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

Author: Bram P Prins, Ali Abbasi, Anson Wong, Ahmad Vaez, Ilja Nolte, Nora Franceschini, Philip E Stuart, Javier Guterriez Achury, Vanisha Mistry, Jonathan P Bradfield, Ana M Valdes, Jose Bras, Aleksey Shatunov, 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, Chen Lu, Buhm Han, Soumya Raychaudhuri, Steve Bevan, Maureen D Mayes, Lam C Tsoi, Evangelos Evangelou, Rajan P Nair, Struan F A Grant, Constantin Polychronakos, Timothy R D Radstake, David A van Heel, Melanie L Dunstan, Nicholas W Wood, Ammar Al-Chalabi, Abbas Dehghan, Hakon Hakonarson, Hugh S Markus, James T Elder, Jo Knight, Dan E Arking, Timothy D Spector, Bobby P C Koeleman, Cornelia M van Duijn, Javier Martin, Andrew P Morris, Rinse K Weersma, Cisca Wijmenga, Patricia B Munroe, John R B Perry, Jennie G Pouget, Yalda Jamshidi, Harold Snieder, and Behrooz Z Alizadeh
Subjects: Medicine
Abstract: BackgroundC-reactive protein (CRP) is associated with immune, cardiometabolic, and psychiatric traits and diseases. Yet it is inconclusive whether these associations are causal.Methods and findingsWe 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.ConclusionsGenetically 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.
Published: 2016
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2. Genome-wide association study of retinopathy in individuals without diabetes.

Author: Richard A Jensen, Xueling Sim, Xiaohui Li, Mary Frances Cotch, M Kamran Ikram, Elizabeth G Holliday, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Tamara B Harris, Fridbert Jonasson, Barbara E K Klein, Lenore J Launer, Albert Vernon Smith, Eric Boerwinkle, Ning Cheung, Alex W Hewitt, Gerald Liew, Paul Mitchell, Jie Jin Wang, John Attia, Rodney Scott, Nicole L Glazer, Thomas Lumley, Barbara McKnight, Bruce M Psaty, Kent Taylor, Albert Hofman, Paulus T V M de Jong, Fernando Rivadeneira, Andre G Uitterlinden, Wan-Ting Tay, Yik Ying Teo, Mark Seielstad, Jianjun Liu, Ching-Yu Cheng, Seang-Mei Saw, Tin Aung, Santhi K Ganesh, Christopher J O'Donnell, Mike A Nalls, Kerri L Wiggins, Jane Z Kuo, Blue Mountains Eye Study GWAS Team, CKDGen Consortium, Cornelia M van Duijn, Vilmundur Gudnason, Ronald Klein, David S Siscovick, Jerome I Rotter, E Shong Tai, Johannes Vingerling, and Tien Y Wong
Subjects: Medicine, Science
Abstract: BACKGROUND:Mild retinopathy (microaneurysms or dot-blot hemorrhages) is observed in persons without diabetes or hypertension and may reflect microvascular disease in other organs. We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of mild retinopathy in persons without diabetes. METHODS:A working group agreed on phenotype harmonization, covariate selection and analytic plans for within-cohort GWAS. An inverse-variance weighted fixed effects meta-analysis was performed with GWAS results from six cohorts of 19,411 Caucasians. The primary analysis included individuals without diabetes and secondary analyses were stratified by hypertension status. We also singled out the results from single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) previously shown to be associated with diabetes and hypertension, the two most common causes of retinopathy. RESULTS:No SNPs reached genome-wide significance in the primary analysis or the secondary analysis of participants with hypertension. SNP, rs12155400, in the histone deacetylase 9 gene (HDAC9) on chromosome 7, was associated with retinopathy in analysis of participants without hypertension, -1.3±0.23 (beta ± standard error), p = 6.6×10(-9). Evidence suggests this was a false positive finding. The minor allele frequency was low (∼2%), the quality of the imputation was moderate (r(2) ∼0.7), and no other common variants in the HDAC9 gene were associated with the outcome. SNPs found to be associated with diabetes and hypertension in other GWAS were not associated with retinopathy in persons without diabetes or in subgroups with or without hypertension. CONCLUSIONS:This GWAS of retinopathy in individuals without diabetes showed little evidence of genetic associations. Further studies are needed to identify genes associated with these signs in order to help unravel novel pathways and determinants of microvascular diseases.
Published: 2013
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3. Genetic association for renal traits among participants of African ancestry reveals new loci for renal function.

Author: Ching-Ti Liu, Maija K Garnaas, Adrienne Tin, Anna Kottgen, Nora Franceschini, Carmen A Peralta, Ian H de Boer, Xiaoning Lu, Elizabeth Atkinson, Jingzhong Ding, Michael Nalls, Daniel Shriner, Josef Coresh, Abdullah Kutlar, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, David Siscovick, Ermeg Akylbekova, Sharon Wyatt, Brad Astor, Josef Mychaleckjy, Man Li, Muredach P Reilly, Raymond R Townsend, Adebowale Adeyemo, Alan B Zonderman, Mariza de Andrade, Stephen T Turner, Thomas H Mosley, Tamara B Harris, CKDGen Consortium, Charles N Rotimi, Yongmei Liu, Sharon L R Kardia, Michele K Evans, Michael G Shlipak, Holly Kramer, Michael F Flessner, Albert W Dreisbach, Wolfram Goessling, L Adrienne Cupples, W Linda Kao, and Caroline S Fox
Subjects: Genetics, QH426-470
Abstract: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an increasing global public health concern, particularly among populations of African ancestry. We performed an interrogation of known renal loci, genome-wide association (GWA), and IBC candidate-gene SNP association analyses in African Americans from the CARe Renal Consortium. In up to 8,110 participants, we performed meta-analyses of GWA and IBC array data for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), CKD (eGFR 30 mg/g) and interrogated the 250 kb flanking region around 24 SNPs previously identified in European Ancestry renal GWAS analyses. Findings were replicated in up to 4,358 African Americans. To assess function, individually identified genes were knocked down in zebrafish embryos by morpholino antisense oligonucleotides. Expression of kidney-specific genes was assessed by in situ hybridization, and glomerular filtration was evaluated by dextran clearance. Overall, 23 of 24 previously identified SNPs had direction-consistent associations with eGFR in African Americans, 2 of which achieved nominal significance (UMOD, PIP5K1B). Interrogation of the flanking regions uncovered 24 new index SNPs in African Americans, 12 of which were replicated (UMOD, ANXA9, GCKR, TFDP2, DAB2, VEGFA, ATXN2, GATM, SLC22A2, TMEM60, SLC6A13, and BCAS3). In addition, we identified 3 suggestive loci at DOK6 (p-value = 5.3×10(-7)) and FNDC1 (p-value = 3.0×10(-7)) for UACR, and KCNQ1 with eGFR (p = 3.6×10(-6)). Morpholino knockdown of kcnq1 in the zebrafish resulted in abnormal kidney development and filtration capacity. We identified several SNPs in association with eGFR in African Ancestry individuals, as well as 3 suggestive loci for UACR and eGFR. Functional genetic studies support a role for kcnq1 in glomerular development in zebrafish.
Published: 2011
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4. Association of eGFR-Related Loci Identified by GWAS with Incident CKD and ESRD.

Author: Carsten A Böger, Mathias Gorski, Man Li, Michael M Hoffmann, Chunmei Huang, Qiong Yang, Alexander Teumer, Vera Krane, Conall M O'Seaghdha, Zoltán Kutalik, H-Erich Wichmann, Thomas Haak, Eva Boes, Stefan Coassin, Josef Coresh, Barbara Kollerits, Margot Haun, Bernhard Paulweber, Anna Köttgen, Guo Li, Michael G Shlipak, Neil Powe, Shih-Jen Hwang, Abbas Dehghan, Fernando Rivadeneira, André Uitterlinden, Albert Hofman, Jacques S Beckmann, Bernhard K Krämer, Jacqueline Witteman, Murielle Bochud, David Siscovick, Rainer Rettig, Florian Kronenberg, Christoph Wanner, Ravi I Thadhani, Iris M Heid, Caroline S Fox, W H Kao, and CKDGen Consortium
Subjects: Genetics, QH426-470
Abstract: Family studies suggest a genetic component to the etiology of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end stage renal disease (ESRD). Previously, we identified 16 loci for eGFR in genome-wide association studies, but the associations of these single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for incident CKD or ESRD are unknown. We thus investigated the association of these loci with incident CKD in 26,308 individuals of European ancestry free of CKD at baseline drawn from eight population-based cohorts followed for a median of 7.2 years (including 2,122 incident CKD cases defined as eGFR
Published: 2011
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5. Association of eGFR-Related Loci Identified by GWAS with Incident CKD and ESRD.

Author: Böger, Carsten A, Gorski, Mathias, Li, Man, Hoffmann, Michael M, Huang, Chunmei, Yang, Qiong, Teumer, Alexander, Krane, Vera, O'Seaghdha, Conall M, Kutalik, Zoltán, Wichmann, H-Erich, Haak, Thomas, Boes, Eva, Coassin, Stefan, Coresh, Josef, Kollerits, Barbara, Haun, Margot, Paulweber, Bernhard, Köttgen, Anna, Li, Guo, Shlipak, Michael G, Powe, Neil, Hwang, Shih-Jen, Dehghan, Abbas, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Uitterlinden, André, Hofman, Albert, Beckmann, Jacques S, Krämer, Bernhard K, Witteman, Jacqueline, Bochud, Murielle, Siscovick, David, Rettig, Rainer, Kronenberg, Florian, Wanner, Christoph, Thadhani, Ravi I, Heid, Iris M, Fox, Caroline S, Kao, WH, and CKDGen Consortium
Subjects: CKDGen Consortium, Humans, Kidney Diseases, Kidney Failure, Chronic, Chronic Disease, Creatinine, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Follow-Up Studies, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Adult, Aged, Middle Aged, European Continental Ancestry Group, Female, Male, Genetic Association Studies, Uromodulin, ErbB Receptors, Kidney Disease, Genetics, Clinical Research, Renal and urogenital, Developmental Biology
Abstract: Family studies suggest a genetic component to the etiology of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end stage renal disease (ESRD). Previously, we identified 16 loci for eGFR in genome-wide association studies, but the associations of these single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for incident CKD or ESRD are unknown. We thus investigated the association of these loci with incident CKD in 26,308 individuals of European ancestry free of CKD at baseline drawn from eight population-based cohorts followed for a median of 7.2 years (including 2,122 incident CKD cases defined as eGFR
Published: 2011

6. Genetic association for renal traits among participants of African ancestry reveals new loci for renal function.

Author: Liu, Ching-Ti, Garnaas, Maija K, Tin, Adrienne, Kottgen, Anna, Franceschini, Nora, Peralta, Carmen A, de Boer, Ian H, Lu, Xiaoning, Atkinson, Elizabeth, Ding, Jingzhong, Nalls, Michael, Shriner, Daniel, Coresh, Josef, Kutlar, Abdullah, Bibbins-Domingo, Kirsten, Siscovick, David, Akylbekova, Ermeg, Wyatt, Sharon, Astor, Brad, Mychaleckjy, Josef, Li, Man, Reilly, Muredach P, Townsend, Raymond R, Adeyemo, Adebowale, Zonderman, Alan B, de Andrade, Mariza, Turner, Stephen T, Mosley, Thomas H, Harris, Tamara B, CKDGen Consortium, Rotimi, Charles N, Liu, Yongmei, Kardia, Sharon LR, Evans, Michele K, Shlipak, Michael G, Kramer, Holly, Flessner, Michael F, Dreisbach, Albert W, Goessling, Wolfram, Cupples, L Adrienne, Kao, W Linda, and Fox, Caroline S
Subjects: CKDGen Consortium, Kidney, Animals, Zebrafish, Humans, Kidney Failure, Chronic, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport, Neoplasm Proteins, Glomerular Filtration Rate, Phenotype, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Adult, Aged, Middle Aged, African Continental Ancestry Group, Female, Male, KCNQ1 Potassium Channel, Genome-Wide Association Study, Gene Knockdown Techniques, Genetic Loci, Genetic Association Studies, Kidney Disease, Clinical Research, Genetics, Renal and urogenital, Developmental Biology
Abstract: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an increasing global public health concern, particularly among populations of African ancestry. We performed an interrogation of known renal loci, genome-wide association (GWA), and IBC candidate-gene SNP association analyses in African Americans from the CARe Renal Consortium. In up to 8,110 participants, we performed meta-analyses of GWA and IBC array data for estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), CKD (eGFR 30 mg/g) and interrogated the 250 kb flanking region around 24 SNPs previously identified in European Ancestry renal GWAS analyses. Findings were replicated in up to 4,358 African Americans. To assess function, individually identified genes were knocked down in zebrafish embryos by morpholino antisense oligonucleotides. Expression of kidney-specific genes was assessed by in situ hybridization, and glomerular filtration was evaluated by dextran clearance. Overall, 23 of 24 previously identified SNPs had direction-consistent associations with eGFR in African Americans, 2 of which achieved nominal significance (UMOD, PIP5K1B). Interrogation of the flanking regions uncovered 24 new index SNPs in African Americans, 12 of which were replicated (UMOD, ANXA9, GCKR, TFDP2, DAB2, VEGFA, ATXN2, GATM, SLC22A2, TMEM60, SLC6A13, and BCAS3). In addition, we identified 3 suggestive loci at DOK6 (p-value = 5.3×10(-7)) and FNDC1 (p-value = 3.0×10(-7)) for UACR, and KCNQ1 with eGFR (p = 3.6×10(-6)). Morpholino knockdown of kcnq1 in the zebrafish resulted in abnormal kidney development and filtration capacity. We identified several SNPs in association with eGFR in African Ancestry individuals, as well as 3 suggestive loci for UACR and eGFR. Functional genetic studies support a role for kcnq1 in glomerular development in zebrafish.
Published: 2011

7. Control procedures and estimators of the false discovery rate and their application in low-dimensional settings: an empirical investigation

Author: Brinster, Regina, Köttgen, Anna, Tayo, Bamidele O., Schumacher, Martin, Sekula, Peggy, and on behalf of the CKDGen Consortium
Published: 2018
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8. Control procedures and estimators of the false discovery rate and their application in low-dimensional settings: an empirical investigation

Author: Regina Brinster, Anna Köttgen, Bamidele O. Tayo, Martin Schumacher, Peggy Sekula, and on behalf of the CKDGen Consortium
Subjects: Simulation study, Q-value method, lcsh:Biology (General), False discovery rate, lcsh:R858-859.7, Low-dimensional setting, lcsh:Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics, lcsh:QH301-705.5
Abstract: Background When many (up to millions) of statistical tests are conducted in discovery set analyses such as genome-wide association studies (GWAS), approaches controlling family-wise error rate (FWER) or false discovery rate (FDR) are required to reduce the number of false positive decisions. Some methods were specifically developed in the context of high-dimensional settings and partially rely on the estimation of the proportion of true null hypotheses. However, these approaches are also applied in low-dimensional settings such as replication set analyses that might be restricted to a small number of specific hypotheses. The aim of this study was to compare different approaches in low-dimensional settings using (a) real data from the CKDGen Consortium and (b) a simulation study. Results In both application and simulation FWER approaches were less powerful compared to FDR control methods, whether a larger number of hypotheses were tested or not. Most powerful was the q-value method. However, the specificity of this method to maintain true null hypotheses was especially decreased when the number of tested hypotheses was small. In this low-dimensional situation, estimation of the proportion of true null hypotheses was biased. Conclusions The results highlight the importance of a sizeable data set for a reliable estimation of the proportion of true null hypotheses. Consequently, methods relying on this estimation should only be applied in high-dimensional settings. Furthermore, if the focus lies on testing of a small number of hypotheses such as in replication settings, FWER methods rather than FDR methods should be preferred to maintain high specificity.
Published: 2018

9. Genome-wide association study identifies six new loci influencing pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure

Author: Wain, Louise V, Verwoert, Germaine C, O'Reilly, Paul F, Shi, Gang, Johnson, Toby, Johnson, Andrew D, Bochud, Murielle, Rice, Kenneth M, Henneman, Peter, Smith, Albert V, Ehret, Georg B, Amin, Najaf, Larson, Martin G, Mooser, Vincent, Hadley, David, Dörr, Marcus, Bis, Joshua C, Aspelund, Thor, Esko, Tõnu, Janssens, A Cecile JW, Zhao, Jing Hua, Heath, Simon, Laan, Maris, Fu, Jingyuan, Pistis, Giorgio, Luan, Jian'an, Arora, Pankaj, Lucas, Gavin, Pirastu, Nicola, Pichler, Irene, Jackson, Anne U, Webster, Rebecca J, Zhang, Feng, Peden, John F, Schmidt, Helena, Tanaka, Toshiko, Campbell, Harry, Igl, Wilmar, Milaneschi, Yuri, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Vitart, Veronique, Chasman, Daniel I, Trompet, Stella, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z, Chambers, John C, Guo, Xiuqing, Lehtimäki, Terho, Kühnel, Brigitte, Lopez, Lorna M, Polašek, Ozren, Boban, Mladen, Nelson, Christopher P, Morrison, Alanna C, Pihur, Vasyl, Ganesh, Santhi K, Hofman, Albert, Kundu, Suman, Mattace-Raso, Francesco US, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Sijbrands, Eric JG, Uitterlinden, Andre G, Hwang, Shih-Jen, Vasan, Ramachandran S, Wang, Thomas J, Bergmann, Sven, Vollenweider, Peter, Waeber, Gérard, Laitinen, Jaana, Pouta, Anneli, Zitting, Paavo, McArdle, Wendy L, Kroemer, Heyo K, Völker, Uwe, Völzke, Henry, Glazer, Nicole L, Taylor, Kent D, Harris, Tamara B, Alavere, Helene, Haller, Toomas, Keis, Aime, Tammesoo, Mari-Liis, Aulchenko, Yurii, Barroso, Inês, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Galan, Pilar, Hercberg, Serge, Lathrop, Mark, Eyheramendy, Susana, Org, Elin, Sõber, Siim, Lu, Xiaowen, Nolte, Ilja M, Penninx, Brenda W, Corre, Tanguy, Masciullo, Corrado, Sala, Cinzia, Groop, Leif, Voight, Benjamin F, Melander, Olle, O'Donnell, Christopher J, Salomaa, Veikko, D'Adamo, Adamo Pio, Fabretto, Antonella, Faletra, Flavio, Ulivi, Sheila, Del Greco, Fabiola M, Facheris, Maurizio, Collins, Francis S, Bergman, Richard N, Beilby, John P, Hung, Joseph, Musk, A William, Mangino, Massimo, Shin, So-Youn, Soranzo, Nicole, Watkins, Hugh, Goel, Anuj, Hamsten, Anders, Gider, Pierre, Loitfelder, Marisa, Zeginigg, Marion, Hernandez, Dena, Najjar, Samer S, Navarro, Pau, Wild, Sarah H, Corsi, Anna Maria, Singleton, Andrew, De Geus, Eco JC, Willemsen, Gonneke, Parker, Alex N, Rose, Lynda M, Buckley, Brendan, Stott, David, Orru, Marco, Uda, Manuela, LifeLines Cohort Study, Van Der Klauw, Melanie M, Zhang, Weihua, Li, Xinzhong, Scott, James, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Burke, Gregory L, Kähönen, Mika, Viikari, Jorma, Döring, Angela, Meitinger, Thomas, Davies, Gail, Starr, John M, Emilsson, Valur, Plump, Andrew, Lindeman, Jan H, Hoen, Peter AC 'T, König, Inke R, EchoGen Consortium, Felix, Janine F, Clarke, Robert, Hopewell, Jemma C, Ongen, Halit, Breteler, Monique, Debette, Stéphanie, Destefano, Anita L, Fornage, Myriam, AortaGen Consortium, Mitchell, Gary F, CHARGE Consortium Heart Failure Working Group, Smith, Nicholas L, KidneyGen Consortium, Holm, Hilma, Stefansson, Kari, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, CKDGen Consortium, Cardiogenics Consortium, CardioGram, Samani, Nilesh J, Preuss, Michael, Rudan, Igor, Hayward, Caroline, Deary, Ian J, Wichmann, H-Erich, Raitakari, Olli T, Palmas, Walter, Kooner, Jaspal S, Stolk, Ronald P, Jukema, J Wouter, Wright, Alan F, Boomsma, Dorret I, Bandinelli, Stefania, Gyllensten, Ulf B, Wilson, James F, Ferrucci, Luigi, Schmidt, Reinhold, Farrall, Martin, Spector, Tim D, Palmer, Lyle J, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Pfeufer, Arne, Gasparini, Paolo, Siscovick, David, Altshuler, David, Loos, Ruth JF, Toniolo, Daniela, Snieder, Harold, Gieger, Christian, Meneton, Pierre, Wareham, Nicholas J, Oostra, Ben A, Metspalu, Andres, Launer, Lenore, Rettig, Rainer, Strachan, David P, Beckmann, Jacques S, Witteman, Jacqueline CM, Erdmann, Jeanette, Van Dijk, Ko Willems, Boerwinkle, Eric, Boehnke, Michael, Ridker, Paul M, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Abecasis, Goncalo R, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Newton-Cheh, Christopher, Levy, Daniel, Munroe, Patricia B, Psaty, Bruce M, Caulfield, Mark J, Rao, Dabeeru C, Tobin, Martin D, Elliott, Paul, and Van Duijn, Cornelia M
Subjects: Genetic Loci, Case-Control Studies, Hypertension, Humans, Blood Pressure, cardiovascular diseases, Arteries, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Linkage Disequilibrium, circulatory and respiratory physiology, Follow-Up Studies, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Numerous genetic loci have been associated with systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) in Europeans. We now report genome-wide association studies of pulse pressure (PP) and mean arterial pressure (MAP). In discovery (N = 74,064) and follow-up studies (N = 48,607), we identified at genome-wide significance (P = 2.7 × 10(-8) to P = 2.3 × 10(-13)) four new PP loci (at 4q12 near CHIC2, 7q22.3 near PIK3CG, 8q24.12 in NOV and 11q24.3 near ADAMTS8), two new MAP loci (3p21.31 in MAP4 and 10q25.3 near ADRB1) and one locus associated with both of these traits (2q24.3 near FIGN) that has also recently been associated with SBP in east Asians. For three of the new PP loci, the estimated effect for SBP was opposite of that for DBP, in contrast to the majority of common SBP- and DBP-associated variants, which show concordant effects on both traits. These findings suggest new genetic pathways underlying blood pressure variation, some of which may differentially influence SBP and DBP.
Published: 2018
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10. Serum iron level and kidney function: a Mendelian randomization study

Author: Del Greco M, F, Foco, L, Pichler, I, Eller, P, Eller, K, Benyamin, B, Whitfield, JB, Genetics of Iron Status Consortium, CKDGen Consortium, Pramstaller, PP, Thompson, JR, Pattaro, C, Minelli, C, Del Greco, Fabiola M, Foco, Luisa, Pichler, Irene, Eller, Philipp, Eller, Kathrin, Benyamin, Beben, Whitfield, John B, Pramstaller, Peter P, Thompson, John R, Pattaro, Cristian, Minelli, Cosetta, Genetics Iron Status Consortium, and CKDGen Consortium
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, Iron, Population, 030232 urology & nephrology, Renal function, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, iron, Risk Factors, Internal medicine, Mendelian randomization, medicine, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic, education, kidney function, Transplantation, education.field_of_study, glomerular filtration rate, biology, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Confounding, ferritin, 1103 Clinical Sciences, Urology & Nephrology, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, medicine.disease, Confidence interval, Ferritin, 030104 developmental biology, Endocrinology, Nephrology, biology.protein, Serum iron, business, chronic kidney disease, Kidney disease, Glomerular Filtration Rate
Abstract: Background: Iron depletion is a known consequence of chronic kidney disease (CKD), but there is contradicting epidemiological evidence on whether iron itself affects kidney function and whether its effect is protective or detrimental in the general population. While epidemiological studies tend to be affected by confounding and reverse causation, Mendelian randomization (MR) can provide unconfounded estimates of causal effects by using genes as instruments. Methods: We performed an MR study of the effect of serum iron levels on estimated glomerular filtration rate (EGFR), using genetic variants known to be associated with iron.MR estimates of the effect of iron on EGFR were derived based on the association of each variant with iron and EGFR from two large genome-wide meta-analyses on 48 978 and 74 354 individuals. We performed a similar MR analysis for ferritin, which measures iron stored in the body, using variants associated with ferritin. Results: A combined MR estimate across all variants showed a 1.3% increase in EGFR per standard deviation increase in iron (95% confidence interval 0.4-2.1%; P = 0.004). The results for ferritin were consistent with those for iron. Secondary MR analyses of the effects of iron and ferritin on CKD did not show significant associations but had very low statistical power. Conclusions: Our study suggests a protective effect of iron on kidney function in the general population. Further research is required to confirm this causal association, investigate it in study populations at higher risk of CKD and explore its underlyingmechanismof action. Refereed/Peer-reviewed
Published: 2016

11. Meta-analysis identifies common and rare variants influencing blood pressure and overlapping with metabolic trait loci

Author: Liu, Chunyu, Kraja, Aldi T, Smith, Jennifer A, Brody, Jennifer A, Franceschini, Nora, Bis, Joshua C, Rice, Kenneth, Morrison, Alanna C, Lu, Yingchang, Weiss, Stefan, Guo, Xiuqing, Palmas, Walter, Martin, Lisa W, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Surendran, Praveen, Drenos, Fotios, Cook, James P, Auer, Paul L, Chu, Audrey Y, Giri, Ayush, Zhao, Wei, Jakobsdottir, Johanna, Lin, Li-An, Stafford, Jeanette M, Amin, Najaf, Mei, Hao, Yao, Jie, Voorman, Arend, CHD Exome+ Consortium, ExomeBP Consortium, GoT2DGenes Consortium, T2D-GENES Consortium, Larson, Martin G, Grove, Megan L, Smith, Albert V, Hwang, Shih-Jen, Chen, Han, Huan, Tianxiao, Kosova, Gulum, Stitziel, Nathan O, Kathiresan, Sekar, Samani, Nilesh, Schunkert, Heribert, Deloukas, Panos, Myocardial Infarction Genetics And CARDIoGRAM Exome Consortia, Li, Man, Fuchsberger, Christian, Pattaro, Cristian, Gorski, Mathias, CKDGen Consortium, Kooperberg, Charles, Papanicolaou, George J, Rossouw, Jacques E, Faul, Jessica D, Kardia, Sharon LR, Bouchard, Claude, Raffel, Leslie J, Uitterlinden, André G, Franco, Oscar H, Vasan, Ramachandran S, O'Donnell, Christopher J, Taylor, Kent D, Liu, Kiang, Bottinger, Erwin P, Gottesman, Omri, Daw, E Warwick, Giulianini, Franco, Ganesh, Santhi, Salfati, Elias, Harris, Tamara B, Launer, Lenore J, Dörr, Marcus, Felix, Stephan B, Rettig, Rainer, Völzke, Henry, Kim, Eric, Lee, Wen-Jane, Lee, I-Te, Sheu, Wayne H-H, Tsosie, Krystal S, Edwards, Digna R Velez, Liu, Yongmei, Correa, Adolfo, Weir, David R, Völker, Uwe, Ridker, Paul M, Boerwinkle, Eric, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Reiner, Alexander P, Van Duijn, Cornelia M, Borecki, Ingrid B, Edwards, Todd L, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Rotter, Jerome I, Psaty, Bruce M, Loos, Ruth JF, Fornage, Myriam, Ehret, Georg B, Newton-Cheh, Christopher, Levy, Daniel, Chasman, Daniel I, Smith, Jennifer A [0000-0002-3575-5468], Lin, Li-An [0000-0003-2731-1346], Smith, Albert V [0000-0003-1942-5845], Chen, Han [0000-0002-9510-4923], Deloukas, Panos [0000-0001-9251-070X], Li, Man [0000-0002-3839-0281], Correa, Adolfo [0000-0002-9501-600X], Edwards, Todd L [0000-0003-4318-6119], Ehret, Georg B [0000-0002-5730-0675], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Subjects: Genotype, Genome, Human, Hypertension, Genetic Variation, Humans, Blood Pressure, Exome, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Genome-Wide Association Study, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
Abstract: Meta-analyses of association results for blood pressure using exome-centric single-variant and gene-based tests identified 31 new loci in a discovery stage among 146,562 individuals, with follow-up and meta-analysis in 180,726 additional individuals (total n = 327,288). These blood pressure-associated loci are enriched for known variants for cardiometabolic traits. Associations were also observed for the aggregation of rare and low-frequency missense variants in three genes, NPR1, DBH, and PTPMT1. In addition, blood pressure associations at 39 previously reported loci were confirmed. The identified variants implicate biological pathways related to cardiometabolic traits, vascular function, and development. Several new variants are inferred to have roles in transcription or as hubs in protein-protein interaction networks. Genetic risk scores constructed from the identified variants were strongly associated with coronary disease and myocardial infarction. This large collection of blood pressure-associated loci suggests new therapeutic strategies for hypertension, emphasizing a link with cardiometabolic risk.
Published: 2016

12. 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
Subjects: 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

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

Author: Shungin, Dmitry, Winkler, Thomas W., Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Ferreira, Teresa, Lockes, Adam E., Maegi, Reedik, Strawbridge, Rona J., Pers, Tune H., Fischer, Krista, Justice, Anne E., Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Wu, Joseph M. W., Buchkovich, Martin L., Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Roman, Tamara S., Drong, Alexander W., Song, Ci, Gustafsson, Stefan, Day, Felix R., Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Kutalik, Zoltan, Luan, Jian'an, Randall, Joshua C., Scherag, Andre, Vedantam, Sailaja, Wood, Andrew R., Chen, Jin, Fehrmann, Rudolf, Karjalainen, Juha, Kahali, Bratati, Liu, Ching-Ti, Schmidt, Ellen M., Absher, Devin, Amin, Najaf, Anderson, Denise, Beekman, Marian, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., Buyske, Steven, Demirkan, Ayse, Ehret, Georg B., Feitosa, Mary F., Goel, Anuj, Jackson, Anne U., Johnson, Toby, Kleber, Marcus E., ADIPOGEN Consortium, CARDIOGRAMplusC4D Consortium, CKDGen Consortium, GEFOS Consortium, GENIE Consortium, GLGC, ICBP, Int Endogene Consortium, LifeLines Cohort Study, MAGIC Investigators, MuTHER Consortium, PAGE Consortium, and ReproGen Consortium
Subjects: COMMON SNPS, SEXUAL-DIMORPHISM, SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCI, FALSE DISCOVERY, GLYCEMIC TRAITS, ADIPOGENIC DIFFERENTIATION, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, ABDOMINAL ADIPOSITY, HUMAN HEIGHT, MESENCHYMAL STEM-CELLS
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
Published: 2015

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

Author: Locke, Adam E., Kahali, Bratati, Berndt, Sonja I., Justice, Anne E., Pers, Tune H., Day, Felix R., Powell, Corey, Vedantam, Sailaja, Buchkovich, Martin L., Yang, Jian, Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Ferreira, Teresa, Gustafsson, Stefan, Kutalik, Zoltan, Luan, Jian'an, Maegi, Reedik, Randall, Joshua C., Winkler, Thomas W., Wood, Andrew R., Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Faul, Jessica D., Smith, Jennifer A., Zhao, Jing Hua, Zhao, Wei, Chen, Jin, Fehrmann, Rudolf, Hedman, Asa K., Karjalainen, Juha, Schmidt, Ellen M., Absher, Devin, Amin, Najaf, Anderson, Denise, van der Laan, Sander W., van Setten, Jessica, Uh, Hae-Won, den Ruijter, Hester M., Moll, Frans L., Pasterkamp, Gerard, Asselbergs, Folkert W., de Bakker, Paul I. W., Zanen, Pieter, LifeLines Cohort Study, ADIPOGen Consortium, AGEN-BMI Working Grp, CARDIOGRAMplusC4D Consortium, CKDGen Consortium, GLGC, ICBP, MAGIC Investigators, MuTHER Consortium, MIGen Consortium, PAGE Consortium, ReproGen Consortium, GENIE Consortium, and Int Endogene Consortium
Subjects: EXPRESSION, ARCHITECTURE, PROVIDES INSIGHTS, GLYCEMIC TRAITS, LOCI, PATHWAYS, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, VARIANTS, HUMAN HEIGHT, METAANALYSIS
Abstract: 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 upto 339,224 individuals. This analysis identifies 97 BMI-associated loci (P 20% of BMI variation. Pathway analyses provide strong support for a role of the central nervous systemin 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.
Published: 2015

15. Genome-wide meta-analyses of plasma renin activity and concentration reveal association with the Kininogen 1 and Prekallikrein genes

Author: Lieb, W., Chen, M.H., Teumer, A., de Boer, R.A., Lin, H., Fox, E.R., Musani, S.K., Wilson, J.G., Wang, T.J., Völzke, H., Petersen, A.K., Meisinger, C., Nauck, M., Schlesinger, S., Li, Y., Ménard, J., Hercberg, S., Wichmann, H.-E., Völker, U., Rawal, R., Bidlingmaier, M., Hannemann, A., Dörr, M., Rettig, R., van Gilst, W.H., van Veldhuisen, D.J., Bakker, S.J., Navis, G., Wallaschofski, H., Meneton, P., van der Harst, P., Reincke, M., Vasan, R.S., CKDGen Consortium (), ICBP Consortium (), EchoGen Consortium (), Cardiovascular Centre (CVC), Groningen Institute for Organ Transplantation (GIOT), Lifestyle Medicine (LM), Groningen Kidney Center (GKC), Vascular Ageing Programme (VAP), Value, Affordability and Sustainability (VALUE), Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, National Institutes of Health [Bethesda] (NIH), King‘s College London, Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), Boston University [Boston] (BU), University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC), Solvay Engineering Plastics, Institute for Community Medicine, Universität Greifswald - University of Greifswald, Klinikum der Universität [München], Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf = Heinrich Heine University [Düsseldorf], Chengdu University of Technology (CDUT), CIC - HEGP (CIC 1418), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou [APHP] (HEGP), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Ouest - Hôpitaux Universitaires Île de France Ouest (HUPO)-Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris Ouest - Hôpitaux Universitaires Île de France Ouest (HUPO)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Centre de Recherche Épidémiologie et Statistique Sorbonne Paris Cité (CRESS (U1153 / UMR_A_1125 / UMR_S_1153)), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Helmholtz Zentrum München = German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Technische Universität Munchen - Université Technique de Munich [Munich, Allemagne] (TUM), Interfaculty Institute for Genetics and Functional Genomics, Laboratoire d'Informatique Médicale et Ingénierie des Connaissances en e-Santé (LIMICS), and Université Paris 13 (UP13)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)
Subjects: Kininogen 1, medicine.medical_specialty, Genome Wide Association Study, Aldosterone, Renin Angiotensin System, Population, CONVERTING ENZYME, Genome-wide association study, renin-angiotensin system, BLOOD-PRESSURE, Biology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Plasma renin activity, Article, [INFO.INFO-CL]Computer Science [cs]/Computation and Language [cs.CL], DISEASE, ANGIOTENSIN-ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM, chemistry.chemical_compound, Quantitative Trait, Heritable, Internal medicine, Renin, Renin–angiotensin system, Genetics, medicine, Humans, education, Genetics (clinical), POPULATION, METABOLIC SYNDROME, education.field_of_study, aldosterone, genome-wide association study, HYPERTENSION, Kininogens, Prekallikrein, GS-ALPHA, CARDIAC STRUCTURE, Endocrinology, Blood pressure, chemistry, Cardiovascular Diseases, HEART, Kidney Diseases, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Abstract: Background— The renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS) is critical for regulation of blood pressure and fluid balance and influences cardiovascular remodeling. Dysregulation of the RAAS contributes to cardiovascular and renal morbidity. The genetic architecture of circulating RAAS components is incompletely understood. Methods and Results— We meta-analyzed genome-wide association data for plasma renin activity (n=5275), plasma renin concentrations (n=8014), and circulating aldosterone (n=13289) from ≤4 population-based cohorts of European and European-American ancestry, and assessed replication of the top results in an independent sample (n=6487). Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 2 independent loci displayed associations with plasma renin activity at genome-wide significance ( P −8 ). A third locus was close to this threshold (rs4253311 in kallikrein B [KLKB1], P =5.5×10 −8 ). Two of these loci replicated in an independent sample for both plasma renin and aldosterone concentrations (SNP rs5030062 in kininogen 1 [KNG1]: P =0.001 for plasma renin, P =0.024 for plasma aldosterone concentration; and rs4253311 with P NEBL gene reached genome-wide significance for plasma renin concentration in the discovery sample (top SNP rs3915911; P =8.81×10 −9 ), but did not replicate ( P =0.81). No locus reached genome-wide significance for aldosterone. SNPs rs5030062 and rs4253311 were not related to blood pressure or renal traits; in a companion study, variants in the kallikrein B locus were associated with B-type natriuretic peptide concentrations in blacks. Conclusions— We identified 2 genetic loci ( kininogen 1 and kallikrein B ) influencing key components of the RAAS, consistent with the close interrelation between the kallikrein–kinin system and the RAAS.
Published: 2015

16. Polygenic Overlap Between Kidney Function and Large Artery Atherosclerotic Stroke

Author: Holliday, E.G., Traylor, M., Malik, R., Bevan, S., Maguire, J., Koblar, S.A., Sturm, J., Hankey, G.J., Oldmeadow, C., McEvoy, M., Sudlow, C., Rothwell, P.M., Coresh, J., Hamet, P., Tremblay, J., Turner, S.T., Andrade, M. de, Rao, M., Schmidt, R., Crick, P.A., Robino, A., Peralta, C.A., Jukema, J.W., Mitchell, P., Rosas, S.E., Wang, J.J., Scott, R.J., Dichgans, M., Mitchell, B.D., Kao, W.H.L., Fox, C.S., Levi, C., Attia, J., Markus, H.S., CKDGen Consortium, and Int Stroke Genetics Consortium
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, kidney, genetic epidemiology, Genotype, Renal function, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Gastroenterology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Article, chemistry.chemical_compound, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Albuminuria, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Stroke, Advanced and Specialized Nursing, Creatinine, Neurology & Neurosurgery, biology, business.industry, medicine.disease, stroke, Endocrinology, Cystatin C, chemistry, Intima-media thickness, biology.protein, Kidney Diseases, Neurology (clinical), medicine.symptom, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Kidney disease, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Background and Purpose— Epidemiological studies show strong associations between kidney dysfunction and risk of ischemic stroke (IS), the mechanisms of which are incompletely understood. We investigated whether these associations may reflect shared heritability because of a common polygenic basis and whether this differed for IS subtypes. Methods— Polygenic models were derived using genome-wide association studies meta-analysis results for 3 kidney traits: estimated glomerular filtration rate using serum creatinine (eGFRcrea: n=73 998), eGFR using cystatin C (eGFRcys: n=22 937), and urinary albumin to creatinine ratio (n=31 580). For each, single nucleotide polymorphisms passing 10 P value thresholds were used to form profile scores in 4561 IS cases and 7094 controls from the United Kingdom, Germany, and Australia. Scores were tested for association with IS and its 3 aetiological subtypes: large artery atherosclerosis, cardioembolism, and small vessel disease. Results— Polygenic scores correlating with higher eGFRcrea were associated with reduced risk of large artery atherosclerosis, with 5 scores reaching P P =0.004) and all showing the epidemiologically expected direction of effect. A similar pattern was observed for polygenic scores reflecting higher urinary albumin to creatinine ratio, of which 3 associated with large artery atherosclerosis (peak P =0.01) and all showed the expected directional association. One urinary albumin to creatinine ratio–based score also associated with small vessel disease ( P =0.03). The global pattern of results was unlikely to have occurred by chance ( P =0.02). Conclusions— This study suggests possible polygenic correlation between renal dysfunction and IS. The shared genetic components may be specific to stroke subtypes, particularly large artery atherosclerotic stroke. Further study of the genetic relationships between these disorders seems merited.
Published: 2014

17. Meta-analysis identifies multiple loci associated with kidney function-related traits in east Asian populations

Author: Okada, Y, Sim, X, Go, Mj, Wu, Jy, Gu, D, Takeuchi, F, Takahashi, A, Maeda, S, Tsunoda, T, Chen, P, Lim, Sc, Wong, Ty, Liu, J, Young, Tl, Aung, T, Seielstad, M, Teo, Yy, Kim, Yj, Lee, Jy, Han, Bg, Kang, D, Chen, Ch, Tsai, Fj, Chang, Lc, Fann, Sj, Mei, H, Rao, Dc, Hixson, Je, Chen, S, Katsuya, T, Isono, M, Ogihara, T, Chambers, Jc, Zhang, W, Kooner, Js, Kidneygen, Consortium, Ckdgen, Consortium, Albrecht, E, Gugc, Consortium, Yamamoto, K, Kubo, M, Nakamura, Y, Kamatani, N, Kato, N, He, J, Chen, Yt, Cho, Ys, Tai, Es, Tanaka, T., Lord, Gm, van der Harst, P, Lawlor, Da, Sehmi, Js, Gale, Dp, Wass, Mn, Ahmadi, Kr, Bakker, Sj, Beckmann, J, Bilo, Hj, Bochud, M, Brown, Mj, Caulfield, Mj, Connell, Jm, Cook, Ht, Cotlarciuc, I, Smith, Gd, de Silva, R, Deng, G, Devuyst, O, Dikkeschei, Ld, Dimkovic, N, Dockrell, M, Dominiczak, A, Ebrahim, S, Eggermann, T, Farrall, M, Ferrucci, L, Floege, J, Forouhi, Ng, Gansevoort, Rt, Han, X, Hedblad, B, van der Heide JJ, Hepkema, Bg, Hernandez Fuentes, M, Hypponen, E, Johnson, T, de Jong PE, Kleefstra, N, Lagou, V, Lapsley, M, Li, Y, Loos, Rj, Luan, J, Luttropp, K, Maréchal, C, Melander, O, Munroe, Pb, Nordfors, L, Parsa, A, Peltonen, L, Penninx, Bw, Perucha, E, Pouta, A, Prokopenko, I, Roderick, Pj, Ruokonen, A, Samani, Nj, Sanna, S, Schalling, M, Schlessinger, D, Schlieper, G, Seelen, Ma, Shuldiner, Ar, Sjögren, M, Smit, Jh, Snieder, H, Soranzo, N, Spector, Td, Stenvinkel, P, Sternberg, Mj, Swaminathan, R, Tanaka, T, Ubink Veltmaat LJ, Uda, M, Vollenweider, P, Wallace, C, Waterworth, D, Zerres, K, Waeber, G, Wareham, Nj, Maxwell, Ph, Mccarthy, Mi, Jarvelin, Mr, Mooser, V, Abecasis, Gr, Lightstone, L, Scott, J, Navis, G, Elliott, P, Köttgen, A, Pattaro, C, Böger, Ca, Fuchsberger, C, Olden, M, Glazer, Nl, Gao, X, Yang, Q, Smith, Av, O'Connell, Jr, Li, M, Schmidt, H, Isaacs, A, Ketkar, S, Hwang, Sj, Johnson, Ad, Dehghan, A, Teumer, A, Paré, G, Atkinson, Ej, Zeller, T, Lohman, K, Cornelis, Mc, Probst Hensch NM, Kronenberg, F, Tönjes, A, Hayward, C, Aspelund, T, Eiriksdottir, G, Launer, Lj, Harris, Tb, Rampersaud, E, Mitchell, Bd, Arking, De, Boerwinkle, E, Struchalin, M, Cavalieri, M, Singleton, A, Giallauria, F, Metter, J, de Boer IH, Haritunians, T, Lumley, T, Siscovick, D, Psaty, Bm, Zillikens, Mc, Oostra, Ba, Feitosa, M, Province, M, de Andrade, M, Turner, St, Schillert, A, Ziegler, A, Wild, Ps, Schnabel, Rb, Wilde, S, Munzel, Tf, Leak, Ts, Illig, T, Klopp, N, Meisinger, C, Wichmann, He, Koenig, W, Zgaga, L, Zemunik, T, Kolcic, I, Minelli, C, Hu, Fb, Johansson, Å, Igl, W, Zaboli, G, Wild, Sh, Wright, Af, Campbell, H, Ellinghaus, D, Schreiber, S, Aulchenko, Ys, Felix, Jf, Rivadeneira, F, Uitterlinden, Ag, Hofman, A, Imboden, M, Nitsch, D, Brandstätter, A, Kollerits, B, Kedenko, L, Mägi, R, Stumvoll, M, Kovacs, P, Boban, M, Campbell, S, Endlich, K, Völzke, H, Kroemer, Hk, Nauck, M, Völker, U, Polasek, O, Vitart, V, Badola, S, Parker, An, Ridker, Pm, Kardia, Sl, Blankenberg, S, Liu, Y, Curhan, Gc, Franke, A, Rochat, T, Paulweber, B, Wang, W, Gudnason, V, Coresh, J, Schmidt, R, Shlipak, Mg, van Duijn CM, Borecki, I, Krämer, Bk, Rudan, I, Gyllensten, U, Wilson, Jf, Witteman, Jc, Pramstaller, Pp, Rettig, R, Hastie, N, Chasman, Di, Kao, Wh, Heid, Im, Fox, Cs, Krumsiek, J, Hundertmark, C, Pistis, G, Ruggiero, D, O'Seaghdha, M, Haller, T, Kutalik, Z, Shi, J, Middelberg, Ps, Gaffo, Al, Pirastu, N, Li, G, Huffman, J, Yengo, L, Zhao, Jh, Demirkan, A, Feitosa, Mf, Liu, X, Malerba, Giovanni, Lopez, Lm, Li, X, Kleber, Me, Hicks, Aa, Nolte, Im, Johansson, A, Murgia, F, Peden, Jf, Steri, M, Tenesa, A, Salo, P, Mangino, M, Rose, Lm, Lehtimäki, T, Woodward, Om, Tin, A, Müller, C, Oldmeadow, C, Putku, M, Czamara, D, Kraft, P, Frogheri, L, Thun, Ga, Grotevendt, A, Gislason, Gk, Mcardle, P, Schallert, M, Martin, Ng, Montgomery, Gw, Jacobs DR Jr, Liu, K, D'Adamo, P, Ulivi, S, Rotter, Ji, Navaro, P, Balkau, B, Froguel, P, Esko, T, Salumets, A, Khaw, Kt, Langenberg, C, Kraja, A, Zhang, Q, Scott, Rj, Holliday, Eg, Org, 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Subjects: Asian Continental Ancestry Group, kidney, Population, Renal function, Genome-wide association study, Biology, Kidney, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Article, Blood Urea Nitrogen, Cohort Studies, chemistry.chemical_compound, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Asian People, loci, Asian, medicine, Humans, genetics, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic, education, meta-analysis, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genetic association, Genetics, Creatinine, education.field_of_study, ta3121, medicine.disease, Uric Acid, Asian Continental Ancestry Group/genetics, Creatinine/blood, Glomerular Filtration Rate/genetics, Kidney/physiology, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/genetics, Uric Acid/blood, medicine.anatomical_structure, chemistry, Genetic epidemiology, Cohort Studie, Human, Kidney disease, Glomerular Filtration Rate
Abstract: Chronic kidney disease (CKD), impairment of kidney function, is a serious public health problem, and the assessment of genetic factors influencing kidney function has substantial clinical relevance. Here, we report a meta-analysis of genomewide association studies for kidney function-related traits, including 71,149 east Asian individuals from 18 studies in 11 population-, hospital- or family-based cohorts, conducted as part of the Asian Genetic Epidemiology Network (AGEN). Our meta-analysis identified 17 loci newly associated with kidney function-related traits, including the concentrations of blood urea nitrogen, uric acid and serum creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate based on serum creatinine levels (eGFRcrea) (P < 5.0 x 10(-8)). We further examined these loci with in silico replication in individuals of European ancestry from the KidneyGen, CKDGen and GUGC consortia, including a combined total of similar to 110,347 individuals. We identify pleiotropic associations among these loci with kidney function-related traits and risk of CKD. These findings provide new insights into the genetics of kidney function.
Published: 2012

18. Association of genetic variation with systolic and diastolic blood pressure among African Americans: the Candidate Gene Association Resource study

Author: Spector, Tim D., Rotimi, Charles N., Hedblad, Bo, Brand, Eva, Day, Ian N. M., Kita, Yoshikuni, Chandak, Giriraj R., Tomaszewski, Maciej, Wong, Andrew, Ogihara, Toshio, Salomaa, Veikko, Igl, Wilmar, Laitinen, Jaana, Olden, Matthias, Okamura, Tomonori, Peltonen, Leena, Witteman, Jacqueline C. M., Wichmann, H-erich, Palmer, Lyle J., Boerwinkle, Eric, Talmud, Philippa J., Tabara, Yasuharu, Platou, Carl G. P., Gyllensten, Ulf B., Meneton, Pierre, Dominiczak, Anna F., Frayling, Timothy M., Groop, Leif, Smith, Albert V., Jackson, Anne U., Kutlar, Abdullah, Heath, Simon, Voight, Benjamin F., Meitinger, Thomas, Stringham, Heather M., Gaunt, Tom R., Islam, Muhammad, Tai, E. Shyong, Hofman, Albert, Lohman, Kurt K., Rotter, Jerome I., Hoffman Bolton, Judith A., Schouw, Yvonne T., Raffel, Leslie J., Lawrence, Robert W., Rudock, Megan E., Scuteri, Angelo, Peden, John F., Eyheramendy, Susana, Aspelund, Thor, Adair, Linda S., Demirkan, Ayse, Staessen, Jan A., Glazer, Nicole L., Launer, Lenore, Ganesh, Santhi, Hirschorn, Joel N., Seshadri, Sudha, Sjo&#776, gren, Marketa, Musani, Solomon K., Verwoert, Germaine C., Umemura, Satoshi, Bis, Joshua C., Dreisbach, Albert W., Keating, Brendan J., Ala-korpela, Mika, Hartikainen, Anna-liisa, Galan, Pilar, Strachan, David P., Hadley, David, Prokopenko, Inga, Young, J. Hunter, Ehret, Georg B., Prabhakaran, Dorairajan, Scott, Laura J., Mosley, Thomas H., Viikari, Jorma, Ohkubo, Takayoshi, Wiggins, Kerri L., Emilsson, Valur, Salako, Tunde, Vo&#776, lker, Uwe, Bornstein, Stefan R., lzke, Henry, Dries, Daniel L., Sharma, Pankaj, Ueshima, Hirotsugu, Wright, Alan F., Lee, Nanette R., Loos, Ruth J. F., Lawlor, Debbie A., Kathiresan, Sekar, Cho, Yoon Shin, Luan, Jian An, Jafar, Tazeen H., Bakker, Stephan J. L., Altshuler, David, Arking, Dan E., Tayo, Bamidele O., Smith, George Davey, Liu, Kiang, Taylor, Herman A., Parsa, Afshin, Mattace-raso, Francesco U. S., Wild, Sarah H., Guo, Xiuqing, Shuldiner, Alan R., Zhang, Weihua, Zhang, Feng, Harris, Tamara B., Kuusisto, Johanna, Zukowska-szczechowska, Ewa, Nyberg, Fredrik, Vineis, Paolo, Dahgam, Santosh, Hayward, Caroline, Hicks, Andrew A., Kuh, Diana, Shriner, Daniel, Taylor, Andrew, Mckenzie, Colin A., Wang, Thomas J., Steinle, Nanette I., Elosua, Roberto, Sim, Xueling, Kang, Sun J., Rivadeneira, Fernando, Palmen, Jutta, Cooper, Matthew N., Lyon, Helen N., Levy, Daniel, Swift, Amy J., Raitakari, Olli, Lyytika&#776, inen, Leo-pekka, Saleheen, Danish, Rudan, Igor, Schwarz, Peter E. H., Kooner, Jaspal S., Smith, Nicholas L., Matullo, Giuseppe, Barroso, Ine&#770, s, O Connell, Jeffrey R., Hunt, Steven C., Hernandez, Dena, Erdmann, Jeanette, Wu&#776, rz, Peter, Forrester, Terrence, Burton, Paul R., Ongen, Halit, Bandinelli, Stefania, Thelle, Dag S., Sehmi, Joban S., O Reilly, Paul F., Braund, Peter S., Danesh, John, Wyatt, Sharon B., Parker, Alex N., Polak, Josef F., Collins, Rory, Zhao, Jing Hua, Shi, Gang, Dehghan, Abbas, Rosengren, Annika, Whincup, Peter H., Duijn, Cornelia M., Hwang, Shih-jen, Ridker, Paul M., Chakravarti, Aravinda, Uda, Manuela, Tanaka, Toshiko, Pramstaller, Peter P., Morken, Mario A., Soininen, Pasi, Abecasis, Gonc&#807, alo R., Zhai, Guangju, Curb, J. David, Ferrucci, Luigi, Doumatey, Ayo P., Fox, Ervin R., Bergman, Richard N., Johnson, Toby, Larson, Martin G., Snieder, Harold, Morris, Richard W., Onland-moret, N. Charlotte, Johnson, Andrew D., Narisu, Narisu, Samani, Nilesh J., Pihur, Vasyl, Chaturvedi, Nish, Melander, Olle, Hamsten, Anders, Charchar, Fadi J., Ludwig, Barbara, Kim, Hyung-lae, Bergmann, Sven, Nalls, Michael A., Milaneschi, Yuri, Palmer, Nicholette D., Alexander, Myriam, Townsend, Raymond R., Caulfield, Mark J., Hilton, Gina, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Lee, Jong-young, Perola, Markus, Grobbee, Diederick E., Longstreth, Will T., Munroe, Patricia B., Uitterlinden, Andre G., Iwai, Naoharu, Adeyemo, Adebowale, Cooper, Richard S., Mcardle, Wendy L., Sun, Yan V., Sijbrands, Eric J. G., Fabsitz, Richard R., Nguyen, Khanh-dung Hoang, Martin, Lisa W., Wareham, Nicholas J., Brown, Morris J., Wang, Xiaoling, Kuznetsova, Tatiana, Rao, Dabeeru C., Org, Elin, Gilst, Wiek H., Orru, Marco, Oostra, Ben A., Howard, Philip, Wagenknecht, Lynne E., Meschia, James F., Mooser, Vincent, Lehtima&#776, ki, Terho, Wong, Tien Y., Langefeld, Carl D., Bragg-gresham, Jennifer L., Bochud, Murielle, Arora, Pankaj, Kivimaki, Mika, Seielstad, Mark, O Donnell, Chris, Chasman, Daniel I., Farrall, Martin, Polasek, Ozren, Fava, Cristiano, Vitart, Veronique, Mani, K. Radha, Uiterwaal, Cuno S. P. M., Chang, Yen-pei C., Zhu, Haidong, Morrison, Alanna C., Bonnycastle, Lori L., Najjar, Samer, Vollenweider, Peter, Eaton, Charles B., Singleton, Andrew, Teumer, Alexander, Deloukas, Panos, Campbell, Harry, Terzic, Janos, Aulchenko, Yurii, Farlow, Deborah N., Psaty, Bruce M., Beckmann, Jacques S., Scott, James, Tobin, Martin D., Kao, Wen Hong Linda, Harst, Pim, Amin, Najaf, Zitting, Paavo, Pattaro, Cristian, Casas, Juan P., Ikram, M. Arfan, Coresh, Josef, Hingorani, Aroon D., Kulkarni, Smita R., Shrine, Nick R. G., Yao, Jie, Fowkes, F. Gerald R., Clarke, Robert, Gra&#776, ssler, Ju&#776, rgen, Hercberg, Serge, Wain, Louise V., Redline, Susan, Isaacs, Aaron, Hopewell, Jemma C., Lathrop, Mark, Vinay, D. G., Marmot, Michael G., Laan, Maris, Rasheed, Asif, So&#771, ber, Siim, Vartiainen, Erkki, Han, Bok-ghee, Rettig, Rainer, Kinra, Sanjay, Artigas, Maria Soler, Veldre, Gudrun, Navis, Gerjan, Shaw-hawkins, Sue, Franceschini, Nora, Lucas, Gavin, Penman, Alan D., Ong, Rick Twee-hee, Mohlke, Karen L., Beilby, John P., Zhu, Xiaofeng, Bots, Michiel L., Chen, Ming-huei, Denniff, Matthew, Brand, Stefan-martin, Kangas, Antti J., Hveem, Kristian, Chambers, John C., Tukiainen, Taru, Boehnke, Michael, Ramachandran, Vasan S., Connell, John M., Collins, Francis S., Khaw, Kay-tee, Nilsson, Peter, Wilson, James F., Yajnik, Chittaranjan S., Guarrera, Simonetta, Gieger, Christian, Elliott, Paul, Plump, Andrew, Ricceri, Fulvio, Tzoulaki, Ioanna, Garcia, Melissa, Ka&#776, ho&#776, nen, Mika, Laakso, Markku, Kumari, Meena, Stanca&#769, kova&#769, Alena, Corsi, Anna Maria, Soranzo, Nicole, Kettunen, Johannes, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Hardy, Rebecca, Lakatta, Edward G., Goel, Anuj, Liu, Yongmei, Dong, Yanbin, Humphries, Steve E., Rice, Kenneth M., Newton-cheh, Christopher, Ko&#776, ttgen, Anna, Viigimaa, Margus, Tripathy, Vikal, Mangino, Massimo, Janipalli, Charles S., Heckbert, Susan R., Palmas, Walter, Watkins, Hugh, Do&#776, rr, Marcus, Kroemer, Heyo K., Weder, Alan B., Wu, Ying, Schwartz, Steven M., Miki, Tetsuro, Zelenika, Diana, Cooper, Jackie A., Kumar, M. J. Kranthi, International Consortium for Blood Pressure Genome-wide Association Studies (ICBP-GWAS), Ja&#776, rvelin, Marjo-riitt, EchoGen consortium, CARDIoGRAM consortium, CKDGen consortium, Charge-hf, Consortium, KidneyGen consortium, Medical Research Council (MRC), Kuznetsova, Tatiana, Staessen, Jan A, Pediatrics, Ehret, Georg Benedikt, International Consortium for Blood Pressure Genome-wide Association Studies (ICBP-GWAS), CARDIoGRAM consortium, CKDGen consortium, KidneyGen consortium, EchoGen consortium, CHARGE-HF consortium, Morrison, Alanna C [0000-0001-6381-4296], Ramachandran, Vasan S [0000-0001-7357-5970], Adeyemo, Adebowale [0000-0002-3105-3231], Martin, Lisa W [0000-0003-4352-0914], Caulfield, Mark J [0000-0001-9295-3594], Levy, Daniel [0000-0003-1843-8724], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Epidemiologie, and RS: CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases
Subjects: Male, Candidate gene, Blood pressure, GWAS, genetic variant, African Americans, Genome-wide association study, Blood Pressure, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Cardiovascular, Medical and Health Sciences, Cohort Studies, 0302 clinical medicine, Diastole, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, International Consortium for Blood Pressure Genome-wide Association Studies (ICBP-GWAS), European Continental Ancestry Group/genetics, Aetiology, International HapMap Project, International Consortium for Blood Pressure Genome-wide Association Studies, Genetics (clinical), ddc:616, Genetics, Genetics & Heredity, 0303 health sciences, Association Studies Articles, Single Nucleotide, General Medicine, 11 Medical And Health Sciences, Biological Sciences, Middle Aged, 3. Good health, Phenotype, Hypertension, Female, Adult, Genotype, Systole, European Continental Ancestry Group, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Biology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, White People, genome-wide association, hypertension prevalence, receptor, disease, family, loci, vasculature, awareness, traits, design, 03 medical and health sciences, Clinical Research, Genetic variation, Humans, Genetic variability, Polymorphism, Hypertension/epidemiology/genetics, Molecular Biology, 030304 developmental biology, Genetic association, Aged, African Americans/genetics, Human Genome, 06 Biological Sciences, Black or African American, Genetic Loci, Genome-Wide Association Study, Hypertension/epidemiology, Hypertension/genetics, Imputation (genetics)
Abstract: The prevalence of hypertension in African Americans (AAs) is higher than in other US groups; yet, few have performed genome-wide association studies (GWASs) in AA. Among people of European descent, GWASs have identified genetic variants at 13 loci that are associated with blood pressure. It is unknown if these variants confer susceptibility in people of African ancestry. Here, we examined genome-wide and candidate gene associations with systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) using the Candidate Gene Association Resource (CARe) consortium consisting of 8591 AAs. Genotypes included genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data utilizing the Affymetrix 6.0 array with imputation to 2.5 million HapMap SNPs and candidate gene SNP data utilizing a 50K cardiovascular gene-centric array (ITMAT-Broad-CARe [IBC] array). For Affymetrix data, the strongest signal for DBP was rs10474346 (P= 3.6 × 10(-8)) located near GPR98 and ARRDC3. For SBP, the strongest signal was rs2258119 in C21orf91 (P= 4.7 × 10(-8)). The top IBC association for SBP was rs2012318 (P= 6.4 × 10(-6)) near SLC25A42 and for DBP was rs2523586 (P= 1.3 × 10(-6)) near HLA-B. None of the top variants replicated in additional AA (n = 11 882) or European-American (n = 69 899) cohorts. We replicated previously reported European-American blood pressure SNPs in our AA samples (SH2B3, P= 0.009; TBX3-TBX5, P= 0.03; and CSK-ULK3, P= 0.0004). These genetic loci represent the best evidence of genetic influences on SBP and DBP in AAs to date. More broadly, this work supports that notion that blood pressure among AAs is a trait with genetic underpinnings but also with significant complexity. ispartof: HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS vol:20 issue:11 pages:2273-2284 ispartof: location:England status: published
Published: 2011

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

Author: ADIPOGen Consortium, CARDIOGRAMplusC4D Consortium, CKDGen Consortium, GEFOS Consortium, GENIE Consortium, International Endogene Consortium, LifeLines Cohort Study, MAGIC Investigators, MuTHER Consortium, PAGE Consortium, ReproGen Consortium, GLGC, ICBP, Dastani, Z., Hivert, MF., Timpson, N., Perry, JR., Yuan, X., Scott, RA., Henneman, P., Heid, IM., Kizer, JR., Lyytikainen, LP., Fuchsberger, C., Tanaka, T., Morris, AP., Small, K., Isaacs, A., Beekman, M., Coassin, S., Lohman, K., Qi, L., Kanoni, S., Pankow, JS., Uh, HW., Wu, Y., Bidulescu, A., Rasmussen-Torvik, LJ., Greenwood, CM., Ladouceur, M., Grimsby, J., Manning, AK., Liu, CT., Kooner, J., Mooser, VE., Vollenweider, P., Kapur, KA., Chambers, J., Wareham, NJ., Langenberg, C., Frants, R., Willemsvan-vanDijk, K., Oostra, BA., Willems, SM., Lamina, C., Winkler, T., Psaty, BM., Tracy, RP., Brody, J., Chen, I., Viikari, J., Kähönen, M., Pramstaller, PP., Evans, DM., St Pourcain, B., Sattar, N., Wood, A., Bandinelli, S., 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Rankinen, T., Rao, D.C., Rice, T.K., Ridker, P.M., Ritchie, M.D., Samani, N.J., Sarzynski, M.A., Schwarz, P.E., Shuldiner, A.R., Staessen, J.A., Steinthorsdottir, V., Stolk, R.P., Strauch, K., Tremblay, A., Vohl, M.C., Wilson, J.F., Witteman, J.C., Adair, L.S., Boehm, B.O., Bornstein, S.R., Bouchard, C., Cauchi, S., Caulfield, M.J., Chambers, J.C., Chasman, D.I., Cooper, R.S., Grabe, H.J., Jöckel, K.H., Munroe, P.B., Oostra, B.A., Palmer, C.N., Pedersen, N.L., Pérusse, L., Saaristo, T.E., Slagboom, P.E., Spector, T.D., Uitterlinden, A.G., Veronesi, G., Walker, M., Wareham, N.J., Wichmann, H.E., Abecasis, G.R., Assimes, T.L., Berndt, S.I., Borecki, I.B., Frayling, T.M., Groop, L.C., Hunter, D.J., Kaplan, R.C., O'Connell, J.R., Strachan, D.P., van Duijn, C.M., Willer, C.J., Visscher, P.M., Yang, J., Hirschhorn, J.N., Zillikens, M.C., McCarthy, M.I., Speliotes, E.K., North, K.E., Fox, C.S., Franks, P.W., Heid, I.M., Loos, R.J., Cupples, L.A., Morris, A.P., Lindgren, C.M., and Mohlke, K.L.
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 < 5 × 10(-8)). In total, 20 of the 49 waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for BMI loci show significant sexual dimorphism, 19 of which display a stronger effect in women. The identified loci were enriched for genes expressed in adipose tissue and for putative regulatory elements in adipocytes. Pathway analyses implicated adipogenesis, angiogenesis, transcriptional regulation and insulin resistance as processes affecting fat distribution, providing insight into potential pathophysiological mechanisms.
Published: 2015

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

Author: Cardiovasculaire Epi Team 4, JC onderzoeksprogramma Cardiovasculaire Epidemiologie, Circulatory Health, Cardiovasculaire Epi Team 3, Cancer, JC onderzoeksprogramma Kanker, MS VPG/Gynaecologie, Child Health, Shungin, Dmitry, Winkler, Thomas W., Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Ferreira, Teresa, Lockes, Adam E., Maegi, Reedik, Strawbridge, Rona J., Pers, Tune H., Fischer, Krista, Justice, Anne E., Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Wu, Joseph M. W., Buchkovich, Martin L., Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Roman, Tamara S., Drong, Alexander W., Song, Ci, Gustafsson, Stefan, Day, Felix R., Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Kutalik, Zoltan, Luan, Jian'an, Randall, Joshua C., Scherag, Andre, Vedantam, Sailaja, Wood, Andrew R., Chen, Jin, Fehrmann, Rudolf, Karjalainen, Juha, Kahali, Bratati, Liu, Ching-Ti, Schmidt, Ellen M., Absher, Devin, Amin, Najaf, Anderson, Denise, Beekman, Marian, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., Buyske, Steven, Demirkan, Ayse, Ehret, Georg B., Feitosa, Mary F., Goel, Anuj, Jackson, Anne U., Johnson, Toby, Kleber, Marcus E., ADIPOGen Consortium, CARDIOGRAMplusC4D Consortium, CKDGen Consortium, GEFOS Consortium, GENIE Consortium, GLGC, ICBP, Int Endogene Consortium, LifeLines Cohort Study, MAGIC Investigators, MuTHER Consortium, PAGE Consortium, ReproGen Consortium, Cardiovasculaire Epi Team 4, JC onderzoeksprogramma Cardiovasculaire Epidemiologie, Circulatory Health, Cardiovasculaire Epi Team 3, Cancer, JC onderzoeksprogramma Kanker, MS VPG/Gynaecologie, Child Health, Shungin, Dmitry, Winkler, Thomas W., Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Ferreira, Teresa, Lockes, Adam E., Maegi, Reedik, Strawbridge, Rona J., Pers, Tune H., Fischer, Krista, Justice, Anne E., Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Wu, Joseph M. W., Buchkovich, Martin L., Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Roman, Tamara S., Drong, Alexander W., Song, Ci, Gustafsson, Stefan, Day, Felix R., Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Kutalik, Zoltan, Luan, Jian'an, Randall, Joshua C., Scherag, Andre, Vedantam, Sailaja, Wood, Andrew R., Chen, Jin, Fehrmann, Rudolf, Karjalainen, Juha, Kahali, Bratati, Liu, Ching-Ti, Schmidt, Ellen M., Absher, Devin, Amin, Najaf, Anderson, Denise, Beekman, Marian, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., Buyske, Steven, Demirkan, Ayse, Ehret, Georg B., Feitosa, Mary F., Goel, Anuj, Jackson, Anne U., Johnson, Toby, Kleber, Marcus E., ADIPOGen Consortium, CARDIOGRAMplusC4D Consortium, CKDGen Consortium, GEFOS Consortium, GENIE Consortium, GLGC, ICBP, Int Endogene Consortium, LifeLines Cohort Study, MAGIC Investigators, MuTHER Consortium, PAGE Consortium, and ReproGen Consortium
Published: 2015

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

Author: Experimentele Afd. Cardiologie 1, Onderzoek Vrouw Hart & Vaatziekten, Circulatory Health, CMM Groep Kaaij, Brain, JC onderzoeksprogramma Methodologie, Cancer, Afdeling Longfunctie, Epi Kanker Team 1, JC onderzoeksprogramma Kanker, MS VPG/Gynaecologie, Child Health, Epi Kanker Team A, JC onderzoeksprogramma Cardiovasculaire Epidemiologie, Cardiovasculaire Epidemiologie, Cardiovasculaire Epi Team 4, Cardiovasculaire Epi Team 5, Locke, Adam E., Kahali, Bratati, Berndt, Sonja I., Justice, Anne E., Pers, Tune H., Day, Felix R., Powell, Corey, Vedantam, Sailaja, Buchkovich, Martin L., Yang, Jian, Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Ferreira, Teresa, Gustafsson, Stefan, Kutalik, Zoltan, Luan, Jian'an, Maegi, Reedik, Randall, Joshua C., Winkler, Thomas W., Wood, Andrew R., Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Faul, Jessica D., Smith, Jennifer A., Zhao, Jing Hua, Zhao, Wei, Chen, Jin, Fehrmann, Rudolf, Hedman, Asa K., Karjalainen, Juha, Schmidt, Ellen M., Absher, Devin, Amin, Najaf, Anderson, Denise, van der Laan, Sander W., van Setten, Jessica, Uh, Hae-Won, den Ruijter, Hester M., Moll, Frans L., Pasterkamp, Gerard, Asselbergs, Folkert W., de Bakker, Paul I. W., Zanen, Pieter, LifeLines Cohort Study, ADIPOGen Consortium, AGEN-BMI Working Grp, CARDIOGRAMplusC4D Consortium, CKDGen Consortium, GLGC, ICBP, MAGIC Investigators, MuTHER Consortium, MIGen Consortium, PAGE Consortium, ReproGen Consortium, GENIE Consortium, Int Endogene Consortium, Experimentele Afd. Cardiologie 1, Onderzoek Vrouw Hart & Vaatziekten, Circulatory Health, CMM Groep Kaaij, Brain, JC onderzoeksprogramma Methodologie, Cancer, Afdeling Longfunctie, Epi Kanker Team 1, JC onderzoeksprogramma Kanker, MS VPG/Gynaecologie, Child Health, Epi Kanker Team A, JC onderzoeksprogramma Cardiovasculaire Epidemiologie, Cardiovasculaire Epidemiologie, Cardiovasculaire Epi Team 4, Cardiovasculaire Epi Team 5, Locke, Adam E., Kahali, Bratati, Berndt, Sonja I., Justice, Anne E., Pers, Tune H., Day, Felix R., Powell, Corey, Vedantam, Sailaja, Buchkovich, Martin L., Yang, Jian, Croteau-Chonka, Damien C., Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Ferreira, Teresa, Gustafsson, Stefan, Kutalik, Zoltan, Luan, Jian'an, Maegi, Reedik, Randall, Joshua C., Winkler, Thomas W., Wood, Andrew R., Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Faul, Jessica D., Smith, Jennifer A., Zhao, Jing Hua, Zhao, Wei, Chen, Jin, Fehrmann, Rudolf, Hedman, Asa K., Karjalainen, Juha, Schmidt, Ellen M., Absher, Devin, Amin, Najaf, Anderson, Denise, van der Laan, Sander W., van Setten, Jessica, Uh, Hae-Won, den Ruijter, Hester M., Moll, Frans L., Pasterkamp, Gerard, Asselbergs, Folkert W., de Bakker, Paul I. W., Zanen, Pieter, LifeLines Cohort Study, ADIPOGen Consortium, AGEN-BMI Working Grp, CARDIOGRAMplusC4D Consortium, CKDGen Consortium, GLGC, ICBP, MAGIC Investigators, MuTHER Consortium, MIGen Consortium, PAGE Consortium, ReproGen Consortium, GENIE Consortium, and Int Endogene Consortium
Published: 2015

22. Meta-analysis identifies multiple loci associated with kidney function-related traits in east Asian populations

Author: Okada, Yukinori, Sim, Xueling, Go, Min Jin, Wu, Jer-Yuarn, Gu, Dongfeng, Takeuchi, Fumihiko, Takahashi, Atsushi, Maeda, Shiro, Tsunoda, Tatsuhiko, Chen, Peng, Lim, Su-Chi, Wong, Tien-Yin, Liu, Jianjun, Young, Terri L, Aung, Tin, Seielstad, Mark, Teo, Yik-Ying, Kim, Young Jin, Lee, Jong-Young, Han, Bok-Ghee, Kang, Daehee, Chen, Chien-Hsiun, Tsai, Fuu-Jen, Chang, Li-Ching, Fann, S-J Cathy, Mei, Hao, Rao, Dabeeru C, Hixson, James E, Chen, Shufeng, Katsuya, Tomohiro, Isono, Masato, Ogihara, Toshio, Chambers, John C, Zhang, Weihua, Kooner, Jaspal S, KidneyGen Consortium, CKDGen Consortium, Albrecht, Eva, GUGC consortium, Yamamoto, Kazuhiko, Kubo, Michiaki, Nakamura, Yusuke, Kamatani, Naoyuki, Kato, Norihiro, He, Jiang, Chen, Yuan-Tsong, Cho, Yoon Shin, Tai, E-Shyong, and Tanaka, Toshihiro
Subjects: Kidney Disease, CKDGen Consortium, Human Genome, Renal and urogenital, KidneyGen Consortium, Single Nucleotide, Biological Sciences, Kidney, Medical and Health Sciences, GUGC consortium, Uric Acid, Blood Urea Nitrogen, Cohort Studies, Asian People, Creatinine, Genetics, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Renal Insufficiency, Polymorphism, Chronic, Glomerular Filtration Rate, Genome-Wide Association Study, Developmental Biology
Abstract: Chronic kidney disease (CKD), impairment of kidney function, is a serious public health problem, and the assessment of genetic factors influencing kidney function has substantial clinical relevance. Here, we report a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for kidney function-related traits, including 71,149 east Asian individuals from 18 studies in 11 population-, hospital- or family-based cohorts, conducted as part of the Asian Genetic Epidemiology Network (AGEN). Our meta-analysis identified 17 loci newly associated with kidney function-related traits, including the concentrations of blood urea nitrogen, uric acid and serum creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate based on serum creatinine levels (eGFRcrea) (P < 5.0 × 10(-8)). We further examined these loci with in silico replication in individuals of European ancestry from the KidneyGen, CKDGen and GUGC consortia, including a combined total of ∼110,347 individuals. We identify pleiotropic associations among these loci with kidney function-related traits and risk of CKD. These findings provide new insights into the genetics of kidney function.
Published: 2012

23. Genome-wide association study identifies six new loci influencing pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure

Author: Wain, L.V., Verwoert, G.C., O'Reilly, P.F., Shi, G., Johnson, T., Johnson, A.D., Bochud, M., Rice, K.M., Henneman, P., Smith, A.V., Ehret, G.B., Amin, N., Larson, M.G., Mooser, V., Hadley, D., Dorr, M., Bis, J.C., Aspelund, T., Esko, T., Janssens, A.C.J.W., Zhao, J.H., Heath, S., Laan, M., Fu, J.Y., Pistis, G., Luan, J.A., Arora, P., Lucas, G., Pirastu, N., Pichler, I., Jackson, A.U., Webster, R.J., Zhang, F., Peden, J.F., Schmidt, H., Tanaka, T., Campbell, H., Igl, W., Milaneschi, Y., Hottenga, J.J., Vitart, V., Chasman, D.I., Trompet, S., Bragg-Gresham, J.L., Alizadeh, B.Z., Chambers, J.C., Guo, X.Q., Lehtimaki, T., Kuhnel, B., Lopez, L.M., Polasek, O., Boban, M., Nelson, C.P., Morrison, A.C., Pihur, V., Ganesh, S.K., Hofman, A., Kundu, S., Mattace-Raso, F.U.S., Rivadeneira, F., Sijbrands, E.J.G., Uitterlinden, A.G., Hwang, S.J., Vasan, R.S., Wang, T.J., Bergmann, S., Vollenweider, P., Waeber, G., Laitinen, J., Pouta, A., Zitting, P., McArdle, W.L., Kroemer, H.K., Volker, U., Volzke, H., Glazer, N.L., Taylor, K.D., Harris, T.B., Alavere, H., Haller, T., Keis, A., Tammesoo, M.L., Aulchenko, Y., Barroso, I., Khaw, K.T., Galan, P., Hercberg, S., Lathrop, M., Eyheramendy, S., Org, E., Sober, S., Lu, X.W., Nolte, I.M., Penninx, B.W., Corre, T., Masciullo, C., Sala, C., Groop, L., Voight, B.F., Melander, O., O'Donnell, C.J., Salomaa, V., d'Adamo, A.P., Fabretto, A., Faletra, F., Ulivi, S., Greco, M.F. del, Facheris, M., Collins, F.S., Bergman, R.N., Beilby, J.P., Hung, J., Musk, A.W., Mangino, M., Shin, S.Y., Soranzo, N., Watkins, H., Goel, A., Hamsten, A., Gider, P., Loitfelder, M., Zeginigg, M., Hernandez, D., Najjar, S.S., Navarro, P., Wild, S.H., Corsi, A.M., Singleton, A., Geus, E.J.C. de, Willemsen, G., Parker, A.N., Rose, L.M., Buckley, B., Stott, D., Orru, M., Uda, M., Klauw, M.M. van der, Zhang, W.H., Li, X.Z., Scott, J., Chen, Y.D.I., Burke, G.L., Kahonen, M., Viikari, J., Doring, A., Meitinger, T., Davies, G., Starr, J.M., Emilsson, V., Plump, A., Lindeman, J.H., Hoen, P.A.C. 't, Konig, I.R., Felix, J.F., Clarke, R., Hopewell, J.C., Ongen, H., Breteler, M., Debette, S., DeStefano, A.L., Fornage, M., Mitchell, G.F., Smith, N.L., Holm, H., Stefansson, K., Thorleifsson, G., Thorsteinsdottir, U., Samani, N.J., Preuss, M., Rudan, I., Hayward, C., Deary, I.J., Wichmann, H.E., Raitakari, O.T., Palmas, W., Kooner, J.S., Stolk, R.P., Jukema, J.W., Wright, A.F., Boomsma, D.I., Bandinelli, S., Gyllensten, U.B., Wilson, J.F., Ferrucci, L., Schmidt, R., Farrall, M., Spector, T.D., Palmer, L.J., Tuomilehto, J., Pfeufer, A., Gasparini, P., Siscovick, D., Altshuler, D., Loos, R.J.F., Toniolo, D., Snieder, H., Gieger, C., Meneton, P., Wareham, N.J., Oostra, B.A., Metspalu, A., Launer, L., Rettig, R., Strachan, D.P., Beckmann, J.S., Witteman, J.C.M., Erdmann, J., Dijk, K.W. van, Boerwinkle, E., Boehnke, M., Ridker, P.M., Jarvelin, M.R., Chakravarti, A., Abecasis, G.R., Gudnason, V., Newton-Cheh, C., Levy, D., Munroe, P.B., Psaty, B.M., Caulfield, M.J., Rao, D.C., Tobin, M.D., Elliott, P., Duijn, C.M. van, LifeLines Cohort Study, EchoGen Consortium, AortaGen Consortium, CHARGE Consortium Heart Failure, KidneyGen Consortium, CKDGen Consortium, Cardiogenics Consortium, and CardioGram
Published: 2011

24. Genome-wide association study identifies six new loci influencing pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure

Author: Wain, LV, Verwoert, GC, O'Reilly, PF, Shi, G, Johnson, T, Johnson, AD, Bochud, M, Rice, KM, Henneman, P, Smith, AV, Ehret, GB, Amin, N, Larson, MG, Mooser, V, Hadley, D, Dörr, M, Bis, JC, Aspelund, T, Esko, T, Janssens, AC, Zhao, JH, Heath, S, Laan, M, Fu, J, Pistis, G, Luan, J, Arora, P, Lucas, G, Pirastu, N, Pichler, I, Jackson, AU, Webster, RJ, Zhang, F, Peden, JF, Schmidt, H, Tanaka, T, Campbell, H, Igl, W, Milaneschi, Y, Hottenga, JJ, Vitart, V, Chasman, DI, Trompet, S, Bragg-Gresham, JL, Alizadeh, BZ, Chambers, JC, Guo, X, Lehtimäki, T, Kühnel, B, Lopez, LM, Polašek, O, Boban, M, Nelson, CP, Morrison, AC, Pihur, V, Ganesh, SK, Hofman, A, Kundu, S, Mattace-Raso, FU, Rivadeneira, F, Sijbrands, EJ, Uitterlinden, AG, Hwang, SJ, Vasan, RS, Wang, TJ, Bergmann, S, Vollenweider, P, Waeber, G, Laitinen, J, Pouta, A, Zitting, P, McArdle, WL, Kroemer, HK, Völker, U, Völzke, H, Glazer, NL, Taylor, KD, Harris, TB, Alavere, H, Haller, T, Keis, A, Tammesoo, ML, Aulchenko, Y, Barroso, I, Khaw, KT, Galan, P, Hercberg, S, Lathrop, M, Eyheramendy, S, Org, E, Sõber, S, Lu, X, Nolte, IM, Penninx, BW, Corre, T, Masciullo, C, Sala, C, Groop, L, Voight, BF, Melander, O, O'Donnell, CJ, Salomaa, V, d'Adamo, AP, Fabretto, A, Faletra, F, Ulivi, S, Del Greco, F, Facheris, M, Collins, FS, Bergman, RN, Beilby, JP, Hung, J, Musk, AW, Mangino, M, Shin, SY, Soranzo, N, Watkins, H, Goel, A, Hamsten, A, Gider, P, Loitfelder, M, Zeginigg, M, Hernandez, D, Najjar, SS, Navarro, P, Wild, SH, Corsi, AM, Singleton, A, de Geus, EJ, Willemsen, G, Parker, AN, Rose, LM, Buckley, B, Stott, D, Orru, M, Uda, M, LifeLines Cohort Study, van der Klauw, MM, Zhang, W, Li, X, Scott, J, Chen, YD, Burke, GL, Kähönen, M, Viikari, J, Döring, A, Meitinger, T, Davies, G, Starr, JM, Emilsson, V, Plump, A, Lindeman, JH, Hoen, PA, König, IR, EchoGen consortium, Felix, JF, Clarke, R, Hopewell, JC, Ongen, H, Breteler, M, Debette, S, Destefano, AL, Fornage, M, AortaGen Consortium, Mitchell, GF, CHARGE Consortium Heart Failure Working Group, Smith, NL, KidneyGen consortium, Holm, H, Stefansson, K, Thorleifsson, G, Thorsteinsdottir, U, CKDGen consortium, Cardiogenics consortium, CardioGram, Samani, NJ, Preuss, M, Rudan, I, Hayward, C, Deary, IJ, Wichmann, HE, Raitakari, OT, Palmas, W, Kooner, JS, Stolk, RP, Jukema, JW, Wright, AF, Boomsma, DI, Bandinelli, S, Gyllensten, UB, Wilson, JF, Ferrucci, L, Schmidt, R, Farrall, M, Spector, TD, Palmer, LJ, Tuomilehto, J, Pfeufer, A, Gasparini, P, Siscovick, D, Altshuler, D, Loos, RJ, Toniolo, D, Snieder, H, Gieger, C, Meneton, P, Wareham, NJ, Oostra, BA, Metspalu, A, Launer, L, Rettig, R, Strachan, DP, Beckmann, JS, Witteman, JC, Erdmann, J, van Dijk, KW, Boerwinkle, E, Boehnke, M, Ridker, PM, Jarvelin, MR, Chakravarti, A, Abecasis, GR, Gudnason, V, Newton-Cheh, C, Levy, D, Munroe, PB, Psaty, BM, Caulfield, MJ, Rao, DC, Tobin, MD, Elliott, P, and van Duijn, CM
Published: 2011

25. Genome-wide association study identifies six new loci influencing pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure

Author: Wain, Louise V, Verwoert, Germaine C, O'Reilly, Paul F, Shi, Gang, Johnson, Toby, Johnson, Andrew D, Bochud, Murielle, Rice, Kenneth M, Henneman, Peter, Smith, Albert V, Ehret, Georg B, Amin, Najaf, Larson, Martin G, Mooser, Vincent, Hadley, David, Dörr, Marcus, Bis, Joshua C, Aspelund, Thor, Esko, Tõnu, Janssens, A Cecile JW, Zhao, Jing Hua, Heath, Simon, Laan, Maris, Fu, Jingyuan, Pistis, Giorgio, Luan, Jian'an, Arora, Pankaj, Lucas, Gavin, Pirastu, Nicola, Pichler, Irene, Jackson, Anne U, Webster, Rebecca J, Zhang, Feng, Peden, John F, Schmidt, Helena, Tanaka, Toshiko, Campbell, Harry, Igl, Wilmar, Milaneschi, Yuri, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Vitart, Veronique, Chasman, Daniel I, Trompet, Stella, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z, Chambers, John C, Guo, Xiuqing, Lehtimäki, Terho, Kühnel, Brigitte, Lopez, Lorna M, Polašek, Ozren, Boban, Mladen, Nelson, Christopher P, Morrison, Alanna C, Pihur, Vasyl, Ganesh, Santhi K, Hofman, Albert, Kundu, Suman, Mattace-Raso, Francesco US, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Sijbrands, Eric JG, Uitterlinden, Andre G, Hwang, Shih-Jen, Vasan, Ramachandran S, Wang, Thomas J, Bergmann, Sven, Vollenweider, Peter, Waeber, Gérard, Laitinen, Jaana, Pouta, Anneli, Zitting, Paavo, McArdle, Wendy L, Kroemer, Heyo K, Völker, Uwe, Völzke, Henry, Glazer, Nicole L, Taylor, Kent D, Harris, Tamara B, Alavere, Helene, Haller, Toomas, Keis, Aime, Tammesoo, Mari-Liis, Aulchenko, Yurii, Barroso, Inês, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Galan, Pilar, Hercberg, Serge, Lathrop, Mark, Eyheramendy, Susana, Org, Elin, Sõber, Siim, Lu, Xiaowen, Nolte, Ilja M, Penninx, Brenda W, Corre, Tanguy, Masciullo, Corrado, Sala, Cinzia, Groop, Leif, Voight, Benjamin F, Melander, Olle, O'Donnell, Christopher J, Salomaa, Veikko, d'Adamo, Adamo Pio, Fabretto, Antonella, Faletra, Flavio, Ulivi, Sheila, Del Greco, Fabiola M, Facheris, Maurizio, Collins, Francis S, Bergman, Richard N, Beilby, John P, Hung, Joseph, Musk, A William, Mangino, Massimo, Shin, So-Youn, Soranzo, Nicole, Watkins, Hugh, Goel, Anuj, Hamsten, Anders, Gider, Pierre, Loitfelder, Marisa, Zeginigg, Marion, Hernandez, Dena, Najjar, Samer S, Navarro, Pau, Wild, Sarah H, Corsi, Anna Maria, Singleton, Andrew, de Geus, Eco JC, Willemsen, Gonneke, Parker, Alex N, Rose, Lynda M, Buckley, Brendan, Stott, David, Orru, Marco, Uda, Manuela, LifeLines Cohort Study, van der Klauw, Melanie M, Zhang, Weihua, Li, Xinzhong, Scott, James, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Burke, Gregory L, Kähönen, Mika, Viikari, Jorma, Döring, Angela, Meitinger, Thomas, Davies, Gail, Starr, John M, Emilsson, Valur, Plump, Andrew, Lindeman, Jan H, Hoen, Peter AC 't, König, Inke R, EchoGen consortium, Felix, Janine F, Clarke, Robert, Hopewell, Jemma C, Ongen, Halit, Breteler, Monique, Debette, Stéphanie, Destefano, Anita L, Fornage, Myriam, AortaGen Consortium, Mitchell, Gary F, CHARGE Consortium Heart Failure Working Group, Smith, Nicholas L, KidneyGen consortium, Holm, Hilma, Stefansson, Kari, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, CKDGen consortium, Cardiogenics consortium, CardioGram, Samani, Nilesh J, Preuss, Michael, Rudan, Igor, Hayward, Caroline, Deary, Ian J, Wichmann, H-Erich, Raitakari, Olli T, Palmas, Walter, Kooner, Jaspal S, Stolk, Ronald P, Jukema, J Wouter, Wright, Alan F, Boomsma, Dorret I, Bandinelli, Stefania, Gyllensten, Ulf B, Wilson, James F, Ferrucci, Luigi, Schmidt, Reinhold, Farrall, Martin, Spector, Tim D, Palmer, Lyle J, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Pfeufer, Arne, Gasparini, Paolo, Siscovick, David, Altshuler, David, Loos, Ruth JF, Toniolo, Daniela, Snieder, Harold, Gieger, Christian, Meneton, Pierre, Wareham, Nicholas J, Oostra, Ben A, Metspalu, Andres, Launer, Lenore, Rettig, Rainer, Strachan, David P, Beckmann, Jacques S, Witteman, Jacqueline CM, Erdmann, Jeanette, van Dijk, Ko Willems, Boerwinkle, Eric, Boehnke, Michael, Ridker, Paul M, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Abecasis, Goncalo R, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Newton-Cheh, Christopher, Levy, Daniel, Munroe, Patricia B, Psaty, Bruce M, Caulfield, Mark J, Rao, Dabeeru C, Tobin, Martin D, Elliott, Paul, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Zhao, Jing Hua [0000-0003-4930-3582], Luan, Jian'an [0000-0003-3137-6337], Barroso, Ines [0000-0001-5800-4520], Khaw, Kay-Tee [0000-0002-8802-2903], Soranzo, Nicole [0000-0003-1095-3852], Wareham, Nicholas [0000-0003-1422-2993], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Subjects: Genetic Loci, Case-Control Studies, Hypertension, Humans, Blood Pressure, cardiovascular diseases, Arteries, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Linkage Disequilibrium, circulatory and respiratory physiology, Follow-Up Studies, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Numerous genetic loci have been associated with systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) in Europeans. We now report genome-wide association studies of pulse pressure (PP) and mean arterial pressure (MAP). In discovery (N = 74,064) and follow-up studies (N = 48,607), we identified at genome-wide significance (P = 2.7 × 10(-8) to P = 2.3 × 10(-13)) four new PP loci (at 4q12 near CHIC2, 7q22.3 near PIK3CG, 8q24.12 in NOV and 11q24.3 near ADAMTS8), two new MAP loci (3p21.31 in MAP4 and 10q25.3 near ADRB1) and one locus associated with both of these traits (2q24.3 near FIGN) that has also recently been associated with SBP in east Asians. For three of the new PP loci, the estimated effect for SBP was opposite of that for DBP, in contrast to the majority of common SBP- and DBP-associated variants, which show concordant effects on both traits. These findings suggest new genetic pathways underlying blood pressure variation, some of which may differentially influence SBP and DBP.
Published: 2011

26. Meta-analysis identifies multiple loci associated with kidney function-related traits in east Asian populations.

Author: KidneyGen Consortium, CKDGen Consortium, GUGC consortium, Chambers, J.C., Zhang, W., Lord, G.M., van der Harst, P., Lawlor, D.A., Sehmi, J.S., Gale, D.P., Wass, M.N., Ahmadi, K.R., Bakker, S.J., Beckmann, J., Bilo, H.J., Bochud, M., Brown, M.J., Caulfield, M.J., Connell, J.M., Cook, H.T., Cotlarciuc, I., Smith, G.D., de Silva, R., Deng, G., Devuyst, O., Dikkeschei, L.D., Dimkovic, N., Dockrell, M., Dominiczak, A., Ebrahim, S., Eggermann, T., Farrall, M., Ferrucci, L., Floege, J., Forouhi, N.G., Gansevoort, R.T., Han, X., Hedblad, B., van der Heide, J.J., Hepkema, B.G., Hernandez-Fuentes, M., Hypponen, E., Johnson, T., de Jong, P.E., Kleefstra, N., Lagou, V., Lapsley, M., Li, Y., Loos, R.J., Luan, J., Luttropp, K., Maréchal, C., Melander, O., Munroe, P.B., Nordfors, L., Parsa, A., Peltonen, L., Penninx, B.W., Perucha, E., Pouta, A., Prokopenko, I., Roderick, P.J., Ruokonen, A., Samani, N.J., Sanna, S., Schalling, M., Schlessinger, D., Schlieper, G., Seelen, M.A., Shuldiner, A.R., Sjögren, M., Smit, J.H., Snieder, H., Soranzo, N., Spector, T.D., Stenvinkel, P., Sternberg, M.J., Swaminathan, R., Tanaka, T., Ubink-Veltmaat, L.J., Uda, M., Vollenweider, P., Wallace, C., Waterworth, D., Zerres, K., Waeber, G., Wareham, N.J., Maxwell, P.H., McCarthy, M.I., Jarvelin, M.R., Mooser, V., Abecasis, G.R., Lightstone, L., Scott, J., Navis, G., Elliott, P., Kooner, J.S., Köttgen, A., Pattaro, C., Böger, C.A., Fuchsberger, C., Olden, M., Glazer, N.L., Gao, X., Yang, Q., Smith, A.V., O'Connell, J.R., Li, M., Schmidt, H., Isaacs, A., Ketkar, S., Hwang, S.J., Johnson, A.D., Dehghan, A., Teumer, A., Paré, G., Atkinson, E.J., Zeller, T., Lohman, K., Cornelis, M.C., Probst-Hensch, N.M., Kronenberg, F., Tönjes, A., Hayward, C., Aspelund, T., Eiriksdottir, G., Launer, L.J., Harris, T.B., Rampersaud, E., Mitchell, B.D., Arking, D.E., Boerwinkle, E., Struchalin, M., Cavalieri, M., Singleton, A., Giallauria, F., Metter, J., de Boer, I.H., Haritunians, T., Lumley, T., Siscovick, D., Psaty, B.M., Zillikens, M.C., Oostra, B.A., Feitosa, M., Province, M., de Andrade, M., Turner, S.T., Schillert, A., Ziegler, A., Wild, P.S., Schnabel, R.B., Wilde, S., Munzel, T.F., Leak, T.S., Illig, T., Klopp, N., Meisinger, C., Wichmann, H.E., Koenig, W., Zgaga, L., Zemunik, T., Kolcic, I., Minelli, C., Hu, F.B., Johansson, Å., Igl, W., Zaboli, G., Wild, S.H., Wright, A.F., Campbell, H., Ellinghaus, D., Schreiber, S., Aulchenko, Y.S., Felix, J.F., Rivadeneira, F., Uitterlinden, A.G., Hofman, A., Imboden, M., Nitsch, D., Brandstätter, A., Kollerits, B., Kedenko, L., Mägi, R., Stumvoll, M., Kovacs, P., Boban, M., Campbell, S., Endlich, K., Völzke, H., Kroemer, H.K., Nauck, M., Völker, U., Polasek, O., Vitart, V., Badola, S., Parker, A.N., Ridker, P.M., Kardia, S.L., Blankenberg, S., Liu, Y., Curhan, G.C., Franke, A., Rochat, T., Paulweber, B., Wang, W., Gudnason, V., Coresh, J., Schmidt, R., Shlipak, M.G., van Duijn, C.M., Borecki, I., Krämer, B.K., Rudan, I., Gyllensten, U., Wilson, J.F., Witteman, J.C., Pramstaller, P.P., Rettig, R., Hastie, N., Chasman, D.I., Kao, W.H., Heid, I.M., Fox, C.S., Albrecht, E., Krumsiek, J., Hundertmark, C., Pistis, G., Ruggiero, D., O'Seaghdha, M., Haller, T., Kutalik, Z., Shi, J., Middelberg, P.S., Gaffo, A.L., Pirastu, N., Li, G., Huffman, J., Yengo, L., Zhao, J.H., Demirkan, A., Feitosa, M.F., Liu, X., Malerba, G., Lopez, L.M., Li, X., Kleber, M.E., Hicks, A.A., Nolte, I.M., Johansson, A., Murgia, F., Peden, J.F., Steri, M., Tenesa, A., Salo, P., Mangino, M., Rose, L.M., Lehtimäki, T., Woodward, O.M., Okada, Y., Tin, A., Müller, C., Oldmeadow, C., Putku, M., Czamara, D., Kraft, P., Frogheri, L., Thun, G.A., Grotevendt, A., Gislason, G.K., McArdle, P., Schallert, M., Martin, N.G., Montgomery, G.W., Kubo, M., Nakamura, Y., Jacobs, D.R., Liu, K., D'Adamo, P., Ulivi, S., Rotter, J.I., Navaro, P., Balkau, B., Froguel, P., Esko, T., Salumets, A., Khaw, K.T., Langenberg, C., Kraja, A., Zhang, Q., Scott, R.J., Holliday, E.G., Org, E., Viigimaa, M., Bandinelli, S., Metter, J.E., Lupo, A., Trabetti, E., Sorice, R., Döring, A., Lattka, E., Strauch, K., Theis, F., Waldenberger, M., Davies, G., Gow, A.J., Bruinenberg, M., Stolk, R.P., Winkelmann, B.R., Boehm, B.O., Lucae, S., Curhan, G., Mudgal, P., Plenge, R.M., Portas, L., Persico, I., Kirin, M., Mateo Leach, I., van Gilst, W.H., Goel, A., Ongen, H., von Eckardstein, A., Cucca, F., Nagaraja, R., Piras, M.G., Schurmann, C., Budde, K., Ernst, F., Farrington, S.M., Theodoratou, E., Jula, A., Perola, M., Salomaa, V., Shin, S.Y., Sala, C., Kähönen, M., Viikari, J., Hengstenberg, C., Nelson, C.P., Meschia, J.F., Nalls, M.A., Sharma, P., Singleton, A.B., Kamatani, N., Burnier, M., Attia, J., Laan, M., Hillege, H.L., Kloiber, S., Choi, H., Pirastu, M., Tore, S., Whitfield, J.B., Fornage, M., Gasparini, P., Siscovick, D.S., Bouatia-Naji, N., Metspalu, A., Borecki, I.B., Gambaro, G., Deary, I.J., Wolffenbuttel, B.H., März, W., Watkins, H., Schipf, S., Dunlop, M.G., Ripatti, S., Toniolo, D., Raitakari, O., Ciullo, M., Caulfield, M., Gieger, C., Sim, X., Go, M.J., Wu, J.Y., Gu, D., Takeuchi, F., Takahashi, A., Maeda, S., Tsunoda, T., Chen, P., Lim, S.C., Wong, T.Y., Liu, J., Young, T.L., Aung, T., Seielstad, M., Teo, Y.Y., Kim, Y.J., Lee, J.Y., Han, B.G., Kang, D., Chen, C.H., Tsai, F.J., Chang, L.C., Fann, S.J., Mei, H., Rao, D.C., Hixson, J.E., Chen, S., Katsuya, T., Isono, M., Ogihara, T., Yamamoto, K., Kato, N., He, J., Chen, Y.T., Cho, Y.S., Tai, E.S., KidneyGen Consortium, CKDGen Consortium, GUGC consortium, Chambers, J.C., Zhang, W., Lord, G.M., van der Harst, P., Lawlor, D.A., Sehmi, J.S., Gale, D.P., Wass, M.N., Ahmadi, K.R., Bakker, S.J., Beckmann, J., Bilo, H.J., Bochud, M., Brown, M.J., Caulfield, M.J., Connell, J.M., Cook, H.T., Cotlarciuc, I., Smith, G.D., de Silva, R., Deng, G., Devuyst, O., Dikkeschei, L.D., Dimkovic, N., Dockrell, M., Dominiczak, A., Ebrahim, S., Eggermann, T., Farrall, M., Ferrucci, L., Floege, J., Forouhi, N.G., Gansevoort, R.T., Han, X., Hedblad, B., van der Heide, J.J., Hepkema, B.G., Hernandez-Fuentes, M., Hypponen, E., Johnson, T., de Jong, P.E., Kleefstra, N., Lagou, V., Lapsley, M., Li, Y., Loos, R.J., Luan, J., Luttropp, K., Maréchal, C., Melander, O., Munroe, P.B., Nordfors, L., Parsa, A., Peltonen, L., Penninx, B.W., Perucha, E., Pouta, A., Prokopenko, I., Roderick, P.J., Ruokonen, A., Samani, N.J., Sanna, S., Schalling, M., Schlessinger, D., Schlieper, G., Seelen, M.A., Shuldiner, A.R., Sjögren, M., Smit, J.H., Snieder, H., Soranzo, N., Spector, T.D., Stenvinkel, P., Sternberg, M.J., Swaminathan, R., Tanaka, T., Ubink-Veltmaat, L.J., Uda, M., Vollenweider, P., Wallace, C., Waterworth, D., Zerres, K., Waeber, G., Wareham, N.J., Maxwell, P.H., McCarthy, M.I., Jarvelin, M.R., Mooser, V., Abecasis, G.R., Lightstone, L., Scott, J., Navis, G., Elliott, P., Kooner, J.S., Köttgen, A., Pattaro, C., Böger, C.A., Fuchsberger, C., Olden, M., Glazer, N.L., Gao, X., Yang, Q., Smith, A.V., O'Connell, J.R., Li, M., Schmidt, H., Isaacs, A., Ketkar, S., Hwang, S.J., Johnson, A.D., Dehghan, A., Teumer, A., Paré, G., Atkinson, E.J., Zeller, T., Lohman, K., Cornelis, M.C., Probst-Hensch, N.M., Kronenberg, F., Tönjes, A., Hayward, C., Aspelund, T., Eiriksdottir, G., Launer, L.J., Harris, T.B., Rampersaud, E., Mitchell, B.D., Arking, D.E., Boerwinkle, E., Struchalin, M., Cavalieri, M., Singleton, A., Giallauria, F., Metter, J., de Boer, I.H., Haritunians, T., Lumley, T., Siscovick, D., Psaty, B.M., Zillikens, M.C., Oostra, B.A., Feitosa, M., Province, M., de Andrade, M., Turner, S.T., Schillert, A., Ziegler, A., Wild, P.S., Schnabel, R.B., Wilde, S., Munzel, T.F., Leak, T.S., Illig, T., Klopp, N., Meisinger, C., Wichmann, H.E., Koenig, W., Zgaga, L., Zemunik, T., Kolcic, I., Minelli, C., Hu, F.B., Johansson, Å., Igl, W., Zaboli, G., Wild, S.H., Wright, A.F., Campbell, H., Ellinghaus, D., Schreiber, S., Aulchenko, Y.S., Felix, J.F., Rivadeneira, F., Uitterlinden, A.G., Hofman, A., Imboden, M., Nitsch, D., Brandstätter, A., Kollerits, B., Kedenko, L., Mägi, R., Stumvoll, M., Kovacs, P., Boban, M., Campbell, S., Endlich, K., Völzke, H., Kroemer, H.K., Nauck, M., Völker, U., Polasek, O., Vitart, V., Badola, S., Parker, A.N., Ridker, P.M., Kardia, S.L., Blankenberg, S., Liu, Y., Curhan, G.C., Franke, A., Rochat, T., Paulweber, B., Wang, W., Gudnason, V., Coresh, J., Schmidt, R., Shlipak, M.G., van Duijn, C.M., Borecki, I., Krämer, B.K., Rudan, I., Gyllensten, U., Wilson, J.F., Witteman, J.C., Pramstaller, P.P., Rettig, R., Hastie, N., Chasman, D.I., Kao, W.H., Heid, I.M., Fox, C.S., Albrecht, E., Krumsiek, J., Hundertmark, C., Pistis, G., Ruggiero, D., O'Seaghdha, M., Haller, T., Kutalik, Z., Shi, J., Middelberg, P.S., Gaffo, A.L., Pirastu, N., Li, G., Huffman, J., Yengo, L., Zhao, J.H., Demirkan, A., Feitosa, M.F., Liu, X., Malerba, G., Lopez, L.M., Li, X., Kleber, M.E., Hicks, A.A., Nolte, I.M., Johansson, A., Murgia, F., Peden, J.F., Steri, M., Tenesa, A., Salo, P., Mangino, M., Rose, L.M., Lehtimäki, T., Woodward, O.M., Okada, Y., Tin, A., Müller, C., Oldmeadow, C., Putku, M., Czamara, D., Kraft, P., Frogheri, L., Thun, G.A., Grotevendt, A., Gislason, G.K., McArdle, P., Schallert, M., Martin, N.G., Montgomery, G.W., Kubo, M., Nakamura, Y., Jacobs, D.R., Liu, K., D'Adamo, P., Ulivi, S., Rotter, J.I., Navaro, P., Balkau, B., Froguel, P., Esko, T., Salumets, A., Khaw, K.T., Langenberg, C., Kraja, A., Zhang, Q., Scott, R.J., Holliday, E.G., Org, E., Viigimaa, M., Bandinelli, S., Metter, J.E., Lupo, A., Trabetti, E., Sorice, R., Döring, A., Lattka, E., Strauch, K., Theis, F., Waldenberger, M., Davies, G., Gow, A.J., Bruinenberg, M., Stolk, R.P., Winkelmann, B.R., Boehm, B.O., Lucae, S., Curhan, G., Mudgal, P., Plenge, R.M., Portas, L., Persico, I., Kirin, M., Mateo Leach, I., van Gilst, W.H., Goel, A., Ongen, H., von Eckardstein, A., Cucca, F., Nagaraja, R., Piras, M.G., Schurmann, C., Budde, K., Ernst, F., Farrington, S.M., Theodoratou, E., Jula, A., Perola, M., Salomaa, V., Shin, S.Y., Sala, C., Kähönen, M., Viikari, J., Hengstenberg, C., Nelson, C.P., Meschia, J.F., Nalls, M.A., Sharma, P., Singleton, A.B., Kamatani, N., Burnier, M., Attia, J., Laan, M., Hillege, H.L., Kloiber, S., Choi, H., Pirastu, M., Tore, S., Whitfield, J.B., Fornage, M., Gasparini, P., Siscovick, D.S., Bouatia-Naji, N., Metspalu, A., Borecki, I.B., Gambaro, G., Deary, I.J., Wolffenbuttel, B.H., März, W., Watkins, H., Schipf, S., Dunlop, M.G., Ripatti, S., Toniolo, D., Raitakari, O., Ciullo, M., Caulfield, M., Gieger, C., Sim, X., Go, M.J., Wu, J.Y., Gu, D., Takeuchi, F., Takahashi, A., Maeda, S., Tsunoda, T., Chen, P., Lim, S.C., Wong, T.Y., Liu, J., Young, T.L., Aung, T., Seielstad, M., Teo, Y.Y., Kim, Y.J., Lee, J.Y., Han, B.G., Kang, D., Chen, C.H., Tsai, F.J., Chang, L.C., Fann, S.J., Mei, H., Rao, D.C., Hixson, J.E., Chen, S., Katsuya, T., Isono, M., Ogihara, T., Yamamoto, K., Kato, N., He, J., Chen, Y.T., Cho, Y.S., and Tai, E.S.
Abstract: Chronic kidney disease (CKD), impairment of kidney function, is a serious public health problem, and the assessment of genetic factors influencing kidney function has substantial clinical relevance. Here, we report a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for kidney function-related traits, including 71,149 east Asian individuals from 18 studies in 11 population-, hospital- or family-based cohorts, conducted as part of the Asian Genetic Epidemiology Network (AGEN). Our meta-analysis identified 17 loci newly associated with kidney function-related traits, including the concentrations of blood urea nitrogen, uric acid and serum creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate based on serum creatinine levels (eGFRcrea) (P < 5.0 × 10(-8)). We further examined these loci with in silico replication in individuals of European ancestry from the KidneyGen, CKDGen and GUGC consortia, including a combined total of ∼110,347 individuals. We identify pleiotropic associations among these loci with kidney function-related traits and risk of CKD. These findings provide new insights into the genetics of kidney function.
Published: 2012

27. Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk.

Author: International Consortium for Blood Pressure Genome-Wide Association Studies, CARDIoGRAM consortium, CKDGen Consortium, KidneyGen Consortium, EchoGen consortium, CHARGE-HF consortium, Ehret, G.B., Munroe, P.B., Rice, K.M., Bochud, M., Johnson, A.D., Chasman, D.I., Smith, A.V., Tobin, M.D., Verwoert, G.C., Hwang, S.J., Pihur, V., Vollenweider, P., O'Reilly, P.F., Amin, N., Bragg-Gresham, J.L., Teumer, A., Glazer, N.L., Launer, L., Zhao, J.H., Aulchenko, Y., Heath, S., Sõber, S., Parsa, A., Luan, J., Arora, P., Dehghan, A., Zhang, F., Lucas, G., Hicks, A.A., Jackson, A.U., Peden, J.F., Tanaka, T., Wild, S.H., Rudan, I., Igl, W., Milaneschi, Y., Parker, A.N., Fava, C., Chambers, J.C., Fox, E.R., Kumari, M., Go, M.J., van der Harst, P., Kao, W.H., Sjögren, M., Vinay, D.G., Alexander, M., Tabara, Y., Shaw-Hawkins, S., Whincup, P.H., Liu, Y., Shi, G., Kuusisto, J., Tayo, B., Seielstad, M., Sim, X., Nguyen, K.D., Lehtimäki, T., Matullo, G., Wu, Y., Gaunt, T.R., Onland-Moret, N.C., Cooper, M.N., Platou, C.G., Org, E., Hardy, R., Dahgam, S., Palmen, J., Vitart, V., Braund, P.S., Kuznetsova, T., Uiterwaal, C.S., Adeyemo, A., Palmas, W., Campbell, H., Ludwig, B., Tomaszewski, M., Tzoulaki, I., Palmer, N.D., Aspelund, T., Garcia, M., Chang, Y.P., O'Connell, J.R., Steinle, N.I., Grobbee, D.E., Arking, D.E., Kardia, S.L., Morrison, A.C., Hernandez, D., Najjar, S., McArdle, W.L., Hadley, D., Brown, M.J., Connell, J.M., Hingorani, A.D., Day, I.N., Lawlor, D.A., Beilby, J.P., Lawrence, R.W., Clarke, R., Hopewell, J.C., Ongen, H., Dreisbach, A.W., Li, Y., Young, J.H., Bis, J.C., Kähönen, M., Viikari, J., Adair, L.S., Lee, N.R., Chen, M.H., Olden, M., Pattaro, C., Bolton, J.A., Köttgen, A., Bergmann, S., Mooser, V., Chaturvedi, N., Frayling, T.M., Islam, M., Jafar, T.H., Erdmann, J., Kulkarni, S.R., Bornstein, S.R., Grässler, J., Groop, L., Voight, B.F., Kettunen, J., Howard, P., Taylor, A., Guarrera, S., Ricceri, F., Emilsson, V., Plump, A., Barroso, I., Khaw, K.T., 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Stritzke, J., Lackner, K.J., Ingelsson, E., Kullo, I., Haerting, J., Reffelmann, T., Redfield, M.M., Werdan, K., Mitchell, G.F., Arnett, D.K., Blettner, M., Friedrich, N., Benjamin, E.J., Lord, G.M., Gale, D.P., Wass, M.N., Ahmadi, K.R., Beckmann, J., Bilo, H.J., Cook, H.T., Cotlarciuc, I., Davey Smith, G., de Silva, R., Deng, G., Devuyst, O., Dikkeschei, L.D., Dimkovic, N., Dockrell, M., Dominiczak, A., Ebrahim, S., Eggermann, T., Floege, J., Forouhi, N.G., Gansevoort, R.T., Han, X., Homan van der Heide, J.J., Hepkema, B.G., Hernandez-Fuentes, M., Hypponen, E., de Jong, P.E., Kleefstra, N., Lagou, V., Lapsley, M., Luttropp, K., Maréchal, C., Nordfors, L., Penninx, B.W., Perucha, E., Pouta, A., Roderick, P.J., Ruokonen, A., Sanna, S., Schalling, M., Schlessinger, D., Schlieper, G., Seelen, M.A., Smit, J.H., Stenvinkel, P., Sternberg, M.J., Swaminathan, R., Ubink-Veltmaat, L.J., Wallace, C., Waterworth, D., Zerres, K., Waeber, G., Maxwell, P.H., McCarthy, M.I., Jarvelin, M.R., and Lightstone, L.
Abstract: Blood pressure is a heritable trait influenced by several biological pathways and responsive to environmental stimuli. Over one billion people worldwide have hypertension (≥140 mm Hg systolic blood pressure or ≥90 mm Hg diastolic blood pressure). Even small increments in blood pressure are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events. This genome-wide association study of systolic and diastolic blood pressure, which used a multi-stage design in 200,000 individuals of European descent, identified sixteen novel loci: six of these loci contain genes previously known or suspected to regulate blood pressure (GUCY1A3-GUCY1B3, NPR3-C5orf23, ADM, FURIN-FES, GOSR2, GNAS-EDN3); the other ten provide new clues to blood pressure physiology. A genetic risk score based on 29 genome-wide significant variants was associated with hypertension, left ventricular wall thickness, stroke and coronary artery disease, but not kidney disease or kidney function. We also observed associations with blood pressure in East Asian, South Asian and African ancestry individuals. Our findings provide new insights into the genetics and biology of blood pressure, and suggest potential novel therapeutic pathways for cardiovascular disease prevention.
Published: 2011

28. Genome-Wide Association Study of Retinopathy in Individuals Without Diabetes

Author: Jensen, Richard A., Sim, Xueling, Li, Xiaohui, Cotch, Mary Frances, Ikram, M. Kamran, Holliday, Elizabeth G., Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Harris, Tamara B., Jonasson, Fridbert, Klein, Barbara E. K., Launer, Lenore J., Smith, Albert Vernon, Boerwinkle, Eric, Cheung, Ning, Hewitt, Alex W., Liew, Gerald, Mitchell, Paul, Wang, Jie Jin, Attia, John, Scott, Rodney, Glazer, Nicole L., Lumley, Thomas, McKnight, Barbara, Psaty, Bruce M., Taylor, Kent, Hofman, Albert, de Jong, Paulus T. V. M., Rivadeneira, Fernando, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Tay, Wan-Ting, Teo, Yik Ying, Seielstad, Mark, Liu, Jianjun, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Saw, Seang-Mei, Aung, Tin, Ganesh, Santhi K., O'Donnell, Christopher Joseph, Nalls, Mike A., Wiggins, Kerri L., Kuo, Jane Z., van Duijn, Cornelia M., Gudnason, Vilmundur, Klein, Ronald, Siscovick, David S., Rotter, Jerome I., Tai, E. Shong, Vingerling, Johannes, Wong, Tien Y., Blue Mountains Eye Study GWAS team, and CKDGen Consortium
Subjects: biology, genetics, human genetics, genome-wide association studies, medicine, epidemiology, biomarker epidemiology, clinical epidemiology, genetic epidemiology, ophthalmology, retinal disorders
Abstract: Background: Mild retinopathy (microaneurysms or dot-blot hemorrhages) is observed in persons without diabetes or hypertension and may reflect microvascular disease in other organs. We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of mild retinopathy in persons without diabetes. Methods: A working group agreed on phenotype harmonization, covariate selection and analytic plans for within-cohort GWAS. An inverse-variance weighted fixed effects meta-analysis was performed with GWAS results from six cohorts of 19,411 Caucasians. The primary analysis included individuals without diabetes and secondary analyses were stratified by hypertension status. We also singled out the results from single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) previously shown to be associated with diabetes and hypertension, the two most common causes of retinopathy. Results: No SNPs reached genome-wide significance in the primary analysis or the secondary analysis of participants with hypertension. SNP, rs12155400, in the histone deacetylase 9 gene (HDAC9) on chromosome 7, was associated with retinopathy in analysis of participants without hypertension, −1.3±0.23 (beta ± standard error), $p = 6.6×10^{-9}$. Evidence suggests this was a false positive finding. The minor allele frequency was low (∼2%), the quality of the imputation was moderate $(r^{2} ∼0.7)$, and no other common variants in the HDAC9 gene were associated with the outcome. SNPs found to be associated with diabetes and hypertension in other GWAS were not associated with retinopathy in persons without diabetes or in subgroups with or without hypertension. Conclusions: This GWAS of retinopathy in individuals without diabetes showed little evidence of genetic associations. Further studies are needed to identify genes associated with these signs in order to help unravel novel pathways and determinants of microvascular diseases.
Published: 2013
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29. Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

Author: International Consortium For Blood Pressure Genome-Wide Association Studies, Ehret, Georg B, Munroe, Patricia B, Rice, Kenneth M, Bochud, Murielle, Johnson, Andrew D, Chasman, Daniel I, Smith, Albert V, Tobin, Martin D, Verwoert, Germaine C, Hwang, Shih-Jen, Pihur, Vasyl, Vollenweider, Peter, O'Reilly, Paul F, Amin, Najaf, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L, Teumer, Alexander, Glazer, Nicole L, Launer, Lenore, Zhao, Jing Hua, Aulchenko, Yurii, Heath, Simon, Sõber, Siim, Parsa, Afshin, Luan, Jian'an, Arora, Pankaj, Dehghan, Abbas, Zhang, Feng, Lucas, Gavin, Hicks, Andrew A, Jackson, Anne U, Peden, John F, Tanaka, Toshiko, Wild, Sarah H, Rudan, Igor, Igl, Wilmar, Milaneschi, Yuri, Parker, Alex N, Fava, Cristiano, Chambers, John C, Fox, Ervin R, Kumari, Meena, Go, Min Jin, Van Der Harst, Pim, Kao, Wen Hong Linda, Sjögren, Marketa, Vinay, DG, Alexander, Myriam, Tabara, Yasuharu, Shaw-Hawkins, Sue, Whincup, Peter H, Liu, Yongmei, Shi, Gang, Kuusisto, Johanna, Tayo, Bamidele, Seielstad, Mark, Sim, Xueling, Nguyen, Khanh-Dung Hoang, Lehtimäki, Terho, Matullo, Giuseppe, Wu, Ying, Gaunt, Tom R, Onland-Moret, N Charlotte, Cooper, Matthew N, Platou, Carl GP, Org, Elin, Hardy, Rebecca, Dahgam, Santosh, Palmen, Jutta, Vitart, Veronique, Braund, Peter S, Kuznetsova, Tatiana, Uiterwaal, Cuno SPM, Adeyemo, Adebowale, Palmas, Walter, Campbell, Harry, Ludwig, Barbara, Tomaszewski, Maciej, Tzoulaki, Ioanna, Palmer, Nicholette D, CARDIoGRAM Consortium, CKDGen Consortium, KidneyGen Consortium, EchoGen Consortium, CHARGE-HF Consortium, Aspelund, Thor, Garcia, Melissa, Chang, Yen-Pei C, O'Connell, Jeffrey R, Steinle, Nanette I, Grobbee, Diederick E, Arking, Dan E, Kardia, Sharon L, Morrison, Alanna C, Hernandez, Dena, Najjar, Samer, McArdle, Wendy L, Hadley, David, Brown, Morris J, Connell, John M, Hingorani, Aroon D, Day, Ian NM, Lawlor, Debbie A, Beilby, John P, Lawrence, Robert W, Clarke, Robert, Hopewell, Jemma C, Ongen, Halit, Dreisbach, Albert W, Li, Yali, Young, J Hunter, Bis, Joshua C, Kähönen, Mika, Viikari, Jorma, Adair, Linda S, Lee, Nanette R, Chen, Ming-Huei, Olden, Matthias, Pattaro, Cristian, Bolton, Judith A Hoffman, Köttgen, Anna, Bergmann, Sven, Mooser, Vincent, Chaturvedi, Nish, Frayling, Timothy M, Islam, Muhammad, Jafar, Tazeen H, Erdmann, Jeanette, Kulkarni, Smita R, Bornstein, Stefan R, Grässler, Jürgen, Groop, Leif, Voight, Benjamin F, Kettunen, Johannes, Howard, Philip, Taylor, Andrew, Guarrera, Simonetta, Ricceri, Fulvio, Emilsson, Valur, Plump, Andrew, Barroso, Inês, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Weder, Alan B, Hunt, Steven C, Sun, Yan V, Bergman, Richard N, Collins, Francis S, Bonnycastle, Lori L, Scott, Laura J, Stringham, Heather M, Peltonen, Leena, Perola, Markus, Vartiainen, Erkki, Brand, Stefan-Martin, Staessen, Jan A, Wang, Thomas J, Burton, Paul R, Soler Artigas, Maria, Dong, Yanbin, Snieder, Harold, Wang, Xiaoling, Zhu, Haidong, Lohman, Kurt K, Rudock, Megan E, Heckbert, Susan R, Smith, Nicholas L, Wiggins, Kerri L, Doumatey, Ayo, Shriner, Daniel, Veldre, Gudrun, Viigimaa, Margus, Kinra, Sanjay, Prabhakaran, Dorairaj, Tripathy, Vikal, Langefeld, Carl D, Rosengren, Annika, Thelle, Dag S, Corsi, Anna Maria, Singleton, Andrew, Forrester, Terrence, Hilton, Gina, McKenzie, Colin A, Salako, Tunde, Iwai, Naoharu, Kita, Yoshikuni, Ogihara, Toshio, Ohkubo, Takayoshi, Okamura, Tomonori, Ueshima, Hirotsugu, Umemura, Satoshi, Eyheramendy, Susana, Meitinger, Thomas, Wichmann, H-Erich, Cho, Yoon Shin, Kim, Hyung-Lae, Lee, Jong-Young, Scott, James, Sehmi, Joban S, Zhang, Weihua, Hedblad, Bo, Nilsson, Peter, Smith, George Davey, Wong, Andrew, Narisu, Narisu, Stančáková, Alena, Raffel, Leslie J, Yao, Jie, Kathiresan, Sekar, O'Donnell, Christopher J, Schwartz, Stephen M, Ikram, M Arfan, Longstreth, WT, Mosley, Thomas H, Seshadri, Sudha, Shrine, Nick RG, Wain, Louise V, Morken, Mario A, Swift, Amy J, Laitinen, Jaana, Prokopenko, Inga, Zitting, Paavo, Cooper, Jackie A, Humphries, Steve E, Danesh, John, Rasheed, Asif, Goel, Anuj, Hamsten, Anders, Watkins, Hugh, Bakker, Stephan JL, Van Gilst, Wiek H, Janipalli, Charles S, Mani, K Radha, Yajnik, Chittaranjan S, Hofman, Albert, Mattace-Raso, Francesco US, Oostra, Ben A, Demirkan, Ayse, Isaacs, Aaron, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Lakatta, Edward G, Orru, Marco, Scuteri, Angelo, Ala-Korpela, Mika, Kangas, Antti J, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Soininen, Pasi, Tukiainen, Taru, Würtz, Peter, Ong, Rick Twee-Hee, Dörr, Marcus, Kroemer, Heyo K, Völker, Uwe, Völzke, Henry, Galan, Pilar, Hercberg, Serge, Lathrop, Mark, Zelenika, Diana, Deloukas, Panos, Mangino, Massimo, Spector, Tim D, Zhai, Guangju, Meschia, James F, Nalls, Michael A, Sharma, Pankaj, Terzic, Janos, Kumar, MV Kranthi, Denniff, Matthew, Zukowska-Szczechowska, Ewa, Wagenknecht, Lynne E, Fowkes, F Gerald R, Charchar, Fadi J, Schwarz, Peter EH, Hayward, Caroline, Guo, Xiuqing, Rotimi, Charles, Bots, Michiel L, Brand, Eva, Samani, Nilesh J, Polasek, Ozren, Talmud, Philippa J, Nyberg, Fredrik, Kuh, Diana, Laan, Maris, Hveem, Kristian, Palmer, Lyle J, Van Der Schouw, Yvonne T, Casas, Juan P, Mohlke, Karen L, Vineis, Paolo, Raitakari, Olli, Ganesh, Santhi K, Wong, Tien Y, Tai, E Shyong, Cooper, Richard S, Laakso, Markku, Rao, Dabeeru C, Harris, Tamara B, Morris, Richard W, Dominiczak, Anna F, Kivimaki, Mika, Marmot, Michael G, Miki, Tetsuro, Saleheen, Danish, Chandak, Giriraj R, Coresh, Josef, Navis, Gerjan, Salomaa, Veikko, Han, Bok-Ghee, Zhu, Xiaofeng, Kooner, Jaspal S, Melander, Olle, Ridker, Paul M, Bandinelli, Stefania, Gyllensten, Ulf B, Wright, Alan F, Wilson, James F, Ferrucci, Luigi, Farrall, Martin, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Pramstaller, Peter P, Elosua, Roberto, Soranzo, Nicole, Sijbrands, Eric JG, Altshuler, David, Loos, Ruth JF, Shuldiner, Alan R, Gieger, Christian, Meneton, Pierre, Uitterlinden, Andre G, Wareham, Nicholas J, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Rotter, Jerome I, Rettig, Rainer, Uda, Manuela, Strachan, David P, Witteman, Jacqueline CM, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Beckmann, Jacques S, Boerwinkle, Eric, Vasan, Ramachandran S, Boehnke, Michael, Larson, Martin G, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Psaty, Bruce M, Abecasis, Gonçalo R, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Elliott, Paul, Van Duijn, Cornelia M, Newton-Cheh, Christopher, Levy, Daniel, Caulfield, Mark J, and Johnson, Toby
Subjects: Asia, Blood Pressure, Coronary Artery Disease, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, 3. Good health, Europe, Stroke, Cardiovascular Diseases, Africa, Hypertension, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Kidney Diseases, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Blood pressure is a heritable trait influenced by several biological pathways and responsive to environmental stimuli. Over one billion people worldwide have hypertension (≥140 mm Hg systolic blood pressure or ≥90 mm Hg diastolic blood pressure). Even small increments in blood pressure are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events. This genome-wide association study of systolic and diastolic blood pressure, which used a multi-stage design in 200,000 individuals of European descent, identified sixteen novel loci: six of these loci contain genes previously known or suspected to regulate blood pressure (GUCY1A3-GUCY1B3, NPR3-C5orf23, ADM, FURIN-FES, GOSR2, GNAS-EDN3); the other ten provide new clues to blood pressure physiology. A genetic risk score based on 29 genome-wide significant variants was associated with hypertension, left ventricular wall thickness, stroke and coronary artery disease, but not kidney disease or kidney function. We also observed associations with blood pressure in East Asian, South Asian and African ancestry individuals. Our findings provide new insights into the genetics and biology of blood pressure, and suggest potential novel therapeutic pathways for cardiovascular disease prevention.

30. Genetic invalidation of Lp-PLA$_{2}$ as a therapeutic target: Large-scale study of five functional Lp-PLA$_{2}$-lowering alleles

Author: Gregson, JM, Freitag, DF, Surendran, P, Stitziel, NO, Chowdhury, R, Burgess, S, Kaptoge, S, Gao, P, Staley, Willeit, P, Nielsen, SF, Caslake, M, Trompet, S, Polfus, LM, Kuulasmaa, K, Kontto, J, Perola, M, Blankenberg, S, Veronesi, G, Gianfagna, F, Männistö, S, Kimura, A, Lin, H, Reilly, DF, Gorski, M, Mijatovic, V, CKDGen Consortium, Munroe, PB, Ehret, GB, International Consortium For Blood Pressure, Thompson, A, Uria-Nickelsen, M, Malarstig, A, Dehghan, A, CHARGE Inflammation Working Group, Vogt, TF, Sasaoka, T, Takeuchi, F, Kato, N, Yamada, Y, Kee, F, Müller-Nurasyid, M, Ferrières, J, Arveiler, D, Amouyel, P, Salomaa, V, Boerwinkle, E, Thompson, SG, Ford, I, Wouter Jukema, J, Sattar, N, Packard, CJ, Shafi Majumder, AA, Alam, DS, Deloukas, P, Schunkert, H, Samani, NJ, Kathiresan, S, MICAD Exome Consortium, Nordestgaard, BG, Saleheen, D, Howson, JM, Di Angelantonio, E, Butterworth, AS, Danesh, J, and EPIC-CVD Consortium And The CHD Exome+ Consortium
Subjects: target validation, darapladib, human genetics, coronary heart disease, lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2, 3. Good health
Abstract: $\textbf{Aims}$ Darapladib, a potent inhibitor of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A$_{2}$ (Lp-PLA$_{2}$), has not reduced risk of cardiovascular disease outcomes in recent randomized trials. We aimed to test whether Lp-PLA$_{2}$ enzyme activity is causally relevant to coronary heart disease. $\textbf{Methods }$ In 72,657 patients with coronary heart disease and 110,218 controls in 23 epidemiological studies, we genotyped five functional variants: four rare loss-of-function mutations (c.109+2T > C (rs142974898), Arg82His (rs144983904), Val279Phe (rs76863441), Gln287Ter (rs140020965)) and one common modest-impact variant (Val379Ala (rs1051931)) in PLA2G7, the gene encoding Lp-PLA$_{2}$. We supplemented de-novo genotyping with information on a further 45,823 coronary heart disease patients and 88,680 controls in publicly available databases and other previous studies. We conducted a systematic review of randomized trials to compare effects of darapladib treatment on soluble Lp-PLA$_{2}$ activity, conventional cardiovascular risk factors, and coronary heart disease risk with corresponding effects of Lp-PLA$_{2}$-lowering alleles. $\textbf{Results }$ Lp-PLA$_{2}$ activity was decreased by 64% ( $\textit{p}$ = 2.4 × 10$^{-25}$) with carriage of any of the four loss-of-function variants, by 45% ( $\textit{p}$ < 10$^{-300}$) for every allele inherited at Val279Phe, and by 2.7% ( $\textit{p}$ = 1.9 × 10$^{-12}$) for every allele inherited at Val379Ala. Darapladib 160 mg once-daily reduced Lp-PLA$_{2}$ activity by 65% ( $\textit{p}$ < 10$^{-300}$). Causal risk ratios for coronary heart disease per 65% lower Lp-PLA$_{2}$ activity were: 0.95 (0.88-1.03) with Val279Phe; 0.92 (0.74-1.16) with carriage of any loss-of-function variant; 1.01 (0.68-1.51) with Val379Ala; and 0.95 (0.89-1.02) with darapladib treatment. $\textbf{Conclusions }$ In a large-scale human genetic study, none of a series of Lp-PLA$_{2}$-lowering alleles was related to coronary heart disease risk, suggesting that Lp-PLA$_{2}$ is unlikely to be a causal risk factor.

31. 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, BP, Abbasi, A, Wong, A, Vaez, A, Nolte, I, Franceschini, N, Stuart, PE, Guterriez Achury, J, Mistry, V, Bradfield, JP, Valdes, AM, Bras, J, Shatunov, A, 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, Lu, C, Han, B, Raychaudhuri, S, Bevan, S, Mayes, MD, Tsoi, LC, Evangelou, E, Nair, RP, Grant, SFA, Polychronakos, C, Radstake, TRD, Van Heel, DA, Dunstan, ML, Wood, NW, Al-Chalabi, A, Dehghan, A, Hakonarson, H, Markus, HS, Elder, JT, Knight, J, Arking, DE, Spector, TD, Koeleman, BPC, Van Duijn, CM, Martin, J, Morris, AP, Weersma, RK, Wijmenga, C, Munroe, PB, Perry, JRB, Pouget, JG, Jamshidi, Y, Snieder, H, and Alizadeh, BZ
Subjects: C-Reactive Protein, Genotype, Heart Diseases, Immune System Diseases, Metabolic Diseases, Mental Disorders, Humans, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, 3. Good health, 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.

32. 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 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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
Subjects: 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
Abstract: 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.
Published: 2015

33. Genetic invalidation of Lp-PLA2 as a therapeutic target: Large-scale study of five functional Lp-PLA2-lowering alleles

Author: Dewan S. Alam, Martina Müller-Nurasyid, Pei Gao, Akinori Kimura, Danish Saleheen, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Stefan Blankenberg, Taishi Sasaoka, Jean Ferrières, Børge G. Nordestgaard, Panos Deloukas, Abbas Dehghan, Eric Boerwinkle, Maria Uria-Nickelsen, Simon G. Thompson, Markus Perola, Chris J. Packard, Giovanni Veronesi, Dominique Arveiler, Dermot F. Reilly, Patricia B. Munroe, Stephen Burgess, Rajiv Chowdhury, Philippe Amouyel, J. Wouter Jukema, Alex Thompson, Francesco Gianfagna, Satu Männistö, Honghuang Lin, Nathan O. Stitziel, Heribert Schunkert, Naveed Sattar, Vladan Mijatovic, Abdulla Al Shafi Majumder, Nilesh J. Samani, Daniel F. Freitag, Stephen Kaptoge, Sekar Kathiresan, Stella Trompet, Peter Willeit, Jukka Kontto, John Danesh, Georg Ehret, Veikko Salomaa, Adam S. Butterworth, Joanna M. M. Howson, Ian Ford, Mathias Gorski, Kari Kuulasmaa, Yoshiji Yamada, Norihiro Kato, John M. Gregson, Frank Kee, Fumihiko Takeuchi, Praveen Surendran, James R Staley, Linda M. Polfus, Sune F. Nielsen, Anders Mälarstig, Thomas F. Vogt, Muriel J. Caslake, CKDGen consortium, International Consortium for Blood Pressure, CHARGE inflammation working group, MICAD Exome consortium, EPIC-CVD consortium and the CHD Exome+ consortium, Epidemiology, Surendran, Praveen [0000-0002-4911-6077], Chowdhury, Rajiv [0000-0003-4881-5690], Burgess, Stephen [0000-0001-5365-8760], Kaptoge, Stephen [0000-0002-1155-4872], Thompson, Simon [0000-0002-5274-7814], Howson, Joanna [0000-0001-7618-0050], Di Angelantonio, Emanuele [0000-0001-8776-6719], Butterworth, Adam [0000-0002-6915-9015], Danesh, John [0000-0003-1158-6791], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, and Quantitative Genetics
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Pathology, Epidemiology, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, VARIANTS, Gastroenterology, law.invention, CHARGE inflammation working group, 0302 clinical medicine, Randomized controlled trial, Human genetics, law, Medicine, ARTERY-DISEASE, RISK, 1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology, 3. Good health, CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE, International Consortium for Blood Pressure, MICAD Exome consortium, lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins), Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, coronary heart disease, darapladib, lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2, target validation, ACTIVATING-FACTOR ACETYLHYDROLASE, EVENTS, 03 medical and health sciences, Internal medicine, Darapladib, health services administration, lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A(2), CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE, Allele, Risk factor, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, Genotyping, PHOSPHOLIPASE A(2) ACTIVITY, business.industry, Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2, EPIC-CVD consortium and the CHD Exome+ consortium, R1, 030104 developmental biology, CKDGen consortium, Relative risk, 3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine, 1-Alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine Esterase/drug effects, 1-Alkyl-2-acetylglycerophosphocholine Esterase/genetics, Adult, Aged, Alleles, Benzaldehydes/therapeutic use, Case-Control Studies, Coronary Disease/diagnosis, Coronary Disease/drug therapy, Coronary Disease/genetics, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, Genotype, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Molecular Targeted Therapy, Oximes/therapeutic use, Phospholipase A2 Inhibitors/therapeutic use, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Reference Values, Reproducibility of Results, Risk Assessment, Treatment Outcome, 3111 Biomedicine, business
Abstract: Aims Darapladib, a potent inhibitor of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement@3ed2b341 (Lp-PLA javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement@3d94c871 ), has not reduced risk of cardiovascular disease outcomes in recent randomized trials. We aimed to test whether Lp-PLA javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement@ab2bb75 enzyme activity is causally relevant to coronary heart disease. Methods In 72,657 patients with coronary heart disease and 110,218 controls in 23 epidemiological studies, we genotyped five functional variants: four rare loss-of-function mutations (c.109+2T > C (rs142974898), Arg82His (rs144983904), Val279Phe (rs76863441), Gln287Ter (rs140020965)) and one common modest-impact variant (Val379Ala (rs1051931)) in PLA2G7, the gene encoding Lp-PLA javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement@77eb0872 . We supplemented de-novo genotyping with information on a further 45,823 coronary heart disease patients and 88,680 controls in publicly available databases and other previous studies. We conducted a systematic review of randomized trials to compare effects of darapladib treatment on soluble Lp-PLA javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement@5c08e575 activity, conventional cardiovascular risk factors, and coronary heart disease risk with corresponding effects of Lp-PLA javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement@474479c5 -lowering alleles. Results Lp-PLA javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement@58b21b4b activity was decreased by 64% ( p = 2.4 × 10 javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement@77b520b7 ) with carriage of any of the four loss-of-function variants, by 45% ( p < 10 javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement@6c8d5079 ) for every allele inherited at Val279Phe, and by 2.7% ( p = 1.9 × 10 javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement@8e3967c ) for every allele inherited at Val379Ala. Darapladib 160 mg once-daily reduced Lp-PLA javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement@4043bc68 activity by 65% ( p < 10 javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement@1ead8c4f ). Causal risk ratios for coronary heart disease per 65% lower Lp-PLA javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement@1825097b activity were: 0.95 (0.88-1.03) with Val279Phe; 0.92 (0.74-1.16) with carriage of any loss-of-function variant; 1.01 (0.68-1.51) with Val379Ala; and 0.95 (0.89-1.02) with darapladib treatment. Conclusions In a large-scale human genetic study, none of a series of Lp-PLA javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement@c612c75 -lowering alleles was related to coronary heart disease risk, suggesting that Lp-PLA javax.xml.bind.JAXBElement@511c716d is unlikely to be a causal risk factor.
Published: 2016

34. Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk

Author: Ehret, Georg B., Munroe, Patricia B., Rice, Kenneth M., Bochud, Murielle, Johnson, Andrew D., Chasman, Daniel I., Smith, Albert V., Tobin, Martin D., Verwoert, Germaine C., Hwang, Shih-Jen, Pihur, Vasyl, Vollenweider, Peter, O'Reilly, Paul F., Amin, Najaf, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L., Teumer, Alexander, Glazer, Nicole L., Launer, Lenore, Zhao, Jing Hua, Aulchenko, Yurii, Heath, Simon, Sober, Siim, Parsa, Afshin, Luan, Jian'an, Arora, Pankaj, Dehghan, Abbas, Zhang, Feng, Lucas, Gavin, Hicks, Andrew A., Jackson, Anne U., Peden, John F., Tanaka, Toshiko, Wild, Sarah H., Rudan, Igor, Igl, Wilmar, Milaneschi, Yuri, Parker, Alex N., Fava, Cristiano, Chambers, John C., Fox, Ervin R., Kumari, Meena, Go, Min Jin, van der Harst, Pim, Kao, Wen Hong Linda, Sjögren, Marketa, Vinay, D. G., Alexander, Myriam, Tabara, Yasuharu, Shaw-Hawkins, Sue, Whincup, Peter H., Liu, Yongmei, Shi, Gang, Kuusisto, Johanna, Tayo, Bamidele, Seielstad, Mark, Sim, Xueling, Hoang Nguyen, Khanh-Dung, Lehtimäki, Terho, Matullo, Giuseppe, Wu, Ying, Gaunt, Tom R., Charlotte Onland-Moret, N., Cooper, Matthew N., Platou, Carl G. P., Org, Elin, Hardy, Rebecca, Dahgam, Santosh, Palmen, Jutta, Vitart, Veronique, Braund, Peter S., Kuznetsova, Tatiana, Uiterwaal, Cuno S. P. M., Adeyemo, Adebowale, Palmas, Walter, Campbell, Harry, Ludwig, Barbara, Tomaszewski, Maciej, Tzoulaki, Ioanna, Palmer, Nicholette D., Aspelund, Thor, Garcia, Melissa, Chang, Yen-Pei C., O'Connell, Jeffrey R., Steinle, Nanette I., Grobbee, Diederick E., Arking, Dan E., Kardia, Sharon L., Morrison, Alanna C., Hernandez, Dena, Najjar, Samer, McArdle, Wendy L., Hadley, David, Brown, Morris J., Connell, John M., Hingorani, Aroon D., Day, Ian N. 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Subjects: novel loci, Kidney Disease, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/*genetics, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], left ventricular wall thickness, LOCI, Genome-wide association study, Blood Pressure, Disease, Coronary Artery Disease, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Coronary artery disease, 0302 clinical medicine, RELEVANCE, Africa/ethnology, Cardiovascular Disease, genetics, Kidney Diseases/genetics, Stroke, genome wide association study, POPULATION, ta118, Blood pressure, hypertension, stroke, coronary artery disease, ddc:616, 0303 health sciences, education.field_of_study, Asia/ethnology, Multidisciplinary, Coronary Artery Disease/genetics, COMMON VARIANTS, Genetic Predisposition to Disease/*genetics, 3. Good health, Europe, Cardiovascular Diseases, Hypertension, Cardiology, Kidney Diseases, HEALTH, Human, medicine.medical_specialty, Asia, Population, Renal function, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Europe/ethnology, Article, CLONING, 03 medical and health sciences, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Stroke/genetics, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Cardiovascular Diseases/*genetics, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, education, METAANALYSIS, 030304 developmental biology, RECEPTOR, genes, blood pressure, cardiovascular disease risk, medicine.disease, Africa, Blood Pressure/*genetics/physiology, Hypertension/genetics, Kidney disease, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Blood pressure is a heritable trait influenced by several biological pathways and responsive to environmental stimuli. Over one billion people worldwide have hypertension (≥140 mm Hg systolic blood pressure or ≥90 mm Hg diastolic blood pressure). Even small increments in blood pressure are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events. This genome-wide association study of systolic and diastolic blood pressure, which used a multi-stage design in 200,000 individuals of European descent, identified sixteen novel loci: six of these loci contain genes previously known or suspected to regulate blood pressure (GUCY1A3-GUCY1B3, NPR3-C5orf23, ADM, FURIN-FES, GOSR2, GNAS-EDN3); the other ten provide new clues to blood pressure physiology. A genetic risk score based on 29 genome-wide significant variants was associated with hypertension, left ventricular wall thickness, stroke and coronary artery disease, but not kidney disease or kidney function. We also observed associations with blood pressure in East Asian, South Asian and African ancestry individuals. Our findings provide new insights into the genetics and biology of blood pressure, and suggest potential novel therapeutic pathways for cardiovascular disease prevention. ispartof: Nature vol:478 issue:7367 pages:103-109 ispartof: location:England status: published
Published: 2011

35. Association of eGFR-Related Loci Identified by GWAS with Incident CKD and ESRD

Author: Michael M. Hoffmann, Shih-Jen Hwang, David S. Siscovick, Mathias Gorski, Zoltán Kutalik, Josef Coresh, Neil R. Powe, Jacques S. Beckmann, Florian Kronenberg, Murielle Bochud, Iris M. Heid, Conall M. O'Seaghdha, Michael G. Shlipak, Rainer Rettig, Caroline S. Fox, Vera Krane, Jacqueline C.M. Witteman, Carsten A. Böger, Anna Köttgen, Bernhard Paulweber, Man Li, Guo Li, Wen Hong L. Kao, Stefan Coassin, Alexander Teumer, Bernhard K. Krämer, Abbas Dehghan, Eva Boes, André G. Uitterlinden, Qiong Yang, Margot Haun, Barbara Kollerits, Ravi Thadhani, Thomas Haak, Albert Hofman, Christoph Wanner, Chunmei Huang, Fernando Rivadeneira, H.-Erich Wichmann, Kim, Stuart K, CKDGen Consortium, Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Epidemiology, and Internal Medicine
Subjects: Oncology, Male, Cancer Research, Kidney Disease, Epidemiology, 030232 urology & nephrology, Genome-wide association study, Bioinformatics, urologic and male genital diseases, Kidney Failure, chemistry.chemical_compound, 0302 clinical medicine, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/genetics, Adult, Aged, Chronic Disease, Creatinine/blood, European Continental Ancestry Group/genetics, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Genetic Association Studies, Humans, Kidney Diseases/etiology, Kidney Diseases/genetics, Kidney Failure, Chronic/etiology, Kidney Failure, Chronic/genetics, Middle Aged, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Receptor, Epidermal Growth Factor/genetics, Uromodulin/genetics, Chronic Kidney Disease, Clinical Epidemiology, Chronic, Genetics (clinical), 0303 health sciences, education.field_of_study, Adaptor Proteins, Single Nucleotide, female genital diseases and pregnancy complications, 3. Good health, ErbB Receptors, Nephrology, Genetic Epidemiology, Creatinine, Medicine, Kidney Diseases, Research Article, medicine.medical_specialty, lcsh:QH426-470, Population, European Continental Ancestry Group, Renal and urogenital, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Biology, White People, End stage renal disease, 03 medical and health sciences, Clinical Research, Internal medicine, Uromodulin, medicine, Genome-Wide Association Studies, Genetics, ddc:610, Genetic Testing, Polymorphism, education, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 030304 developmental biology, Genetic association, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Clinical Genetics, Whites, CKDGen Consortium, Case-control study, Personalized Medicine, Signal Transducing, Human Genetics, medicine.disease, lcsh:Genetics, Biomarker Epidemiology, chemistry, Genetics of Disease, Kidney Failure, Chronic, Dialysis, Kidney disease, Developmental Biology
Abstract: Family studies suggest a genetic component to the etiology of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end stage renal disease (ESRD). Previously, we identified 16 loci for eGFR in genome-wide association studies, but the associations of these single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for incident CKD or ESRD are unknown. We thus investigated the association of these loci with incident CKD in 26,308 individuals of European ancestry free of CKD at baseline drawn from eight population-based cohorts followed for a median of 7.2 years (including 2,122 incident CKD cases defined as eGFR, Author Summary Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects about 6%–11% of the general population, and progression to end stage renal disease (ESRD) has a significant public health impact. Family studies suggest that the risk for CKD and ESRD is heritable. Unraveling the genetic underpinning of risk for these diseases may lead to the identification of novel mechanisms and thus diagnostic and therapeutic tools. We have previously identified 16 genetic markers in association with kidney function and prevalent CKD in general population studies. However, little is known about the relevance of these SNPs to the initial development of CKD or to ESRD risk. Therefore, we have now analyzed the association of these markers with the initiation of CKD in more than 26,000 individuals from the general population using serial estimations of kidney function, and with ESRD in four case-control studies in subjects of European ancestry (3,775 cases, 4,577 controls). We show that many of the 16 markers are also associated or show a strong trend towards association with initiation of CKD, while only 2 markers are nominally associated with ESRD. Further work is required to characterize the association of genetic determinants of different stages of CKD progression.
Published: 2011

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2. Genome-wide association study of retinopathy in individuals without diabetes.

3. Genetic association for renal traits among participants of African ancestry reveals new loci for renal function.

4. Association of eGFR-Related Loci Identified by GWAS with Incident CKD and ESRD.

5. Association of eGFR-Related Loci Identified by GWAS with Incident CKD and ESRD.

6. Genetic association for renal traits among participants of African ancestry reveals new loci for renal function.

7. Control procedures and estimators of the false discovery rate and their application in low-dimensional settings: an empirical investigation

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23. Genome-wide association study identifies six new loci influencing pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure

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26. Meta-analysis identifies multiple loci associated with kidney function-related traits in east Asian populations.

27. Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk.

28. Genome-Wide Association Study of Retinopathy in Individuals Without Diabetes

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