelie, Cabrelli, Louise, Dale, Matilda, Dawed, Adem Y., de Preville, Nathalie, Dekkers, Koen F., Deshmukh, Harshal A., Dings, Christiane, Donnelly, Louise, Dutta, Avirup, Ehrhardt, Beate, Engelbrechtsen, Line, Eriksen, Rebeca, Fan, Yong, Ferrer, Jorge, Fitipaldi, Hugo, Forman, Annemette, Fritsche, Andreas, Froguel, Philippe, Gassenhuber, Johann, Gough, Stephen, Graefe-Mody, Ulrike, Grempler, Rolf, Groeneveld, Lenka, Groop, Leif, Gudmundsdóttir, Valborg, Gupta, Ramneek, Hennige, Anita M.H., Hill, Anita V., Holl, Reinhard W., Hudson, Michelle, Jacobsen, Ulrik Plesner, Jennison, Christopher, Johansen, Joachim, Jonsson, Anna, Karaderi, Tugce, Kaye, Jane, Kennedy, Gwen, Klintenberg, Maria, Kuulasmaa, Teemu, Lehr, Thorsten, Loftus, Heather, Lundgaard, Agnete Troen T., Mazzoni, Gianluca, McRobert, Nicky, McVittie, Ian, Nice, Rachel, Nicolay, Claudia, Nijpels, Giel, Palmer, Colin N., Pedersen, Helle K., Perry, Mandy H., Pomares-Millan, Hugo, Prehn, Cornelia P., Ramisch, Anna, Rasmussen, Simon, Robertson, Neil, Rodriquez, Marianne, Sackett, Peter, Scherer, Nina, Shah, Nisha, Sihinevich, Iryna, Slieker, Roderick C., Sondertoft, Nadja B., Steckel-Hamann, Birgit, Thomas, Melissa K., Thomas, Cecilia Engel E., Thomas, Elizabeth Louise L., Thorand, Barbara, Thorne, Claire E., Tillner, Joachim, Tura, Andrea, Uhlen, Mathias, van Leeuwen, Nienke, van Oort, Sabine, Verkindt, Helene, Vogt, Josef, Wad Sackett, Peter W., Wesolowska-Andersen, Agata, Whitcher, Brandon, White, Margaret W., Adamski, Jerzy, Schwenk, Jochen M., Pearson, Ewan R., Dermitzakis, Emmanouil T., and Viñuela, Ana

Abstract

We evaluate the shared genetic regulation of mRNA molecules, proteins and metabolites derived from whole blood from 3029 human donors. We find abundant allelic heterogeneity, where multiple variants regulate a particular molecular phenotype, and pleiotropy, where a single variant associates with multiple molecular phenotypes over multiple genomic regions. The highest proportion of share genetic regulation is detected between gene expression and proteins (66.6%), with a further median shared genetic associations across 49 different tissues of 78.3% and 62.4% between plasma proteins and gene expression. We represent the genetic and molecular associations in networks including 2828 known GWAS variants, showing that GWAS variants are more often connected to gene expression in trans than other molecular phenotypes in the network. Our work provides a roadmap to understanding molecular networks and deriving the underlying mechanism of action of GWAS variants using different molecular phenotypes in an accessible tissue.

Published
2023

5. Genetic studies of abdominal MRI data identify genes regulating hepcidin as major determinants of liver iron concentration

Author

Wilman, Henry R., Parisinos, Constantinos A., Atabaki-Pasdar, Naeimeh, Kelly, Matt, Thomas, E. Louise, Neubauer, Stefan, Jennison, Christopher, Ehrhardt, B., Baum, Patrick, Schoelsch, Corinna, Freijer, Jan, Grempler, Rolf, Graefe-Mody, Ulrike, Hennige, A., Dings, Christiane, Lehr, Thorsten, Scherer, Nina, Sihinecich, I., Pattou, Francois, Raverdi, Violeta, Caiazzo, Robert, Torres, Fanelly, Verkindt, Helene, Mari, Andrea, Tura, Andrea, Giorgino, Toni, Bizzotto, Froguel, Philippe, Brorsson, Caroline, Brunak, S., De Masi, Federico, Pedersen, H., Banasik, Karina, Thomas, Cecilia, Lundgaard, Agnete, Nielsen, A., Mazzoni, Gianluca, Karaderi, T., Rasmussen, S., Johansen, Joachim, Allesøe, Rosa, Arumugam, Manimozhiyan, Allin, Kristine, Hansen, Torben, Hansen, Tue, Jonsson, Anna, Pedersen, Oluf, Dutta, Avirup, Vogt, J., Vestergaard, Henrik, Wilman, Henry R., Parisinos, Constantinos A., Atabaki-Pasdar, Naeimeh, Kelly, Matt, Thomas, E. Louise, Neubauer, Stefan, Jennison, Christopher, Ehrhardt, B., Baum, Patrick, Schoelsch, Corinna, Freijer, Jan, Grempler, Rolf, Graefe-Mody, Ulrike, Hennige, A., Dings, Christiane, Lehr, Thorsten, Scherer, Nina, Sihinecich, I., Pattou, Francois, Raverdi, Violeta, Caiazzo, Robert, Torres, Fanelly, Verkindt, Helene, Mari, Andrea, Tura, Andrea, Giorgino, Toni, Bizzotto, Froguel, Philippe, Brorsson, Caroline, Brunak, S., De Masi, Federico, Pedersen, H., Banasik, Karina, Thomas, Cecilia, Lundgaard, Agnete, Nielsen, A., Mazzoni, Gianluca, Karaderi, T., Rasmussen, S., Johansen, Joachim, Allesøe, Rosa, Arumugam, Manimozhiyan, Allin, Kristine, Hansen, Torben, Hansen, Tue, Jonsson, Anna, Pedersen, Oluf, Dutta, Avirup, Vogt, J., and Vestergaard, Henrik

Abstract

Background & Aims: Excess liver iron content is common and is linked to the risk of hepatic and extrahepatic diseases. We aimed to identify genetic variants influencing liver iron content and use genetics to understand its link to other traits and diseases. Methods: First, we performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) in 8,289 individuals from UK Biobank, whose liver iron level had been quantified by magnetic resonance imaging, before validating our findings in an independent cohort (n = 1,513 from IMI DIRECT). Second, we used Mendelian randomisation to test the causal effects of 25 predominantly metabolic traits on liver iron content. Third, we tested phenome-wide associations between liver iron variants and 770 traits and disease outcomes. Results: We identified 3 independent genetic variants (rs1800562 [C282Y] and rs1799945 [H63D] in HFE and rs855791 [V736A] in TMPRSS6) associated with liver iron content that reached the GWAS significance threshold (p <5 × 10−8). The 2 HFE variants account for ∼85% of all cases of hereditary haemochromatosis. Mendelian randomisation analysis provided evidence that higher central obesity plays a causal role in increased liver iron content. Phenome-wide association analysis demonstrated shared aetiopathogenic mechanisms for elevated liver iron, high blood pressure, cirrhosis, malignancies, neuropsychiatric and rheumatological conditions, while also highlighting inverse associations with anaemias, lipidaemias and ischaemic heart disease. Conclusion: Our study provides genetic evidence that mechanisms underlying higher liver iron content are likely systemic rather than organ specific, that higher central obesity is causally associated with higher liver iron, and that liver iron shares common aetiology with multiple metabolic and non-metabolic diseases. Lay summary: Excess liver iron content is common and is associated with liver diseases and metabolic diseases including diabetes, high blood pressure, and he

Published
2019

7. Genetic studies of abdominal MRI data identify genes regulating hepcidin as major determinants of liver iron concentration

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Wilman, Henry R., Parisinos, Constantinos A., Atabaki-Pasdar, Naeimeh, Kelly, Matt, Thomas, E. Louise, Neubauer, Stefan, Jennison, Christopher, Ehrhardt, B., Baum, Patrick, Schoelsch, Corinna, Freijer, Jan, Grempler, Rolf, Graefe-Mody, Ulrike, Hennige, A., Dings, Christiane, Lehr, Thorsten, Scherer, Nina, Sihinecich, I., Pattou, Francois, Raverdi, Violeta, Caiazzo, Robert, Torres, Fanelly, Verkindt, Helene, Mari, Andrea, Tura, Andrea, Giorgino, Toni, Bizzotto, Froguel, Philippe, Brorsson, Caroline, Brunak, S., De Masi, Federico, Pedersen, H., Banasik, Karina, Thomas, Cecilia, Lundgaard, Agnete, Nielsen, A., Mazzoni, Gianluca, Karaderi, T., Rasmussen, S., Johansen, Joachim, Allesøe, Rosa, Arumugam, Manimozhiyan, Allin, Kristine, Hansen, Torben, Hansen, Tue, Jonsson, Anna, Pedersen, Oluf, Dutta, Avirup, Vogt, J., Vestergaard, Henrik, Wilman, Henry R., Parisinos, Constantinos A., Atabaki-Pasdar, Naeimeh, Kelly, Matt, Thomas, E. Louise, Neubauer, Stefan, Jennison, Christopher, Ehrhardt, B., Baum, Patrick, Schoelsch, Corinna, Freijer, Jan, Grempler, Rolf, Graefe-Mody, Ulrike, Hennige, A., Dings, Christiane, Lehr, Thorsten, Scherer, Nina, Sihinecich, I., Pattou, Francois, Raverdi, Violeta, Caiazzo, Robert, Torres, Fanelly, Verkindt, Helene, Mari, Andrea, Tura, Andrea, Giorgino, Toni, Bizzotto, Froguel, Philippe, Brorsson, Caroline, Brunak, S., De Masi, Federico, Pedersen, H., Banasik, Karina, Thomas, Cecilia, Lundgaard, Agnete, Nielsen, A., Mazzoni, Gianluca, Karaderi, T., Rasmussen, S., Johansen, Joachim, Allesøe, Rosa, Arumugam, Manimozhiyan, Allin, Kristine, Hansen, Torben, Hansen, Tue, Jonsson, Anna, Pedersen, Oluf, Dutta, Avirup, Vogt, J., and Vestergaard, Henrik

Abstract

Background & Aims: Excess liver iron content is common and is linked to the risk of hepatic and extrahepatic diseases. We aimed to identify genetic variants influencing liver iron content and use genetics to understand its link to other traits and diseases. Methods: First, we performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) in 8,289 individuals from UK Biobank, whose liver iron level had been quantified by magnetic resonance imaging, before validating our findings in an independent cohort (n = 1,513 from IMI DIRECT). Second, we used Mendelian randomisation to test the causal effects of 25 predominantly metabolic traits on liver iron content. Third, we tested phenome-wide associations between liver iron variants and 770 traits and disease outcomes. Results: We identified 3 independent genetic variants (rs1800562 [C282Y] and rs1799945 [H63D] in HFE and rs855791 [V736A] in TMPRSS6) associated with liver iron content that reached the GWAS significance threshold (p <5 × 10−8). The 2 HFE variants account for ∼85% of all cases of hereditary haemochromatosis. Mendelian randomisation analysis provided evidence that higher central obesity plays a causal role in increased liver iron content. Phenome-wide association analysis demonstrated shared aetiopathogenic mechanisms for elevated liver iron, high blood pressure, cirrhosis, malignancies, neuropsychiatric and rheumatological conditions, while also highlighting inverse associations with anaemias, lipidaemias and ischaemic heart disease. Conclusion: Our study provides genetic evidence that mechanisms underlying higher liver iron content are likely systemic rather than organ specific, that higher central obesity is causally associated with higher liver iron, and that liver iron shares common aetiology with multiple metabolic and non-metabolic diseases. Lay summary: Excess liver iron content is common and is associated with liver diseases and metabolic diseases including diabetes, high blood pressure, and he

Published
2019

9. Dutta, Avirup

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Dutta, Avirup and Dutta, Avirup

Published
2017

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