1. Identification of Novel Genetic Loci Associated with Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies and Clinical Thyroid Disease
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Medici, Marco, Porcu, Eleonora, Pistis, Giorgio, Teumer, Alexander, Brown, Suzanne J, Jensen, Richard A, Rawal, Rajesh, Roef, Greet L, Plantinga, Theo S, Vermeulen, Sita H, Lahti, Jari, Simmonds, Matthew J, Husemoen, Lise Lotte N, Freathy, Rachel M, Shields, Beverley M, Pietzner, Diana, Nagy, Rebecca, Broer, Linda, Chaker, Layal, Korevaar, Tim IM, Plia, Maria Grazia, Sala, Cinzia, Völker, Uwe, Richards, J Brent, Sweep, Fred C, Gieger, Christian, Corre, Tanguy, Kajantie, Eero, Thuesen, Betina, Taes, Youri E, Visser, W Edward, Hattersley, Andrew T, Kratzsch, Jürgen, Hamilton, Alexander, Li, Wei, Homuth, Georg, Lobina, Monia, Mariotti, Stefano, Soranzo, Nicole, Cocca, Massimiliano, Nauck, Matthias, Spielhagen, Christin, Ross, Alec, Arnold, Alice, van de Bunt, Martijn, Liyanarachchi, Sandya, Heier, Margit, Grabe, Hans Jörgen, Masciullo, Corrado, Galesloot, Tessel E, Lim, Ee M, Reischl, Eva, Leedman, Peter J, Lai, Sandra, Delitala, Alessandro, Bremner, Alexandra P, Philips, David IW, Beilby, John P, Mulas, Antonella, Vocale, Matteo, Abecasis, Goncalo, Forsen, Tom, James, Alan, Widen, Elisabeth, Hui, Jennie, Prokisch, Holger, Rietzschel, Ernst E, Palotie, Aarno, Feddema, Peter, Fletcher, Stephen J, Schramm, Katharina, Rotter, Jerome I, Kluttig, Alexander, Radke, Dörte, Traglia, Michela, Surdulescu, Gabriela L, He, Huiling, Franklyn, Jayne A, Tiller, Daniel, Vaidya, Bijay, de Meyer, Tim, Jørgensen, Torben, Eriksson, Johan G, O'Leary, Peter C, Wichmann, Eric, Hermus, Ad R, Psaty, Bruce M, Ittermann, Till, Hofman, Albert, Bosi, Emanuele, Schlessinger, David, Wallaschofski, Henri, Pirastu, Nicola, Aulchenko, Yurii S, de la Chapelle, Albert, Netea-Maier, Romana T, Gough, Stephen CL, Schwabedissen, Henriette Meyer zu, Frayling, Timothy M, and Kaufman, Jean-Marc
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Biological Sciences ,Genetics ,Prevention ,Clinical Research ,Autoimmune Disease ,2.1 Biological and endogenous factors ,Aetiology ,4.1 Discovery and preclinical testing of markers and technologies ,Detection ,screening and diagnosis ,Metabolic and endocrine ,Autoantibodies ,Genetic Loci ,Genome-Wide Association Study ,Graves Disease ,Hashimoto Disease ,Humans ,Iodide Peroxidase ,Risk Factors ,Thyroiditis ,Autoimmune ,Thyrotropin ,Developmental Biology - Abstract
Autoimmune thyroid diseases (AITD) are common, affecting 2-5% of the general population. Individuals with positive thyroid peroxidase antibodies (TPOAbs) have an increased risk of autoimmune hypothyroidism (Hashimoto's thyroiditis), as well as autoimmune hyperthyroidism (Graves' disease). As the possible causative genes of TPOAbs and AITD remain largely unknown, we performed GWAS meta-analyses in 18,297 individuals for TPOAb-positivity (1769 TPOAb-positives and 16,528 TPOAb-negatives) and in 12,353 individuals for TPOAb serum levels, with replication in 8,990 individuals. Significant associations (P
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- 2014