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1. Multiethnic Genome-wide Association Study of Diabetic Retinopathy using Liability Threshold Modeling of Duration of Diabetes and Glycemic Control

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Pollack, Samuela, Igo, Robert P, Jensen, Richard A, Christiansen, Mark, Li, Xiaohui, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Ng, Maggie CY, Smith, Albert V, Rossin, Elizabeth J, Segrè, Ayellet V, Davoudi, Samaneh, Tan, Gavin S, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Kuo, Jane Z, Dimitrov, Latchezar M, Stanwyck, Lynn K, Meng, Weihua, Hosseini, S Mohsen, Imamura, Minako, Nousome, Darryl, Kim, Jihye, Hai, Yang, Jia, Yucheng, Ahn, Jeeyun, Leong, Aaron, Shah, Kaanan, Park, Kyu Hyung, Guo, Xiuqing, Ipp, Eli, Taylor, Kent D, Adler, Sharon G, Sedor, John R, Freedman, Barry I, Group, DCCT EDIC Research Group Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes-Eye Research, Lee, I-Te, Sheu, Wayne H-H, Kubo, Michiaki, Takahashi, Atsushi, Hadjadj, Samy, Marre, Michel, Tregouet, David-Alexandre, Mckean-Cowdin, Roberta, Varma, Rohit, McCarthy, Mark I, Groop, Leif, Ahlqvist, Emma, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Agardh, Elisabet, Morris, Andrew, Doney, Alex SF, Colhoun, Helen M, Toppila, Iiro, Sandholm, Niina, Groop, Per-Henrik, Maeda, Shiro, Hanis, Craig L, Penman, Alan, Chen, Ching J, Hancock, Heather, Mitchell, Paul, Craig, Jamie E, Chew, Emily Y, Paterson, Andrew D, Grassi, Michael A, Palmer, Colin, Bowden, Donald W, Yaspan, Brian L, Siscovick, David, Cotch, Mary Frances, Wang, Jie Jin, Burdon, Kathryn P, Wong, Tien Y, Klein, Barbara EK, Klein, Ronald, Rotter, Jerome I, Iyengar, Sudha K, Price, Alkes, and Sobrin, Lucia

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Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Genetics, Human Genome, Diabetes, Prevention, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Metabolic and endocrine, Good Health and Well Being, Blood Glucose, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Diabetic Retinopathy, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genotype, Glycated Hemoglobin, Humans, Meta-Analysis as Topic, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Protein Binding, Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes-Eye Research Group, DCCT/EDIC Research Group, Medical and Health Sciences, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Biomedical and clinical sciences
Abstract

To identify genetic variants associated with diabetic retinopathy (DR), we performed a large multiethnic genome-wide association study. Discovery included eight European cohorts (n = 3,246) and seven African American cohorts (n = 2,611). We meta-analyzed across cohorts using inverse-variance weighting, with and without liability threshold modeling of glycemic control and duration of diabetes. Variants with a P value

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2019

2. Genetic Risk Score for Intracranial Aneurysms: Prediction of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage and Role in Clinical Heterogeneity

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Bakker, Mark K., Kanning, Jos P., Abraham, Gad, Martinsen, Amy E., Winsvold, Bendik S., Zwart, John-Anker, Bourcier, Romain, Sawada, Tomonobu, Koido, Masaru, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Morel, Sandrine, Amouyel, Philippe, Debette, Stéphanie, Bijlenga, Philippe, Berrandou, Takiy, Ganesh, Santhi K., Bouatia-Naji, Nabila, Jones, Gregory, Bown, Matthew, Rinkel, Gabriel J.E., Veldink, Jan H., Ruigrok, Ynte M., Hege Aamodt, Anne, Heidi Skogholt, Anne, Brumpton, Ben M, Willer, Cristen J, Sandset, Else C, Kristoffersen, Espen S, Ellekjær, Hanne, Heuch, Ingrid, Nielsen, Jonas B, Hagen, Knut, Hveem, Kristian, Fritsche, Lars G, Thomas, Laurent F, Pedersen, Linda M, Gabrielsen, Maiken E, Holmen, Oddgeir L, Børte, Sigrid, Zhou, Wei, Abboud, Shérine, Pandolfo, Massimo, Thijs, Vincent, Leys, Didier, Bodenant, Marie, Louillet, Fabien, Touzé, Emmanuel, Mas, Jean-Louis, Samson, Yves, Leder, Sara, Léger, Anne, Deltour, Sandrine, Crozier, Sophie, Méresse, Isabelle, Canaple, Sandrine, Godefroy, Olivier, Giroud, Maurice, Béjot, Yannick, Decavel, Pierre, Medeiros, Elizabeth, Montiel, Paola, Moulin, Thierry, Vuillier, Fabrice, Dallongeville, Jean, Metso, Antti J, Metso, Tiina, Tatlisumak, Turgut, Grond-Ginsbach, Caspar, Lichy, Christoph, Kloss, Manja, Werner, Inge, Arnold, Marie-Luise, Dos Santos, Michael, Grau, Armin, Dichgans, Martin, Thomas-Feles, Constanze, Weber, Ralf, Brandt, Tobias, Pezzini, Alessandro, De Giuli, Valeria, Caria, Filomena, Poli, Loris, Padovani, Alessandro, Bersano, Anna, Lanfranconi, Silvia, Beretta, Simone, Ferrarese, Carlo, Giacolone, Giacomo, Paolucci, Stefano, Lyrer, Philippe, Engelter, Stefan, Fluri, Felix, Hatz, Florian, Gisler, Dominique, Bonati, Leo, Gensicke, Henrik, Amort, Margareth, Markus, Hugh, Majersik, Jennifer, Worrall, Bradford, Southerland, Andrew, Cole, John, Kittner, Steven, Evangelou, Evangelos, Warren, Helen R, Gao, He, Ntritsos, Georgios, Dimou, Niki, Esko, Tonu, Mägi, Reedik, Milani, Lili, Almgren, Peter, Boutin, Thibaud, Ding, Jun, Giulianini, Franco, Holliday, Elizabeth G, Jackson, Anne U, Li-Gao, Ruifang, Lin, Wei-Yu, Luan, Jian’an, Mangino, Massimo, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Peter Prins, Bram, Qian, Yong, Sargurupremraj, Muralidharan, Shah, Nabi, Surendran, Praveen, Thériault, Sébastien, Verweij, Niek, Willems, Sara M, Zhao, Jing-Hua, Connell, John, de Mutsert, Renée, Doney, Alex SF, Farrall, Martin, Menni, Cristina, Morris, Andrew D, Noordam, Raymond, Paré, Guillaume, Poulter, Neil R, Shields, Denis C, Stanton, Alice, Thom, Simon, Abecasis, Gonçalo, Amin, Najaf, Arking, Dan E, Ayers, Kristin L, Barbieri, Caterina M, Batini, Chiara, Bis, Joshua C, Blake, Tineka, Bochud, Murielle, Boehnke, Michael, Boerwinkle, Eric, Boomsma, Dorret I, Bottinger, Erwin P, Braund, Peter S, Brumat, Marco, Campbell, Archie, Campbell, Harry, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Chambers, John C, Chauhan, Ganesh, Ciullo, Marina, Cocca, Massimiliano, Collins, Francis, Cordell, Heather J, Davies, Gail, de Borst, Martin H, de Geus, Eco J, Deary, Ian J, Deelen, Joris, Del Greco M, Fabiola, Yusuf Demirkale, Cumhur, Dörr, Marcus, Ehret, Georg B, Elosua, Roberto, Enroth, Stefan, Mesut Erzurumluoglu, A, Ferreira, Teresa, Frånberg, Mattias, Franco, Oscar H, Gandin, Ilaria, Gasparini, Paolo, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Gieger, Christian, Girotto, Giorgia, Goel, Anuj, Gow, Alan J, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Guo, Xiuqing, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hamsten, Anders, Harris, Tamara B, Harris, Sarah E, Hartman, Catharina A, Havulinna, Aki S, Hicks, Andrew A, Hofer, Edith, Hofman, Albert, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huffman, Jennifer E, Hwang, Shih-Jen, Ingelsson, Erik, James, Alan, Jansen, Rick, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Joehanes, Roby, Johansson, Åsa, Johnson, Andrew D, Joshi, Peter K, Jousilahti, Pekka, Wouter Jukema, J, Jula, Antti, Kähönen, Mika, Kathiresan, Sekar, Keavney, Bernard D, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Knekt, Paul, Knight, Joanne, Kolcic, Ivana, Kooner, Jaspal S, Koskinen, Seppo, Kristiansson, Kati, Kutalik, Zoltan, Laan, Maris, Larson, Marty, Launer, Lenore J, Lehne, Benjamin, Lehtimäki, Terho, Liewald, David CM, Lin, Li, Lind, Lars, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Liu, YongMei, Loos, Ruth JF, Lopez, Lorna M, Lu, Yingchang, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Mahajan, Anubha, Mamasoula, Chrysovalanto, Marrugat, Jaume, Marten, Jonathan, Milaneschi, Yuri, Morgan, Anna, Morris, Andrew P, Morrison, Alanna C, Munson, Peter J, Nalls, Mike A, Nandakumar, Priyanka, Nelson, Christopher P, Niiranen, Teemu, Nolte, Ilja M, Nutile, Teresa, Oldehinkel, Albertine J, Oostra, Ben A, O’Reilly, Paul F, Org, Elin, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Palmas, Walter, Palotie, Aarno, Pattie, Alison, WJH Penninx, Brenda, Perola, Markus, Peters, Annette, Polasek, Ozren, Pramstaller, Peter P, Tri Nguyen, Quang, Raitakari, Olli T, Rettig, Rainer, Rice, Kenneth, Ridker, Paul M, Ried, Janina S, Riese, Harriëtte, Ripatti, Samuli, Robino, Antonietta, Rose, Lynda M, Rotter, Jerome I, Rudan, Igor, Ruggiero, Daniela, Saba, Yasaman, Sala, Cinzia F, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J, Sarin, Antti-Pekka, Schmidt, Reinhold, Schmidt, Helena, Shrine, Nick, Siscovick, David, Smith, Albert V, Snieder, Harold, Sõber, Siim, Sorice, Rossella, Starr, John M, Stott, David J, Strachan, David P, Strawbridge, Rona J, Sundström, Johan, Swertz, Morris A, Taylor, Kent D, Teumer, Alexander, Tobin, Martin D, Tomaszewski, Maciej, Toniolo, Daniela, Traglia, Michela, Trompet, Stella, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Tzourio, Christophe, Uitterlinden, André G, Vaez, Ahmad, van der Most, Peter J, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Verwoert, Germaine C, Vitart, Veronique, Völker, Uwe, Vollenweider, Peter, Vuckovic, Dragana, Watkins, Hugh, Wild, Sarah H, Willemsen, Gonneke, Wilson, James F, Wright, Alan F, Yao, Jie, Zemunik, Tatijana, Zhang, Weihua, Attia, John R, Butterworth, Adam S, Chasman, Daniel I, Conen, David, Cucca, Francesco, Danesh, John, Hayward, Caroline, Howson, Joanna MM, Laakso, Markku, Lakatta, Edward G, Langenberg, Claudia, Melander, Olle, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O, Palmer, Colin NA, Risch, Lorenz, Scott, Robert A, Scott, Rodney J, Sever, Peter, Spector, Tim D, van der Harst, Pim, Wareham, Nicholas J, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Levy, Daniel, Munroe, Patricia B, Newton-Cheh, Christopher, Brown, Morris J, Metspalu, Andres, Psaty, Bruce M., Wain, Louise V, Elliott, Paul, Caulfield, Mark J, Gormley, Padhraig, Anttila, Verneri, Palta, Priit, Esko, Tonu, Pers, Tune H, Farh, Kai-How, Cuenca-Leon, Ester, Muona, Mikko, Furlotte, Nicholas A, Kurth, Tobias, Ingason, Andres, McMahon, George, Ligthart, Lannie, Terwindt, Gisela M, Kallela, Mikko, Freilinger, Tobias M, Ran, Caroline, Gordon, Scott G, Stam, Anine H, Steinberg, Stacy, Borck, Guntram, Koiranen, Markku, Quaye, Lydia, Adams, Hieab H H, Lehtimäki, Terho, Sarin, Antti-Pekka, Wedenoja, Juho, Hinds, David A, Buring, Julie E, Schürks, Markus, Ridker, Paul M, Gudlaug Hrafnsdottir, Maria, Stefansson, Hreinn, Ring, Susan M, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Penninx, Brenda W J H, Färkkilä, Markus, Artto, Ville, Kaunisto, Mari, Vepsäläinen, Salli, Malik, Rainer, Heath, Andrew C, Madden, Pamela A F, Martin, Nicholas G, Montgomery, Grant W, Kurki, Mitja I, Kals, Mart, Mägi, Reedik, Pärn, Kalle, Hämäläinen, Eija, Huang, Hailiang, Byrnes, Andrea E, Franke, Lude, Huang, Jie, Stergiakouli, Evie, Lee, Phil H, Sandor, Cynthia, Webber, Caleb, Cader, Zameel, Muller-Myhsok, Bertram, Schreiber, Stefan, Meitinger, Thomas, Eriksson, Johan G, Salomaa, Veikko, Heikkilä, Kauko, Loehrer, Elizabeth, Uitterlinden, Andre G, Hofman, Albert, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Cherkas, Lynn, Pedersen, Linda M, Stubhaug, Audun, Nielsen, Christopher S, Männikkö, Minna, Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Göbel, Hartmut, Esserlind, Ann-Louise, Francke Christensen, Anne, Folkmann Hansen, Thomas, Werge, Thomas, Kaprio, Jaakko, Aromaa, Arpo J, Raitakari, Olli, Arfan Ikram, M, Spector, Tim, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Metspalu, Andres, Kubisch, Christian, Strachan, David P, Ferrari, Michel D, Belin, Andrea C, Dichgans, Martin, Wessman, Maija, van den Maagdenberg, Arn M J M, Boomsma, Dorret I, Davey Smith, George, Stefansson, Kari, Eriksson, Nicholas, Daly, Mark J, Neale, Benjamin M, Olesen, Jes, Chasman, Daniel I, Nyholt, Dale R, Palotie, Aarno, Akiyama, Masato, Alg, Varinder S., Børte, Sigrid, Broderick, Joseph P., Brumpton, Ben M., Dauvillier, Jérôme, Desal, Hubert, Dina, Christian, Friedrich, Christoph M., Gaál-Paavola, Emília I., Gentric, Jean-Christophe, Hirsch, Sven, Hostettler, Isabel C., Houlden, Henry, Hveem, Kristian, Jääskeläinen, Juha E., Johnsen, Marianne Bakke, Li, Liming, Lin, Kuang, Lindgren, Antti, Martin, Olivier, Matsuda, Koichi, Millwood, Iona Y., Naggara, Olivier, Niemelä, Mika, Pera, Joanna, Redon, Richard, Rouleau, Guy A., Sandvei, Marie Søfteland, Schilling, Sabine, Shotar, Eimad, Slowik, Agnieszka, Terao, Chikashi, Verschuren, W. M. Monique, Walters, Robin G., Werring, David J., Willer, Cristen J., Woo, Daniel, Worrall, Bradford B., and Zhou, Sirui

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2023
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3. A Low-Frequency Inactivating Akt2 Variant Enriched in the Finnish Population is Associated With Fasting Insulin Levels and Type 2 Diabetes Risk.

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

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

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

Published
2017

4. Discovery of novel heart rate-associated loci using the Exome Chip

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van den Berg, Marten E, Warren, Helen R, Cabrera, Claudia P, Verweij, Niek, Mifsud, Borbala, Haessler, Jeffrey, Bihlmeyer, Nathan A, Fu, Yi-Ping, Weiss, Stefan, Lin, Henry J, Grarup, Niels, Li-Gao, Ruifang, Pistis, Giorgio, Shah, Nabi, Brody, Jennifer A, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Lin, Honghuang, Mei, Hao, Smith, Albert V, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Hall, Leanne M, van Setten, Jessica, Trompet, Stella, Prins, Bram P, Isaacs, Aaron, Radmanesh, Farid, Marten, Jonathan, Entwistle, Aiman, Kors, Jan A, Silva, Claudia T, Alonso, Alvaro, Bis, Joshua C, de Boer, Rudolf, de Haan, Hugoline G, de Mutsert, Renée, Dedoussis, George, Dominiczak, Anna F, Doney, Alex SF, Ellinor, Patrick T, Eppinga, Ruben N, Felix, Stephan B, Guo, Xiuqing, Hagemeijer, Yanick, Hansen, Torben, Harris, Tamara B, Heckbert, Susan R, Huang, Paul L, Hwang, Shih-Jen, Kähönen, Mika, Kanters, Jørgen K, Kolcic, Ivana, Launer, Lenore J, Li, Man, Yao, Jie, Linneberg, Allan, Liu, Simin, Macfarlane, Peter W, Mangino, Massimo, Morris, Andrew D, Mulas, Antonella, Murray, Alison D, Nelson, Christopher P, Orrú, Marco, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Peters, Annette, Porteous, David J, Poulter, Neil, Psaty, Bruce M, Qi, Lihong, Raitakari, Olli T, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Roselli, Carolina, Rudan, Igor, Sattar, Naveed, Sever, Peter, Sinner, Moritz F, Soliman, Elsayed Z, Spector, Timothy D, Stanton, Alice V, Stirrups, Kathleen E, Taylor, Kent D, Tobin, Martin D, Uitterlinden, André, Vaartjes, Ilonca, Hoes, Arno W, van der Meer, Peter, Völker, Uwe, Waldenberger, Melanie, Xie, Zhijun, Zoledziewska, Magdalena, Tinker, Andrew, Polasek, Ozren, Rosand, Jonathan, Jamshidi, Yalda, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Jukema, J Wouter, Asselbergs, Folkert W, Samani, Nilesh J, and Lehtimäki, Terho

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Biological Sciences, Genetics, Stem Cell Research, Cardiovascular, Human Genome, Clinical Research, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Adult, Alleles, Exome, Female, Gene Frequency, Genetic Loci, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genotype, Heart Rate, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Risk Factors, White People, Medical and Health Sciences, Genetics & Heredity
Abstract

Resting heart rate is a heritable trait, and an increase in heart rate is associated with increased mortality risk. Genome-wide association study analyses have found loci associated with resting heart rate, at the time of our study these loci explained 0.9% of the variation. This study aims to discover new genetic loci associated with heart rate from Exome Chip meta-analyses.Heart rate was measured from either elecrtrocardiograms or pulse recordings. We meta-analysed heart rate association results from 104 452 European-ancestry individuals from 30 cohorts, genotyped using the Exome Chip. Twenty-four variants were selected for follow-up in an independent dataset (UK Biobank, N = 134 251). Conditional and gene-based testing was undertaken, and variants were investigated with bioinformatics methods.We discovered five novel heart rate loci, and one new independent low-frequency non-synonymous variant in an established heart rate locus (KIAA1755). Lead variants in four of the novel loci are non-synonymous variants in the genes C10orf71, DALDR3, TESK2 and SEC31B. The variant at SEC31B is significantly associated with SEC31B expression in heart and tibial nerve tissue. Further candidate genes were detected from long-range regulatory chromatin interactions in heart tissue (SCD, SLF2 and MAPK8). We observed significant enrichment in DNase I hypersensitive sites in fetal heart and lung. Moreover, enrichment was seen for the first time in human neuronal progenitor cells (derived from embryonic stem cells) and fetal muscle samples by including our novel variants.Our findings advance the knowledge of the genetic architecture of heart rate, and indicate new candidate genes for follow-up functional studies.

Published
2017

5. The genetics of blood pressure regulation and its target organs from association studies in 342,415 individuals.

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Ehret, Georg B, Ferreira, Teresa, Chasman, Daniel I, Jackson, Anne U, Schmidt, Ellen M, Johnson, Toby, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Luan, Jian'an, Donnelly, Lousie A, Kanoni, Stavroula, Petersen, Ann-Kristin, Pihur, Vasyl, Strawbridge, Rona J, Shungin, Dmitry, Hughes, Maria F, Meirelles, Osorio, Kaakinen, Marika, Bouatia-Naji, Nabila, Kristiansson, Kati, Shah, Sonia, Kleber, Marcus E, Guo, Xiuqing, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Fava, Cristiano, Eriksson, Niclas, Nolte, Ilja M, Magnusson, Patrik K, Salfati, Elias L, Rallidis, Loukianos S, Theusch, Elizabeth, Smith, Andrew JP, Folkersen, Lasse, Witkowska, Kate, Pers, Tune H, Joehanes, Roby, Kim, Stuart K, Lataniotis, Lazaros, Jansen, Rick, Johnson, Andrew D, Warren, Helen, Kim, Young Jin, Zhao, Wei, Wu, Ying, Tayo, Bamidele O, Bochud, Murielle, CHARGE-EchoGen consortium, CHARGE-HF consortium, Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Absher, Devin, Adair, Linda S, Amin, Najaf, Arking, Dan E, Axelsson, Tomas, Baldassarre, Damiano, Balkau, Beverley, Bandinelli, Stefania, Barnes, Michael R, Barroso, Inês, Bevan, Stephen, Bis, Joshua C, Bjornsdottir, Gyda, Boehnke, Michael, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bonnycastle, Lori L, Boomsma, Dorret I, Bornstein, Stefan R, Brown, Morris J, Burnier, Michel, Cabrera, Claudia P, Chambers, John C, Chang, I-Shou, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Chines, Peter S, Chung, Ren-Hua, Collins, Francis S, Connell, John M, Döring, Angela, Dallongeville, Jean, Danesh, John, de Faire, Ulf, Delgado, Graciela, Dominiczak, Anna F, Doney, Alex SF, Drenos, Fotios, Edkins, Sarah, Eicher, John D, Elosua, Roberto, Enroth, Stefan, Erdmann, Jeanette, Eriksson, Per, Esko, Tonu, Evangelou, Evangelos, Evans, Alun, Fall, Tove, Farrall, Martin, Felix, Janine F, Ferrières, Jean, Ferrucci, Luigi, Fornage, Myriam, and Forrester, Terrence

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CHARGE-EchoGen consortium, CHARGE-HF consortium, Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Cells, Cultured, Humans, Hypertension, Microarray Analysis, Blood Pressure, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, African Continental Ancestry Group, Asian Continental Ancestry Group, Genome-Wide Association Study, Cells, Cultured, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Developmental Biology, Biological Sciences, Medical and Health Sciences
Abstract

To dissect the genetic architecture of blood pressure and assess effects on target organ damage, we analyzed 128,272 SNPs from targeted and genome-wide arrays in 201,529 individuals of European ancestry, and genotypes from an additional 140,886 individuals were used for validation. We identified 66 blood pressure-associated loci, of which 17 were new; 15 harbored multiple distinct association signals. The 66 index SNPs were enriched for cis-regulatory elements, particularly in vascular endothelial cells, consistent with a primary role in blood pressure control through modulation of vascular tone across multiple tissues. The 66 index SNPs combined in a risk score showed comparable effects in 64,421 individuals of non-European descent. The 66-SNP blood pressure risk score was significantly associated with target organ damage in multiple tissues but with minor effects in the kidney. Our findings expand current knowledge of blood pressure-related pathways and highlight tissues beyond the classical renal system in blood pressure regulation.

Published
2016

6. Genetic fine mapping and genomic annotation defines causal mechanisms at type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci

Author

Gaulton, Kyle J, Ferreira, Teresa, Lee, Yeji, Raimondo, Anne, Mägi, Reedik, Reschen, Michael E, Mahajan, Anubha, Locke, Adam, William Rayner, N, Robertson, Neil, Scott, Robert A, Prokopenko, Inga, Scott, Laura J, Green, Todd, Sparso, Thomas, Thuillier, Dorothee, Yengo, Loic, Grallert, Harald, Wahl, Simone, Frånberg, Mattias, Strawbridge, Rona J, Kestler, Hans, Chheda, Himanshu, Eisele, Lewin, Gustafsson, Stefan, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Qi, Lu, Karssen, Lennart C, van Leeuwen, Elisabeth M, Willems, Sara M, Li, Man, Chen, Han, Fuchsberger, Christian, Kwan, Phoenix, Ma, Clement, Linderman, Michael, Lu, Yingchang, Thomsen, Soren K, Rundle, Jana K, Beer, Nicola L, van de Bunt, Martijn, Chalisey, Anil, Kang, Hyun Min, Voight, Benjamin F, Abecasis, Gonçalo R, Almgren, Peter, Baldassarre, Damiano, Balkau, Beverley, Benediktsson, Rafn, Blüher, Matthias, Boeing, Heiner, Bonnycastle, Lori L, Bottinger, Erwin P, Burtt, Noël P, Carey, Jason, Charpentier, Guillaume, Chines, Peter S, Cornelis, Marilyn C, Couper, David J, Crenshaw, Andrew T, van Dam, Rob M, Doney, Alex SF, Dorkhan, Mozhgan, Edkins, Sarah, Eriksson, Johan G, Esko, Tonu, Eury, Elodie, Fadista, João, Flannick, Jason, Fontanillas, Pierre, Fox, Caroline, Franks, Paul W, Gertow, Karl, Gieger, Christian, Gigante, Bruna, Gottesman, Omri, Grant, George B, Grarup, Niels, Groves, Christopher J, Hassinen, Maija, Have, Christian T, Herder, Christian, Holmen, Oddgeir L, Hreidarsson, Astradur B, Humphries, Steve E, Hunter, David J, Jackson, Anne U, Jonsson, Anna, Jørgensen, Marit E, Jørgensen, Torben, Kao, Wen-Hong L, Kerrison, Nicola D, Kinnunen, Leena, Klopp, Norman, Kong, Augustine, Kovacs, Peter, Kraft, Peter, Kravic, Jasmina, and Langford, Cordelia

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Biological Sciences, Genetics, Liver Disease, Diabetes, Human Genome, Digestive Diseases, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, Metabolic and endocrine, Binding Sites, Case-Control Studies, Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, Chromosome Mapping, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Gene Expression Regulation, Genetic Loci, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genomics, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 3-beta, Humans, Islets of Langerhans, Liver, Molecular Sequence Annotation, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Receptor, Melatonin, MT2, DIAbetes Genetics Replication And Meta-analysis (DIAGRAM) Consortium, Medical and Health Sciences, Developmental Biology, Agricultural biotechnology, Bioinformatics and computational biology
Abstract

We performed fine mapping of 39 established type 2 diabetes (T2D) loci in 27,206 cases and 57,574 controls of European ancestry. We identified 49 distinct association signals at these loci, including five mapping in or near KCNQ1. 'Credible sets' of the variants most likely to drive each distinct signal mapped predominantly to noncoding sequence, implying that association with T2D is mediated through gene regulation. Credible set variants were enriched for overlap with FOXA2 chromatin immunoprecipitation binding sites in human islet and liver cells, including at MTNR1B, where fine mapping implicated rs10830963 as driving T2D association. We confirmed that the T2D risk allele for this SNP increases FOXA2-bound enhancer activity in islet- and liver-derived cells. We observed allele-specific differences in NEUROD1 binding in islet-derived cells, consistent with evidence that the T2D risk allele increases islet MTNR1B expression. Our study demonstrates how integration of genetic and genomic information can define molecular mechanisms through which variants underlying association signals exert their effects on disease.

Published
2015

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

Author

Shungin, Dmitry, Winkler, Thomas W, Croteau-Chonka, Damien C, Ferreira, Teresa, Locke, Adam E, Mägi, Reedik, Strawbridge, Rona J, Pers, Tune H, Fischer, Krista, Justice, Anne E, Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Wu, Joseph MW, 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, Zoltán, Luan, Jian’an, Randall, Joshua C, Scherag, André, 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, Kristiansson, Kati, Mangino, Massimo, Mateo Leach, Irene, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Palmer, Cameron D, Pasko, Dorota, Pechlivanis, Sonali, Peters, Marjolein J, Prokopenko, Inga, Stančáková, Alena, Ju Sung, Yun, Tanaka, Toshiko, Teumer, Alexander, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V, Yengo, Loïc, Zhang, Weihua, Albrecht, Eva, Ärnlöv, Johan, Arscott, Gillian M, Bandinelli, Stefania, Barrett, Amy, Bellis, Claire, Bennett, Amanda J, Berne, Christian, Blüher, Matthias, Böhringer, Stefan, Bonnet, Fabrice, Böttcher, Yvonne, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Carba, Delia B, Caspersen, Ida H, Clarke, Robert, Warwick Daw, E, Deelen, Joris, Deelman, Ewa, Delgado, Graciela, Doney, Alex SF, Eklund, Niina, Erdos, Michael R, Estrada, Karol, Eury, Elodie, Friedrich, Nele, Garcia, Melissa E, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Gigante, Bruna, Go, Alan S, Golay, Alain, Grallert, Harald, Grammer, Tanja B, Gräßler, Jürgen, Grewal, Jagvir, Groves, Christopher J, Haller, Toomas, and Hallmans, Goran

Subjects
Genetics, Human Genome, Diabetes, Obesity, Nutrition, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, Metabolic and endocrine, Cardiovascular, Stroke, Adipocytes, Adipogenesis, Adipose Tissue, Age Factors, Body Fat Distribution, Body Mass Index, Epigenesis, Genetic, Europe, Female, Genome, Human, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Insulin, Insulin Resistance, Male, Models, Biological, Neovascularization, Physiologic, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Quantitative Trait Loci, Racial Groups, Sex Characteristics, Transcription, Genetic, Waist-Hip Ratio, ADIPOGen Consortium, CARDIOGRAMplusC4D Consortium, CKDGen Consortium, GEFOS Consortium, GENIE Consortium, GLGC, ICBP, International Endogene Consortium, LifeLines Cohort Study, MAGIC Investigators, MuTHER Consortium, PAGE Consortium, ReproGen Consortium, General Science & Technology
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

8. Identification and functional characterization of G6PC2 coding variants influencing glycemic traits define an effector transcript at the G6PC2-ABCB11 locus.

Author

Mahajan, Anubha, Sim, Xueling, Ng, Hui Jin, Manning, Alisa, Rivas, Manuel A, Highland, Heather M, Locke, Adam E, Grarup, Niels, Im, Hae Kyung, Cingolani, Pablo, Flannick, Jason, Fontanillas, Pierre, Fuchsberger, Christian, Gaulton, Kyle J, Teslovich, Tanya M, Rayner, N William, Robertson, Neil R, Beer, Nicola L, Rundle, Jana K, Bork-Jensen, Jette, Ladenvall, Claes, Blancher, Christine, Buck, David, Buck, Gemma, Burtt, Noël P, Gabriel, Stacey, Gjesing, Anette P, Groves, Christopher J, Hollensted, Mette, Huyghe, Jeroen R, Jackson, Anne U, Jun, Goo, Justesen, Johanne Marie, Mangino, Massimo, Murphy, Jacquelyn, Neville, Matt, Onofrio, Robert, Small, Kerrin S, Stringham, Heather M, Syvänen, Ann-Christine, Trakalo, Joseph, Abecasis, Goncalo, Bell, Graeme I, Blangero, John, Cox, Nancy J, Duggirala, Ravindranath, Hanis, Craig L, Seielstad, Mark, Wilson, James G, Christensen, Cramer, Brandslund, Ivan, Rauramaa, Rainer, Surdulescu, Gabriela L, Doney, Alex SF, Lannfelt, Lars, Linneberg, Allan, Isomaa, Bo, Tuomi, Tiinamaija, Jørgensen, Marit E, Jørgensen, Torben, Kuusisto, Johanna, Uusitupa, Matti, Salomaa, Veikko, Spector, Timothy D, Morris, Andrew D, Palmer, Colin NA, Collins, Francis S, Mohlke, Karen L, Bergman, Richard N, Ingelsson, Erik, Lind, Lars, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Hansen, Torben, Watanabe, Richard M, Prokopenko, Inga, Dupuis, Josee, Karpe, Fredrik, Groop, Leif, Laakso, Markku, Pedersen, Oluf, Florez, Jose C, Morris, Andrew P, Altshuler, David, Meigs, James B, Boehnke, Michael, McCarthy, Mark I, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Gloyn, Anna L, and T2D-GENES consortium and GoT2D consortium

Subjects
T2D-GENES consortium and GoT2D consortium, Humans, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Insulin, Glucose-6-Phosphatase, Blood Glucose, Receptors, Glucagon, Glycemic Index, Gene Frequency, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Genome-Wide Association Study, Exome, Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Receptors, Glucagon, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Genetics, Developmental Biology
Abstract

Genome wide association studies (GWAS) for fasting glucose (FG) and insulin (FI) have identified common variant signals which explain 4.8% and 1.2% of trait variance, respectively. It is hypothesized that low-frequency and rare variants could contribute substantially to unexplained genetic variance. To test this, we analyzed exome-array data from up to 33,231 non-diabetic individuals of European ancestry. We found exome-wide significant (P

Published
2015

9. Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility

Author

Mahajan, Anubha, Go, Min Jin, Zhang, Weihua, Below, Jennifer E, Gaulton, Kyle J, Ferreira, Teresa, Horikoshi, Momoko, Johnson, Andrew D, Ng, Maggie CY, Prokopenko, Inga, Saleheen, Danish, Wang, Xu, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Abecasis, Goncalo R, Adair, Linda S, Almgren, Peter, Atalay, Mustafa, Aung, Tin, Baldassarre, Damiano, Balkau, Beverley, Bao, Yuqian, Barnett, Anthony H, Barroso, Ines, Basit, Abdul, Been, Latonya F, Beilby, John, Bell, Graeme I, Benediktsson, Rafn, Bergman, Richard N, Boehm, Bernhard O, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bonnycastle, Lori L, Burtt, Noël, Cai, Qiuyin, Campbell, Harry, Carey, Jason, Cauchi, Stephane, Caulfield, Mark, Chan, Juliana CN, Chang, Li-Ching, Chang, Tien-Jyun, Chang, Yi-Cheng, Charpentier, Guillaume, Chen, Chien-Hsiun, Chen, Han, Chen, Yuan-Tsong, Chia, Kee-Seng, Chidambaram, Manickam, Chines, Peter S, Cho, Nam H, Cho, Young Min, Chuang, Lee-Ming, Collins, Francis S, Cornelis, Marilyn C, Couper, David J, Crenshaw, Andrew T, van Dam, Rob M, Danesh, John, Das, Debashish, de Faire, Ulf, Dedoussis, George, Deloukas, Panos, Dimas, Antigone S, Dina, Christian, Doney, Alex SF, Donnelly, Peter J, Dorkhan, Mozhgan, van Duijn, Cornelia, Dupuis, Josée, Edkins, Sarah, Elliott, Paul, Emilsson, Valur, Erbel, Raimund, Eriksson, Johan G, Escobedo, Jorge, Esko, Tonu, Eury, Elodie, Florez, Jose C, Fontanillas, Pierre, Forouhi, Nita G, Forsen, Tom, Fox, Caroline, Fraser, Ross M, Frayling, Timothy M, Froguel, Philippe, Frossard, Philippe, Gao, Yutang, Gertow, Karl, Gieger, Christian, Gigante, Bruna, Grallert, Harald, Grant, George B, Groop, Leif C, Groves, Christopher J, Grundberg, Elin, Guiducci, Candace, Hamsten, Anders, Han, Bok-Ghee, Hara, Kazuo, and Hassanali, Neelam

Subjects
Biological Sciences, Genetics, Human Genome, Diabetes, Metabolic and endocrine, Alleles, Asian People, Case-Control Studies, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Hispanic or Latino, Humans, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Risk Factors, White People, DIAbetes Genetics Replication And Meta-analysis (DIAGRAM) Consortium, Asian Genetic Epidemiology Network Type 2 Diabetes (AGEN-T2D) Consortium, South Asian Type 2 Diabetes (SAT2D) Consortium, Mexican American Type 2 Diabetes (MAT2D) Consortium, Type 2 Diabetes Genetic Exploration by Nex-generation sequencing in muylti-Ethnic Samples (T2D-GENES) Consortium, Medical and Health Sciences, Developmental Biology, Agricultural biotechnology, Bioinformatics and computational biology
Abstract

To further understanding of the genetic basis of type 2 diabetes (T2D) susceptibility, we aggregated published meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies (GWAS), including 26,488 cases and 83,964 controls of European, east Asian, south Asian and Mexican and Mexican American ancestry. We observed a significant excess in the directional consistency of T2D risk alleles across ancestry groups, even at SNPs demonstrating only weak evidence of association. By following up the strongest signals of association from the trans-ethnic meta-analysis in an additional 21,491 cases and 55,647 controls of European ancestry, we identified seven new T2D susceptibility loci. Furthermore, we observed considerable improvements in the fine-mapping resolution of common variant association signals at several T2D susceptibility loci. These observations highlight the benefits of trans-ethnic GWAS for the discovery and characterization of complex trait loci and emphasize an exciting opportunity to extend insight into the genetic architecture and pathogenesis of human diseases across populations of diverse ancestry.

Published
2014

10. Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

Author

Willer, Cristen J, Schmidt, Ellen M, Sengupta, Sebanti, Peloso, Gina M, Gustafsson, Stefan, Kanoni, Stavroula, Ganna, Andrea, Chen, Jin, Buchkovich, Martin L, Mora, Samia, Beckmann, Jacques S, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L, Chang, Hsing-Yi, Demirkan, Ayşe, Den Hertog, Heleen M, Do, Ron, Donnelly, Louise A, Ehret, Georg B, Esko, Tõnu, Feitosa, Mary F, Ferreira, Teresa, Fischer, Krista, Fontanillas, Pierre, Fraser, Ross M, Freitag, Daniel F, Gurdasani, Deepti, Heikkilä, Kauko, Hyppönen, Elina, Isaacs, Aaron, Jackson, Anne U, Johansson, Åsa, Johnson, Toby, Kaakinen, Marika, Kettunen, Johannes, Kleber, Marcus E, Li, Xiaohui, Luan, Jian’an, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Magnusson, Patrik KE, Mangino, Massimo, Mihailov, Evelin, Montasser, May E, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nolte, Ilja M, O’Connell, Jeffrey R, Palmer, Cameron D, Perola, Markus, Petersen, Ann-Kristin, Sanna, Serena, Saxena, Richa, Service, Susan K, Shah, Sonia, Shungin, Dmitry, Sidore, Carlo, Song, Ci, Strawbridge, Rona J, Surakka, Ida, Tanaka, Toshiko, Teslovich, Tanya M, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Van den Herik, Evita G, Voight, Benjamin F, Volcik, Kelly A, Waite, Lindsay L, Wong, Andrew, Wu, Ying, Zhang, Weihua, Absher, Devin, Asiki, Gershim, Barroso, Inês, Been, Latonya F, Bolton, Jennifer L, Bonnycastle, Lori L, Brambilla, Paolo, Burnett, Mary S, Cesana, Giancarlo, Dimitriou, Maria, Doney, Alex SF, Döring, Angela, Elliott, Paul, Epstein, Stephen E, Ingi Eyjolfsson, Gudmundur, Gigante, Bruna, Goodarzi, Mark O, Grallert, Harald, Gravito, Martha L, Groves, Christopher J, Hallmans, Göran, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Hayward, Caroline, Hernandez, Dena, Hicks, Andrew A, Holm, Hilma, Hung, Yi-Jen, Illig, Thomas, Jones, Michelle R, Kaleebu, Pontiano, Kastelein, John JP, Khaw, Kay-Tee, and Kim, Eric

Subjects
Biological Sciences, Genetics, Human Genome, Cardiovascular, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Asian People, Black People, Cholesterol, HDL, Cholesterol, LDL, Coronary Artery Disease, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genotype, Humans, Lipids, Triglycerides, White People, Global Lipids Genetics Consortium, Medical and Health Sciences, Developmental Biology, Agricultural biotechnology, Bioinformatics and computational biology
Abstract

Levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, triglycerides and total cholesterol are heritable, modifiable risk factors for coronary artery disease. To identify new loci and refine known loci influencing these lipids, we examined 188,577 individuals using genome-wide and custom genotyping arrays. We identify and annotate 157 loci associated with lipid levels at P < 5 × 10(-8), including 62 loci not previously associated with lipid levels in humans. Using dense genotyping in individuals of European, East Asian, South Asian and African ancestry, we narrow association signals in 12 loci. We find that loci associated with blood lipid levels are often associated with cardiovascular and metabolic traits, including coronary artery disease, type 2 diabetes, blood pressure, waist-hip ratio and body mass index. Our results demonstrate the value of using genetic data from individuals of diverse ancestry and provide insights into the biological mechanisms regulating blood lipids to guide future genetic, biological and therapeutic research.

Published
2013

11. Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

Author

Do, Ron, Willer, Cristen J, Schmidt, Ellen M, Sengupta, Sebanti, Gao, Chi, Peloso, Gina M, Gustafsson, Stefan, Kanoni, Stavroula, Ganna, Andrea, Chen, Jin, Buchkovich, Martin L, Mora, Samia, Beckmann, Jacques S, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L, Chang, Hsing-Yi, Demirkan, Ayşe, Den Hertog, Heleen M, Donnelly, Louise A, Ehret, Georg B, Esko, Tõnu, Feitosa, Mary F, Ferreira, Teresa, Fischer, Krista, Fontanillas, Pierre, Fraser, Ross M, Freitag, Daniel F, Gurdasani, Deepti, Heikkilä, Kauko, Hyppönen, Elina, Isaacs, Aaron, Jackson, Anne U, Johansson, Åsa, Johnson, Toby, Kaakinen, Marika, Kettunen, Johannes, Kleber, Marcus E, Li, Xiaohui, Luan, Jian'an, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Magnusson, Patrik KE, Mangino, Massimo, Mihailov, Evelin, Montasser, May E, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nolte, Ilja M, O'Connell, Jeffrey R, Palmer, Cameron D, Perola, Markus, Petersen, Ann-Kristin, Sanna, Serena, Saxena, Richa, Service, Susan K, Shah, Sonia, Shungin, Dmitry, Sidore, Carlo, Song, Ci, Strawbridge, Rona J, Surakka, Ida, Tanaka, Toshiko, Teslovich, Tanya M, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Van den Herik, Evita G, Voight, Benjamin F, Volcik, Kelly A, Waite, Lindsay L, Wong, Andrew, Wu, Ying, Zhang, Weihua, Absher, Devin, Asiki, Gershim, Barroso, Inês, Been, Latonya F, Bolton, Jennifer L, Bonnycastle, Lori L, Brambilla, Paolo, Burnett, Mary S, Cesana, Giancarlo, Dimitriou, Maria, Doney, Alex SF, Döring, Angela, Elliott, Paul, Epstein, Stephen E, Eyjolfsson, Gudmundur Ingi, Gigante, Bruna, Goodarzi, Mark O, Grallert, Harald, Gravito, Martha L, Groves, Christopher J, Hallmans, Göran, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Hayward, Caroline, Hernandez, Dena, Hicks, Andrew A, Holm, Hilma, Hung, Yi-Jen, Illig, Thomas, Jones, Michelle R, Kaleebu, Pontiano, Kastelein, John JP, and Khaw, Kay-Tee

Subjects
Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences, Biological Sciences, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Genetics, Agricultural Biotechnology, Atherosclerosis, Heart Disease, Heart Disease - Coronary Heart Disease, Cardiovascular, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Biological Transport, Cholesterol, HDL, Cholesterol, LDL, Coronary Artery Disease, Humans, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Risk Factors, Triglycerides, Medical and Health Sciences, Developmental Biology, Agricultural biotechnology, Bioinformatics and computational biology
Abstract

Triglycerides are transported in plasma by specific triglyceride-rich lipoproteins; in epidemiological studies, increased triglyceride levels correlate with higher risk for coronary artery disease (CAD). However, it is unclear whether this association reflects causal processes. We used 185 common variants recently mapped for plasma lipids (P < 5 × 10(-8) for each) to examine the role of triglycerides in risk for CAD. First, we highlight loci associated with both low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and triglyceride levels, and we show that the direction and magnitude of the associations with both traits are factors in determining CAD risk. Second, we consider loci with only a strong association with triglycerides and show that these loci are also associated with CAD. Finally, in a model accounting for effects on LDL-C and/or high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels, the strength of a polymorphism's effect on triglyceride levels is correlated with the magnitude of its effect on CAD risk. These results suggest that triglyceride-rich lipoproteins causally influence risk for CAD.

Published
2013

12. A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

Author

Palmer, Nicholette D, McDonough, Caitrin W, Hicks, Pamela J, Roh, Bong H, Wing, Maria R, An, S Sandy, Hester, Jessica M, Cooke, Jessica N, Bostrom, Meredith A, Rudock, Megan E, Talbert, Matthew E, Lewis, Joshua P, DIAGRAM Consortium, MAGIC Investigators, Ferrara, Assiamira, Lu, Lingyi, Ziegler, Julie T, Sale, Michele M, Divers, Jasmin, Shriner, Daniel, Adeyemo, Adebowale, Rotimi, Charles N, Ng, Maggie CY, Langefeld, Carl D, Freedman, Barry I, Bowden, Donald W, Voight, Benjamin F, Scott, Laura J, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Morris, Andrew P, Dina, Christian, Welch, Ryan P, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Huth, Cornelia, Aulchenko, Yurii S, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, McCulloch, Laura J, Ferreira, Teresa, Grallert, Harald, Amin, Najaf, Wu, Guanming, Willer, Cristen J, Raychaudhuri, Soumya, McCarroll, Steve A, Langenberg, Claudia, Hofmann, Oliver M, Dupuis, Josée, Qi, Lu, Segrè, Ayellet V, van Hoek, Mandy, Navarro, Pau, Ardlie, Kristin, Balkau, Beverley, Benediktsson, Rafn, Bennett, Amanda J, Blagieva, Roza, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bonnycastle, Lori L, Boström, Kristina Bengtsson, Bravenboer, Bert, Bumpstead, Suzannah, Burtt, Noël P, Charpentier, Guillaume, Chines, Peter S, Cornelis, Marilyn, Couper, David J, Crawford, Gabe, Doney, Alex SF, Elliott, Katherine S, Elliott, Amanda L, Erdos, Michael R, Fox, Caroline S, Franklin, Christopher S, Ganser, Martha, Gieger, Christian, Grarup, Niels, Green, Todd, Griffin, Simon, Groves, Christopher J, Guiducci, Candace, Hadjadj, Samy, Hassanali, Neelam, Herder, Christian, Isomaa, Bo, Jackson, Anne U, Johnson, Paul RV, Jørgensen, Torben, Kao, Wen HL, Klopp, Norman, Kong, Augustine, Kraft, Peter, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lauritzen, Torsten, Li, Man, Lieverse, Aloysius, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Marre, Michel, Meitinger, Thomas, and Midthjell, Kristian

Subjects
DIAGRAM Consortium, MAGIC Investigators, Humans, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Case-Control Studies, Cohort Studies, Genotype, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Adult, Aged, Middle Aged, African Americans, Female, Male, Meta-Analysis as Topic, Validation Studies as Topic, Genome-Wide Association Study, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, General Science & Technology
Abstract

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

Published
2012

13. Prediction of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events From Retinal, Clinical, and Genomic Data in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes: A Population Cohort Study

Author

Mordi, Ify R, primary, Trucco, Emanuele, primary, Syed, Mohammad Ghouse, primary, MacGillivray, Tom, primary, Nar, Adi, primary, Huang, Yu, primary, George, Gittu, primary, Hogg, Stephen, primary, Venkateshan, Radha, primary, Prathiba, Vijayaraghavan, primary, Anjana, Ranjit Mohan, primary, Mohan, Viswanathan, primary, Palmer, Colin NA, primary, Pearson, Ewan R, primary, Lang, Chim C, primary, Doney, Alex SF, primary, and Investigators, the INSPIRED, primary

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2022
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14. Coding Variation in ANGPTL4, LPL, and SVEP1 and the Risk of Coronary Disease (vol 374, pg 1134, 2016)

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Stitziel, Nathan O, Stirrups, Kathleen E, Masca, Nicholas GD, Erdmann, Jeanette, Ferrario, Paola G, Koenig, Inke R, Weeke, Peter E, Webb, Thomas R, Auer, Paul L, Schick, Ursula M, Lu, Yingchang, Zhang, He, Dube, Marie-Pierre, Goel, Anuj, Farrall, Martin, Peloso, Gina M, Won, Hong-Hee, Do, Ron, Van Iperen, Erik, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kruppa, Jochen, Mahajan, Anubha, Scott, Robert A, Willenborg, Christina, Braund, Peter S, Van Capelleveen, Julian C, Doney, Alex SF, Donnelly, Louise A, Asselta, Rosanna, Merlini, Piera A, Duga, Stefano, Marziliano, Nicola, Denny, Josh C, Shaffer, Christian M, El-Mokhtari, Nour Eddine, Franke, Andre, Gottesman, Omri, Heilmann, Stefanie, Hengstenberg, Christian, Hoffmann, Per, Holmen, Oddgeir L, Hveem, Kristian, Jansson, Jan-Hakan, Joeckel, Karl-Heinz, Kessler, Thorsten, Kriebel, Jennifer, Laugwitz, Karl L, Marouli, Eirini, Martinelli, Nicola, McCarthy, Mark I, Van Zuydam, Natalie R, Meisinger, Christa, Esko, Tonu, Mihailov, Evelin, Escher, Stefan A, Alver, Maris, Moebus, Susanne, Morris, Andrew D, Muller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nikpay, Majid, Olivieri, Oliviero, Perreault, Louis-Philippe Lemieux, AlQarawi, Alaa, Robertson, Neil R, Akinsanya, Karen O, Reilly, Dermot F, Vogt, Thomas F, Yin, Wu, Asselbergs, Folkert W, Kooperberg, Charles, Jackson, Rebecca D, Stahl, Eli, Strauch, Konstantin, Varga, Tibor V, Waldenberger, Melanie, Zeng, Lingyao, Kraja, Aldi T, Liu, Chunyu, Ehret, Georg B, Newton-Cheh, Christopher, Chasman, Daniel I, Chowdhury, Rajiv, Ferrario, Marco, Ford, Ian, Jukema, J Wouter, Kee, Frank, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Nordestgaard, Borge G, Perola, Markus, Saleheen, Danish, Sattar, Naveed, Surendran, Praveen, Tregouet, David, Young, Robin, Howson, Joanna MM, Butterworth, Adam S, Danesh, John, Ardissino, Diego, Bottinger, Erwin P, Erbel, Raimund, Franks, Paul W, Girelli, Domenico, Hall, Alistair S, Hovingh, G Kees, Kastrati, Adnan, Lieb, Wolfgang, Meitinger, Thomas, Kraus, William E, Shah, Svati H, McPherson, Ruth, Orho-Melander, Marju, Melander, Olle, Metspalu, Andres, Palmer, Colin NA, Peters, Annette, Rader, Daniel J, Reilly, Muredach P, Loos, Ruth JF, Reiner, Alex P, Roden, Dan M, Tardif, Jean-Claude, Thompson, John R, Wareham, Nicholas J, Watkins, Hugh, Willer, Cristen J, Kathiresan, Sekar, Deloukas, Panos, Samani, Nilesh J, Schunkert, Heribert, Other departments, Vascular Medicine, Johnson, Kathleen [0000-0002-6823-3252], Surendran, Praveen [0000-0002-4911-6077], Danesh, John [0000-0003-1158-6791], Wareham, Nicholas [0000-0003-1422-2993], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

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03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology
Abstract

BACKGROUND The discovery of low-frequency coding variants affecting the risk of coronary artery disease has facilitated the identification of therapeutic targets. METHODS Through DNA genotyping, we tested 54,003 coding-sequence variants covering 13,715 human genes in up to 72,868 patients with coronary artery disease and 120,770 controls who did not have coronary artery disease. Through DNA sequencing, we studied the effects of loss-of-function mutations in selected genes. RESULTS We confirmed previously observed significant associations between coronary artery disease and low-frequency missense variants in the genes LPA and PCSK9. We also found significant associations between coronary artery disease and low-frequency missense variants in the genes SVEP1 (p.D2702G; minor-allele frequency, 3.60%; odds ratio for disease, 1.14; P=4.2×10−10) and ANGPTL4 (p.E40K; minor-allele frequency, 2.01%; odds ratio, 0.86; P=4.0×10−8), which encodes angiopoietin-like 4. Through sequencing of ANGPTL4, we identified 9 carriers of loss-of-function mutations among 6924 patients with myocardial infarction, as compared with 19 carriers among 6834 controls (odds ratio, 0.47; P=0.04); carriers of ANGPTL4 loss-of-function alleles had triglyceride levels that were 35% lower than the levels among persons who did not carry a loss-of-function allele (P=0.003). ANGPTL4 inhibits lipoprotein lipase; we therefore searched for mutations in LPL and identified a loss-of-function variant that was associated with an increased risk of coronary artery disease (p.D36N; minor-allele frequency, 1.9%; odds ratio, 1.13; P=2.0×10−4) and a gain-of-function variant that was associated with protection from coronary artery disease (p.S447*; minor-allele frequency, 9.9%; odds ratio, 0.94; P=2.5×10−7). CONCLUSIONS We found that carriers of loss-of-function mutations in ANGPTL4 had triglyceride levels that were lower than those among noncarriers; these mutations were also associated with protection from coronary artery disease. (Funded by the National Institutes of Health and others.)

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2017
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15. Male preponderance in early diagnosed type 2 diabetes is associated with the ARE insertion/deletion polymorphism in the PPP1R3A locus

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Leese Graham, Boyle Douglas I, Cohen Patricia TW, Cecil Joanne E, Fischer Bettina, Doney Alex SF, Morris Andrew D, and Palmer Colin NA

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Genetics, QH426-470
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Abstract Background The ARE insertion/deletion polymorphism of PPP1R3A has been associated with variation in glycaemic parameters and prevalence of diabetes. We have investigated its role in age of diagnosis, body weight and glycaemic control in 1,950 individuals with type 2 diabetes in Tayside, Scotland, and compared the ARE2 allele frequencies with 1,014 local schoolchildren. Results Men homozygous for the rarer allele (ARE2) were younger at diagnosis than ARE1 homozygotes (p = 0.008). Conversely, women ARE2 homozygotes were diagnosed later than ARE1 homozygotes (p = 0.036). Thus, men possessing the rarer (ARE2) allele were diagnosed with type 2 diabetes earlier than women (p < 0.000001). In contrast, there was no difference in age of diagnosis by gender in those individuals carrying only the common ARE1 variant. Furthermore, although there was no difference in the frequency between the children and the type 2 diabetic population overall, marked differences in allele frequencies were noted by gender and age-of diagnosis. The ARE2 allele frequency in early diagnosed males (diagnosed earlier than the first quartile of the overall ages at diagnosis) was higher than that found in both later diagnosed males and healthy children (p = 0.021 and p = 0.03 respectively). By contrast, the frequency in early diagnosed females was significantly lower than later diagnosed females and that found in children (p = 0.021 and p = 0.037). Comparison of the male to female ratios at different ages-diagnosed confirms a known phenomenon that men are much more prone to early type 2 diabetes than women. When this feature was examined by the common ARE 1/1 genotype we found that the male to female ratio remained at unity with all ages of diagnosis, however, carriers of the ARE2 variant displayed a marked preponderance of early male diagnosis (p = 0.003). Conclusion The ARE2 allele of PPP1R3A is associated with a male preponderance to early diagnosed type 2 diabetes. Susceptibility to type 2 diabetes in later life is not modulated by the ARE2 allele in either sex.

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2003
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16. Coding Variation in ANGPTL4, LPL, and SVEP1 and the Risk of Coronary Disease

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Myocardial Infarction Genetics and CARDIoGRAM Exome Consortia Investigators, Stitziel, Nathan O, Stirrups, Kathleen E, Masca, Nicholas GD, Erdmann, Jeanette, Ferrario, Paola G, König, Inke R, Weeke, Peter E, Webb, Thomas R, Auer, Paul L, Schick, Ursula M, Lu, Yingchang, Zhang, He, Dube, Marie-Pierre, Goel, Anuj, Farrall, Martin, Peloso, Gina M, Won, Hong-Hee, Do, Ron, van Iperen, Erik, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kruppa, Jochen, Mahajan, Anubha, Scott, Robert A, Willenberg, Christina, Braund, Peter S, van Capelleveen, Julian C, Doney, Alex SF, Donnelly, Louise A, Asselta, Rosanna, Merlini, Piera A, Duga, Stefano, Marziliano, Nicola, Denny, Josh C, Shaffer, Christian M, El-Mokhtari, Nour Eddine, Franke, Andre, Gottesman, Omri, Heilmann, Stefanie, Hengstenberg, Christian, Hoffman, Per, Holmen, Oddgeir L, Hveem, Kristian, Jansson, Jan-Håkan, Jöckel, Karl-Heinz, Kessler, Thorsten, Kriebel, Jennifer, Laugwitz, Karl L, Marouli, Eirini, Martinelli, Nicola, McCarthy, Mark I, Van Zuydam, Natalie R, Meisinger, Christa, Esko, Tõnu, Mihailov, Evelin, Escher, Stefan A, Alver, Maris, Moebus, Susanne, Morris, Andrew D, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nikpay, Majid, Olivieri, Oliviero, Lemieux Perreault, Louis-Philippe, AlQarawi, Alaa, Robertson, Neil R, Akinsanya, Karen O, Reilly, Dermot F, Vogt, Thomas F, Yin, Wu, Asselbergs, Folkert W, Kooperberg, Charles, Jackson, Rebecca D, Stahl, Eli, Strauch, Konstantin, Varga, Tibor V, Waldenberger, Melanie, Zeng, Lingyao, Kraja, Aldi T, Liu, Chunyu, Ehret, George B, Newton-Cheh, Christopher, Chasman, Daniel I, Chowdhury, Rajiv, Ferrario, Marco, Ford, Ian, Jukema, J Wouter, Kee, Frank, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Nordestgaard, Børge G, Perola, Markus, Saleheen, Danish, Sattar, Naveed, Surendran, Praveen, Tregouet, David, Young, Robin, Howson, Joanna MM, Butterworth, Adam S, Danesh, John, Ardissino, Diego, Bottinger, Erwin P, Erbel, Raimund, Franks, Paul W, Girelli, Domenico, Hall, Alistair S, Hovingh, G Kees, Kastrati, Adnan, Lieb, Wolfgang, Meitinger, Thomas, Kraus, William E, Shah, Svati H, McPherson, Ruth, Orho-Melander, Marju, Melander, Olle, Metspalu, Andres, Palmer, Colin NA, Peters, Annette, Rader, Daniel, Reilly, Muredach P, Loos, Ruth JF, Reiner, Alex P, Roden, Dan M, Tardif, Jean-Claude, Thompson, John R, Wareham, Nicholas J, Watkins, Hugh, Willer, Cristen J, Kathiresan, Sekkar, Deloukas, Panos, Samani, Nilesh J, Schunkert, Heribert, Johnson, Kathleen [0000-0002-6823-3252], Chowdhury, Rajiv [0000-0003-4881-5690], Surendran, Praveen [0000-0002-4911-6077], Howson, Joanna [0000-0001-7618-0050], Butterworth, Adam [0000-0002-6915-9015], Danesh, John [0000-0003-1158-6791], Wareham, Nicholas [0000-0003-1422-2993], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

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Male, Genotyping Techniques, education, Mutation, Missense, Coronary Artery Disease, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Middle Aged, Lipoprotein Lipase, Risk Factors, Mutation, Angiopoietin-Like Protein 4, Humans, Female, Angiopoietins, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Triglycerides, Aged
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BACKGROUND: The discovery of low-frequency coding variants affecting the risk of coronary artery disease has facilitated the identification of therapeutic targets. METHODS: Through DNA genotyping, we tested 54,003 coding-sequence variants covering 13,715 human genes in up to 72,868 patients with coronary artery disease and 120,770 controls who did not have coronary artery disease. Through DNA sequencing, we studied the effects of loss-of-function mutations in selected genes. RESULTS: We confirmed previously observed significant associations between coronary artery disease and low-frequency missense variants in the genes LPA and PCSK9. We also found significant associations between coronary artery disease and low-frequency missense variants in the genes SVEP1 (p.D2702G; minor-allele frequency, 3.60%; odds ratio for disease, 1.14; P=4.2×10(-10)) and ANGPTL4 (p.E40K; minor-allele frequency, 2.01%; odds ratio, 0.86; P=4.0×10(-8)), which encodes angiopoietin-like 4. Through sequencing of ANGPTL4, we identified 9 carriers of loss-of-function mutations among 6924 patients with myocardial infarction, as compared with 19 carriers among 6834 controls (odds ratio, 0.47; P=0.04); carriers of ANGPTL4 loss-of-function alleles had triglyceride levels that were 35% lower than the levels among persons who did not carry a loss-of-function allele (P=0.003). ANGPTL4 inhibits lipoprotein lipase; we therefore searched for mutations in LPL and identified a loss-of-function variant that was associated with an increased risk of coronary artery disease (p.D36N; minor-allele frequency, 1.9%; odds ratio, 1.13; P=2.0×10(-4)) and a gain-of-function variant that was associated with protection from coronary artery disease (p.S447*; minor-allele frequency, 9.9%; odds ratio, 0.94; P=2.5×10(-7)). CONCLUSIONS: We found that carriers of loss-of-function mutations in ANGPTL4 had triglyceride levels that were lower than those among noncarriers; these mutations were also associated with protection from coronary artery disease. (Funded by the National Institutes of Health and others.).

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2016

17. Genetic analysis of over one million people identifies 535 novel loci for blood pressure

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Evangelou, Evangelos, Warren, Helen R, Mosen-Ansorena, David, Mifsud, Borbala, Pazoki, Raha, Gao, He, Ntritsos, Georgios, Dimou, Niki, Cabrera, Claudia P, Karaman, Ibrahim, Ng, Fu Liang, Evangelou, Marina, Witkowska, Katarzyna, Tzanis, Evan, Hellwege, Jacklyn N, Giri, Ayush, Velez Edwards, Digna R, Sun, Yan V, Cho, Kelly, Gaziano, J.Michael, Wilson, Peter WF, Tsao, Philip S, Kovesdy, Csaba P, Esko, Tonu, Mägi, Reedik, Milani, Lili, Almgren, Peter, Boutin, Thibaud, Debette, Stéphanie, Ding, Jun, Giulianini, Franco, Holliday, Elizabeth G, Jackson, Anne U, Li-Gao, Ruifang, Lin, Wei-Yu, Luan, Jian'an, Mangino, Massimo, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Prins, Bram, Qian, Yong, Sargurupremraj, Muralidharan, Shah, Nabi, Surendran, Praveen, Thériault, Sébastien, Verweij, Niek, Willems, Sara M, Zhao, Jing-Hua, Amouyel, Philippe, Connell, John, de Mutsert, Renée, Doney, Alex SF, Farrall, Martin, Menni, Cristina, Morris, Andrew D, Noordam, Raymond, Paré, Guillaume, Poulter, Neil R, Shields, Denis C, Stanton, Alice, Thom, Simon, Abecasis, Gonçalo, Amin, Najaf, Arking, Dan E, Ayers, Kristin L, Barbieri, Caterina M, Batini, Chiara, Bis, Joshua C, Blake, Tineka, Bochud, Murielle, Boehnke, Michael, Boerwinkle, Eric, Boomsma, Dorret I, Bottinger, Erwin P, Braund, Peter S, Brumat, Marco, Campbell, Archie, Campbell, Harry, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Chambers, John C, Chauhan, Ganesh, Ciullo, Marina, Cocca, Massimiliano, Collins, Francis, Cordell, Heather J, Davies, Gail, de Borst, Martin H, de Geus, Eco J, Deary, Ian J, Deelen, Joris, Del Greco, Fabiola M, Demirkale, Cumhur Yusuf, Dörr, Marcus, Ehret, Georg B, Elosua, Roberto, Enroth, Stefan, Erzurumluoglu, A.Mesut, Ferreira, Teresa, Frånberg, Mattias, Franco, Oscar H, Gandin, Ilaria, Gasparini, Paolo, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Gieger, Christian, Girotto, Giorgia, Goel, Anuj, Gow, Alan J, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Guo, Xiuqing, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hamsten, Anders, Harris, Tamara B, Harris, Sarah E, Hartman, Catharina A, Havulinna, Aki S, Hicks, Andrew A, Hofer, Edith, Hofman, Albert, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huffman, Jennifer E, Hwang, Shih-Jen, Ingelsson, Erik, James, Alan, Jansen, Rick, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Joehanes, Roby, Johansson, Åsa, Johnson, Andrew D, Joshi, Peter K, Jousilahti, Pekka, Jukema, J Wouter, Jula, Antti, Kähönen, Mika, Kathiresan, Sekar, Keavney, Bernard D, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Knekt, Paul, Knight, Joanne, Kolcic, Ivana, Kooner, Jaspal S, Koskinen, Seppo, Kristiansson, Kati, Kutalik, Zoltan, Laan, Maris, Larson, Marty, Launer, Lenore J, Lehne, Benjamin C, Lehtimäki, Terho, Levy, Daniel, Liewald, David CM, Lin, Li, Lind, Lars, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Liu, Yongmei, Loos, Ruth JF, Lopez, Lorna M, Lu, Lingchan, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Mahajan, Anubha, Mamasoula, Chrysovalanto, Marrugat, Jaume, Marten, Jonathan, Milaneschi, Yuri, Morgan, Anna, Morris, Andrew P, Morrison, Alanna C, Munson, Peter J, Nalls, Mike A, Nandakumar, Priyanka, Nelson, Christopher P, Newton-Cheh, Christopher, Niiranen, Teemu, Nolte, Ilja M, Nutile, Teresa, Oldehinkel, Albertine J, Oostra, Ben A, O'Reilly, Paul F, Org, Elin, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Palmas, Walter, Palotie, Arno, Pattie, Alison, Penninx, Brenda WJH, Perola, Markus, Peters, Annette, Polasek, Ozren, Pramstaller, Peter P, Quang Tri, Nguyen, Raitakari, Olli T, Ren, Meixia, Rettig, Rainer, Rice, Kenneth, Ridker, Paul M, Reid, Janina S, Riese, Harriëtte, Ripatti, Samuli, Robino, Antonietta, Rose, Lynda M, Rotter, Jerome I, Rudan, Igor, Ruggiero, Daniella, Saba, Yasaman, Sala, Cinzia F, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J, Sarin, Antti-Pekka, Schmidt, Rheinhold, Schmidt, Helena, Shrine, Nick, Siscovick, David, Smith, Albert V, Schneider, Harold, Sõber, Siim, Sorice, Rossella, Starr, John M, Stott, David J, Strachan, David P, Strawbridge, Rona J, Sundström, Johan, Swertz, Morris A, Taylor, Kent D, Teumer, Alexander, Tobin, Martin D, Toniolo, Daniela, Traglia, Michela, Trompet, Stella, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Tzourio, Christophe, Uitterlinden, André G, Vaez, Ahmad, van der Most, Peter J, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Vergnaud, Anne-Claire, Verwoert, Germaine C, Vitart, Veronique, Völker, Uwe, Vollenweider, Peter, Vuckovic, Dragana, Watkins, Hugh, Wild, Sarah H, Willemsen, Gonneke, Wilson, James F, Wright, Alan F, Yao, Jie, Zemunik, Tatijana, Zhang, Weihua, Attia, John R, Butterworth, Adam S, Chasman, Dan, Conen, David, Cucca, Francesco, Danesh, John, Hayward, Caroline, Howson, Joanna MM, Laakso, Markku, Lakatta, Edward G, Langenberg, Claudia, Melander, Ollie, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O, Munroe, Patricia B, Palmer, Colin NA, Risch, Lorenz, Scott, Robert A, Scott, Rodney J, Sever, Peter, Spector, Tim D, van der Harst, Pim, Wareham, Nicholas J, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Brown, Morris J, Metspalu, Andres, Hung, Adriana M, O'Donnell, Christopher J, Edwards, Todd L, Psaty, Bruce M., Tzoulaki, Ioanna, Barnes, Michael R, Wain, Louise V, Elliott, Paul, Caulfield, Mark J, Evangelou, Evangelos, Warren, Helen R, Mosen-Ansorena, David, Mifsud, Borbala, Pazoki, Raha, Gao, He, Ntritsos, Georgios, Dimou, Niki, Cabrera, Claudia P, Karaman, Ibrahim, Ng, Fu Liang, Evangelou, Marina, Witkowska, Katarzyna, Tzanis, Evan, Hellwege, Jacklyn N, Giri, Ayush, Velez Edwards, Digna R, Sun, Yan V, Cho, Kelly, Gaziano, J.Michael, Wilson, Peter WF, Tsao, Philip S, Kovesdy, Csaba P, Esko, Tonu, Mägi, Reedik, Milani, Lili, Almgren, Peter, Boutin, Thibaud, Debette, Stéphanie, Ding, Jun, Giulianini, Franco, Holliday, Elizabeth G, Jackson, Anne U, Li-Gao, Ruifang, Lin, Wei-Yu, Luan, Jian'an, Mangino, Massimo, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Prins, Bram, Qian, Yong, Sargurupremraj, Muralidharan, Shah, Nabi, Surendran, Praveen, Thériault, Sébastien, Verweij, Niek, Willems, Sara M, Zhao, Jing-Hua, Amouyel, Philippe, Connell, John, de Mutsert, Renée, Doney, Alex SF, Farrall, Martin, Menni, Cristina, Morris, Andrew D, Noordam, Raymond, Paré, Guillaume, Poulter, Neil R, Shields, Denis C, Stanton, Alice, Thom, Simon, Abecasis, Gonçalo, Amin, Najaf, Arking, Dan E, Ayers, Kristin L, Barbieri, Caterina M, Batini, Chiara, Bis, Joshua C, Blake, Tineka, Bochud, Murielle, Boehnke, Michael, Boerwinkle, Eric, Boomsma, Dorret I, Bottinger, Erwin P, Braund, Peter S, Brumat, Marco, Campbell, Archie, Campbell, Harry, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Chambers, John C, Chauhan, Ganesh, Ciullo, Marina, Cocca, Massimiliano, Collins, Francis, Cordell, Heather J, Davies, Gail, de Borst, Martin H, de Geus, Eco J, Deary, Ian J, Deelen, Joris, Del Greco, Fabiola M, Demirkale, Cumhur Yusuf, Dörr, Marcus, Ehret, Georg B, Elosua, Roberto, Enroth, Stefan, Erzurumluoglu, A.Mesut, Ferreira, Teresa, Frånberg, Mattias, Franco, Oscar H, Gandin, Ilaria, Gasparini, Paolo, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Gieger, Christian, Girotto, Giorgia, Goel, Anuj, Gow, Alan J, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Guo, Xiuqing, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hamsten, Anders, Harris, Tamara B, Harris, Sarah E, Hartman, Catharina A, Havulinna, Aki S, Hicks, Andrew A, Hofer, Edith, Hofman, Albert, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huffman, Jennifer E, Hwang, Shih-Jen, Ingelsson, Erik, James, Alan, Jansen, Rick, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Joehanes, Roby, Johansson, Åsa, Johnson, Andrew D, Joshi, Peter K, Jousilahti, Pekka, Jukema, J Wouter, Jula, Antti, Kähönen, Mika, Kathiresan, Sekar, Keavney, Bernard D, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Knekt, Paul, Knight, Joanne, Kolcic, Ivana, Kooner, Jaspal S, Koskinen, Seppo, Kristiansson, Kati, Kutalik, Zoltan, Laan, Maris, Larson, Marty, Launer, Lenore J, Lehne, Benjamin C, Lehtimäki, Terho, Levy, Daniel, Liewald, David CM, Lin, Li, Lind, Lars, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Liu, Yongmei, Loos, Ruth JF, Lopez, Lorna M, Lu, Lingchan, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Mahajan, Anubha, Mamasoula, Chrysovalanto, Marrugat, Jaume, Marten, Jonathan, Milaneschi, Yuri, Morgan, Anna, Morris, Andrew P, Morrison, Alanna C, Munson, Peter J, Nalls, Mike A, Nandakumar, Priyanka, Nelson, Christopher P, Newton-Cheh, Christopher, Niiranen, Teemu, Nolte, Ilja M, Nutile, Teresa, Oldehinkel, Albertine J, Oostra, Ben A, O'Reilly, Paul F, Org, Elin, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Palmas, Walter, Palotie, Arno, Pattie, Alison, Penninx, Brenda WJH, Perola, Markus, Peters, Annette, Polasek, Ozren, Pramstaller, Peter P, Quang Tri, Nguyen, Raitakari, Olli T, Ren, Meixia, Rettig, Rainer, Rice, Kenneth, Ridker, Paul M, Reid, Janina S, Riese, Harriëtte, Ripatti, Samuli, Robino, Antonietta, Rose, Lynda M, Rotter, Jerome I, Rudan, Igor, Ruggiero, Daniella, Saba, Yasaman, Sala, Cinzia F, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J, Sarin, Antti-Pekka, Schmidt, Rheinhold, Schmidt, Helena, Shrine, Nick, Siscovick, David, Smith, Albert V, Schneider, Harold, Sõber, Siim, Sorice, Rossella, Starr, John M, Stott, David J, Strachan, David P, Strawbridge, Rona J, Sundström, Johan, Swertz, Morris A, Taylor, Kent D, Teumer, Alexander, Tobin, Martin D, Toniolo, Daniela, Traglia, Michela, Trompet, Stella, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Tzourio, Christophe, Uitterlinden, André G, Vaez, Ahmad, van der Most, Peter J, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Vergnaud, Anne-Claire, Verwoert, Germaine C, Vitart, Veronique, Völker, Uwe, Vollenweider, Peter, Vuckovic, Dragana, Watkins, Hugh, Wild, Sarah H, Willemsen, Gonneke, Wilson, James F, Wright, Alan F, Yao, Jie, Zemunik, Tatijana, Zhang, Weihua, Attia, John R, Butterworth, Adam S, Chasman, Dan, Conen, David, Cucca, Francesco, Danesh, John, Hayward, Caroline, Howson, Joanna MM, Laakso, Markku, Lakatta, Edward G, Langenberg, Claudia, Melander, Ollie, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O, Munroe, Patricia B, Palmer, Colin NA, Risch, Lorenz, Scott, Robert A, Scott, Rodney J, Sever, Peter, Spector, Tim D, van der Harst, Pim, Wareham, Nicholas J, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Brown, Morris J, Metspalu, Andres, Hung, Adriana M, O'Donnell, Christopher J, Edwards, Todd L, Psaty, Bruce M., Tzoulaki, Ioanna, Barnes, Michael R, Wain, Louise V, Elliott, Paul, and Caulfield, Mark J

Abstract

High blood pressure is the foremost heritable global risk factor for cardiovascular disease. We report the largest genetic association study of blood pressure traits to date (systolic, diastolic, pulse pressure) in over one million people of European ancestry. We identify 535 novel blood pressure loci that not only offer new biological insights into blood pressure regulation but also reveal shared loci influencing lifestyle exposures. Our findings offer the potential for a precision medicine strategy for future cardiovascular disease prevention.

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2017

20. Trans-ancestry meta-analyses identify rare and common variants associated with blood pressure and hypertension

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Surendran, Praveen, Drenos, Fotios, Young, Robin, Warren, Helen, Cook, James P, Manning, Alisa K, Grarup, Niels, Sim, Xueling, Barnes, Daniel R, Witkowska, Kate, Staley, James R, Tragante, Vinicius, Tukiainen, Taru, Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Masca, Nicholas, Freitag, Daniel F, Ferreira, Teresa, Giannakopoulou, Olga, Tinker, Andrew, Harakalova, Magdalena, Mihailov, Evelin, Liu, Chunyu, Kraja, Aldi T, Fallgaard Nielsen, Sune, Rasheed, Asif, Samuel, Maria, Zhao, Wei, Bonnycastle, Lori L, Jackson, Anne U, Narisu, Narisu, Swift, Amy J, Southam, Lorraine, Marten, Jonathan, Huyghe, Jeroen R, Stančáková, Alena, Fava, Cristiano, Ohlsson, Therese, Matchan, Angela, Stirrups, Kathleen E, Bork-Jensen, Jette, Gjesing, Anette P, Kontto, Jukka, Perola, Markus, Shaw-Hawkins, Susan, Havulinna, Aki S, Zhang, He, Donnelly, Louise A, Groves, Christopher J, Rayner, N William, Neville, Matt J, Robertson, Neil R, Yiorkas, Andrianos M, Herzig, Karl-Heinz, Kajantie, Eero, Zhang, Weihua, Willems, Sara M, Lannfelt, Lars, Malerba, Giovanni, Soranzo, Nicole, Trabetti, Elisabetta, Verweij, Niek, Evangelou, Evangelos, Moayyeri, Alireza, Vergnaud, Anne-Claire, Nelson, Christopher P, Poveda, Alaitz, Varga, Tibor V, Caslake, Muriel, de Craen, Anton JM, Trompet, Stella, Luan, Jian’an, Scott, Robert A, Harris, Sarah E, Liewald, David CM, Marioni, Riccardo, Menni, Cristina, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Hallmans, Göran, Renström, Frida, Huffman, Jennifer E, Hassinen, Maija, Burgess, Stephen, Vasan, Ramachandran S, Felix, Janine F, Uria-Nickelsen, Maria, Malarstig, Anders, Reily, Dermot F, Hoek, Maarten, Vogt, Thomas, Lin, Honghuang, Lieb, Wolfgang, Traylor, Matthew, Markus, Hugh F, Highland, Heather M, Justice, Anne E, Marouli, Eirini, Lindström, Jaana, Uusitupa, Matti, Komulainen, Pirjo, Lakka, Timo A, Rauramaa, Rainer, Polasek, Ozren, Rudan, Igor, Rolandsson, Olov, Franks, Paul W, Dedoussis, George, Spector, Timothy D, Jousilahti, Pekka, Männistö, Satu, Deary, Ian J, Starr, John M, Langenberg, Claudia, Wareham, Nick J, Brown, Morris J, Dominiczak, Anna F, Connell, John M, Jukema, J Wouter, Sattar, Naveed, Ford, Ian, Packard, Chris J, Esko, Tõnu, Mägi, Reedik, Metspalu, Andres, de Boer, Rudolf A, van der Meer, Peter, van der Harst, Pim, Gambaro, Giovanni, Ingelsson, Erik, Lind, Lars, de Bakker, Paul IW, Numans, Mattijs E, Brandslund, Ivan, Christensen, Cramer, Petersen, Eva RB, Korpi-Hyövälti, Eeva, Oksa, Heikki, Chambers, John C, Kooner, Jaspal S, Blakemore, Alexandra IF, Franks, Steve, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Husemoen, Lise L, Linneberg, Allan, Skaaby, Tea, Thuesen, Betina, Karpe, Fredrik, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Doney, Alex SF, Morris, Andrew D, Palmer, Colin NA, Holmen, Oddgeir Lingaas, Hveem, Kristian, Willer, Cristen J, Tuomi, Tiinamaija, Groop, Leif, Käräjämäki, AnneMari, Palotie, Aarno, Ripatti, Samuli, Salomaa, Veikko, Alam, Dewan S, Shafi Majumder, Abdulla al, Di Angelantonio, Emanuele, Chowdhury, Rajiv, McCarthy, Mark I, Poulter, Neil, Stanton, Alice V, Sever, Peter, Amouyel, Philippe, Arveiler, Dominique, Blankenberg, Stefan, Ferrières, Jean, Kee, Frank, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Veronesi, Giovanni, Virtamo, Jarmo, Deloukas, Panos, Elliott, Paul, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Kathiresan, Sekar, Melander, Olle, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laakso, Markku, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Porteous, David, Hayward, Caroline, Scotland, Generation, Collins, Francis S, Mohlke, Karen L, Hansen, Torben, Pedersen, Oluf, Boehnke, Michael, Stringham, Heather M, Frossard, Philippe, Newton-Cheh, Christopher, Tobin, Martin D, Nordestgaard, Børge Grønne, Caulfield, Mark J, Mahajan, Anubha, Morris, Andrew P, Tomaszewski, Maciej, Samani, Nilesh J, Saleheen, Danish, Asselbergs, Folkert W, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Danesh, John, Wain, Louise V, Butterworth, Adam S, Howson, Joanna MM, and Munroe, Patricia B

Abstract

High blood pressure is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and premature death. However, there is limited knowledge on specific causal genes and pathways. To better understand the genetics of blood pressure, we genotyped 242,296 rare, low-frequency and common genetic variants in up to ~192,000 individuals, and used ~155,063 samples for independent replication. We identified 31 novel blood pressure or hypertension associated genetic regions in the general population, including three rare missense variants in RBM47, COL21A1 and RRAS with larger effects (>1.5mmHg/allele) than common variants. Multiple rare, nonsense and missense variant associations were found in A2ML1 and a low-frequency nonsense variant in ENPEP was identified. Our data extend the spectrum of allelic variation underlying blood pressure traits and hypertension, provide new insights into the pathophysiology of hypertension and indicate new targets for clinical intervention.

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2016
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21. New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution

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Shungin, Dmitry, Winkler, Thomas W, Croteau-Chonka, Damien C, Ferreira, Teresa, Locke, Adam E, Mägi, 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, Zoltán, Luan, Jian’an, Randall, Joshua C, Scherag, André, 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, Kristiansson, Kati, Mangino, Massimo, Leach, Irene Mateo, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Palmer, Cameron D, Pasko, Dorota, Pechlivanis, Sonali, Peters, Marjolein J, Prokopenko, Inga, Stančáková, Alena, Sung, Yun Ju, Tanaka, Toshiko, Teumer, Alexander, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V, Yengo, Loïc, Zhang, Weihua, Albrecht, Eva, Ärnlöv, Johan, Arscott, Gillian M, Bandinelli, Stefania, Barrett, Amy, Bellis, Claire, Bennett, Amanda J, Berne, Christian, Blüher, Matthias, Böhringer, Stefan, Bonnet, Fabrice, Böttcher, Yvonne, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Carba, Delia B, Caspersen, Ida H, Clarke, Robert, Daw, E Warwick, Deelen, Joris, Deelman, Ewa, Delgado, Graciela, Doney, Alex SF, Eklund, Niina, Erdos, Michael R, Estrada, Karol, Eury, Elodie, Friedrich, Nele, Garcia, Melissa E, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Gigante, Bruna, Go, Alan S, Golay, Alain, Grallert, Harald, Grammer, Tanja B, Gräßler, Jürgen, Grewal, Jagvir, Groves, Christopher J, Haller, Toomas, Hallmans, Goran, Hartman, Catharina A, Hassinen, Maija, Hayward, Caroline, Heikkilä, Kauko, Herzig, Karl-Heinz, Helmer, Quinta, Hillege, Hans L, Holmen, Oddgeir, Hunt, Steven C, Isaacs, Aaron, Ittermann, Till, James, Alan L, Johansson, Ingegerd, Juliusdottir, Thorhildur, Kalafati, Ioanna-Panagiota, Kinnunen, Leena, Koenig, Wolfgang, Kooner, Ishminder K, Kratzer, Wolfgang, Lamina, Claudia, Leander, Karin, Lee, Nanette R, Lichtner, Peter, Lind, Lars, Lindström, Jaana, Lobbens, Stéphane, Lorentzon, Mattias, Mach, François, Magnusson, Patrik KE, Mahajan, Anubha, McArdle, Wendy L, Menni, Cristina, Merger, Sigrun, Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Mills, Rebecca, Moayyeri, Alireza, Monda, Keri L, Mooijaart, Simon P, Mühleisen, Thomas W, Mulas, Antonella, Müller, Gabriele, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nagaraja, Ramaiah, Nalls, Michael A, Narisu, Narisu, Glorioso, Nicola, Nolte, Ilja M, Olden, Matthias, Rayner, Nigel W, Renstrom, Frida, Ried, Janina S, Robertson, Neil R, Rose, Lynda M, Sanna, Serena, Scharnagl, Hubert, Scholtens, Salome, Sennblad, Bengt, Seufferlein, Thomas, Sitlani, Colleen M, Smith, Albert Vernon, Stirrups, Kathleen, Stringham, Heather M, Sundström, Johan, Swertz, Morris A, Swift, Amy J, Syvänen, Ann-Christine, Tayo, Bamidele O, Thorand, Barbara, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Tomaschitz, Andreas, Troffa, Chiara, van Oort, Floor VA, Verweij, Niek, Vonk, Judith M, Waite, Lindsay L, Wennauer, Roman, Wilsgaard, Tom, Wojczynski, Mary K, Wong, Andrew, Zhang, Qunyuan, Zhao, Jing Hua, Brennan, Eoin P., Choi, Murim, Eriksson, Per, Folkersen, Lasse, Franco-Cereceda, Anders, Gharavi, Ali G, Hedman, Åsa K, Hivert, Marie-France, Huang, Jinyan, Kanoni, Stavroula, Karpe, Fredrik, Keildson, Sarah, Kiryluk, Krzysztof, Liang, Liming, Lifton, Richard P, Ma, Baoshan, McKnight, Amy J, McPherson, Ruth, Metspalu, Andres, Min, Josine L, Moffatt, Miriam F, Montgomery, Grant W, Murabito, Joanne M, Nicholson, George, Nyholt, Dale R, Olsson, Christian, Perry, John RB, Reinmaa, Eva, Salem, Rany M, Sandholm, Niina, Schadt, Eric E, Scott, Robert A, Stolk, Lisette, Vallejo, Edgar E., Westra, Harm-Jan, Zondervan, Krina T, Amouyel, Philippe, Arveiler, Dominique, Bakker, Stephan JL, Beilby, John, Bergman, Richard N, Blangero, John, Brown, Morris J, Burnier, Michel, Campbell, Harry, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Chines, Peter S, Claudi-Boehm, Simone, Collins, Francis S, Crawford, Dana C, Danesh, John, de Faire, Ulf, de Geus, Eco JC, Dörr, Marcus, Erbel, Raimund, Eriksson, Johan G, Farrall, Martin, Ferrannini, Ele, Ferrières, Jean, Forouhi, Nita G, Forrester, Terrence, Franco, Oscar H, Gansevoort, Ron T, Gieger, Christian, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Haiman, Christopher A, Harris, Tamara B, Hattersley, Andrew T, Heliövaara, Markku, Hicks, Andrew A, Hingorani, Aroon D, Hoffmann, Wolfgang, Hofman, Albert, Homuth, Georg, Humphries, Steve E, Hyppönen, Elina, Illig, Thomas, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Johansen, Berit, Jousilahti, Pekka, Jula, Antti M, Kaprio, Jaakko, Kee, Frank, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M, Kooner, Jaspal S, Kooperberg, Charles, Kovacs, Peter, Kraja, Aldi T, Kumari, Meena, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lakka, Timo A, Langenberg, Claudia, Le Marchand, Loic, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Männistö, Satu, Marette, André, Matise, Tara C, McKenzie, Colin A, McKnight, Barbara, Musk, Arthur W, Möhlenkamp, Stefan, Morris, Andrew D, Nelis, Mari, Ohlsson, Claes, Oldehinkel, Albertine J, Ong, Ken K, Palmer, Lyle J, Penninx, Brenda W, Peters, Annette, Pramstaller, Peter P, Raitakari, Olli T, Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, DC, Rice, Treva K, Ridker, Paul M, Ritchie, Marylyn D., Rudan, Igor, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J, Saramies, Jouko, Sarzynski, Mark A, Schwarz, Peter EH, Shuldiner, Alan R, Staessen, Jan A, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Stolk, Ronald P, Strauch, Konstantin, Tönjes, Anke, Tremblay, Angelo, Tremoli, Elena, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Völker, Uwe, Vollenweider, Peter, Wilson, James F, Witteman, Jacqueline C, Adair, Linda S, Bochud, Murielle, Boehm, Bernhard O, Bornstein, Stefan R, Bouchard, Claude, Cauchi, Stéphane, Caulfield, Mark J, Chambers, John C, Chasman, Daniel I, Cooper, Richard S, Dedoussis, George, Ferrucci, Luigi, Froguel, Philippe, Grabe, Hans-Jörgen, Hamsten, Anders, Hui, Jennie, Hveem, Kristian, Jöckel, Karl-Heinz, Kivimaki, Mika, Kuh, Diana, Laakso, Markku, Liu, Yongmei, März, Winfried, Munroe, Patricia B, Njølstad, Inger, Oostra, Ben A, Palmer, Colin NA, Pedersen, Nancy L, Perola, Markus, Pérusse, Louis, Peters, Ulrike, Power, Chris, Quertermous, Thomas, Rauramaa, Rainer, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Saaristo, Timo E, Saleheen, Danish, Sinisalo, Juha, Slagboom, P Eline, Snieder, Harold, Spector, Tim D, Stefansson, Kari, Stumvoll, Michael, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, André G, Uusitupa, Matti, van der Harst, Pim, Veronesi, Giovanni, Walker, Mark, Wareham, Nicholas J, Watkins, Hugh, Wichmann, H-Erich, Abecasis, Goncalo R, Assimes, Themistocles L, Berndt, Sonja I, Boehnke, Michael, Borecki, Ingrid B, Deloukas, Panos, Franke, Lude, Frayling, Timothy M, Groop, Leif C, Hunter, David J., Kaplan, Robert C, O’Connell, Jeffrey R, Qi, Lu, Schlessinger, David, Strachan, David P, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Willer, Cristen J, Visscher, Peter M, Yang, Jian, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Zillikens, M Carola, McCarthy, Mark I, Speliotes, Elizabeth K, North, Kari E, Fox, Caroline S, Barroso, Inês, Franks, Paul W, Ingelsson, Erik, Heid, Iris M, Loos, Ruth JF, Cupples, L Adrienne, Morris, Andrew P, Lindgren, Cecilia M, and Mohlke, Karen 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, we conducted genome-wide association meta-analyses of waist and hip circumference-related traits in up to 224,459 individuals. We identified 49 loci (33 new) associated with waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for body mass index (WHRadjBMI) and an additional 19 loci newly associated with related waist and hip circumference measures (P<5×10−8). Twenty of the 49 WHRadjBMI loci showed significant sexual dimorphism, 19 of which displayed 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.

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2014
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22. Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

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Wood, Andrew R, Esko, Tonu, Yang, Jian, Vedantam, Sailaja, Pers, Tune H, Gustafsson, Stefan, Chu, Audrey Y, Estrada, Karol, Luan, Jian’an, Kutalik, Zoltán, Amin, Najaf, Buchkovich, Martin L, Croteau-Chonka, Damien C, Day, Felix R, Duan, Yanan, Fall, Tove, Fehrmann, Rudolf, Ferreira, Teresa, Jackson, Anne U, Karjalainen, Juha, Lo, Ken Sin, Locke, Adam E, Mägi, Reedik, Mihailov, Evelin, Porcu, Eleonora, Randall, Joshua C, Scherag, André, Vinkhuyzen, Anna AE, Westra, Harm-Jan, Winkler, Thomas W, Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Zhao, Jing Hua, Absher, Devin, Albrecht, Eva, Anderson, Denise, Baron, Jeffrey, Beekman, Marian, Demirkan, Ayse, Ehret, Georg B, Feenstra, Bjarke, Feitosa, Mary F, Fischer, Krista, Fraser, Ross M, Goel, Anuj, Gong, Jian, Justice, Anne E, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kleber, Marcus E, Kristiansson, Kati, Lim, Unhee, Lotay, Vaneet, Lui, Julian C, Mangino, Massimo, Leach, Irene Mateo, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Nalls, Michael A, Nyholt, Dale R, Palmer, Cameron D, Pasko, Dorota, Pechlivanis, Sonali, Prokopenko, Inga, Ried, Janina S, Ripke, Stephan, Shungin, Dmitry, Stancáková, Alena, Strawbridge, Rona J, Sung, Yun Ju, Tanaka, Toshiko, Teumer, Alexander, Trompet, Stella, van der Laan, Sander W, van Setten, Jessica, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V, Wang, Zhaoming, Yengo, Loïc, Zhang, Weihua, Afzal, Uzma, Ärnlöv, Johan, Arscott, Gillian M, Bandinelli, Stefania, Barrett, Amy, Bellis, Claire, Bennett, Amanda J, Berne, Christian, Blüher, Matthias, Bolton, Jennifer L, Böttcher, Yvonne, Boyd, Heather A, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Buckley, Brendan M, Buyske, Steven, Caspersen, Ida H, Chines, Peter S, Clarke, Robert, Claudi-Boehm, Simone, Cooper, Matthew, Daw, E Warwick, De Jong, Pim A, Deelen, Joris, Delgado, Graciela, Denny, Josh C, Dhonukshe-Rutten, Rosalie, Dimitriou, Maria, Doney, Alex SF, Dörr, Marcus, Eklund, Niina, Eury, Elodie, Folkersen, Lasse, Garcia, Melissa E, Geller, Frank, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Go, Alan S, Grallert, Harald, Grammer, Tanja B, Gräßler, Jürgen, Grönberg, Henrik, de Groot, Lisette C.P.G.M., Groves, Christopher J, Haessler, Jeffrey, Hall, Per, Haller, Toomas, Hallmans, Goran, Hannemann, Anke, Hartman, Catharina A, Hassinen, Maija, Hayward, Caroline, Heard-Costa, Nancy L, Helmer, Quinta, Hemani, Gibran, Henders, Anjali K, Hillege, Hans L, Hlatky, Mark A, Hoffmann, Wolfgang, Hoffmann, Per, Holmen, Oddgeir, Houwing-Duistermaat, Jeanine J, Illig, Thomas, Isaacs, Aaron, James, Alan L, Jeff, Janina, Johansen, Berit, Johansson, Åsa, Jolley, Jennifer, Juliusdottir, Thorhildur, Junttila, Juhani, Kho, Abel N, Kinnunen, Leena, Klopp, Norman, Kocher, Thomas, Kratzer, Wolfgang, Lichtner, Peter, Lind, Lars, Lindström, Jaana, Lobbens, Stéphane, Lorentzon, Mattias, Lu, Yingchang, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Magnusson, Patrik KE, Mahajan, Anubha, Maillard, Marc, McArdle, Wendy L, McKenzie, Colin A, McLachlan, Stela, McLaren, Paul J, Menni, Cristina, Merger, Sigrun, Milani, Lili, Moayyeri, Alireza, Monda, Keri L, Morken, Mario A, Müller, Gabriele, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Musk, Arthur W, Narisu, Narisu, Nauck, Matthias, Nolte, Ilja M, Nöthen, Markus M, Oozageer, Laticia, Pilz, Stefan, Rayner, Nigel W, Renstrom, Frida, Robertson, Neil R, Rose, Lynda M, Roussel, Ronan, Sanna, Serena, Scharnagl, Hubert, Scholtens, Salome, Schumacher, Fredrick R, Schunkert, Heribert, Scott, Robert A, Sehmi, Joban, Seufferlein, Thomas, Shi, Jianxin, Silventoinen, Karri, Smit, Johannes H, Smith, Albert Vernon, Smolonska, Joanna, Stanton, Alice V, Stirrups, Kathleen, Stott, David J, Stringham, Heather M, Sundström, Johan, Swertz, Morris A, Syvänen, Ann-Christine, Tayo, Bamidele O, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Tyrer, Jonathan P, van Dijk, Suzanne, van Schoor, Natasja M, van der Velde, Nathalie, van Heemst, Diana, van Oort, Floor VA, Vermeulen, Sita H, Verweij, Niek, Vonk, Judith M, Waite, Lindsay L, Waldenberger, Melanie, Wennauer, Roman, Wilkens, Lynne R, Willenborg, Christina, Wilsgaard, Tom, Wojczynski, Mary K, Wong, Andrew, Wright, Alan F, Zhang, Qunyuan, Arveiler, Dominique, Bakker, Stephan JL, Beilby, John, Bergman, Richard N, Bergmann, Sven, Biffar, Reiner, Blangero, John, Boomsma, Dorret I, Bornstein, Stefan R, Bovet, Pascal, Brambilla, Paolo, Brown, Morris J, Campbell, Harry, Caulfield, Mark J, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Collins, Rory, Collins, Francis S, Crawford, Dana C, Cupples, L Adrienne, Danesh, John, de Faire, Ulf, den Ruijter, Hester M, Erbel, Raimund, Erdmann, Jeanette, Eriksson, Johan G, Farrall, Martin, Ferrannini, Ele, Ferrières, Jean, Ford, Ian, Forouhi, Nita G, Forrester, Terrence, Gansevoort, Ron T, Gejman, Pablo V, Gieger, Christian, Golay, Alain, Gottesman, Omri, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Gyllensten, Ulf, Haas, David W, Hall, Alistair S, Harris, Tamara B, Hattersley, Andrew T, Heath, Andrew C, Hengstenberg, Christian, Hicks, Andrew A, Hindorff, Lucia A, Hingorani, Aroon D, Hofman, Albert, Hovingh, G Kees, Humphries, Steve E, Hunt, Steven C, Hypponen, Elina, Jacobs, Kevin B, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jousilahti, Pekka, Jula, Antti M, Kaprio, Jaakko, Kastelein, John JP, Kayser, Manfred, Kee, Frank, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M, Kiemeney, Lambertus A, Kooner, Jaspal S, Kooperberg, Charles, Koskinen, Seppo, Kovacs, Peter, Kraja, Aldi T, Kumari, Meena, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lakka, Timo A, Langenberg, Claudia, Le Marchand, Loic, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lupoli, Sara, Madden, Pamela AF, Männistö, Satu, Manunta, Paolo, Marette, André, Matise, Tara C, McKnight, Barbara, Meitinger, Thomas, Moll, Frans L, Montgomery, Grant W, Morris, Andrew D, Morris, Andrew P, Murray, Jeffrey C, Nelis, Mari, Ohlsson, Claes, Oldehinkel, Albertine J, Ong, Ken K, Ouwehand, Willem H, Pasterkamp, Gerard, Peters, Annette, Pramstaller, Peter P, Price, Jackie F, Qi, Lu, Raitakari, Olli T, Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, DC, Rice, Treva K, Ritchie, Marylyn, Rudan, Igor, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J, Saramies, Jouko, Sarzynski, Mark A, Schwarz, Peter EH, Sebert, Sylvain, Sever, Peter, Shuldiner, Alan R, Sinisalo, Juha, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Stolk, Ronald P, Tardif, Jean-Claude, Tönjes, Anke, Tremblay, Angelo, Tremoli, Elena, Virtamo, Jarmo, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Amouyel, Philippe, Asselbergs, Folkert W, Assimes, Themistocles L, Bochud, Murielle, Boehm, Bernhard O, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bottinger, Erwin P, Bouchard, Claude, Cauchi, Stéphane, Chambers, John C, Chanock, Stephen J, Cooper, Richard S, de Bakker, Paul IW, Dedoussis, George, Ferrucci, Luigi, Franks, Paul W, Froguel, Philippe, Groop, Leif C, Haiman, Christopher A, Hamsten, Anders, Hayes, M Geoffrey, Hui, Jennie, Hunter, David J., Hveem, Kristian, Jukema, J Wouter, Kaplan, Robert C, Kivimaki, Mika, Kuh, Diana, Laakso, Markku, Liu, Yongmei, Martin, Nicholas G, März, Winfried, Melbye, Mads, Moebus, Susanne, Munroe, Patricia B, Njølstad, Inger, Oostra, Ben A, Palmer, Colin NA, Pedersen, Nancy L, Perola, Markus, Pérusse, Louis, Peters, Ulrike, Powell, Joseph E, Power, Chris, Quertermous, Thomas, Rauramaa, Rainer, Reinmaa, Eva, Ridker, Paul M, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rotter, Jerome I, Saaristo, Timo E, Saleheen, Danish, Schlessinger, David, Slagboom, P Eline, Snieder, Harold, Spector, Tim D, Strauch, Konstantin, Stumvoll, Michael, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uusitupa, Matti, van der Harst, Pim, Völzke, Henry, Walker, Mark, Wareham, Nicholas J, Watkins, Hugh, Wichmann, H-Erich, Wilson, James F, Zanen, Pieter, Deloukas, Panos, Heid, Iris M, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Mohlke, Karen L, Speliotes, Elizabeth K, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Barroso, Inês, Fox, Caroline S, North, Kari E, Strachan, David P, Beckmann, Jacques S., Berndt, Sonja I, Boehnke, Michael, Borecki, Ingrid B, McCarthy, Mark I, Metspalu, Andres, Stefansson, Kari, Uitterlinden, André G, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Franke, Lude, Willer, Cristen J, Price, Alkes L., Lettre, Guillaume, Loos, Ruth JF, Weedon, Michael N, Ingelsson, Erik, O’Connell, Jeffrey R, Abecasis, Goncalo R, Chasman, Daniel I, Goddard, Michael E, Visscher, Peter M, Hirschhorn, Joel N, and Frayling, Timothy M

Abstract

Using genome-wide data from 253,288 individuals, we identified 697 variants at genome-wide significance that together explain one-fifth of heritability for adult height. By testing different numbers of variants in independent studies, we show that the most strongly associated ~2,000, ~3,700 and ~9,500 SNPs explained ~21%, ~24% and ~29% of phenotypic variance. Furthermore, all common variants together captured the majority (60%) of heritability. The 697 variants clustered in 423 loci enriched for genes, pathways, and tissue-types known to be involved in growth and together implicated genes and pathways not highlighted in earlier efforts, such as signaling by fibroblast growth factors, WNT/beta-catenin, and chondroitin sulfate-related genes. We identified several genes and pathways not previously connected with human skeletal growth, including mTOR, osteoglycin and binding of hyaluronic acid. Our results indicate a genetic architecture for human height that is characterized by a very large but finite number (thousands) of causal variants.

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2014
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23. Novel loci for adiponectin levels and their influence on type 2 diabetes and metabolic traits: a multi-ethnic meta-analysis of 45,891 individuals

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Dastani, Zari, Hivert, Marie-France, Timpson, Nicholas, Perry, John RB, Yuan, Xin, Scott, Robert A, Henneman, Peter, Heid, Iris M, Kizer, Jorge R, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Fuchsberger, Christian, Tanaka, Toshiko, Morris, Andrew P, Small, Kerrin, Isaacs, Aaron, Beekman, Marian, Coassin, Stefan, Lohman, Kurt, Qi, Lu, Kanoni, Stavroula, Pankow, James S, Uh, Hae-Won, Wu, Ying, Bidulescu, Aurelian, Rasmussen-Torvik, Laura J, Greenwood, Celia MT, Ladouceur, Martin, Grimsby, Jonna, Manning, Alisa K, Liu, Ching-Ti, Kooner, Jaspal, Mooser, Vincent E, Vollenweider, Peter, Kapur, Karen A, Chambers, John, Wareham, Nicholas J, Langenberg, Claudia, Frants, Rune, Willems-Vandijk, Ko, Oostra, Ben A, Willems, Sara M, Lamina, Claudia, Winkler, Thomas W, Psaty, Bruce M, Tracy, Russell P, Brody, Jennifer, Chen, Ida, Viikari, Jorma, Kähönen, Mika, Pramstaller, Peter P, Evans, David M, St Pourcain, Beate, Sattar, Naveed, Wood, Andrew R, Bandinelli, Stefania, Carlson, Olga D, Egan, Josephine M, Böhringer, Stefan, Van Heemst, Diana, Kedenko, Lyudmyla, Kristiansson, Kati, Nuotio, Marja-Liisa, Loo, Britt-Marie, Harris, Tamara, Garcia, Melissa, Kanaya, Alka, Haun, Margot, Klopp, Norman, Wichmann, H-Erich, Deloukas, Panos, Katsareli, Efi, Couper, David J, Duncan, Bruce B, Kloppenburg, Margreet, Adair, Linda S, Borja, Judith B, DIAGRAM+ Consortium, MAGIC Consortium, GLGC Investigators, MuTHER Consortium, Wilson, James G, Musani, Solomon, Guo, Xiuqing, Johnson, Toby, Semple, Robert, Teslovich, Tanya M, Allison, Matthew A, Redline, Susan, Buxbaum, Sarah G, Mohlke, Karen L, Meulenbelt, Ingrid, Ballantyne, Christie M, Dedoussis, George V, Hu, Frank B, Liu, Yongmei, Paulweber, Bernhard, Spector, Timothy D, Slagboom, P Eline, Ferrucci, Luigi, Jula, Antti, Perola, Markus, Raitakari, Olli, Florez, Jose C, Salomaa, Veikko, Eriksson, Johan G, Frayling, Timothy M, Hicks, Andrew A, Lehtimäki, Terho, Smith, George Davey, Siscovick, David S, Kronenberg, Florian, Van Duijn, Cornelia, Loos, Ruth JF, Waterworth, Dawn M, Meigs, James B, Dupuis, Josee, Richards, J Brent, Voight, Benjamin F, Scott, Laura J, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Dina, Christian, Welch, Ryan P, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Huth, Cornelia, Aulchenko, Yurii S, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, McCulloch, Laura J, Ferreira, Teresa, Grallert, Harald, Amin, Najaf, Wu, Guanming, Willer, Cristen J, Raychaudhuri, Soumya, McCarroll, Steve A, Hofmann, Oliver M, Segrè, Ayellet V, Van Hoek, Mandy, Navarro, Pau, Ardlie, Kristin, Balkau, Beverley, Benediktsson, Rafn, Bennett, Amanda J, Blagieva, Roza, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bonnycastle, Lori L, Boström, Kristina Bengtsson, Bravenboer, Bert, Bumpstead, Suzannah, Burtt, Noël P, Charpentier, Guillaume, Chines, Peter S, Cornelis, Marilyn, Crawford, Gabe, Doney, Alex SF, Elliott, Katherine S, Elliott, Amanda L, Erdos, Michael R, Fox, Caroline S, Franklin, Christopher S, Ganser, Martha, Gieger, Christian, Grarup, Niels, Green, Todd, Griffin, Simon, Groves, Christopher J, Guiducci, Candace, Hadjadj, Samy, Hassanali, Neelam, Herder, Christian, Isomaa, Bo, Jackson, Anne U, Johnson, Paul RV, Jørgensen, Torben, Kao, Wen HL, Kong, Augustine, Kraft, Peter, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lauritzen, Torsten, Li, Man, Lieverse, Aloysius, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Marre, Michel, Meitinger, Thomas, Midthjell, Kristian, Morken, Mario A, Narisu, Narisu, Nilsson, Peter, Owen, Katharine R, Payne, Felicity, Petersen, Ann-Kristin, Platou, Carl, Proença, Christine, Prokopenko, Inga, Rathmann, Wolfgang, Rayner, N William, Robertson, Neil R, Rocheleau, Ghislain, Roden, Michael, Sampson, Michael J, Saxena, Richa, Shields, Beverley M, Shrader, Peter, Sigurdsson, Gunnar, Sparsø, Thomas, Strassburger, Klaus, Stringham, Heather M, Sun, Qi, Swift, Amy J, Thorand, Barbara, Tichet, Jean, Tuomi, Tiinamaija, Van Dam, Rob M, Van Haeften, Timon W, Van Herpt, Thijs, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V, Walters, G Bragi, Weedon, Michael N, Wijmenga, Cisca, Witteman, Jacqueline, Bergman, Richard N, Cauchi, Stephane, Collins, Francis S, Gloyn, Anna L, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hansen, Torben, Hide, Winston A, Hitman, Graham A, Hofman, Albert, Hunter, David J, Hveem, Kristian, Laakso, Markku, Morris, Andrew D, Palmer, Colin NA, Rudan, Igor, Sijbrands, Eric, Stein, Lincoln D, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre, Walker, Mark, Watanabe, Richard M, Abecasis, Goncalo R, Boehm, Bernhard O, Campbell, Harry, Daly, Mark J, Hattersley, Andrew T, Pedersen, Oluf, Barroso, Inês, Groop, Leif, Sladek, Rob, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Wilson, James F, Illig, Thomas, Froguel, Philippe, Van Duijn, Cornelia M, Stefansson, Kari, Altshuler, David, Boehnke, Michael, McCarthy, Mark I, Soranzo, Nicole, Wheeler, Eleanor, Glazer, Nicole L, Bouatia-Naji, Nabila, Mägi, Reedik, Randall, Joshua, Elliott, Paul, Rybin, Denis, Dehghan, Abbas, Hottenga, Jouke Jan, Song, Kijoung, Goel, Anuj, Lajunen, Taina, Doney, Alex, Cavalcanti-Proença, Christine, Kumari, Meena, Timpson, Nicholas J, Zabena, Carina, Ingelsson, Erik, An, Ping, O'Connell, Jeffrey, Luan, Jian'an, Elliott, Amanda, McCarroll, Steven A, Roccasecca, Rosa Maria, Pattou, François, Sethupathy, Praveen, Ariyurek, Yavuz, Barter, Philip, Beilby, John P, Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Bergmann, Sven, Bochud, Murielle, Bonnefond, Amélie, Borch-Johnsen, Knut, Böttcher, Yvonne, Brunner, Eric, Bumpstead, Suzannah J, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chines, Peter, Clarke, Robert, Coin, Lachlan JM, Cooper, Matthew N, Crisponi, Laura, Day, Ian NM, De Geus, Eco JC, Delplanque, Jerome, Fedson, Annette C, Fischer-Rosinsky, Antje, Forouhi, Nita G, Franzosi, Maria Grazia, Galan, Pilar, Goodarzi, Mark O, Graessler, Jürgen, Grundy, Scott, Gwilliam, Rhian, Hallmans, Göran, Hammond, Naomi, Han, Xijing, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Hayward, Caroline, Heath, Simon C, Hercberg, Serge, Hillman, David R, Hingorani, Aroon D, Hui, Jennie, Hung, Joe, Kaakinen, Marika, Kaprio, Jaakko, Kesaniemi, Y Antero, Kivimaki, Mika, Knight, Beatrice, Koskinen, Seppo, Kovacs, Peter, Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm, Lathrop, G Mark, Lawlor, Debbie A, Le Bacquer, Olivier, Lecoeur, Cécile, Li, Yun, Mahley, Robert, Mangino, Massimo, Martínez-Larrad, María Teresa, McAteer, Jarred B, McPherson, Ruth, Meisinger, Christa, Melzer, David, Meyre, David, Mitchell, Braxton D, Mukherjee, Sutapa, Naitza, Silvia, Neville, Matthew J, Orrù, Marco, Pakyz, Ruth, Paolisso, Giuseppe, Pattaro, Cristian, Pearson, Daniel, Peden, John F, Pedersen, Nancy L, Pfeiffer, Andreas FH, Pichler, Irene, Polasek, Ozren, Posthuma, Danielle, Potter, Simon C, Pouta, Anneli, Province, Michael A, Rayner, Nigel W, Rice, Kenneth, Ripatti, Samuli, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rolandsson, Olov, Sandbaek, Annelli, Sandhu, Manjinder, Sanna, Serena, Sayer, Avan Aihie, Scheet, Paul, Seedorf, Udo, Sharp, Stephen J, Shields, Beverley, Sigurðsson, Gunnar, Sijbrands, Eric JG, Silveira, Angela, Simpson, Laila, Singleton, Andrew, Smith, Nicholas L, Sovio, Ulla, Swift, Amy, Syddall, Holly, Syvänen, Ann-Christine, Tönjes, Anke, Uitterlinden, André G, Van Dijk, Ko Willems, Varma, Dhiraj, Visvikis-Siest, Sophie, Vitart, Veronique, Vogelzangs, Nicole, Waeber, Gérard, Wagner, Peter J, Walley, Andrew, Ward, Kim L, Watkins, Hugh, Wild, Sarah H, Willemsen, Gonneke, Witteman, Jaqueline CM, Yarnell, John WG, Zelenika, Diana, Zethelius, Björn, Zhai, Guangju, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zillikens, M Carola, DIAGRAM Consortium, GIANT Consortium, Global B Pgen Consortium, Borecki, Ingrid B, Meneton, Pierre, Magnusson, Patrik KE, Nathan, David M, Williams, Gordon H, Silander, Kaisa, Bornstein, Stefan R, Schwarz, Peter, Spranger, Joachim, Karpe, Fredrik, Shuldiner, Alan R, Cooper, Cyrus, Serrano-Ríos, Manuel, Lind, Lars, Palmer, Lyle J, Franks, Paul W, Ebrahim, Shah, Marmot, Michael, Kao, WH Linda, Pramstaller, Peter Paul, Wright, Alan F, Stumvoll, Michael, Hamsten, Anders, Procardis Consortium, Buchanan, Thomas A, Valle, Timo T, Rotter, Jerome I, Penninx, Brenda WJH, Boomsma, Dorret I, Cao, Antonio, Scuteri, Angelo, Schlessinger, David, Uda, Manuela, Ruokonen, Aimo, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Peltonen, Leena, Mooser, Vincent, Sladek, Robert, MAGIC Investigators, GLGC Consortium, Musunuru, Kiran, Smith, Albert V, Edmondson, Andrew C, Stylianou, Ioannis M, Koseki, Masahiro, Pirruccello, James P, Chasman, Daniel I, Johansen, Christopher T, Fouchier, Sigrid W, Peloso, Gina M, Barbalic, Maja, Ricketts, Sally L, Bis, Joshua C, Feitosa, Mary F, Orho-Melander, Marju, Melander, Olle, Li, Xiaohui, Li, Mingyao, Cho, Yoon Shin, Go, Min Jin, Kim, Young Jin, Lee, Jong-Young, Park, Taesung, Kim, Kyunga, Sim, Xueling, Ong, Rick Twee-Hee, Croteau-Chonka, Damien C, Lange, Leslie A, Smith, Joshua D, Ziegler, Andreas, Zhang, Weihua, Zee, Robert YL, Whitfield, John B, Thompson, John R, Surakka, Ida, Spector, Tim D, Smit, Johannes H, Sinisalo, Juha, Scott, James, Saharinen, Juha, Sabatti, Chiara, Rose, Lynda M, Roberts, Robert, Rieder, Mark, Parker, Alex N, Pare, Guillaume, O'Donnell, Christopher J, Nieminen, Markku S, Nickerson, Deborah A, Montgomery, Grant W, McArdle, Wendy, Masson, David, Martin, Nicholas G, Marroni, Fabio, Lucas, Gavin, Luben, Robert, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, Lettre, Guillaume, Launer, Lenore J, Lakatta, Edward G, Laaksonen, Reijo, Kyvik, Kirsten O, König, Inke R, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Kaplan, Lee M, Johansson, Åsa, Janssens, A Cecile JW, Igl, Wilmar, Hovingh, G Kees, Hengstenberg, Christian, Havulinna, Aki S, Hastie, Nicholas D, Harris, Tamara B, Haritunians, Talin, Hall, Alistair S, Groop, Leif C, Gonzalez, Elena, Freimer, Nelson B, Erdmann, Jeanette, Ejebe, Kenechi G, Döring, Angela, Dominiczak, Anna F, Demissie, Serkalem, Deloukas, Panagiotis, De Faire, Ulf, Crawford, Gabriel, Chen, Yii-Der I, Caulfield, Mark J, Boekholdt, S Matthijs, Assimes, Themistocles L, Quertermous, Thomas, Seielstad, Mark, Wong, Tien Y, Tai, E-Shyong, Feranil, Alan B, Kuzawa, Christopher W, Taylor, Herman A, Gabriel, Stacey B, Holm, Hilma, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Krauss, Ronald M, Ordovas, Jose M, Munroe, Patricia B, Kooner, Jaspal S, Tall, Alan R, Hegele, Robert A, Kastelein, John JP, Schadt, Eric E, Strachan, David P, Reilly, Muredach P, Samani, Nilesh J, Schunkert, Heribert, Cupples, L Adrienne, Sandhu, Manjinder S, Ridker, Paul M, Rader, Daniel J, and Kathiresan, Sekar

Subjects
2. Zero hunger, Male, Waist-Hip Ratio, Cholesterol, HDL, Gene Expression, Glucose Tolerance Test, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, White People, 3. Good health, Black or African American, Asian People, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Humans, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Adiponectin, Insulin Resistance, Metabolic Networks and Pathways, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

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

24. Genetic fine mapping and genomic annotation defines causal mechanisms at type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci

Author

Gaulton, Kyle J, Ferreira, Teresa, Lee, Yeji, Raimondo, Anne, Mägi, Reedik, Reschen, Michael E, Mahajan, Anubha, Locke, Adam, Rayner, N William, Robertson, Neil, Scott, Robert A, Prokopenko, Inga, Scott, Laura J, Green, Todd, Sparso, Thomas, Thuillier, Dorothee, Yengo, Loic, Grallert, Harald, Wahl, Simone, Frånberg, Mattias, Strawbridge, Rona J, Kestler, Hans, Chheda, Himanshu, Eisele, Lewin, Gustafsson, Stefan, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Qi, Lu, Karssen, Lennart C, Van Leeuwen, Elisabeth M, Willems, Sara M, Li, Man, Chen, Han, Fuchsberger, Christian, Kwan, Phoenix, Ma, Clement, Linderman, Michael, Lu, Yingchang, Thomsen, Soren K, Rundle, Jana K, Beer, Nicola L, Van De Bunt, Martijn, Chalisey, Anil, Kang, Hyun Min, Voight, Benjamin F, Abecasis, Gonçalo R, Almgren, Peter, Baldassarre, Damiano, Balkau, Beverley, Benediktsson, Rafn, Blüher, Matthias, Boeing, Heiner, Bonnycastle, Lori L, Bottinger, Erwin P, Burtt, Noël P, Carey, Jason, Charpentier, Guillaume, Chines, Peter S, Cornelis, Marilyn C, Couper, David J, Crenshaw, Andrew T, Van Dam, Rob M, Doney, Alex SF, Dorkhan, Mozhgan, Edkins, Sarah, Eriksson, Johan G, Esko, Tonu, Eury, Elodie, Fadista, João, Flannick, Jason, Fontanillas, Pierre, Fox, Caroline, Franks, Paul W, Gertow, Karl, Gieger, Christian, Gigante, Bruna, Gottesman, Omri, Grant, George B, Grarup, Niels, Groves, Christopher J, Hassinen, Maija, Have, Christian T, Herder, Christian, Holmen, Oddgeir L, Hreidarsson, Astradur B, Humphries, Steve E, Hunter, David J, Jackson, Anne U, Jonsson, Anna, Jørgensen, Marit E, Jørgensen, Torben, Kao, Wen-Hong L, Kerrison, Nicola D, Kinnunen, Leena, Klopp, Norman, Kong, Augustine, Kovacs, Peter, Kraft, Peter, Kravic, Jasmina, Langford, Cordelia, Leander, Karin, Liang, Liming, Lichtner, Peter, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Lindholm, Eero, Linneberg, Allan, Liu, Ching-Ti, Lobbens, Stéphane, Luan, Jian'an, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Männistö, Satu, McLeod, Olga, Meyer, Julia, Mihailov, Evelin, Mirza, Ghazala, Mühleisen, Thomas W, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Navarro, Carmen, Nöthen, Markus M, Oskolkov, Nikolay N, Owen, Katharine R, Palli, Domenico, Pechlivanis, Sonali, Peltonen, Leena, Perry, John RB, Platou, Carl GP, Roden, Michael, Ruderfer, Douglas, Rybin, Denis, Van Der Schouw, Yvonne T, Sennblad, Bengt, Sigurðsson, Gunnar, Stančáková, Alena, Steinbach, Gerald, Storm, Petter, Strauch, Konstantin, Stringham, Heather M, Sun, Qi, Thorand, Barbara, Tikkanen, Emmi, Tonjes, Anke, Trakalo, Joseph, Tremoli, Elena, Tuomi, Tiinamaija, Wennauer, Roman, Wiltshire, Steven, Wood, Andrew R, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Dunham, Ian, Birney, Ewan, Pasquali, Lorenzo, Ferrer, Jorge, Loos, Ruth JF, Dupuis, Josée, Florez, Jose C, Boerwinkle, Eric, Pankow, James S, Van Duijn, Cornelia, Sijbrands, Eric, Meigs, James B, Hu, Frank B, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Stefansson, Kari, Lakka, Timo A, Rauramaa, Rainer, Stumvoll, Michael, Pedersen, Nancy L, Lind, Lars, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M, Korpi-Hyövälti, Eeva, Saaristo, Timo E, Saltevo, Juha, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laakso, Markku, Metspalu, Andres, Erbel, Raimund, Jöcke, Karl-Heinz, Moebus, Susanne, Ripatti, Samuli, Salomaa, Veikko, Ingelsson, Erik, Boehm, Bernhard O, Bergman, Richard N, Collins, Francis S, Mohlke, Karen L, Koistinen, Heikki, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Hveem, Kristian, Njølstad, Inger, Deloukas, Panagiotis, Donnelly, Peter J, Frayling, Timothy M, Hattersley, Andrew T, De Faire, Ulf, Hamsten, Anders, Illig, Thomas, Peters, Annette, Cauchi, Stephane, Sladek, Rob, Froguel, Philippe, Hansen, Torben, Pedersen, Oluf, Morris, Andrew D, Palmer, Collin NA, Kathiresan, Sekar, Melander, Olle, Nilsson, Peter M, Groop, Leif C, Barroso, Inês, Langenberg, Claudia, Wareham, Nicholas J, O'Callaghan, Christopher A, Gloyn, Anna L, Altshuler, David, Boehnke, Michael, Teslovich, Tanya M, McCarthy, Mark I, Morris, Andrew P, and DIAbetes Genetics Replication And Meta-Analysis (DIAGRAM) Consortium

Subjects
endocrine system, Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, Binding Sites, endocrine system diseases, Receptor, Melatonin, MT2, Chromosome Mapping, Molecular Sequence Annotation, Genomics, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, 3. Good health, Islets of Langerhans, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Gene Expression Regulation, Liver, Genetic Loci, Case-Control Studies, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 3-beta, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

We performed fine mapping of 39 established type 2 diabetes (T2D) loci in 27,206 cases and 57,574 controls of European ancestry. We identified 49 distinct association signals at these loci, including five mapping in or near KCNQ1. 'Credible sets' of the variants most likely to drive each distinct signal mapped predominantly to noncoding sequence, implying that association with T2D is mediated through gene regulation. Credible set variants were enriched for overlap with FOXA2 chromatin immunoprecipitation binding sites in human islet and liver cells, including at MTNR1B, where fine mapping implicated rs10830963 as driving T2D association. We confirmed that the T2D risk allele for this SNP increases FOXA2-bound enhancer activity in islet- and liver-derived cells. We observed allele-specific differences in NEUROD1 binding in islet-derived cells, consistent with evidence that the T2D risk allele increases islet MTNR1B expression. Our study demonstrates how integration of genetic and genomic information can define molecular mechanisms through which variants underlying association signals exert their effects on disease.

25. Genetic loci for retinal arteriolar microcirculation

Author

Sim, Xueling, Jensen, Richard A, Ikram, M Kamran, Cotch, Mary Frances, Li, Xiaohui, MacGregor, Stuart, Xie, Jing, Smith, Albert Vernon, Boerwinkle, Eric, Mitchell, Paul, Klein, Ronald, Klein, Barbara EK, Glazer, Nicole L, Lumley, Thomas, McKnight, Barbara, Psaty, Bruce M, De Jong, Paulus TVM, Hofman, Albert, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Uitterlinden, Andre G, Van Duijn, Cornelia M, Aspelund, Thor, Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Harris, Tamara B, Jonasson, Fridbert, Launer, Lenore J, Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 2, Attia, John, Baird, Paul N, Harrap, Stephen, Holliday, Elizabeth G, Inouye, Michael, Rochtchina, Elena, Scott, Rodney J, Viswanathan, Ananth, Global BPGen Consortium, Li, Guo, Smith, Nicholas L, Wiggins, Kerri L, Kuo, Jane Z, Taylor, Kent D, Hewitt, Alex W, Martin, Nicholas G, Montgomery, Grant W, Sun, Cong, Young, Terri L, Mackey, David A, Van Zuydam, Natalie R, Doney, Alex SF, Palmer, Colin NA, Morris, Andrew D, Rotter, Jerome I, Tai, E Shyong, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Vingerling, Johannes R, Siscovick, David S, Wang, Jie Jin, and Wong, Tien Y

Subjects
Aged, 80 and over, Male, Genotype, Models, Genetic, MEF2 Transcription Factors, Microcirculation, Retinal Vessels, Middle Aged, White People, 3. Good health, Arterioles, Genetic Loci, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5, Humans, Female, Aged, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

Narrow arterioles in the retina have been shown to predict hypertension as well as other vascular diseases, likely through an increase in the peripheral resistance of the microcirculatory flow. In this study, we performed a genome-wide association study in 18,722 unrelated individuals of European ancestry from the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology consortium and the Blue Mountain Eye Study, to identify genetic determinants associated with variations in retinal arteriolar caliber. Retinal vascular calibers were measured on digitized retinal photographs using a standardized protocol. One variant (rs2194025 on chromosome 5q14 near the myocyte enhancer factor 2C MEF2C gene) was associated with retinal arteriolar caliber in the meta-analysis of the discovery cohorts at genome-wide significance of P-value

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

Author

Flannick, Jason, Fuchsberger, Christian, Mahajan, Anubha, Teslovich, Tanya M, Agarwala, Vineeta, Gaulton, Kyle J, Caulkins, Lizz, Koesterer, Ryan, Ma, Clement, Moutsianas, Loukas, McCarthy, Davis J, Rivas, Manuel A, Perry, John RB, Sim, Xueling, Blackwell, Thomas W, Robertson, Neil R, Rayner, N William, Cingolani, Pablo, Locke, Adam E, Tajes, Juan Fernandez, Highland, Heather M, Dupuis, Josee, Chines, Peter S, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Hartl, Christopher, Jackson, Anne U, Chen, Han, Huyghe, Jeroen R, Van De Bunt, Martijn, Pearson, Richard D, Kumar, Ashish, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Grarup, Niels, Stringham, Heather M, Gamazon, Eric R, Lee, Jaehoon, Chen, Yuhui, Scott, Robert A, Below, Jennifer E, Chen, Peng, Huang, Jinyan, Go, Min Jin, Stitzel, Michael L, Pasko, Dorota, Parker, Stephen CJ, Varga, Tibor V, Green, Todd, Beer, Nicola L, Day-Williams, Aaron G, Ferreira, Teresa, Fingerlin, Tasha, Horikoshi, Momoko, Hu, Cheng, Huh, Iksoo, Ikram, Mohammad Kamran, Kim, Bong-Jo, Kim, Yongkang, Kim, Young Jin, Kwon, Min-Seok, Lee, Juyoung, Lee, Selyeong, Lin, Keng-Han, Maxwell, Taylor J, Nagai, Yoshihiko, Wang, Xu, Welch, Ryan P, Yoon, Joon, Zhang, Weihua, Barzilai, Nir, Voight, Benjamin F, Han, Bok-Ghee, Jenkinson, Christopher P, Kuulasmaa, Teemu, Kuusisto, Johanna, Manning, Alisa, Ng, Maggie CY, Palmer, Nicholette D, Balkau, Beverley, Stančáková, Alena, Abboud, Hanna E, Boeing, Heiner, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Prabhakaran, Dorairaj, Gottesman, Omri, Scott, James, Carey, Jason, Kwan, Phoenix, Grant, George, Smith, Joshua D, Neale, Benjamin M, Purcell, Shaun, Butterworth, Adam S, Howson, Joanna MM, Lee, Heung Man, Lu, Yingchang, Kwak, Soo-Heon, Zhao, Wei, Danesh, John, Lam, Vincent KL, Park, Kyong Soo, Saleheen, Danish, So, Wing Yee, Tam, Claudia HT, Afzal, Uzma, Aguilar, David, Arya, Rector, Aung, Tin, Chan, Edmund, Navarro, Carmen, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Palli, Domenico, Correa, Adolfo, Curran, Joanne E, Rybin, Dennis, Farook, Vidya S, Fowler, Sharon P, Freedman, Barry I, Griswold, Michael, Hale, Daniel Esten, Hicks, Pamela J, Khor, Chiea-Chuen, Kumar, Satish, Lehne, Benjamin, Thuillier, Dorothée, Lim, Wei Yen, Liu, Jianjun, Loh, Marie, Musani, Solomon K, Puppala, Sobha, Scott, William R, Yengo, Loïc, Tan, Sian-Tsung, Taylor, Herman A, Thameem, Farook, Wilson, Gregory, Wong, Tien Yin, Njølstad, Pål Rasmus, Levy, Jonathan C, Mangino, Massimo, Bonnycastle, Lori L, Schwarzmayr, Thomas, Fadista, João, Surdulescu, Gabriela L, Herder, Christian, Groves, Christopher J, Wieland, Thomas, Bork-Jensen, Jette, Brandslund, Ivan, Christensen, Cramer, Koistinen, Heikki A, Doney, Alex SF, Kinnunen, Leena, Esko, Tõnu, Farmer, Andrew J, Hakaste, Liisa, Hodgkiss, Dylan, Kravic, Jasmina, Lyssenko, Valeri, Hollensted, Mette, Jørgensen, Marit E, Jørgensen, Torben, Ladenvall, Claes, Justesen, Johanne Marie, Käräjämäki, Annemari, Kriebel, Jennifer, Rathmann, Wolfgang, Lannfelt, Lars, Lauritzen, Torsten, Narisu, Narisu, Linneberg, Allan, Melander, Olle, Milani, Lili, Neville, Matt, Orho-Melander, Marju, Qi, Lu, Qi, Qibin, Roden, Michael, Rolandsson, Olov, Swift, Amy, Rosengren, Anders H, Stirrups, Kathleen, Wood, Andrew R, Mihailov, Evelin, Blancher, Christine, Carneiro, Mauricio O, Maguire, Jared, Poplin, Ryan, Shakir, Khalid, Fennell, Timothy, DePristo, Mark, De Angelis, Martin Hrabé, Deloukas, Panos, Gjesing, Anette P, Jun, Goo, Nilsson, Peter, Murphy, Jacquelyn, Onofrio, Robert, Thorand, Barbara, Hansen, Torben, Meisinger, Christa, Hu, Frank B, Isomaa, Bo, Karpe, Fredrik, Liang, Liming, Peters, Annette, Huth, Cornelia, O'Rahilly, Stephen P, Palmer, Colin NA, Pedersen, Oluf, Rauramaa, Rainer, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Salomaa, Veikko, Watanabe, Richard M, Syvänen, Ann-Christine, Bergman, Richard N, Bharadwaj, Dwaipayan, Bottinger, Erwin P, Cho, Yoon Shin, Chandak, Giriraj R, Chan, Juliana Cn, Chia, Kee Seng, Daly, Mark J, Ebrahim, Shah B, Langenberg, Claudia, Elliott, Paul, Jablonski, Kathleen A, Lehman, Donna M, Jia, Weiping, Ma, Ronald CW, Pollin, Toni I, Sandhu, Manjinder, Tandon, Nikhil, Froguel, Philippe, Barroso, Inês, Teo, Yik Ying, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Loos, Ruth JF, Small, Kerrin S, Ried, Janina S, DeFronzo, Ralph A, Grallert, Harald, Glaser, Benjamin, Metspalu, Andres, Wareham, Nicholas J, Walker, Mark, Banks, Eric, Gieger, Christian, Ingelsson, Erik, Im, Hae Kyung, Illig, Thomas, Franks, Paul W, Buck, Gemma, Trakalo, Joseph, Buck, David, Prokopenko, Inga, Mägi, Reedik, Lind, Lars, Farjoun, Yossi, Owen, Katharine R, Gloyn, Anna L, Strauch, Konstantin, Tuomi, Tiinamaija, Kooner, Jaspal Singh, Lee, Jong-Young, Park, Taesung, Donnelly, Peter, Morris, Andrew D, Hattersley, Andrew T, Bowden, Donald W, Collins, Francis S, Atzmon, Gil, Chambers, John C, Spector, Timothy D, Laakso, Markku, Strom, Tim M, Bell, Graeme I, Blangero, John, Duggirala, Ravindranath, Tai, E Shyong, McVean, Gilean, Hanis, Craig L, Wilson, James G, Seielstad, Mark, Frayling, Timothy M, Meigs, James B, Cox, Nancy J, Sladek, Rob, Lander, Eric S, Gabriel, Stacey, Mohlke, Karen L, Meitinger, Thomas, Groop, Leif, Abecasis, Goncalo, Scott, Laura J, Morris, Andrew P, Kang, Hyun Min, Altshuler, David, Burtt, Noël P, Florez, Jose C, Boehnke, Michael, and McCarthy, Mark I

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Genetic Variation, Humans, White People, 3. Good health
Abstract

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

27. Trans-ancestry meta-analyses identify rare and common variants associated with blood pressure and hypertension

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Surendran, Praveen, Drenos, Fotios, Young, Robin, Warren, Helen, Cook, James P, Manning, Alisa K, Grarup, Niels, Sim, Xueling, Barnes, Daniel R, Witkowska, Kate, Staley, James R, Tragante, Vinicius, Tukiainen, Taru, Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Masca, Nicholas, Freitag, Daniel F, Ferreira, Teresa, Giannakopoulou, Olga, Tinker, Andrew, Harakalova, Magdalena, Mihailov, Evelin, Liu, Chunyu, Kraja, Aldi T, Fallgaard Nielsen, Sune, Rasheed, Asif, Samuel, Maria, Zhao, Wei, Bonnycastle, Lori L, Jackson, Anne U, Narisu, Narisu, Swift, Amy J, Southam, Lorraine, Marten, Jonathan, Huyghe, Jeroen R, Stančáková, Alena, Fava, Cristiano, Ohlsson, Therese, Matchan, Angela, Stirrups, Kathleen E, Bork-Jensen, Jette, Gjesing, Anette P, Kontto, Jukka, Perola, Markus, Shaw-Hawkins, Susan, Havulinna, Aki S, Zhang, He, Donnelly, Louise A, Groves, Christopher J, Rayner, N William, Neville, Matt J, Robertson, Neil R, Yiorkas, Andrianos M, Herzig, Karl-Heinz, Kajantie, Eero, Zhang, Weihua, Willems, Sara M, Lannfelt, Lars, Malerba, Giovanni, Soranzo, Nicole, Trabetti, Elisabetta, Verweij, Niek, Evangelou, Evangelos, Moayyeri, Alireza, Vergnaud, Anne-Claire, Nelson, Christopher P, Poveda, Alaitz, Varga, Tibor V, Caslake, Muriel, De Craen, Anton Jm, Trompet, Stella, Luan, Jian'an, Scott, Robert A, Harris, Sarah E, Liewald, David Cm, Marioni, Riccardo, Menni, Cristina, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Hallmans, Göran, Renström, Frida, Huffman, Jennifer E, Hassinen, Maija, Burgess, Stephen, Vasan, Ramachandran S, Felix, Janine F, CHARGE-Heart Failure Consortium, Uria-Nickelsen, Maria, Malarstig, Anders, Reily, Dermot F, Hoek, Maarten, Vogt, Thomas, Lin, Honghuang, Lieb, Wolfgang, EchoGen Consortium, Traylor, Matthew, Markus, Hugh F, METASTROKE Consortium, Highland, Heather M, Justice, Anne E, Marouli, Eirini, GIANT Consortium, Lindström, Jaana, Uusitupa, Matti, Komulainen, Pirjo, Lakka, Timo A, Rauramaa, Rainer, Polasek, Ozren, Rudan, Igor, Rolandsson, Olov, Franks, Paul W, Dedoussis, George, Spector, Timothy D, EPIC-InterAct Consortium, Jousilahti, Pekka, Männistö, Satu, Deary, Ian J, Starr, John M, Langenberg, Claudia, Wareham, Nick J, Brown, Morris J, Dominiczak, Anna F, Connell, John M, Jukema, J Wouter, Sattar, Naveed, Ford, Ian, Packard, Chris J, Esko, Tõnu, Mägi, Reedik, Metspalu, Andres, De Boer, Rudolf A, Van Der Meer, Peter, Van Der Harst, Pim, Lifelines Cohort Study, Gambaro, Giovanni, Ingelsson, Erik, Lind, Lars, De Bakker, Paul Iw, Numans, Mattijs E, Brandslund, Ivan, Christensen, Cramer, Petersen, Eva Rb, Korpi-Hyövälti, Eeva, Oksa, Heikki, Chambers, John C, Kooner, Jaspal S, Blakemore, Alexandra If, Franks, Steve, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Husemoen, Lise L, Linneberg, Allan, Skaaby, Tea, Thuesen, Betina, Karpe, Fredrik, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Doney, Alex Sf, Morris, Andrew D, Palmer, Colin Na, Holmen, Oddgeir Lingaas, Hveem, Kristian, Willer, Cristen J, Tuomi, Tiinamaija, Groop, Leif, Käräjämäki, AnneMari, Palotie, Aarno, Ripatti, Samuli, Salomaa, Veikko, Alam, Dewan S, Shafi Majumder, Abdulla Al, Di Angelantonio, Emanuele, Chowdhury, Rajiv, McCarthy, Mark I, Poulter, Neil, Stanton, Alice V, Sever, Peter, Amouyel, Philippe, Arveiler, Dominique, Blankenberg, Stefan, Ferrières, Jean, Kee, Frank, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Veronesi, Giovanni, Virtamo, Jarmo, Deloukas, Panos, Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Elliott, Paul, Understanding Society Scientific Group, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Kathiresan, Sekar, Melander, Olle, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laakso, Markku, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Porteous, David, Hayward, Caroline, Scotland, Generation, Collins, Francis S, Mohlke, Karen L, Hansen, Torben, Pedersen, Oluf, Boehnke, Michael, Stringham, Heather M, EPIC-CVD Consortium, Frossard, Philippe, Newton-Cheh, Christopher, CHARGE+ Exome Chip Blood Pressure Consortium, Tobin, Martin D, Nordestgaard, Børge Grønne, T2D-GENES Consortium, GoT2DGenes Consortium, ExomeBP Consortium, CHD Exome+ Consortium, Caulfield, Mark J, Mahajan, Anubha, Morris, Andrew P, Tomaszewski, Maciej, Samani, Nilesh J, Saleheen, Danish, Asselbergs, Folkert W, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Danesh, John, Wain, Louise V, Butterworth, Adam S, Howson, Joanna Mm, and Munroe, Patricia B

Subjects
Genotype, Hypertension, Genetic Variation, Humans, Blood Pressure, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, 3. Good health, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

High blood pressure is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and premature death. However, there is limited knowledge on specific causal genes and pathways. To better understand the genetics of blood pressure, we genotyped 242,296 rare, low-frequency and common genetic variants in up to 192,763 individuals and used ∼155,063 samples for independent replication. We identified 30 new blood pressure- or hypertension-associated genetic regions in the general population, including 3 rare missense variants in RBM47, COL21A1 and RRAS with larger effects (>1.5 mm Hg/allele) than common variants. Multiple rare nonsense and missense variant associations were found in A2ML1, and a low-frequency nonsense variant in ENPEP was identified. Our data extend the spectrum of allelic variation underlying blood pressure traits and hypertension, provide new insights into the pathophysiology of hypertension and indicate new targets for clinical intervention.

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