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1. Author Correction: GWAS of lifetime cannabis use reveals new risk loci, genetic overlap with psychiatric traits, and a causal effect of schizophrenia liability

Author

Pasman, Joëlle A, Verweij, Karin JH, Gerring, Zachary, Stringer, Sven, Sanchez-Roige, Sandra, Treur, Jorien L, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Nivard, Michel G, Baselmans, Bart ML, Ong, Jue-Sheng, Ip, Hill F, van der Zee, Matthijs D, Bartels, Meike, Day, Felix R, Fontanillas, Pierre, Elson, Sarah L, de Wit, Harriet, Davis, Lea K, MacKillop, James, Derringer, Jaime L, Branje, Susan JT, Hartman, Catharina A, Heath, Andrew C, van Lier, Pol AC, Madden, Pamela AF, Mägi, Reedik, Meeus, Wim, Montgomery, Grant W, Oldehinkel, AJ, Pausova, Zdenka, Ramos-Quiroga, Josep A, Paus, Tomas, Ribases, Marta, Kaprio, Jaakko, Boks, Marco PM, Bell, Jordana T, Spector, Tim D, Gelernter, Joel, Boomsma, Dorret I, Martin, Nicholas G, MacGregor, Stuart, Perry, John RB, Palmer, Abraham A, Posthuma, Danielle, Munafò, Marcus R, Gillespie, Nathan A, Derks, Eske M, and Vink, Jacqueline M

Subjects
Biological Psychology, Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Psychology, Drug Abuse (NIDA only), Human Genome, Brain Disorders, Serious Mental Illness, Genetics, Schizophrenia, Substance Misuse, Mental Health, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, Mental health, 23andMe Research Team, Substance Use Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, International Cannabis Consortium, Neurosciences, Cognitive Sciences, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Biological psychology
Abstract

Several occurrences of the word 'schizophrenia' have been re-worded as 'liability to schizophrenia' or 'schizophrenia risk', including in the title, which should have been "GWAS of lifetime cannabis use reveals new risk loci, genetic overlap with psychiatric traits, and a causal effect of schizophrenia liability," as well as in Supplementary Figures 1-10 and Supplementary Tables 7-10, to more accurately reflect the findings of the work.

Published
2019

2. GWAS of lifetime cannabis use reveals new risk loci, genetic overlap with psychiatric traits, and a causal effect of schizophrenia liability

Author

Pasman, Joëlle A, Verweij, Karin JH, Gerring, Zachary, Stringer, Sven, Sanchez-Roige, Sandra, Treur, Jorien L, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Nivard, Michel G, Baselmans, Bart ML, Ong, Jue-Sheng, Ip, Hill F, van der Zee, Matthijs D, Bartels, Meike, Day, Felix R, Fontanillas, Pierre, Elson, Sarah L, the 23andMe Research Team, de Wit, Harriet, Davis, Lea K, MacKillop, James, The Substance Use Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, International Cannabis Consortium, Derringer, Jaime L, Branje, Susan JT, Hartman, Catharina A, Heath, Andrew C, van Lier, Pol AC, Madden, Pamela AF, Mägi, Reedik, Meeus, Wim, Montgomery, Grant W, Oldehinkel, AJ, Pausova, Zdenka, Ramos-Quiroga, Josep A, Paus, Tomas, Ribases, Marta, Kaprio, Jaakko, Boks, Marco PM, Bell, Jordana T, Spector, Tim D, Gelernter, Joel, Boomsma, Dorret I, Martin, Nicholas G, MacGregor, Stuart, Perry, John RB, Palmer, Abraham A, Posthuma, Danielle, Munafò, Marcus R, Gillespie, Nathan A, Derks, Eske M, and Vink, Jacqueline M

Subjects
Biological Psychology, Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Psychology, Prevention, Mental Health, Schizophrenia, Clinical Research, Behavioral and Social Science, Genetics, Mental Illness, Brain Disorders, Serious Mental Illness, Human Genome, Drug Abuse (NIDA only), Women's Health, Cannabinoid Research, Substance Misuse, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Mental health, Good Health and Well Being, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Databases, Genetic, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genotype, Humans, Male, Marijuana Abuse, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Middle Aged, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Risk-Taking, Young Adult, 23andMe Research Team, Substance Use Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, International Cannabis Consortium, Neurosciences, Cognitive Sciences, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Biological psychology
Abstract

Cannabis use is a heritable trait that has been associated with adverse mental health outcomes. In the largest genome-wide association study (GWAS) for lifetime cannabis use to date (N = 184,765), we identified eight genome-wide significant independent single nucleotide polymorphisms in six regions. All measured genetic variants combined explained 11% of the variance. Gene-based tests revealed 35 significant genes in 16 regions, and S-PrediXcan analyses showed that 21 genes had different expression levels for cannabis users versus nonusers. The strongest finding across the different analyses was CADM2, which has been associated with substance use and risk-taking. Significant genetic correlations were found with 14 of 25 tested substance use and mental health-related traits, including smoking, alcohol use, schizophrenia and risk-taking. Mendelian randomization analysis showed evidence for a causal positive influence of schizophrenia risk on cannabis use. Overall, our study provides new insights into the etiology of cannabis use and its relation with mental health.

Published
2018

3. GWAS of lifetime cannabis use reveals new risk loci, genetic overlap with psychiatric traits, and a causal influence of schizophrenia.

Author

Pasman, Joëlle A, Verweij, Karin JH, Gerring, Zachary, Stringer, Sven, Sanchez-Roige, Sandra, Treur, Jorien L, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Nivard, Michel G, Baselmans, Bart ML, Ong, Jue-Sheng, Ip, Hill F, van der Zee, Matthijs D, Bartels, Meike, Day, Felix R, Fontanillas, Pierre, Elson, Sarah L, 23andMe Research Team, de Wit, Harriet, Davis, Lea K, MacKillop, James, Substance Use Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, International Cannabis Consortium, Derringer, Jaime L, Branje, Susan JT, Hartman, Catharina A, Heath, Andrew C, van Lier, Pol AC, Madden, Pamela AF, Mägi, Reedik, Meeus, Wim, Montgomery, Grant W, Oldehinkel, AJ, Pausova, Zdenka, Ramos-Quiroga, Josep A, Paus, Tomas, Ribases, Marta, Kaprio, Jaakko, Boks, Marco PM, Bell, Jordana T, Spector, Tim D, Gelernter, Joel, Boomsma, Dorret I, Martin, Nicholas G, MacGregor, Stuart, Perry, John RB, Palmer, Abraham A, Posthuma, Danielle, Munafò, Marcus R, Gillespie, Nathan A, Derks, Eske M, and Vink, Jacqueline M

Subjects
23andMe Research Team, Substance Use Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, International Cannabis Consortium, Humans, Marijuana Abuse, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Risk-Taking, Mental Health, Schizophrenia, Gene Expression Regulation, Genotype, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Databases, Genetic, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Middle Aged, Female, Male, Genome-Wide Association Study, Young Adult, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Databases, Genetic, and over, Prevention, Human Genome, Brain Disorders, Drug Abuse, Substance Abuse, Genetics, Clinical Research, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Cardiovascular, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Neurosciences, Cognitive Sciences, Psychology
Abstract

Cannabis use is a heritable trait that has been associated with adverse mental health outcomes. In the largest genome-wide association study (GWAS) for lifetime cannabis use to date (N = 184,765), we identified eight genome-wide significant independent single nucleotide polymorphisms in six regions. All measured genetic variants combined explained 11% of the variance. Gene-based tests revealed 35 significant genes in 16 regions, and S-PrediXcan analyses showed that 21 genes had different expression levels for cannabis users versus nonusers. The strongest finding across the different analyses was CADM2, which has been associated with substance use and risk-taking. Significant genetic correlations were found with 14 of 25 tested substance use and mental health-related traits, including smoking, alcohol use, schizophrenia and risk-taking. Mendelian randomization analysis showed evidence for a causal positive influence of schizophrenia risk on cannabis use. Overall, our study provides new insights into the etiology of cannabis use and its relation with mental health.

Published
2018

4. GWAS of epigenetic aging rates in blood reveals a critical role for TERT

Author

Lu, Ake T, Xue, Luting, Salfati, Elias L, Chen, Brian H, Ferrucci, Luigi, Levy, Daniel, Joehanes, Roby, Murabito, Joanne M, Kiel, Douglas P, Tsai, Pei-Chien, Yet, Idil, Bell, Jordana T, Mangino, Massimo, Tanaka, Toshiko, McRae, Allan F, Marioni, Riccardo E, Visscher, Peter M, Wray, Naomi R, Deary, Ian J, Levine, Morgan E, Quach, Austin, Assimes, Themistocles, Tsao, Philip S, Absher, Devin, Stewart, James D, Li, Yun, Reiner, Alex P, Hou, Lifang, Baccarelli, Andrea A, Whitsel, Eric A, Aviv, Abraham, Cardona, Alexia, Day, Felix R, Wareham, Nicholas J, Perry, John RB, Ong, Ken K, Raj, Kenneth, Lunetta, Kathryn L, and Horvath, Steve

Subjects
Biological Sciences, Genetics, Human Genome, Aging, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, Generic health relevance, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cells, Cultured, Child, CpG Islands, DNA Methylation, Epigenesis, Genetic, Female, Fibroblasts, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Leukocytes, Male, Menarche, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Menopause, Middle Aged, Telomerase, Telomere, Young Adult
Abstract

DNA methylation age is an accurate biomarker of chronological age and predicts lifespan, but its underlying molecular mechanisms are unknown. In this genome-wide association study of 9907 individuals, we find gene variants mapping to five loci associated with intrinsic epigenetic age acceleration (IEAA) and gene variants in three loci associated with extrinsic epigenetic age acceleration (EEAA). Mendelian randomization analysis suggests causal influences of menarche and menopause on IEAA and lipoproteins on IEAA and EEAA. Variants associated with longer leukocyte telomere length (LTL) in the telomerase reverse transcriptase gene (TERT) paradoxically confer higher IEAA (P

Published
2018

5. Sequence data and association statistics from 12,940 type 2 diabetes cases and controls.

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Flannick, Jason, Fuchsberger, Christian, Mahajan, Anubha, Teslovich, Tanya M, Agarwala, Vineeta, Gaulton, Kyle J, Caulkins, Lizz, Koesterer, Ryan, Ma, Clement, Moutsianas, Loukas, McCarthy, Davis J, Rivas, Manuel A, Perry, John RB, Sim, Xueling, Blackwell, Thomas W, Robertson, Neil R, Rayner, N William, Cingolani, Pablo, Locke, Adam E, Tajes, Juan Fernandez, Highland, Heather M, Dupuis, Josee, Chines, Peter S, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Hartl, Christopher, Jackson, Anne U, Chen, Han, Huyghe, Jeroen R, van de Bunt, Martijn, Pearson, Richard D, Kumar, Ashish, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Grarup, Niels, Stringham, Heather M, Gamazon, Eric R, Lee, Jaehoon, Chen, Yuhui, Scott, Robert A, Below, Jennifer E, Chen, Peng, Huang, Jinyan, Go, Min Jin, Stitzel, Michael L, Pasko, Dorota, Parker, Stephen CJ, Varga, Tibor V, Green, Todd, Beer, Nicola L, Day-Williams, Aaron G, Ferreira, Teresa, Fingerlin, Tasha, Horikoshi, Momoko, Hu, Cheng, Huh, Iksoo, Ikram, Mohammad Kamran, Kim, Bong-Jo, Kim, Yongkang, Kim, Young Jin, Kwon, Min-Seok, Lee, Juyoung, Lee, Selyeong, Lin, Keng-Han, Maxwell, Taylor J, Nagai, Yoshihiko, Wang, Xu, Welch, Ryan P, Yoon, Joon, Zhang, Weihua, Barzilai, Nir, Voight, Benjamin F, Han, Bok-Ghee, Jenkinson, Christopher P, Kuulasmaa, Teemu, Kuusisto, Johanna, Manning, Alisa, Ng, Maggie CY, Palmer, Nicholette D, Balkau, Beverley, Stančáková, Alena, Abboud, Hanna E, Boeing, Heiner, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Prabhakaran, Dorairaj, Gottesman, Omri, Scott, James, Carey, Jason, Kwan, Phoenix, Grant, George, Smith, Joshua D, Neale, Benjamin M, Purcell, Shaun, Butterworth, Adam S, Howson, Joanna MM, Lee, Heung Man, Lu, Yingchang, Kwak, Soo-Heon, Zhao, Wei, Danesh, John, and Lam, Vincent KL

Subjects
Humans, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, European Continental Ancestry Group, Genetic Variation, Diabetes, Human Genome, Genetics, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Metabolic and endocrine
Abstract

To investigate the genetic basis of type 2 diabetes (T2D) to high resolution, the GoT2D and T2D-GENES consortia catalogued variation from whole-genome sequencing of 2,657 European individuals and exome sequencing of 12,940 individuals of multiple ancestries. Over 27M SNPs, indels, and structural variants were identified, including 99% of low-frequency (minor allele frequency [MAF] 0.1-5%) non-coding variants in the whole-genome sequenced individuals and 99.7% of low-frequency coding variants in the whole-exome sequenced individuals. Each variant was tested for association with T2D in the sequenced individuals, and, to increase power, most were tested in larger numbers of individuals (>80% of low-frequency coding variants in ~82 K Europeans via the exome chip, and ~90% of low-frequency non-coding variants in ~44 K Europeans via genotype imputation). The variants, genotypes, and association statistics from these analyses provide the largest reference to date of human genetic information relevant to T2D, for use in activities such as T2D-focused genotype imputation, functional characterization of variants or genes, and other novel analyses to detect associations between sequence variation and T2D.

Published
2017

6. An Expanded Genome-Wide Association Study of Type 2 Diabetes in Europeans

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Scott, Robert A, Scott, Laura J, Mägi, Reedik, Marullo, Letizia, Gaulton, Kyle J, Kaakinen, Marika, Pervjakova, Natalia, Pers, Tune H, Johnson, Andrew D, Eicher, John D, Jackson, Anne U, Ferreira, Teresa, Lee, Yeji, Ma, Clement, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Qi, Lu, Van Zuydam, Natalie R, Mahajan, Anubha, Chen, Han, Almgren, Peter, Voight, Ben F, Grallert, Harald, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Ried, Janina S, Rayner, William N, Robertson, Neil, Karssen, Lennart C, van Leeuwen, Elisabeth M, Willems, Sara M, Fuchsberger, Christian, Kwan, Phoenix, Teslovich, Tanya M, Chanda, Pritam, Li, Man, Lu, Yingchang, Dina, Christian, Thuillier, Dorothee, Yengo, Loic, Jiang, Longda, Sparso, Thomas, Kestler, Hans A, Chheda, Himanshu, Eisele, Lewin, Gustafsson, Stefan, Frånberg, Mattias, Strawbridge, Rona J, Benediktsson, Rafn, Hreidarsson, Astradur B, Kong, Augustine, Sigurðsson, Gunnar, Kerrison, Nicola D, Luan, Jian'an, Liang, Liming, Meitinger, Thomas, Roden, Michael, Thorand, Barbara, Esko, Tõnu, Mihailov, Evelin, Fox, Caroline, Liu, Ching-Ti, Rybin, Denis, Isomaa, Bo, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Tuomi, Tiinamaija, Couper, David J, Pankow, James S, Grarup, Niels, Have, Christian T, Jørgensen, Marit E, Jørgensen, Torben, Linneberg, Allan, Cornelis, Marilyn C, van Dam, Rob M, Hunter, David J, Kraft, Peter, Sun, Qi, Edkins, Sarah, Owen, Katharine R, Perry, John RB, Wood, Andrew R, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Tajes-Fernandes, Juan, Abecasis, Goncalo R, Bonnycastle, Lori L, Chines, Peter S, Stringham, Heather M, Koistinen, Heikki A, Kinnunen, Leena, Sennblad, Bengt, Mühleisen, Thomas W, Nöthen, Markus M, Pechlivanis, Sonali, Baldassarre, Damiano, Gertow, Karl, Humphries, Steve E, Tremoli, Elena, Klopp, Norman, Meyer, Julia, and Steinbach, Gerald

Subjects
Human Genome, Diabetes, Obesity, Genetics, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, Metabolic and endocrine, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Gene Expression Regulation, Genetic Variation, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, White People, DIAbetes Genetics Replication And Meta-analysis (DIAGRAM) Consortium, Medical and Health Sciences, Endocrinology & Metabolism
Abstract

To characterize type 2 diabetes (T2D)-associated variation across the allele frequency spectrum, we conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide association data from 26,676 T2D case and 132,532 control subjects of European ancestry after imputation using the 1000 Genomes multiethnic reference panel. Promising association signals were followed up in additional data sets (of 14,545 or 7,397 T2D case and 38,994 or 71,604 control subjects). We identified 13 novel T2D-associated loci (P < 5 × 10-8), including variants near the GLP2R, GIP, and HLA-DQA1 genes. Our analysis brought the total number of independent T2D associations to 128 distinct signals at 113 loci. Despite substantially increased sample size and more complete coverage of low-frequency variation, all novel associations were driven by common single nucleotide variants. Credible sets of potentially causal variants were generally larger than those based on imputation with earlier reference panels, consistent with resolution of causal signals to common risk haplotypes. Stratification of T2D-associated loci based on T2D-related quantitative trait associations revealed tissue-specific enrichment of regulatory annotations in pancreatic islet enhancers for loci influencing insulin secretion and in adipocytes, monocytes, and hepatocytes for insulin action-associated loci. These findings highlight the predominant role played by common variants of modest effect and the diversity of biological mechanisms influencing T2D pathophysiology.

Published
2017

7. Large-scale GWAS identifies multiple loci for hand grip strength providing biological insights into muscular fitness.

Author

Willems, Sara M, Wright, Daniel J, Day, Felix R, Trajanoska, Katerina, Joshi, Peter K, Morris, John A, Matteini, Amy M, Garton, Fleur C, Grarup, Niels, Oskolkov, Nikolay, Thalamuthu, Anbupalam, Mangino, Massimo, Liu, Jun, Demirkan, Ayse, Lek, Monkol, Xu, Liwen, Wang, Guan, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Gaulton, Kyle J, Lotta, Luca A, Miyamoto-Mikami, Eri, Rivas, Manuel A, White, Tom, Loh, Po-Ru, Aadahl, Mette, Amin, Najaf, Attia, John R, Austin, Krista, Benyamin, Beben, Brage, Søren, Cheng, Yu-Ching, Cięszczyk, Paweł, Derave, Wim, Eriksson, Karl-Fredrik, Eynon, Nir, Linneberg, Allan, Lucia, Alejandro, Massidda, Myosotis, Mitchell, Braxton D, Miyachi, Motohiko, Murakami, Haruka, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Pandey, Ashutosh, Papadimitriou, Ioannis, Rajpal, Deepak K, Sale, Craig, Schnurr, Theresia M, Sessa, Francesco, Shrine, Nick, Tobin, Martin D, Varley, Ian, Wain, Louise V, Wray, Naomi R, Lindgren, Cecilia M, MacArthur, Daniel G, Waterworth, Dawn M, McCarthy, Mark I, Pedersen, Oluf, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Kiel, Douglas P, GEFOS Any-Type of Fracture Consortium, Pitsiladis, Yannis, Fuku, Noriyuki, Franks, Paul W, North, Kathryn N, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Mather, Karen A, Hansen, Torben, Hansson, Ola, Spector, Tim, Murabito, Joanne M, Richards, J Brent, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Langenberg, Claudia, Perry, John RB, Wareham, Nick J, and Scott, Robert A

Subjects
GEFOS Any-Type of Fracture Consortium, Hand, Humans, Actins, Transforming Growth Factor alpha, Membrane Proteins, Neoplasm Proteins, Nuclear Proteins, Repressor Proteins, Hand Strength, Cohort Studies, Genetics, Population, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Adult, Aged, Middle Aged, European Continental Ancestry Group, Female, Male, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genetic Loci, United Kingdom, Prevention, Genetics, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, 1.1 Normal biological development and functioning, Musculoskeletal
Abstract

Hand grip strength is a widely used proxy of muscular fitness, a marker of frailty, and predictor of a range of morbidities and all-cause mortality. To investigate the genetic determinants of variation in grip strength, we perform a large-scale genetic discovery analysis in a combined sample of 195,180 individuals and identify 16 loci associated with grip strength (P

Published
2017

8. A Low-Frequency Inactivating Akt2 Variant Enriched in the Finnish Population is Associated With Fasting Insulin Levels and Type 2 Diabetes Risk.

Author

Manning, Alisa, Highland, Heather M, Gasser, Jessica, Sim, Xueling, Tukiainen, Taru, Fontanillas, Pierre, Grarup, Niels, Rivas, Manuel A, Mahajan, Anubha, Locke, Adam E, Cingolani, Pablo, Pers, Tune H, Viñuela, Ana, Brown, Andrew A, Wu, Ying, Flannick, Jason, Fuchsberger, Christian, Gamazon, Eric R, Gaulton, Kyle J, Im, Hae Kyung, Teslovich, Tanya M, Blackwell, Thomas W, Bork-Jensen, Jette, Burtt, Noël P, Chen, Yuhui, Green, Todd, Hartl, Christopher, Kang, Hyun Min, Kumar, Ashish, Ladenvall, Claes, Ma, Clement, Moutsianas, Loukas, Pearson, Richard D, Perry, John RB, Rayner, N William, Robertson, Neil R, Scott, Laura J, van de Bunt, Martijn, Eriksson, Johan G, Jula, Antti, Koskinen, Seppo, Lehtimäki, Terho, Palotie, Aarno, Raitakari, Olli T, Jacobs, Suzanne BR, Wessel, Jennifer, Chu, Audrey Y, Scott, Robert A, Goodarzi, Mark O, Blancher, Christine, Buck, Gemma, Buck, David, Chines, Peter S, Gabriel, Stacey, Gjesing, Anette P, Groves, Christopher J, Hollensted, Mette, Huyghe, Jeroen R, Jackson, Anne U, Jun, Goo, Justesen, Johanne Marie, Mangino, Massimo, Murphy, Jacquelyn, Neville, Matt, Onofrio, Robert, Small, Kerrin S, Stringham, Heather M, Trakalo, Joseph, Banks, Eric, Carey, Jason, Carneiro, Mauricio O, DePristo, Mark, Farjoun, Yossi, Fennell, Timothy, Goldstein, Jacqueline I, Grant, George, Hrabé de Angelis, Martin, Maguire, Jared, Neale, Benjamin M, Poplin, Ryan, Purcell, Shaun, Schwarzmayr, Thomas, Shakir, Khalid, Smith, Joshua D, Strom, Tim M, Wieland, Thomas, Lindstrom, Jaana, Brandslund, Ivan, Christensen, Cramer, Surdulescu, Gabriela L, Lakka, Timo A, Doney, Alex SF, Nilsson, Peter, Wareham, Nicholas J, Langenberg, Claudia, Varga, Tibor V, Franks, Paul W, Rolandsson, Olov, Rosengren, Anders H, and Farook, Vidya S

Subjects
Genetics, Diabetes, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Metabolic and endocrine, Black or African American, Alleles, Asian People, Case-Control Studies, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Fasting, Finland, Gene Frequency, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genotype, Hispanic or Latino, Humans, Insulin, Insulin Resistance, Odds Ratio, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, White People, Medical and Health Sciences, Endocrinology & Metabolism
Abstract

To identify novel coding association signals and facilitate characterization of mechanisms influencing glycemic traits and type 2 diabetes risk, we analyzed 109,215 variants derived from exome array genotyping together with an additional 390,225 variants from exome sequence in up to 39,339 normoglycemic individuals from five ancestry groups. We identified a novel association between the coding variant (p.Pro50Thr) in AKT2 and fasting plasma insulin (FI), a gene in which rare fully penetrant mutations are causal for monogenic glycemic disorders. The low-frequency allele is associated with a 12% increase in FI levels. This variant is present at 1.1% frequency in Finns but virtually absent in individuals from other ancestries. Carriers of the FI-increasing allele had increased 2-h insulin values, decreased insulin sensitivity, and increased risk of type 2 diabetes (odds ratio 1.05). In cellular studies, the AKT2-Thr50 protein exhibited a partial loss of function. We extend the allelic spectrum for coding variants in AKT2 associated with disorders of glucose homeostasis and demonstrate bidirectional effects of variants within the pleckstrin homology domain of AKT2.

Published
2017

9. Integrative genomic analysis implicates limited peripheral adipose storage capacity in the pathogenesis of human insulin resistance

Author

Lotta, Luca A, Gulati, Pawan, Day, Felix R, Payne, Felicity, Ongen, Halit, van de Bunt, Martijn, Gaulton, Kyle J, Eicher, John D, Sharp, Stephen J, Luan, Jian'an, De Lucia Rolfe, Emanuella, Stewart, Isobel D, Wheeler, Eleanor, Willems, Sara M, Adams, Claire, Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Forouhi, Nita G, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Johnson, Andrew D, Semple, Robert K, Frayling, Timothy, Perry, John RB, Dermitzakis, Emmanouil, McCarthy, Mark I, Barroso, Inês, Wareham, Nicholas J, Savage, David B, Langenberg, Claudia, O'Rahilly, Stephen, and Scott, Robert A

Subjects
Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Biological Sciences, Clinical Research, Human Genome, Genetics, Diabetes, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Metabolic and endocrine, Adipose Tissue, Animals, Blood Glucose, Body Mass Index, Cardiovascular Diseases, Case-Control Studies, Disease Models, Animal, Female, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genomics, Humans, Insulin Resistance, Male, Metabolic Diseases, Mice, Obesity, Phenotype, EPIC-InterAct Consortium, Cambridge FPLD1 Consortium, Medical and Health Sciences, Developmental Biology, Agricultural biotechnology, Bioinformatics and computational biology
Abstract

Insulin resistance is a key mediator of obesity-related cardiometabolic disease, yet the mechanisms underlying this link remain obscure. Using an integrative genomic approach, we identify 53 genomic regions associated with insulin resistance phenotypes (higher fasting insulin levels adjusted for BMI, lower HDL cholesterol levels and higher triglyceride levels) and provide evidence that their link with higher cardiometabolic risk is underpinned by an association with lower adipose mass in peripheral compartments. Using these 53 loci, we show a polygenic contribution to familial partial lipodystrophy type 1, a severe form of insulin resistance, and highlight shared molecular mechanisms in common/mild and rare/severe insulin resistance. Population-level genetic analyses combined with experiments in cellular models implicate CCDC92, DNAH10 and L3MBTL3 as previously unrecognized molecules influencing adipocyte differentiation. Our findings support the notion that limited storage capacity of peripheral adipose tissue is an important etiological component in insulin-resistant cardiometabolic disease and highlight genes and mechanisms underpinning this link.

Published
2017

10. Crystal Structure of Human DNA Methyltransferase 1

Author

Zhang, Zhi-Min, Liu, Shuo, Lin, Krystal, Luo, Youfu, Perry, John Jefferson, Wang, Yinsheng, and Song, Jikui

Subjects
Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Biological Sciences, Genetics, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, 1.1 Normal biological development and functioning, Underpinning research, Aetiology, Generic health relevance, Amino Acid Sequence, Catalytic Domain, Crystallography, X-Ray, DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferase 1, DNA (Cytosine-5-)-Methyltransferases, Homeostasis, Humans, Models, Molecular, Mutation, Protein Binding, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Zinc Fingers, DNA methylation, DNMT1, epigenetics, allosteric regulation, autoinhibition, Medicinal and Biomolecular Chemistry, Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and cell biology
Abstract

DNMT1 (DNA methyltransferase 1) is responsible for propagating the DNA methylation patterns during DNA replication. DNMT1 contains, in addition to a C-terminal methyltransferase domain, a large N-terminal regulatory region that is composed of an RFTS (replication foci targeting sequence) domain, a CXXC zinc finger domain and a pair of BAH (bromo adjacent homology) domains. The regulatory domains of DNMT1 mediate a network of protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions to control the recruitment and enzymatic activity of DNMT1. Here we report the crystal structure of human DNMT1 with all the structural domains (hDNMT1, residues 351-1600) in complex with S-adenosyl-l-homocysteine at 2.62Å resolution. The RFTS domain directly associates with the methyltransferase domain, thereby inhibiting the substrate binding of hDNMT1. Through structural analysis, mutational, biochemical and enzymatic studies, we further identify that a linker sequence between the CXXC and BAH1 domains, aside from its role in the CXXC domain-mediated DNMT1 autoinhibition, serves as an important regulatory element in the RFTS domain-mediated autoinhibition. In comparison with the previously determined structure of mouse DNMT1, this study also reveals a number of distinct structural features that may underlie subtle functional diversity observed for the two orthologues. In addition, this structure provides a framework for understanding the functional consequence of disease-related hDNMT1 mutations.

Published
2015

11. Directional dominance on stature and cognition in diverse human populations

Author

Joshi, Peter K, Esko, Tonu, Mattsson, Hannele, Eklund, Niina, Gandin, Ilaria, Nutile, Teresa, Jackson, Anne U, Schurmann, Claudia, Smith, Albert V, Zhang, Weihua, Okada, Yukinori, Stančáková, Alena, Faul, Jessica D, Zhao, Wei, Bartz, Traci M, Concas, Maria Pina, Franceschini, Nora, Enroth, Stefan, Vitart, Veronique, Trompet, Stella, Guo, Xiuqing, Chasman, Daniel I, O'Connel, Jeffrey R, Corre, Tanguy, Nongmaithem, Suraj S, Chen, Yuning, Mangino, Massimo, Ruggiero, Daniela, Traglia, Michela, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Kacprowski, Tim, Bjonnes, Andrew, van der Spek, Ashley, Wu, Ying, Giri, Anil K, Yanek, Lisa R, Wang, Lihua, Hofer, Edith, Rietveld, Cornelius A, McLeod, Olga, Cornelis, Marilyn C, Pattaro, Cristian, Verweij, Niek, Baumbach, Clemens, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Warren, Helen R, Vuckovic, Dragana, Mei, Hao, Bouchard, Claude, Perry, John RB, Cappellani, Stefania, Mirza, Saira S, Benton, Miles C, Broeckel, Ulrich, Medland, Sarah E, Lind, Penelope A, Malerba, Giovanni, Drong, Alexander, Yengo, Loic, Bielak, Lawrence F, Zhi, Degui, van der Most, Peter J, Shriner, Daniel, Mägi, Reedik, Hemani, Gibran, Karaderi, Tugce, Wang, Zhaoming, Liu, Tian, Demuth, Ilja, Zhao, Jing Hua, Meng, Weihua, Lataniotis, Lazaros, van der Laan, Sander W, Bradfield, Jonathan P, Wood, Andrew R, Bonnefond, Amelie, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Hall, Leanne M, Salvi, Erika, Yazar, Seyhan, Carstensen, Lisbeth, de Haan, Hugoline G, Abney, Mark, Afzal, Uzma, Allison, Matthew A, Amin, Najaf, Asselbergs, Folkert W, Bakker, Stephan JL, Barr, R Graham, Baumeister, Sebastian E, Benjamin, Daniel J, Bergmann, Sven, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bottinger, Erwin P, Campbell, Archie, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Chan, Yingleong, Chanock, Stephen J, Chen, Constance, and Chen, Y-D Ida

Subjects
Biological Sciences, Genetics, Clinical Research, Human Genome, Biological Evolution, Blood Pressure, Body Height, Cholesterol, LDL, Cognition, Cohort Studies, Educational Status, Female, Forced Expiratory Volume, Genome, Human, Homozygote, Humans, Lung Volume Measurements, Male, Phenotype, General Science & Technology
Abstract

Homozygosity has long been associated with rare, often devastating, Mendelian disorders, and Darwin was one of the first to recognize that inbreeding reduces evolutionary fitness. However, the effect of the more distant parental relatedness that is common in modern human populations is less well understood. Genomic data now allow us to investigate the effects of homozygosity on traits of public health importance by observing contiguous homozygous segments (runs of homozygosity), which are inferred to be homozygous along their complete length. Given the low levels of genome-wide homozygosity prevalent in most human populations, information is required on very large numbers of people to provide sufficient power. Here we use runs of homozygosity to study 16 health-related quantitative traits in 354,224 individuals from 102 cohorts, and find statistically significant associations between summed runs of homozygosity and four complex traits: height, forced expiratory lung volume in one second, general cognitive ability and educational attainment (P < 1 × 10(-300), 2.1 × 10(-6), 2.5 × 10(-10) and 1.8 × 10(-10), respectively). In each case, increased homozygosity was associated with decreased trait value, equivalent to the offspring of first cousins being 1.2 cm shorter and having 10 months' less education. Similar effect sizes were found across four continental groups and populations with different degrees of genome-wide homozygosity, providing evidence that homozygosity, rather than confounding, directly contributes to phenotypic variance. Contrary to earlier reports in substantially smaller samples, no evidence was seen of an influence of genome-wide homozygosity on blood pressure and low density lipoprotein cholesterol, or ten other cardio-metabolic traits. Since directional dominance is predicted for traits under directional evolutionary selection, this study provides evidence that increased stature and cognitive function have been positively selected in human evolution, whereas many important risk factors for late-onset complex diseases may not have been.

Published
2015

12. Associations between Potentially Modifiable Risk Factors and Alzheimer Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study.

Author

Østergaard, Søren D, Mukherjee, Shubhabrata, Sharp, Stephen J, Proitsi, Petroula, Lotta, Luca A, Day, Felix, Perry, John RB, Boehme, Kevin L, Walter, Stefan, Kauwe, John S, Gibbons, Laura E, Alzheimer’s Disease Genetics Consortium, GERAD1 Consortium, EPIC-InterAct Consortium, Larson, Eric B, Powell, John F, Langenberg, Claudia, Crane, Paul K, Wareham, Nicholas J, and Scott, Robert A

Subjects
Alzheimer’s Disease Genetics Consortium, GERAD1 Consortium, EPIC-InterAct Consortium, Humans, Alzheimer Disease, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Risk Factors, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Female, Male, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Obesity, Cardiovascular, Diabetes, Acquired Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease including Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD), Dementia, Tobacco Smoke and Health, Brain Disorders, Human Genome, Aging, Clinical Research, Genetics, Tobacco, Prevention, Neurodegenerative, Alzheimer's Disease, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Metabolic and endocrine, General & Internal Medicine, Medical and Health Sciences
Abstract

BackgroundPotentially modifiable risk factors including obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and smoking are associated with Alzheimer disease (AD) and represent promising targets for intervention. However, the causality of these associations is unclear. We sought to assess the causal nature of these associations using Mendelian randomization (MR).Methods and findingsWe used SNPs associated with each risk factor as instrumental variables in MR analyses. We considered type 2 diabetes (T2D, NSNPs = 49), fasting glucose (NSNPs = 36), insulin resistance (NSNPs = 10), body mass index (BMI, NSNPs = 32), total cholesterol (NSNPs = 73), HDL-cholesterol (NSNPs = 71), LDL-cholesterol (NSNPs = 57), triglycerides (NSNPs = 39), systolic blood pressure (SBP, NSNPs = 24), smoking initiation (NSNPs = 1), smoking quantity (NSNPs = 3), university completion (NSNPs = 2), and years of education (NSNPs = 1). We calculated MR estimates of associations between each exposure and AD risk using an inverse-variance weighted approach, with summary statistics of SNP-AD associations from the International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project, comprising a total of 17,008 individuals with AD and 37,154 cognitively normal elderly controls. We found that genetically predicted higher SBP was associated with lower AD risk (odds ratio [OR] per standard deviation [15.4 mm Hg] of SBP [95% CI]: 0.75 [0.62-0.91]; p = 3.4 × 10(-3)). Genetically predicted higher SBP was also associated with a higher probability of taking antihypertensive medication (p = 6.7 × 10(-8)). Genetically predicted smoking quantity was associated with lower AD risk (OR per ten cigarettes per day [95% CI]: 0.67 [0.51-0.89]; p = 6.5 × 10(-3)), although we were unable to stratify by smoking history; genetically predicted smoking initiation was not associated with AD risk (OR = 0.70 [0.37, 1.33]; p = 0.28). We saw no evidence of causal associations between glycemic traits, T2D, BMI, or educational attainment and risk of AD (all p > 0.1). Potential limitations of this study include the small proportion of intermediate trait variance explained by genetic variants and other implicit limitations of MR analyses.ConclusionsInherited lifetime exposure to higher SBP is associated with lower AD risk. These findings suggest that higher blood pressure--or some environmental exposure associated with higher blood pressure, such as use of antihypertensive medications--may reduce AD risk.

Published
2015

13. Whole-genome sequencing to understand the genetic architecture of common gene expression and biomarker phenotypes

Author

Wood, Andrew R, Tuke, Marcus A, Nalls, Mike, Hernandez, Dena, Gibbs, J Raphael, Lin, Haoxiang, Xu, Christopher S, Li, Qibin, Shen, Juan, Jun, Goo, Almeida, Marcio, Tanaka, Toshiko, Perry, John RB, Gaulton, Kyle, Rivas, Manny, Pearson, Richard, Curran, Joanne E, Johnson, Matthew P, Göring, Harald HH, Duggirala, Ravindranath, Blangero, John, Mccarthy, Mark I, Bandinelli, Stefania, Murray, Anna, Weedon, Michael N, Singleton, Andrew, Melzer, David, Ferrucci, Luigi, and Frayling, Timothy M

Subjects
Clinical Research, Human Genome, Genetics, Detection, screening and diagnosis, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, 4.1 Discovery and preclinical testing of markers and technologies, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Gene Frequency, Genetic Association Studies, Genetic Markers, Genetic Variation, Genome, Human, Genotyping Techniques, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Phenotype, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Quantitative Trait Loci, Young Adult, Biological Sciences, Medical and Health Sciences, Genetics & Heredity
Abstract

Initial results from sequencing studies suggest that there are relatively few low-frequency (

Published
2015

14. Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

Author

Perry, John RB, Day, Felix, Elks, Cathy E, Sulem, Patrick, Thompson, Deborah J, Ferreira, Teresa, He, Chunyan, Chasman, Daniel I, Esko, Tõnu, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Albrecht, Eva, Ang, Wei Q, Corre, Tanguy, Cousminer, Diana L, Feenstra, Bjarke, Franceschini, Nora, Ganna, Andrea, Johnson, Andrew D, Kjellqvist, Sanela, Lunetta, Kathryn L, McMahon, George, Nolte, Ilja M, Paternoster, Lavinia, Porcu, Eleonora, Smith, Albert V, Stolk, Lisette, Teumer, Alexander, Tšernikova, Natalia, Tikkanen, Emmi, Ulivi, Sheila, Wagner, Erin K, Amin, Najaf, Bierut, Laura J, Byrne, Enda M, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Koller, Daniel L, Mangino, Massimo, Pers, Tune H, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M, Hua Zhao, Jing, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Atsma, Femke, Bandinelli, Stefania, Beckmann, Matthias W, Benitez, Javier, Blomqvist, Carl, Bojesen, Stig E, Bolla, Manjeet K, Bonanni, Bernardo, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Buring, Julie E, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen, Chen, Jinhui, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Collée, J Margriet, Couch, Fergus J, Couper, David, Coviello, Andrea D, Cox, Angela, Czene, Kamila, D’adamo, Adamo Pio, Davey Smith, George, De Vivo, Immaculata, Demerath, Ellen W, Dennis, Joe, Devilee, Peter, Dieffenbach, Aida K, Dunning, Alison M, Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Eriksson, Johan G, Fasching, Peter A, Ferrucci, Luigi, Flesch-Janys, Dieter, Flyger, Henrik, Foroud, Tatiana, Franke, Lude, Garcia, Melissa E, García-Closas, Montserrat, Geller, Frank, de Geus, Eco EJ, Giles, Graham G, Gudbjartsson, Daniel F, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Guénel, Pascal, Guo, Suiqun, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Haring, Robin, Hartman, Catharina A, Heath, Andrew C, Hofman, Albert, Hooning, Maartje J, Hopper, John L, Hu, Frank B, Hunter, David J, Karasik, David, and Kiel, Douglas P

Subjects
Paediatrics, Biological Sciences, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Genetics, Contraception/Reproduction, Pediatric, Biotechnology, Human Genome, Clinical Research, Adolescent, Age Factors, Alleles, Body Mass Index, Breast Neoplasms, Calcium-Binding Proteins, Cardiovascular Diseases, Child, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Europe, Female, Genetic Loci, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genomic Imprinting, Humans, Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Male, Membrane Proteins, Menarche, Obesity, Ovary, Parents, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Potassium Channels, Tandem Pore Domain, Proteins, Quantitative Trait Loci, Receptors, GABA-B, Receptors, Retinoic Acid, Ribonucleoproteins, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, Australian Ovarian Cancer Study, GENICA Network, kConFab, LifeLines Cohort Study, InterAct Consortium, Early Growth Genetics (EGG) Consortium, General Science & Technology
Abstract

Age at menarche is a marker of timing of puberty in females. It varies widely between individuals, is a heritable trait and is associated with risks for obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, breast cancer and all-cause mortality. Studies of rare human disorders of puberty and animal models point to a complex hypothalamic-pituitary-hormonal regulation, but the mechanisms that determine pubertal timing and underlie its links to disease risk remain unclear. Here, using genome-wide and custom-genotyping arrays in up to 182,416 women of European descent from 57 studies, we found robust evidence (P

Published
2014

15. Rare variants in PPARG with decreased activity in adipocyte differentiation are associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes

Author

Majithia, Amit R, Flannick, Jason, Shahinian, Peter, Guo, Michael, Bray, Mark-Anthony, Fontanillas, Pierre, Gabriel, Stacey B, Rosen, Evan D, Altshuler, David, Manning, Alisa K, Hartl, Christopher, Agarwala, Vineeta, Green, Todd, Banks, Eric, DePristo, Mark, Poplin, Ryan, Shakir, Khalid, Fennell, Timothy, Njølstad, Pål R, Burtt, Noël, Gabriel, Stacey, Fuchsberger, Christian, Kang, Hun Min, Sim, Xueling, Ma, Clement, Locke, Adam, Blackwell, Thomas, Jackson, Anne, Teslovich, Tanya M, Stringham, Heather, Chines, Peter, Kwan, Phoenix, Huyghe, Jeroen, Tan, Adrian, Jun, Goo, Stitzel, Michael, Bergman, Richard N, Bonnycastle, Lori, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Collins, Francis S, Scott, Laura, Mohlke, Karen, Abecasis, Gonçalo, Boehnke, Michael, Strom, Tim, Gieger, Christian, Nurasyid, Martina Müller, Grallert, Harald, Kriebel, Jennifer, Ried, Janina, de Angelis, Martin Hrabé, Huth, Cornelia, Meisinger, Christa, Peters, Annette, Rathmann, Wolfgang, Strauch, Konstantin, Meitinger, Thomas, Kravic, Jasmina, Algren, Peter, Ladenvall, Claes, Toumi, Tiinamaija, Isomaa, Bo, Groop, Leif, Gaulton, Kyle, Moutsianas, Loukas, Rivas, Manny, Pearson, Richard, Mahajan, Anubha, Prokopenko, Inga, Kumar, Ashish, Perry, John, Howie, Bryan, van de Bunt, Martijn, Small, Kerrin, Lindgren, Cecilia, Lunter, Gerton, Robertson, Neil, Rayner, William, Morris, Andrew, Buck, David, Hattersley, Andrew, Spector, Tim, McVean, Gil, Frayling, Tim, Donnelly, Peter, McCarthy, Mark, Gupta, Namrata, Taylor, Herman, Fox, Ervin, Cheh, Christopher Newton, Wilson, James G, O'Donnell, Christopher J, Kathiresan, Sekar, Hirschhorn, Joel, Seidman, JG, and Seidman, Christine

Subjects
Genetics, Biotechnology, Human Genome, Diabetes, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Metabolic and endocrine, Adipocytes, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Case-Control Studies, Cell Differentiation, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Ethnicity, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, PPAR gamma, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Risk Factors, Sequence Analysis, DNA, GoT2D Consortium, NHGRI JHS/FHS Allelic Spectrum Project, SIGMA T2D Consortium, T2D-GENES Consortium
Abstract

Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARG) is a master transcriptional regulator of adipocyte differentiation and a canonical target of antidiabetic thiazolidinedione medications. In rare families, loss-of-function (LOF) mutations in PPARG are known to cosegregate with lipodystrophy and insulin resistance; in the general population, the common P12A variant is associated with a decreased risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Whether and how rare variants in PPARG and defects in adipocyte differentiation influence risk of T2D in the general population remains undetermined. By sequencing PPARG in 19,752 T2D cases and controls drawn from multiple studies and ethnic groups, we identified 49 previously unidentified, nonsynonymous PPARG variants (MAF < 0.5%). Considered in aggregate (with or without computational prediction of functional consequence), these rare variants showed no association with T2D (OR = 1.35; P = 0.17). The function of the 49 variants was experimentally tested in a novel high-throughput human adipocyte differentiation assay, and nine were found to have reduced activity in the assay. Carrying any of these nine LOF variants was associated with a substantial increase in risk of T2D (OR = 7.22; P = 0.005). The combination of large-scale DNA sequencing and functional testing in the laboratory reveals that approximately 1 in 1,000 individuals carries a variant in PPARG that reduces function in a human adipocyte differentiation assay and is associated with a substantial risk of T2D.

Published
2014

16. A genome-wide association study of early menopause and the combined impact of identified variants

Author

Perry, John RB, Corre, Tanguy, Esko, Tõnu, Chasman, Daniel I, Fischer, Krista, Franceschini, Nora, He, Chunyan, Kutalik, Zoltan, Mangino, Massimo, Rose, Lynda M, Smith, Albert Vernon, Stolk, Lisette, Sulem, Patrick, Weedon, Michael N, Zhuang, Wei V, Arnold, Alice, Ashworth, Alan, Bergmann, Sven, Buring, Julie E, Burri, Andrea, Chen, Constance, Cornelis, Marilyn C, Couper, David J, Goodarzi, Mark O, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Harris, Tamara, Hofman, Albert, Jones, Michael, Kraft, Peter, Launer, Lenore, Laven, Joop SE, Li, Guo, McKnight, Barbara, Masciullo, Corrado, Milani, Lili, Orr, Nicholas, Psaty, Bruce M, Ridker, Paul M, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Sala, Cinzia, Salumets, Andres, Schoemaker, Minouk, Traglia, Michela, Waeber, Gérard, Chanock, Stephen J, Demerath, Ellen W, Garcia, Melissa, Hankinson, Susan E, Hu, Frank B, Hunter, David J, Lunetta, Kathryn L, Metspalu, Andres, Montgomery, Grant W, Murabito, Joanne M, Newman, Anne B, Ong, Ken K, Spector, Tim D, Stefansson, Kari, Swerdlow, Anthony J, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Van Dam, Rob M, Uitterlinden, André G, Visser, Jenny A, Vollenweider, Peter, Toniolo, Daniela, and Murray, Anna

Subjects
Biotechnology, Contraception/Reproduction, Infertility, Genetics, Human Genome, Aging, Estrogen, Prevention, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Reproductive health and childbirth, Good Health and Well Being, Case-Control Studies, Female, Gene Frequency, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Menopause, Premature, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Primary Ovarian Insufficiency, Quantitative Trait Loci, Risk, ReproGen Consortium, Biological Sciences, Medical and Health Sciences, Genetics & Heredity
Abstract

Early menopause (EM) affects up to 10% of the female population, reducing reproductive lifespan considerably. Currently, it constitutes the leading cause of infertility in the western world, affecting mainly those women who postpone their first pregnancy beyond the age of 30 years. The genetic aetiology of EM is largely unknown in the majority of cases. We have undertaken a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWASs) in 3493 EM cases and 13 598 controls from 10 independent studies. No novel genetic variants were discovered, but the 17 variants previously associated with normal age at natural menopause as a quantitative trait (QT) were also associated with EM and primary ovarian insufficiency (POI). Thus, EM has a genetic aetiology which overlaps variation in normal age at menopause and is at least partly explained by the additive effects of the same polygenic variants. The combined effect of the common variants captured by the single nucleotide polymorphism arrays was estimated to account for ∼30% of the variance in EM. The association between the combined 17 variants and the risk of EM was greater than the best validated non-genetic risk factor, smoking.

Published
2013

17. A Genome-Wide Association Meta-Analysis of Circulating Sex Hormone–Binding Globulin Reveals Multiple Loci Implicated in Sex Steroid Hormone Regulation

Author

Coviello, Andrea D, Haring, Robin, Wellons, Melissa, Vaidya, Dhananjay, Lehtimäki, Terho, Keildson, Sarah, Lunetta, Kathryn L, He, Chunyan, Fornage, Myriam, Lagou, Vasiliki, Mangino, Massimo, Onland-Moret, N Charlotte, Chen, Brian, Eriksson, Joel, Garcia, Melissa, Liu, Yong Mei, Koster, Annemarie, Lohman, Kurt, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Petersen, Ann-Kristin, Prescott, Jennifer, Stolk, Lisette, Vandenput, Liesbeth, Wood, Andrew R, Zhuang, Wei Vivian, Ruokonen, Aimo, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Pouta, Anneli, Bandinelli, Stefania, Biffar, Reiner, Brabant, Georg, Cox, David G, Chen, Yuhui, Cummings, Steven, Ferrucci, Luigi, Gunter, Marc J, Hankinson, Susan E, Martikainen, Hannu, Hofman, Albert, Homuth, Georg, Illig, Thomas, Jansson, John-Olov, Johnson, Andrew D, Karasik, David, Karlsson, Magnus, Kettunen, Johannes, Kiel, Douglas P, Kraft, Peter, Liu, Jingmin, Ljunggren, Östen, Lorentzon, Mattias, Maggio, Marcello, Markus, Marcello RP, Mellström, Dan, Miljkovic, Iva, Mirel, Daniel, Nelson, Sarah, Papunen, Laure Morin, Peeters, Petra HM, Prokopenko, Inga, Raffel, Leslie, Reincke, Martin, Reiner, Alex P, Rexrode, Kathryn, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Schwartz, Stephen M, Siscovick, David, Soranzo, Nicole, Stöckl, Doris, Tworoger, Shelley, Uitterlinden, André G, van Gils, Carla H, Vasan, Ramachandran S, Wichmann, H-Erich, Zhai, Guangju, Bhasin, Shalender, Bidlingmaier, Martin, Chanock, Stephen J, De Vivo, Immaculata, Harris, Tamara B, Hunter, David J, Kähönen, Mika, Liu, Simin, Ouyang, Pamela, Spector, Tim D, van der Schouw, Yvonne T, Viikari, Jorma, Wallaschofski, Henri, McCarthy, Mark I, Frayling, Timothy M, Murray, Anna, Franks, Steve, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, de Jong, Frank H, Raitakari, Olli, Teumer, Alexander, Ohlsson, Claes, Murabito, Joanne M, and Perry, John RB

Subjects
Biological Sciences, Genetics, Breast Cancer, Aging, Estrogen, Cancer Genomics, Urologic Diseases, Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Human Genome, Women's Health, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Metabolic and endocrine, Alleles, Female, Genetic Heterogeneity, Genome-Wide Association Study, Gonadal Steroid Hormones, Humans, Male, Metabolic Networks and Pathways, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Sex Characteristics, Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin, Developmental Biology
Abstract

Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) is a glycoprotein responsible for the transport and biologic availability of sex steroid hormones, primarily testosterone and estradiol. SHBG has been associated with chronic diseases including type 2 diabetes (T2D) and with hormone-sensitive cancers such as breast and prostate cancer. We performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) meta-analysis of 21,791 individuals from 10 epidemiologic studies and validated these findings in 7,046 individuals in an additional six studies. We identified twelve genomic regions (SNPs) associated with circulating SHBG concentrations. Loci near the identified SNPs included SHBG (rs12150660, 17p13.1, p = 1.8 × 10(-106)), PRMT6 (rs17496332, 1p13.3, p = 1.4 × 10(-11)), GCKR (rs780093, 2p23.3, p = 2.2 × 10(-16)), ZBTB10 (rs440837, 8q21.13, p = 3.4 × 10(-09)), JMJD1C (rs7910927, 10q21.3, p = 6.1 × 10(-35)), SLCO1B1 (rs4149056, 12p12.1, p = 1.9 × 10(-08)), NR2F2 (rs8023580, 15q26.2, p = 8.3 × 10(-12)), ZNF652 (rs2411984, 17q21.32, p = 3.5 × 10(-14)), TDGF3 (rs1573036, Xq22.3, p = 4.1 × 10(-14)), LHCGR (rs10454142, 2p16.3, p = 1.3 × 10(-07)), BAIAP2L1 (rs3779195, 7q21.3, p = 2.7 × 10(-08)), and UGT2B15 (rs293428, 4q13.2, p = 5.5 × 10(-06)). These genes encompass multiple biologic pathways, including hepatic function, lipid metabolism, carbohydrate metabolism and T2D, androgen and estrogen receptor function, epigenetic effects, and the biology of sex steroid hormone-responsive cancers including breast and prostate cancer. We found evidence of sex-differentiated genetic influences on SHBG. In a sex-specific GWAS, the loci 4q13.2-UGT2B15 was significant in men only (men p = 2.5 × 10(-08), women p = 0.66, heterogeneity p = 0.003). Additionally, three loci showed strong sex-differentiated effects: 17p13.1-SHBG and Xq22.3-TDGF3 were stronger in men, whereas 8q21.12-ZBTB10 was stronger in women. Conditional analyses identified additional signals at the SHBG gene that together almost double the proportion of variance explained at the locus. Using an independent study of 1,129 individuals, all SNPs identified in the overall or sex-differentiated or conditional analyses explained ~15.6% and ~8.4% of the genetic variation of SHBG concentrations in men and women, respectively. The evidence for sex-differentiated effects and allelic heterogeneity highlight the importance of considering these features when estimating complex trait variance.

Published
2012

18. Novel loci for adiponectin levels and their influence on type 2 diabetes and metabolic traits: a multi-ethnic meta-analysis of 45,891 individuals.

Author

Dastani, Zari, Hivert, Marie-France, Timpson, Nicholas, Perry, John RB, Yuan, Xin, Scott, Robert A, Henneman, Peter, Heid, Iris M, Kizer, Jorge R, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Fuchsberger, Christian, Tanaka, Toshiko, Morris, Andrew P, Small, Kerrin, Isaacs, Aaron, Beekman, Marian, Coassin, Stefan, Lohman, Kurt, Qi, Lu, Kanoni, Stavroula, Pankow, James S, Uh, Hae-Won, Wu, Ying, Bidulescu, Aurelian, Rasmussen-Torvik, Laura J, Greenwood, Celia MT, Ladouceur, Martin, Grimsby, Jonna, Manning, Alisa K, Liu, Ching-Ti, Kooner, Jaspal, Mooser, Vincent E, Vollenweider, Peter, Kapur, Karen A, Chambers, John, Wareham, Nicholas J, Langenberg, Claudia, Frants, Rune, Willems-Vandijk, Ko, Oostra, Ben A, Willems, Sara M, Lamina, Claudia, Winkler, Thomas W, Psaty, Bruce M, Tracy, Russell P, Brody, Jennifer, Chen, Ida, Viikari, Jorma, Kähönen, Mika, Pramstaller, Peter P, Evans, David M, St Pourcain, Beate, Sattar, Naveed, Wood, Andrew R, Bandinelli, Stefania, Carlson, Olga D, Egan, Josephine M, Böhringer, Stefan, van Heemst, Diana, Kedenko, Lyudmyla, Kristiansson, Kati, Nuotio, Marja-Liisa, Loo, Britt-Marie, Harris, Tamara, Garcia, Melissa, Kanaya, Alka, Haun, Margot, Klopp, Norman, Wichmann, H-Erich, Deloukas, Panos, Katsareli, Efi, Couper, David J, Duncan, Bruce B, Kloppenburg, Margreet, Adair, Linda S, Borja, Judith B, DIAGRAM+ Consortium, MAGIC Consortium, GLGC Investigators, MuTHER Consortium, Wilson, James G, Musani, Solomon, Guo, Xiuqing, Johnson, Toby, Semple, Robert, Teslovich, Tanya M, Allison, Matthew A, Redline, Susan, Buxbaum, Sarah G, Mohlke, Karen L, Meulenbelt, Ingrid, Ballantyne, Christie M, Dedoussis, George V, Hu, Frank B, Liu, Yongmei, Paulweber, Bernhard, Spector, Timothy D, Slagboom, P Eline, Ferrucci, Luigi, and Jula, Antti

Subjects
DIAGRAM+ Consortium, MAGIC Consortium, GLGC Investigators, MuTHER Consortium, DIAGRAM Consortium, GIANT Consortium, Global B Pgen Consortium, Procardis Consortium, MAGIC investigators, GLGC Consortium, Humans, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Insulin Resistance, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Glucose Tolerance Test, Waist-Hip Ratio, Gene Expression, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, African Americans, Asian Continental Ancestry Group, European Continental Ancestry Group, Female, Male, Adiponectin, Cholesterol, HDL, Metabolic Networks and Pathways, Genome-Wide Association Study, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Cholesterol, HDL, Genetics, Developmental Biology
Abstract

Circulating levels of adiponectin, a hormone produced predominantly by adipocytes, are highly heritable and are inversely associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) and other metabolic traits. We conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in 39,883 individuals of European ancestry to identify genes associated with metabolic disease. We identified 8 novel loci associated with adiponectin levels and confirmed 2 previously reported loci (P = 4.5×10(-8)-1.2×10(-43)). Using a novel method to combine data across ethnicities (N = 4,232 African Americans, N = 1,776 Asians, and N = 29,347 Europeans), we identified two additional novel loci. Expression analyses of 436 human adipocyte samples revealed that mRNA levels of 18 genes at candidate regions were associated with adiponectin concentrations after accounting for multiple testing (p

Published
2012

19. Genetic determinants of serum testosterone concentrations in men.

Author

Ohlsson, Claes, Wallaschofski, Henri, Lunetta, Kathryn L, Stolk, Lisette, Perry, John RB, Koster, Annemarie, Petersen, Ann-Kristin, Eriksson, Joel, Lehtimäki, Terho, Huhtaniemi, Ilpo T, Hammond, Geoffrey L, Maggio, Marcello, Coviello, Andrea D, EMAS Study Group, Ferrucci, Luigi, Heier, Margit, Hofman, Albert, Holliday, Kate L, Jansson, John-Olov, Kähönen, Mika, Karasik, David, Karlsson, Magnus K, Kiel, Douglas P, Liu, Yongmei, Ljunggren, Osten, Lorentzon, Mattias, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Meitinger, Thomas, Mellström, Dan, Melzer, David, Miljkovic, Iva, Nauck, Matthias, Nilsson, Maria, Penninx, Brenda, Pye, Stephen R, Vasan, Ramachandran S, Reincke, Martin, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Tajar, Abdelouahid, Teumer, Alexander, Uitterlinden, André G, Ulloor, Jagadish, Viikari, Jorma, Völker, Uwe, Völzke, Henry, Wichmann, H Erich, Wu, Tsung-Sheng, Zhuang, Wei Vivian, Ziv, Elad, Wu, Frederick CW, Raitakari, Olli, Eriksson, Anna, Bidlingmaier, Martin, Harris, Tamara B, Murray, Anna, de Jong, Frank H, Murabito, Joanne M, Bhasin, Shalender, Vandenput, Liesbeth, and Haring, Robin

Subjects
EMAS Study Group, Chromosomes, Human, X, Humans, Testosterone, Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin, Nuclear Proteins, Body Mass Index, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Alleles, Adult, Aged, 80 and over, Middle Aged, Male, Genome-Wide Association Study, Aged, and over, Chromosomes, Human, X, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Genetics, Developmental Biology
Abstract

Testosterone concentrations in men are associated with cardiovascular morbidity, osteoporosis, and mortality and are affected by age, smoking, and obesity. Because of serum testosterone's high heritability, we performed a meta-analysis of genome-wide association data in 8,938 men from seven cohorts and followed up the genome-wide significant findings in one in silico (n = 871) and two de novo replication cohorts (n = 4,620) to identify genetic loci significantly associated with serum testosterone concentration in men. All these loci were also associated with low serum testosterone concentration defined as

Published
2011

20. Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

Author

Speliotes, Elizabeth K, Willer, Cristen J, Berndt, Sonja I, Monda, Keri L, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Jackson, Anne U, Allen, Hana Lango, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Luan, Jian'an, Mägi, Reedik, Randall, Joshua C, Vedantam, Sailaja, Winkler, Thomas W, Qi, Lu, Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Heid, Iris M, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Stringham, Heather M, Weedon, Michael N, Wheeler, Eleanor, Wood, Andrew R, Ferreira, Teresa, Weyant, Robert J, Segrè, Ayellet V, Estrada, Karol, Liang, Liming, Nemesh, James, Park, Ju-Hyun, Gustafsson, Stefan, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O, Yang, Jian, Bouatia-Naji, Nabila, Esko, Tõnu, Feitosa, Mary F, Kutalik, Zoltán, Mangino, Massimo, Raychaudhuri, Soumya, Scherag, Andre, Smith, Albert Vernon, Welch, Ryan, Zhao, Jing Hua, Aben, Katja K, Absher, Devin M, Amin, Najaf, Dixon, Anna L, Fisher, Eva, Glazer, Nicole L, Goddard, Michael E, Heard-Costa, Nancy L, Hoesel, Volker, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Johansson, Åsa, Johnson, Toby, Ketkar, Shamika, Lamina, Claudia, Li, Shengxu, Moffatt, Miriam F, Myers, Richard H, Narisu, Narisu, Perry, John RB, Peters, Marjolein J, Preuss, Michael, Ripatti, Samuli, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Sandholt, Camilla, Scott, Laura J, Timpson, Nicholas J, Tyrer, Jonathan P, van Wingerden, Sophie, Watanabe, Richard M, White, Charles C, Wiklund, Fredrik, Barlassina, Christina, Chasman, Daniel I, Cooper, Matthew N, Jansson, John-Olov, Lawrence, Robert W, Pellikka, Niina, Prokopenko, Inga, Shi, Jianxin, Thiering, Elisabeth, Alavere, Helene, Alibrandi, Maria TS, Almgren, Peter, Arnold, Alice M, Aspelund, Thor, Atwood, Larry D, Balkau, Beverley, Balmforth, Anthony J, Bennett, Amanda J, Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Bergman, Richard N, Bergmann, Sven, Biebermann, Heike, Blakemore, Alexandra IF, Boes, Tanja, Bonnycastle, Lori L, Bornstein, Stefan R, Brown, Morris J, and Buchanan, Thomas A

Subjects
Biological Sciences, Genetics, Prevention, Human Genome, Body Height, Body Mass Index, Body Size, Body Weight, Chromosome Mapping, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Obesity, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, White People, MAGIC, Procardis Consortium, Medical and Health Sciences, Developmental Biology, Agricultural biotechnology, Bioinformatics and computational biology
Abstract

Obesity is globally prevalent and highly heritable, but its underlying genetic factors remain largely elusive. To identify genetic loci for obesity susceptibility, we examined associations between body mass index and ∼ 2.8 million SNPs in up to 123,865 individuals with targeted follow up of 42 SNPs in up to 125,931 additional individuals. We confirmed 14 known obesity susceptibility loci and identified 18 new loci associated with body mass index (P < 5 × 10⁻⁸), one of which includes a copy number variant near GPRC5B. Some loci (at MC4R, POMC, SH2B1 and BDNF) map near key hypothalamic regulators of energy balance, and one of these loci is near GIPR, an incretin receptor. Furthermore, genes in other newly associated loci may provide new insights into human body weight regulation.

Published
2010

21. Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

Author

Lango Allen, Hana, Estrada, Karol, Lettre, Guillaume, Berndt, Sonja I, Weedon, Michael N, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Willer, Cristen J, Jackson, Anne U, Vedantam, Sailaja, Raychaudhuri, Soumya, Ferreira, Teresa, Wood, Andrew R, Weyant, Robert J, Segrè, Ayellet V, Speliotes, Elizabeth K, Wheeler, Eleanor, Soranzo, Nicole, Park, Ju-Hyun, Yang, Jian, Gudbjartsson, Daniel, Heard-Costa, Nancy L, Randall, Joshua C, Qi, Lu, Vernon Smith, Albert, Mägi, Reedik, Pastinen, Tomi, Liang, Liming, Heid, Iris M, Luan, Jian’an, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Winkler, Thomas W, Goddard, Michael E, Sin Lo, Ken, Palmer, Cameron, Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Aulchenko, Yurii S, Johansson, Åsa, Carola Zillikens, M, Feitosa, Mary F, Esko, Tõnu, Johnson, Toby, Ketkar, Shamika, Kraft, Peter, Mangino, Massimo, Prokopenko, Inga, Absher, Devin, Albrecht, Eva, Ernst, Florian, Glazer, Nicole L, Hayward, Caroline, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Jacobs, Kevin B, Knowles, Joshua W, Kutalik, Zoltán, Monda, Keri L, Polasek, Ozren, Preuss, Michael, Rayner, Nigel W, Robertson, Neil R, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Tyrer, Jonathan P, Voight, Benjamin F, Wiklund, Fredrik, Xu, Jianfeng, Hua Zhao, Jing, Nyholt, Dale R, Pellikka, Niina, Perola, Markus, Perry, John RB, Surakka, Ida, Tammesoo, Mari-Liis, Altmaier, Elizabeth L, Amin, Najaf, Aspelund, Thor, Bhangale, Tushar, Boucher, Gabrielle, Chasman, Daniel I, Chen, Constance, Coin, Lachlan, Cooper, Matthew N, Dixon, Anna L, Gibson, Quince, Grundberg, Elin, Hao, Ke, Juhani Junttila, M, Kaplan, Lee M, Kettunen, Johannes, König, Inke R, Kwan, Tony, Lawrence, Robert W, Levinson, Douglas F, Lorentzon, Mattias, McKnight, Barbara, Morris, Andrew P, Müller, Martina, Suh Ngwa, Julius, Purcell, Shaun, Rafelt, Suzanne, Salem, Rany M, and Salvi, Erika

Subjects
Biological Sciences, Genetics, Health Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Statistics, Human Genome, Clinical Research, Biotechnology, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Body Height, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3, Genetic Loci, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome, Human, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Metabolic Networks and Pathways, Multifactorial Inheritance, Phenotype, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, General Science & Technology
Abstract

Most common human traits and diseases have a polygenic pattern of inheritance: DNA sequence variants at many genetic loci influence the phenotype. Genome-wide association (GWA) studies have identified more than 600 variants associated with human traits, but these typically explain small fractions of phenotypic variation, raising questions about the use of further studies. Here, using 183,727 individuals, we show that hundreds of genetic variants, in at least 180 loci, influence adult height, a highly heritable and classic polygenic trait. The large number of loci reveals patterns with important implications for genetic studies of common human diseases and traits. First, the 180 loci are not random, but instead are enriched for genes that are connected in biological pathways (P = 0.016) and that underlie skeletal growth defects (P

Published
2010

23. Identification of 371 genetic variants for age at first sex and birth linked to externalising behaviour

Author

Mills, Melinda C., Tropf, Felix C., Brazel, David M., van Zuydam, Natalie, Vaez, Ahmad, Agbessi, Mawussé, Ahsan, Habibul, Alves, Isabel, Andiappan, Anand Kumar, Arindrarto, Wibowo, Awadalla, Philip, Battle, Alexis, Beutner, Frank, Jan Bonder, Marc, Boomsma, Dorret I., Christiansen, Mark W., Claringbould, Annique, Deelen, Patrick, Esko, Tõnu, Favé, Marie-Julie, Franke, Lude, Frayling, Timothy, Gharib, Sina A., Gibson, Greg, Heijmans, Bastiaan T., Hemani, Gibran, Jansen, Rick, Kähönen, Mika, Kalnapenkis, Anette, Kasela, Silva, Kettunen, Johannes, Kim, Yungil, Kirsten, Holger, Kovacs, Peter, Krohn, Knut, Kronberg, Jaanika, Kukushkina, Viktorija, Kutalik, Zoltan, Lee, Bernett, Lehtimäki, Terho, Loeffler, Markus, Marigorta, Urko M., Mei, Hailang, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W., Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nauck, Matthias, Nivard, Michel G., Penninx, Brenda W. J. H., Perola, Markus, Pervjakova, Natalia, Pierce, Brandon L., Powell, Joseph, Prokisch, Holger, Psaty, Bruce M., Raitakari, Olli T., Ripatti, Samuli, Rotzschke, Olaf, Rüeger, Sina, Saha, Ashis, Scholz, Markus, Schramm, Katharina, Seppälä, Ilkka, Slagboom, Eline P., Stehouwer, Coen D. A., Stumvoll, Michael, Sullivan, Patrick, ‘t Hoen, Peter A. C., Teumer, Alexander, Thiery, Joachim, Tong, Lin, Tönjes, Anke, van Dongen, Jenny, van Iterson, Maarten, van Meurs, Joyce, Veldink, Jan H., Verlouw, Joost, Visscher, Peter M., Völker, Uwe, Võsa, Urmo, Westra, Harm-Jan, Wijmenga, Cisca, Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Yang, Jian, Zeng, Biao, Zhang, Futao, Isaacs, Aaron, Pool, René, Jan Hottenga, Jouke, van Greevenbroek, Marleen M. J., van der Kallen, Carla J. H., Schalkwijk, Casper G., Zhernakova, Sasha, Tigchelaar, Ettje F., Beekman, Marian, Deelen, Joris, van Heemst, Diana, van den Berg, Leonard H., van Duijn, Cornelia M., Hofman, Bert A., Uitterlinden, André G., Jhamai, P. Mila, Verbiest, Michael, Suchiman, H. Eka D., Verkerk, Marijn, van der Breggen, Ruud, van Rooij, Jeroen, Lakenberg, Nico, Mei, Hailiang, van Galen, Michiel, Bot, Jan, Zhernakova, Dasha V., van ’t Hof, Peter, Nooren, Irene, Moed, Matthijs, Vermaat, Martijn, Luijk, René, van Dijk, Freerk, Kielbasa, Szymon M., Swertz, Morris A., van Zwet, Erik. W., Akimova, Evelina T., Bergmann, Sven, Boardman, Jason D., Brumat, Marco, Buring, Julie E., Cesarini, David, Chasman, Daniel I., Chavarro, Jorge E., Cocca, Massimiliano, Concas, Maria Pina, Davey-Smith, George, Davies, Gail, Deary, Ian J., Franco, Oscar, Gaskins, Audrey J., de Geus, Eco J. C., Gieger, Christian, Girotto, Giorgia, Grabe, Hans Jörgen, Gunderson, Erica P., Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Hartwig, Fernando P., He, Chunyan, Hill, W. David, Homuth, Georg, Horta, Bernando Lessa, Huang, Hongyang, Hyppӧnen, Elina, Ikram, M. Arfan, Johannesson, Magnus, Kamali, Zoha, Kavousi, Maryam, Kraft, Peter, Kühnel, Brigitte, Langenberg, Claudia, Lind, Penelope A., Luan, Jian’an, Mägi, Reedik, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Mahajan, Anubha, Martin, Nicholas G., Mbarek, Hamdi, McCarthy, Mark I., McMahon, George, McQueen, Matthew B., Medland, Sarah E., Meitinger, Thomas, Metspalu, Andres, Mihailov, Evelin, Missmer, Stacey A., Møllegaard, Stine, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Morgan, Anna, van der Most, Peter J., de Mutsert, Renée, Nolte, Ilja M., Noordam, Raymond, Peters, Annette, Power, Chris, Redmond, Paul, Rich-Edwards, Janet W., Ridker, Paul M., Rietveld, Cornelius A., Ring, Susan M., Rose, Lynda M., Rueedi, Rico, Stefánsson, Kári, Stöckl, Doris, Strauch, Konstantin, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Thurik, A. Roy, Timpson, Nicholas J., Turman, Constance, Waldenberger, Melanie, Wareham, Nicholas J., Willemsen, Gonneke, Zhao, Jing Hau, Pers, Tune H., Snieder, Harold, Perry, John R. B., Ong, Ken K., den Hoed, Marcel, Barban, Nicola, Day, Felix R., Mills, M. C., Tropf, F. C., Brazel, D. M., van Zuydam, N., Vaez, A., Agbessi, M., Ahsan, H., Alves, I., Andiappan, A. K., Arindrarto, W., Awadalla, P., Battle, A., Beutner, F., Jan Bonder, M., Boomsma, D. I., Christiansen, M. W., Claringbould, A., Deelen, P., Esko, T., Fave, M. -J., Franke, L., Frayling, T., Gharib, S. A., Gibson, G., Heijmans, B. T., Hemani, G., Jansen, R., Kahonen, M., Kalnapenkis, A., Kasela, S., Kettunen, J., Kim, Y., Kirsten, H., Kovacs, P., Krohn, K., Kronberg, J., Kukushkina, V., Kutalik, Z., Lee, B., Lehtimaki, T., Loeffler, M., Marigorta, U. M., Mei, H., Milani, L., Montgomery, G. W., Muller-Nurasyid, M., Nauck, M., Nivard, M. G., Penninx, B. W. J. H., Perola, M., Pervjakova, N., Pierce, B. L., Powell, J., Prokisch, H., Psaty, B. M., Raitakari, O. T., Ripatti, S., Rotzschke, O., Rueger, S., Saha, A., Scholz, M., Schramm, K., Seppala, I., Slagboom, E. P., Stehouwer, C. D. A., Stumvoll, M., Sullivan, P., 't Hoen, P. A. C., Teumer, A., Thiery, J., Tong, L., Tonjes, A., van Dongen, J., van Iterson, M., van Meurs, J., Veldink, J. H., Verlouw, J., Visscher, P. M., Volker, U., Vosa, U., Westra, H. -J., Wijmenga, C., Yaghootkar, H., Yang, J., Zeng, B., Zhang, F., van Greevenbroek, M. M. J., Schalkwijk, C. G., Deelen, J., van Heemst, D., van Duijn, C. M., Hofman, B. A., Isaacs, A., Uitterlinden, A. G., Verbiest, M., Suchiman, H. E. D., Verkerk, M., van der Breggen, R., van Rooij, J., Lakenberg, N., Bot, J., Zhernakova, D. V., Luijk, R., Bonder, M. J., Swertz, M. A., van Zwet, E. W., Akimova, E. T., Bergmann, S., Boardman, J. D., Buring, J. E., Cesarini, D., Chasman, D. I., Chavarro, J. E., Cocca, M., Concas, M. P., Davey-Smith, G., Davies, G., Deary, I. J., Gaskins, A. J., de Geus, E. J. C., Gieger, C., Girotto, G., Grabe, H. J., Gunderson, E. P., Harris, K. M., Hartwig, F. P., He, C., Homuth, G., Horta, B. L., Jan Hottenga, J., Huang, H., Hyppӧnen, E., Ikram, M. A., Johannesson, M., Kamali, Z., Kavousi, M., Kraft, P., Kuhnel, B., Langenberg, C., Study, L. C., Lind, P. A., Luan, J., Magi, R., Magnusson, P. K. E., Mahajan, A., Martin, N. G., Mbarek, H., Mccarthy, M. I., Mcmahon, G., Mcqueen, M. B., Medland, S. E., Meitinger, T., Metspalu, A., Mihailov, E., Missmer, S. A., Mollegaard, S., Mook-Kanamori, D. O., Morgan, A., van der Most, P. J., de Mutsert, R., Noordam, R., Power, C., Redmond, P., Rich-Edwards, J. W., Ridker, P. M., Rietveld, C. A., Ring, S. M., Rose, L. M., Rueedi, R., Stefansson, K., Stockl, D., Strauch, K., Thurik, A. R., Timpson, N. J., Turman, C., Wareham, N. J., Willemsen, G., Zhao, J. H., Pers, T. H., Snieder, H., Perry, J. R. B., Ong, K. K., den Hoed, M., Barban, N., Day, F. R., Mills, Melinda C, Tropf, Felix C, Brazel, David M, van Zuydam, Natalie, Vaez, Ahmad, Pers, Tune H, Snieder, Harold, Perry, John RB, Ong, Ken K, den Hoed, Marcel, Barban, Nicola, Day, Felix R, Hyppӧnen, Elina, eQTLGen Consortium, BIOS Consortium, Human Reproductive Behaviour Consortium, Psychiatry, APH - Mental Health, Amsterdam Neuroscience - Complex Trait Genetics, Amsterdam Neuroscience - Mood, Anxiety, Psychosis, Stress & Sleep, APH - Digital Health, Consortium, eQTLGen, Consortium, BIOS, Consortium, Human Reproductive Behaviour, Mahajan, A, McCarthy, MI, Mills, Melinda C., Tropf, Felix C., Brazel, David M., Agbessi, Mawussé, Ahsan, Habibul, Alves, Isabel, Andiappan, Anand Kumar, Arindrarto, Wibowo, Awadalla, Philip, Battle, Alexi, Beutner, Frank, Jan Bonder, Marc, Boomsma, Dorret I., Christiansen, Mark W., Claringbould, Annique, Deelen, Patrick, Esko, Tõnu, Favé, Marie-Julie, Franke, Lude, Frayling, Timothy, Gharib, Sina A., Gibson, Greg, Heijmans, Bastiaan T., Hemani, Gibran, Jansen, Rick, Kähönen, Mika, Kalnapenkis, Anette, Kasela, Silva, Kettunen, Johanne, Kim, Yungil, Kirsten, Holger, Kovacs, Peter, Krohn, Knut, Kronberg, Jaanika, Kukushkina, Viktorija, Kutalik, Zoltan, Lee, Bernett, Lehtimäki, Terho, Loeffler, Marku, Marigorta, Urko M., Mei, Hailang, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W., Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nauck, Matthia, Nivard, Michel G., Penninx, Brenda W. J. H., Perola, Marku, Pervjakova, Natalia, Pierce, Brandon L., Powell, Joseph, Prokisch, Holger, Psaty, Bruce M., Raitakari, Olli T., Ripatti, Samuli, Rotzschke, Olaf, Rüeger, Sina, Saha, Ashi, Scholz, Marku, Schramm, Katharina, Seppälä, Ilkka, Slagboom, Eline P., Stehouwer, Coen D. A., Stumvoll, Michael, Sullivan, Patrick, ‘t Hoen, Peter A. C., Teumer, Alexander, Thiery, Joachim, Tong, Lin, Tönjes, Anke, van Dongen, Jenny, van Iterson, Maarten, van Meurs, Joyce, Veldink, Jan H., Verlouw, Joost, Visscher, Peter M., Völker, Uwe, Võsa, Urmo, Westra, Harm-Jan, Wijmenga, Cisca, Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Yang, Jian, Zeng, Biao, Zhang, Futao, Isaacs, Aaron, Pool, René, Jan Hottenga, Jouke, van Greevenbroek, Marleen M. J., van der Kallen, Carla J. H., Schalkwijk, Casper G., Zhernakova, Sasha, Tigchelaar, Ettje F., Beekman, Marian, Deelen, Jori, van Heemst, Diana, van den Berg, Leonard H., van Duijn, Cornelia M., Hofman, Bert A., Uitterlinden, André G., Jhamai, P. Mila, Verbiest, Michael, Suchiman, H. Eka D., Verkerk, Marijn, van der Breggen, Ruud, van Rooij, Jeroen, Lakenberg, Nico, Mei, Hailiang, van Galen, Michiel, Bot, Jan, Zhernakova, Dasha V., van ’t Hof, Peter, Nooren, Irene, Moed, Matthij, Vermaat, Martijn, Luijk, René, van Dijk, Freerk, Kielbasa, Szymon M., Swertz, Morris A., van Zwet, Erik. W., Akimova, Evelina T., Bergmann, Sven, Boardman, Jason D., Brumat, Marco, Buring, Julie E., Cesarini, David, Chasman, Daniel I., Chavarro, Jorge E., Cocca, Massimiliano, Concas, Maria Pina, Davey-Smith, George, Davies, Gail, Deary, Ian J., Franco, Oscar, Gaskins, Audrey J., de Geus, Eco J. C., Gieger, Christian, Girotto, Giorgia, Grabe, Hans Jörgen, Gunderson, Erica P., Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Hartwig, Fernando P., He, Chunyan, Hill, W. David, Homuth, Georg, Horta, Bernando Lessa, Huang, Hongyang, Ikram, M. Arfan, Johannesson, Magnu, Kamali, Zoha, Kavousi, Maryam, Kraft, Peter, Kühnel, Brigitte, Langenberg, Claudia, Lind, Penelope A., Luan, Jian’an, Mägi, Reedik, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Mahajan, Anubha, Martin, Nicholas G., Mbarek, Hamdi, McCarthy, Mark I., McMahon, George, McQueen, Matthew B., Medland, Sarah E., Meitinger, Thoma, Metspalu, Andre, Mihailov, Evelin, Missmer, Stacey A., Møllegaard, Stine, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Morgan, Anna, van der Most, Peter J., de Mutsert, Renée, Nolte, Ilja M., Noordam, Raymond, Peters, Annette, Power, Chri, Redmond, Paul, Rich-Edwards, Janet W., Ridker, Paul M., Rietveld, Cornelius A., Ring, Susan M., Rose, Lynda M., Rueedi, Rico, Stefánsson, Kári, Stöckl, Dori, Strauch, Konstantin, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Thurik, A. Roy, Timpson, Nicholas J., Turman, Constance, Waldenberger, Melanie, Wareham, Nicholas J., Willemsen, Gonneke, Zhao, Jing Hau, Pers, Tune H., Perry, John R. B., Ong, Ken K., Day, Felix R., Sociology [until 2010], Biological Psychology, APH - Methodology, Sociology and Social Gerontology, APH - Personalized Medicine, APH - Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases, Management and Organisation, Urology, Medical Informatics, Department of Marketing Management, Epidemiology, Internal Medicine, Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Neurology, Applied Economics, and Life Course Epidemiology (LCE)

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Male, demography, genetic variants, reproductive biology, externalising behavior, environmental effects, Disease, Genome-wide association studies, Behavioral Neuroscience, 0302 clinical medicine, genetics, media_common, fertility, 0303 health sciences, Reproduction, Incidence (epidemiology), Coitus, Age Factors, Longevity, sexual intercourse, health, Spermatid differentiation, Single Nucleotide, Reproduction/genetics, 3. Good health, Behavioural genetics, Parturition/genetics, Female, infertility, Infertility, genetic variant, Adolescent, Social Psychology, media_common.quotation_subject, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Reproductive biology, medicine, Humans, Polymorphism, behavioural genetics, first sexual intercourse, Genetic Association Studies, Demography, 030304 developmental biology, Parturition, Coitus/physiology, medicine.disease, externalising behaviour, Sexual intercourse, Fertility, age, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, first birth
Abstract

Age at first sexual intercourse and age at first birth have implications for health and evolutionary fitness. In this genome-wide association study (age at first sexual intercourse, N = 387,338; age at first birth, N = 542,901), we identify 371 single-nucleotide polymorphisms, 11 sex-specific, with a 5–6% polygenic score prediction. Heritability of age at first birth shifted from 9% [CI = 4–14%] for women born in 1940 to 22% [CI = 19–25%] for those born in 1965. Signals are driven by the genetics of reproductive biology and externalising behaviour, with key genes related to follicle stimulating hormone (FSHB), implantation (ESR1), infertility and spermatid differentiation. Our findings suggest that polycystic ovarian syndrome may lead to later age at first birth, linking with infertility. Late age at first birth is associated with parental longevity and reduced incidence of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Higher childhood socioeconomic circumstances and those in the highest polygenic score decile (90%+) experience markedly later reproductive onset. Results are relevant for improving teenage and late-life health, understanding longevity and guiding experimentation into mechanisms of infertility.

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2021

24. Characterization of dominant-negative growth hormone receptor variants reveals a potential therapeutic target for short stature.

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Andrews, Afiya, Cottrell, Emily, Maharaj, Avinaash, Ladha, Tasneem, Williams, Jack, Schilbach, Katharina, Kaisinger, Lena R., Perry, John R. B., Metherell, Louise A., McCormick, Peter J., and Storr, Helen L.

Abstract

Objective: Growth hormone insensitivity (GHI) encompasses growth restriction, normal/elevated growth hormone (GH), and low insulin-like growth factor I (IGF1). "Nonclassical" GHI is poorly characterized and is rarely caused by heterozygous dominant-negative (DN) variants located in the intracellular or transmembrane domains of the GH receptor (GHR). We sought to determine the molecular mechanisms underpinning the growth restriction in 2 GHI cases. Methods and Design: A custom-made genetic investigative pipeline was exploited to identify the genetic cause of growth restriction in patients with GHI. Nanoluc binary technology (NanoBiT), in vitro splicing assays, western blotting, and flow cytometry, characterized the novel GHR variants. Results: Novel heterozygous GHR variants were identified in 2 unrelated patients with GHI. In vitro splicing assays indicated both variants activated the same alternative splice acceptor site resulting in aberrant splicing and exclusion of 26 base pairs of GHR exon 9. The GHR variants produced truncated receptors and impaired GH-induced GHR signaling. NanoBiT complementation and flow cytometry showed increased cell surface expression of variant GHR homo/heterodimers compared to wild-type (WT) homodimers and increased recombinant human GH binding to variant GHR homo/heterodimers and GH binding protein (GHBP) cleaved from the variant GHRs. The findings demonstrated increased variant GHR dimers and GHBP with resultant GH sequestration. Conclusion: We identified and characterized 2 novel, naturally occurring truncated GHR gene variants. Intriguingly, these DN GHR variants act via the same cryptic splice acceptor site, highlighting impairing GH binding to excess GHBP as a potential therapeutic approach. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2023
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25. Using genetic variation to disentangle the complex relationship between food intake and health outcomes

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Pirastu, Nicola, McDonnell, Ciara, Grzeszkowiak, Eryk J, Mounier, Ninon, Imamura, Fumiaki, Merino, Jordi, Day, Felix, Zheng, Jie, Taba, Nele, Concas, Maria Pina, Repetto, Linda, Kentistou, Katherine, Robino, Antonietta, Esko, Tõnu, Joshi, Peter K, Fischer, Krista, Ong, Kenneth, Gaunt, Tom R, Kutalik, Zoltán, Perry, John RB, Wilson, James F, Pirastu, Nicola [0000-0002-5363-3886], Grzeszkowiak, Eryk J [0000-0002-6550-6366], Mounier, Ninon [0000-0001-6663-5402], Imamura, Fumiaki [0000-0002-6841-8396], Merino, Jordi [0000-0001-8312-1438], Day, Felix [0000-0003-3789-7651], Zheng, Jie [0000-0002-6623-6839], Taba, Nele [0000-0003-1953-2819], Concas, Maria Pina [0000-0003-3598-2537], Repetto, Linda [0000-0002-7901-4549], Kentistou, Katherine [0000-0002-5816-664X], Robino, Antonietta [0000-0003-2152-2353], Esko, Tõnu [0000-0003-1982-6569], Joshi, Peter K [0000-0002-6361-5059], Fischer, Krista [0000-0002-3521-0599], Ong, Kenneth [0000-0003-4689-7530], Gaunt, Tom R [0000-0003-0924-3247], Wilson, James F [0000-0001-5751-9178], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Day, Felix R [0000-0003-3789-7651], Kentistou, Katherine A [0000-0002-5816-664X], and Ong, Ken K [0000-0003-4689-7530]

Subjects
Medicine and health sciences, Cancer Research, Biology and life sciences, Genetic Variation, Causality, Eating, Risk Factors, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Genetics, Humans, Molecular Biology, Genetics (clinical), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Research Article
Abstract

Diet is considered as one of the most important modifiable factors influencing human health, but efforts to identify foods or dietary patterns associated with health outcomes often suffer from biases, confounding, and reverse causation. Applying Mendelian randomization in this context may provide evidence to strengthen causality in nutrition research. To this end, we first identified 283 genetic markers associated with dietary intake in 445,779 UK Biobank participants. We then converted these associations into direct genetic effects on food exposures by adjusting them for effects mediated via other traits. The SNPs which did not show evidence of mediation were then used for MR, assessing the association between genetically predicted food choices and other risk factors, health outcomes. We show that using all associated SNPs without omitting those which show evidence of mediation, leads to biases in downstream analyses (genetic correlations, causal inference), similar to those present in observational studies. However, MR analyses using SNPs which have only a direct effect on the exposure on food exposures provided unequivocal evidence of causal associations between specific eating patterns and obesity, blood lipid status, and several other risk factors and health outcomes.

Published
2022

26. Continuity of Genetic Risk for Aggressive Behavior Across the Life-Course

Author

van der Laan, Camiel M., Morosoli-García, José J., van de Weijer, Steve G.A., Colodro-Conde, Lucía, Ip, Hill F., Krapohl, Eva M.L., Brikell, Isabell, Sánchez-Mora, Cristina, Nolte, Ilja M., Pourcain, Beate St, Bolhuis, Koen, Palviainen, Teemu, Zafarmand, Hadi, Gordon, Scott, Zayats, Tetyana, Aliev, Fazil, Jiang, Chang, Wang, Carol A., Saunders, Gretchen, Karhunen, Ville, Hammerschlag, Anke R., Adkins, Daniel E., Border, Richard, Peterson, Roseann E., Prinz, Joseph A., Thiering, Elisabeth, Seppälä, Ilkka, Vilor-Tejedor, Natàlia, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Day, Felix R., Allegrini, Andrea G., Rimfeld, Kaili, Chen, Qi, Lu, Yi, Martin, Joanna, Artigas, María Soler, Rovira, Paula, Bosch, Rosa, Español, Gemma, Neumann, Alexander, Middeldorp, Christel, Verhulst, Frank C., Amin, Najaf, Uitterlinden, André G., Perry, John R.B., Heinrich, Joachim, Tiemeier, Henning, Bartels, Meike, Hottenga, Jouke Jan, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry / Psychology, Clinical Genetics, Internal Medicine, Ophthalmology, Epidemiology, Public Health, Adult Psychiatry, Epidemiology and Data Science, APH - Aging & Later Life, APH - Methodology, AR&D - Amsterdam Reproduction & Development, Graduate School, Child Psychiatry, ANS - Cellular & Molecular Mechanisms, ANS - Compulsivity, Impulsivity & Attention, Public and occupational health, APH - Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases, ACS - Pulmonary hypertension & thrombosis, Biological Psychology, Criminology, APH - Mental Health, APH - Personalized Medicine, Life Course Epidemiology (LCE), Macromolecular Chemistry & New Polymeric Materials, and Interdisciplinary Centre Psychopathology and Emotion regulation (ICPE)

Subjects
Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Multifactorial Inheritance, Adolescent, 0608 Zoology, Development, Young Adult, Life-course, Risk Factors, Polygenic score, Genetics, medicine, ACTION Consortium, Humans, Genetic risk, Child, Genetics (clinical), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Aged, Netherlands, Original Research, Genetics & Heredity, Aggression, Public health, Australia, Aggressive behavior, Middle Aged, Rolling weights, Early life, Health psychology, 1701 Psychology, Life course approach, medicine.symptom, Psychology, 1109 Neurosciences, Demography
Abstract

We test whether genetic influences that explain individual differences in aggression in early life also explain individual differences across the life-course. In two cohorts from The Netherlands (N = 13,471) and Australia (N = 5628), polygenic scores (PGSs) were computed based on a genome-wide meta-analysis of childhood/adolescence aggression. In a novel analytic approach, we ran a mixed effects model for each age (Netherlands: 12–70 years, Australia: 16–73 years), with observations at the focus age weighted as 1, and decaying weights for ages further away. We call this approach a ‘rolling weights’ model. In The Netherlands, the estimated effect of the PGS was relatively similar from age 12 to age 41, and decreased from age 41–70. In Australia, there was a peak in the effect of the PGS around age 40 years. These results are a first indication from a molecular genetics perspective that genetic influences on aggressive behavior that are expressed in childhood continue to play a role later in life. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10519-021-10076-6.

Published
2021

27. Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals

Author

Lee, James J., Wedow, Robbee, Okbay, Aysu, Kong, Edward, Maghzian, Omeed, Zacher, Meghan, Nguyen-Viet, Tuan Anh, Bowers, Peter, Sidorenko, Julia, Karlsson Linnér, Richard, Fontana, Mark Alan, Kundu, Tushar, Lee, Chanwook, Hui, Li, Ruoxi, Li, Royer, Rebecca, Timshel, Pascal N., Walters, Raymond K., Willoughby, Emily A., Yengo, Loïc, Agee, Michelle, Alipanahi, Babak, Auton, Adam, Bell, Robert K., Bryc, Katarzyna, Elson, Sarah L., Fontanillas, Pierre, Hinds, David A., Mccreight, Jennifer C., Huber, Karen E., Litterman, Nadia K., Mcintyre, Matthew H., Mountain, Joanna L., Noblin, Elizabeth S., Northover, Carrie A. M., Pitts, Steven J., Sathirapongsasuti, J. Fah, Sazonova, Olga V., Shelton, Janie F., Shringarpure, Suyash, Tian, Chao, Vacic, Vladimir, Wilson, Catherine H., Beauchamp, Jonathan P., Pers, Tune H., Rietveld, Cornelius A., Turley, Patrick, Chen, Guo-Bo, Emilsson, Valur, Meddens, S. Fleur W., Oskarsson, Sven, Pickrell, Joseph K., Thom, Kevin, Timshel, Pascal, Vlaming, Ronald de, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Bacelis, Jonas, Baumbach, Clemens, Bjornsdottir, Gyda, Brandsma, Johannes H., Concas, Maria Pina, Derringer, Jaime, Furlotte, Nicholas A., Galesloot, Tessel E., Girotto, Giorgia, Gupta, Richa, Hall, Leanne M., Harris, Sarah E., Hofer, Edith, Horikoshi, Momoko, Huffman, Jennifer E., Kaasik, Kadri, Kalafati, Ioanna P., Karlsson, Robert, Kong, Augustine, Lahti, Jari, van der Lee, Sven J., Leeuw, Christiaan de, Lind, Penelope A., Lindgren, Karl-Oskar, Liu, Tian, Mangino, Massimo, Marten, Jonathan, Mihailov, Evelin, Miller, Michael B., van der Most, Peter J., Oldmeadow, Christopher, Payton, Antony, Pervjakova, Natalia, Peyrot, Wouter J., Qian, Yong, Raitakari, Olli, Rueedi, Rico, Salvi, Erika, Schmidt, Börge, Schraut, Katharina E., Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert V., Poot, Raymond A., St Pourcain, Beate, Teumer, Alexander, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Verweij, Niek, Vuckovic, Dragana, Wellmann, Juergen, Westra, Harm-Jan, Yang, Jingyun, Zhao, Wei, Zhu, Zhihong, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z., Amin, Najaf, Bakshi, Andrew, Baumeister, Sebastian E., Biino, Ginevra, Bønnelykke, Klaus, Boyle, Patricia A., Campbell, Harry, Cappuccio, Francesco P., Davies, Gail, De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel, Deloukas, Panos, Demuth, Ilja, Ding, Jun, Eibich, Peter, Eisele, Lewin, Eklund, Niina, Evans, David M., Faul, Jessica D., Feitosa, Mary F., Forstner, Andreas J., Gandin, Ilaria, Gunnarsson, Bjarni, Halldórsson, Bjarni V., Harris, Tamara B., Heath, Andrew C., Hocking, Lynne J., Holliday, Elizabeth G., Homuth, Georg, Horan, Michael A., Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, de Jager, Philip L., Joshi, Peter K., Jugessur, Astanand, Kaakinen, Marika A., Kähönen, Mika, Kanoni, Stavroula, Keltigangas-Järvinen, Liisa, Kiemeney, Lambertus A. L. M., Kolcic, Ivana, Koskinen, Seppo, Kraja, Aldi T., Kroh, Martin, Kutalik, Zoltan, Latvala, Antti, Launer, Lenore J., Lebreton, Maël P., Levinson, Douglas F., Lichtenstein, Paul, Lichtner, Peter, Liewald, David C. M., Loukola, LifeLines Cohort Study, Anu, Madden, Pamela A., Mägi, Reedik, Mäki-Opas, Tomi, Marioni, Riccardo E., Marques-Vidal, Pedro, Meddens, Gerardus A., Mcmahon, George, Meisinger, Christa, Meitinger, Thomas, Milaneschi, Yusplitri, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W., Myhre, Ronny, Nelson, Christopher P., Nyholt, Dale R., Ollier, William E. R., Palotie, Aarno, Paternoster, Lavinia, Pedersen, Nancy L., Petrovic, Katja E., Porteous, David J., Räikkönen, Katri, Ring, Susan M., Robino, Antonietta, Rostapshova, Olga, Rudan, Igor, Rustichini, Aldo, Salomaa, Veikko, Sanders, Alan R., Sarin, Antti-Pekka, Schmidt, Helena, Scott, Rodney J., Smith, Blair H., Smith, Jennifer A., Staessen, Jan A., Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth, Strauch, Konstantin, Terracciano, Antonio, Tobin, Martin D., Ulivi, Sheila, Vaccargiu, Simona, Quaye, Lydia, van Rooij, Frank J. A., Venturini, Cristina, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Völker, Uwe, Völzke, Henry, Vonk, Judith M., Vozzi, Diego, Waage, Johannes, Ware, Erin B., Willemsen, Gonneke, Attia, John R., Bennett, David A., Berger, Klaus, Bertram, Lars, Bisgaard, Hans, Boomsma, Dorret I., Borecki, Ingrid B., Bültmann, Ute, Chabris, Christopher F., Cucca, Francesco, Cusi, Daniele, Deary, Ian J., Dedoussis, George V., van Duijn, Cornelia M., Eriksson, Johan G., Franke, Barbara, Franke, Lude, Gasparini, Paolo, Gejman, Pablo V., Gieger, Christian, Grabe, Hans-Jörgen, Gratten, Jacob, Groenen, Patrick J. F., Gudnason, Vilmundur, van der Harst, Pim, Hayward, Caroline, Hoffmann, Wolfgang, Hyppönen, Elina, Iacono, William G., Jacobsson, Bo, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jöckel, Karl-Heinz, Kaprio, Jaakko, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Lehtimäki, Terho, Lehrer, Steven F., Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Martin, Nicholas G., Mcgue, Matt, Metspalu, Andres, Pendleton, Neil, Penninx, Brenda W. J. H., Perola, Markus, Pirastu, Nicola, Pirastu, Mario, Polasek, Ozren, Posthuma, Danielle, Power, Christine, Province, Michael A., Samani, Nilesh J., Schlessinger, David, Schmidt, Reinhold, Sørensen, Thorkild I. A., Spector, Tim D., Stefansson, Kari, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Thurik, A. Roy, Timpson, Nicholas J., Tiemeier, Henning, Tung, Joyce Y., Uitterlinden, André G., Vitart, Veronique, Vollenweider, Peter, Weir, David R., Wilson, James F., Wright, Alan F., Conley, Dalton C., Krueger, Robert F., Smith, George Davey, Hofman, Albert, Laibson, David I., Medland, Sarah E., Meyer, Michelle N., Yang, Jian, Johannesson, Magnus, Visscher, Peter M., Esko, Tõnu, Koellinger, Philipp D., Cesarini, David, Benjamin, Daniel J., Alver, Maris, Bao, Yanchun, Clark, David W., Day, Felix R., Kemper, Kathryn E., Kleinman, Aaron, Langenberg, Claudia, Trampush, Joey W., Verma, Shefali Setia, Yang, Wu, Lam, Max, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zheng, Zhili, Boardman, Jason D., Freese, Jeremy, Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Herd, Pamela, Kumari, Meena, Lencz, Todd, Luan, Jian’An, Malhotra, Anil K., Ong, Ken K., Perry, John R. B., Ritchie, Marylyn D., Smart, Melissa C., Wareham, Nicholas J., Robinson, Matthew R., Watson, Chelsea, Lee, James J, Wedow, Robbee, Okbay, Aysu, Kong, Edward, Hyppönen, Elina, Cesarini, David, 23andMe Research Team, COGENT (Cognitive Genomics Consortium), Social Science Genetic Association Consortium, LifeLines Cohort Study, Economics, Amsterdam Neuroscience - Complex Trait Genetics, Biological Psychology, APH - Personalized Medicine, APH - Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases, Amsterdam Neuroscience - Mood, Anxiety, Psychosis, Stress & Sleep, APH - Mental Health, APH - Methodology, Complex Trait Genetics, Lee, James J., Maghzian, Omeed, Zacher, Meghan, Nguyen-Viet, Tuan Anh, Bowers, Peter, Sidorenko, Julia, Karlsson Linnér, Richard, Fontana, Mark Alan, Kundu, Tushar, Lee, Chanwook, Li, Hui, Li, Ruoxi, Royer, Rebecca, Timshel, Pascal N., Walters, Raymond K., Willoughby, Emily A., Yengo, Loïc, Agee, Michelle, Alipanahi, Babak, Auton, Adam, Bell, Robert K., Bryc, Katarzyna, Elson, Sarah L., Fontanillas, Pierre, Hinds, David A., Mccreight, Jennifer C., Huber, Karen E., Litterman, Nadia K., Mcintyre, Matthew H., Mountain, Joanna L., Noblin, Elizabeth S., Northover, Carrie A. M., Pitts, Steven J., Sathirapongsasuti, J. Fah, Sazonova, Olga V., Shelton, Janie F., Shringarpure, Suyash, Tian, Chao, Vacic, Vladimir, Wilson, Catherine H., Beauchamp, Jonathan P., Pers, Tune H., Rietveld, Cornelius A., Turley, Patrick, Chen, Guo-Bo, Emilsson, Valur, Meddens, S. Fleur W., Oskarsson, Sven, Pickrell, Joseph K., Thom, Kevin, Timshel, Pascal, Vlaming, Ronald de, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Bacelis, Jona, Baumbach, Clemen, Bjornsdottir, Gyda, Brandsma, Johannes H., Concas, Maria Pina, Derringer, Jaime, Furlotte, Nicholas A., Galesloot, Tessel E., Girotto, Giorgia, Gupta, Richa, Hall, Leanne M., Harris, Sarah E., Hofer, Edith, Horikoshi, Momoko, Huffman, Jennifer E., Kaasik, Kadri, Kalafati, Ioanna P., Karlsson, Robert, Kong, Augustine, Lahti, Jari, van der Lee, Sven J., Leeuw, Christiaan de, Lind, Penelope A., Lindgren, Karl-Oskar, Liu, Tian, Mangino, Massimo, Marten, Jonathan, Mihailov, Evelin, Miller, Michael B., van der Most, Peter J., Oldmeadow, Christopher, Payton, Antony, Pervjakova, Natalia, Peyrot, Wouter J., Qian, Yong, Raitakari, Olli, Rueedi, Rico, Salvi, Erika, Schmidt, Börge, Schraut, Katharina E., Shi, Jianxin, Smith, Albert V., Poot, Raymond A., St Pourcain, Beate, Teumer, Alexander, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Verweij, Niek, Vuckovic, Dragana, Wellmann, Juergen, Westra, Harm-Jan, Yang, Jingyun, Zhao, Wei, Zhu, Zhihong, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z., Amin, Najaf, Bakshi, Andrew, Baumeister, Sebastian E., Biino, Ginevra, Bønnelykke, Klau, Boyle, Patricia A., Campbell, Harry, Cappuccio, Francesco P., Davies, Gail, De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel, Deloukas, Pano, Demuth, Ilja, Ding, Jun, Eibich, Peter, Eisele, Lewin, Eklund, Niina, Evans, David M., Faul, Jessica D., Feitosa, Mary F., Forstner, Andreas J., Gandin, Ilaria, Gunnarsson, Bjarni, Halldórsson, Bjarni V., Harris, Tamara B., Heath, Andrew C., Hocking, Lynne J., Holliday, Elizabeth G., Homuth, Georg, Horan, Michael A., Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, de Jager, Philip L., Joshi, Peter K., Jugessur, Astanand, Kaakinen, Marika A., Kähönen, Mika, Kanoni, Stavroula, Keltigangas-Järvinen, Liisa, Kiemeney, Lambertus A. L. M., Kolcic, Ivana, Koskinen, Seppo, Kraja, Aldi T., Kroh, Martin, Kutalik, Zoltan, Latvala, Antti, Launer, Lenore J., Lebreton, Maël P., Levinson, Douglas F., Lichtenstein, Paul, Lichtner, Peter, Liewald, David C. M., Loukola, LifeLines Cohort, Study, Anu, Madden, Pamela A., Mägi, Reedik, Mäki-Opas, Tomi, Marioni, Riccardo E., Marques-Vidal, Pedro, Meddens, Gerardus A., Mcmahon, George, Meisinger, Christa, Meitinger, Thoma, Milaneschi, Yusplitri, Milani, Lili, Montgomery, Grant W., Myhre, Ronny, Nelson, Christopher P., Nyholt, Dale R., Ollier, William E. R., Palotie, Aarno, Paternoster, Lavinia, Pedersen, Nancy L., Petrovic, Katja E., Porteous, David J., Räikkönen, Katri, Ring, Susan M., Robino, Antonietta, Rostapshova, Olga, Rudan, Igor, Rustichini, Aldo, Salomaa, Veikko, Sanders, Alan R., Sarin, Antti-Pekka, Schmidt, Helena, Scott, Rodney J., Smith, Blair H., Smith, Jennifer A., Staessen, Jan A., Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth, Strauch, Konstantin, Terracciano, Antonio, Tobin, Martin D., Ulivi, Sheila, Vaccargiu, Simona, Quaye, Lydia, van Rooij, Frank J. A., Venturini, Cristina, Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E., Völker, Uwe, Völzke, Henry, Vonk, Judith M., Vozzi, Diego, Waage, Johanne, Ware, Erin B., Willemsen, Gonneke, Attia, John R., Bennett, David A., Berger, Klau, Bertram, Lar, Bisgaard, Han, Boomsma, Dorret I., Borecki, Ingrid B., Bültmann, Ute, Chabris, Christopher F., Cucca, Francesco, Cusi, Daniele, Deary, Ian J., Dedoussis, George V., van Duijn, Cornelia M., Eriksson, Johan G., Franke, Barbara, Franke, Lude, Gasparini, Paolo, Gejman, Pablo V., Gieger, Christian, Grabe, Hans-Jörgen, Gratten, Jacob, Groenen, Patrick J. F., Gudnason, Vilmundur, van der Harst, Pim, Hayward, Caroline, Hoffmann, Wolfgang, Iacono, William G., Jacobsson, Bo, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jöckel, Karl-Heinz, Kaprio, Jaakko, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Lehtimäki, Terho, Lehrer, Steven F., Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Martin, Nicholas G., Mcgue, Matt, Metspalu, Andre, Pendleton, Neil, Penninx, Brenda W. J. H., Perola, Marku, Pirastu, Nicola, Pirastu, Mario, Polasek, Ozren, Posthuma, Danielle, Power, Christine, Province, Michael A., Samani, Nilesh J., Schlessinger, David, Schmidt, Reinhold, Sørensen, Thorkild I. A., Spector, Tim D., Stefansson, Kari, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Thurik, A. Roy, Timpson, Nicholas J., Tiemeier, Henning, Tung, Joyce Y., Uitterlinden, André G., Vitart, Veronique, Vollenweider, Peter, Weir, David R., Wilson, James F., Wright, Alan F., Conley, Dalton C., Krueger, Robert F., Smith, George Davey, Hofman, Albert, Laibson, David I., Medland, Sarah E., Meyer, Michelle N., Yang, Jian, Johannesson, Magnu, Visscher, Peter M., Esko, Tõnu, Koellinger, Philipp D., Benjamin, Daniel J., Alver, Mari, Bao, Yanchun, Clark, David W., Day, Felix R., Kemper, Kathryn E., Kleinman, Aaron, Langenberg, Claudia, Trampush, Joey W., Verma, Shefali Setia, Wu, Yang, Lam, Max, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zheng, Zhili, Boardman, Jason D., Freese, Jeremy, Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Herd, Pamela, Kumari, Meena, Lencz, Todd, Luan, Jian’An, Malhotra, Anil K., Ong, Ken K., Perry, John R. B., Ritchie, Marylyn D., Smart, Melissa C., Wareham, Nicholas J., Robinson, Matthew R., Watson, Chelsea, Faculteit Medische Wetenschappen/UMCG, Life Course Epidemiology (LCE), Real World Studies in PharmacoEpidemiology, -Genetics, -Economics and -Therapy (PEGET), Groningen Institute for Gastro Intestinal Genetics and Immunology (3GI), Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), Department of Health and Life Sciences, Public Health Research (PHR), Stem Cell Aging Leukemia and Lymphoma (SALL), Cardiovascular Centre (CVC), Neurology, Psychiatry, Human genetics, Amsterdam Reproduction & Development (AR&D), APH - Digital Health, Medical Oncology, Applied Economics, Day, Felix [0000-0003-3789-7651], Langenberg, Claudia [0000-0002-5017-7344], Zhao, Jing Hua [0000-0003-4930-3582], Luan, Jian'an [0000-0003-3137-6337], Ong, Kenneth [0000-0003-4689-7530], Perry, John [0000-0001-6483-3771], Wareham, Nicholas [0000-0003-1422-2993], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, and Cappuccio, Francesco

Subjects
0301 basic medicine, Male, Netherlands Twin Register (NTR), Multifactorial Inheritance, genetic association, LOCI, Medizin, Genome-wide association study, INTELLIGENCE, Cohort Studies, 0302 clinical medicine, GWAS, Genetics, Aged, 80 and over, Genome, HERITABILITY, HUMAN TRAITS, Middle Aged, HUMAN BRAIN, STATISTICS, 3. Good health, Phenotype, Meta-analysis, Urological cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 15], educational attainment, POPULATIONS, Educational Status, Female, genome-wide-significant SNPs, SDG 4 - Quality Education, Adult, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Biology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, SNP, Humans, QH426, Behavioural genetics, METAANALYSIS, Aged, Neurodevelopmental disorders Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience [Radboudumc 7], Sequence Analysis, DNA, Heritability, Educational attainment, polygenic prediction, 030104 developmental biology, Genome-Wide Association Study, MAPPING CAUSAL VARIANTS, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract

Contains fulltext : 195595.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access) Here we conducted a large-scale genetic association analysis of educational attainment in a sample of approximately 1.1 million individuals and identify 1,271 independent genome-wide-significant SNPs. For the SNPs taken together, we found evidence of heterogeneous effects across environments. The SNPs implicate genes involved in brain-development processes and neuron-to-neuron communication. In a separate analysis of the X chromosome, we identify 10 independent genome-wide-significant SNPs and estimate a SNP heritability of around 0.3% in both men and women, consistent with partial dosage compensation. A joint (multi-phenotype) analysis of educational attainment and three related cognitive phenotypes generates polygenic scores that explain 11-13% of the variance in educational attainment and 7-10% of the variance in cognitive performance. This prediction accuracy substantially increases the utility of polygenic scores as tools in research.

Published
2018

28. Replication and characterization of CADM2 and MSRA genes on human behavior

Author

Boutwell, Brian, Hinds, David, 23andMe Research Team, Tielbeek, Jorim, Ong, Ken K, Day, Felix R, Perry, John RB, Ong, Kenneth [0000-0003-4689-7530], Day, Felix [0000-0003-3789-7651], Perry, John [0000-0001-6483-3771], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

Subjects
Psychiatry, FOS: Psychology, FOS: Biological sciences, Clinical psychology, Genetics, Psychology, Neuroscience
Abstract

Progress identifying the genetic determinants of personality has historically been slow, with candidate gene studies and small-scale genome-wide association studies yielding few reproducible results. In the UK Biobank study, genetic variants in CADM2 and MSRA were recently shown to influence risk taking behavior and irritability respectively, representing some of the first genomic loci to be associated with aspects of personality. We extend this observation by performing a personality "phenome-scan" across 16 traits in up to 140,487 participants from 23andMe for these two genes. Genome-wide heritability estimates for these traits ranged from 5-19%, with both CADM2 and MSRA demonstrating significant effects on multiple personality types. These associations covered all aspects of the big five personality domains, including specific facet traits such as compliance, altruism, anxiety and activity/energy. This study both confirms and extends the original observations, highlighting the role of genetics in aspects of mental health and behavior.

Published
2017
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29. The Early Growth Genetics (EGG) and EArly Genetics and Lifecourse Epidemiology (EAGLE) consortia : design, results and future prospects

Author

Middeldorp, Christel M., Mahajan, Anubha, Horikoshi, Momoko, Robertson, Neil R., Beaumont, Robin N., Bradfield, Jonathan P., Bustamante, Mariona, Cousminer, Diana L., Day, Felix R., De Silva, N. Maneka, Guxens, Monica, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., St Pourcain, Beate, Warrington, Nicole M., Adair, Linda S., Ahlqvist, Emma, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Almgren, Peter, Ang, Wei, Atalay, Mustafa, Auvinen, Juha, Bartels, Meike, Beckmann, Jacques S., Bilbao, Jose Ramon, Bond, Tom, Borja, Judith B., Cavadino, Alana, Charoen, Pimphen, Chen, Zhanghua, Coin, Lachlan, Cooper, Cyrus, Curtin, John A., Custovic, Adnan, Das, Shikta, Davies, Gareth E., Dedoussis, George V., Duijts, Liesbeth, Eastwood, Peter R., Eliasen, Anders U., Elliott, Paul, Eriksson, Johan G., Estivill, Xavier, Fadista, Joao, Fedko, Iryna O., Frayling, Timothy M., Gaillard, Romy, Gauderman, W. James, Geller, Frank, Gilliland, Frank, Gilsanz, Vincente, Granell, Raquel, Grarup, Niels, Groop, Leif, Hadley, Dexter, Hakonarson, Hakon, Hansen, Torben, Hartman, Catharina A., Hattersley, Andrew T., Hayes, M. 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Abstract

The impact of many unfavorable childhood traits or diseases, such as low birth weight and mental disorders, is not limited to childhood and adolescence, as they are also associated with poor outcomes in adulthood, such as cardiovascular disease. Insight into the genetic etiology of childhood and adolescent traits and disorders may therefore provide new perspectives, not only on how to improve wellbeing during childhood, but also how to prevent later adverse outcomes. To achieve the sample sizes required for genetic research, the Early Growth Genetics (EGG) and EArly Genetics and Lifecourse Epidemiology (EAGLE) consortia were established. The majority of the participating cohorts are longitudinal population-based samples, but other cohorts with data on early childhood phenotypes are also involved. Cohorts often have a broad focus and collect(ed) data on various somatic and psychiatric traits as well as environmental factors. Genetic variants have been successfully identified for multiple traits, for example, birth weight, atopic dermatitis, childhood BMI, allergic sensitization, and pubertal growth. Furthermore, the results have shown that genetic factors also partly underlie the association with adult traits. As sample sizes are still increasing, it is expected that future analyses will identify additional variants. This, in combination with the development of innovative statistical methods, will provide detailed insight on the mechanisms underlying the transition from childhood to adult disorders. Both consortia welcome new collaborations. Policies and contact details are available from the corresponding authors of this manuscript and/or the consortium websites., We are grateful to all families and participants who took part in these studies. We also acknowledge and appreciate the unique efforts of the research teams and practitioners contributing to the collection of this wealth of data. C. M. M. is supported by funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 721567. J. F. F. has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 633595 (DynaHEALTH) and 733206 (LifeCycle). R. M. F. and R. N. B. are supported by Sir Henry Dale Fellowship (Wellcome Trust and Royal Society grant: WT104150). D. L. C. is funded by the American Diabetes Association Grant 1-17-PDF-077. D. O. M-K. was supported by Dutch Science Organization (ZonMW-VENI Grant 916.14.023). N. M. W. is supported by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council Early Career Fellowship (APP1104818). T. S. A. was partially funded by the Gene-Diet Interactions in Obesity (GENDINOB) project on behalf of GOYA male cohort data management and analyses and acknowledges the same. S. D. was supported by National Institute of Health Research. T. M. F. is supported by the European Research Council grant: 323195 SZ-245 50371-GLUCOSEGENES-FP7-IDEAS-ERC. The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research is an independent Research Center at the University of Copenhagen partially funded by an unrestricted donation from the Novo Nordisk Foundation (www.metabol.ku.dk).H.H.is funded by The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Endowed Chair in Genomic Research. A. T. H. is supported by the Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Awards (WT098395), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Senior Investigator Award (NF-SI-0611-10219). J. Hebebrand received grants from German Research Society, German Ministry of Education and Research. M-F. H. is currently supported by an American Diabetes Association (ADA) Pathway Program Accelerator Early Investigator Award (1-15-ACE-26). S. J. is supported by Helse Vest no. 23929, Bergen Forskningsstiftelse and KG Jebsen Foundation and University of Bergen. J. K. has been supported by the Academy of Finland Research Professor program (grants 265240 & 263278). J. P. K. is funded by a University of Queensland Development Fellowship (UQFEL1718945). H. L. has served as a speaker for Eli-Lilly and Shire and has received research grants from Shire; all outside the submitted work. C. M. L is supported by the Li Ka Shing Foundation, WT-SSI/John Fell funds and by the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, by Widenlife and NIH (5P50HD028138-27). S. E. M. was funded by an NHMRC Senior Reseach Fellowship (APP1103623). K. Panoutsopoulou is funded by a career development fellowship (grant 20308) and by the Wellcome Trust (WT098051). C. P. at UCL Institute of Child Health, with support from the National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust and University College London. I. P. was funded in part by the Wellcome Trust (WT205915), and the European Union's Horizon 2020 research, the European Union FP7-IDEAS-ERC Advanced Grant (GEPIDIAB, ERC-AG -ERC-294785), and innovation programme (DYNAhealth, H2020-PHC-2014-633595). R. C. R. is supported by CRUK (grant number C18281/A19169). J. G. S. is supported by an NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship Grant (APP1105807). J. T.; r is funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund (ESF), Convergence Programme for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly and the Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation Non-Clinical Fellowship. N. V-T. is funded by a pre-doctoral grant from the Agencia de Gestio d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) (2015 FI_B 00636), Generalitat de Catalunya. T. G. M. V was supported by ZonMW (TOP 40-00812-98-11010. J. F. W. is supported by the MRC Human Genetics Unit quinquennial programme QTL in Health and Disease. H. Y. is funded by Diabetes UK RD Lawrence fellowship (grant: 17/0005594). M. H. Z was supported by BBMRI-NL (CP2013-50). E. Z. is supported by the Wellcome Trust (098051). B. F. is supported by Novo Nordisk Foundation (12955) and an Oak Foundation Fellowship. S. S. and M-R. J. have received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme [under grant agreement No 633595] for the DynaHEALTH action. P. R. N. was supported by the European Research Council (ERC), University of Bergen, KG Jebsen and Helse Vest. G. D. S. works within the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol (MC_UU_12013/1). D. A. L was supported by the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP/2007-2013)/ERC Grant Agreement (Grant number 669545; DevelopObese), US National Institute of Health (grant: R01 DK10324), the UK Medical Research Council (grant: MC_UU_00011/6), Wellcome Trust GWAS grant (WT088806), an NIHR Senior Investigator Award (NF-SI-0611-10196) and the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol. L. Paternoster was supported by the UK Medical Research Council Unit grants MC_UU_12013_5. N. J. T. is a Wellcome Trust Investigator (202802/Z/16/Z), is the PI of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (MRC & WT 102215/2/13/2), is supported by the University of Bristol NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and works within the CRUK Integrative Cancer Epidemiology Programme (C18281/A19169). V.W.V.J. received an additional grant from the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (NWO, ZonMw-VIDI 016.136.361), a European Research Council Consolidator Grant (ERC-2014-CoG-648916) and funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 633595 (DynaHEALTH) and 733206 (LifeCycle). D. M. E. is funded by the UK Medical Research Council Unit grant MC_UU_12013_4, Australian Research Council Future Fellowship (FT130101709) and a NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship (GNT1137714). S. F. A. G. is funded by the Daniel B. Burke Endowed Chair for Diabetes Research and R01 HD056465. D. I. B. is supported by Spinozapremie (NWO-56-464-14192) and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Science Professor Award (PAH/6635) to DIB. M. I. M. is a Wellcome Senior Investgator and NIHR Senior Investigator supported by the Wellcome (090532, 098381, 203141), NIHR (NF-SI-0617-10090) and the US National Institute of Health (grant: R01 DK10324), the UK Medical Research Council (grant: MCiabetes UK RD Lawrence fellowship (grant: 17/0005594). M. H. Z was supported by BBMRI-NLNIHR Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford. The views expressed in this article are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR, or the Department of Health.

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2019

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Kee, Howson, Joanna M. M., Hoyng, Carel B., Huang, Paul L., Hveem, Kristian, Ikram, M. Arfan, Ingelsson, Erik, Jackson, Anne U., Jansson, Jan Håkan, Jarvik, Gail P., Jensen, Gorm B., Jhun, Min A., Jia, Yucheng, Jiang, Xuejuan, Johansson, Stefan, Jørgensen, Marit E., Jørgensen, Torben, Jousilahti, Pekka, Jukema, J. Wouter, Kahali, Bratati, Kahn, René S., Kähönen, Mika, Kamstrup, Pia R., Kanoni, Stavroula, Kaprio, Jaakko, Karaleftheri, Maria, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Karpe, Fredrik, Kee, Frank, Keeman, Renske, Kiemeney, Lambertus A., Kitajima, Hidetoshi, Kluivers, Kirsten B., Kocher, Thoma, Komulainen, Pirjo, Kontto, Jukka, Kooner, Jaspal S., Kooperberg, Charle, Kovacs, Peter, Kriebel, Jennifer, Kuivaniemi, Helena, Küry, Sébastien, Kuusisto, Johanna, LA BIANCA, Martina, Laakso, Markku, Lakka, Timo A., Lange, Ethan M., Lange, Leslie A., Langefeld, Carl D., Langenberg, Claudia, Larson, Eric B., Lee, I. Te, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lewis, Cora E., Li, Huaixing, Li, Jin, Li Gao, Ruifang, Lin, Honghuang, Lin, Li An, Lin, Xu, Lind, Lar, Lindström, Jaana, Linneberg, Allan, Liu, Yeheng, Liu, Yongmei, Lophatananon, Artitaya, Luan, Jian'An, Lubitz, Steven A., Lyytikäinen, Leo Pekka, Mackey, David A., Madden, Pamela A. F., Manning, Alisa K., Männistö, Satu, Marenne, Gaëlle, Marten, Jonathan, Martin, Nicholas G., Mazul, Angela L., Meidtner, Karina, Metspalu, Andre, Mitchell, Paul, Mohlke, Karen L., Mook Kanamori, Dennis O., Morgan, Anna, Morris, Andrew D., Morris, Andrew P., Müller Nurasyid, Martina, Munroe, Patricia B., Nalls, Mike A., Nauck, Matthia, Nelson, Christopher P., Neville, Matt, Nielsen, Sune F., Nikus, Kjell, Njølstad, Pål R., Nordestgaard, Børge G., Ntalla, Ioanna, O'Connel, Jeffrey R., Oksa, Heikki, Loohuis, Loes M. Olde, Ophoff, Roel A., Owen, Katharine R., Packard, Chris J., Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Palmer, Colin N. A., Pasterkamp, Gerard, Patel, Aniruddh P., Pattie, Alison, Pedersen, Oluf, Peissig, Peggy L., Peloso, Gina M., Pennell, Craig E., Perola, Marku, Perry, James A., Perry, John R. B., Person, Thomas N., Pirie, Ailith, Polasek, Ozren, Posthuma, Danielle, Raitakari, Olli T., Rasheed, Asif, Rauramaa, Rainer, Reilly, Dermot F., Reiner, Alex P., Renström, Frida, Ridker, Paul M., Rioux, John D., Robertson, Neil, Robino, Antonietta, Rolandsson, Olov, Rudan, Igor, Ruth, Katherine S., Saleheen, Danish, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J., Sandow, Kevin, Sapkota, Yadav, Sattar, Naveed, Schmidt, Marjanka K., Schreiner, Pamela J., Schulze, Matthias B., Scott, Robert A., Segura Lepe, Marcelo P., Shah, Svati, Sim, Xueling, Sivapalaratnam, Suthesh, Small, Kerrin S., Smith, Albert Vernon, Smith, Jennifer A., Southam, Lorraine, Spector, Timothy D., Speliotes, Elizabeth K., Starr, John M., Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Stringham, Heather M., Stumvoll, Michael, Surendran, Praveen, Hart'T, Leen M., Tansey, Katherine E., Tardif, Jean Claude, Taylor, Kent D., Teumer, Alexander, Thompson, Deborah J., Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Thuesen, Betina H., Tönjes, Anke, Tromp, Gerard, Trompet, Stella, Tsafantakis, Emmanouil, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Tybjaerg Hansen, Anne, Tyrer, Jonathan P., Uher, Rudolf, Uitterlinden, André G., Ulivi, Sheila, Van Der Laan, Sander W., Van Der Leij, Andries R., Van Duijn, Cornelia M., Van Schoor, Natasja M., Van Setten, Jessica, Varbo, Anette, Varga, Tibor V., Varma, Rohit, Velez Edwards, Digna R., Vermeulen, Sita H., Vestergaard, Henrik, Vitart, Veronique, Vogt, Thomas F., Vozzi, Diego, Walker, Mark, Wang, Feijie, Wang, Carol A., Wang, Shuai, Wang, Yiqin, Wareham, Nicholas J., Warren, Helen R., Wessel, Jennifer, Willems, Sara M., Wilson, James G., Witte, Daniel R., Woods, Michael O., Wu, Ying, Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Yao, Jie, Yao, Pang, Yerges Armstrong, Laura M., Young, Robin, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Zhan, Xiaowei, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zhao, Wei, Zheng, He, Zhou, Wei, Rotter, Jerome I., Boehnke, Michael, Kathiresan, Sekar, Mccarthy, Mark I., Willer, Cristen J., Stefansson, Kari, Borecki, Ingrid B., Liu, Dajiang J., North, Kari E., Heard Costa, Nancy L., Pers, Tune H., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Oxvig, Clau, Kutalik, Zoltán, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Loos, Ruth J. F., Frayling, Timothy M., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Deloukas, Pano, Lettre, Guillaume, Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology, ACS - Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Vascular Medicine, ACS - Atherosclerosis & ischemic syndromes, Internal Medicine, Epidemiology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Neurology, Complex Trait Genetics, Amsterdam Neuroscience - Complex Trait Genetics, British Heart Foundation, Medical Research Council (MRC), Wellcome Trust, National Institute for Health Research, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust- BRC Funding, Action on Hearing Loss, Home Office, National Institutes of Health, Public Health England, EPIC-InterAct Consortium, CHD Exome+ Consortium, ExomeBP Consortium, T2D-Genes Consortium, GoT2D Genes Consortium, Global Lipids Genetics Consortium, ReproGen Consortium, MAGIC Investigators, Physiology, Human genetics, APH - Personalized Medicine, APH - Aging & Later Life, Epidemiology and Data Science, and Amsterdam Reproduction & Development (AR&D)

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0301 basic medicine, Male, ReproGen Consortium, Multifactorial Inheritance, Genome-wide association study, Sensory disorders Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience [Radboudumc 12], Androgen, ADAMTS Proteins, Gene Frequency, Missing heritability problem, MISSING HERITABILITY, Receptors, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A, Aetiology, Non-U.S. Gov't, Glycosaminoglycans, Genetics, Multidisciplinary, Genome, CHD Exome+ Consortium, Medicine (all), Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, T2D-Genes Consortium, Global Lipids Genetics Consortium, Multidisciplinary Sciences, Phenotype, NADPH Oxidase 4, Receptors, Androgen, Urological cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 15], Interferon Regulatory Factors, Science & Technology - Other Topics, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Female, Proteoglycans, EPIC-InterAct Consortium, ExomeBP Consortium, Common disease-common variant, Human, Adult, General Science & Technology, Biology, Development, Research Support, Article, GENETIC ARCHITECTURE, N.I.H, 03 medical and health sciences, MAGIC Investigators, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Somatomedins, Genetic variation, MD Multidisciplinary, Journal Article, gene, height, rare, Humans, Hedgehog Proteins, Interleukin-11 Receptor alpha Subunit, Allele, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, Gene, Allele frequency, Alleles, Genetic association, Genetic association study, Glycoproteins, Science & Technology, MUTATIONS, Genome, Human, ta1184, Human Genome, Extramural, Genetic Variation, NADPH Oxidases, ta3121, Body Height, INTERLEUKIN-11, Reconstructive and regenerative medicine Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 10], MICE, 030104 developmental biology, GoT2D Genes Consortium, Proteolysis, Procollagen N-Endopeptidase, Cell Adhesion Molecules
Abstract

Contains fulltext : 169801.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) Height is a highly heritable, classic polygenic trait with approximately 700 common associated variants identified through genome-wide association studies so far. Here, we report 83 height-associated coding variants with lower minor-allele frequencies (in the range of 0.1-4.8%) and effects of up to 2 centimetres per allele (such as those in IHH, STC2, AR and CRISPLD2), greater than ten times the average effect of common variants. In functional follow-up studies, rare height-increasing alleles of STC2 (giving an increase of 1-2 centimetres per allele) compromised proteolytic inhibition of PAPP-A and increased cleavage of IGFBP-4 in vitro, resulting in higher bioavailability of insulin-like growth factors. These 83 height-associated variants overlap genes that are mutated in monogenic growth disorders and highlight new biological candidates (such as ADAMTS3, IL11RA and NOX4) and pathways (such as proteoglycan and glycosaminoglycan synthesis) involved in growth. Our results demonstrate that sufficiently large sample sizes can uncover rare and low-frequency variants of moderate-to-large effect associated with polygenic human phenotypes, and that these variants implicate relevant genes and pathways.

Published
2017

31. Genetic predisposition to an impaired metabolism of the branched chain amino acids and risk of type 2 diabetes: A Mendelian randomisation analysis

Author

Lotta, Luca A., Scott, Robert A., Sharp, Stephen J., Burgess, Stephen, Luan, Jian’an, Tillin, Therese, Schmidt, Amand F., Imamura, Fumiaki, Stewart, Isobel D., Perry, John R. B., Marney, Luke, Koulman, Albert, Karoly, Edward D., Forouhi, Nita G., Sjögren, Rasmus J. O., Näslund, Erik, Zierath, Juleen R., Krook, Anna, Savage, David B., Griffin, Julian L., Chaturvedi, Nishi, Hingorani, Aroon D., Khaw, Kay-Tee, Barroso, Inês, McCarthy, Mark I., O’Rahilly, Stephen, Wareham, Nicholas J., Langenberg, Claudia, Sharp, Stephen [0000-0003-2375-1440], Burgess, Stephen [0000-0001-5365-8760], Luan, Jian'an [0000-0003-3137-6337], Imamura, Fumiaki [0000-0002-6841-8396], Perry, John [0000-0001-6483-3771], Koulman, Albert [0000-0001-9998-051X], Forouhi, Nita [0000-0002-5041-248X], Savage, David [0000-0002-7857-7032], Griffin, Julian [0000-0003-1336-7744], Khaw, Kay-Tee [0000-0002-8802-2903], Barroso, Ines [0000-0001-5800-4520], O'Rahilly, Stephen [0000-0003-2199-4449], Wareham, Nicholas [0000-0003-1422-2993], Langenberg, Claudia [0000-0002-5017-7344], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

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Male, Biochemistry, Endocrinology, Mathematical and Statistical Techniques, Risk Factors, Medicine and Health Sciences, Prospective Studies, Amino Acids, 11 Medical and Health Sciences, Organic Compounds, Valine, Middle Aged, Type 2 Diabetes, Chemistry, Physical Sciences, Amino Acid Analysis, Medicine, Metabolic Pathways, Statistics (Mathematics), Research Article, Adult, Endocrine Disorders, Research and Analysis Methods, Young Adult, Leucine, General & Internal Medicine, Diabetes Mellitus, Genetics, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Isoleucine, Statistical Methods, Molecular Biology Techniques, Molecular Biology, Aged, Sweden, Molecular Biology Assays and Analysis Techniques, Organic Chemistry, Chemical Compounds, Biology and Life Sciences, Proteins, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Metabolism, Aliphatic Amino Acids, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Genetic Loci, Metabolic Disorders, Mathematics, Amino Acids, Branched-Chain, Meta-Analysis, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

Background Higher circulating levels of the branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs; i.e., isoleucine, leucine, and valine) are strongly associated with higher type 2 diabetes risk, but it is not known whether this association is causal. We undertook large-scale human genetic analyses to address this question. Methods and Findings Genome-wide studies of BCAA levels in 16,596 individuals revealed five genomic regions associated at genome-wide levels of significance (p < 5 × 10−8). The strongest signal was 21 kb upstream of the PPM1K gene (beta in standard deviations [SDs] of leucine per allele = 0.08, p = 3.9 × 10−25), encoding an activator of the mitochondrial branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase (BCKD) responsible for the rate-limiting step in BCAA catabolism. In another analysis, in up to 47,877 cases of type 2 diabetes and 267,694 controls, a genetically predicted difference of 1 SD in amino acid level was associated with an odds ratio for type 2 diabetes of 1.44 (95% CI 1.26–1.65, p = 9.5 × 10−8) for isoleucine, 1.85 (95% CI 1.41–2.42, p = 7.3 × 10−6) for leucine, and 1.54 (95% CI 1.28–1.84, p = 4.2 × 10−6) for valine. Estimates were highly consistent with those from prospective observational studies of the association between BCAA levels and incident type 2 diabetes in a meta-analysis of 1,992 cases and 4,319 non-cases. Metabolome-wide association analyses of BCAA-raising alleles revealed high specificity to the BCAA pathway and an accumulation of metabolites upstream of branched-chain alpha-ketoacid oxidation, consistent with reduced BCKD activity. Limitations of this study are that, while the association of genetic variants appeared highly specific, the possibility of pleiotropic associations cannot be entirely excluded. Similar to other complex phenotypes, genetic scores used in the study captured a limited proportion of the heritability in BCAA levels. Therefore, it is possible that only some of the mechanisms that increase BCAA levels or affect BCAA metabolism are implicated in type 2 diabetes. Conclusions Evidence from this large-scale human genetic and metabolomic study is consistent with a causal role of BCAA metabolism in the aetiology of type 2 diabetes., Claudia Langenberg and colleagues show that high circulating branched chain amino acids associate with future risk of type 2 diabetes., Author Summary Why Was This Study Done? Higher circulating levels of isoleucine, leucine, and valine, i.e., the branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs), are strongly associated with the risk of future type 2 diabetes. It is not known if this association reflects a causal relationship. It is important to assess the aetiologic nature of this relationship. If it is causal, then intervening on BCAA levels or metabolism may reduce the risk of diabetes. What Did the Researchers Do and Find? We used a human genetics framework known as “Mendelian randomisation” to study this question. Mendelian randomisation postulates that if a biomarker is causally implicated in a disease, then genetic variants specifically associated with that biomarker should also be associated with the disease. In a meta-analysis of 1,992 incident cases of type 2 diabetes and 4,319 non-cases, we found strong associations between higher levels of each of the BCAAs and a higher risk of type 2 diabetes. In a genome-wide meta-analysis of 16,596 individuals, we identified five genomic regions where common genetic variants were associated with BCAA levels. In a meta-analysis of genetic association studies including 47,877 cases of type 2 diabetes and 267,694 controls, a genetically predicted difference of one standard deviation in amino acid level was associated with an odds ratio of type 2 diabetes of 1.44 (95% confidence interval 1.26–1.65) for isoleucine, 1.85 (1.41–2.42) for leucine, and 1.54 (1.28–1.84) for valine. What Do These Findings Mean? Evidence from this large-scale human genetic and metabolomic study is consistent with a causal role of BCAA metabolism in the aetiology of type 2 diabetes. Possible limitations of the study included the possibility of non-specific associations of the genetic variants included in the study (i.e., “pleiotropy”) and the relatively low proportion of heritability in BCAA levels explained by the identified genetic variants.

Published
2016

32. Genome-wide association study for risk taking propensity indicates shared pathways with body mass index

Author

Clifton, Emma AD, Perry, John RB, Imamura, Fumiaki, Lotta, Luca A, Brage, Soren, Forouhi, Nita G, Griffin, Simon J, Wareham, Nicholas J, Ong, Ken K, Day, Felix R, Imamura, Fumiaki [0000-0002-6841-8396], Day, Felix R [0000-0003-3789-7651], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

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Population & Society, 0604 Genetics, Generic Health Relevance, FOS: Biological sciences, Prevention, Human Genome, Genetics, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Public Health
Abstract

Risk-taking propensity is a trait of significant public health relevance but few specific genetic factors are known. Here we perform a genome-wide association study of self-reported risk-taking propensity among 436,236 white European UK Biobank study participants. We identify genome-wide associations at 26 loci (P < 5 × 10-8), 24 of which are novel, implicating genes enriched in the GABA and GABA receptor pathways. Modelling the relationship between risk-taking propensity and body mass index (BMI) using Mendelian randomisation shows a positive association (0.25 approximate SDs of BMI (SE: 0.06); P = 6.7 × 10-5). The impact of individual SNPs is heterogeneous, indicating a complex relationship arising from multiple shared pathways. We identify positive genetic correlations between risk-taking and waist-hip ratio, childhood obesity, ever smoking, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, alongside a negative correlation with women's age at first birth. These findings highlight that behavioural pathways involved in risk-taking propensity may play a role in obesity, smoking and psychiatric disorders.

Published
2018

33. Investigating the Causal Relationship of C-Reactive Protein with 32 Complex Somatic and Psychiatric Outcomes : A Large-Scale Cross-Consortium Mendelian Randomization Study

Author

Prins, Bram P., Abbasi, Ali, Wong, Anson, Vaez, Ahmad, Nolte, Ilja, Franceschini, Nora, Stuart, Philip E., Guterriez Achury, Javier, Mistry, Vanisha, Bradfield, Jonathan P., Valdes, Ana M., Bras, Jose, Shatunov, Aleksey, Lu, Chen, Han, Buhm, Raychaudhuri, Soumya, Bevan, Steve, Mayes, Maureen D., Tsoi, Lam C., Evangelou, Evangelos, Nair, Rajan P., Grant, Struan F. A., Polychronakos, Constantin, Radstake, Timothy R. D., van Heel, David A., Dunstan, Melanie L., Wood, Nicholas W., Al-Chalabi, Ammar, Dehghan, Abbas, Hakonarson, Hakon, Markus, Hugh S., Elder, James T., Knight, Jo, Arking, Dan E., Spector, Timothy D., Koeleman, Bobby P. C., van Duijn, Cornelia M., Martin, Javier, Morris, Andrew P., Weersma, Rinse K., Wijmenga, Cisca, Munroe, Patricia B., Perry, John R. B., Pouget, Jennie G., Jamshidi, Yalda, Snieder, Harold, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z., Williams, Julie, PAGE Consortium, International Stroke Genetics Consortium, Systemic Sclerosis consortium, Treat OA consortium, DIAGRAM Consortium, CARDIoGRAMplusC4D Consortium, ALS consortium, International Parkinson’s Disease Genomics Consortium, Autism Spectrum Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, CKDGen consortium, GERAD1 Consortium, International Consortium for Blood Pressure, Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Inflammation Working Group of the CHARGE Consortium, Life Course Epidemiology (LCE), Groningen Institute for Gastro Intestinal Genetics and Immunology (3GI), Real World Studies in PharmacoEpidemiology, -Genetics, -Economics and -Therapy (PEGET), Epidemiology, Markus, Hugh [0000-0002-9794-5996], Perry, John [0000-0001-6483-3771], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

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0301 basic medicine, Knees, Social Sciences, Blood Pressure, Vascular Medicine, Biochemistry, PAGE Consortium, chemistry.chemical_compound, 0302 clinical medicine, Sociology, Consortia, Treat OA consortium, GENETIC-VARIANTS, Medicine and Health Sciences, CARDIoGRAMplusC4D Consortium, Medicine, ALS consortium, SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCUS, Musculoskeletal System, ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY, Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, biology, Mental Disorders, COMMON VARIANTS, BIPOLAR DISORDER, Genomics, 11 Medical And Health Sciences, General Medicine, International Parkinson’s Disease Genomics Consortium, 3. Good health, C-Reactive Protein, Immune System Diseases, CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE, International Consortium for Blood Pressure, Legs, Anatomy, Autism Spectrum Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Research Article, Biotechnology, medicine.medical_specialty, Genotype, Heart Diseases, Systemic Sclerosis consortium, Renal function, DIAGRAM Consortium, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, International Stroke Genetics Consortium, 03 medical and health sciences, Rheumatology, Metabolic Diseases, General & Internal Medicine, Statistical significance, Mental Health and Psychiatry, Osteoarthritis, Mendelian randomization, Genetics, Genome-Wide Association Studies, Journal Article, Humans, CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, Psychiatry, Molecular Biology, Inflammation Working Group of the CHARGE Consortium, Creatinine, Mood Disorders, business.industry, Arthritis, Limbs (Anatomy), C-reactive protein, Biology and Life Sciences, Computational Biology, Human Genetics, Odds ratio, Cell Biology, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Genome Analysis, GERAD1 Consortium, RISK LOCI, BODY-MASS INDEX, 030104 developmental biology, Blood pressure, chemistry, CKDGen consortium, Genetics of Disease, C400 Genetics, Schizophrenia, RC0321, biology.protein, business, Body mass index, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

Background C-reactive protein (CRP) is associated with immune, cardiometabolic, and psychiatric traits and diseases. Yet it is inconclusive whether these associations are causal. Methods and Findings We performed Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses using two genetic risk scores (GRSs) as instrumental variables (IVs). The first GRS consisted of four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the CRP gene (GRSCRP), and the second consisted of 18 SNPs that were significantly associated with CRP levels in the largest genome-wide association study (GWAS) to date (GRSGWAS). To optimize power, we used summary statistics from GWAS consortia and tested the association of these two GRSs with 32 complex somatic and psychiatric outcomes, with up to 123,865 participants per outcome from populations of European ancestry. We performed heterogeneity tests to disentangle the pleiotropic effect of IVs. A Bonferroni-corrected significance level of less than 0.0016 was considered statistically significant. An observed p-value equal to or less than 0.05 was considered nominally significant evidence for a potential causal association, yet to be confirmed. The strengths (F-statistics) of the IVs were 31.92–3,761.29 and 82.32–9,403.21 for GRSCRP and GRSGWAS, respectively. CRP GRSGWAS showed a statistically significant protective relationship of a 10% genetically elevated CRP level with the risk of schizophrenia (odds ratio [OR] 0.86 [95% CI 0.79–0.94]; p < 0.001). We validated this finding with individual-level genotype data from the schizophrenia GWAS (OR 0.96 [95% CI 0.94–0.98]; p < 1.72 × 10−6). Further, we found that a standardized CRP polygenic risk score (CRPPRS) at p-value thresholds of 1 × 10−4, 0.001, 0.01, 0.05, and 0.1 using individual-level data also showed a protective effect (OR < 1.00) against schizophrenia; the first CRPPRS (built of SNPs with p < 1 × 10−4) showed a statistically significant (p < 2.45 × 10−4) protective effect with an OR of 0.97 (95% CI 0.95–0.99). The CRP GRSGWAS showed that a 10% increase in genetically determined CRP level was significantly associated with coronary artery disease (OR 0.88 [95% CI 0.84–0.94]; p < 2.4 × 10−5) and was nominally associated with the risk of inflammatory bowel disease (OR 0.85 [95% CI 0.74–0.98]; p < 0.03), Crohn disease (OR 0.81 [95% CI 0.70–0.94]; p < 0.005), psoriatic arthritis (OR 1.36 [95% CI 1.00–1.84]; p < 0.049), knee osteoarthritis (OR 1.17 [95% CI 1.01–1.36]; p < 0.04), and bipolar disorder (OR 1.21 [95% CI 1.05–1.40]; p < 0.007) and with an increase of 0.72 (95% CI 0.11–1.34; p < 0.02) mm Hg in systolic blood pressure, 0.45 (95% CI 0.06–0.84; p < 0.02) mm Hg in diastolic blood pressure, 0.01 ml/min/1.73 m2 (95% CI 0.003–0.02; p < 0.005) in estimated glomerular filtration rate from serum creatinine, 0.01 g/dl (95% CI 0.0004–0.02; p < 0.04) in serum albumin level, and 0.03 g/dl (95% CI 0.008–0.05; p < 0.009) in serum protein level. However, after adjustment for heterogeneity, neither GRS showed a significant effect of CRP level (at p < 0.0016) on any of these outcomes, including coronary artery disease, nor on the other 20 complex outcomes studied. Our study has two potential limitations: the limited variance explained by our genetic instruments modeling CRP levels in blood and the unobserved bias introduced by the use of summary statistics in our MR analyses. Conclusions Genetically elevated CRP levels showed a significant potentially protective causal relationship with risk of schizophrenia. We observed nominal evidence at an observed p < 0.05 using either GRSCRP or GRSGWAS—with persistence after correction for heterogeneity—for a causal relationship of elevated CRP levels with psoriatic osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, knee osteoarthritis, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, serum albumin, and bipolar disorder. These associations remain yet to be confirmed. We cannot verify any causal effect of CRP level on any of the other common somatic and neuropsychiatric outcomes investigated in the present study. This implies that interventions that lower CRP level are unlikely to result in decreased risk for the majority of common complex outcomes., Using genetic instruments, Behrooz Z. Alizadeh and colleagues examine the hypothesis that increased CRP levels play a causal role in common somatic and psychiatric conditions., Editors' Summary Background Inflammation is an important part of the human immune response, the network of cells and molecules that protects the body from attack by pathogens (infectious organisms) and from harmful substances and foreign particles (for example, splinters). When human cells are attacked by pathogens or injured by trauma or chemicals, molecules called inflammatory mediators induce fluid leakage from the blood vessels into the damaged tissue and attract “phagocytes” (a type of immune cell) to the site of infection or injury to “eat” the germs and dead or damaged cells. The end result is inflammation, which is characterized by swelling, redness, heat, and pain. The inflammatory response, although unpleasant, limits the damage caused by foreign invaders or chemicals by preventing further contact with body tissues. Sometimes, however, inflammation can be harmful. Persistent dysregulation of the inflammatory response is implicated in numerous somatic disorders (diseases that affect the body, such as cardiovascular disease) and neuropsychiatric disorders (mental disorders attributable to diseases of the nervous system, such as schizophrenia). Why Was This Study Done? Observational studies suggest that increased blood levels of C-reactive protein (CRP, an inflammatory protein) are associated with certain somatic and neuropsychiatric disorders. But observational studies cannot prove that changes in CRP levels actually cause any of these disorders. It could be that the individuals who develop a specific disease and who have a high CRP level also share another unknown characteristic that is actually responsible for disease development (confounding). Alternatively, it could be that the disease itself increases CRP levels (reverse causation). It is important to know whether CRP is causally involved in the development of specific diseases because it might then be possible to prevent or treat these diseases using drugs that control CRP levels. Here, the researchers undertake a Mendelian randomization study to determine whether CRP has a causal relationship with 32 common complex somatic and neuropsychiatric outcomes. Because gene variants are inherited randomly, they are not prone to confounding and are free from reverse causation. So, if CRP levels actually cause a specific somatic or neuropsychiatric disease, genetic variants that affect CRP levels should be associated with an altered risk for that disease. What Did the Researchers Do and Find? The researchers used data collected by several consortia involved in large genome-wide association studies (studies that ask whether specific genetic changes across the whole human genome, or blueprint, are associated with specific diseases) to look for associations between 32 somatic and neuropsychiatric outcomes and two genetic risk scores (GRSs) for CRP level. GRSCRP consisted of four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs; a type of genetic variant) in the gene encoding CRP; GRSGWAS consisted of 18 SNPs that were associated with CRP level in a genome-wide association study. The researchers report that a genetically increased CRP level was significantly associated with a reduced risk of schizophrenia (a significant association is one unlikely to have arisen by chance). In addition, they found a nominally significant association (an association that needs to be confirmed) between genetically increased CRP levels and an increased risk of knee osteoarthritis, raised diastolic and systolic blood pressure, and bipolar disorder. Notably, there was no evidence for an effect of genetically increased CRP levels on any of the other 27 outcomes studied. What Do These Findings Mean? These findings suggest that genetically raised levels of CRP are causally associated with protection against schizophrenia, an unexpected finding given other recent studies that suggest that raised CRP levels and brain inflammation predispose individuals to schizophrenia. The findings also provide preliminary evidence that genetically raised levels of CRP may be causally associated with an increased risk of raised blood pressure, knee arthritis, and bipolar disorder. The lack of any association between genetically raised levels of CRP and the other outcomes studied suggests, however, that many previously identified disease-associated rises in CRP levels might be a response to the disease process rather than a cause of these diseases. Like all Mendelian randomization studies, the reliability of these findings depends on the validity of several assumptions made by the researchers and on the ability of the GRSs used in the study to explain variations in CRP level. Importantly, however, these findings suggest that interventions designed to lower CRP level are unlikely to decrease the risk of people developing the majority of common complex somatic and neuropsychiatric outcomes. Additional Information This list of resources contains links that can be accessed when viewing the PDF on a device or via the online version of the article at http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001976. Wikipedia has pages on inflammation, C-reactive protein, and Mendelian randomization (note: Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit; available in several languages) The MedlinePlus encyclopedia has a page on C-reactive protein (in English and Spanish) The American Heart Association provides a short article on inflammation and heart disease A UK National Health Service “Behind the Headlines” article explains a recent study that found an association between immune activity in the brain and schizophrenia

Published
2016

34. Integrative genomic analysis implicates limited peripheral adipose storage capacity in the pathogenesis of human insulin resistance

Author

Lotta, Luca A., Gulati, Pawan, Day, Felix R., Payne, Felicity, Ongen, Halit, Van De Bunt, Martijn, Gaulton, Kyle J., Eicher, John D., Sharp, Stephen J., Luan, Jian'an, De Lucia Rolfe, Emanuella, Stewart, Isobel D., Wheeler, Eleanor, Willems, Sara M., Adams, Claire, Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Forouhi, Nita G., Kerrison, Nicola D., Sims, Matt, Lucarelli, Debora M E, Deloukas, Panos, McCarthy, Mark I., Arriola, Larraitz, Balkau, Beverley, Barricarte, Aurelio, Boeing, Heiner, Franks, Paul W., Gonzalez, Carlos, Grioni, Sara, Kaaks, Rudolf, Key, Timothy J., Navarro, Carmen, Nilsson, Peter M., Overvad, Kim, Palli, Domenico, Panico, Salvatore, Quirós, J. Ramón, Rolandsson, Olov, Sacerdote, Carlotta, Salamanca-Fernández, Elena, Slimani, Nadia, Tjonneland, Anne, Tumino, Rosario, Spijkerman, Annemieke M W, Van Der A, Daphne L., Van Der Schouw, Yvonne T., Riboli, Elio, Semple, Robert K., Stears, Anna, George, Stella, Walker, Mark, Gurnell, Ellie, Maguire, Deirdre, Mukhtar, Rasha, Nag, Sath, Adler, Amanda, Soeters, Maarten R., Laji, Ken, Watt, Alistair, Aylwin, Simon, Johnson, Andrew, Rayman, Gerry, Hanna, Fahmy, Ellard, Sian, Ross, Richard, Blaslov, Kristina, Duvnjak, Lea Smirčić, Khaw, Kay Tee, Johnson, Andrew D., Frayling, Timothy, Perry, John R B, Dermitzakis, Emmanouil, Barroso, Inês, Wareham, Nicholas J., Savage, David B., Langenberg, Claudia, O'Rahilly, Stephen, Scott, Robert A., AGEM - Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism, Endocrinology, Day, Felix [0000-0003-3789-7651], Sharp, Stephen [0000-0003-2375-1440], Luan, Jian'an [0000-0003-3137-6337], De Lucia Rolfe, Emanuella [0000-0003-3542-2767], Wheeler, Eleanor [0000-0002-8616-6444], Adams, Claire [0000-0002-4445-4747], Forouhi, Nita [0000-0002-5041-248X], Khaw, Kay-Tee [0000-0002-8802-2903], Semple, Robert [0000-0001-6539-3069], Perry, John [0000-0001-6483-3771], Barroso, Ines [0000-0001-5800-4520], Wareham, Nicholas [0000-0003-1422-2993], Savage, David [0000-0002-7857-7032], Langenberg, Claudia [0000-0002-5017-7344], O'Rahilly, Stephen [0000-0003-2199-4449], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

Subjects
0301 basic medicine, Blood Glucose, Male, Adipose tissue, Genome-wide association study, Medical and Health Sciences, Body Mass Index, Pathogenesis, chemistry.chemical_compound, Mice, 0302 clinical medicine, Adipocyte, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Insulin, Cambridge FPLD1 Consortium, ddc:576.5, Aetiology, health care economics and organizations, Adiposity, Diabetes, 11 Medical And Health Sciences, Fasting, Genomics, Biological Sciences, Phenotype, Adipose Tissue, Cardiovascular Diseases, Medical genetics, epidemiology, Female, EPIC-InterAct Consortium, medicine.medical_specialty, 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, Biology, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, Insulin resistance, Metabolic Diseases, Clinical Research, Internal medicine, medicine, Genetics, Journal Article, metabolic disorders, Animals, Humans, Comparative Study, Obesity, Metabolic and endocrine, Triglycerides, Integrative genomic analysis, peripheral adipose storage capacity, human insulin resistance, Animal, Human Genome, Cholesterol, HDL, population genetics, 06 Biological Sciences, medicine.disease, Familial partial lipodystrophy, Disease Models, Animal, 030104 developmental biology, Endocrinology, chemistry, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Genetic Loci, Case-Control Studies, Disease Models, Insulin Resistance, Developmental Biology, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

Insulin resistance is a key mediator of obesity-related cardiometabolic disease, yet the mechanisms underlying this link remain obscure. Using an integrative genomic approach, we identify 53 genomic regions associated with insulin resistance phenotypes (higher fasting insulin levels adjusted for BMI, lower HDL cholesterol levels and higher triglyceride levels) and provide evidence that their link with higher cardiometabolic risk is underpinned by an association with lower adipose mass in peripheral compartments. Using these 53 loci, we show a polygenic contribution to familial partial lipodystrophy type 1, a severe form of insulin resistance, and highlight shared molecular mechanisms in common/mild and rare/severe insulin resistance. Population-level genetic analyses combined with experiments in cellular models implicate CCDC92, DNAH10 and L3MBTL3 as previously unrecognized molecules influencing adipocyte differentiation. Our findings support the notion that limited storage capacity of peripheral adipose tissue is an important etiological component in insulin-resistant cardiometabolic disease and highlight genes and mechanisms underpinning this link.

Published
2016

35. The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease

Author

Walter, Klaudia, Min, Josine L., Huang, Jie, Crooks, Lucy, Memari, Yasin, McCarthy, Shane, Perry, John R. B., Xu, ChangJiang, Futema, Marta, Lawson, Daniel, Iotchkova, Valentina, Schiffels, Stephan, Hendricks, Audrey E., Danecek, Petr, Li, Rui, Floyd, James, Wain, Louise V., Barroso, Inês, Humphries, Steve E., Hurles, Matthew E., Zeggini, Eleftheria, Barrett, Jeffrey C., Plagnol, Vincent, Brent Richards, J., Greenwood, Celia M. T., Timpson, Nicholas J., Durbin, Richard, Soranzo, Nicole, Bala, Senduran, Clapham, Peter, Coates, Guy, Cox, Tony, Daly, Allan, Du, Yuanping, Edkins, Sarah, Ellis, Peter, Flicek, Paul, Guo, Xiaosen, Guo, Xueqin, Huang, Liren, Jackson, David K., Joyce, Chris, Keane, Thomas, Kolb-Kokocinski, Anja, Langford, Cordelia, Li, Yingrui, Liang, Jieqin, Lin, Hong, Liu, Ryan, Maslen, John, Muddyman, Dawn, Quail, Michael A., Stalker, Jim, Sun, Jianping, Tian, Jing, Wang, Guangbiao, Wang, Jun, Wang, Yu, Wong, Kim, Zhang, Pingbo, Birney, Ewan, Boustred, Chris, Chen, Lu, Clement, Gail, Cocca, Massimiliano, Davey Smith, George, Day, Ian N. M., Day-Williams, Aaron, Down, Thomas, Dunham, Ian, Evans, David M., Gaunt, Tom R., Geihs, Matthias, Hart, Deborah, Howie, Bryan, Hubbard, Tim, Hysi, Pirro, Jamshidi, Yalda, Karczewski, Konrad J., Kemp, John P., Lachance, Genevieve, Lek, Monkol, Lopes, Margarida, MacArthur, Daniel G., Marchini, Jonathan, Mangino, Massimo, Mathieson, Iain, Metrustry, Sarah, Moayyeri, Alireza, Northstone, Kate, Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope, Paternoster, Lavinia, Quaye, Lydia, Ring, Susan, Ritchie, Graham R. S., Shihab, Hashem A., Shin, So-Youn, Small, Kerrin S., Soler Artigas, María, Southam, Lorraine, Spector, Timothy D., St Pourcain, Beate, Surdulescu, Gabriela, Tachmazidou, Ioanna, Tobin, Martin D., Valdes, Ana M., Visscher, Peter M., Ward, Kirsten, Wilson, Scott G., Yang, Jian, Zhang, Feng, Zheng, Hou-Feng, Anney, Richard, Ayub, Muhammad, Blackwood, Douglas, Bolton, Patrick F., Breen, Gerome, Collier, David A., Craddock, Nick, Curran, Sarah, Curtis, David, Gallagher, Louise, Geschwind, Daniel, Gurling, Hugh, Holmans, Peter, Lee, Irene, Lönnqvist, Jouko, McGuffin, Peter, McIntosh, Andrew M., McKechanie, Andrew G., McQuillin, Andrew, Morris, James, O'Donovan, Michael C., Owen, Michael J., Palotie, Aarno, Parr, Jeremy R., Paunio, Tiina, Pietilainen, Olli, Rehnström, Karola, Sharp, Sally I., Skuse, David, St Clair, David, Suvisaari, Jaana, Walters, James T. R., Williams, Hywel J., Bochukova, Elena, Bounds, Rebecca, Dominiczak, Anna, Farooqi, I. Sadaf, Keogh, Julia, Marenne, Gaëlle, Morris, Andrew, O'Rahilly, Stephen, Porteous, David J., Smith, Blair H., Wheeler, Eleanor, Al Turki, Saeed, Anderson, Carl A., Antony, Dinu, Beales, Phil, Bentham, Jamie, Bhattacharya, Shoumo, Calissano, Mattia, Carss, Keren, Chatterjee, Krishna, Cirak, Sebahattin, Cosgrove, Catherine, Fitzpatrick, David R., Reghan Foley, A., Franklin, Christopher S., Grozeva, Detelina, Mitchison, Hannah M., Muntoni, Francesco, Onoufriadis, Alexandros, Parker, Victoria, Payne, Felicity, Lucy Raymond, F., Roberts, Nicola, Savage, David B., Scambler, Peter, Schmidts, Miriam, Schoenmakers, Nadia, Semple, Robert K., Serra, Eva, Spasic-Boskovic, Olivera, Stevens, Elizabeth, van Kogelenberg, Margriet, Vijayarangakannan, Parthiban, Williamson, Kathleen A., Wilson, Crispian, Whyte, Tamieka, Ciampi, Antonio, Oualkacha, Karim, Bobrow, Martin, Griffin, Heather, Kaye, Jane, Kennedy, Karen, Kent, Alastair, Smee, Carol, Charlton, Ruth, Ekong, Rosemary, Khawaja, Farrah, Lopes, Luis R., Migone, Nicola, Payne, Stewart J., Pollitt, Rebecca C., Povey, Sue, Ridout, Cheryl K., Robinson, Rachel L., Scott, Richard H., Shaw, Adam, Syrris, Petros, Taylor, Rohan, Vandersteen, Anthony M., Amuzu, Antoinette, Pablo Casas, Juan, Chambers, John C., Dedoussis, George, Gambaro, Giovanni, Gasparini, Paolo, Isaacs, Aaron, Johnson, Jon, Kleber, Marcus E., Kooner, Jaspal S., Langenberg, Claudia, Luan, Jian'an, Malerba, Giovanni, März, Winfried, Matchan, Angela, Morris, Richard, Nordestgaard, Børge G., Benn, Marianne, Scott, Robert A., Toniolo, Daniela, Traglia, Michela, Tybjaerg-Hansen, Anne, van Duijn, Cornelia M., van Leeuwen, Elisabeth M., Varbo, Anette, Whincup, Peter, Zaza, Gianluigi, Zhang, Weihua, Civil Law, Epidemiology, Clinicum, Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, Aarno Palotie / Principal Investigator, Genomics of Neurological and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Palotie, Aarno, Walter, Klaudia, Min, Josine L., Huang, Jie, Crooks, Lucy, Memari, Yasin, Mccarthy, Shane, Perry, John R. B., Xu, Changjiang, Futema, Marta, Lawson, Daniel, Iotchkova, Valentina, Schiffels, Stephan, Hendricks, Audrey E., Danecek, Petr, Li, Rui, Floyd, Jame, Wain, Louise V., Barroso, Inê, Humphries, Steve E., Hurles, Matthew E., Zeggini, Eleftheria, Barrett, Jeffrey C., Plagnol, Vincent, Brent Richards, J., Greenwood, Celia M. T., Timpson, Nicholas J., Durbin, Richard, Soranzo, Nicole, Bala, Senduran, Clapham, Peter, Coates, Guy, Cox, Tony, Daly, Allan, Du, Yuanping, Edkins, Sarah, Ellis, Peter, Flicek, Paul, Guo, Xiaosen, Guo, Xueqin, Huang, Liren, Jackson, David K., Joyce, Chri, Keane, Thoma, Kolb Kokocinski, Anja, Langford, Cordelia, Li, Yingrui, Liang, Jieqin, Lin, Hong, Liu, Ryan, Maslen, John, Muddyman, Dawn, Quail, Michael A., Stalker, Jim, Sun, Jianping, Tian, Jing, Wang, Guangbiao, Wang, Jun, Wang, Yu, Wong, Kim, Zhang, Pingbo, Birney, Ewan, Boustred, Chri, Chen, Lu, Clement, Gail, Cocca, Massimiliano, Davey Smith, George, Day, Ian N. M., Day Williams, Aaron, Down, Thoma, Dunham, Ian, Evans, David M., Gaunt, Tom R., Geihs, Matthia, Hart, Deborah, Howie, Bryan, Hubbard, Tim, Hysi, Pirro, Jamshidi, Yalda, Karczewski, Konrad J., Kemp, John P., Lachance, Genevieve, Lek, Monkol, Lopes, Margarida, Macarthur, Daniel G., Marchini, Jonathan, Mangino, Massimo, Mathieson, Iain, Metrustry, Sarah, Moayyeri, Alireza, Northstone, Kate, Panoutsopoulou, Kalliope, Paternoster, Lavinia, Quaye, Lydia, Ring, Susan, Ritchie, Graham R. S., Shihab, Hashem A., Shin, So Youn, Small, Kerrin S., Soler Artigas, María, Southam, Lorraine, Spector, Timothy D., St Pourcain, Beate, Surdulescu, Gabriela, Tachmazidou, Ioanna, Tobin, Martin D., Valdes, Ana M., Visscher, Peter M., Ward, Kirsten, Wilson, Scott G., Yang, Jian, Zhang, Feng, Zheng, Hou Feng, Anney, Richard, Ayub, Muhammad, Blackwood, Dougla, Bolton, Patrick F., Breen, Gerome, Collier, David A., Craddock, Nick, Curran, Sarah, Curtis, David, Gallagher, Louise, Geschwind, Daniel, Gurling, Hugh, Holmans, Peter, Lee, Irene, Lönnqvist, Jouko, Mcguffin, Peter, Mcintosh, Andrew M., Mckechanie, Andrew G., Mcquillin, Andrew, Morris, Jame, O'Donovan, Michael C., Owen, Michael J., Parr, Jeremy R., Paunio, Tiina, Pietilainen, Olli, Rehnström, Karola, Sharp, Sally I., Skuse, David, St Clair, David, Suvisaari, Jaana, Walters, James T. R., Williams, Hywel J., Bochukova, Elena, Bounds, Rebecca, Dominiczak, Anna, Farooqi, I. Sadaf, Keogh, Julia, Marenne, Gaëlle, Morris, Andrew, O'Rahilly, Stephen, Porteous, David J., Smith, Blair H., Wheeler, Eleanor, Al Turki, Saeed, Anderson, Carl A., Antony, Dinu, Beales, Phil, Bentham, Jamie, Bhattacharya, Shoumo, Calissano, Mattia, Carss, Keren, Chatterjee, Krishna, Cirak, Sebahattin, Cosgrove, Catherine, Fitzpatrick, David R., Reghan Foley, A., Franklin, Christopher S., Grozeva, Detelina, Mitchison, Hannah M., Muntoni, Francesco, Onoufriadis, Alexandro, Parker, Victoria, Payne, Felicity, Lucy Raymond, F., Roberts, Nicola, Savage, David B., Scambler, Peter, Schmidts, Miriam, Schoenmakers, Nadia, Semple, Robert K., Serra, Eva, Spasic Boskovic, Olivera, Stevens, Elizabeth, van Kogelenberg, Margriet, Vijayarangakannan, Parthiban, Williamson, Kathleen A., Wilson, Crispian, Whyte, Tamieka, Ciampi, Antonio, Oualkacha, Karim, Bobrow, Martin, Griffin, Heather, Kaye, Jane, Kennedy, Karen, Kent, Alastair, Smee, Carol, Charlton, Ruth, Ekong, Rosemary, Khawaja, Farrah, Lopes, Luis R., Migone, Nicola, Payne, Stewart J., Pollitt, Rebecca C., Povey, Sue, Ridout, Cheryl K., Robinson, Rachel L., Scott, Richard H., Shaw, Adam, Syrris, Petro, Taylor, Rohan, Vandersteen, Anthony M., Amuzu, Antoinette, Pablo Casas, Juan, Chambers, John C., Dedoussis, George, Gambaro, Giovanni, Gasparini, Paolo, Isaacs, Aaron, Johnson, Jon, Kleber, Marcus E., Kooner, Jaspal S., Langenberg, Claudia, Luan, Jian'An, Malerba, Giovanni, März, Winfried, Matchan, Angela, Morris, Richard, Nordestgaard, Børge G., Benn, Marianne, Scott, Robert A., Toniolo, Daniela, Traglia, Michela, Tybjaerg Hansen, Anne, van Duijn, Cornelia M., van Leeuwen, Elisabeth M., Varbo, Anette, Whincup, Peter, Zaza, Gianluigi, and Zhang, Weihua

Subjects
APOC3, Male, Genome-wide association study, genetics,UK10K,Whole-genome sequencing, Genome-wide association studies, Next-generation sequencing, Genome-wide association studies, rare and low-frequency variants, Cohort Studies, OF-FUNCTION MUTATIONS, genetics, Disease, Exome, Exome sequencing, POPULATION, Genetics, education.field_of_study, Multidisciplinary, HERITABILITY, Great Britain, Genomics, Reference Standards, Multidisciplinary Sciences, Health, Science & Technology - Other Topics, INCIDENTAL FINDINGS, LOW-FREQUENCY, Female, Adiponectin, General Science & Technology, Genetics, Medical, Population, Computational biology, Biology, Article, MD Multidisciplinary, SEQUENCE VARIATION, UK10K Consortium, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, education, COMMON, Alleles, Triglycerides, Genetic association, Whole genome sequencing, Whole-genome sequencing, Science & Technology, Genome, Human, COMPLEX TRAITS, Genetic Variation, Molecular Sequence Annotation, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Lipid Metabolism, United Kingdom, 3141 Health care science, Genetics, Population, UK10K, Receptors, LDL, Next-generation sequencing, rare and low-frequency variants, Imputation (genetics), Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

M. Kivimäki työryhmäjäsen. The contribution of rare and low-frequency variants to human traits is largely unexplored. Here we describe insights from sequencing whole genomes (low read depth, 7x) or exomes (high read depth, 80x) of nearly 10,000 individuals from population-based and disease collections. In extensively phenotyped cohorts we characterize over 24 million novel sequence variants, generate a highly accurate imputation reference panel and identify novel alleles associated with levels of triglycerides (APOB), adiponectin (ADIPOQ) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLR and RGAG1) from single-marker and rare variant aggregation tests. We describe population structure and functional annotation of rare and low-frequency variants, use the data to estimate the benefits of sequencing for association studies, and summarize lessons from disease-specific collections. Finally, we make available an extensive resource, including individual-level genetic and phenotypic data and web-based tools to facilitate the exploration of association results.

Published
2015

36. Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

Author

Locke, Adam E, Kahali, Bratati, Croteau-Chonka, Damien C, Doney, Alex S F, He, Bing, Heikkilä, Outi, Hietala, Kustaa, Kytö, Janne, Lahermo, Päivi, Lehto, Markku, Österholm, Anne-May, Parkkonen, Maija, Pitkäniemi, Janne, Rosengård-Bärlund, Milla, Eklund, Niina, Saraheimo, Markku, Sarti, Cinzia, Söderlund, Jenny, Soro-Paavonen, Aino, Syreeni, Anna, Thorn, Lena M, Tikkanen, Heikki, Tolonen, Nina, Tryggvason, Karl, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Estrada, Karol, Wadén, Johan, Gill, Geoffrey V, Prior, Sarah, Guiducci, Candace, Mirel, Daniel B, Taylor, Andrew, Hosseini, Mohsen, Parving, Hans-Henrik, Rossing, Peter, Tarnow, Lise, Eury, Elodie, Ladenvall, Claes, Alhenc-Gelas, François, Lefebvre, Pierre, Rigalleau, Vincent, Roussel, Ronan, Tregouet, David-Alexandre, Maestroni, Anna, Maestroni, Silvia, Falhammar, Henrik, Gu, Tianwei, Folkersen, Lasse, Möllsten, Anna, Cimponeriu, Dan, Mihai, Ioana, Mota, Maria, Mota, Eugen, Serafinceanu, Cristian, Stavarachi, Monica, Hanson, Robert L, Nelson, Robert G, Kretzler, Matthias, Fraser, Ross M, Colhoun, Helen M, Panduru, Nicolae Mircea, Gu, Harvest F, Brismar, Kerstin, Zerbini, Gianpaolo, Hadjadj, Samy, Marre, Michel, Groop, Leif, Lajer, Maria, Bull, Shelley B, Garcia, Melissa E, Waggott, Daryl, Paterson, Andrew D, Savage, David A, Bain, Stephen C, Martin, Finian, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Godson, Catherine, Florez, Jose C, Groop, Per-Henrik, Maxwell, Alexander P, Geller, Frank, Willer, Cristen J, Schmidt, Ellen M, Sengupta, Sebanti, Peloso, Gina M, Gustafsson, Stefan, Kanoni, Stavroula, Ganna, Andrea, Chen, Jin, Buchkovich, Martin L, Mora, Samia, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Beckmann, Jacques S, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L, Chang, Hsing-Y, Demirkan, Ayşe, Den Hertog, Heleen M, Do, Ron, Donnelly, Louise A, Ehret, Georg B, Esko, Tõnu, Feitosa, Mary F, Gigante, Bruna, Ferreira, Teresa, Fischer, Krista, Fontanillas, Pierre, Freitag, Daniel F, Gurdasani, Deepti, Heikkilä, Kauko, Hyppönen, Elina, Isaacs, Aaron, Jackson, Anne U, Esko, Tonu, Go, Alan S, Johansson, Åsa, Johnson, Toby, Kaakinen, Marika, Kettunen, Johannes, Kleber, Marcus E, Li, Xiaohui, Luan, Jian'an, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Magnusson, Patrik K E, Mangino, Massimo, Golay, Alain, Mihailov, Evelin, Montasser, May E, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nolte, Ilja M, O'Connell, Jeffrey R, Palmer, Cameron D, Perola, Markus, Petersen, Ann-Kristin, Sanna, Serena, Saxena, Richa, Goodall, Alison H, Service, Susan K, Shah, Sonia, Shungin, Dmitry, Sidore, Carlo, Song, Ci, Strawbridge, Rona J, Surakka, Ida, Tanaka, Toshiko, Teslovich, Tanya M, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Gordon, Scott D, Van den Herik, Evita G, Voight, Benjamin F, Volcik, Kelly A, Waite, Lindsay L, Wong, Andrew, Wu, Ying, Zhang, Weihua, Absher, Devin, Asiki, Gershim, Barroso, Inês, Gorski, Mathias, Been, Latonya F, Bolton, Jennifer L, Bonnycastle, Lori L, Brambilla, Paolo, Burnett, Mary S, Cesana, Giancarlo, Dimitriou, Maria, Doring, Angela, Elliott, Paul, Grabe, Hans-Jörgen, Epstein, Stephen E, Eyjolfsson, Gudmundur Ingi, Goodarzi, Mark O, Grallert, Harald, Gravito, Martha L, Groves, Christopher J, Hallmans, Göran, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Hayward, Caroline, Hernandez, Dena, Hicks, Andrew A, Holm, Hilma, Hung, Yi-Jen, Illig, Thomas, Jones, Michelle R, Kaleebu, Pontiano, Kastelein, John J P, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Kim, Eric, Grammer, Tanja B, Klopp, Norman, Komulainen, Pirjo, Kumari, Meena, Langenberg, Claudia, Lehtimaki, Terho, Lin, Shih-Yi, Lindstrom, Jaana, Loos, Ruth J F, Mach, François, McArdle, Wendy L, Gräßler, Jürgen, Meisinger, Christa, Mitchell, Braxton D, Muller, Gabrielle, Nagaraja, Ramaiah, Narisu, Narisu, Nieminen, Tuomo V M, Nsubuga, Rebecca N, Olafsson, Isleifur, Ong, Ken K, Palotie, Aarno, Grönberg, Henrik, Papamarkou, Theodore, Pomilla, Cristina, Pouta, Anneli, Rader, Daniel J, Reilly, Muredach P, Ridker, Paul M, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rudan, Igor, Ruokonen, Aimo, Samani, Nilesh, Fall, Tove, Scharnagl, Hubert, Seeley, Janet, Silander, Kaisa, Stančáková, Alena, Stirrups, Kathleen, Swift, Amy J, Tiret, Laurence, Uitterlinden, Andre G, van Pelt, L Joost, Vedantam, Sailaja, Gusto, Gaëlle, Wainwright, Nicholas, Wijmenga, Cisca, Wild, Sarah H, Willemsen, Gonneke, Wilsgaard, Tom, Wilson, James F, Young, Elizabeth H, Zhao, Jing Hua, Adair, Linda S, Arveiler, Dominique, Haessler, Jeffrey, Assimes, Themistocles L, Bandinelli, Stefania, Bennett, Franklyn, Bochud, Murielle, Boehm, Bernhard O, Boomsma, Dorret I, Borecki, Ingrid B, Bornstein, Stefan R, Bovet, Pascal, Burnier, Michel, Hall, Per, Campbell, Harry, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Chambers, John C, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Collins, Francis S, Cooper, Richard S, Danesh, John, Dedoussis, George, de Faire, Ulf, Feranil, Alan B, Haller, Toomas, Ferrieres, Jean, Ferrucci, Luigi, Freimer, Nelson B, Gieger, Christian, Groop, Leif C, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hamsten, Anders, Harris, Tamara B, Hingorani, Aroon, Hallmans, Goran, Hofman, Albert, Hovingh, G Kees, Hsiung, Chao Agnes, Humphries, Steve E, Hunt, Steven C, Hveem, Kristian, 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Investigators, The MuTHER Consortium, The MIGen Consortium, The PAGE Consortium, The ReproGen Consortium, The GENIE Consortium, The International Endogene Consortium, Berndt, Sonja I, Justice, Anne E, Hyppönen, Elina Tuulikki, Epidemiology and Data Science, NCA - Neurobiology of mental health, and EMGO - Lifestyle, overweight and diabetes

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Male, LOCI, Genome-wide association study, Continental Population Groups/genetics, VARIANTS, Body Mass Index, Insulin Secretion, Insulin, Age Factor, Adiposity, ddc:616, Adipogenesis, Genetic Predisposition to Disease/genetics, Synapse, 3. Good health, Continental Population Group, Urological cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 15], GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATIONPROVIDES INSIGHTSGLYCEMIC TRAITSLOCIMETAANALYSISVARIANTSINDIVIDUALSHIPPOCAMPALARCHITECTURETOPIRAMATE, ddc:500, Adipogenesis/genetics, Single Nucleotide/genetics, Age Factors, Continental Population Groups, Energy Metabolism, Europe, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Glutamic Acid, Humans, Obesity, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Quantitative Trait Loci, Synapses, Genome-Wide Association Study, Multidisciplinary, genetics [Adiposity], Human, Socio-culturale, genetics [Energy Metabolism], ta3111, genetic, body mass index, obesity, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, GLYCEMIC TRAITS, genetics [Continental Population Groups], Genetic variability, Polymorphism, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, genetics [Adipogenesis], METAANALYSIS, Genetic association, Adipogenesi, genetics [Quantitative Trait Loci], ta1184, metabolism [Glutamic Acid], ta1182, PATHWAYS, metabolism [Synapses], ta3121, medicine.disease, metabolism [Insulin], Adiposity/genetics, Clinical Medicine, Quantitative Trait Loci/genetics, Body mass index, HUMAN HEIGHT, BIO/12 - BIOCHIMICA CLINICA E BIOLOGIA MOLECOLARE CLINICA, Synapses/metabolism, Medizin, Obesity/genetics, Bioinformatics, genetic basis, Obesity/metabolism, genetics [Obesity], body mass index (BMI), genetics [Genetic Predisposition to Disease], ethnology [Europe], 2. Zero hunger, Genetics, ARCHITECTURE, Genetics of obesity, Medicine (all), Single Nucleotide, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics, Insulin/metabolism/secretion, Glutamic Acid/metabolism, genetics [Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide], EXPRESSION, Insulin/metabolism, PROVIDES INSIGHTS, genetics [Racial Groups], Biology, Obesity/genetics/metabolism, Europe/ethnology, metabolism [Obesity], Mendelian randomization, medicine, Energy Metabolism/genetics, body mass, genetic analysis, obesity, Klinisk medicin
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Item does not contain fulltext Obesity is heritable and predisposes to many diseases. To understand the genetic basis of obesity better, here we conduct a genome-wide association study and Metabochip meta-analysis of body mass index (BMI), a measure commonly used to define obesity and assess adiposity, in up to 339,224 individuals. This analysis identifies 97 BMI-associated loci (P < 5 x 10(-8)), 56 of which are novel. Five loci demonstrate clear evidence of several independent association signals, and many loci have significant effects on other metabolic phenotypes. The 97 loci account for approximately 2.7% of BMI variation, and genome-wide estimates suggest that common variation accounts for >20% of BMI variation. Pathway analyses provide strong support for a role of the central nervous system in obesity susceptibility and implicate new genes and pathways, including those related to synaptic function, glutamate signalling, insulin secretion/action, energy metabolism, lipid biology and adipogenesis.

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2015

37. New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution

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de biologie de Lille - IBL ( IBLI ), Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur ( RIIP ) -Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur ( RIIP ) -Université de Lille, Droit et Santé-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Institut Cochin ( UM3 (UMR 8104 / U1016) ), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 ( UPD5 ) -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), University Medicine Greifswald,-HELIOS Hospital Stralsund, Finland Institute for Molecular Medicine ( FIMM ), Georgia Prevention Institute, Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging, Helmholtz-Zentrum München ( HZM ), National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) -National Cancer Institute ( NIH ), Massachusetts General Hospital, Children's Hospital, Boston, Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill-UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health-Carolina Center for Genome Sciences, Shungin D, Winkler TW, Adipogen, 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Cancer Development and Cancer Treatment (DARE), Guided Treatment in Optimal Selected Cancer Patients (GUTS), Interdisciplinary Centre Psychopathology and Emotion regulation (ICPE), Life Course Epidemiology (LCE), Cardiovascular Centre (CVC), Groningen Kidney Center (GKC), Groningen Institute for Gastro Intestinal Genetics and Immunology (3GI), Groningen Research Institute for Asthma and COPD (GRIAC), Groningen Institute for Organ Transplantation (GIOT), Lifestyle Medicine (LM), Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases (CLDM), Stem Cell Aging Leukemia and Lymphoma (SALL), Shungin, D, Winkler, T, Croteau Chonka, D, Ferreira, T, Locke, A, Mägi, R, Strawbridge, R, Pers, T, Fischer, K, Justice, A, Workalemahu, T, Wu, J, Buchkovich, M, Heard Costa, N, Roman, T, Drong, A, Song, C, Gustafsson, S, Day, F, Esko, T, Fall, T, Kutalik, Z, Luan, J, Randall, J, Scherag, A, Vedantam, S, Wood, A, Chen, J, Fehrmann, R, Karjalainen, J, Kahali, B, Liu, C, Schmidt, E, Absher, D, Amin, N, 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Min, J, Moffatt, M, Montgomery, G, Murabito, J, Nicholson, G, Nyholt, D, Olsson, C, Perry, J, Reinmaa, E, Salem, R, Sandholm, N, Schadt, E, Scott, R, Stolk, L, Vallejo, E, Westra, H, Zondervan, K, Amouyel, P, Arveiler, D, Bakker, S, Beilby, J, Bergman, R, Blangero, J, Brown, M, Burnier, M, Campbell, H, Chakravarti, A, Chines, P, Claudi Boehm, S, Collins, F, Crawford, D, Danesh, J, De Faire, U, De Geus, E, Dörr, M, Erbel, R, Eriksson, J, Farrall, M, Ferrannini, E, Ferrières, J, Forouhi, N, Forrester, T, Franco, O, Gansevoort, R, Gieger, C, Gudnason, V, Haiman, C, Harris, T, Hattersley, A, Heliövaara, M, Hicks, A, Hingorani, A, Hoffmann, W, Hofman, A, Homuth, G, Humphries, S, Hyppönen, E, Illig, T, Jarvelin, M, Johansen, B, Jousilahti, P, Jula, A, Kaprio, J, Kee, F, Keinanen Kiukaanniemi, S, Kooner, J, Kooperberg, C, Kovacs, P, Kraja, A, Kumari, M, Kuulasmaa, K, Kuusisto, J, Lakka, T, Langenberg, C, Le Marchand, L, Lehtimäki, T, Lyssenko, V, Männistö, S, Marette, A, Matise, T, Mckenzie, C, Mcknight, B, Musk, A, Möhlenkamp, S, Morris, A, Nelis, M, Ohlsson, C, Oldehinkel, A, Ong, K, Palmer, L, Penninx, B, Peters, A, Pramstaller, P, Raitakari, O, Rankinen, T, Rao, D, Rice, T, Ridker, P, Ritchie, M, Rudan, I, Salomaa, V, Samani, N, Saramies, J, Sarzynski, M, Schwarz, P, Shuldiner, A, Staessen, J, Steinthorsdottir, V, Stolk, R, Strauch, K, Tönjes, A, Tremblay, A, Tremoli, E, Vohl, M, Völker, U, Vollenweider, P, Wilson, J, Witteman, J, Adair, L, Bochud, M, Boehm, B, Bornstein, S, Bouchard, C, Cauchi, S, Caulfield, M, Chambers, J, Chasman, D, Cooper, R, Dedoussis, G, Ferrucci, L, Froguel, P, Grabe, H, Hamsten, A, Hui, J, Hveem, K, Jöckel, K, Kivimaki, M, Kuh, D, Laakso, M, Liu, Y, März, W, Munroe, P, Njolstad, I, Oostra, B, Pedersen, N, Perola, M, Pe'Russe, L, Peters, U, Power, C, Quertermous, T, Rauramaa, R, Rivadeneira, F, Saaristo, T, Saleheen, D, Sinisalo, J, Slagboom, P, Snieder, H, Spector, T, Thorsteinsdottir, U, Stumvoll, M, Tuomilehto, J, Uitterlinden, A, Uusitupa, 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Navarro, P, Chen, H, Rybin, D, Song, K, An, P, Marullo, L, Jansen, H, Edkins, S, Varga, T, Oksa, H, Antonella, M, Kong, A, Herder, C, Antti, J, Miljkovic, I, Atalay, M, Kiess, W, Smit, J, Campbell, S, Fowkes, G, Rathmann, W, Maerz, W, Watanabe, R, de Geus, E, Toenjes, A, Peyser, P, Körner, A, Cucca, F, Balkau, B, Bouatia Naji, N, Ahmadi, K, Ainali, C, Bataille, V, Bell, J, Buil, A, Dermitzakis, E, Dimas, A, Durbin, R, Glass, D, Hassanali, N, Hedman, Å, Ingle, C, Knowles, D, Krestyaninova, M, Lowe, C, Meduri, E, di Meglio, P, Montgomery, S, Nestle, F, Nica, A, Nisbet, J, O'Rahilly, S, Parts, L, Potter, S, Sekowska, M, Shin, S, Surdulescu, G, Travers, M, Tsaprouni, L, Tsoka, S, Wilk, A, Higashio, J, Williams, R, Nato, A, Ambite, J, Manolio, T, Hindorff, L, Heiss, G, Taylor, K, Avery, C, Graff, M, Lin, D, Quibrera, M, Cochran, B, Kao, L, Umans, J, Cole, S, Maccluer, J, Person, S, Gross, M, Fornage, M, Durda, P, Jenny, N, Patsy, B, Arnold, A, Buzkova, P, Haines, J, Murdock, D, Glenn, K, Brown Gentry, K, Thornton Wells, T, Dumitrescu, L, Jeff, J, Bush, W, Mitchell, S, Goodloe, R, Boston, J, Malinowski, J, Restrepo, N, Oetjens, M, Fowke, J, Zheng, W, Spencer, K, Pendergrass, S, Wilkens, L, Park, L, Tiirikainen, M, Kolonel, L, Lim, U, Cheng, I, Wang, H, Shohet, R, Stram, D, Henderson, B, Monroe, K, Schumacher, F, Anderson, G, Carlson, C, Prentice, R, Wu, C, Carty, C, Gong, J, Rosse, S, Young, A, Haessler, J, Kocarnik, J, Lin, Y, Kuller, L, He, C, Sulem, P, Barbalic, M, Broer, L, Byrne, E, Gudbjartsson, D, Mcardle, P, Porcu, E, van Wingerden, S, Zhuang, W, Lauc, L, Broekmans, F, Burri, A, Chanock, S, Chen, C, Corre, T, Coviello, A, D'Adamo, P, Davies, G, Deary, I, Ebrahim, S, Fauser, B, Ferreli, L, Folsom, A, Hall, P, Hankinson, S, Hass, M, Heath, A, Janssens, A, Keyzer, J, Lahti, J, Lai, S, Laisk, T, Laven, J, Liu, J, Lopez, L, Louwers, Y, Marongiu, M, Klaric, I, Masciullo, C, Medland, S, Melzer, D, Newman, A, Paré, G, Peeters, P, Pop, V, Räikkönen, K, Salumets, A, Smith, J, Stacey, S, Starr, J, Stathopoulou, M, Tenesa, A, Tryggvadottir, L, Tsui, K, van Dam, R, van Gils, C, van Nierop, P, Vink, J, Voorhuis, M, Wallaschofski, H, Widen, E, Wijnands van Gent, C, Zgaga, L, Zygmunt, M, Buring, J, Crisponi, L, Demerath, E, Murray, A, Visser, J, Lunetta, K, Elks, C, Cousminer, D, Feenstra, B, Lin, P, Smith, E, Warrington, N, Alavere, H, Berenson, G, Blackburn, H, Busonero, F, Chen, W, Easton, D, Foroud, T, Geller, F, Kilpeläinen, T, Li, S, Melbye, M, Murray, J, Murray, S, Ness, A, Northstone, K, Pennell, C, Pharoah, P, Rafnar, T, Rice, J, Ring, S, Schork, N, Segrè, A, Sovio, U, Srinivasan, S, Tammesoo, M, Tyrer, J, Weedon, M, Young, L, Bierut, L, Boyd, H, Psychiatry, NCA - Neurobiology of mental health, and EMGO - Lifestyle, overweight and diabetes

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Adipose Tissue/metabolism, Male, genetic association, subcutaneous fat, Transcription, Genetic, Adipocytes, Adipogenesis, Adipose Tissue, Age Factors, Body Mass Index, Continental Population Groups, Epigenesis, Genetic, Europe, Female, Genome, Human, Humans, Insulin, Insulin Resistance, Models, Biological, Neovascularization, Physiologic, Obesity, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Quantitative Trait Loci, Sex Characteristics, Waist-Hip Ratio, Body Fat Distribution, Genome-Wide Association Study, Multidisciplinary, Insulin Resistance/genetics, Genome-wide association study, Continental Population Groups/genetics, genetic analysis, heritability, gene cluster, Science::Biological sciences::Human anatomy and physiology [DRNTU], 0302 clinical medicine, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, Models, genetics [Insulin Resistance], histone modification, Age Factor, insulin receptor, 0303 health sciences, Adipocyte, Human/genetics, CARDIOGRAMplusC4D Consortium, ADIPOGENIC DIFFERENTIATION, genetic correlation, body fat, Continental Population Group, priority journal, 5 trisphosphate 3 phosphatase, GEFOS Consortium, meta analysis (topic), Science & Technology - Other Topics, ddc:500, transcription regulation, Adipogenesis/genetics, Single Nucleotide/genetics, Human, medicine.medical_specialty, Waist, phosphatidylinositol 3, European, ta3111, genetic regulation, Article, developmental biology, 03 medical and health sciences, MAGIC Investigators, transcription initiation site, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Genetic, genomics, GLYCEMIC TRAITS, genetics [Continental Population Groups], Polymorphism, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, Physiologic, genetics [Adipogenesis], Adipocytes/metabolism, Europe/ethnology, Genome, Human/genetics, Insulin/metabolism, Neovascularization, Physiologic/genetics, Obesity/genetics, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics, Quantitative Trait Loci/genetics, Transcription, Genetic/genetics, Genetic/genetics, Adipogenesi, Science & Technology, adiponectin, [ SDV ] Life Sciences [q-bio], vasculotropin, genetics [Quantitative Trait Loci], ta1184, Racial Groups, ta1182, gene mapping, ta3121, triacylglycerol blood level, medicine.disease, Biological, major clinical study, amino acid sequence, metabolism [Insulin], Endocrinology, metabolism [Adipocytes], genetic loci, insulin, body fat, GLGC, International Endogene Consortium, metabolism [Adipose Tissue], Body mass index, HUMAN HEIGHT, Epigenesis, LifeLines Cohort Study, ReproGen Consortium, BIO/12 - BIOCHIMICA CLINICA E BIOLOGIA MOLECOLARE CLINICA, tissue level, Physiologic/genetics, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Medizin, Adipose tissue, low density lipoprotein cholesterol, PAGE Consortium, COMMON SNPS, angiogenesis, Waist–hip ratio, genetics [Obesity], MESH: Adipocytes/metabolism Adipogenesis/genetics Adipose Tissue/metabolism* Age Factors Body Fat Distribution* Body Mass Index Continental Population Groups/genetics Epigenesis, Genetic Europe/ethnology Female Genome, Human/genetics Genome-Wide Association Study* Humans Insulin/metabolism* Insulin Resistance/genetics Male Models, Biological Neovascularization, Physiologic/genetics Obesity/genetics Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics Quantitative Trait Loci/genetics* Sex Characteristics Transcription, Genetic/genetics Waist-Hip Ratio, single nucleotide polymorphism, fat, genetic variability, molecular biology, body mass index (BMI), ethnology [Europe], peroxisome proliferator activated receptor, 2. Zero hunger, Genetics, Genome, Single Nucleotide, waist circumference, insulin, phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5 trisphosphate 3 phosphatase, triacylglycerol, vasculotropin, developmental biology, gene expression, genome, numerical model, adipocyte, adipose tissue, body fat distribution, body mass, female, gene locus, gene structure, hip circumference, human, insulin resistance, lipoprotein blood level, male, obesity, protein protein interaction, sex difference, waist hip ratio, Multidisciplinary Sciences, genetics [Transcription, Genetic], genetics [Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide], ADIPOGen Consortium, genetics [Neovascularization, Physiologic], Transcription, SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCI, General Science & Technology, ICBP, 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, Biology, adipocyte, MESH : Adipocytes/metabolism Adipogenesis/genetics Adipose Tissue/metabolism* Age Factors Body Fat Distribution* Body Mass Index Continental Population Groups/genetics Epigenesis, Genetic Europe/ethnology Female Genome, Human/genetics Genome-Wide Association Study* Humans Insulin/metabolism* Insulin Resistance/genetics Male Models, Biological Neovascularization, Physiologic/genetics Obesity/genetics Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics Quantitative Trait Loci/genetics* Sex Characteristics Transcription, Genetic/genetics Waist-Hip Ratio, MESENCHYMAL STEM-CELLS, GENIE Consortium, SEXUAL-DIMORPHISM, Insulin resistance, Internal medicine, medicine, genetics [Genome, Human], ABDOMINAL ADIPOSITY, Neovascularization, 030304 developmental biology, FALSE DISCOVERY, CKDGen Consortium, Sex Characteristic, MuTHER Consortium, numerical model
Abstract

Body fat distribution is a heritable trait and a well-established predictor of adverse metabolic outcomes, independent of overall adiposity. To increase our understanding of the genetic basis of body fat distribution and its molecular links to cardiometabolic traits, here we conduct genome-wide association meta-analyses of traits related to waist and hip circumferences in up to 224,459 individuals. We identify 49 loci (33 new) associated with waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for body mass index (BMI), and an additional 19 loci newly associated with related waist and hip circumference measures (P

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2015

38. Genome-wide association study of 14,000 cases of seven common diseases and 3,000 shared controls

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Burton, Paul R., Clayton, David G., Cardon, Lon R., Craddock, Nick, Deloukas, Panos, Duncanson, Audrey, Kwiatkowski, Dominic P., McCarthy, Mark I., Ouwehand, Willem H., Samani, Nilesh J., Todd, John A., Donnelly, Peter, Barrett, Jeffrey C., Davison, Dan, Easton, Doug, Evans, David, Leung, Hin-Tak, Marchini, Jonathan L., Morris, Andrew P., Spencer, Chris C. A., Tobin, Martin D., Attwood, Antony P., Boorman, James P., Cant, Barbara, Everson, Ursula, Hussey, Judith M., Jolley, Jennifer D., Knight, Alexandra S., Koch, Kerstin, Meech, Elizabeth, Nutland, Sarah, Prowse, Christopher V., Stevens, Helen E., Taylor, Niall C., Walters, Graham R., Walker, Neil M., Watkins, Nicholas A., Winzer, Thilo, Jones, Richard W., McArdle, Wendy L., Ring, Susan M., Strachan, David P., Pembrey, Marcus, Breen, Gerome, St Clair, David, Caesar, Sian, Gordon-Smith, Katherine, Jones, Lisa, Fraser, Christine, Green, Elaine K., Grozeva, Detelina, Hamshere, Marian L., Holmans, Peter A., Jones, Ian R., Kirov, George, Moskvina, Valentina, Nikolov, Ivan, O'Donovan, Michael C., Owen, Michael J., Collier, David A., Elkin, Amanda, Farmer, Anne, Williamson, Richard, McGuffin, Peter, Young, Allan H., Ferrier, I. Nicol, Ball, Stephen G., Balmforth, Anthony J., Barrett, Jennifer H., Bishop, D. Timothy, Iles, Mark M., Maqbool, Azhar, Yuldasheva, Nadira, Hall, Alistair S., Braund, Peter S., Dixon, Richard J., Mangino, Massimo, Stevens, Suzanne, Thompson, John R., Bredin, Francesca, Tremelling, Mark, Parkes, Miles, Drummond, Hazel, Lees, Charles W., Nimmo, Elaine R., Satsangi, Jack, Fisher, Sheila A., Forbes, Alastair, Lewis, Cathryn M., Onnie, Clive M., Prescott, Natalie J., Sanderson, Jeremy, Mathew, Christopher G., Barbour, Jamie, Mohiuddin, M. Khalid, Todhunter, Catherine E., Mansfield, John C., Ahmad, Tariq, Cummings, Fraser R., Jewell, Derek P., Webster, John, Brown, Morris J., Lathrop, G. Mark, Connell, John, Dominiczak, Anna, Marcano, Carolina A. Braga, Burke, Beverley, Dobson, Richard, Gungadoo, Johannie, Lee, Kate L., Munroe, Patricia B., Newhouse, Stephen J., Onipinla, Abiodun, Wallace, Chris, Xue, Mingzhan, Caulfield, Mark, Farrall, Martin, Barton, Anne, and Genomics (BRAGGS), The Biologics in RA Genetics, Bruce, Ian N., Donovan, Hannah, Eyre, Steve, Gilbert, Paul D., Hider, Samantha L., Hinks, Anne M., John, Sally L., Potter, Catherine, Silman, Alan J., Symmons, Deborah P. M., Thomson, Wendy, Worthington, Jane, Dunger, David B., Widmer, Barry, Frayling, Timothy M., Freathy, Rachel M., Lango, Hana, Perry, John R. B., Shields, Beverley M., Weedon, Michael N., Hattersley, Andrew T., Hitman, Graham A., Walker, Mark, Elliott, Kate S., Groves, Christopher J., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Rayner, Nigel W., Timpson, Nicholas J., Zeggini, Eleftheria, Newport, Melanie, Sirugo, Giorgio, Lyons, Emily, Vannberg, Fredrik, Hill, Adrian V. S., Bradbury, Linda A., Farrar, Claire, Pointon, Jennifer J., Wordsworth, Paul, Brown, Matthew A., Franklyn, Jayne A., Heward, Joanne M., Simmonds, Matthew J., Gough, Stephen C. L., Seal, Sheila, Susceptibility Collaboration (UK), Breast Cancer, Stratton, Michael R., Rahman, Nazneen, Ban, Maria, Goris, An, Sawcer, Stephen J., Compston, Alastair, Conway, David, Jallow, Muminatou, Rockett, Kirk A., Bumpstead, Suzannah J., Chaney, Amy, Downes, Kate, Ghori, Mohammed J. R., Gwilliam, Rhian, Hunt, Sarah E., Inouye, Michael, Keniry, Andrew, King, Emma, McGinnis, Ralph, Potter, Simon, Ravindrarajah, Rathi, Whittaker, Pamela, Widden, Claire, Withers, David, Cardin, Niall J., Ferreira, Teresa, Pereira-Gale, Joanne, Hallgrimsdóttir, Ingileif B., Howie, Bryan N., Su, Zhan, Teo, Yik Ying, Vukcevic, Damjan, Bentley, David, and Compston, Alistair

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Genetic Markers, Bipolar Disorder, Population, Genome-wide association study, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Coronary Artery Disease, Disease, Biology, Population stratification, Article, Arthritis, Rheumatoid, Crohn Disease, Gene Frequency, Diabetes Mellitus, Chromosomes, Human, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, education, Allele frequency, Genetics, education.field_of_study, Multidisciplinary, Geography, Genome, Human, CDKN2BAS, United Kingdom, Human genetics, C431 Medical Genetics, Genetics, Population, Case-Control Studies, Hypertension
Abstract

There is increasing evidence that genome-wide association ( GWA) studies represent a powerful approach to the identification of genes involved in common human diseases. We describe a joint GWA study ( using the Affymetrix GeneChip 500K Mapping Array Set) undertaken in the British population, which has examined similar to 2,000 individuals for each of 7 major diseases and a shared set of similar to 3,000 controls. Case-control comparisons identified 24 independent association signals at P < 5 X 10(-7): 1 in bipolar disorder, 1 in coronary artery disease, 9 in Crohn's disease, 3 in rheumatoid arthritis, 7 in type 1 diabetes and 3 in type 2 diabetes. On the basis of prior findings and replication studies thus-far completed, almost all of these signals reflect genuine susceptibility effects. We observed association at many previously identified loci, and found compelling evidence that some loci confer risk for more than one of the diseases studied. Across all diseases, we identified a large number of further signals ( including 58 loci with single-point P values between 10(-5) and 5 X 10(-7)) likely to yield additional susceptibility loci. The importance of appropriately large samples was confirmed by the modest effect sizes observed at most loci identified. This study thus represents a thorough validation of the GWA approach. It has also demonstrated that careful use of a shared control group represents a safe and effective approach to GWA analyses of multiple disease phenotypes; has generated a genome-wide genotype database for future studies of common diseases in the British population; and shown that, provided individuals with non-European ancestry are excluded, the extent of population stratification in the British population is generally modest. Our findings offer new avenues for exploring the pathophysiology of these important disorders. We anticipate that our data, results and software, which will be widely available to other investigators, will provide a powerful resource for human genetics research.

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2007

39. Association of Genetic Variants Related to Gluteofemoral vs Abdominal Fat Distribution With Type 2 Diabetes, Coronary Disease, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors.

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Lotta, Luca A., Wittemans, Laura B. L., Zuber, Verena, Stewart, Isobel D., Sharp, Stephen J., Luan, Jian'an, Day, Felix R., Li, Chen, Bowker, Nicholas, Cai, Lina, De Lucia Rolfe, Emanuella, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Perry, John R. B., O'Rahilly, Stephen, Scott, Robert A., Savage, David B., Burgess, Stephen, Wareham, Nicholas J., and Langenberg, Claudia

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ADIPOSE tissues, CARDIOVASCULAR diseases, COMPARATIVE studies, CORONARY disease, DISEASE susceptibility, GENETICS, RESEARCH methodology, MEDICAL cooperation, TYPE 2 diabetes, RESEARCH, RESEARCH funding, EVALUATION research, BODY mass index, WAIST-hip ratio, ABDOMINAL adipose tissue, SEQUENCE analysis
Abstract

Importance: Body fat distribution, usually measured using waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), is an important contributor to cardiometabolic disease independent of body mass index (BMI). Whether mechanisms that increase WHR via lower gluteofemoral (hip) or via higher abdominal (waist) fat distribution affect cardiometabolic risk is unknown.Objective: To identify genetic variants associated with higher WHR specifically via lower gluteofemoral or higher abdominal fat distribution and estimate their association with cardiometabolic risk.Design, Setting, and Participants: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for WHR combined data from the UK Biobank cohort and summary statistics from previous GWAS (data collection: 2006-2018). Specific polygenic scores for higher WHR via lower gluteofemoral or via higher abdominal fat distribution were derived using WHR-associated genetic variants showing specific association with hip or waist circumference. Associations of polygenic scores with outcomes were estimated in 3 population-based cohorts, a case-cohort study, and summary statistics from 6 GWAS (data collection: 1991-2018).Exposures: More than 2.4 million common genetic variants (GWAS); polygenic scores for higher WHR (follow-up analyses).Main Outcomes and Measures: BMI-adjusted WHR and unadjusted WHR (GWAS); compartmental fat mass measured by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, fasting glucose, fasting insulin, type 2 diabetes, and coronary disease risk (follow-up analyses).Results: Among 452 302 UK Biobank participants of European ancestry, the mean (SD) age was 57 (8) years and the mean (SD) WHR was 0.87 (0.09). In genome-wide analyses, 202 independent genetic variants were associated with higher BMI-adjusted WHR (n = 660 648) and unadjusted WHR (n = 663 598). In dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry analyses (n = 18 330), the hip- and waist-specific polygenic scores for higher WHR were specifically associated with lower gluteofemoral and higher abdominal fat, respectively. In follow-up analyses (n = 636 607), both polygenic scores were associated with higher blood pressure and triglyceride levels and higher risk of diabetes (waist-specific score: odds ratio [OR], 1.57 [95% CI, 1.34-1.83], absolute risk increase per 1000 participant-years [ARI], 4.4 [95% CI, 2.7-6.5], P < .001; hip-specific score: OR, 2.54 [95% CI, 2.17-2.96], ARI, 12.0 [95% CI, 9.1-15.3], P < .001) and coronary disease (waist-specific score: OR, 1.60 [95% CI, 1.39-1.84], ARI, 2.3 [95% CI, 1.5-3.3], P < .001; hip-specific score: OR, 1.76 [95% CI, 1.53-2.02], ARI, 3.0 [95% CI, 2.1-4.0], P < .001), per 1-SD increase in BMI-adjusted WHR.Conclusions and Relevance: Distinct genetic mechanisms may be linked to gluteofemoral and abdominal fat distribution that are the basis for the calculation of the WHR. These findings may improve risk assessment and treatment of diabetes and coronary disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2018
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40. A Genome-Wide Association Search for Type 2 Diabetes Genes in African Americans

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Palmer, Nicholette D, McDonough, Caitrin W, Hicks, Pamela J, Roh, Bong H, Wing, Maria R, An, S Sandy, Hester, Jessica M, Cooke, Jessica N, Bostrom, Meredith A, Rudock, Megan E, Talbert, Matthew E, Lewis, Joshua P, DIAGRAM Consortium, MAGIC Investigators, Ferrara, Assiamira, Lu, Lingyi, Ziegler, Julie T, Sale, Michele M, Divers, Jasmin, Shriner, Daniel, Adeyemo, Adebowale, Rotimi, Charles N, Ng, Maggie CY, Langefeld, Carl D, Freedman, Barry I, Bowden, Donald W, Voight, Benjamin F, Scott, Laura J, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Morris, Andrew P, Dina, Christian, Welch, Ryan P, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Huth, Cornelia, Aulchenko, Yurii S, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, McCulloch, Laura J, Ferreira, Teresa, Grallert, Harald, Amin, Najaf, Wu, Guanming, Willer, Cristen J, Raychaudhuri, Soumya, McCarroll, Steve A, Langenberg, Claudia, Hofmann, Oliver M, Dupuis, Josée, Qi, Lu, Segrè, Ayellet V, Van Hoek, Mandy, Navarro, Pau, Ardlie, Kristin, Balkau, Beverley, Benediktsson, Rafn, Bennett, Amanda J, Blagieva, Roza, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bonnycastle, Lori L, Boström, Kristina Bengtsson, Bravenboer, Bert, Bumpstead, Suzannah, Burtt, Noël P, Charpentier, Guillaume, Chines, Peter S, Cornelis, Marilyn, Couper, David J, Crawford, Gabe, Doney, Alex SF, Elliott, Katherine S, Elliott, Amanda L, Erdos, Michael R, Fox, Caroline S, Franklin, Christopher S, Ganser, Martha, Gieger, Christian, Grarup, Niels, Green, Todd, Griffin, Simon, Groves, Christopher J, Guiducci, Candace, Hadjadj, Samy, Hassanali, Neelam, Herder, Christian, Isomaa, Bo, Jackson, Anne U, Johnson, Paul RV, Jørgensen, Torben, Kao, Wen HL, Klopp, Norman, Kong, Augustine, Kraft, Peter, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lauritzen, Torsten, Li, Man, Lieverse, Aloysius, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Marre, Michel, Meitinger, Thomas, Midthjell, Kristian, Morken, Mario A, Narisu, Narisu, Nilsson, Peter, Owen, Katharine R, Payne, Felicity, Perry, John RB, Petersen, Ann-Kristin, Platou, Carl, Proença, Christine, Prokopenko, Inga, Rathmann, Wolfgang, Rayner, N William, Robertson, Neil R, Rocheleau, Ghislain, Roden, Michael, Sampson, Michael J, Saxena, Richa, Shields, Beverley M, Shrader, Peter, Sigurdsson, Gunnar, Sparsø, Thomas, Strassburger, Klaus, Stringham, Heather M, Sun, Qi, Swift, Amy J, Thorand, Barbara, Tichet, Jean, Tuomi, Tiinamaija, Van Dam, Rob M, Van Haeften, Timon W, Van Herpt, Thijs, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V, Walters, G Bragi, Weedon, Michael N, Wijmenga, Cisca, Witteman, Jacqueline, Bergman, Richard N, Cauchi, Stephane, Collins, Francis S, Gloyn, Anna L, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hansen, Torben, Hide, Winston A, Hitman, Graham A, Hofman, Albert, Hunter, David J, Hveem, Kristian, Laakso, Markku, Mohlke, Karen L, Morris, Andrew D, Palmer, Colin NA, Pramstaller, Peter P, Rudan, Igor, Sijbrands, Eric, Stein, Lincoln D, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre, Walker, Mark, Wareham, Nicholas J, Watanabe, Richard M, Abecasis, Goncalo R, Boehm, Bernhard O, Campbell, Harry, Daly, Mark J, Hattersley, Andrew T, Hu, Frank B, Meigs, James B, Pankow, James S, Pedersen, Oluf, Wichmann, H-Erich, Barroso, Inês, Florez, Jose C, Frayling, Timothy M, Groop, Leif, Sladek, Rob, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Wilson, James F, Illig, Thomas, Froguel, Philippe, Van Duijn, Cornelia M, Stefansson, Kari, Altshuler, David, Boehnke, Michael, McCarthy, Mark I, Soranzo, Nicole, Wheeler, Eleanor, Glazer, Nicole L, Bouatia-Naji, Nabila, Mägi, Reedik, Randall, Joshua, Johnson, Toby, Elliott, Paul, Rybin, Denis, Henneman, Peter, Dehghan, Abbas, Hottenga, Jouke Jan, Song, Kijoung, Goel, Anuj, Egan, Josephine M, Lajunen, Taina, Doney, Alex, Kanoni, Stavroula, Cavalcanti-Proença, Christine, Kumari, Meena, Timpson, Nicholas J, Zabena, Carina, Ingelsson, Erik, An, Ping, O'Connell, Jeffrey, Luan, Jian'an, Elliott, Amanda, McCarroll, Steven A, Roccasecca, Rosa Maria, Pattou, François, Sethupathy, Praveen, Ariyurek, Yavuz, Barter, Philip, Beilby, John P, Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Bergmann, Sven, Bochud, Murielle, Bonnefond, Amélie, Borch-Johnsen, 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diabetes, Biological Psychology, Functional Genomics, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam - Attention & Cognition, EMGO+ - Lifestyle, Overweight and Diabetes, Langenberg, Claudia [0000-0002-5017-7344], Griffin, Simon [0000-0002-2157-4797], Wareham, Nicholas [0000-0003-1422-2993], Soranzo, Nicole [0000-0003-1095-3852], Wheeler, Eleanor [0000-0002-8616-6444], Luan, Jian'an [0000-0003-3137-6337], Forouhi, Nita [0000-0002-5041-248X], Sharp, Stephen [0000-0003-2375-1440], Sovio, Ulla [0000-0002-0799-1105], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, DIAGRAM Consortium, MAGIC Investigators, Johnson, T., Bergman, S., Bochud, M., Waeber, G., and Vollenweider, P.

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Netherlands Twin Register (NTR), Male, Adult, African Americans/genetics, Aged, Case-Control Studies, Cohort Studies, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/ethnology, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/genetics, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genotype, Humans, Meta-Analysis as Topic, Middle Aged, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Validation Studies as Topic, Medicin och hälsovetenskap, Linkage disequilibrium, Genetic Screens, endocrine system diseases, lcsh:Medicine, Genome-wide association study, Medical and Health Sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Endocrinology, Genome Sequencing, lcsh:Science, Medicine(all), Genetics, African Americans, 0303 health sciences, education.field_of_study, INSULIN-RESISTANCE, Multidisciplinary, Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all), LARGE-SCALE ASSOCIATION, STAGE RENAL-DISEASE, COMMON VARIANTS, Genomics, Medicine, Research Article, SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCI, General Science & Technology, Population, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Biology, DIAGRAM Consortium, 03 medical and health sciences, MAGIC Investigators, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Genetic linkage, MD Multidisciplinary, Genome-Wide Association Studies, SNP, ddc:610, education, Genotyping, 030304 developmental biology, Diabetic Endocrinology, LINKAGE ANALYSIS, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all), lcsh:R, TCF7L2 GENE, Case-control study, Computational Biology, nutritional and metabolic diseases, Human Genetics, Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Stage renal-disease, large-scale association, Susceptibility loci, Insulin-resistance, Fasting glucose, Tissue factor, Homeodomain protein, Linkage analysis, Common variants, TCF7L2 gene, Black or African American, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, TISSUE FACTOR, Genetics of Disease, HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN, Genetic Polymorphism, lcsh:Q, Genome Expression Analysis, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Population Genetics, FASTING GLUCOSE
Abstract

African Americans are disproportionately affected by type 2 diabetes (T2DM) yet few studies have examined T2DM using genome-wide association approaches in this ethnicity. The aim of this study was to identify genes associated with T2DM in the African American population. We performed a Genome Wide Association Study (GWAS) using the Affymetrix 6.0 array in 965 African-American cases with T2DM and end-stage renal disease (T2DM-ESRD) and 1029 population-based controls. The most significant SNPs (n = 550 independent loci) were genotyped in a replication cohort and 122 SNPs (n = 98 independent loci) were further tested through genotyping three additional validation cohorts followed by meta-analysis in all five cohorts totaling 3,132 cases and 3,317 controls. Twelve SNPs had evidence of association in the GWAS (P

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2012

41. Localization of type 1 diabetes susceptibility to the MHC class I genes HLA-B and HLA-A

Author

Nejentsev, Sergey, Howson, Joanna M. M., Walker, Neil M., Szeszko, Jeffrey, Field, Sarah F., Stevens, Helen E., Reynolds, Pamela, Hardy, Matthew, King, Erna, Masters, Jennifer, Hulme, John, Maier, Lisa M., Smyth, Deborah, Bailey, Rebecca, Cooper, Jason D., Ribas, Gloria, Campbell, R. Duncan, Clayton, David G., Todd, John A., Burton, Paul R., Cardon, Lon R., Craddock, Nick, Deloukas, Panos, Duncanson, Audrey, Kwiatkowski, Dominic P., McCarthy, Mark I., Ouwehand, Willem H., Samani, Nilesh J., Donnelly, Peter, Barrett, Jeffrey C., Davison, Dan, Easton, Doug, Evans, David, Leung, Hin-Tak, Marchini, Jonathan L., Morris, Andrew P., Spencer, Chris C. A., Tobin, Martin D., Attwood, Antony P., Boorman, James P., Cant, Barbara, Everson, Ursula, Hussey, Judith M., Jolley, Jennifer D., Knight, Alexandra S., Koch, Kerstin, Meech, Elizabeth, Nutland, Sarah, Prowse, Christopher V., Taylor, Niall C., Walters, Graham R., Watkins, Nicholas A., Winzer, Thilo, Jones, Richard W., McArdle, Wendy L., Ring, Susan M., Strachan, David P., Pembrey, Marcus, Breen, Gerome, St Clair, David, Caesar, Sian, Gordon-Smith, Katherine, Jones, Lisa, Fraser, Christine, Green, Elaine K., Grozeva, Detelina, Hamshere, Marian L., Holmans, Peter A., Jones, Ian R., Kirov, George, Moskvina, Valentina, Nikolov, Ivan, O’Donovan, Michael C., Owen, Michael J., Collier, David A., Elkin, Amanda, Farmer, Anne, Williamson, Richard, McGuffin, Peter, Young, Allan H., Nicol Ferrier, I., Ball, Stephen G., Balmforth, Anthony J., Barrett, Jennifer H., Bishop, D. Timothy, Iles, Mark M., Maqbool, Azhar, Yuldasheva, Nadira, Hall, Alistair S., Braund, Peter S., Dixon, Richard J., Mangino, Massimo, Stevens, Suzanne, Thompson, John R., Bredin, Francesca, Tremelling, Mark, Parkes, Miles, Drummond, Hazel, Lees, Charles W., Nimmo, Elaine R., Satsangi, Jack, Fisher, Sheila A., Forbes, Alastair, Lewis, Cathryn M., Onnie, Clive M., Prescott, Natalie J., Sanderson, Jeremy, Mathew, Christopher G., Barbour, Jamie, Khalid Mohiuddin, M., Todhunter, Catherine E., Mansfield, John C., Ahmad, Tariq, Cummings, Fraser R., Jewell, Derek P., Webster, John, Brown, Morris J., Lathrop, G. Mark, Connell, John, Dominiczak, Anna, Braga, Carolina A., Burke, Beverley, Dobson, Richard, Gungadoo, Johannie, Lee, Kate L., Munroe, Patricia B., Newhouse, Stephen J., Onipinla, Abiodun, Wallace, Chris, Xue, Mingzhan, Caulfield, Mark, Farrall, Martin, Barton, Anne, Bruce, Ian N., Donovan, Hannah, Eyre, Steve, Gilbert, Paul D., Hider, Samantha L., Hinks, Anne M., John, Sally L., Potter, Catherine, Silman, Alan J., Symmons, Deborah P. M., Thomson, Wendy, Worthington, Jane, Dunger, David B., Widmer, Barry, Frayling, Timothy M., Freathy, Rachel M., Lango, Hana, Perry, John R. B., Shields, Beverley M., Weedon, Michael N., Hattersley, Andrew T., Hitman, Graham A., Walker, Mark, Elliott, Kate S., Groves, Christopher J., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Rayner, Nigel W., Timpson, Nicholas J., Zeggini, Eleftheria, Newport, Melanie, Sirugo, Giorgio, Lyons, Emily, Vannberg, Fredrik, Hill, Adrian V. S., Bradbury, Linda A., Farrar, Claire, Pointon, Jennifer J., Wordsworth, Paul, Brown, Matthew A., Franklyn, Jayne A., Heward, Joanne M., Simmonds, Matthew J., Gough, Stephen C. L., Seal, Sheila, Stratton, Michael R., Rahman, Nazneen, Ban, Maria, Goris, An, Sawcer, Stephen J., Compston, Alastair, Conway, David, Jallow, Muminatou, Rockett, Kirk A., Bryan, Claire, Bumpstead, Suzannah J., Chaney, Amy, Downes, Kate, Ghori, Jilur, Gwilliam, Rhian, Hunt, Sarah E., Inouye, Michael, Keniry, Andrew, King, Emma, McGinnis, Ralph, Potter, Simon, Ravindrarajah, Rathi, Whittaker, Pamela, Withers, David, Cardin, Niall J., Ferreira, Teresa, Pereira-Gale, Joanne, Hallgrimsdóttir, Ingeleif B., Howie, Bryan N., Su, Zhan, Ying Teo, Yik, Vukcevic, Damjan, Bentley, David, and Compston, Alistair

Subjects
Genotype, Genes, MHC Class II, Genes, MHC Class I, Human leukocyte antigen, Biology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Article, White People, MHC Class II Gene, Gene Frequency, HLA-DQ Antigens, Databases, Genetic, HLA-B Antigens, HLA-DQ beta-Chains, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Alleles, Genetics, Multidisciplinary, HLA-DQ Antigen, HLA-A Antigens, MHC Class I Gene, HLA-DR Antigens, HLA-B, Histocompatibility, HLA-A, C431 Medical Genetics, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1, Case-Control Studies, Sample Size, HLA-DRB1 Chains
Abstract

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) on chromosome 6 is associated with susceptibility to more common diseases than any other region of the human genome, including almost all disorders classified as autoimmune. In type 1 diabetes the major genetic susceptibility determinants have been mapped to the MHC class II genes HLA-DQB1 and HLA-DRB1 (refs 1-3), but these genes cannot completely explain the association between type 1 diabetes and the MHC region. Owing to the region's extreme gene density, the multiplicity of disease-associated alleles, strong associations between alleles, limited genotyping capability, and inadequate statistical approaches and sample sizes, which, and how many, loci within the MHC determine susceptibility remains unclear. Here, in several large type 1 diabetes data sets, we analyse a combined total of 1,729 polymorphisms, and apply statistical methods - recursive partitioning and regression - to pinpoint disease susceptibility to the MHC class I genes HLA-B and HLA-A (risk ratios >1.5; Pcombined = 2.01 × 10-19 and 2.35 × 10-13, respectively) in addition to the established associations of the MHC class II genes. Other loci with smaller and/or rarer effects might also be involved, but to find these, future searches must take into account both the HLA class II and class I genes and use even larger samples. Taken together with previous studies, we conclude that MHC-class-I-mediated events, principally involving HLA-B*39, contribute to the aetiology of type 1 diabetes. ©2007 Nature Publishing Group.

Published
2007

42. Replication of genome-wide association signals in UK samples reveals risk loci for type 2 diabetes

Author

Zeggini, Eleftheria, Weedon, Michael N., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Frayling, Timothy M., Elliott, Katherine S., Lango, Hana, Timpson, Nicholas J., Perry, John R B, Rayner, Nigel W., Freathy, Rachel M., Barrett, Jeffrey C., Shields, Beverley, Morris, Andrew P., Ellard, Sian, Groves, Christopher J., Harries, Lorna W., Marchini, Jonathan L., Owen, Katharine R., Knight, Beatrice, Cardon, Lon R., Walker, Mark, Hitman, Graham A., Morris, Andrew D., Doney, Alex S F, McCarthy, Mark I., Hattersley, Andrew T., Bruce, Ian N., Donovan, Hannah, Eyre, Steve, Gilbert, Paul D., Hider, Samantha L., Hinks, Anne M., John, Sally L., Potter, Catherine, Silman, Alan J., Symmons, Deborah P M, Thomson, Wendy, and Worthington, Jane

Subjects
Genetics, education.field_of_study, Multidisciplinary, SLC30A8, biology, Population, Genome-wide association study, Type 2 diabetes, medicine.disease, Genetic architecture, Diabetes mellitus, medicine, biology.protein, education, TCF7L2, CDKAL1
Abstract

The molecular mechanisms involved in the development of type 2 diabetes are poorly understood. Starting from genome-wide genotype data for 1924 diabetic cases and 2938 population controls generated by the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, we set out to detect replicated diabetes association signals through analysis of 3757 additional cases and 5346 controls and by integration of our findings with equivalent data from other international consortia. We detected diabetes susceptibility loci in and around the genes CDKAL1 , CDKN2A/CDKN2B , and IGF2BP2 and confirmed the recently described associations at HHEX/IDE and SLC30A8 . Our findings provide insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes, emphasizing the contribution of multiple variants of modest effect. The regions identified underscore the importance of pathways influencing pancreatic beta cell development and function in the etiology of type 2 diabetes.

Published
2007

43. Identifying genetic variants that affect viability in large cohorts.

Author

Mostafavi, Hakhamanesh, Berisa, Tomaz, Day, Felix R., Perry, John R. B., Przeworski, Molly, and Pickrell, Joseph K.

Subjects
GENETICS, BIOLOGICAL evolution, GENETIC epidemiology, ALLELES, BIOLOGICAL fitness, NATURAL selection
Abstract

A number of open questions in human evolutionary genetics would become tractable if we were able to directly measure evolutionary fitness. As a step towards this goal, we developed a method to examine whether individual genetic variants, or sets of genetic variants, currently influence viability. The approach consists in testing whether the frequency of an allele varies across ages, accounting for variation in ancestry. We applied it to the Genetic Epidemiology Research on Adult Health and Aging (GERA) cohort and to the parents of participants in the UK Biobank. Across the genome, we found only a few common variants with large effects on age-specific mortality: tagging the APOE ε4 allele and near CHRNA3. These results suggest that when large, even late-onset effects are kept at low frequency by purifying selection. Testing viability effects of sets of genetic variants that jointly influence 1 of 42 traits, we detected a number of strong signals. In participants of the UK Biobank of British ancestry, we found that variants that delay puberty timing are associated with a longer parental life span (P~6.2 × 10−6 for fathers and P~2.0 × 10−3 for mothers), consistent with epidemiological studies. Similarly, variants associated with later age at first birth are associated with a longer maternal life span (P~1.4 × 10−3). Signals are also observed for variants influencing cholesterol levels, risk of coronary artery disease (CAD), body mass index, as well as risk of asthma. These signals exhibit consistent effects in the GERA cohort and among participants of the UK Biobank of non-British ancestry. We also found marked differences between males and females, most notably at the CHRNA3 locus, and variants associated with risk of CAD and cholesterol levels. Beyond our findings, the analysis serves as a proof of principle for how upcoming biomedical data sets can be used to learn about selection effects in contemporary humans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2017
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44. Ribosomal DNA copy number loss and sequence variation in cancer.

Author

Xu, Baoshan, Li, Hua, Perry, John M., Singh, Vijay Pratap, Unruh, Jay, Yu, Zulin, Zakari, Musinu, McDowell, William, Li, Linheng, and Gerton, Jennifer L.

Subjects
CANCER patients, CANCER treatment, RIBOSOMAL DNA, HUMAN genome, PHOSPHATASES
Abstract

Ribosomal DNA is one of the most variable regions in the human genome with respect to copy number. Despite the importance of rDNA for cellular function, we know virtually nothing about what governs its copy number, stability, and sequence in the mammalian genome due to challenges associated with mapping and analysis. We applied computational and droplet digital PCR approaches to measure rDNA copy number in normal and cancer states in human and mouse genomes. We find that copy number and sequence can change in cancer genomes. Counterintuitively, human cancer genomes show a loss of copies, accompanied by global copy number co-variation. The sequence can also be more variable in the cancer genome. Cancer genomes with lower copies have mutational evidence of mTOR hyperactivity. The PTEN phosphatase is a tumor suppressor that is critical for genome stability and a negative regulator of the mTOR kinase pathway. Surprisingly, but consistent with the human cancer genomes, hematopoietic cancer stem cells from a Pten-/- mouse model for leukemia have lower rDNA copy number than normal tissue, despite increased proliferation, rRNA production, and protein synthesis. Loss of copies occurs early and is associated with hypersensitivity to DNA damage. Therefore, copy loss is a recurrent feature in cancers associated with mTOR activation. Ribosomal DNA copy number may be a simple and useful indicator of whether a cancer will be sensitive to DNA damaging treatments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2017
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45. Association Between Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol-Lowering Genetic Variants and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Meta-analysis.

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Lotta, Luca A., Sharp, Stephen J., Burgess, Stephen, Perry, John R. B., Stewart, Isobel D., Willems, Sara M., Luan, Jian’an, Ardanaz, Eva, Arriola, Larraitz, Balkau, Beverley, Boeing, Heiner, Deloukas, Panos, Forouhi, Nita G., Franks, Paul W., Grioni, Sara, Kaaks, Rudolf, Key, Timothy J., Navarro, Carmen, Nilsson, Peter M., and Overvad, Kim

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LOW density lipoproteins, ANTICHOLESTEREMIC agents, TYPE 2 diabetes, ALLELES, DIABETES, ANTILIPEMIC agents, CELL receptors, COMBINATION drug therapy, COMPARATIVE studies, CORONARY disease, GENETIC polymorphisms, GENETICS, GENETIC techniques, LIPOPROTEINS, LONGITUDINAL method, RESEARCH methodology, MEDICAL cooperation, MEMBRANE proteins, META-analysis, OXIDOREDUCTASES, RESEARCH, RESEARCH funding, EVALUATION research, RELATIVE medical risk, SIMVASTATIN, ODDS ratio
Abstract

Importance: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C)-lowering alleles in or near NPC1L1 or HMGCR, encoding the respective molecular targets of ezetimibe and statins, have previously been used as proxies to study the efficacy of these lipid-lowering drugs. Alleles near HMGCR are associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, similar to the increased incidence of new-onset diabetes associated with statin treatment in randomized clinical trials. It is unknown whether alleles near NPC1L1 are associated with the risk of type 2 diabetes.Objective: To investigate whether LDL-C-lowering alleles in or near NPC1L1 and other genes encoding current or prospective molecular targets of lipid-lowering therapy (ie, HMGCR, PCSK9, ABCG5/G8, LDLR) are associated with the risk of type 2 diabetes.Design, Setting, and Participants: The associations with type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease of LDL-C-lowering genetic variants were investigated in meta-analyses of genetic association studies. Meta-analyses included 50 775 individuals with type 2 diabetes and 270 269 controls and 60 801 individuals with coronary artery disease and 123 504 controls. Data collection took place in Europe and the United States between 1991 and 2016.Exposures: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol-lowering alleles in or near NPC1L1, HMGCR, PCSK9, ABCG5/G8, and LDLR.Main Outcomes and Measures: Odds ratios (ORs) for type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease.Results: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol-lowering genetic variants at NPC1L1 were inversely associated with coronary artery disease (OR for a genetically predicted 1-mmol/L [38.7-mg/dL] reduction in LDL-C of 0.61 [95% CI, 0.42-0.88]; P = .008) and directly associated with type 2 diabetes (OR for a genetically predicted 1-mmol/L reduction in LDL-C of 2.42 [95% CI, 1.70-3.43]; P < .001). For PCSK9 genetic variants, the OR for type 2 diabetes per 1-mmol/L genetically predicted reduction in LDL-C was 1.19 (95% CI, 1.02-1.38; P = .03). For a given reduction in LDL-C, genetic variants were associated with a similar reduction in coronary artery disease risk (I2 = 0% for heterogeneity in genetic associations; P = .93). However, associations with type 2 diabetes were heterogeneous (I2 = 77.2%; P = .002), indicating gene-specific associations with metabolic risk of LDL-C-lowering alleles.Conclusions and Relevance: In this meta-analysis, exposure to LDL-C-lowering genetic variants in or near NPC1L1 and other genes was associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes. These data provide insights into potential adverse effects of LDL-C-lowering therapy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2016
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46. Genetic Regulation of Puberty Timing in Humans.

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Day, Felix R., Perry, John R.B., and Ong, Ken K.

Subjects
*GENETIC regulation, *BODY mass index, *PUBERTY, *EPIDEMIOLOGY, *HUMAN reproduction
Abstract

Understanding the regulation of puberty timing has relevance to developmental and human biology and to the pathogenesis of various diseases. Recent large-scale genome-wide association studies on puberty timing and adult height, body mass index (BMI) and central body shape provide evidence for shared biological mechanisms that regulate these traits. There is a substantial genetic overlap between age at menarche in women and BMI, with almost invariable directional consistency with the epidemiological associations between earlier menarche and higher BMI. By contrast, the genetic loci identified for age at menarche are largely distinct from those identified for central body shape, while alleles that confer earlier menarche can be associated with taller or shorter adult height. The findings of population-based studies on age at menarche show increasing relevance for other studies of rare monogenic disorders and enrich our understanding of the mechanisms that regulate the timing of puberty and reproductive function. © 2015 S. Karger AG, Basel [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2015
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47. Imputation of Variants from the 1000 Genomes Project Modestly Improves Known Associations and Can Identify Low-frequency Variant - Phenotype Associations Undetected by HapMap Based Imputation

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Wood, Andrew R., Perry, John R. B., Tanaka, Toshiko, Hernandez, Dena G., Zheng, Hou-Feng, Melzer, David, Gibbs, J. Raphael, Nalls, Michael A., Weedon, Michael N., Spector, Tim D., Richards, J. Brent, Bandinelli, Stefania, Ferrucci, Luigi, Singleton, Andrew B., and Frayling, Timothy M.

Subjects
*GENETIC polymorphisms, *PHENOTYPES, *POPULATION genetics, *HUMAN genetics, *GLOBULINS, *HAPLOTYPES, *TRYPSIN inhibitors
Abstract

Genome-wide association (GWA) studies have been limited by the reliance on common variants present on microarrays or imputable from the HapMap Project data. More recently, the completion of the 1000 Genomes Project has provided variant and haplotype information for several million variants derived from sequencing over 1,000 individuals. To help understand the extent to which more variants (including low frequency (1% ≤ MAF <5%) and rare variants (<1%)) can enhance previously identified associations and identify novel loci, we selected 93 quantitative circulating factors where data was available from the InCHIANTI population study. These phenotypes included cytokines, binding proteins, hormones, vitamins and ions. We selected these phenotypes because many have known strong genetic associations and are potentially important to help understand disease processes. We performed a genome-wide scan for these 93 phenotypes in InCHIANTI. We identified 21 signals and 33 signals that reached P<5×10−8 based on HapMap and 1000 Genomes imputation, respectively, and 9 and 11 that reached a stricter, likely conservative, threshold of P<5×10−11 respectively. Imputation of 1000 Genomes genotype data modestly improved the strength of known associations. Of 20 associations detected at P<5×10−8 in both analyses (17 of which represent well replicated signals in the NHGRI catalogue), six were captured by the same index SNP, five were nominally more strongly associated in 1000 Genomes imputed data and one was nominally more strongly associated in HapMap imputed data. We also detected an association between a low frequency variant and phenotype that was previously missed by HapMap based imputation approaches. An association between rs112635299 and alpha-1 globulin near the SERPINA gene represented the known association between rs28929474 (MAF = 0.007) and alpha1-antitrypsin that predisposes to emphysema (P = 2.5×10−12). Our data provide important proof of principle that 1000 Genomes imputation will detect novel, low frequency-large effect associations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2013
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48. A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies Protein Quantitative Trait Loci (pQTLs).

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Melzer, David, Perry, John R. B., Hernandez, Dena, Corsi, Anna-Maria, Stevens, Kara, Rafferty, Ian, Lauretani, Fulvio, Murray, Anna, Gibbs, J. Raphael, Paolisso, Giuseppe, Rafiq, Sajjad, Simon-Sanchez, Javier, Lango, Hana, Scholz, Sonja, Weedon, Michael N., Arepalli, Sampath, Rice, Neil, Washecka, Nicole, Hurst, Alison, and Britton, Angela

Subjects
*GENETIC polymorphisms, *GENETICS, *MESSENGER RNA, *GENOMES, *GENETIC regulation
Abstract

There is considerable evidence that human genetic variation influences gene expression. Genome-wide studies have revealed that mRNA levels are associated with genetic variation in or close to the gene coding for those mRNA transcripts - cis effects, and elsewhere in the genome - trans effects. The role of genetic variation in determining protein levels has not been systematically assessed. Using a genome-wide association approach we show that common genetic variation influences levels of clinically relevant proteins in human serum and plasma. We evaluated the role of 496,032 polymorphisms on levels of 42 proteins measured in 1200 fasting individuals from the population based InCHIANTI study. Proteins included insulin, several interleukins, adipokines, chemokines, and liver function markers that are implicated in many common diseases including metabolic, inflammatory, and infectious conditions. We identified eight Cis effects, including variants in or near the IL6R (p = 1.8×10-57), CCL4L1 (p = 3.9×10-21), IL18 (p = 6.8×10-13), LPA (p = 4.4×10-10), GGT1 (p = 1.5×10-7), SHBG (p = 3.1×10-7), CRP (p = 6.4×10-6) and IL1RN (p = 7.3×10-6) genes, all associated with their respective protein products with effect sizes ranging from 0.19 to 0.69 standard deviations per allele. Mechanisms implicated include altered rates of cleavage of bound to unbound soluble receptor (IL6R), altered secretion rates of different sized proteins (LPA), variation in gene copy number (CCL4L1) and altered transcription (GGT1). We identified one novel trans effect that was an association between ABO blood group and tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) levels (p = 6.8×10-40), but this finding was not present when TNF-alpha was measured using a different assay , or in a second study, suggesting an assay-specific association. Our results show that protein levels share some of the features of the genetics of gene expression. These include the presence of strong genetic effects in cis locations. The identification of protein quantitative trait loci (pQTLs) may be a powerful complementary method of improving our understanding of disease pathways. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2008
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49. A common variant of HMGA2 is associated with adult and childhood height in the general population.

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Weedon, Michael N., Lettre, Guillaume, Freathy, Rachel M., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Voight, Benjamin F., Perry, John R. B., Elliott, Katherine S., Hackett, Rachel, Guiducci, Candace, Shields, Beverley, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Lango, Hana, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Timpson, Nicholas J., Burtt, Noel P., Rayner, Nigel W., Saxena, Richa, Ardlie, Kristin, Tobias, Jonathan H., and Ness, Andrew R.

Subjects
STATURE, BODY size, HUMAN genetic variation, GENOMES, GENETICS, GENETIC mutation
Abstract

Human height is a classic, highly heritable quantitative trait. To begin to identify genetic variants influencing height, we examined genome-wide association data from 4,921 individuals. Common variants in the HMGA2 oncogene, exemplified by rs1042725, were associated with height (P = 4 × 10−8). HMGA2 is also a strong biological candidate for height, as rare, severe mutations in this gene alter body size in mice and humans, so we tested rs1042725 in additional samples. We confirmed the association in 19,064 adults from four further studies (P = 3 × 10−11, overall P = 4 × 10−16, including the genome-wide association data). We also observed the association in children (P = 1 × 10−6, N = 6,827) and a tall/short case-control study (P = 4 × 10−6, N = 3,207). We estimate that rs1042725 explains ∼0.3% of population variation in height (∼0.4 cm increased adult height per C allele). There are few examples of common genetic variants reproducibly associated with human quantitativetraits; these results represent, to our knowledge, the first consistently replicated association with adult and childhood height. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2007
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50. Protein-coding variants implicate novel genes related to lipid homeostasis contributing to body-fat distribution

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Justice, Anne E, Karaderi, Tugce, Highland, Heather M, Young, Kristin L, Graff, Mariaelisa, Lu, Yingchang, Turcot, Valérie, Auer, Paul L, Fine, Rebecca S, Guo, Xiuqing, Schurmann, Claudia, Lempradl, Adelheid, Marouli, Eirini, Mahajan, Anubha, Winkler, Thomas W, Locke, Adam E, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Esko, Tõnu, Vedantam, Sailaja, Giri, Ayush, Lo, Ken Sin, Alfred, Tamuno, Mudgal, Poorva, Ng, Maggie CY, Heard-Costa, Nancy L, Feitosa, Mary F, Manning, Alisa K, Willems, Sara M, Sivapalaratnam, Suthesh, Abecasis, Goncalo, Alam, Dewan S, Allison, Matthew, Amouyel, Philippe, Arzumanyan, Zorayr, Balkau, Beverley, Bastarache, Lisa, Bergmann, Sven, Bielak, Lawrence F, Blüher, Matthias, Boehnke, Michael, Boeing, Heiner, Boerwinkle, Eric, Böger, Carsten A, Bork-Jensen, Jette, Bottinger, Erwin P, Bowden, Donald W, Brandslund, Ivan, Broer, Linda, Burt, Amber A, Butterworth, Adam S, Caulfield, Mark J, Cesana, Giancarlo, Chambers, John C, Chasman, Daniel I, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chowdhury, Rajiv, Christensen, Cramer, Chu, Audrey Y, Collins, Francis S, Cook, James P, Cox, Amanda J, Crosslin, David S, Danesh, John, de Bakker, Paul IW, Denus, Simon de, Mutsert, Renée de, Dedoussis, George, Demerath, Ellen W, Dennis, Joe G, Denny, Josh C, Angelantonio, Emanuele Di, Dörr, Marcus, Drenos, Fotios, Dubé, Marie-Pierre, Dunning, Alison M, Easton, Douglas F, Elliott, Paul, Evangelou, Evangelos, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Feng, Shuang, Ferrannini, Ele, Ferrieres, Jean, Florez, Jose C, Fornage, Myriam, Fox, Caroline S, Franks, Paul W, Friedrich, Nele, Gan, Wei, Gandin, Ilaria, Gasparini, Paolo, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Girotto, Giorgia, Gorski, Mathias, Grallert, Harald, Grarup, Niels, Grove, Megan L, Gustafsson, Stefan, Haessler, Jeff, Hansen, Torben, Hattersley, Andrew T, Hayward, Caroline, Heid, Iris M, Holmen, Oddgeir L, Hovingh, G Kees, Howson, Joanna MM, Hu, Yao, Hung, Yi-Jen, Hveem, Kristian, Ikram, M Arfan, Ingelsson, Erik, Jackson, Anne U, Jarvik, Gail P, Jia, Yucheng, Jørgensen, Torben, Jousilahti, Pekka, Justesen, Johanne M, Kahali, Bratati, Karaleftheri, Maria, Kardia, Sharon LR, Karpe, Fredrik, Kee, Frank, Kitajima, Hidetoshi, Komulainen, Pirjo, Kooner, Jaspal S, Kovacs, Peter, Krämer, Bernhard K, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laakso, Markku, Lakka, Timo A, Lamparter, David, Lange, Leslie A, Langenberg, Claudia, Larson, Eric B, Lee, Nanette R, Lee, Wen-Jane, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lewis, Cora E, Li, Huaixing, Li, Jin, Li-Gao, Ruifang, Lin, Li-An, Lin, Xu, Lind, Lars, Lindström, Jaana, Linneberg, Allan, Liu, Ching-Ti, Liu, Dajiang J, Luan, Jian'an, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, MacGregor, Stuart, Mägi, Reedik, Männistö, Satu, Marenne, Gaëlle, Marten, Jonathan, Masca, Nicholas GD, McCarthy, Mark I, Meidtner, Karina, Mihailov, Evelin, Moilanen, Leena, Moitry, Marie, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O, Morgan, Anna, Morris, Andrew P, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Munroe, Patricia B, Narisu, Narisu, Nelson, Christopher P, Neville, Matt, Ntalla, Ioanna, O'Connell, Jeffrey R, Owen, Katharine R, Pedersen, Oluf, Peloso, Gina M, Pennell, Craig E, Perola, Markus, Perry, James A, Perry, John RB, Pers, Tune H, Ewing, Ailith, Polasek, Ozren, Raitakari, Olli T, Rasheed, Asif, Raulerson, Chelsea K, Rauramaa, Rainer, Reilly, Dermot F, Reiner, Alex P, Ridker, Paul M, Rivas, Manuel A, Robertson, Neil R, Robino, Antonietta, Rudan, Igor, Ruth, Katherine S, Saleheen, Danish, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J, Schreiner, Pamela J, Schulze, Matthias B, Scott, Robert A, Segura-Lepe, Marcelo, Sim, Xueling, Slater, Andrew J, Small, Kerrin S, Smith, Blair H, Smith, Jennifer A, Southam, Lorraine, Spector, Timothy D, Speliotes, Elizabeth K, Stefansson, Kari, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Stirrups, Kathleen E, Strauch, Konstantin, Stringham, Heather M, Stumvoll, Michael, Sun, Liang, Surendran, Praveen, Swart, Karin MA, Tardif, Jean-Claude, Taylor, Kent D, Teumer, Alexander, Thompson, Deborah J, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Thuesen, Betina H, Tönjes, Anke, Torres, Mina, Tsafantakis, Emmanouil, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, André G, Uusitupa, Matti, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Vanhala, Mauno, Varma, Rohit, Vermeulen, Sita H, Vestergaard, Henrik, Vitart, Veronique, Vogt, Thomas F, Vuckovic, Dragana, Wagenknecht, Lynne E, Walker, Mark, Wallentin, Lars, Wang, Feijie, Wang, Carol A, Wang, Shuai, Wareham, Nicholas J, Warren, Helen R, Waterworth, Dawn M, Wessel, Jennifer, White, Harvey D, Willer, Cristen J, Wilson, James G, Wood, Andrew R, Wu, Ying, Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Yao, Jie, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M, Young, Robin, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Zhan, Xiaowei, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zhao, Wei, Zheng, He, Zhou, Wei, Zillikens, M Carola, CHD Exome+ Consortium, Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CH, EPIC-CVD Consortium, ExomeBP Consortium, Global Lipids Genetic Consortium, GoT2D Genes Consortium, InterAct, ReproGen Consortium, T2D-Genes Consortium, MAGIC Investigators, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Borecki, Ingrid B, Pospisilik, J Andrew, Deloukas, Panos, Frayling, Timothy M, Lettre, Guillaume, Mohlke, Karen L, Rotter, Jerome I, Kutalik, Zoltán, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Cupples, L Adrienne, Loos, Ruth JF, North, Kari E, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Vascular Medicine, ACS - Atherosclerosis & ischemic syndromes, Internal Medicine, Epidemiology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, CHD Exome+ Consortium, Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) Consortium, EPIC-CVD Consortium, ExomeBP Consortium, Global Lipids Genetic Consortium, GoT2D Genes Consortium, InterAct, ReproGen Consortium, T2D-Genes Consortium, MAGIC Investigators, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, Research Programs Unit, Diabetes and Obesity Research Program, University of Helsinki, Young, Kristin L [0000-0003-0070-6145], Mahajan, Anubha [0000-0001-5585-3420], Winkler, Thomas W [0000-0003-0292-5421], Locke, Adam E [0000-0001-6227-198X], Medina-Gomez, Carolina [0000-0001-7999-5538], Giri, Ayush [0000-0002-7786-4670], Ng, 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Mariaelisa, Lu, Yingchang, Turcot, Valérie, Auer, Paul L., Fine, Rebecca S., Guo, Xiuqing, Schurmann, Claudia, Lempradl, Adelheid, Marouli, Eirini, Mahajan, Anubha, Winkler, Thomas W., Locke, Adam E., Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Esko, Tõnu, Vedantam, Sailaja, Giri, Ayush, Lo, Ken Sin, Alfred, Tamuno, Mudgal, Poorva, Ng, Maggie C. Y., Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Feitosa, Mary F., Manning, Alisa K., Willems, Sara M., Sivapalaratnam, Suthesh, Abecasis, Goncalo, Alam, Dewan S., Allison, Matthew, Amouyel, Philippe, Arzumanyan, Zorayr, Balkau, Beverley, Bastarache, Lisa, Bergmann, Sven, Bielak, Lawrence F., Blüher, Matthia, Boehnke, Michael, Boeing, Heiner, Boerwinkle, Eric, Böger, Carsten A., Bork-Jensen, Jette, Bottinger, Erwin P., Bowden, Donald W., Brandslund, Ivan, Broer, Linda, Burt, Amber A., Butterworth, Adam S., Caulfield, Mark J., Cesana, Giancarlo, Chambers, John C., Chasman, Daniel I., Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chowdhury, Rajiv, Christensen, Cramer, Chu, Audrey Y., Collins, Francis S., Cook, James P., Cox, Amanda J., Crosslin, David S., Danesh, John, de Bakker, Paul I. W., Denus, Simon de, Mutsert, Renée de, Dedoussis, George, Demerath, Ellen W., Dennis, Joe G., Denny, Josh C., Angelantonio, Emanuele Di, Dörr, Marcu, Drenos, Fotio, Dubé, Marie-Pierre, Dunning, Alison M., Easton, Douglas F., Elliott, Paul, Evangelou, Evangelo, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Feng, Shuang, Ferrannini, Ele, Ferrieres, Jean, Florez, Jose C., Fornage, Myriam, Fox, Caroline S., Franks, Paul W., Friedrich, Nele, Gan, Wei, Gandin, Ilaria, Gasparini, Paolo, Giedraitis, Vilmanta, Girotto, Giorgia, Gorski, Mathia, Grallert, Harald, Grarup, Niel, Grove, Megan L., Gustafsson, Stefan, Haessler, Jeff, Hansen, Torben, Hattersley, Andrew T., Hayward, Caroline, Heid, Iris M., Holmen, Oddgeir L., Hovingh, G. Kee, Howson, Joanna M. M., Hu, Yao, Hung, Yi-Jen, Hveem, Kristian, Ikram, M. Arfan, Ingelsson, Erik, Jackson, Anne U., Jarvik, Gail P., Jia, Yucheng, Jørgensen, Torben, Jousilahti, Pekka, Justesen, Johanne M., Kahali, Bratati, Karaleftheri, Maria, Kardia, Sharon L. 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Exome/genetics, Male, ReproGen Consortium, Adipose tissue, Genome-wide association study, Type 2 diabetes, White adipose tissue, Body Mass Index, Animals, Body Fat Distribution, Case-Control Studies, Drosophila, Exome, Female, Gene Frequency, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genetic Variation, Genome-Wide Association Study, Homeostasis, Humans, Lipids, Proteins, Risk Factors, Waist-Hip Ratio, 0302 clinical medicine, Hyperlipidemia, Body fat distribution, 2. Zero hunger, Genetics, 0303 health sciences, INSULIN-RESISTANCE, ADIPOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION, CHD Exome+ Consortium, Genetic Predisposition to Disease/genetics, Drosophila/genetics, RS11209026 POLYMORPHISM, KINASE 7, 1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology, T2D-Genes Consortium, 11 Medical And Health Sciences, Body Fat Distribution/methods, RECEPTOR ALK7, ADIPOSE-TISSUE, Gene Frequency/genetics, Genetic Variation/genetics, InterAct, Urological cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 15], genetic association study, RNA splicing, Proteins/genetics, Genome-Wide Association Study/methods, Lipid particle, ExomeBP Consortium, WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE, Waist-Hip Ratio/methods, Biology, EPIC-CVD Consortium, Article, MAGIC Investigators, 03 medical and health sciences, Homeostasis/genetics, Lipids/genetics, All institutes and research themes of the Radboud University Medical Center, medicine, Global Lipids Genetic Consortium, Risk factor, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, ABDOMINAL ADIPOSITY, Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) Consortium, Gene, 030304 developmental biology, 06 Biological Sciences, medicine.disease, Minor allele frequency, GoT2D Genes Consortium, genetics research, TYPE-2 DIABETES SUSCEPTIBILITY, 3111 Biomedicine, Body mass index, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Developmental Biology
Abstract

Body fat distribution is a risk factor for adverse cardiovascular health consequences. We analyzed the association of body fat distribution, assessed by waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for body mass index, with 228,985 predicted coding and splice site variants available on exome arrays in up to 344,369 individuals from five major ancestries (discovery) and 132,177 European-ancestry individuals (validation). We identified 15 common (minor allele frequency, MAF ≥ 5%) and 9 low frequency or rare (MAF < 5%) coding novel variants. Pathway/gene set enrichment analyses identified lipid particle, adiponectin, abnormal white adipose tissue physiology, and bone development and morphology as important contributors to fat distribution, while cross-trait associations highlight cardiometabolic traits. In functional follow-up analyses, specifically in Drosophila RNAi-knockdowns, we observed a significant increase in the total body triglyceride levels for two genes (DNAH10 and PLXND1). We implicate novel genes in fat distribution, stressing the importance of interrogating low-frequency and protein-coding variants., Editorial summary: A trans-ethnic exome-wide association study for body fat distribution identifies protein-coding variants that are significantly associated with waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for body mass index.

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