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8. The Decreasing Prevalence of Nonrefractive Visual Impairment in Older Europeans: A Meta-analysis of Published and Unpublished Data

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Delcourt, C., Le Goff, M., von Hanno, T., Mirshahi, A., Khawaja, A. P., Verhoeven, V. J. M., Hogg, R. E., Anastosopoulos, E., Cachulo, M. L., Hohn, R., Wolfram, C., Bron, A., Miotto, S., Carriere, I., Colijn, J. M., Buitendijk, G. H. S., Evans, J., Nitsch, D., Founti, P., Yip, J. L. Y., Pfeiffer, N., Creuzot-Garcher, C., Silva, R., Piermarocchi, S., Topouzis, F., Bertelsen, G., Foster, P. J., Fletcher, A., Klaver, C. C. W., Korobelnik, J. -F., Acar, N., Azuara-Blanco, A., Berendschot, T., Bergen, A., Binquet, C., Bird, A., Bobak, M., Boon, C., Bretillon, L., Broe, R., Buitendijk, G., Capuano, V., Chakravarthy, U., Chan, M., Chang, P., Colijn, J., Cougnard-Gregoire, A., Cree, A., Cumberland, P., Cunha-Vaz, J., Daien, V., De Jong, E., Deak, G., Delyfer, M. -N., den Hollander, A., Dietzel, M., Erke, M. G., Faria, P., Farinha, C., Fauser, S., Finger, R., Foster, P., Gorgels, T., Grauslund, J., Grus, F., Hammond, C., Hansen, M., Helmer, C., Hense, H. -W., Hermann, M., Hoehn, R., Hogg, R., Holz, F., Hoyng, C., Jansonius, N., Janssen, S., Kersten, E., Khawaja, A., Klaver, C., Lamparter, J., Lechanteur, Y., Lehtimaki, T., Leung, I., Lotery, A., Mauschitz, M., Meester, M., Merle, B., Meyer zu Westrup, V., Midena, E., Mohan-Said, S., Mueller, M., Muldrew, A., Murta, J., Nickels, S., Nunes, S., Owen, C., Peto, T., Prokofyeva, E., Rahi, J., Raitakari, O., Rauscher, F., Ribeiro, L., Rougier, M. -B., Rudnicka, A., Randjvar, Sahel, Salonikiou, A., Sanchez, C., Schmitz-Valckenberg, S., Schouten, J., Schuster, A., Schweitzer, C., Segato, T., Shehata, J., Silvestri, G., Simader, C., Souied, E., Speckauskas, M., Springelkamp, H., Tapp, R., van Leeuwen, E., Verhoeven, V., Verzijden, T., Von Hanno, T., Vujosevic, S., Wiedemann, P., Williams, K., Yip, J., and Zerbib, J.

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Europe, Aged, Humans, Prevalence, Vision, Low, Visually Impaired Persons, Visual Acuity, Vision, Low
Abstract

TOPIC: To estimate the prevalence of nonrefractive visual impairment and blindness in European persons 55 years of age and older. CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Few visual impairment and blindness prevalence estimates are available for the European population. In addition, many of the data collected in European population-based studies currently are unpublished and have not been included in previous estimates. METHODS: Fourteen European population-based studies participating in the European Eye Epidemiology Consortium (n = 70 723) were included. Each study provided nonrefractive visual impairment and blindness prevalence estimates stratified by age (10-year strata) and gender. Nonrefractive visual impairment and blindness were defined as best-corrected visual acuity worse than 20/60 and 20/400 in the better eye, respectively. Using random effects meta-analysis, prevalence rates were estimated according to age, gender, geographical area, and period (1991-2006 and 2007-2012). Because no data were available for Central and Eastern Europe, population projections for numbers of affected people were estimated using Eurostat population estimates for European high-income countries in 2000 and 2010. RESULTS: The age-standardized prevalence of nonrefractive visual impairment in people 55 years of age or older decreased from 2.22% (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.34-3.10) from 1991 through 2006 to 0.92% (95% CI, 0.42-1.42) from 2007 through 2012. It strongly increased with age in both periods (up to 15.69% and 4.39% in participants 85 years of age or older from 1991 through 2006 and from 2007 through 2012, respectively). Age-standardized prevalence of visual impairment tended to be higher in women than men from 1991 through 2006 (2.67% vs. 1.88%), but not from 2007 through 2012 (0.87% vs. 0.88%). No differences were observed between northern, western, and southern regions of Europe. The projected numbers of affected older inhabitants in European high-income countries decreased from 2.5 million affected individuals in 2000 to 1.2 million in 2010. Of those, 584 000 were blind in 2000, in comparison with 170 000 who were blind in 2010. CONCLUSIONS: Despite the increase in the European older population, our study indicated that the number of visually impaired people has decreased in European high-income countries in the last 20 years. This may be the result of major improvements in eye care and prevention, the decreasing prevalence of eye diseases, or both.

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2018

13. Multitrait analysis of glaucoma identifies new risk loci and enables polygenic prediction of disease susceptibility and progression

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Craig, J.E., Han, X., Qassim, A., Hassall, M., Bailey, J.N., Kinzy, T.G., Khawaja, A.P., An, J., Marshall, H., Gharahkhani, P., Igo, R.P., Jr., Graham, S.L., Healey, P.R., Ong, J.S., Zhou, T., Siggs, O., Law, M.H., Souzeau, E., Ridge, B., Hysi, P.G., Burdon, K.P., Mills, R.A., Landers, J., Ruddle, J.B., Agar, A., Galanopoulos, A., White, A.J.R., Willoughby, C.E., Andrew, N.H., Best, S., Vincent, A.L., Goldberg, I., Radford-Smith, G., Martin, N.G., Montgomery, G.W., Vitart, V., Hoehn, R., Wojciechowski, R., Jonas, J.B., Aung, T., Pasquale, L.R., Cree, A.J., Sivaprasad, S., Vallabh, N.A., Viswanathan, A.C., Pasutto, F., Haines, J.L., Klaver, C.C.W., Duijn, C.M. van, Casson, R.J., Foster, P.J., Khaw, P.T., Hammond, C.J., Mackey, D.A., Mitchell, P., Lotery, A.J., Wiggs, J.L., Hewitt, A.W., MacGregor, S., Craig, J.E., Han, X., Qassim, A., Hassall, M., Bailey, J.N., Kinzy, T.G., Khawaja, A.P., An, J., Marshall, H., Gharahkhani, P., Igo, R.P., Jr., Graham, S.L., Healey, P.R., Ong, J.S., Zhou, T., Siggs, O., Law, M.H., Souzeau, E., Ridge, B., Hysi, P.G., Burdon, K.P., Mills, R.A., Landers, J., Ruddle, J.B., Agar, A., Galanopoulos, A., White, A.J.R., Willoughby, C.E., Andrew, N.H., Best, S., Vincent, A.L., Goldberg, I., Radford-Smith, G., Martin, N.G., Montgomery, G.W., Vitart, V., Hoehn, R., Wojciechowski, R., Jonas, J.B., Aung, T., Pasquale, L.R., Cree, A.J., Sivaprasad, S., Vallabh, N.A., Viswanathan, A.C., Pasutto, F., Haines, J.L., Klaver, C.C.W., Duijn, C.M. van, Casson, R.J., Foster, P.J., Khaw, P.T., Hammond, C.J., Mackey, D.A., Mitchell, P., Lotery, A.J., Wiggs, J.L., Hewitt, A.W., and MacGregor, S.

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Contains fulltext : 218893.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access), Glaucoma, a disease characterized by progressive optic nerve degeneration, can be prevented through timely diagnosis and treatment. We characterize optic nerve photographs of 67,040 UK Biobank participants and use a multitrait genetic model to identify risk loci for glaucoma. A glaucoma polygenic risk score (PRS) enables effective risk stratification in unselected glaucoma cases and modifies penetrance of the MYOC variant encoding p.Gln368Ter, the most common glaucoma-associated myocilin variant. In the unselected glaucoma population, individuals in the top PRS decile reach an absolute risk for glaucoma 10 years earlier than the bottom decile and are at 15-fold increased risk of developing advanced glaucoma (top 10% versus remaining 90%, odds ratio = 4.20). The PRS predicts glaucoma progression in prospectively monitored, early manifest glaucoma cases (P = 0.004) and surgical intervention in advanced disease (P = 3.6 x 10(-)(6)). This glaucoma PRS will facilitate the development of a personalized approach for earlier treatment of high-risk individuals, with less intensive monitoring and treatment being possible for lower-risk groups.

Published
2020

14. Genome-wide association meta-analysis of corneal curvature identifies novel loci and shared genetic influences across axial length and refractive error

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Fan, Q, Pozarickij, A, Tan, NYQ, Guo, X, Verhoeven, VJM, Vitart, V, Guggenheim, JA, Miyake, M, Tideman, JWL, Khawaja, AP, Zhang, L, MacGregor, S, Hoehn, R, Chen, P, Biino, G, Wedenoja, J, Saffari, SE, Tedja, MS, Xie, J, Lanca, C, Wang, YX, Sahebjada, S, Mazur, J, Mirshahi, A, Martin, NG, Yazar, S, Pennell, CE, Yap, M, Haarman, AEG, Enthoven, CA, Polling, J, Hewitt, AW, Jaddoe, VWV, van Duijn, CM, Hayward, C, Polasek, O, Tai, E-S, Yoshikatsu, H, Hysi, PG, Young, TL, Tsujikawa, A, Wang, JJ, Mitchell, P, Pfeiffer, N, Parssinen, O, Foster, PJ, Fossarello, M, Yip, SP, Williams, C, Hammond, CJ, Jonas, JB, He, M, Mackey, DA, Wong, T-Y, Klaver, CCW, Saw, S-M, Baird, PN, Cheng, C-Y, Fan, Q, Pozarickij, A, Tan, NYQ, Guo, X, Verhoeven, VJM, Vitart, V, Guggenheim, JA, Miyake, M, Tideman, JWL, Khawaja, AP, Zhang, L, MacGregor, S, Hoehn, R, Chen, P, Biino, G, Wedenoja, J, Saffari, SE, Tedja, MS, Xie, J, Lanca, C, Wang, YX, Sahebjada, S, Mazur, J, Mirshahi, A, Martin, NG, Yazar, S, Pennell, CE, Yap, M, Haarman, AEG, Enthoven, CA, Polling, J, Hewitt, AW, Jaddoe, VWV, van Duijn, CM, Hayward, C, Polasek, O, Tai, E-S, Yoshikatsu, H, Hysi, PG, Young, TL, Tsujikawa, A, Wang, JJ, Mitchell, P, Pfeiffer, N, Parssinen, O, Foster, PJ, Fossarello, M, Yip, SP, Williams, C, Hammond, CJ, Jonas, JB, He, M, Mackey, DA, Wong, T-Y, Klaver, CCW, Saw, S-M, Baird, PN, and Cheng, C-Y

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Corneal curvature, a highly heritable trait, is a key clinical endophenotype for myopia - a major cause of visual impairment and blindness in the world. Here we present a trans-ethnic meta-analysis of corneal curvature GWAS in 44,042 individuals of Caucasian and Asian with replication in 88,218 UK Biobank data. We identified 47 loci (of which 26 are novel), with population-specific signals as well as shared signals across ethnicities. Some identified variants showed precise scaling in corneal curvature and eye elongation (i.e. axial length) to maintain eyes in emmetropia (i.e. HDAC11/FBLN2 rs2630445, RBP3 rs11204213); others exhibited association with myopia with little pleiotropic effects on eye elongation. Implicated genes are involved in extracellular matrix organization, developmental process for body and eye, connective tissue cartilage and glycosylation protein activities. Our study provides insights into population-specific novel genes for corneal curvature, and their pleiotropic effect in regulating eye size or conferring susceptibility to myopia.

Published
2020

15. Multitrait analysis of glaucoma identifies new risk loci and enables polygenic prediction of disease susceptibility and progression

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Craig, JE, Han, X, Qassim, A, Hassall, M, Bailey, JNC, Kinzy, TG, Khawaja, AP, An, J, Marshall, H, Gharahkhani, P, Igo, RP, Graham, SL, Healey, PR, Ong, J-S, Zhou, T, Siggs, O, Law, MH, Souzeau, E, Ridge, B, Hysi, PG, Burdon, KP, Mills, RA, Landers, J, Ruddle, JB, Agar, A, Galanopoulos, A, White, AJR, Willoughby, CE, Andrew, NH, Best, S, Vincent, AL, Goldberg, I, Radford-Smith, G, Martin, NG, Montgomery, GW, Vitart, V, Hoehn, R, Wojciechowski, R, Jonas, JB, Aung, T, Pasquale, LR, Cree, AJ, Sivaprasad, S, Vallabh, NA, Viswanathan, AC, Pasutto, F, Haines, JL, Klaver, CCW, van Duijn, CM, Casson, RJ, Foster, PJ, Khaw, PT, Hammond, CJ, Mackey, DA, Mitchell, P, Lotery, AJ, Wiggs, JL, Hewitt, AW, MacGregor, S, Craig, JE, Han, X, Qassim, A, Hassall, M, Bailey, JNC, Kinzy, TG, Khawaja, AP, An, J, Marshall, H, Gharahkhani, P, Igo, RP, Graham, SL, Healey, PR, Ong, J-S, Zhou, T, Siggs, O, Law, MH, Souzeau, E, Ridge, B, Hysi, PG, Burdon, KP, Mills, RA, Landers, J, Ruddle, JB, Agar, A, Galanopoulos, A, White, AJR, Willoughby, CE, Andrew, NH, Best, S, Vincent, AL, Goldberg, I, Radford-Smith, G, Martin, NG, Montgomery, GW, Vitart, V, Hoehn, R, Wojciechowski, R, Jonas, JB, Aung, T, Pasquale, LR, Cree, AJ, Sivaprasad, S, Vallabh, NA, Viswanathan, AC, Pasutto, F, Haines, JL, Klaver, CCW, van Duijn, CM, Casson, RJ, Foster, PJ, Khaw, PT, Hammond, CJ, Mackey, DA, Mitchell, P, Lotery, AJ, Wiggs, JL, Hewitt, AW, and MacGregor, S

Abstract

Glaucoma, a disease characterized by progressive optic nerve degeneration, can be prevented through timely diagnosis and treatment. We characterize optic nerve photographs of 67,040 UK Biobank participants and use a multitrait genetic model to identify risk loci for glaucoma. A glaucoma polygenic risk score (PRS) enables effective risk stratification in unselected glaucoma cases and modifies penetrance of the MYOC variant encoding p.Gln368Ter, the most common glaucoma-associated myocilin variant. In the unselected glaucoma population, individuals in the top PRS decile reach an absolute risk for glaucoma 10 years earlier than the bottom decile and are at 15-fold increased risk of developing advanced glaucoma (top 10% versus remaining 90%, odds ratio = 4.20). The PRS predicts glaucoma progression in prospectively monitored, early manifest glaucoma cases (P = 0.004) and surgical intervention in advanced disease (P = 3.6 × 10-6). This glaucoma PRS will facilitate the development of a personalized approach for earlier treatment of high-risk individuals, with less intensive monitoring and treatment being possible for lower-risk groups.

Published
2020

16. Increased High-Density Lipoprotein Levels Associated with Age-Related Macular Degeneration Evidence from the EYE-RISK and European Eye Epidemiology Consortia

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Colijn, J.M., Hollander, A.I. den, Demirkan, A., Cougnard-Gregoire, A., Verzijden, T., Kersten, E., Meester-Smoor, M.A., Merle, B.M.J., Papageorgiou, G., Ahmad, S., Mulder, M.T., Costa, M.A., Benlian, P., Bertelsen, G., Bron, A.M., Claes, B., Creuzot-Garcher, C., Erke, M.G., Fauser, S., Foster, P.J., Hammond, C.J., Hense, H.W., Hoyng, C.B., Khawaja, A.P., Korobelnik, J.F., Piermarocchi, S., Segato, T., Silva, R., Souied, E.H., Williams, K.M., Duijn, C.M. van, Delcourt, C., Klaver, C.C.W., Acar, N., Altay, L., Anastosopoulos, E., Azuara-Blanco, A., Berendschot, T., Bergen, A., Binquet, C., Bird, A., Bobak, M., Larsen, M.B., Boon, C., Bourne, R., Bretillon, L., Broe, R., Bron, A., Buitendijk, G., Cachulo, M.L., Capuano, V., Carriere, I., Chakravarthy, U., Chan, M., Chang, P., Colijn, J., Cree, A., Cumberland, P., Cunha-Vaz, J., Daien, V., Jong, E. de, Deak, G., Delyfer, M.N., Hollander, A. den, Dietzel, M., Faria, P., Farinha, C., Finger, R., Fletcher, A., Foster, P., Founti, P., Gorgels, T., Grauslund, J., Grus, F., Hammond, C., Heesterbeek, T., Hermann, M., Hoehn, R., Hogg, R., Holz, F., Hoyng, C., Jansonius, N., Janssen, S., Khawaja, A., Klaver, C., Lamparter, J., Goff, M. le, Lehtimaki, T., Leung, I., Lotery, A., Mauschitz, M., Meester, M., Merle, B., Westrup, V.M.Z., Midena, E., Miotto, S., Mirshahi, A., Mohan-Said, S., Mueller, M., Muldrew, A., Murta, J., Nickels, S., Nunes, S., Owen, C., Peto, T., Pfeiffer, N., Prokofyeva, E., Rahi, J., Raitakari, O., Rauscher, F., Ribeiro, L., Rougier, M.B., Rudnicka, A., Sahel, J., Salonikiou, A., Sanchez, C., Schick, T., Schmitz-Valckenberg, S., Schuster, A., Schweitzer, C., Shehata, J., Silvestri, G., Simader, C., Souied, E., Speckauskas, M., Springelkamp, H., Tapp, R., Topouzis, F., Leeuwen, E. van, Verhoeven, V., Vingerling, H., Hanno, T. von, Williams, K., Wolfram, C., Yip, J., Zerbib, J., Ajana, S., Arango-Gonzalez, B., Arndt, V., Bhatia, V., Bhattacharya, S.S., Biarnes, M., Borrell, A., Buhren, S., Calado, S.M., Dammeier, S., Jong, E.K. de, Cerda, B. de la, Diaz-Corrales, F.J., Diether, S., Emri, E., Endermann, T., Ferraro, L.L., Garcia, M., Heesterbeek, T.J., Honisch, S., Kilger, E., Langen, H., Lengyel, I., Luthert, P., Maugeais, C., Meester-Smoor, M., Inserm, B.M.J.M., Mones, J., Nogoceke, E., Pool, F.M., Rodriguez, E., Ueffing, M., Bartz-Schmidt, K.U.U., Leeuwen, E.M. van, Zumbansen, M., European Eye Epidemiology Consorti, and EYE-RISK Consortium

Published
2019

17. Author Correction: Cross-ancestry genome-wide association analysis of corneal thickness strengthens link between complex and Mendelian eye diseases

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Iglesias, AI, Mishra, A, Vitart, V, Bykhovskaya, Y, Hoehn, R, Springelkamp, H, Cuellar-Partida, G, Gharahkhani, P, Bailey, JNC, Willoughby, CE, Li, X, Yazar, S, Nag, A, Khawaja, AP, Polasek, O, Siscovick, D, Mitchell, P, Tham, YC, Haines, JL, Kearns, LS, Hayward, C, Shi, Y, van Leeuwen, EM, Taylor, KD, Bonnemaijer, P, Rotter, JI, Martin, NG, Zeller, T, Mills, RA, Souzeau, E, Staffieri, SE, Jonas, JB, Schmidtmann, I, Boutin, T, Kang, JH, Lucas, SEM, Wong, TY, Beutel, ME, Wilson, JF, Uitterlinden, AG, Vithana, EN, Foster, PJ, Hysi, PG, Hewitt, AW, Khor, CC, Pasquale, LR, Montgomery, GW, Klaver, CCW, Aung, T, Pfeiffer, N, Mackey, DA, Hammond, CJ, Cheng, C-Y, Craig, JE, Rabinowitz, YS, Wiggs, JL, Burdon, KP, van Duijn, CM, MacGregor, S, Wang, JJ, Rochtchina, E, Attia, J, Scott, R, Holliday, EG, Baird, PN, Xie, J, Inouye, M, Viswanathan, A, Sim, X, Allingham, RR, Brilliant, MH, Budenz, DL, Christen, WG, Fingert, J, Friedman, DS, Gaasterland, D, Gaasterland, T, Hauser, MA, Kraft, P, Lee, RK, Lichter, PR, Liu, Y, Loomis, SJ, Moroi, SE, Pericak-Vance, MA, Realini, A, Richards, JE, Schuman, JS, Scott, WK, Singh, K, Sit, AJ, Vollrath, D, Weinreb, RN, Wollstein, G, Zack, DJ, Zhang, K, Donnelly, P, Barroso, I, Blackwell, JM, Bramon, E, Brown, MA, Casas, JP, Corvin, A, Deloukas, P, Duncanson, A, Jankowski, J, Markus, HS, Mathew, CG, Palmer, CNA, Plomin, R, Rautanen, A, Sawcer, SJ, Trembath, RC, Wood, NW, Spencer, CCA, Band, G, Bellenguez, C, Freeman, C, Hellenthal, G, Giannoulatou, E, Pirinen, M, Pearson, R, Strange, A, Su, Z, Vukcevic, D, Langford, C, Hunt, SE, Edkins, S, Gwilliam, R, Blackburn, H, Bumpstead, SJ, Dronov, S, Gillman, M, Gray, E, Hammond, N, Jayakumar, A, McCann, OT, Liddle, J, Potter, SC, Ravindrarajah, R, Ricketts, M, Waller, M, Weston, P, Widaa, S, Whittaker, P, Grp, BMES-G, Consortium, N, and Control, WTC

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Lumican, genetic structures, Fibrillin-1, General Physics and Astronomy, Gene Expression, Q1, Corneal Diseases, Marfan Syndrome, Cornea, ADAMTS Proteins, Myopia, Link (knot theory), lcsh:Science, GeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g.,dictionaries,encyclopedias,glossaries), Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary, Multidisciplinary, Eye Diseases, Hereditary, symbols, NEIGHBORHOOD consortium, ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING, Proteoglycans, Decorin, Glaucoma, Open-Angle, Science, Quantitative Trait Loci, Computational biology, Biology, Keratoconus, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, White People, Article, symbols.namesake, Transforming Growth Factor beta2, Quantitative Trait, Heritable, Asian People, Genome-Wide Association Analysis, Humans, Author Correction, Eye Disease and Disorders of Vision, Loeys-Dietz Syndrome, Genome, Human, Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 2, Blue Mountains Eye Study - GWAS group, General Chemistry, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, R1, eye diseases, Mendelian inheritance, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, lcsh:Q, sense organs, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

Central corneal thickness (CCT) is a highly heritable trait associated with complex eye diseases such as keratoconus and glaucoma. We perform a genome-wide association meta-analysis of CCT and identify 19 novel regions. In addition to adding support for known connective tissue-related pathways, pathway analyses uncover previously unreported gene sets. Remarkably, >20% of the CCT-loci are near or within Mendelian disorder genes. These included FBN1, ADAMTS2 and TGFB2 which associate with connective tissue disorders (Marfan, Ehlers-Danlos and Loeys-Dietz syndromes), and the LUM-DCN-KERA gene complex involved in myopia, corneal dystrophies and cornea plana. Using index CCT-increasing variants, we find a significant inverse correlation in effect sizes between CCT and keratoconus (r = −0.62, P = 5.30 × 10−5) but not between CCT and primary open-angle glaucoma (r = −0.17, P = 0.2). Our findings provide evidence for shared genetic influences between CCT and keratoconus, and implicate candidate genes acting in collagen and extracellular matrix regulation., Reduced central corneal thickness (CCT) is observed in common eye diseases as well as in rare Mendelian disorders. Here, in a cross-ancestry GWAS, the authors identify 19 novel genetic loci associated with CCT, a subset of which is involved in rare corneal or connective tissue disorders.

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2019
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18. Increased High-Density Lipoprotein Levels Associated with Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Evidence from the EYE-RISK and European Eye Epidemiology Consortia

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Colijn, J. M., Verzijden, T., Meester-Smoor, M. A., Klaver, C. C. W., Demirkan, A., Ahmad, S., van Duijn, C. M., den Hollander, A. I., Kersten, E., Hoyng, C. B., Cougnard-Gregoire, A., Merle, B. M. J., Korobelnik, J. -F., Delcourt, C., Papageorgiou, G., Mulder, M. T., Costa, M. A., Silva, R., Benlian, P., Bertelsen, G., Bron, A. M., Creuzot-Garcher, C., Claes, B., Hense, H. -W., Erke, M. G., Fauser, S., Foster, P. J., Khawaja, A. P., Hammond, C. J., Williams, K. M., Piermarocchi, S., Segato, T., Souied, E. H., Acar, N., Altay, L., Anastosopoulos, E., Azuara-Blanco, A., Berendschot, T., Bergen, A., Binquet, C., Bird, A., Bobak, M., Larsen, M. B., Boon, C., Bourne, R., Bretillon, L., Broe, R., Bron, A., Buitendijk, G., Cachulo, M. L., Capuano, V., Carriere, I., Chakravarthy, U., Chan, M., Chang, P., Colijn, J., Cree, A., Cumberland, P., Cunha-Vaz, J., Daien, V., De Jong, E., Deak, G., Delyfer, M. -N., Hollander, A. D., Dietzel, M., Faria, P., Farinha, C., Finger, R., Fletcher, A., Foster, P., Founti, P., Gorgels, T., Grauslund, J., Grus, F., Hammond, C., Heesterbeek, T., Hermann, M., Hoehn, R., Hogg, R., Holz, F., Hoyng, C., Jansonius, N., Janssen, S., de Jong, E., Khawaja, A., Klaver, C., Lamparter, J., Le Goff, M., Lehtimaki, T., Leung, I., Lotery, A., Mauschitz, M., Meester, M., Merle, B., Meyer zu Westrup, V., Midena, E., Miotto, S., Mirshahi, A., Mohan-Said, S., Mueller, M., Muldrew, A., Murta, J., Nickels, S., Nunes, S., Owen, C., Peto, T., Pfeiffer, N., Prokofyeva, E., Rahi, J., Raitakari, O., Rauscher, F., Ribeiro, L., Rougier, M. -B., Rudnicka, A., Randjvar, Sahel, Salonikiou, A., Sanchez, C., Schick, T., Schmitz-Valckenberg, S., Schuster, A., Schweitzer, C., Shehata, J., Silvestri, G., Simader, C., Souied, E., Speckauskas, M., Springelkamp, H., Tapp, R., Topouzis, F., van Leeuwen, E., Verhoeven, V., Vingerling, H., Von Hanno, T., Williams, K., Wolfram, C., Yip, J., Zerbib, J., Ajana, S., Arango-Gonzalez, B., Arndt, V., Bhatia, V., Bhattacharya, S. S., Biarnes, M., Borrell, A., Buhren, S., Calado, S. M., Dammeier, S., de Jong, E. K., De la Cerda, B., Diaz-Corrales, F. J., Diether, S., Emri, E., Endermann, T., Ferraro, L. L., Garcia, M., Heesterbeek, T. J., Honisch, S., Kilger, E., Langen, H., Lengyel, I., Luthert, P., Maugeais, C., Meester-Smoor, M., Merle Inserm, B. M. J., Mones, J., Nogoceke, E., Pool, F. M., Rodriguez, E., Ueffing, M., Ulrich Bartz-Schmidt, K. U., van Leeuwen, E. M., and Zumbansen, M.

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Male, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, HDL, genetic structures, European Continental Ancestry Group, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, White People, LDL, Macular Degeneration, Risk Factors, 80 and over, Odds Ratio, Humans, Metabolomics, European Union, Polymorphism, Triglycerides, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cholesterol, HDL, Single Nucleotide, Cholesterol, LDL, Middle Aged, Lipid Metabolism, eye diseases, Cholesterol Ester Transfer Proteins, Cholesterol, Cross-Sectional Studies, lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins), Female, sense organs
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Purpose Genetic and epidemiologic studies have shown that lipid genes and high-density lipoproteins (HDLs) are implicated in age-related macular degeneration (AMD). We studied circulating lipid levels in relationship to AMD in a large European dataset. Design Pooled analysis of cross-sectional data. Participants Individuals (N = 30 953) aged 50 years or older participating in the European Eye Epidemiology (E3) consortium and 1530 individuals from the Rotterdam Study with lipid subfraction data. Methods AMD features were graded on fundus photographs using the Rotterdam classification. Routine blood lipid measurements, genetics, medication, and potential confounders were extracted from the E3 database. In a subgroup of the Rotterdam Study, lipid subfractions were identified by the Nightingale biomarker platform. Random-intercepts mixed-effects models incorporating confounders and study site as a random effect were used to estimate associations. Main Outcome Measures AMD features and stage; lipid measurements. Results HDL was associated with an increased risk of AMD (odds ratio [OR], 1.21 per 1-mmol/l increase; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.14–1.29), whereas triglycerides were associated with a decreased risk (OR, 0.94 per 1-mmol/l increase; 95% CI, 0.91–0.97). Both were associated with drusen size. Higher HDL raised the odds of larger drusen, whereas higher triglycerides decreases the odds. LDL cholesterol reached statistical significance only in the association with early AMD (P = 0.045). Regarding lipid subfractions, the concentration of extra-large HDL particles showed the most prominent association with AMD (OR, 1.24; 95% CI, 1.10–1.40). The cholesteryl ester transfer protein risk variant (rs17231506) for AMD was in line with increased HDL levels (P = 7.7 × 10–7), but lipase C risk variants (rs2043085, rs2070895) were associated in an opposite way (P = 1.0 × 10–6 and P = 1.6 × 10–4). Conclusions Our study suggested that HDL cholesterol is associated with increased risk of AMD and that triglycerides are negatively associated. Both show the strongest association with early AMD and drusen. Extra-large HDL subfractions seem to be drivers in the relationship with AMD, and variants in lipid genes play a more ambiguous role in this association. Whether systemic lipids directly influence AMD or represent lipid metabolism in the retina remains to be answered.

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2018

20. Multi-trait genome-wide association study identifies new loci associated with optic disc parameters

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Bonnemaijer, PWM, van Leeuwen, EM, Iglesias, AI, Gharahkhani, P, Vitart, V, Khawaja, AP, Simcoe, M, Hoehn, R, Cree, AJ, Igo, RP, Burdon, KP, Craig, JE, Hewitt, AW, Jonas, J, Khor, C-C, Pasutto, F, Mackey, DA, Mitchell, P, Mishra, A, Pang, C, Pasquale, LR, Springelkamp, H, Thorleifsson, G, Thorsteinsdottir, U, Viswanathan, AC, Wojciechowski, R, Wong, T, Young, TL, Zeller, T, Atan, D, Aslam, T, Barman, SA, Barrett, JH, Bishop, P, Blows, P, Bunce, C, Carare, RO, Chakravarthy, U, Chan, M, Chua, SYL, Crabb, DP, Cumberland, PM, Day, A, Desai, P, Dhillon, B, Dick, AD, Egan, C, Ennis, S, Foster, P, Fruttiger, M, Gallacher, JEJ, Garway, DF, Gibson, J, Gore, D, Guggenheim, JA, Hardcastle, A, Harding, SP, Hogg, RE, Keane, PA, Khaw, PT, Lascaratos, G, Macgillivray, T, Mackie, S, Martin, K, McGaughey, M, McGuinness, B, Mckay, GJ, McKibbin, M, Mitry, D, Moore, T, Morgan, JE, Muthy, ZA, O'Sullivan, E, Owen, CG, Patel, P, Paterson, E, Peto, T, Petzold, A, Rahi, JS, Rudnikca, AR, Self, J, Sivaprasad, S, Steel, D, Stratton, I, Strouthidis, N, Sudlow, C, Thomas, D, Trucco, E, Tufail, A, Vernon, SA, Williams, C, Williams, K, Woodside, JV, Yates, MM, Yip, J, Zheng, Y, Allingham, R, Budenz, D, Bailey, JC, Fingert, J, Gaasterland, D, Gaasterland, T, Haines, JL, Hark, L, Hauser, M, Kang, JH, Kraft, P, Lee, R, Lichter, P, Liu, Y, Moroi, S, Pericak, M, Realini, A, Rhee, D, Richards, JR, Ritch, R, Scott, WK, Singh, K, Sit, A, Vollrath, D, Weinreb, R, Wollstein, G, Wilmer, DZ, Gerhold-Ay, A, Nickels, S, Wilson, JF, Hayward, C, Boutin, TS, Polasek, O, Aung, T, Khor, CC, Amin, N, Lotery, AJ, Wiggs, JL, Cheng, C-Y, Hysi, PG, Hammond, CJ, Thiadens, AAHJ, MacGregor, S, Klaver, CCW, van Duijn, CM, Bonnemaijer, PWM, van Leeuwen, EM, Iglesias, AI, Gharahkhani, P, Vitart, V, Khawaja, AP, Simcoe, M, Hoehn, R, Cree, AJ, Igo, RP, Burdon, KP, Craig, JE, Hewitt, AW, Jonas, J, Khor, C-C, Pasutto, F, Mackey, DA, Mitchell, P, Mishra, A, Pang, C, Pasquale, LR, Springelkamp, H, Thorleifsson, G, Thorsteinsdottir, U, Viswanathan, AC, Wojciechowski, R, Wong, T, Young, TL, Zeller, T, Atan, D, Aslam, T, Barman, SA, Barrett, JH, Bishop, P, Blows, P, Bunce, C, Carare, RO, Chakravarthy, U, Chan, M, Chua, SYL, Crabb, DP, Cumberland, PM, Day, A, Desai, P, Dhillon, B, Dick, AD, Egan, C, Ennis, S, Foster, P, Fruttiger, M, Gallacher, JEJ, Garway, DF, Gibson, J, Gore, D, Guggenheim, JA, Hardcastle, A, Harding, SP, Hogg, RE, Keane, PA, Khaw, PT, Lascaratos, G, Macgillivray, T, Mackie, S, Martin, K, McGaughey, M, McGuinness, B, Mckay, GJ, McKibbin, M, Mitry, D, Moore, T, Morgan, JE, Muthy, ZA, O'Sullivan, E, Owen, CG, Patel, P, Paterson, E, Peto, T, Petzold, A, Rahi, JS, Rudnikca, AR, Self, J, Sivaprasad, S, Steel, D, Stratton, I, Strouthidis, N, Sudlow, C, Thomas, D, Trucco, E, Tufail, A, Vernon, SA, Williams, C, Williams, K, Woodside, JV, Yates, MM, Yip, J, Zheng, Y, Allingham, R, Budenz, D, Bailey, JC, Fingert, J, Gaasterland, D, Gaasterland, T, Haines, JL, Hark, L, Hauser, M, Kang, JH, Kraft, P, Lee, R, Lichter, P, Liu, Y, Moroi, S, Pericak, M, Realini, A, Rhee, D, Richards, JR, Ritch, R, Scott, WK, Singh, K, Sit, A, Vollrath, D, Weinreb, R, Wollstein, G, Wilmer, DZ, Gerhold-Ay, A, Nickels, S, Wilson, JF, Hayward, C, Boutin, TS, Polasek, O, Aung, T, Khor, CC, Amin, N, Lotery, AJ, Wiggs, JL, Cheng, C-Y, Hysi, PG, Hammond, CJ, Thiadens, AAHJ, MacGregor, S, Klaver, CCW, and van Duijn, CM

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A new avenue of mining published genome-wide association studies includes the joint analysis of related traits. The power of this approach depends on the genetic correlation of traits, which reflects the number of pleiotropic loci, i.e. genetic loci influencing multiple traits. Here, we applied new meta-analyses of optic nerve head (ONH) related traits implicated in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG); intraocular pressure and central corneal thickness using Haplotype reference consortium imputations. We performed a multi-trait analysis of ONH parameters cup area, disc area and vertical cup-disc ratio. We uncover new variants; rs11158547 in PPP1R36-PLEKHG3 and rs1028727 near SERPINE3 at genome-wide significance that replicate in independent Asian cohorts imputed to 1000 Genomes. At this point, validation of these variants in POAG cohorts is hampered by the high degree of heterogeneity. Our results show that multi-trait analysis is a valid approach to identify novel pleiotropic variants for ONH.

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2019

21. Cross-ancestry genome-wide association analysis of corneal thickness strengthens link between complex and Mendelian eye diseases (vol 9, 1864, 2018)

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Iglesias, AI, Mishra, A, Vitart, V, Bykhovskaya, Y, Hoehn, R, Springelkamp, H, Cuellar-Partida, G, Gharahkhani, P, Bailey, JNC, Willoughby, CE, Li, X, Yazar, S, Nag, A, Khawaja, AP, Polasek, O, Siscovick, D, Mitchell, P, Tham, YC, Haines, JL, Kearns, LS, Hayward, C, Shi, Y, van Leeuwen, EM, Taylor, KD, Bonnemaijer, P, Rotter, JI, Martin, NG, Zeller, T, Mills, RA, Souzeau, E, Staffieri, SE, Jonas, JB, Schmidtmann, I, Boutin, T, Kang, JH, Lucas, SEM, Wong, TY, Beutel, ME, Wilson, JF, Uitterlinden, AG, Vithana, EN, Foster, PJ, Hysi, PG, Hewitt, AW, Khor, CC, Pasquale, LR, Montgomery, GW, Klaver, CCW, Aung, T, Pfeiffer, N, Mackey, DA, Hammond, CJ, Cheng, C-Y, Craig, JE, Rabinowitz, YS, Wiggs, JL, Burdon, KP, van Duijn, CM, MacGregor, S, Wang, JJ, Rochtchina, E, Attia, J, Scott, R, Holliday, EG, Baird, PN, Xie, J, Inouye, M, Viswanathan, A, Sim, X, Allingham, RR, Brilliant, MH, Budenz, DL, Christen, WG, Fingert, J, Friedman, DS, Gaasterland, D, Gaasterland, T, Hauser, MA, Kraft, P, Lee, RK, Lichter, PR, Liu, Y, Loomis, SJ, Moroi, SE, Pericak-Vance, MA, Realini, A, Richards, JE, Schuman, JS, Scott, WK, Singh, K, Sit, AJ, Vollrath, D, Weinreb, RN, Wollstein, G, Zack, DJ, Zhang, K, Donnelly, P, Barroso, I, Blackwell, JM, Bramon, E, Brown, MA, Casas, JP, Corvin, A, Deloukas, P, Duncanson, A, Jankowski, J, Markus, HS, Mathew, CG, Palmer, CNA, Plomin, R, Rautanen, A, Sawcer, SJ, Trembath, RC, Wood, NW, Spencer, CCA, Band, G, Bellenguez, C, Freeman, C, Hellenthal, G, Giannoulatou, E, Pirinen, M, Pearson, R, Strange, A, Su, Z, Vukcevic, D, Langford, C, Hunt, SE, Edkins, S, Gwilliam, R, Blackburn, H, Bumpstead, SJ, Dronov, S, Gillman, M, Gray, E, Hammond, N, Jayakumar, A, McCann, OT, Liddle, J, Potter, SC, Ravindrarajah, R, Ricketts, M, Waller, M, Weston, P, Widaa, S, Whittaker, P, Iglesias, AI, Mishra, A, Vitart, V, Bykhovskaya, Y, Hoehn, R, Springelkamp, H, Cuellar-Partida, G, Gharahkhani, P, Bailey, JNC, Willoughby, CE, Li, X, Yazar, S, Nag, A, Khawaja, AP, Polasek, O, Siscovick, D, Mitchell, P, Tham, YC, Haines, JL, Kearns, LS, Hayward, C, Shi, Y, van Leeuwen, EM, Taylor, KD, Bonnemaijer, P, Rotter, JI, Martin, NG, Zeller, T, Mills, RA, Souzeau, E, Staffieri, SE, Jonas, JB, Schmidtmann, I, Boutin, T, Kang, JH, Lucas, SEM, Wong, TY, Beutel, ME, Wilson, JF, Uitterlinden, AG, Vithana, EN, Foster, PJ, Hysi, PG, Hewitt, AW, Khor, CC, Pasquale, LR, Montgomery, GW, Klaver, CCW, Aung, T, Pfeiffer, N, Mackey, DA, Hammond, CJ, Cheng, C-Y, Craig, JE, Rabinowitz, YS, Wiggs, JL, Burdon, KP, van Duijn, CM, MacGregor, S, Wang, JJ, Rochtchina, E, Attia, J, Scott, R, Holliday, EG, Baird, PN, Xie, J, Inouye, M, Viswanathan, A, Sim, X, Allingham, RR, Brilliant, MH, Budenz, DL, Christen, WG, Fingert, J, Friedman, DS, Gaasterland, D, Gaasterland, T, Hauser, MA, Kraft, P, Lee, RK, Lichter, PR, Liu, Y, Loomis, SJ, Moroi, SE, Pericak-Vance, MA, Realini, A, Richards, JE, Schuman, JS, Scott, WK, Singh, K, Sit, AJ, Vollrath, D, Weinreb, RN, Wollstein, G, Zack, DJ, Zhang, K, Donnelly, P, Barroso, I, Blackwell, JM, Bramon, E, Brown, MA, Casas, JP, Corvin, A, Deloukas, P, Duncanson, A, Jankowski, J, Markus, HS, Mathew, CG, Palmer, CNA, Plomin, R, Rautanen, A, Sawcer, SJ, Trembath, RC, Wood, NW, Spencer, CCA, Band, G, Bellenguez, C, Freeman, C, Hellenthal, G, Giannoulatou, E, Pirinen, M, Pearson, R, Strange, A, Su, Z, Vukcevic, D, Langford, C, Hunt, SE, Edkins, S, Gwilliam, R, Blackburn, H, Bumpstead, SJ, Dronov, S, Gillman, M, Gray, E, Hammond, N, Jayakumar, A, McCann, OT, Liddle, J, Potter, SC, Ravindrarajah, R, Ricketts, M, Waller, M, Weston, P, Widaa, S, and Whittaker, P

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Emmanuelle Souzeau, who contributed to analysis of data, was inadvertently omitted from the author list in the originally published version of this Article. This has now been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article.

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2019

25. Wetterberatung

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Krauß, Joseph, Meldau, Heinrich, Stein, W., Höhn, R., Krauß, Joseph, Meldau, Heinrich, Stein, W., and Höhn, R.

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27. Cross-ancestry genome-wide association analysis of corneal thickness strengthens link between complex and Mendelian eye diseases

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Iglesias, AI, Mishra, A, Vitart, V, Bykhovskaya, Y, Hoehn, R, Springelkamp, H, Cuellar-Partida, G, Gharahkhani, P, Bailey, JNC, Willoughby, CE, Li, X, Yazar, S, Nag, A, Khawaja, AP, Polasek, O, Siscovick, D, Mitchell, P, Tham, YC, Haines, JL, Kearns, LS, Hayward, C, Shi, Y, van Leeuwen, EM, Taylor, KD, Bonnemaijer, P, Rotter, JI, Martin, NG, Zeller, T, Mills, RA, Staffieri, SE, Jonas, JB, Schmidtmann, I, Boutin, T, Kang, JH, Lucas, SEM, Wong, TY, Beutel, ME, Wilson, JF, Uitterlinden, AG, Vithana, EN, Foster, PJ, Hysi, PG, Hewitt, AW, Khor, CC, Pasquale, LR, Montgomery, GW, Klaver, CCW, Aung, T, Pfeiffer, N, Mackey, DA, Hammond, CJ, Cheng, C-Y, Craig, JE, Rabinowitz, YS, Wiggs, JL, Burdon, KP, van Duijn, CM, MacGregor, S, Iglesias, AI, Mishra, A, Vitart, V, Bykhovskaya, Y, Hoehn, R, Springelkamp, H, Cuellar-Partida, G, Gharahkhani, P, Bailey, JNC, Willoughby, CE, Li, X, Yazar, S, Nag, A, Khawaja, AP, Polasek, O, Siscovick, D, Mitchell, P, Tham, YC, Haines, JL, Kearns, LS, Hayward, C, Shi, Y, van Leeuwen, EM, Taylor, KD, Bonnemaijer, P, Rotter, JI, Martin, NG, Zeller, T, Mills, RA, Staffieri, SE, Jonas, JB, Schmidtmann, I, Boutin, T, Kang, JH, Lucas, SEM, Wong, TY, Beutel, ME, Wilson, JF, Uitterlinden, AG, Vithana, EN, Foster, PJ, Hysi, PG, Hewitt, AW, Khor, CC, Pasquale, LR, Montgomery, GW, Klaver, CCW, Aung, T, Pfeiffer, N, Mackey, DA, Hammond, CJ, Cheng, C-Y, Craig, JE, Rabinowitz, YS, Wiggs, JL, Burdon, KP, van Duijn, CM, and MacGregor, S

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Central corneal thickness (CCT) is a highly heritable trait associated with complex eye diseases such as keratoconus and glaucoma. We perform a genome-wide association meta-analysis of CCT and identify 19 novel regions. In addition to adding support for known connective tissue-related pathways, pathway analyses uncover previously unreported gene sets. Remarkably, >20% of the CCT-loci are near or within Mendelian disorder genes. These included FBN1, ADAMTS2 and TGFB2 which associate with connective tissue disorders (Marfan, Ehlers-Danlos and Loeys-Dietz syndromes), and the LUM-DCN-KERA gene complex involved in myopia, corneal dystrophies and cornea plana. Using index CCT-increasing variants, we find a significant inverse correlation in effect sizes between CCT and keratoconus (r = -0.62, P = 5.30 × 10-5) but not between CCT and primary open-angle glaucoma (r = -0.17, P = 0.2). Our findings provide evidence for shared genetic influences between CCT and keratoconus, and implicate candidate genes acting in collagen and extracellular matrix regulation.

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2018

28. A genome-wide association study of corneal astigmatism: The CREAM Consortium

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Shah, RL, Li, Q, Zhao, W, Tedja, MS, Tideman, JWL, Khawaja, AP, Fan, Q, Yazar, S, Williams, KM, Verhoeven, VJM, Xie, J, Wang, YX, Hess, M, Nickels, S, Lackner, KJ, Parssinen, O, Wedenoja, J, Biino, G, Concas, MP, Uitterlinden, A, Rivadeneira, F, Jaddoe, VWV, Hysi, PG, Sim, X, Tan, N, Tham, Y-C, Sensaki, S, Hofman, A, Vingerling, JR, Jonas, JB, Mitchell, P, Hammond, CJ, Hoehn, R, Baird, PN, Wong, T-Y, Cheng, C-Y, Teo, YY, Mackey, DA, Williams, C, Saw, S-M, Klaver, CCW, Guggenheim, JA, Bailey-Wilson, JE, Shah, RL, Li, Q, Zhao, W, Tedja, MS, Tideman, JWL, Khawaja, AP, Fan, Q, Yazar, S, Williams, KM, Verhoeven, VJM, Xie, J, Wang, YX, Hess, M, Nickels, S, Lackner, KJ, Parssinen, O, Wedenoja, J, Biino, G, Concas, MP, Uitterlinden, A, Rivadeneira, F, Jaddoe, VWV, Hysi, PG, Sim, X, Tan, N, Tham, Y-C, Sensaki, S, Hofman, A, Vingerling, JR, Jonas, JB, Mitchell, P, Hammond, CJ, Hoehn, R, Baird, PN, Wong, T-Y, Cheng, C-Y, Teo, YY, Mackey, DA, Williams, C, Saw, S-M, Klaver, CCW, Guggenheim, JA, and Bailey-Wilson, JE

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PURPOSE: To identify genes and genetic markers associated with corneal astigmatism. METHODS: A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of corneal astigmatism undertaken for 14 European ancestry (n=22,250) and 8 Asian ancestry (n=9,120) cohorts was performed by the Consortium for Refractive Error and Myopia. Cases were defined as having >0.75 diopters of corneal astigmatism. Subsequent gene-based and gene-set analyses of the meta-analyzed results of European ancestry cohorts were performed using VEGAS2 and MAGMA software. Additionally, estimates of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based heritability for corneal and refractive astigmatism and the spherical equivalent were calculated for Europeans using LD score regression. RESULTS: The meta-analysis of all cohorts identified a genome-wide significant locus near the platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha (PDGFRA) gene: top SNP: rs7673984, odds ratio=1.12 (95% CI:1.08-1.16), p=5.55×10-9. No other genome-wide significant loci were identified in the combined analysis or European/Asian ancestry-specific analyses. Gene-based analysis identified three novel candidate genes for corneal astigmatism in Europeans-claudin-7 (CLDN7), acid phosphatase 2, lysosomal (ACP2), and TNF alpha-induced protein 8 like 3 (TNFAIP8L3). CONCLUSIONS: In addition to replicating a previously identified genome-wide significant locus for corneal astigmatism near the PDGFRA gene, gene-based analysis identified three novel candidate genes, CLDN7, ACP2, and TNFAIP8L3, that warrant further investigation to understand their role in the pathogenesis of corneal astigmatism. The much lower number of genetic variants and genes demonstrating an association with corneal astigmatism compared to published spherical equivalent GWAS analyses suggest a greater influence of rare genetic variants, non-additive genetic effects, or environmental factors in the development of astigmatism.

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2018

30. Prevalence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration in Europe: The Past and the Future

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Colijn, J.M. (Johanna), Buitendijk, G.H.S. (Gabrielle), Prokofyeva, E. (Elena), Alves, D. (Dalila), Cachulo, M.L. (Maria L.), Khawaja, A.P. (Anthony), Cougnard-Grégoire, A. (Audrey), Merle, B.M.J. (Bénédicte M.J.), Korb, C. (Christina), Erke, M.G. (Maja Gran), Bron, A. (Alain), Anastasopoulos, E. (Eleftherios), Meester-Smoor, M.A. (Magda), Segato, T. (Tatiana), Piermarocchi, S. (Stefano), Jong, P.T.V.M. (Paulus) de, Vingerling, J.R. (Hans), Topouzis, F. (Fotis), Creuzot-Garcher, C. (Catherine), Bertelsen, G. (Geir), Pfeiffer, A.F.H. (Andreas), Fletcher, A.E. (Astrid E.), Foster, P.J. (Paul), Silva, R. (Rufino), Korobelnik, J.-F. (Jean-François), Delcourt, C. (Cécile), Klaver, C.C.W. (Caroline), Ajana, S. (Soufiane), Arango-Gonzalez, B. (Blanca), Arndt, V. (Verena), Bhatia, V. (Vaibhav), Bhattacharya, S.S. (Shomi S.), Biarnés, M. (Marc), Borrell, A. (Anna), Bühren, S. (Sebastian), Calado, S.M. (Sofia M.), Colijn, J.M. (Johanna M.), Dammeier, S. (Sascha), Jong, E.K. (Eiko) de, De la Cerda, B. (Berta), den Hollander, A.I. (Anneke I.), Diaz-Corrales, F.J. (Francisco J.), Diether, S. (Sigrid), Emri, E. (Eszter), Endermann, T. (Tanja), Ferraro, L.L. (Lucia L.), Garcia, M. (Míriam), Heesterbeek, T.J. (Thomas J.), Honisch, S. (Sabina), Hoyng, C.B. (Carel B.), Kersten, E. (Eveline), Kilger, E. (Ellen), Klaver, C.C.W. (Caroline C.W.), Langen, H. (Hanno), Lengyel, I. (Imre), Luthert, P. (Phil), Maugeais, C. (Cyrille), Meester-Smoor, M. (Magda), Monés, J. (Jordi), Nogoceke, E. (Everson), Peto, T. (Tunde), Pool, F.M. (Frances M.), Rodríguez, E. (Eduardo), Ueffing, M. (Marius), Ulrich Bartz-Schmidt, K.U. (Karl U.), van Leeuwen, E.M. (Elisabeth M.), Verzijden, T. (Timo), Zumbansen, M. (Markus), Acar, N. (Niyazi), Anastosopoulos, E. (Eleftherios), Azuara-Blanco, A. (Augusto), Bergen, A.A.B. (Arthur), Binquet, C. (Christine), Bird, A.C. (Alan), Bretillon, L. (Lionel), Buitendijk, G. (Gabrielle), Cachulo, M.L. (Maria Luz), Chakravarthy, U. (Usha), Chan, M. (Michelle), Chang, P. (Petrus), Colijn, J. (Johanna), Cumberland, P. (Phillippa), Cunha-Vaz, J. (José), Daien, V. (Vincent), Deak, G. (Gabor), Delyfer, M.-N. (Marie-Noëlle), Hollander, A.I. (Anneke), Dietzel, M. (Martha), Fauser, S. (Sascha), Finger, R. (Robert), Fletcher, A. (Astrid), Foster, P.J. (Paul J.), Founti, P. (Panayiota), Göbel, A. (Arno), Gorgels, T.G.M.F. (Theo), Grauslund, J. (Jakob), Grus, F. (Franz), Hammond, C.J. (Christopher), Helmer, C. (Catherine), Hense, H.-W. (Hans-Werner), Hermann, M. (Manuel), Hoehn, R. (René), Hogg, R. (Ruth), Holz, F.G. (Frank), Hoyng, C.B. (Carel), Jansonius, N.M. (Nomdo), Janssen, S.F. (Sarah), Khawaja, A. (Anthony), Lamparter, J. (Julia), Le Goff, M. (Mélanie), Leal, S. (Sergio), Lechanteur, Y.T.E. (Yara T. E.), Lehtimäki, T. (Terho), Lotery, A.J. (Andrew), Leung, I. (Irene), Mauschitz, M. (Matthias), Merle, B. (Bénédicte), Meyer zu Westrup, V. (Verena), Midena, E. (Edoardo), Miotto, S. (Stefania), Mirshahi, A. (Alireza), Mohan-Saïd, S. (Sadek), Mueller, M. (Michael), Muldrew, A. (Alyson), Nunes, S. (Sandrina), Oexle, K. (Konrad), Peto, T. (Tünde), Rahi, J. (Jugnoo), Raitakari, O. (Olli), Ribeiro, L. (Luisa), Rougier, M.-B. (Marie-Bénédicte), Sahel, J.-A. (José-Alain), Salonikiou, A. (Aggeliki), Sanchez, C. (Clarisa), Schmitz-Valckenberg, S. (Steffen), Schweitzer, C.M.C. (C. M C), Shehata, J. (Jasmin), Silvestri, G. (Giuliana), Simader, C. (Christian), Souied, E.H. (Eric), Springelkamp, H. (Henriët), Tapp, R. (Robyn), Verhoeven, V. (Virginie), Von Hanno, T. (Therese), Vujosevic, S. (Stela), Williams, K. (Katie), Wolfram, C. (Christian), Yip, J. (Jennifer), Zerbib, J. (Jennyfer), Zwiener, I. (Isabella), Colijn, J.M. (Johanna), Buitendijk, G.H.S. (Gabrielle), Prokofyeva, E. (Elena), Alves, D. (Dalila), Cachulo, M.L. (Maria L.), Khawaja, A.P. (Anthony), Cougnard-Grégoire, A. (Audrey), Merle, B.M.J. (Bénédicte M.J.), Korb, C. (Christina), Erke, M.G. (Maja Gran), Bron, A. (Alain), Anastasopoulos, E. (Eleftherios), Meester-Smoor, M.A. (Magda), Segato, T. (Tatiana), Piermarocchi, S. (Stefano), Jong, P.T.V.M. (Paulus) de, Vingerling, J.R. (Hans), Topouzis, F. (Fotis), Creuzot-Garcher, C. (Catherine), Bertelsen, G. (Geir), Pfeiffer, A.F.H. (Andreas), Fletcher, A.E. (Astrid E.), Foster, P.J. (Paul), Silva, R. (Rufino), Korobelnik, J.-F. (Jean-François), Delcourt, C. (Cécile), Klaver, C.C.W. (Caroline), Ajana, S. (Soufiane), Arango-Gonzalez, B. (Blanca), Arndt, V. (Verena), Bhatia, V. (Vaibhav), Bhattacharya, S.S. (Shomi S.), Biarnés, M. (Marc), Borrell, A. (Anna), Bühren, S. (Sebastian), Calado, S.M. (Sofia M.), Colijn, J.M. (Johanna M.), Dammeier, S. (Sascha), Jong, E.K. (Eiko) de, De la Cerda, B. (Berta), den Hollander, A.I. (Anneke I.), Diaz-Corrales, F.J. (Francisco J.), Diether, S. (Sigrid), Emri, E. (Eszter), Endermann, T. (Tanja), Ferraro, L.L. (Lucia L.), Garcia, M. (Míriam), Heesterbeek, T.J. (Thomas J.), Honisch, S. (Sabina), Hoyng, C.B. (Carel B.), Kersten, E. (Eveline), Kilger, E. (Ellen), Klaver, C.C.W. (Caroline C.W.), Langen, H. (Hanno), Lengyel, I. (Imre), Luthert, P. (Phil), Maugeais, C. (Cyrille), Meester-Smoor, M. (Magda), Monés, J. (Jordi), Nogoceke, E. (Everson), Peto, T. (Tunde), Pool, F.M. (Frances M.), Rodríguez, E. (Eduardo), Ueffing, M. (Marius), Ulrich Bartz-Schmidt, K.U. (Karl U.), van Leeuwen, E.M. (Elisabeth M.), Verzijden, T. (Timo), Zumbansen, M. (Markus), Acar, N. (Niyazi), Anastosopoulos, E. (Eleftherios), Azuara-Blanco, A. (Augusto), Bergen, A.A.B. (Arthur), Binquet, C. (Christine), Bird, A.C. (Alan), Bretillon, L. (Lionel), Buitendijk, G. (Gabrielle), Cachulo, M.L. (Maria Luz), Chakravarthy, U. (Usha), Chan, M. (Michelle), Chang, P. (Petrus), Colijn, J. (Johanna), Cumberland, P. (Phillippa), Cunha-Vaz, J. (José), Daien, V. (Vincent), Deak, G. (Gabor), Delyfer, M.-N. (Marie-Noëlle), Hollander, A.I. (Anneke), Dietzel, M. (Martha), Fauser, S. (Sascha), Finger, R. (Robert), Fletcher, A. (Astrid), Foster, P.J. (Paul J.), Founti, P. (Panayiota), Göbel, A. (Arno), Gorgels, T.G.M.F. (Theo), Grauslund, J. (Jakob), Grus, F. (Franz), Hammond, C.J. (Christopher), Helmer, C. (Catherine), Hense, H.-W. (Hans-Werner), Hermann, M. (Manuel), Hoehn, R. (René), Hogg, R. (Ruth), Holz, F.G. (Frank), Hoyng, C.B. (Carel), Jansonius, N.M. (Nomdo), Janssen, S.F. (Sarah), Khawaja, A. (Anthony), Lamparter, J. (Julia), Le Goff, M. (Mélanie), Leal, S. (Sergio), Lechanteur, Y.T.E. (Yara T. E.), Lehtimäki, T. (Terho), Lotery, A.J. (Andrew), Leung, I. (Irene), Mauschitz, M. (Matthias), Merle, B. (Bénédicte), Meyer zu Westrup, V. (Verena), Midena, E. (Edoardo), Miotto, S. (Stefania), Mirshahi, A. (Alireza), Mohan-Saïd, S. (Sadek), Mueller, M. (Michael), Muldrew, A. (Alyson), Nunes, S. (Sandrina), Oexle, K. (Konrad), Peto, T. (Tünde), Rahi, J. (Jugnoo), Raitakari, O. (Olli), Ribeiro, L. (Luisa), Rougier, M.-B. (Marie-Bénédicte), Sahel, J.-A. (José-Alain), Salonikiou, A. (Aggeliki), Sanchez, C. (Clarisa), Schmitz-Valckenberg, S. (Steffen), Schweitzer, C.M.C. (C. M C), Shehata, J. (Jasmin), Silvestri, G. (Giuliana), Simader, C. (Christian), Souied, E.H. (Eric), Springelkamp, H. (Henriët), Tapp, R. (Robyn), Verhoeven, V. (Virginie), Von Hanno, T. (Therese), Vujosevic, S. (Stela), Williams, K. (Katie), Wolfram, C. (Christian), Yip, J. (Jennifer), Zerbib, J. (Jennyfer), and Zwiener, I. (Isabella)

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Purpose Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a frequent, complex disorder in elderly of European ancestry. Risk profiles and treatment options have changed considerably over the years, which may have affected disease prevalence and outcome. We determined the prevalence of early and late AMD in Europe from 1990 to 2013 using the European Eye Epidemiology (E3) consortium, and made projections for the future. Design Meta-analysis of prevalence data. Participants A total of 42 080 individuals 40 years of age and older participating in 14 population-based cohorts from 10 countries in Europe. Methods AMD was diagnosed based on fundus photographs using the Rotterdam Classification. Prevalence of early and late AMD was calculated using random-effects meta-analysis stratified for age, birth cohort, gender, geographic region, and time period of the study. Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was compared between late AMD subtypes; geographic atrophy (GA) and choroidal neovascularization (CNV). Main Outcome Measures Prevalence of early and late AMD, BCVA, and number of AMD cases. Results Prevalence of early AMD increased from 3.5% (95% confidence interval [CI] 2.1%–5.0%) in those aged 55–59 years to 17.6% (95% C

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31. Systems genetics identifies a role for Cacna2d1 regulation in elevated intraocular pressure and glaucoma susceptibility

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Chintalapudi, S.R. (Sumana R.), Maria, D. (Doaa), Di Wang, X. (Xiang), Bailey, J.N.C. (Jessica N. Cooke), Allingham, R. (Rand), Brilliant, M.H. (Murray H.), Budenz, D.L. (Donald L.), Fingert, J. (John), Gaasterland, D. (Douglas), Gaasterland, T. (Terry), Haines, J.L. (Jonathan), Hark, L. (Lisa), Hauser, M.A. (Michael), Igo Jr., R.P. (Robert), Hee Kang, J. (Jae), Kraft, P. (Peter), Lee, R.K. (Richard K.), Lichter, P.A. (Paul A.), Liu, Y. (Yutao), Moroi, S. (Syoko), Pasquale, L.R. (Louis), Pericak-Vance, M.A. (Margaret), Realini, A. (Anthony), Rhee, D. (Doug), Richards, J.R. (Julia R.), Ritch, R. (Robert), Schuman, J.S. (Joel S.), Scott, W.K. (William), Singh, K. (Kuldev), Sit, A.J. (Arthur J.), Vollrath, D. (Douglas), Wollstein, G. (Gadi), Zack, D.J. (Donald), Aung, T. (Tin), Bonnemaijer, P. (Peter), Cheng, C.-Y. (Cheng-Yu), Craig, J.E. (Jamie), Duijn, C.M. (Cornelia) van, Gharahkhani, P. (Puya), Iglesias Gonzalez, A. (Adriana), Hammond, C.J. (Christopher J.), Hewitt, A. (Alex), Hoehn, R. (Rene), Jonansson, F. (Fridbert), Khawaja, A.P. (Anthony), Chuen Khor, C. (Chiea), Klaver, C.C.W. (Caroline), Lotery, A.J. (Andrew), Mackey, D.A. (David), MacGregor, S. (Stuart), Pang, C. (Calvin), Pasutto, F. (Francesca), Zwart, J-A. (John-Anker), Thorleifsson, G. (Gudmar), Thorsteinsdottir, U. (Unnar), Vitart, V. (Veronique), Vithana, E.N. (Eranga), Young, T.L. (Terri L.), Zeller, T. (Tanja), Hysi, P.G. (Pirro), Wiggs, J.L. (Janey L.), Williams, R.W. (Robert W.), Jablonski, M.M. (Monica M.), Chintalapudi, S.R. (Sumana R.), Maria, D. (Doaa), Di Wang, X. (Xiang), Bailey, J.N.C. (Jessica N. Cooke), Allingham, R. (Rand), Brilliant, M.H. (Murray H.), Budenz, D.L. (Donald L.), Fingert, J. (John), Gaasterland, D. (Douglas), Gaasterland, T. (Terry), Haines, J.L. (Jonathan), Hark, L. (Lisa), Hauser, M.A. (Michael), Igo Jr., R.P. (Robert), Hee Kang, J. (Jae), Kraft, P. (Peter), Lee, R.K. (Richard K.), Lichter, P.A. (Paul A.), Liu, Y. (Yutao), Moroi, S. (Syoko), Pasquale, L.R. (Louis), Pericak-Vance, M.A. (Margaret), Realini, A. (Anthony), Rhee, D. (Doug), Richards, J.R. (Julia R.), Ritch, R. (Robert), Schuman, J.S. (Joel S.), Scott, W.K. (William), Singh, K. (Kuldev), Sit, A.J. (Arthur J.), Vollrath, D. (Douglas), Wollstein, G. (Gadi), Zack, D.J. (Donald), Aung, T. (Tin), Bonnemaijer, P. (Peter), Cheng, C.-Y. (Cheng-Yu), Craig, J.E. (Jamie), Duijn, C.M. (Cornelia) van, Gharahkhani, P. (Puya), Iglesias Gonzalez, A. (Adriana), Hammond, C.J. (Christopher J.), Hewitt, A. (Alex), Hoehn, R. (Rene), Jonansson, F. (Fridbert), Khawaja, A.P. (Anthony), Chuen Khor, C. (Chiea), Klaver, C.C.W. (Caroline), Lotery, A.J. (Andrew), Mackey, D.A. (David), MacGregor, S. (Stuart), Pang, C. (Calvin), Pasutto, F. (Francesca), Zwart, J-A. (John-Anker), Thorleifsson, G. (Gudmar), Thorsteinsdottir, U. (Unnar), Vitart, V. (Veronique), Vithana, E.N. (Eranga), Young, T.L. (Terri L.), Zeller, T. (Tanja), Hysi, P.G. (Pirro), Wiggs, J.L. (Janey L.), Williams, R.W. (Robert W.), and Jablonski, M.M. (Monica M.)

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Glaucoma is a multi-factorial blinding disease in which genetic factors play an important role. Elevated intraocular pressure is a highly heritable risk factor for primary open angle glaucoma and currently the only target for glaucoma therapy. Our study helps to better understand underlying genetic and molecular mechanisms that regulate intraocular pressure, and identifies a new candidate gene, Cacna2d1, that modulates intraocular pressure and a promising therapeutic, pregabalin, which binds to CACNA2D1 protein and lowers intraocular pressure significantly. Because our study utilizes a genetically diverse population of mice with know

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2017
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32. Meta-analysis of gene-environment-wide association scans accounting for education level identifies additional loci for refractive error

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Fan, Q, Verhoeven, VJM, Wojciechowski, R, Barathi, VA, Hysi, PG, Guggenheim, JA, Hoehn, R, Vitart, V, Khawaja, AP, Yamashiro, K, Hosseini, SM, Lehtimaki, T, Lu, Y, Haller, T, Xie, J, Delcourt, C, Pirastu, M, Wedenoja, J, Gharahkhani, P, Venturini, C, Miyake, M, Hewitt, AW, Guo, X, Mazur, J, Huffman, JE, Williams, KM, Polasek, O, Campbell, H, Rudan, I, Vatavuk, Z, Wilson, JF, Joshi, PK, McMahon, G, St Pourcain, B, Evans, DM, Simpson, CL, Schwantes-An, T-H, Igo, RP, Mirshahi, A, Cougnard-Gregoire, A, Bellenguez, C, Blettner, M, Raitakari, O, Kaehoenen, M, Seppala, I, Zeller, T, Meitinger, T, Ried, JS, Gieger, C, Portas, L, van Leeuwen, EM, Amin, N, Uitterlinden, AG, Rivadeneira, F, Hofman, A, Vingerling, JR, Wang, YX, Wang, X, Boh, ET-H, Ikram, MK, Sabanayagam, C, Gupta, P, Tan, V, Zhou, L, Ho, CEH, Lim, W, Beuerman, RW, Siantar, R, Tai, E-S, Vithana, E, Mihailov, E, Khor, C-C, Hayward, C, Luben, RN, Foster, PJ, Klein, BEK, Klein, R, Wong, H-S, Mitchell, P, Metspalu, A, Aung, T, Young, TL, He, M, Paerssinen, O, van Duijn, CM, Wang, JJ, Williams, C, Jonas, JB, Teo, Y-Y, David, AMM, Oexle, K, Yoshimura, N, Paterson, AD, Pfeiffer, N, Wong, T-Y, Baird, PN, Stambolian, D, Bailey-Wilson, JE, Cheng, C-Y, Hammond, CJ, Klaver, CCW, Saw, S-M, Rahi, JS, Korobelnik, J-F, Kemp, JP, Timpson, NJ, Smith, GD, Craig, JE, Burdon, KP, Fogarty, RD, Iyengar, SK, Chew, E, Janmahasatian, S, Martin, NG, MacGregor, S, Xu, L, Schache, M, Nangia, V, Panda-Jonas, S, Wright, AF, Fondran, JR, Lass, JH, Feng, S, Zhao, JH, Khaw, K-T, Wareham, NJ, Rantanen, T, Kaprio, J, Pang, CP, Chen, LJ, Tam, PO, Jhanji, V, Young, AL, Doering, A, Raffel, LJ, Cotch, M-F, Li, X, Yip, SP, Yap, MKH, Biino, G, Vaccargiu, S, Fossarello, M, Fleck, B, Yazar, S, Tideman, JWL, Tedja, M, Deangelis, MM, Morrison, M, Farrer, L, Zhou, X, Chen, W, Mizuki, N, Meguro, A, Makela, KM, Fan, Q, Verhoeven, VJM, Wojciechowski, R, Barathi, VA, Hysi, PG, Guggenheim, JA, Hoehn, R, Vitart, V, Khawaja, AP, Yamashiro, K, Hosseini, SM, Lehtimaki, T, Lu, Y, Haller, T, Xie, J, Delcourt, C, Pirastu, M, Wedenoja, J, Gharahkhani, P, Venturini, C, Miyake, M, Hewitt, AW, Guo, X, Mazur, J, Huffman, JE, Williams, KM, Polasek, O, Campbell, H, Rudan, I, Vatavuk, Z, Wilson, JF, Joshi, PK, McMahon, G, St Pourcain, B, Evans, DM, Simpson, CL, Schwantes-An, T-H, Igo, RP, Mirshahi, A, Cougnard-Gregoire, A, Bellenguez, C, Blettner, M, Raitakari, O, Kaehoenen, M, Seppala, I, Zeller, T, Meitinger, T, Ried, JS, Gieger, C, Portas, L, van Leeuwen, EM, Amin, N, Uitterlinden, AG, Rivadeneira, F, Hofman, A, Vingerling, JR, Wang, YX, Wang, X, Boh, ET-H, Ikram, MK, Sabanayagam, C, Gupta, P, Tan, V, Zhou, L, Ho, CEH, Lim, W, Beuerman, RW, Siantar, R, Tai, E-S, Vithana, E, Mihailov, E, Khor, C-C, Hayward, C, Luben, RN, Foster, PJ, Klein, BEK, Klein, R, Wong, H-S, Mitchell, P, Metspalu, A, Aung, T, Young, TL, He, M, Paerssinen, O, van Duijn, CM, Wang, JJ, Williams, C, Jonas, JB, Teo, Y-Y, David, AMM, Oexle, K, Yoshimura, N, Paterson, AD, Pfeiffer, N, Wong, T-Y, Baird, PN, Stambolian, D, Bailey-Wilson, JE, Cheng, C-Y, Hammond, CJ, Klaver, CCW, Saw, S-M, Rahi, JS, Korobelnik, J-F, Kemp, JP, Timpson, NJ, Smith, GD, Craig, JE, Burdon, KP, Fogarty, RD, Iyengar, SK, Chew, E, Janmahasatian, S, Martin, NG, MacGregor, S, Xu, L, Schache, M, Nangia, V, Panda-Jonas, S, Wright, AF, Fondran, JR, Lass, JH, Feng, S, Zhao, JH, Khaw, K-T, Wareham, NJ, Rantanen, T, Kaprio, J, Pang, CP, Chen, LJ, Tam, PO, Jhanji, V, Young, AL, Doering, A, Raffel, LJ, Cotch, M-F, Li, X, Yip, SP, Yap, MKH, Biino, G, Vaccargiu, S, Fossarello, M, Fleck, B, Yazar, S, Tideman, JWL, Tedja, M, Deangelis, MM, Morrison, M, Farrer, L, Zhou, X, Chen, W, Mizuki, N, Meguro, A, and Makela, KM

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Myopia is the most common human eye disorder and it results from complex genetic and environmental causes. The rapidly increasing prevalence of myopia poses a major public health challenge. Here, the CREAM consortium performs a joint meta-analysis to test single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) main effects and SNP × education interaction effects on refractive error in 40,036 adults from 25 studies of European ancestry and 10,315 adults from 9 studies of Asian ancestry. In European ancestry individuals, we identify six novel loci (FAM150B-ACP1, LINC00340, FBN1, DIS3L-MAP2K1, ARID2-SNAT1 and SLC14A2) associated with refractive error. In Asian populations, three genome-wide significant loci AREG, GABRR1 and PDE10A also exhibit strong interactions with education (P<8.5 × 10(-5)), whereas the interactions are less evident in Europeans. The discovery of these loci represents an important advance in understanding how gene and environment interactions contribute to the heterogeneity of myopia.

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2016

33. Genome-wide association study for refractive astigmatism reveals genetic co-determination with spherical equivalent refractive error: the CREAM consortium

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Li, Q, Wojciechowski, R, Simpson, CL, Hysi, PG, Verhoeven, VJM, Ikram, MK, Hoehn, R, Vitart, V, Hewitt, AW, Oexle, K, Makela, K-M, MacGregor, S, Pirastu, M, Fan, Q, Cheng, C-Y, St Pourcain, B, McMahon, G, Kemp, JP, Northstone, K, Rahi, JS, Cumberland, PM, Martin, NG, Sanfilippo, PG, Lu, Y, Wang, YX, Hayward, C, Polasek, O, Campbell, H, Bencic, G, Wright, AF, Wedenoja, J, Zeller, T, Schillert, A, Mirshahi, A, Lackner, K, Yip, SP, Yap, MKH, Ried, JS, Gieger, C, Murgia, F, Wilson, JF, Fleck, B, Yazar, S, Vingerling, JR, Hofman, A, Uitterlinden, A, Rivadeneira, F, Amin, N, Karssen, L, Oostra, BA, Zhou, X, Teo, Y-Y, Tai, ES, Vithana, E, Barathi, V, Zheng, Y, Siantar, RG, Neelam, K, Shin, Y, Lam, J, Yonova-Doing, E, Venturini, C, Hosseini, SM, Wong, H-S, Lehtimaki, T, Kahonen, M, Raitakari, O, Timpson, NJ, Evans, DM, Khor, C-C, Aung, T, Young, TL, Mitchell, P, Klein, B, van Duijn, CM, Meitinger, T, Jonas, JB, Baird, PN, Mackey, DA, Wong, TY, Saw, S-M, Parssinen, O, Stambolian, D, Hammond, CJ, Klaver, CCW, Williams, C, Paterson, AD, Bailey-Wilson, JE, Guggenheim, JA, Li, Q, Wojciechowski, R, Simpson, CL, Hysi, PG, Verhoeven, VJM, Ikram, MK, Hoehn, R, Vitart, V, Hewitt, AW, Oexle, K, Makela, K-M, MacGregor, S, Pirastu, M, Fan, Q, Cheng, C-Y, St Pourcain, B, McMahon, G, Kemp, JP, Northstone, K, Rahi, JS, Cumberland, PM, Martin, NG, Sanfilippo, PG, Lu, Y, Wang, YX, Hayward, C, Polasek, O, Campbell, H, Bencic, G, Wright, AF, Wedenoja, J, Zeller, T, Schillert, A, Mirshahi, A, Lackner, K, Yip, SP, Yap, MKH, Ried, JS, Gieger, C, Murgia, F, Wilson, JF, Fleck, B, Yazar, S, Vingerling, JR, Hofman, A, Uitterlinden, A, Rivadeneira, F, Amin, N, Karssen, L, Oostra, BA, Zhou, X, Teo, Y-Y, Tai, ES, Vithana, E, Barathi, V, Zheng, Y, Siantar, RG, Neelam, K, Shin, Y, Lam, J, Yonova-Doing, E, Venturini, C, Hosseini, SM, Wong, H-S, Lehtimaki, T, Kahonen, M, Raitakari, O, Timpson, NJ, Evans, DM, Khor, C-C, Aung, T, Young, TL, Mitchell, P, Klein, B, van Duijn, CM, Meitinger, T, Jonas, JB, Baird, PN, Mackey, DA, Wong, TY, Saw, S-M, Parssinen, O, Stambolian, D, Hammond, CJ, Klaver, CCW, Williams, C, Paterson, AD, Bailey-Wilson, JE, and Guggenheim, JA

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To identify genetic variants associated with refractive astigmatism in the general population, meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies were performed for: White Europeans aged at least 25 years (20 cohorts, N = 31,968); Asian subjects aged at least 25 years (7 cohorts, N = 9,295); White Europeans aged <25 years (4 cohorts, N = 5,640); and all independent individuals from the above three samples combined with a sample of Chinese subjects aged <25 years (N = 45,931). Participants were classified as cases with refractive astigmatism if the average cylinder power in their two eyes was at least 1.00 diopter and as controls otherwise. Genome-wide association analysis was carried out for each cohort separately using logistic regression. Meta-analysis was conducted using a fixed effects model. In the older European group the most strongly associated marker was downstream of the neurexin-1 (NRXN1) gene (rs1401327, P = 3.92E-8). No other region reached genome-wide significance, and association signals were lower for the younger European group and Asian group. In the meta-analysis of all cohorts, no marker reached genome-wide significance: The most strongly associated regions were, NRXN1 (rs1401327, P = 2.93E-07), TOX (rs7823467, P = 3.47E-07) and LINC00340 (rs12212674, P = 1.49E-06). For 34 markers identified in prior GWAS for spherical equivalent refractive error, the beta coefficients for genotype versus spherical equivalent, and genotype versus refractive astigmatism, were highly correlated (r = -0.59, P = 2.10E-04). This work revealed no consistent or strong genetic signals for refractive astigmatism; however, the TOX gene region previously identified in GWAS for spherical equivalent refractive error was the second most strongly associated region. Analysis of additional markers provided evidence supporting widespread genetic co-susceptibility for spherical and astigmatic refractive errors.

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2015

34. Einleitung

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Krauß, Joseph, Meldau, Heinrich, Stein, W., Höhn, R., Krauß, Joseph, Meldau, Heinrich, Stein, W., and Höhn, R.

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35. Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies novel loci that influence cupping and the glaucomatous process

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Springelkamp, H, Hoehn, R, Mishra, A, Hysi, PG, Khor, C-C, Loomis, SJ, Bailey, JNC, Gibson, J, Thorleifsson, G, Janssen, SF, Luo, X, Ramdas, WD, Vithana, E, Nongpiur, ME, Montgomery, G, Xu, L, Mountain, JE, Gharahkhani, P, Lu, Y, Amin, N, Karssen, LC, Sim, K-S, van Leeuwen, EM, Iglesias, AI, Verhoeven, VJM, Hauser, MA, Loon, S-C, Despriet, DDG, Nag, A, Venturini, C, Sanfilippo, PG, Schillert, A, Kang, JH, Landers, J, Jonasson, F, Cree, AJ, van Koolwijk, LME, Rivadeneira, F, Souzeau, E, Jonsson, V, Menon, G, Weinreb, RN, de Jong, PTVM, Oostra, BA, Uitterlinden, AG, Hofman, A, Ennis, S, Thorsteinsdottir, U, Burdon, KP, Spector, TD, Mirshahi, A, Saw, S-M, Vingerling, JR, Teo, Y-Y, Haines, JL, Wolfs, RCW, Lemij, HG, Tai, E-S, Jansonius, NM, Jonas, JB, Cheng, C-Y, Aung, T, Viswanathan, AC, Klaver, CCW, Craig, JE, Macgregor, S, Mackey, DA, Lotery, AJ, Stefansson, K, Bergen, AAB, Young, TL, Wiggs, JL, Pfeiffer, N, Wong, T-Y, Pasquale, LR, Hewitt, AW, van Duijn, CM, Hammond, CJ, Springelkamp, H, Hoehn, R, Mishra, A, Hysi, PG, Khor, C-C, Loomis, SJ, Bailey, JNC, Gibson, J, Thorleifsson, G, Janssen, SF, Luo, X, Ramdas, WD, Vithana, E, Nongpiur, ME, Montgomery, G, Xu, L, Mountain, JE, Gharahkhani, P, Lu, Y, Amin, N, Karssen, LC, Sim, K-S, van Leeuwen, EM, Iglesias, AI, Verhoeven, VJM, Hauser, MA, Loon, S-C, Despriet, DDG, Nag, A, Venturini, C, Sanfilippo, PG, Schillert, A, Kang, JH, Landers, J, Jonasson, F, Cree, AJ, van Koolwijk, LME, Rivadeneira, F, Souzeau, E, Jonsson, V, Menon, G, Weinreb, RN, de Jong, PTVM, Oostra, BA, Uitterlinden, AG, Hofman, A, Ennis, S, Thorsteinsdottir, U, Burdon, KP, Spector, TD, Mirshahi, A, Saw, S-M, Vingerling, JR, Teo, Y-Y, Haines, JL, Wolfs, RCW, Lemij, HG, Tai, E-S, Jansonius, NM, Jonas, JB, Cheng, C-Y, Aung, T, Viswanathan, AC, Klaver, CCW, Craig, JE, Macgregor, S, Mackey, DA, Lotery, AJ, Stefansson, K, Bergen, AAB, Young, TL, Wiggs, JL, Pfeiffer, N, Wong, T-Y, Pasquale, LR, Hewitt, AW, van Duijn, CM, and Hammond, CJ

Abstract

Glaucoma is characterized by irreversible optic nerve degeneration and is the most frequent cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. Here, the International Glaucoma Genetics Consortium conducts a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of vertical cup-disc ratio (VCDR), an important disease-related optic nerve parameter. In 21,094 individuals of European ancestry and 6,784 individuals of Asian ancestry, we identify 10 new loci associated with variation in VCDR. In a separate risk-score analysis of five case-control studies, Caucasians in the highest quintile have a 2.5-fold increased risk of primary open-angle glaucoma as compared with those in the lowest quintile. This study has more than doubled the known loci associated with optic disc cupping and will allow greater understanding of mechanisms involved in this common blinding condition.

Published
2014

36. Use of Elderly Allografts in Liver Transplantation.

Author

Paterno, F., primary, Singhal, A., additional, Wima, K., additional, Hoehn, R., additional, Wilson, G., additional, Abbott, D., additional, Cuffy, M., additional, Diwan, T., additional, Woodle, S., additional, and Shah, S., additional

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2014
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39. Large scale international replication and meta-analysis study confirms association of the 15q14 locus with myopia. The CREAM consortium

Author

Verhoeven, VJM, Hysi, PG, Saw, S-M, Vitart, V, Mirshahi, A, Guggenheim, JA, Cotch, MF, Yamashiro, K, Baird, PN, Mackey, DA, Wojciechowski, R, Ikram, MK, Hewitt, AW, Duggal, P, Janmahasatian, S, Khor, C-C, Fan, Q, Zhou, X, Young, TL, Tai, E-S, Goh, L-K, Li, Y-J, Aung, T, Vithana, E, Teo, Y-Y, Tay, W, Sim, X, Rudan, I, Hayward, C, Wright, AF, Polasek, O, Campbell, H, Wilson, JF, Fleck, BW, Nakata, I, Yoshimura, N, Yamada, R, Matsuda, F, Ohno-Matsui, K, Nag, A, McMahon, G, St Pourcain, B, Lu, Y, Rahi, JS, Cumberland, PM, Bhattacharya, S, Simpson, CL, Atwood, LD, Li, X, Raffel, LJ, Murgia, F, Portas, L, Despriet, DDG, van Koolwijk, LME, Wolfram, C, Lackner, KJ, Toenjes, A, Maegi, R, Lehtimaki, T, Kahonen, M, Esko, T, Metspalu, A, Rantanen, T, Parssinen, O, Klein, BE, Meitinger, T, Spector, TD, Oostra, BA, Smith, AV, de Jong, PTVM, Hofman, A, Amin, N, Karssen, LC, Rivadeneira, F, Vingerling, JR, Eiriksdottir, G, Gudnason, V, Doering, A, Bettecken, T, Uitterlinden, AG, Williams, C, Zeller, T, Castagne, R, Oexle, K, van Duijn, CM, Iyengar, SK, Mitchell, P, Wang, JJ, Hoehn, R, Pfeiffer, N, Bailey-Wilson, JE, Stambolian, D, Wong, T-Y, Hammond, CJ, Klaver, CCW, Verhoeven, VJM, Hysi, PG, Saw, S-M, Vitart, V, Mirshahi, A, Guggenheim, JA, Cotch, MF, Yamashiro, K, Baird, PN, Mackey, DA, Wojciechowski, R, Ikram, MK, Hewitt, AW, Duggal, P, Janmahasatian, S, Khor, C-C, Fan, Q, Zhou, X, Young, TL, Tai, E-S, Goh, L-K, Li, Y-J, Aung, T, Vithana, E, Teo, Y-Y, Tay, W, Sim, X, Rudan, I, Hayward, C, Wright, AF, Polasek, O, Campbell, H, Wilson, JF, Fleck, BW, Nakata, I, Yoshimura, N, Yamada, R, Matsuda, F, Ohno-Matsui, K, Nag, A, McMahon, G, St Pourcain, B, Lu, Y, Rahi, JS, Cumberland, PM, Bhattacharya, S, Simpson, CL, Atwood, LD, Li, X, Raffel, LJ, Murgia, F, Portas, L, Despriet, DDG, van Koolwijk, LME, Wolfram, C, Lackner, KJ, Toenjes, A, Maegi, R, Lehtimaki, T, Kahonen, M, Esko, T, Metspalu, A, Rantanen, T, Parssinen, O, Klein, BE, Meitinger, T, Spector, TD, Oostra, BA, Smith, AV, de Jong, PTVM, Hofman, A, Amin, N, Karssen, LC, Rivadeneira, F, Vingerling, JR, Eiriksdottir, G, Gudnason, V, Doering, A, Bettecken, T, Uitterlinden, AG, Williams, C, Zeller, T, Castagne, R, Oexle, K, van Duijn, CM, Iyengar, SK, Mitchell, P, Wang, JJ, Hoehn, R, Pfeiffer, N, Bailey-Wilson, JE, Stambolian, D, Wong, T-Y, Hammond, CJ, and Klaver, CCW

Abstract

Myopia is a complex genetic disorder and a common cause of visual impairment among working age adults. Genome-wide association studies have identified susceptibility loci on chromosomes 15q14 and 15q25 in Caucasian populations of European ancestry. Here, we present a confirmation and meta-analysis study in which we assessed whether these two loci are also associated with myopia in other populations. The study population comprised 31 cohorts from the Consortium of Refractive Error and Myopia (CREAM) representing 4 different continents with 55,177 individuals; 42,845 Caucasians and 12,332 Asians. We performed a meta-analysis of 14 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on 15q14 and 5 SNPs on 15q25 using linear regression analysis with spherical equivalent as a quantitative outcome, adjusted for age and sex. We calculated the odds ratio (OR) of myopia versus hyperopia for carriers of the top-SNP alleles using a fixed effects meta-analysis. At locus 15q14, all SNPs were significantly replicated, with the lowest P value 3.87 × 10(-12) for SNP rs634990 in Caucasians, and 9.65 × 10(-4) for rs8032019 in Asians. The overall meta-analysis provided P value 9.20 × 10(-23) for the top SNP rs634990. The risk of myopia versus hyperopia was OR 1.88 (95 % CI 1.64, 2.16, P < 0.001) for homozygous carriers of the risk allele at the top SNP rs634990, and OR 1.33 (95 % CI 1.19, 1.49, P < 0.001) for heterozygous carriers. SNPs at locus 15q25 did not replicate significantly (P value 5.81 × 10(-2) for top SNP rs939661). We conclude that common variants at chromosome 15q14 influence susceptibility for myopia in Caucasian and Asian populations world-wide.

Published
2012

40. Stadsbomen zuurstofproductie en koolstofvastlegging

Author

Nowak, D.J., Hoehn, R., Crane, D.E., Nowak, D.J., Hoehn, R., and Crane, D.E.

Abstract

Zuurstofproductie is één van de vele milieuvoordelen van bomen, en stadsbomen kunnen een aanzienlijke hoeveelheid zuurstof produceren. Maar creëert deze zuurstofproductie werkelijk een significant milieuvoordeel vergeleken met andere milieuvoordelen van bomen, zoals koolstofvastlegging en het beperken van luchtvervuiling?

Published
2008

45. Silberdistel : Blume des Jahres 1997

Author

Hoehn, R. and Hoehn, R.

Abstract

Twee vormen worden onderscheiden, de stengelloze vorm en die waarbij bloemstelen gevormd worden

Published
1997

46. Gemeine Eberesche : Baum des Jahres 1997

Author

Hoehn, R. and Hoehn, R.

Abstract

De lijsterbesboom, zeer geliefd bij de vogels en geschikt als straatboom. De boom biedt een niet onaanzienlijke hoeveelheid nectar

Published
1997

49. The attribute rating test for sensory analysis.

Author

Dietrich, A. M., Whelton, A. J., Hoehn, R. C., Anderson, R., and Wille, M.

Subjects
WATER utilities, ACTIVATED carbon, WATER quality management, SEWAGE purification, ADSORPTION (Chemistry), WASTEWATER treatment
Abstract

This new sensory method evaluates the intensity of an odorant by using a modified "pairedcomparison" format. It can be applied to any situation for which the odor-causing agent is known and a purified standard is available. The attribute rating test requires that a standard solution of the odorant be prepared at a concentration that is both readily recognized by most individuals and likely to evoke customer complaints. Within an hour individuals can be trained to compare the odor type and intensity of the standard to water samples, then rate the odor in the sample as "not detected," "less than the standard," "equal to standard," or "greater than the standard." The attribute rating test was successfully used by a full-scale water treatment facility to monitor the intensity of geosmin in the source water and to determine the effectiveness of powdered activated carbon for controlling its earthy-odor in treated water. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2004
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