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1. Genetic determinants of telomere length from 109,122 ancestrally diverse whole-genome sequences in TOPMed.

Author: Taub, Margaret A, Taub, Margaret A, Conomos, Matthew P, Keener, Rebecca, Iyer, Kruthika R, Weinstock, Joshua S, Yanek, Lisa R, Lane, John, Miller-Fleming, Tyne W, Brody, Jennifer A, Raffield, Laura M, McHugh, Caitlin P, Jain, Deepti, Gogarten, Stephanie M, Laurie, Cecelia A, Keramati, Ali, Arvanitis, Marios, Smith, Albert V, Heavner, Benjamin, Barwick, Lucas, Becker, Lewis C, Bis, Joshua C, Blangero, John, Bleecker, Eugene R, Burchard, Esteban G, Celedón, Juan C, Chang, Yen Pei C, Custer, Brian, Darbar, Dawood, de Las Fuentes, Lisa, DeMeo, Dawn L, Freedman, Barry I, Garrett, Melanie E, Gladwin, Mark T, Heckbert, Susan R, Hidalgo, Bertha A, Irvin, Marguerite R, Islam, Talat, Johnson, W Craig, Kaab, Stefan, Launer, Lenore, Lee, Jiwon, Liu, Simin, Moscati, Arden, North, Kari E, Peyser, Patricia A, Rafaels, Nicholas, Seidman, Christine, Weeks, Daniel E, Wen, Fayun, Wheeler, Marsha M, Williams, L Keoki, Yang, Ivana V, Zhao, Wei, Aslibekyan, Stella, Auer, Paul L, Bowden, Donald W, Cade, Brian E, Chen, Zhanghua, Cho, Michael H, Cupples, L Adrienne, Curran, Joanne E, Daya, Michelle, Deka, Ranjan, Eng, Celeste, Fingerlin, Tasha E, Guo, Xiuqing, Hou, Lifang, Hwang, Shih-Jen, Johnsen, Jill M, Kenny, Eimear E, Levin, Albert M, Liu, Chunyu, Minster, Ryan L, Naseri, Take, Nouraie, Mehdi, Reupena, Muagututi'a Sefuiva, Sabino, Ester C, Smith, Jennifer A, Smith, Nicholas L, Su, Jessica Lasky, Taylor, James G, Telen, Marilyn J, Tiwari, Hemant K, Tracy, Russell P, White, Marquitta J, Zhang, Yingze, Wiggins, Kerri L, Weiss, Scott T, Vasan, Ramachandran S, Taylor, Kent D, Sinner, Moritz F, Silverman, Edwin K, Shoemaker, M Benjamin, Sheu, Wayne H-H, Sciurba, Frank, Schwartz, David A, Rotter, Jerome I, Roden, Daniel, Redline, Susan, Raby, Benjamin A, Taub, Margaret A, Taub, Margaret A, Conomos, Matthew P, Keener, Rebecca, Iyer, Kruthika R, Weinstock, Joshua S, Yanek, Lisa R, Lane, John, Miller-Fleming, Tyne W, Brody, Jennifer A, Raffield, Laura M, McHugh, Caitlin P, Jain, Deepti, Gogarten, Stephanie M, Laurie, Cecelia A, Keramati, Ali, Arvanitis, Marios, Smith, Albert V, Heavner, Benjamin, Barwick, Lucas, Becker, Lewis C, Bis, Joshua C, Blangero, John, Bleecker, Eugene R, Burchard, Esteban G, Celedón, Juan C, Chang, Yen Pei C, Custer, Brian, Darbar, Dawood, de Las Fuentes, Lisa, DeMeo, Dawn L, Freedman, Barry I, Garrett, Melanie E, Gladwin, Mark T, Heckbert, Susan R, Hidalgo, Bertha A, Irvin, Marguerite R, Islam, Talat, Johnson, W Craig, Kaab, Stefan, Launer, Lenore, Lee, Jiwon, Liu, Simin, Moscati, Arden, North, Kari E, Peyser, Patricia A, Rafaels, Nicholas, Seidman, Christine, Weeks, Daniel E, Wen, Fayun, Wheeler, Marsha M, Williams, L Keoki, Yang, Ivana V, Zhao, Wei, Aslibekyan, Stella, Auer, Paul L, Bowden, Donald W, Cade, Brian E, Chen, Zhanghua, Cho, Michael H, Cupples, L Adrienne, Curran, Joanne E, Daya, Michelle, Deka, Ranjan, Eng, Celeste, Fingerlin, Tasha E, Guo, Xiuqing, Hou, Lifang, Hwang, Shih-Jen, Johnsen, Jill M, Kenny, Eimear E, Levin, Albert M, Liu, Chunyu, Minster, Ryan L, Naseri, Take, Nouraie, Mehdi, Reupena, Muagututi'a Sefuiva, Sabino, Ester C, Smith, Jennifer A, Smith, Nicholas L, Su, Jessica Lasky, Taylor, James G, Telen, Marilyn J, Tiwari, Hemant K, Tracy, Russell P, White, Marquitta J, Zhang, Yingze, Wiggins, Kerri L, Weiss, Scott T, Vasan, Ramachandran S, Taylor, Kent D, Sinner, Moritz F, Silverman, Edwin K, Shoemaker, M Benjamin, Sheu, Wayne H-H, Sciurba, Frank, Schwartz, David A, Rotter, Jerome I, Roden, Daniel, Redline, Susan, and Raby, Benjamin A
Abstract: Genetic studies on telomere length are important for understanding age-related diseases. Prior GWAS for leukocyte TL have been limited to European and Asian populations. Here, we report the first sequencing-based association study for TL across ancestrally-diverse individuals (European, African, Asian and Hispanic/Latino) from the NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) program. We used whole genome sequencing (WGS) of whole blood for variant genotype calling and the bioinformatic estimation of telomere length in n=109,122 individuals. We identified 59 sentinel variants (p-value <5×10-9) in 36 loci associated with telomere length, including 20 newly associated loci (13 were replicated in external datasets). There was little evidence of effect size heterogeneity across populations. Fine-mapping at OBFC1 indicated the independent signals colocalized with cell-type specific eQTLs for OBFC1 (STN1). Using a multi-variant gene-based approach, we identified two genes newly implicated in telomere length, DCLRE1B (SNM1B) and PARN. In PheWAS, we demonstrated our TL polygenic trait scores (PTS) were associated with increased risk of cancer-related phenotypes.
Published: 2022

2. Integrative approach identifies corticosteroid response variant in diverse populations with asthma.

Author: Levin, Albert M, Levin, Albert M, Gui, Hongsheng, Hernandez-Pacheco, Natalia, Yang, Mao, Xiao, Shujie, Yang, James J, Hochstadt, Samantha, Barczak, Andrea J, Eckalbar, Walter L, Rynkowski, Dean, Samedy, Lesly-Anne, Kwok, Pui-Yan, Pino-Yanes, Maria, Erle, David J, Lanfear, David E, Burchard, Esteban G, Williams, L Keoki, Levin, Albert M, Levin, Albert M, Gui, Hongsheng, Hernandez-Pacheco, Natalia, Yang, Mao, Xiao, Shujie, Yang, James J, Hochstadt, Samantha, Barczak, Andrea J, Eckalbar, Walter L, Rynkowski, Dean, Samedy, Lesly-Anne, Kwok, Pui-Yan, Pino-Yanes, Maria, Erle, David J, Lanfear, David E, Burchard, Esteban G, and Williams, L Keoki
Abstract: BackgroundAlthough inhaled corticosteroid (ICS) medication is considered the cornerstone treatment for patients with persistent asthma, few ICS pharmacogenomic studies have involved nonwhite populations.ObjectiveWe sought to identify genetic predictors of ICS response in multiple population groups with asthma.MethodsThe discovery group comprised African American participants from the Study of Asthma Phenotypes and Pharmacogenomic Interactions by Race-Ethnicity (SAPPHIRE) who underwent 6 weeks of monitored ICS therapy (n = 244). A genome-wide scan was performed to identify single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) variants jointly associated (ie, the combined effect of the SNP and SNP × ICS treatment interaction) with changes in asthma control. Top associations were validated by assessing the joint association with asthma exacerbations in 3 additional groups: African Americans (n = 803 and n = 563) and Latinos (n = 1461). RNA sequencing data from 408 asthmatic patients and 405 control subjects were used to examine whether genotype was associated with gene expression.ResultsOne variant, rs3827907, was significantly associated with ICS-mediated changes in asthma control in the discovery set (P = 7.79 × 10-8) and was jointly associated with asthma exacerbations in 3 validation cohorts (P = .023, P = .029, and P = .041). RNA sequencing analysis found the rs3827907 C-allele to be associated with lower RNASE2 expression (P = 6.10 × 10-4). RNASE2 encodes eosinophil-derived neurotoxin, and the rs3827907 C-allele appeared to particularly influence ICS treatment response in the presence of eosinophilic inflammation (ie, high pretreatment eosinophil-derived neurotoxin levels or blood eosinophil counts).ConclusionWe identified a variant, rs3827907, that appears to influence response to ICS treatment in multiple population groups and likely mediates its eff
Published: 2019

3. Mapping the 17q12-21.1 Locus for Variants Associated with Early-Onset Asthma in African Americans.

Author: Gui, Hongsheng, Gui, Hongsheng, Levin, Albert M, Hu, Donglei, Sleiman, Patrick, Xiao, Shujie, Mak, Angel CY, Yang, Mao, Barczak, Andrea J, Huntsman, Scott, Eng, Celeste, Hochstadt, Samantha, Zhang, Ellen, Whitehouse, Kyle, Simons, Samantha, Cabral, Whitney, Takriti, Sami, Abecasis, Gonçalo, Blackwell, Thomas W, Kang, Hyun Min, Nickerson, Deborah A, Germer, Soren, Lanfear, David E, Gilliland, Frank, Gauderman, W James, Kumar, Rajesh, Erle, David J, Martinez, Fernando D, Hakonarson, Hakon, Burchard, Esteban G, Williams, L Keoki, Gui, Hongsheng, Gui, Hongsheng, Levin, Albert M, Hu, Donglei, Sleiman, Patrick, Xiao, Shujie, Mak, Angel CY, Yang, Mao, Barczak, Andrea J, Huntsman, Scott, Eng, Celeste, Hochstadt, Samantha, Zhang, Ellen, Whitehouse, Kyle, Simons, Samantha, Cabral, Whitney, Takriti, Sami, Abecasis, Gonçalo, Blackwell, Thomas W, Kang, Hyun Min, Nickerson, Deborah A, Germer, Soren, Lanfear, David E, Gilliland, Frank, Gauderman, W James, Kumar, Rajesh, Erle, David J, Martinez, Fernando D, Hakonarson, Hakon, Burchard, Esteban G, and Williams, L Keoki
Abstract: Rationale: The 17q12-21.1 locus is one of the most highly replicated genetic associations with asthma. Individuals of African descent have lower linkage disequilibrium in this region, which could facilitate identifying causal variants.Objectives: To identify functional variants at 17q12-21.1 associated with early-onset asthma among African American individuals.Methods: We evaluated African American participants from SAPPHIRE (Study of Asthma Phenotypes and Pharmacogenomic Interactions by Race-Ethnicity) (n = 1,940), SAGE II (Study of African Americans, Asthma, Genes and Environment) (n = 885), and GCPD-A (Study of the Genetic Causes of Complex Pediatric Disorders-Asthma) (n = 2,805). Associations with asthma onset at ages under 5 years were meta-analyzed across cohorts. The lead signal was reevaluated considering haplotypes informed by genetic ancestry (i.e., African vs. European). Both an expression-quantitative trait locus analysis and a phenome-wide association study were performed on the lead variant.Measurements and Main Results: The meta-analyzed results from SAPPHIRE, SAGE II, and the GCPD-A identified rs11078928 as the top association for early-onset asthma. A haplotype analysis suggested that the asthma association partitioned most closely with the rs11078928 genotype. Genetic ancestry did not appear to influence the effect of this variant. In the expression-quantitative trait locus analysis, rs11078928 was related to alternative splicing of GSDMB (gasdermin-B) transcripts. The phenome-wide association study of rs11078928 suggested that this variant was predominantly associated with asthma and asthma-associated symptoms.Conclusions: A splice-acceptor polymorphism appears to be a causal variant for asthma at the 17q12-21.1 locus. This variant appears to have the same magnitude of effect in individuals of African and European descent.
Published: 2021

4. Asthma and its relationship to mitochondrial copy number: Results from the Asthma Translational Genomics Collaborative (ATGC) of the Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) program.

Author: Cocco, Maxwell P, Cocco, Maxwell P, White, Evan, Xiao, Shujie, Hu, Donglei, Mak, Angel, Sleiman, Patrick, Yang, Mao, Bobbitt, Kevin R, Gui, Hongsheng, Levin, Albert M, Hochstadt, Samantha, Whitehouse, Kyle, Rynkowski, Dean, Barczak, Andrea J, Abecasis, Gonçalo, Blackwell, Thomas W, Kang, Hyun Min, Nickerson, Deborah A, Germer, Soren, Ding, Jun, Lanfear, David E, Gilliland, Frank, Gauderman, W James, Kumar, Rajesh, Erle, David J, Martinez, Fernando, Hakonarson, Hakon, Burchard, Esteban G, Williams, L Keoki, Cocco, Maxwell P, Cocco, Maxwell P, White, Evan, Xiao, Shujie, Hu, Donglei, Mak, Angel, Sleiman, Patrick, Yang, Mao, Bobbitt, Kevin R, Gui, Hongsheng, Levin, Albert M, Hochstadt, Samantha, Whitehouse, Kyle, Rynkowski, Dean, Barczak, Andrea J, Abecasis, Gonçalo, Blackwell, Thomas W, Kang, Hyun Min, Nickerson, Deborah A, Germer, Soren, Ding, Jun, Lanfear, David E, Gilliland, Frank, Gauderman, W James, Kumar, Rajesh, Erle, David J, Martinez, Fernando, Hakonarson, Hakon, Burchard, Esteban G, and Williams, L Keoki
Abstract: BackgroundMitochondria support critical cellular functions, such as energy production through oxidative phosphorylation, regulation of reactive oxygen species, apoptosis, and calcium homeostasis.ObjectiveGiven the heightened level of cellular activity in patients with asthma, we sought to determine whether mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy number measured in peripheral blood differed between individuals with and without asthma.MethodsWhole genome sequence data was generated as part of the Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Program on participants from the Study of Asthma Phenotypes and Pharmacogenomic Interactions by Race-ethnicity (SAPPHIRE) and the Study of African Americans, Asthma, Genes, & Environment II (SAGE II). We restricted our analysis to individuals who self-identified as African American (3,651 asthma cases and 1,344 controls). Mitochondrial copy number was estimated using the sequencing read depth ratio for the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes. Respiratory complex expression was assessed using RNA-sequencing.ResultsAverage mitochondrial copy number was significantly higher among individuals with asthma when compared with controls (SAPPHIRE: 218.60 vs. 200.47, P<0.001; SAGE II: 235.99 vs. 223.07, P<0.001). Asthma status was significantly associated with mitochondrial copy number after accounting for potential explanatory variables, such as participant age, sex, leukocyte counts, and mitochondrial haplogroup. Despite the consistent relationship between asthma status and mitochondrial copy number, the latter was not associated with time-to-exacerbation or patient-reported asthma control. Mitochondrial respiratory complex gene expression was disproportionately lower in individuals with asthma when compared with individuals without asthma and other protein-encoding genes.ConclusionsWe observed a robust association between asthma and higher mitochondrial copy number. Asthma having an effect on mitochondria function was also supported by lowe
Published: 2020

5. Asthma and its relationship to mitochondrial copy number: Results from the Asthma Translational Genomics Collaborative (ATGC) of the Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) program.

Author: Cocco, Maxwell P, Mersha, Tesfaye B1, Cocco, Maxwell P, White, Evan, Xiao, Shujie, Hu, Donglei, Mak, Angel, Sleiman, Patrick, Yang, Mao, Bobbitt, Kevin R, Gui, Hongsheng, Levin, Albert M, Hochstadt, Samantha, Whitehouse, Kyle, Rynkowski, Dean, Barczak, Andrea J, Abecasis, Gonçalo, Blackwell, Thomas W, Kang, Hyun Min, Nickerson, Deborah A, Germer, Soren, Ding, Jun, Lanfear, David E, Gilliland, Frank, Gauderman, W James, Kumar, Rajesh, Erle, David J, Martinez, Fernando, Hakonarson, Hakon, Burchard, Esteban G, Williams, L Keoki, Cocco, Maxwell P, Mersha, Tesfaye B1, Cocco, Maxwell P, White, Evan, Xiao, Shujie, Hu, Donglei, Mak, Angel, Sleiman, Patrick, Yang, Mao, Bobbitt, Kevin R, Gui, Hongsheng, Levin, Albert M, Hochstadt, Samantha, Whitehouse, Kyle, Rynkowski, Dean, Barczak, Andrea J, Abecasis, Gonçalo, Blackwell, Thomas W, Kang, Hyun Min, Nickerson, Deborah A, Germer, Soren, Ding, Jun, Lanfear, David E, Gilliland, Frank, Gauderman, W James, Kumar, Rajesh, Erle, David J, Martinez, Fernando, Hakonarson, Hakon, Burchard, Esteban G, and Williams, L Keoki
Abstract: BackgroundMitochondria support critical cellular functions, such as energy production through oxidative phosphorylation, regulation of reactive oxygen species, apoptosis, and calcium homeostasis.ObjectiveGiven the heightened level of cellular activity in patients with asthma, we sought to determine whether mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) copy number measured in peripheral blood differed between individuals with and without asthma.MethodsWhole genome sequence data was generated as part of the Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Program on participants from the Study of Asthma Phenotypes and Pharmacogenomic Interactions by Race-ethnicity (SAPPHIRE) and the Study of African Americans, Asthma, Genes, & Environment II (SAGE II). We restricted our analysis to individuals who self-identified as African American (3,651 asthma cases and 1,344 controls). Mitochondrial copy number was estimated using the sequencing read depth ratio for the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes. Respiratory complex expression was assessed using RNA-sequencing.ResultsAverage mitochondrial copy number was significantly higher among individuals with asthma when compared with controls (SAPPHIRE: 218.60 vs. 200.47, P<0.001; SAGE II: 235.99 vs. 223.07, P<0.001). Asthma status was significantly associated with mitochondrial copy number after accounting for potential explanatory variables, such as participant age, sex, leukocyte counts, and mitochondrial haplogroup. Despite the consistent relationship between asthma status and mitochondrial copy number, the latter was not associated with time-to-exacerbation or patient-reported asthma control. Mitochondrial respiratory complex gene expression was disproportionately lower in individuals with asthma when compared with individuals without asthma and other protein-encoding genes.ConclusionsWe observed a robust association between asthma and higher mitochondrial copy number. Asthma having an effect on mitochondria function was also supported by lowe
Published: 2020

6. Association study in African-admixed populations across the Americas recapitulates asthma risk loci in non-African populations.

Author: Daya, Michelle, Daya, Michelle, Rafaels, Nicholas, Brunetti, Tonya M, Chavan, Sameer, Levin, Albert M, Shetty, Aniket, Gignoux, Christopher R, Boorgula, Meher Preethi, Wojcik, Genevieve, Campbell, Monica, Vergara, Candelaria, Torgerson, Dara G, Ortega, Victor E, Doumatey, Ayo, Johnston, Henry Richard, Acevedo, Nathalie, Araujo, Maria Ilma, Avila, Pedro C, Belbin, Gillian, Bleecker, Eugene, Bustamante, Carlos, Caraballo, Luis, Cruz, Alvaro, Dunston, Georgia M, Eng, Celeste, Faruque, Mezbah U, Ferguson, Trevor S, Figueiredo, Camila, Ford, Jean G, Gan, Weiniu, Gourraud, Pierre-Antoine, Hansel, Nadia N, Hernandez, Ryan D, Herrera-Paz, Edwin Francisco, Jiménez, Silvia, Kenny, Eimear E, Knight-Madden, Jennifer, Kumar, Rajesh, Lange, Leslie A, Lange, Ethan M, Lizee, Antoine, Maul, Pissamai, Maul, Trevor, Mayorga, Alvaro, Meyers, Deborah, Nicolae, Dan L, O'Connor, Timothy D, Oliveira, Ricardo Riccio, Olopade, Christopher O, Olopade, Olufunmilayo, Qin, Zhaohui S, Rotimi, Charles, Vince, Nicolas, Watson, Harold, Wilks, Rainford J, Wilson, James G, Salzberg, Steven, Ober, Carole, Burchard, Esteban G, Williams, L Keoki, Beaty, Terri H, Taub, Margaret A, Ruczinski, Ingo, Mathias, Rasika A, Barnes, Kathleen C, CAAPA, Daya, Michelle, Daya, Michelle, Rafaels, Nicholas, Brunetti, Tonya M, Chavan, Sameer, Levin, Albert M, Shetty, Aniket, Gignoux, Christopher R, Boorgula, Meher Preethi, Wojcik, Genevieve, Campbell, Monica, Vergara, Candelaria, Torgerson, Dara G, Ortega, Victor E, Doumatey, Ayo, Johnston, Henry Richard, Acevedo, Nathalie, Araujo, Maria Ilma, Avila, Pedro C, Belbin, Gillian, Bleecker, Eugene, Bustamante, Carlos, Caraballo, Luis, Cruz, Alvaro, Dunston, Georgia M, Eng, Celeste, Faruque, Mezbah U, Ferguson, Trevor S, Figueiredo, Camila, Ford, Jean G, Gan, Weiniu, Gourraud, Pierre-Antoine, Hansel, Nadia N, Hernandez, Ryan D, Herrera-Paz, Edwin Francisco, Jiménez, Silvia, Kenny, Eimear E, Knight-Madden, Jennifer, Kumar, Rajesh, Lange, Leslie A, Lange, Ethan M, Lizee, Antoine, Maul, Pissamai, Maul, Trevor, Mayorga, Alvaro, Meyers, Deborah, Nicolae, Dan L, O'Connor, Timothy D, Oliveira, Ricardo Riccio, Olopade, Christopher O, Olopade, Olufunmilayo, Qin, Zhaohui S, Rotimi, Charles, Vince, Nicolas, Watson, Harold, Wilks, Rainford J, Wilson, James G, Salzberg, Steven, Ober, Carole, Burchard, Esteban G, Williams, L Keoki, Beaty, Terri H, Taub, Margaret A, Ruczinski, Ingo, Mathias, Rasika A, Barnes, Kathleen C, and CAAPA
Abstract: Asthma is a complex disease with striking disparities across racial and ethnic groups. Despite its relatively high burden, representation of individuals of African ancestry in asthma genome-wide association studies (GWAS) has been inadequate, and true associations in these underrepresented minority groups have been inconclusive. We report the results of a genome-wide meta-analysis from the Consortium on Asthma among African Ancestry Populations (CAAPA; 7009 asthma cases, 7645 controls). We find strong evidence for association at four previously reported asthma loci whose discovery was driven largely by non-African populations, including the chromosome 17q12-q21 locus and the chr12q13 region, a novel (and not previously replicated) asthma locus recently identified by the Trans-National Asthma Genetic Consortium (TAGC). An additional seven loci reported by TAGC show marginal evidence for association in CAAPA. We also identify two novel loci (8p23 and 8q24) that may be specific to asthma risk in African ancestry populations.
Published: 2019

7. Author Correction: Association study in African-admixed populations across the Americas recapitulates asthma risk loci in non-African populations.

Author: Daya, Michelle, Daya, Michelle, Rafaels, Nicholas, Brunetti, Tonya M, Chavan, Sameer, Levin, Albert M, Shetty, Aniket, Gignoux, Christopher R, Boorgula, Meher Preethi, Wojcik, Genevieve, Campbell, Monica, Vergara, Candelaria, Torgerson, Dara G, Ortega, Victor E, Doumatey, Ayo, Johnston, Henry Richard, Acevedo, Nathalie, Araujo, Maria Ilma, Avila, Pedro C, Belbin, Gillian, Bleecker, Eugene, Bustamante, Carlos, Caraballo, Luis, Cruz, Alvaro, Dunston, Georgia M, Eng, Celeste, Faruque, Mezbah U, Ferguson, Trevor S, Figueiredo, Camila, Ford, Jean G, Gan, Weiniu, Gourraud, Pierre-Antoine, Hansel, Nadia N, Hernandez, Ryan D, Herrera-Paz, Edwin Francisco, Jiménez, Silvia, Kenny, Eimear E, Knight-Madden, Jennifer, Kumar, Rajesh, Lange, Leslie A, Lange, Ethan M, Lizee, Antoine, Maul, Pissamai, Maul, Trevor, Mayorga, Alvaro, Meyers, Deborah, Nicolae, Dan L, O'Connor, Timothy D, Oliveira, Ricardo Riccio, Olopade, Christopher O, Olopade, Olufunmilayo, Qin, Zhaohui S, Rotimi, Charles, Vince, Nicolas, Watson, Harold, Wilks, Rainford J, Wilson, James G, Salzberg, Steven, Ober, Carole, Burchard, Esteban G, Williams, L Keoki, Beaty, Terri H, Taub, Margaret A, Ruczinski, Ingo, Mathias, Rasika A, Barnes, Kathleen C, CAAPA, Daya, Michelle, Daya, Michelle, Rafaels, Nicholas, Brunetti, Tonya M, Chavan, Sameer, Levin, Albert M, Shetty, Aniket, Gignoux, Christopher R, Boorgula, Meher Preethi, Wojcik, Genevieve, Campbell, Monica, Vergara, Candelaria, Torgerson, Dara G, Ortega, Victor E, Doumatey, Ayo, Johnston, Henry Richard, Acevedo, Nathalie, Araujo, Maria Ilma, Avila, Pedro C, Belbin, Gillian, Bleecker, Eugene, Bustamante, Carlos, Caraballo, Luis, Cruz, Alvaro, Dunston, Georgia M, Eng, Celeste, Faruque, Mezbah U, Ferguson, Trevor S, Figueiredo, Camila, Ford, Jean G, Gan, Weiniu, Gourraud, Pierre-Antoine, Hansel, Nadia N, Hernandez, Ryan D, Herrera-Paz, Edwin Francisco, Jiménez, Silvia, Kenny, Eimear E, Knight-Madden, Jennifer, Kumar, Rajesh, Lange, Leslie A, Lange, Ethan M, Lizee, Antoine, Maul, Pissamai, Maul, Trevor, Mayorga, Alvaro, Meyers, Deborah, Nicolae, Dan L, O'Connor, Timothy D, Oliveira, Ricardo Riccio, Olopade, Christopher O, Olopade, Olufunmilayo, Qin, Zhaohui S, Rotimi, Charles, Vince, Nicolas, Watson, Harold, Wilks, Rainford J, Wilson, James G, Salzberg, Steven, Ober, Carole, Burchard, Esteban G, Williams, L Keoki, Beaty, Terri H, Taub, Margaret A, Ruczinski, Ingo, Mathias, Rasika A, Barnes, Kathleen C, and CAAPA
Abstract: An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
Published: 2019

8. Author Correction: Association study in African-admixed populations across the Americas recapitulates asthma risk loci in non-African populations.

Author: Daya, Michelle, Daya, Michelle, Rafaels, Nicholas, Brunetti, Tonya M, Chavan, Sameer, Levin, Albert M, Shetty, Aniket, Gignoux, Christopher R, Boorgula, Meher Preethi, Wojcik, Genevieve, Campbell, Monica, Vergara, Candelaria, Torgerson, Dara G, Ortega, Victor E, Doumatey, Ayo, Johnston, Henry Richard, Acevedo, Nathalie, Araujo, Maria Ilma, Avila, Pedro C, Belbin, Gillian, Bleecker, Eugene, Bustamante, Carlos, Caraballo, Luis, Cruz, Alvaro, Dunston, Georgia M, Eng, Celeste, Faruque, Mezbah U, Ferguson, Trevor S, Figueiredo, Camila, Ford, Jean G, Gan, Weiniu, Gourraud, Pierre-Antoine, Hansel, Nadia N, Hernandez, Ryan D, Herrera-Paz, Edwin Francisco, Jiménez, Silvia, Kenny, Eimear E, Knight-Madden, Jennifer, Kumar, Rajesh, Lange, Leslie A, Lange, Ethan M, Lizee, Antoine, Maul, Pissamai, Maul, Trevor, Mayorga, Alvaro, Meyers, Deborah, Nicolae, Dan L, O'Connor, Timothy D, Oliveira, Ricardo Riccio, Olopade, Christopher O, Olopade, Olufunmilayo, Qin, Zhaohui S, Rotimi, Charles, Vince, Nicolas, Watson, Harold, Wilks, Rainford J, Wilson, James G, Salzberg, Steven, Ober, Carole, Burchard, Esteban G, Williams, L Keoki, Beaty, Terri H, Taub, Margaret A, Ruczinski, Ingo, Mathias, Rasika A, Barnes, Kathleen C, CAAPA, Daya, Michelle, Daya, Michelle, Rafaels, Nicholas, Brunetti, Tonya M, Chavan, Sameer, Levin, Albert M, Shetty, Aniket, Gignoux, Christopher R, Boorgula, Meher Preethi, Wojcik, Genevieve, Campbell, Monica, Vergara, Candelaria, Torgerson, Dara G, Ortega, Victor E, Doumatey, Ayo, Johnston, Henry Richard, Acevedo, Nathalie, Araujo, Maria Ilma, Avila, Pedro C, Belbin, Gillian, Bleecker, Eugene, Bustamante, Carlos, Caraballo, Luis, Cruz, Alvaro, Dunston, Georgia M, Eng, Celeste, Faruque, Mezbah U, Ferguson, Trevor S, Figueiredo, Camila, Ford, Jean G, Gan, Weiniu, Gourraud, Pierre-Antoine, Hansel, Nadia N, Hernandez, Ryan D, Herrera-Paz, Edwin Francisco, Jiménez, Silvia, Kenny, Eimear E, Knight-Madden, Jennifer, Kumar, Rajesh, Lange, Leslie A, Lange, Ethan M, Lizee, Antoine, Maul, Pissamai, Maul, Trevor, Mayorga, Alvaro, Meyers, Deborah, Nicolae, Dan L, O'Connor, Timothy D, Oliveira, Ricardo Riccio, Olopade, Christopher O, Olopade, Olufunmilayo, Qin, Zhaohui S, Rotimi, Charles, Vince, Nicolas, Watson, Harold, Wilks, Rainford J, Wilson, James G, Salzberg, Steven, Ober, Carole, Burchard, Esteban G, Williams, L Keoki, Beaty, Terri H, Taub, Margaret A, Ruczinski, Ingo, Mathias, Rasika A, Barnes, Kathleen C, and CAAPA
Abstract: An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
Published: 2019

9. Association study in African-admixed populations across the Americas recapitulates asthma risk loci in non-African populations.

Author: Daya, Michelle, Daya, Michelle, Rafaels, Nicholas, Brunetti, Tonya M, Chavan, Sameer, Levin, Albert M, Shetty, Aniket, Gignoux, Christopher R, Boorgula, Meher Preethi, Wojcik, Genevieve, Campbell, Monica, Vergara, Candelaria, Torgerson, Dara G, Ortega, Victor E, Doumatey, Ayo, Johnston, Henry Richard, Acevedo, Nathalie, Araujo, Maria Ilma, Avila, Pedro C, Belbin, Gillian, Bleecker, Eugene, Bustamante, Carlos, Caraballo, Luis, Cruz, Alvaro, Dunston, Georgia M, Eng, Celeste, Faruque, Mezbah U, Ferguson, Trevor S, Figueiredo, Camila, Ford, Jean G, Gan, Weiniu, Gourraud, Pierre-Antoine, Hansel, Nadia N, Hernandez, Ryan D, Herrera-Paz, Edwin Francisco, Jiménez, Silvia, Kenny, Eimear E, Knight-Madden, Jennifer, Kumar, Rajesh, Lange, Leslie A, Lange, Ethan M, Lizee, Antoine, Maul, Pissamai, Maul, Trevor, Mayorga, Alvaro, Meyers, Deborah, Nicolae, Dan L, O'Connor, Timothy D, Oliveira, Ricardo Riccio, Olopade, Christopher O, Olopade, Olufunmilayo, Qin, Zhaohui S, Rotimi, Charles, Vince, Nicolas, Watson, Harold, Wilks, Rainford J, Wilson, James G, Salzberg, Steven, Ober, Carole, Burchard, Esteban G, Williams, L Keoki, Beaty, Terri H, Taub, Margaret A, Ruczinski, Ingo, Mathias, Rasika A, Barnes, Kathleen C, CAAPA, Daya, Michelle, Daya, Michelle, Rafaels, Nicholas, Brunetti, Tonya M, Chavan, Sameer, Levin, Albert M, Shetty, Aniket, Gignoux, Christopher R, Boorgula, Meher Preethi, Wojcik, Genevieve, Campbell, Monica, Vergara, Candelaria, Torgerson, Dara G, Ortega, Victor E, Doumatey, Ayo, Johnston, Henry Richard, Acevedo, Nathalie, Araujo, Maria Ilma, Avila, Pedro C, Belbin, Gillian, Bleecker, Eugene, Bustamante, Carlos, Caraballo, Luis, Cruz, Alvaro, Dunston, Georgia M, Eng, Celeste, Faruque, Mezbah U, Ferguson, Trevor S, Figueiredo, Camila, Ford, Jean G, Gan, Weiniu, Gourraud, Pierre-Antoine, Hansel, Nadia N, Hernandez, Ryan D, Herrera-Paz, Edwin Francisco, Jiménez, Silvia, Kenny, Eimear E, Knight-Madden, Jennifer, Kumar, Rajesh, Lange, Leslie A, Lange, Ethan M, Lizee, Antoine, Maul, Pissamai, Maul, Trevor, Mayorga, Alvaro, Meyers, Deborah, Nicolae, Dan L, O'Connor, Timothy D, Oliveira, Ricardo Riccio, Olopade, Christopher O, Olopade, Olufunmilayo, Qin, Zhaohui S, Rotimi, Charles, Vince, Nicolas, Watson, Harold, Wilks, Rainford J, Wilson, James G, Salzberg, Steven, Ober, Carole, Burchard, Esteban G, Williams, L Keoki, Beaty, Terri H, Taub, Margaret A, Ruczinski, Ingo, Mathias, Rasika A, Barnes, Kathleen C, and CAAPA
Abstract: Asthma is a complex disease with striking disparities across racial and ethnic groups. Despite its relatively high burden, representation of individuals of African ancestry in asthma genome-wide association studies (GWAS) has been inadequate, and true associations in these underrepresented minority groups have been inconclusive. We report the results of a genome-wide meta-analysis from the Consortium on Asthma among African Ancestry Populations (CAAPA; 7009 asthma cases, 7645 controls). We find strong evidence for association at four previously reported asthma loci whose discovery was driven largely by non-African populations, including the chromosome 17q12-q21 locus and the chr12q13 region, a novel (and not previously replicated) asthma locus recently identified by the Trans-National Asthma Genetic Consortium (TAGC). An additional seven loci reported by TAGC show marginal evidence for association in CAAPA. We also identify two novel loci (8p23 and 8q24) that may be specific to asthma risk in African ancestry populations.
Published: 2019

10. An admixture mapping meta-analysis implicates genetic variation at 18q21 with asthma susceptibility in Latinos.

Author: Gignoux, Christopher R, Gignoux, Christopher R, Torgerson, Dara G, Pino-Yanes, Maria, Uricchio, Lawrence H, Galanter, Joshua, Roth, Lindsey A, Eng, Celeste, Hu, Donglei, Nguyen, Elizabeth A, Huntsman, Scott, Mathias, Rasika A, Kumar, Rajesh, Rodriguez-Santana, Jose, Thakur, Neeta, Oh, Sam S, McGarry, Meghan, Moreno-Estrada, Andres, Sandoval, Karla, Winkler, Cheryl A, Seibold, Max A, Padhukasahasram, Badri, Conti, David V, Farber, Harold J, Avila, Pedro, Brigino-Buenaventura, Emerita, Lenoir, Michael, Meade, Kelley, Serebrisky, Denise, Borrell, Luisa N, Rodriguez-Cintron, William, Thyne, Shannon, Joubert, Bonnie R, Romieu, Isabelle, Levin, Albert M, Sienra-Monge, Juan-Jose, Del Rio-Navarro, Blanca Estela, Gan, Weiniu, Raby, Benjamin A, Weiss, Scott T, Bleecker, Eugene, Meyers, Deborah A, Martinez, Fernando J, Gauderman, W James, Gilliland, Frank, London, Stephanie J, Bustamante, Carlos D, Nicolae, Dan L, Ober, Carole, Sen, Saunak, Barnes, Kathleen, Williams, L Keoki, Hernandez, Ryan D, Burchard, Esteban G, Gignoux, Christopher R, Gignoux, Christopher R, Torgerson, Dara G, Pino-Yanes, Maria, Uricchio, Lawrence H, Galanter, Joshua, Roth, Lindsey A, Eng, Celeste, Hu, Donglei, Nguyen, Elizabeth A, Huntsman, Scott, Mathias, Rasika A, Kumar, Rajesh, Rodriguez-Santana, Jose, Thakur, Neeta, Oh, Sam S, McGarry, Meghan, Moreno-Estrada, Andres, Sandoval, Karla, Winkler, Cheryl A, Seibold, Max A, Padhukasahasram, Badri, Conti, David V, Farber, Harold J, Avila, Pedro, Brigino-Buenaventura, Emerita, Lenoir, Michael, Meade, Kelley, Serebrisky, Denise, Borrell, Luisa N, Rodriguez-Cintron, William, Thyne, Shannon, Joubert, Bonnie R, Romieu, Isabelle, Levin, Albert M, Sienra-Monge, Juan-Jose, Del Rio-Navarro, Blanca Estela, Gan, Weiniu, Raby, Benjamin A, Weiss, Scott T, Bleecker, Eugene, Meyers, Deborah A, Martinez, Fernando J, Gauderman, W James, Gilliland, Frank, London, Stephanie J, Bustamante, Carlos D, Nicolae, Dan L, Ober, Carole, Sen, Saunak, Barnes, Kathleen, Williams, L Keoki, Hernandez, Ryan D, and Burchard, Esteban G
Abstract: BackgroundAsthma is a common but complex disease with racial/ethnic differences in prevalence, morbidity, and response to therapies.ObjectiveWe sought to perform an analysis of genetic ancestry to identify new loci that contribute to asthma susceptibility.MethodsWe leveraged the mixed ancestry of 3902 Latinos and performed an admixture mapping meta-analysis for asthma susceptibility. We replicated associations in an independent study of 3774 Latinos, performed targeted sequencing for fine mapping, and tested for disease correlations with gene expression in the whole blood of more than 500 subjects from 3 racial/ethnic groups.ResultsWe identified a genome-wide significant admixture mapping peak at 18q21 in Latinos (P = 6.8 × 10-6), where Native American ancestry was associated with increased risk of asthma (odds ratio [OR], 1.20; 95% CI, 1.07-1.34; P = .002) and European ancestry was associated with protection (OR, 0.86; 95% CI, 0.77-0.96; P = .008). Our findings were replicated in an independent childhood asthma study in Latinos (P = 5.3 × 10-3, combined P = 2.6 × 10-7). Fine mapping of 18q21 in 1978 Latinos identified a significant association with multiple variants 5' of SMAD family member 2 (SMAD2) in Mexicans, whereas a single rare variant in the same window was the top association in Puerto Ricans. Low versus high SMAD2 blood expression was correlated with case status (13.4% lower expression; OR, 3.93; 95% CI, 2.12-7.28; P < .001). In addition, lower expression of SMAD2 was associated with more frequent exacerbations among Puerto Ricans with asthma.ConclusionAncestry at 18q21 was significantly associated with asthma in Latinos and implicated multiple ancestry-informative noncoding variants upstream of SMAD2 with asthma susceptibility. Furthermore, decreased SMAD2 expression in blood was strongly associated with increased asthma risk and increased exacerbations.
Published: 2019

11. Whole Genome Sequencing Identifies CRISPLD2 as a Lung Function Gene in Children With Asthma.

Author: Kachroo, Priyadarshini, Kachroo, Priyadarshini, Hecker, Julian, Chawes, Bo L, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Cho, Michael H, Qiao, Dandi, Kelly, Rachel S, Chu, Su H, Virkud, Yamini V, Huang, Mengna, Barnes, Kathleen C, Burchard, Esteban G, Eng, Celeste, Hu, Donglei, Celedón, Juan C, Daya, Michelle, Levin, Albert M, Gui, Hongsheng, Williams, L Keoki, Forno, Erick, Mak, Angel CY, Avila, Lydiana, Soto-Quiros, Manuel E, Cloutier, Michelle M, Acosta-Pérez, Edna, Canino, Glorisa, Bønnelykke, Klaus, Bisgaard, Hans, Raby, Benjamin A, Lange, Christoph, Weiss, Scott T, Lasky-Su, Jessica A, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium, Kachroo, Priyadarshini, Kachroo, Priyadarshini, Hecker, Julian, Chawes, Bo L, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Cho, Michael H, Qiao, Dandi, Kelly, Rachel S, Chu, Su H, Virkud, Yamini V, Huang, Mengna, Barnes, Kathleen C, Burchard, Esteban G, Eng, Celeste, Hu, Donglei, Celedón, Juan C, Daya, Michelle, Levin, Albert M, Gui, Hongsheng, Williams, L Keoki, Forno, Erick, Mak, Angel CY, Avila, Lydiana, Soto-Quiros, Manuel E, Cloutier, Michelle M, Acosta-Pérez, Edna, Canino, Glorisa, Bønnelykke, Klaus, Bisgaard, Hans, Raby, Benjamin A, Lange, Christoph, Weiss, Scott T, Lasky-Su, Jessica A, and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium
Abstract: BackgroundAsthma is a common respiratory disorder with a highly heterogeneous nature that remains poorly understood. The objective was to use whole genome sequencing (WGS) data to identify regions of common genetic variation contributing to lung function in individuals with a diagnosis of asthma.MethodsWGS data were generated for 1,053 individuals from trios and extended pedigrees participating in the family-based Genetic Epidemiology of Asthma in Costa Rica study. Asthma affection status was defined through a physician's diagnosis of asthma, and most participants with asthma also had airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) to methacholine. Family-based association tests for single variants were performed to assess the associations with lung function phenotypes.ResultsA genome-wide significant association was identified between baseline FEV1/FVC ratio and a single-nucleotide polymorphism in the top hit cysteine-rich secretory protein LCCL domain-containing 2 (CRISPLD2) (rs12051168; P = 3.6 × 10-8 in the unadjusted model) that retained suggestive significance in the covariate-adjusted model (P = 5.6 × 10-6). Rs12051168 was also nominally associated with other related phenotypes: baseline FEV1 (P = 3.3 × 10-3), postbronchodilator (PB) FEV1 (7.3 × 10-3), and PB FEV1/FVC ratio (P = 2.7 × 10-3). The identified baseline FEV1/FVC ratio and rs12051168 association was meta-analyzed and replicated in three independent cohorts in which most participants with asthma also had confirmed AHR (combined weighted z-score P = .015) but not in cohorts without information about AHR.ConclusionsThese findings suggest that using specific asthma characteristics, such as AHR, can help identify more genetically homogeneous asthma subgroups with genotype-phenotype associations that may not be observed in all children with asthma. CRISPLD2 also may be important for baseline lung function in individuals with asthma who also may have AHR.
Published: 2019

12. Whole Genome Sequencing Identifies CRISPLD2 as a Lung Function Gene in Children With Asthma

Author: Kachroo, Priyadarshini, Hecker, Julian, Chawes, Bo L., Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Cho, Michael H., Qiao, Dandi, Kelly, Rachel S., Chu, Su H., Virkud, Yamini V., Huang, Mengna, Barnes, Kathleen C., Burchard, Esteban G., Eng, Celeste, Hu, Donglei, Celedón, Juan C., Daya, Michelle, Levin, Albert M., Gui, Hongsheng, Williams, L. Keoki, Forno, Erick, Mak, Angel C.Y., Avila, Lydiana, Soto-Quiros, Manuel E., Cloutier, Michelle M., Acosta-Pérez, Edna, Canino, Glorisa, Bønnelykke, Klaus, Bisgaard, Hans, Raby, Benjamin A., Lange, Christoph, Weiss, Scott T., Lasky-Su, Jessica A., Abe, Namiko, Abecasis, Goncalo, Albert, Christine, Palmer Allred, Nicholette (Nichole), Almasy, Laura, Alonso, Alvaro, Ament, Seth, Anderson, Peter, Anugu, Pramod, Applebaum-Bowden, Deborah, Arking, Dan, Arnett, Donna K., Ashley-Koch, Allison, Aslibekyan, Stella, Assimes, Tim, Auer, Paul, Avramopoulos, Dimitrios, Loos, Ruth, Kachroo, Priyadarshini, Hecker, Julian, Chawes, Bo L., Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Cho, Michael H., Qiao, Dandi, Kelly, Rachel S., Chu, Su H., Virkud, Yamini V., Huang, Mengna, Barnes, Kathleen C., Burchard, Esteban G., Eng, Celeste, Hu, Donglei, Celedón, Juan C., Daya, Michelle, Levin, Albert M., Gui, Hongsheng, Williams, L. Keoki, Forno, Erick, Mak, Angel C.Y., Avila, Lydiana, Soto-Quiros, Manuel E., Cloutier, Michelle M., Acosta-Pérez, Edna, Canino, Glorisa, Bønnelykke, Klaus, Bisgaard, Hans, Raby, Benjamin A., Lange, Christoph, Weiss, Scott T., Lasky-Su, Jessica A., Abe, Namiko, Abecasis, Goncalo, Albert, Christine, Palmer Allred, Nicholette (Nichole), Almasy, Laura, Alonso, Alvaro, Ament, Seth, Anderson, Peter, Anugu, Pramod, Applebaum-Bowden, Deborah, Arking, Dan, Arnett, Donna K., Ashley-Koch, Allison, Aslibekyan, Stella, Assimes, Tim, Auer, Paul, Avramopoulos, Dimitrios, and Loos, Ruth
Abstract: Background: Asthma is a common respiratory disorder with a highly heterogeneous nature that remains poorly understood. The objective was to use whole genome sequencing (WGS) data to identify regions of common genetic variation contributing to lung function in individuals with a diagnosis of asthma. Methods: WGS data were generated for 1,053 individuals from trios and extended pedigrees participating in the family-based Genetic Epidemiology of Asthma in Costa Rica study. Asthma affection status was defined through a physician's diagnosis of asthma, and most participants with asthma also had airway hyperresponsiveness (AHR) to methacholine. Family-based association tests for single variants were performed to assess the associations with lung function phenotypes. Results: A genome-wide significant association was identified between baseline FEV1/FVC ratio and a single-nucleotide polymorphism in the top hit cysteine-rich secretory protein LCCL domain-containing 2 (CRISPLD2) (rs12051168; P = 3.6 × 10−8 in the unadjusted model) that retained suggestive significance in the covariate-adjusted model (P = 5.6 × 10−6). Rs12051168 was also nominally associated with other related phenotypes: baseline FEV1 (P = 3.3 × 10−3), postbronchodilator (PB) FEV1 (7.3 × 10−3), and PB FEV1/FVC ratio (P = 2.7 × 10−3). The identified baseline FEV1/FVC ratio and rs12051168 association was meta-analyzed and replicated in three independent cohorts in which most participants with asthma also had confirmed AHR (combined weighted z-score P =.015) but not in cohorts without information about AHR. Conclusions: These findings suggest that using specific asthma characteristics, such as AHR, can help identify more genetically homogeneous asthma subgroups with genotype-phenotype associations that may not be observed in all children with asthma. CRISPLD2 also may be important for baseline lung f
Published: 2019

13. Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

Author: Demenais, Florence, Margaritte-Jeannin, Patricia, Barnes, Kathleen C., Cookson, William O. C., Altmueller, Janine, Ang, Wei, Barr, R. Graham, Beaty, Terri H., Becker, Allan B., Beilby, John, Bisgaard, Hans, Bjornsdottir, Unnur Steina, Bleecker, Eugene, Bonnelykke, Klaus, Boomsma, Dorret I., Bouzigon, Emmanuelle, Brightling, Christopher E., Brossard, Myriam, Brusselle, Guy G., Burchard, Esteban, Burkart, Kristin M., Bush, Andrew, Chan-Yeung, Moira, Chung, Kian Fan, Alves, Alexessander Couto, Curtin, John A., Custovic, Adnan, Daley, Denise, de Jongste, Johan C., Del-Rio-Navarro, Blanca E., Donohue, Kathleen M., Duijts, Liesbeth, Eng, Celeste, Eriksson, Johan G., Farrall, Martin, Fedorova, Yuliya, Feenstra, Bjarke, Ferreira, Manuel A., Freidin, Maxim B., Gajdos, Zofia, Gauderman, Jim, Gehring, Ulrike, Geller, Frank, Genuneit, Jon, Gharib, Sina A., Gilliland, Frank, Granell, Raquel, Graves, Penelope E., Gudbjartsson, Daniel F., Haahtela, Tari, Heckbert, Susan R., Heederik, Dick, Heinrich, Joachim, Heliovaara, Markku, Henderson, John, Himes, Blanca E., Hirose, Hiroshi, Hirschhorn, Joel N., Hofman, Albert, Holt, Patrick, Hottenga, Jouke, Hudson, Thomas J., Hui, Jennie, Imboden, Medea, Ivanov, Vladimir, Jaddoe, Vincent W. V., James, Alan, Janson, Christer, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jarvis, Deborah, Jones, Graham, Jonsdottir, Ingileif, Jousilahti, Pekka, Kabesch, Michael, Kahonen, Mika, Kantor, David B., Karunas, Alexandra S., Khusnutdinova, Elza, Koppelman, Gerard H., Kozyrskyj, Anita L., Kreiner, Eskil, Kubo, Michiaki, Kumar, Rajesh, Kumar, Ashish, Kuokkanen, Mikko, Lahousse, Lies, Laitinen, Tarja, Laprise, Catherine, Lathrop, Mark, Lau, Susanne, Lee, Young-Ae, Lehtimaki, Terho, Letort, Sebastien, Levin, Albert M., Li, Guo, Liang, Liming, Loehr, Laura R., London, Stephanie J., Loth, Daan W., Manichaikul, Ani, Marenholz, Ingo, Martinez, Fernando J., Matheson, Melanie C., Mathias, Rasika A., Matsumoto, Kenji, Mbarek, Hamdi, McArdle, Wendy L., Melbye, Mads, Melen, Erik, Meyers, Deborah, Michel, Sven, Mohamdi, Hamida, Musk, Arthur W., Myers, Rachel A., Nieuwenhuis, Maartje A. E., Noguchi, Emiko, O'Connor, George T., Ogorodova, Ludmila M., Palmer, Cameron D., Palotie, Aarno, Park, Julie E., Pennell, Craig E., Pershagen, Goran, Polonikov, Alexey, Postma, Dirkje S., Probst-Hensch, Nicole, Puzyrev, Valery P., Raby, Benjamin A., Raitakari, Olli T., Ramasamy, Adaikalavan, Rich, Stephen S., Robertson, Colin F., Romieu, Isabelle, Salam, Muhammad T., Salomaa, Veikko, Schlunssen, Vivi, Scott, Robert, Selivanova, Polina A., Sigsgaard, Torben, Simpson, Angela, Siroux, Valerie, Smith, Lewis J., Solodilova, Maria, Standl, Marie, Stefansson, Kari, Strachan, David P., Stricker, Bruno H., Takahashi, Atsushi, Thompson, Philip J., Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Tiesler, Carla M. T., Torgerson, Dara G., Tsunoda, Tatsuhiko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., van der Valk, Ralf J. P., Vaysse, Amaury, Vedantam, Sailaja, von Berg, Andrea, von Mutius, Erika, Vonk, Judith M., Waage, Johannes, Wareham, Nick J., Weiss, Scott T., White, Wendy B., Wickman, Magnus, Widen, Elisabeth, Willemsen, Gonneke, Williams, L. Keoki, Wouters, Inge M., Yang, James J., Zhao, Jing Hua, Moffatt, Miriam F., Ober, Carole, Nicolae, Dan L., Demenais, Florence, Margaritte-Jeannin, Patricia, Barnes, Kathleen C., Cookson, William O. C., Altmueller, Janine, Ang, Wei, Barr, R. Graham, Beaty, Terri H., Becker, Allan B., Beilby, John, Bisgaard, Hans, Bjornsdottir, Unnur Steina, Bleecker, Eugene, Bonnelykke, Klaus, Boomsma, Dorret I., Bouzigon, Emmanuelle, Brightling, Christopher E., Brossard, Myriam, Brusselle, Guy G., Burchard, Esteban, Burkart, Kristin M., Bush, Andrew, Chan-Yeung, Moira, Chung, Kian Fan, Alves, Alexessander Couto, Curtin, John A., Custovic, Adnan, Daley, Denise, de Jongste, Johan C., Del-Rio-Navarro, Blanca E., Donohue, Kathleen M., Duijts, Liesbeth, Eng, Celeste, Eriksson, Johan G., Farrall, Martin, Fedorova, Yuliya, Feenstra, Bjarke, Ferreira, Manuel A., Freidin, Maxim B., Gajdos, Zofia, Gauderman, Jim, Gehring, Ulrike, Geller, Frank, Genuneit, Jon, Gharib, Sina A., Gilliland, Frank, Granell, Raquel, Graves, Penelope E., Gudbjartsson, Daniel F., Haahtela, Tari, Heckbert, Susan R., Heederik, Dick, Heinrich, Joachim, Heliovaara, Markku, Henderson, John, Himes, Blanca E., Hirose, Hiroshi, Hirschhorn, Joel N., Hofman, Albert, Holt, Patrick, Hottenga, Jouke, Hudson, Thomas J., Hui, Jennie, Imboden, Medea, Ivanov, Vladimir, Jaddoe, Vincent W. V., James, Alan, Janson, Christer, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jarvis, Deborah, Jones, Graham, Jonsdottir, Ingileif, Jousilahti, Pekka, Kabesch, Michael, Kahonen, Mika, Kantor, David B., Karunas, Alexandra S., Khusnutdinova, Elza, Koppelman, Gerard H., Kozyrskyj, Anita L., Kreiner, Eskil, Kubo, Michiaki, Kumar, Rajesh, Kumar, Ashish, Kuokkanen, Mikko, Lahousse, Lies, Laitinen, Tarja, Laprise, Catherine, Lathrop, Mark, Lau, Susanne, Lee, Young-Ae, Lehtimaki, Terho, Letort, Sebastien, Levin, Albert M., Li, Guo, Liang, Liming, Loehr, Laura R., London, Stephanie J., Loth, Daan W., Manichaikul, Ani, Marenholz, Ingo, Martinez, Fernando J., Matheson, Melanie C., Mathias, Rasika A., Matsumoto, Kenji, Mbarek, Hamdi, McArdle, Wendy L., Melbye, Mads, Melen, Erik, Meyers, Deborah, Michel, Sven, Mohamdi, Hamida, Musk, Arthur W., Myers, Rachel A., Nieuwenhuis, Maartje A. E., Noguchi, Emiko, O'Connor, George T., Ogorodova, Ludmila M., Palmer, Cameron D., Palotie, Aarno, Park, Julie E., Pennell, Craig E., Pershagen, Goran, Polonikov, Alexey, Postma, Dirkje S., Probst-Hensch, Nicole, Puzyrev, Valery P., Raby, Benjamin A., Raitakari, Olli T., Ramasamy, Adaikalavan, Rich, Stephen S., Robertson, Colin F., Romieu, Isabelle, Salam, Muhammad T., Salomaa, Veikko, Schlunssen, Vivi, Scott, Robert, Selivanova, Polina A., Sigsgaard, Torben, Simpson, Angela, Siroux, Valerie, Smith, Lewis J., Solodilova, Maria, Standl, Marie, Stefansson, Kari, Strachan, David P., Stricker, Bruno H., Takahashi, Atsushi, Thompson, Philip J., Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Tiesler, Carla M. T., Torgerson, Dara G., Tsunoda, Tatsuhiko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., van der Valk, Ralf J. P., Vaysse, Amaury, Vedantam, Sailaja, von Berg, Andrea, von Mutius, Erika, Vonk, Judith M., Waage, Johannes, Wareham, Nick J., Weiss, Scott T., White, Wendy B., Wickman, Magnus, Widen, Elisabeth, Willemsen, Gonneke, Williams, L. Keoki, Wouters, Inge M., Yang, James J., Zhao, Jing Hua, Moffatt, Miriam F., Ober, Carole, and Nicolae, Dan L.
Abstract: We examined common variation in asthma risk by conducting a meta-analysis of worldwide asthma genome-wide association studies (23,948 asthma cases, 118,538 controls) of individuals from ethnically diverse populations. We identified five new asthma loci, found two new associations at two known asthma loci, established asthma associations at two loci previously implicated in the comorbidity of asthma plus hay fever, and confirmed nine known loci. Investigation of pleiotropy showed large overlaps in genetic variants with autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The enrichment in enhancer marks at asthma risk loci, especially in immune cells, suggested a major role of these loci in the regulation of immunologically related mechanisms.
Published: 2018
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14. Multiethnic meta-analysis identifies ancestry-specific and cross-ancestry loci for pulmonary function.

Author: Wyss, Annah B, Wyss, Annah B, Sofer, Tamar, Lee, Mi Kyeong, Terzikhan, Natalie, Nguyen, Jennifer N, Lahousse, Lies, Latourelle, Jeanne C, Smith, Albert Vernon, Bartz, Traci M, Feitosa, Mary F, Gao, Wei, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Tang, Wenbo, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Duan, Qing, de Jong, Kim, Wojczynski, Mary K, Wang, Xin-Qun, Noordam, Raymond, Hartwig, Fernando Pires, Jackson, Victoria E, Wang, Tianyuan, Obeidat, Ma'en, Hobbs, Brian D, Huan, Tianxiao, Gui, Hongsheng, Parker, Margaret M, Hu, Donglei, Mogil, Lauren S, Kichaev, Gleb, Jin, Jianping, Graff, Mariaelisa, Harris, Tamara B, Kalhan, Ravi, Heckbert, Susan R, Paternoster, Lavinia, Burkart, Kristin M, Liu, Yongmei, Holliday, Elizabeth G, Wilson, James G, Vonk, Judith M, Sanders, Jason L, Barr, R Graham, de Mutsert, Renée, Menezes, Ana Maria Baptista, Adams, Hieab HH, van den Berge, Maarten, Joehanes, Roby, Levin, Albert M, Liberto, Jennifer, Launer, Lenore J, Morrison, Alanna C, Sitlani, Colleen M, Celedón, Juan C, Kritchevsky, Stephen B, Scott, Rodney J, Christensen, Kaare, Rotter, Jerome I, Bonten, Tobias N, Wehrmeister, Fernando César, Bossé, Yohan, Xiao, Shujie, Oh, Sam, Franceschini, Nora, Brody, Jennifer A, Kaplan, Robert C, Lohman, Kurt, McEvoy, Mark, Province, Michael A, Rosendaal, Frits R, Taylor, Kent D, Nickle, David C, Williams, L Keoki, Burchard, Esteban G, Wheeler, Heather E, Sin, Don D, Gudnason, Vilmundur, North, Kari E, Fornage, Myriam, Psaty, Bruce M, Myers, Richard H, O'Connor, George, Hansen, Torben, Laurie, Cathy C, Cassano, Patricia A, Sung, Joohon, Kim, Woo Jin, Attia, John R, Lange, Leslie, Boezen, H Marike, Thyagarajan, Bharat, Rich, Stephen S, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O, Horta, Bernardo Lessa, Uitterlinden, André G, Im, Hae Kyung, Cho, Michael H, Brusselle, Guy G, Gharib, Sina A, Wyss, Annah B, Wyss, Annah B, Sofer, Tamar, Lee, Mi Kyeong, Terzikhan, Natalie, Nguyen, Jennifer N, Lahousse, Lies, Latourelle, Jeanne C, Smith, Albert Vernon, Bartz, Traci M, Feitosa, Mary F, Gao, Wei, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Tang, Wenbo, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Duan, Qing, de Jong, Kim, Wojczynski, Mary K, Wang, Xin-Qun, Noordam, Raymond, Hartwig, Fernando Pires, Jackson, Victoria E, Wang, Tianyuan, Obeidat, Ma'en, Hobbs, Brian D, Huan, Tianxiao, Gui, Hongsheng, Parker, Margaret M, Hu, Donglei, Mogil, Lauren S, Kichaev, Gleb, Jin, Jianping, Graff, Mariaelisa, Harris, Tamara B, Kalhan, Ravi, Heckbert, Susan R, Paternoster, Lavinia, Burkart, Kristin M, Liu, Yongmei, Holliday, Elizabeth G, Wilson, James G, Vonk, Judith M, Sanders, Jason L, Barr, R Graham, de Mutsert, Renée, Menezes, Ana Maria Baptista, Adams, Hieab HH, van den Berge, Maarten, Joehanes, Roby, Levin, Albert M, Liberto, Jennifer, Launer, Lenore J, Morrison, Alanna C, Sitlani, Colleen M, Celedón, Juan C, Kritchevsky, Stephen B, Scott, Rodney J, Christensen, Kaare, Rotter, Jerome I, Bonten, Tobias N, Wehrmeister, Fernando César, Bossé, Yohan, Xiao, Shujie, Oh, Sam, Franceschini, Nora, Brody, Jennifer A, Kaplan, Robert C, Lohman, Kurt, McEvoy, Mark, Province, Michael A, Rosendaal, Frits R, Taylor, Kent D, Nickle, David C, Williams, L Keoki, Burchard, Esteban G, Wheeler, Heather E, Sin, Don D, Gudnason, Vilmundur, North, Kari E, Fornage, Myriam, Psaty, Bruce M, Myers, Richard H, O'Connor, George, Hansen, Torben, Laurie, Cathy C, Cassano, Patricia A, Sung, Joohon, Kim, Woo Jin, Attia, John R, Lange, Leslie, Boezen, H Marike, Thyagarajan, Bharat, Rich, Stephen S, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O, Horta, Bernardo Lessa, Uitterlinden, André G, Im, Hae Kyung, Cho, Michael H, Brusselle, Guy G, and Gharib, Sina A
Abstract: Nearly 100 loci have been identified for pulmonary function, almost exclusively in studies of European ancestry populations. We extend previous research by meta-analyzing genome-wide association studies of 1000 Genomes imputed variants in relation to pulmonary function in a multiethnic population of 90,715 individuals of European (N = 60,552), African (N = 8429), Asian (N = 9959), and Hispanic/Latino (N = 11,775) ethnicities. We identify over 50 additional loci at genome-wide significance in ancestry-specific or multiethnic meta-analyses. Using recent fine-mapping methods incorporating functional annotation, gene expression, and differences in linkage disequilibrium between ethnicities, we further shed light on potential causal variants and genes at known and newly identified loci. Several of the novel genes encode proteins with predicted or established drug targets, including KCNK2 and CDK12. Our study highlights the utility of multiethnic and integrative genomics approaches to extend existing knowledge of the genetics of lung function and clinical relevance of implicated loci.
Published: 2018

15. Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

Author: Demenais, Florence, Margaritte-Jeannin, Patricia, Barnes, Kathleen C., Cookson, William O. C., Altmueller, Janine, Ang, Wei, Barr, R. Graham, Beaty, Terri H., Becker, Allan B., Beilby, John, Bisgaard, Hans, Bjornsdottir, Unnur Steina, Bleecker, Eugene, Bonnelykke, Klaus, Boomsma, Dorret I., Bouzigon, Emmanuelle, Brightling, Christopher E., Brossard, Myriam, Brusselle, Guy G., Burchard, Esteban, Burkart, Kristin M., Bush, Andrew, Chan-Yeung, Moira, Chung, Kian Fan, Alves, Alexessander Couto, Curtin, John A., Custovic, Adnan, Daley, Denise, de Jongste, Johan C., Del-Rio-Navarro, Blanca E., Donohue, Kathleen M., Duijts, Liesbeth, Eng, Celeste, Eriksson, Johan G., Farrall, Martin, Fedorova, Yuliya, Feenstra, Bjarke, Ferreira, Manuel A., Freidin, Maxim B., Gajdos, Zofia, Gauderman, Jim, Gehring, Ulrike, Geller, Frank, Genuneit, Jon, Gharib, Sina A., Gilliland, Frank, Granell, Raquel, Graves, Penelope E., Gudbjartsson, Daniel F., Haahtela, Tari, Heckbert, Susan R., Heederik, Dick, Heinrich, Joachim, Heliovaara, Markku, Henderson, John, Himes, Blanca E., Hirose, Hiroshi, Hirschhorn, Joel N., Hofman, Albert, Holt, Patrick, Hottenga, Jouke, Hudson, Thomas J., Hui, Jennie, Imboden, Medea, Ivanov, Vladimir, Jaddoe, Vincent W. V., James, Alan, Janson, Christer, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jarvis, Deborah, Jones, Graham, Jonsdottir, Ingileif, Jousilahti, Pekka, Kabesch, Michael, Kahonen, Mika, Kantor, David B., Karunas, Alexandra S., Khusnutdinova, Elza, Koppelman, Gerard H., Kozyrskyj, Anita L., Kreiner, Eskil, Kubo, Michiaki, Kumar, Rajesh, Kumar, Ashish, Kuokkanen, Mikko, Lahousse, Lies, Laitinen, Tarja, Laprise, Catherine, Lathrop, Mark, Lau, Susanne, Lee, Young-Ae, Lehtimaki, Terho, Letort, Sebastien, Levin, Albert M., Li, Guo, Liang, Liming, Loehr, Laura R., London, Stephanie J., Loth, Daan W., Manichaikul, Ani, Marenholz, Ingo, Martinez, Fernando J., Matheson, Melanie C., Mathias, Rasika A., Matsumoto, Kenji, Mbarek, Hamdi, McArdle, Wendy L., Melbye, Mads, Melen, Erik, Meyers, Deborah, Michel, Sven, Mohamdi, Hamida, Musk, Arthur W., Myers, Rachel A., Nieuwenhuis, Maartje A. E., Noguchi, Emiko, O'Connor, George T., Ogorodova, Ludmila M., Palmer, Cameron D., Palotie, Aarno, Park, Julie E., Pennell, Craig E., Pershagen, Goran, Polonikov, Alexey, Postma, Dirkje S., Probst-Hensch, Nicole, Puzyrev, Valery P., Raby, Benjamin A., Raitakari, Olli T., Ramasamy, Adaikalavan, Rich, Stephen S., Robertson, Colin F., Romieu, Isabelle, Salam, Muhammad T., Salomaa, Veikko, Schlunssen, Vivi, Scott, Robert, Selivanova, Polina A., Sigsgaard, Torben, Simpson, Angela, Siroux, Valerie, Smith, Lewis J., Solodilova, Maria, Standl, Marie, Stefansson, Kari, Strachan, David P., Stricker, Bruno H., Takahashi, Atsushi, Thompson, Philip J., Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Tiesler, Carla M. T., Torgerson, Dara G., Tsunoda, Tatsuhiko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., van der Valk, Ralf J. P., Vaysse, Amaury, Vedantam, Sailaja, von Berg, Andrea, von Mutius, Erika, Vonk, Judith M., Waage, Johannes, Wareham, Nick J., Weiss, Scott T., White, Wendy B., Wickman, Magnus, Widen, Elisabeth, Willemsen, Gonneke, Williams, L. Keoki, Wouters, Inge M., Yang, James J., Zhao, Jing Hua, Moffatt, Miriam F., Ober, Carole, Nicolae, Dan L., Demenais, Florence, Margaritte-Jeannin, Patricia, Barnes, Kathleen C., Cookson, William O. C., Altmueller, Janine, Ang, Wei, Barr, R. Graham, Beaty, Terri H., Becker, Allan B., Beilby, John, Bisgaard, Hans, Bjornsdottir, Unnur Steina, Bleecker, Eugene, Bonnelykke, Klaus, Boomsma, Dorret I., Bouzigon, Emmanuelle, Brightling, Christopher E., Brossard, Myriam, Brusselle, Guy G., Burchard, Esteban, Burkart, Kristin M., Bush, Andrew, Chan-Yeung, Moira, Chung, Kian Fan, Alves, Alexessander Couto, Curtin, John A., Custovic, Adnan, Daley, Denise, de Jongste, Johan C., Del-Rio-Navarro, Blanca E., Donohue, Kathleen M., Duijts, Liesbeth, Eng, Celeste, Eriksson, Johan G., Farrall, Martin, Fedorova, Yuliya, Feenstra, Bjarke, Ferreira, Manuel A., Freidin, Maxim B., Gajdos, Zofia, Gauderman, Jim, Gehring, Ulrike, Geller, Frank, Genuneit, Jon, Gharib, Sina A., Gilliland, Frank, Granell, Raquel, Graves, Penelope E., Gudbjartsson, Daniel F., Haahtela, Tari, Heckbert, Susan R., Heederik, Dick, Heinrich, Joachim, Heliovaara, Markku, Henderson, John, Himes, Blanca E., Hirose, Hiroshi, Hirschhorn, Joel N., Hofman, Albert, Holt, Patrick, Hottenga, Jouke, Hudson, Thomas J., Hui, Jennie, Imboden, Medea, Ivanov, Vladimir, Jaddoe, Vincent W. V., James, Alan, Janson, Christer, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jarvis, Deborah, Jones, Graham, Jonsdottir, Ingileif, Jousilahti, Pekka, Kabesch, Michael, Kahonen, Mika, Kantor, David B., Karunas, Alexandra S., Khusnutdinova, Elza, Koppelman, Gerard H., Kozyrskyj, Anita L., Kreiner, Eskil, Kubo, Michiaki, Kumar, Rajesh, Kumar, Ashish, Kuokkanen, Mikko, Lahousse, Lies, Laitinen, Tarja, Laprise, Catherine, Lathrop, Mark, Lau, Susanne, Lee, Young-Ae, Lehtimaki, Terho, Letort, Sebastien, Levin, Albert M., Li, Guo, Liang, Liming, Loehr, Laura R., London, Stephanie J., Loth, Daan W., Manichaikul, Ani, Marenholz, Ingo, Martinez, Fernando J., Matheson, Melanie C., Mathias, Rasika A., Matsumoto, Kenji, Mbarek, Hamdi, McArdle, Wendy L., Melbye, Mads, Melen, Erik, Meyers, Deborah, Michel, Sven, Mohamdi, Hamida, Musk, Arthur W., Myers, Rachel A., Nieuwenhuis, Maartje A. E., Noguchi, Emiko, O'Connor, George T., Ogorodova, Ludmila M., Palmer, Cameron D., Palotie, Aarno, Park, Julie E., Pennell, Craig E., Pershagen, Goran, Polonikov, Alexey, Postma, Dirkje S., Probst-Hensch, Nicole, Puzyrev, Valery P., Raby, Benjamin A., Raitakari, Olli T., Ramasamy, Adaikalavan, Rich, Stephen S., Robertson, Colin F., Romieu, Isabelle, Salam, Muhammad T., Salomaa, Veikko, Schlunssen, Vivi, Scott, Robert, Selivanova, Polina A., Sigsgaard, Torben, Simpson, Angela, Siroux, Valerie, Smith, Lewis J., Solodilova, Maria, Standl, Marie, Stefansson, Kari, Strachan, David P., Stricker, Bruno H., Takahashi, Atsushi, Thompson, Philip J., Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Tiesler, Carla M. T., Torgerson, Dara G., Tsunoda, Tatsuhiko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., van der Valk, Ralf J. P., Vaysse, Amaury, Vedantam, Sailaja, von Berg, Andrea, von Mutius, Erika, Vonk, Judith M., Waage, Johannes, Wareham, Nick J., Weiss, Scott T., White, Wendy B., Wickman, Magnus, Widen, Elisabeth, Willemsen, Gonneke, Williams, L. Keoki, Wouters, Inge M., Yang, James J., Zhao, Jing Hua, Moffatt, Miriam F., Ober, Carole, and Nicolae, Dan L.
Abstract: We examined common variation in asthma risk by conducting a meta-analysis of worldwide asthma genome-wide association studies (23,948 asthma cases, 118,538 controls) of individuals from ethnically diverse populations. We identified five new asthma loci, found two new associations at two known asthma loci, established asthma associations at two loci previously implicated in the comorbidity of asthma plus hay fever, and confirmed nine known loci. Investigation of pleiotropy showed large overlaps in genetic variants with autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The enrichment in enhancer marks at asthma risk loci, especially in immune cells, suggested a major role of these loci in the regulation of immunologically related mechanisms.
Published: 2018

16. Multiethnic meta-analysis identifies ancestry-specific and cross-ancestry loci for pulmonary function.

Author: Wyss, Annah B, Wyss, Annah B, Sofer, Tamar, Lee, Mi Kyeong, Terzikhan, Natalie, Nguyen, Jennifer N, Lahousse, Lies, Latourelle, Jeanne C, Smith, Albert Vernon, Bartz, Traci M, Feitosa, Mary F, Gao, Wei, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Tang, Wenbo, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Duan, Qing, de Jong, Kim, Wojczynski, Mary K, Wang, Xin-Qun, Noordam, Raymond, Hartwig, Fernando Pires, Jackson, Victoria E, Wang, Tianyuan, Obeidat, Ma'en, Hobbs, Brian D, Huan, Tianxiao, Gui, Hongsheng, Parker, Margaret M, Hu, Donglei, Mogil, Lauren S, Kichaev, Gleb, Jin, Jianping, Graff, Mariaelisa, Harris, Tamara B, Kalhan, Ravi, Heckbert, Susan R, Paternoster, Lavinia, Burkart, Kristin M, Liu, Yongmei, Holliday, Elizabeth G, Wilson, James G, Vonk, Judith M, Sanders, Jason L, Barr, R Graham, de Mutsert, Renée, Menezes, Ana Maria Baptista, Adams, Hieab HH, van den Berge, Maarten, Joehanes, Roby, Levin, Albert M, Liberto, Jennifer, Launer, Lenore J, Morrison, Alanna C, Sitlani, Colleen M, Celedón, Juan C, Kritchevsky, Stephen B, Scott, Rodney J, Christensen, Kaare, Rotter, Jerome I, Bonten, Tobias N, Wehrmeister, Fernando César, Bossé, Yohan, Xiao, Shujie, Oh, Sam, Franceschini, Nora, Brody, Jennifer A, Kaplan, Robert C, Lohman, Kurt, McEvoy, Mark, Province, Michael A, Rosendaal, Frits R, Taylor, Kent D, Nickle, David C, Williams, L Keoki, Burchard, Esteban G, Wheeler, Heather E, Sin, Don D, Gudnason, Vilmundur, North, Kari E, Fornage, Myriam, Psaty, Bruce M, Myers, Richard H, O'Connor, George, Hansen, Torben, Laurie, Cathy C, Cassano, Patricia A, Sung, Joohon, Kim, Woo Jin, Attia, John R, Lange, Leslie, Boezen, H Marike, Thyagarajan, Bharat, Rich, Stephen S, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O, Horta, Bernardo Lessa, Uitterlinden, André G, Im, Hae Kyung, Cho, Michael H, Brusselle, Guy G, Gharib, Sina A, Wyss, Annah B, Wyss, Annah B, Sofer, Tamar, Lee, Mi Kyeong, Terzikhan, Natalie, Nguyen, Jennifer N, Lahousse, Lies, Latourelle, Jeanne C, Smith, Albert Vernon, Bartz, Traci M, Feitosa, Mary F, Gao, Wei, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Tang, Wenbo, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Duan, Qing, de Jong, Kim, Wojczynski, Mary K, Wang, Xin-Qun, Noordam, Raymond, Hartwig, Fernando Pires, Jackson, Victoria E, Wang, Tianyuan, Obeidat, Ma'en, Hobbs, Brian D, Huan, Tianxiao, Gui, Hongsheng, Parker, Margaret M, Hu, Donglei, Mogil, Lauren S, Kichaev, Gleb, Jin, Jianping, Graff, Mariaelisa, Harris, Tamara B, Kalhan, Ravi, Heckbert, Susan R, Paternoster, Lavinia, Burkart, Kristin M, Liu, Yongmei, Holliday, Elizabeth G, Wilson, James G, Vonk, Judith M, Sanders, Jason L, Barr, R Graham, de Mutsert, Renée, Menezes, Ana Maria Baptista, Adams, Hieab HH, van den Berge, Maarten, Joehanes, Roby, Levin, Albert M, Liberto, Jennifer, Launer, Lenore J, Morrison, Alanna C, Sitlani, Colleen M, Celedón, Juan C, Kritchevsky, Stephen B, Scott, Rodney J, Christensen, Kaare, Rotter, Jerome I, Bonten, Tobias N, Wehrmeister, Fernando César, Bossé, Yohan, Xiao, Shujie, Oh, Sam, Franceschini, Nora, Brody, Jennifer A, Kaplan, Robert C, Lohman, Kurt, McEvoy, Mark, Province, Michael A, Rosendaal, Frits R, Taylor, Kent D, Nickle, David C, Williams, L Keoki, Burchard, Esteban G, Wheeler, Heather E, Sin, Don D, Gudnason, Vilmundur, North, Kari E, Fornage, Myriam, Psaty, Bruce M, Myers, Richard H, O'Connor, George, Hansen, Torben, Laurie, Cathy C, Cassano, Patricia A, Sung, Joohon, Kim, Woo Jin, Attia, John R, Lange, Leslie, Boezen, H Marike, Thyagarajan, Bharat, Rich, Stephen S, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O, Horta, Bernardo Lessa, Uitterlinden, André G, Im, Hae Kyung, Cho, Michael H, Brusselle, Guy G, and Gharib, Sina A
Abstract: Nearly 100 loci have been identified for pulmonary function, almost exclusively in studies of European ancestry populations. We extend previous research by meta-analyzing genome-wide association studies of 1000 Genomes imputed variants in relation to pulmonary function in a multiethnic population of 90,715 individuals of European (N = 60,552), African (N = 8429), Asian (N = 9959), and Hispanic/Latino (N = 11,775) ethnicities. We identify over 50 additional loci at genome-wide significance in ancestry-specific or multiethnic meta-analyses. Using recent fine-mapping methods incorporating functional annotation, gene expression, and differences in linkage disequilibrium between ethnicities, we further shed light on potential causal variants and genes at known and newly identified loci. Several of the novel genes encode proteins with predicted or established drug targets, including KCNK2 and CDK12. Our study highlights the utility of multiethnic and integrative genomics approaches to extend existing knowledge of the genetics of lung function and clinical relevance of implicated loci.
Published: 2018

17. Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

Author: Demenais, Florence, Margaritte-Jeannin, Patricia, Barnes, Kathleen C., Cookson, William O. C., Altmueller, Janine, Ang, Wei, Barr, R. Graham, Beaty, Terri H., Becker, Allan B., Beilby, John, Bisgaard, Hans, Bjornsdottir, Unnur Steina, Bleecker, Eugene, Bonnelykke, Klaus, Boomsma, Dorret I., Bouzigon, Emmanuelle, Brightling, Christopher E., Brossard, Myriam, Brusselle, Guy G., Burchard, Esteban, Burkart, Kristin M., Bush, Andrew, Chan-Yeung, Moira, Chung, Kian Fan, Alves, Alexessander Couto, Curtin, John A., Custovic, Adnan, Daley, Denise, de Jongste, Johan C., Del-Rio-Navarro, Blanca E., Donohue, Kathleen M., Duijts, Liesbeth, Eng, Celeste, Eriksson, Johan G., Farrall, Martin, Fedorova, Yuliya, Feenstra, Bjarke, Ferreira, Manuel A., Freidin, Maxim B., Gajdos, Zofia, Gauderman, Jim, Gehring, Ulrike, Geller, Frank, Genuneit, Jon, Gharib, Sina A., Gilliland, Frank, Granell, Raquel, Graves, Penelope E., Gudbjartsson, Daniel F., Haahtela, Tari, Heckbert, Susan R., Heederik, Dick, Heinrich, Joachim, Heliovaara, Markku, Henderson, John, Himes, Blanca E., Hirose, Hiroshi, Hirschhorn, Joel N., Hofman, Albert, Holt, Patrick, Hottenga, Jouke, Hudson, Thomas J., Hui, Jennie, Imboden, Medea, Ivanov, Vladimir, Jaddoe, Vincent W. V., James, Alan, Janson, Christer, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jarvis, Deborah, Jones, Graham, Jonsdottir, Ingileif, Jousilahti, Pekka, Kabesch, Michael, Kahonen, Mika, Kantor, David B., Karunas, Alexandra S., Khusnutdinova, Elza, Koppelman, Gerard H., Kozyrskyj, Anita L., Kreiner, Eskil, Kubo, Michiaki, Kumar, Rajesh, Kumar, Ashish, Kuokkanen, Mikko, Lahousse, Lies, Laitinen, Tarja, Laprise, Catherine, Lathrop, Mark, Lau, Susanne, Lee, Young-Ae, Lehtimaki, Terho, Letort, Sebastien, Levin, Albert M., Li, Guo, Liang, Liming, Loehr, Laura R., London, Stephanie J., Loth, Daan W., Manichaikul, Ani, Marenholz, Ingo, Martinez, Fernando J., Matheson, Melanie C., Mathias, Rasika A., Matsumoto, Kenji, Mbarek, Hamdi, McArdle, Wendy L., Melbye, Mads, Melen, Erik, Meyers, Deborah, Michel, Sven, Mohamdi, Hamida, Musk, Arthur W., Myers, Rachel A., Nieuwenhuis, Maartje A. E., Noguchi, Emiko, O'Connor, George T., Ogorodova, Ludmila M., Palmer, Cameron D., Palotie, Aarno, Park, Julie E., Pennell, Craig E., Pershagen, Goran, Polonikov, Alexey, Postma, Dirkje S., Probst-Hensch, Nicole, Puzyrev, Valery P., Raby, Benjamin A., Raitakari, Olli T., Ramasamy, Adaikalavan, Rich, Stephen S., Robertson, Colin F., Romieu, Isabelle, Salam, Muhammad T., Salomaa, Veikko, Schlunssen, Vivi, Scott, Robert, Selivanova, Polina A., Sigsgaard, Torben, Simpson, Angela, Siroux, Valerie, Smith, Lewis J., Solodilova, Maria, Standl, Marie, Stefansson, Kari, Strachan, David P., Stricker, Bruno H., Takahashi, Atsushi, Thompson, Philip J., Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Tiesler, Carla M. T., Torgerson, Dara G., Tsunoda, Tatsuhiko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., van der Valk, Ralf J. P., Vaysse, Amaury, Vedantam, Sailaja, von Berg, Andrea, von Mutius, Erika, Vonk, Judith M., Waage, Johannes, Wareham, Nick J., Weiss, Scott T., White, Wendy B., Wickman, Magnus, Widen, Elisabeth, Willemsen, Gonneke, Williams, L. Keoki, Wouters, Inge M., Yang, James J., Zhao, Jing Hua, Moffatt, Miriam F., Ober, Carole, Nicolae, Dan L., Demenais, Florence, Margaritte-Jeannin, Patricia, Barnes, Kathleen C., Cookson, William O. C., Altmueller, Janine, Ang, Wei, Barr, R. Graham, Beaty, Terri H., Becker, Allan B., Beilby, John, Bisgaard, Hans, Bjornsdottir, Unnur Steina, Bleecker, Eugene, Bonnelykke, Klaus, Boomsma, Dorret I., Bouzigon, Emmanuelle, Brightling, Christopher E., Brossard, Myriam, Brusselle, Guy G., Burchard, Esteban, Burkart, Kristin M., Bush, Andrew, Chan-Yeung, Moira, Chung, Kian Fan, Alves, Alexessander Couto, Curtin, John A., Custovic, Adnan, Daley, Denise, de Jongste, Johan C., Del-Rio-Navarro, Blanca E., Donohue, Kathleen M., Duijts, Liesbeth, Eng, Celeste, Eriksson, Johan G., Farrall, Martin, Fedorova, Yuliya, Feenstra, Bjarke, Ferreira, Manuel A., Freidin, Maxim B., Gajdos, Zofia, Gauderman, Jim, Gehring, Ulrike, Geller, Frank, Genuneit, Jon, Gharib, Sina A., Gilliland, Frank, Granell, Raquel, Graves, Penelope E., Gudbjartsson, Daniel F., Haahtela, Tari, Heckbert, Susan R., Heederik, Dick, Heinrich, Joachim, Heliovaara, Markku, Henderson, John, Himes, Blanca E., Hirose, Hiroshi, Hirschhorn, Joel N., Hofman, Albert, Holt, Patrick, Hottenga, Jouke, Hudson, Thomas J., Hui, Jennie, Imboden, Medea, Ivanov, Vladimir, Jaddoe, Vincent W. V., James, Alan, Janson, Christer, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jarvis, Deborah, Jones, Graham, Jonsdottir, Ingileif, Jousilahti, Pekka, Kabesch, Michael, Kahonen, Mika, Kantor, David B., Karunas, Alexandra S., Khusnutdinova, Elza, Koppelman, Gerard H., Kozyrskyj, Anita L., Kreiner, Eskil, Kubo, Michiaki, Kumar, Rajesh, Kumar, Ashish, Kuokkanen, Mikko, Lahousse, Lies, Laitinen, Tarja, Laprise, Catherine, Lathrop, Mark, Lau, Susanne, Lee, Young-Ae, Lehtimaki, Terho, Letort, Sebastien, Levin, Albert M., Li, Guo, Liang, Liming, Loehr, Laura R., London, Stephanie J., Loth, Daan W., Manichaikul, Ani, Marenholz, Ingo, Martinez, Fernando J., Matheson, Melanie C., Mathias, Rasika A., Matsumoto, Kenji, Mbarek, Hamdi, McArdle, Wendy L., Melbye, Mads, Melen, Erik, Meyers, Deborah, Michel, Sven, Mohamdi, Hamida, Musk, Arthur W., Myers, Rachel A., Nieuwenhuis, Maartje A. E., Noguchi, Emiko, O'Connor, George T., Ogorodova, Ludmila M., Palmer, Cameron D., Palotie, Aarno, Park, Julie E., Pennell, Craig E., Pershagen, Goran, Polonikov, Alexey, Postma, Dirkje S., Probst-Hensch, Nicole, Puzyrev, Valery P., Raby, Benjamin A., Raitakari, Olli T., Ramasamy, Adaikalavan, Rich, Stephen S., Robertson, Colin F., Romieu, Isabelle, Salam, Muhammad T., Salomaa, Veikko, Schlunssen, Vivi, Scott, Robert, Selivanova, Polina A., Sigsgaard, Torben, Simpson, Angela, Siroux, Valerie, Smith, Lewis J., Solodilova, Maria, Standl, Marie, Stefansson, Kari, Strachan, David P., Stricker, Bruno H., Takahashi, Atsushi, Thompson, Philip J., Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Tiesler, Carla M. T., Torgerson, Dara G., Tsunoda, Tatsuhiko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., van der Valk, Ralf J. P., Vaysse, Amaury, Vedantam, Sailaja, von Berg, Andrea, von Mutius, Erika, Vonk, Judith M., Waage, Johannes, Wareham, Nick J., Weiss, Scott T., White, Wendy B., Wickman, Magnus, Widen, Elisabeth, Willemsen, Gonneke, Williams, L. Keoki, Wouters, Inge M., Yang, James J., Zhao, Jing Hua, Moffatt, Miriam F., Ober, Carole, and Nicolae, Dan L.
Abstract: We examined common variation in asthma risk by conducting a meta-analysis of worldwide asthma genome-wide association studies (23,948 asthma cases, 118,538 controls) of individuals from ethnically diverse populations. We identified five new asthma loci, found two new associations at two known asthma loci, established asthma associations at two loci previously implicated in the comorbidity of asthma plus hay fever, and confirmed nine known loci. Investigation of pleiotropy showed large overlaps in genetic variants with autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The enrichment in enhancer marks at asthma risk loci, especially in immune cells, suggested a major role of these loci in the regulation of immunologically related mechanisms.
Published: 2018

18. Multiethnic meta-analysis identifies ancestry-specific and cross-ancestry loci for pulmonary function

Author: Wyss, Annah B., Sofer, Tamar, Lee, Mi Kyeong, Terzikhan, Natalie, Nguyen, Jennifer N., Lahousse, Lies, Latourelle, Jeanne C., Smith, Albert Vernon, Bartz, Traci M., Feitosa, Mary F., Gao, Wei, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Tang, Wenbo, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Duan, Qing, de Jong, Kim, Wojczynski, Mary K., Wang, Xin-Qun, Noordam, Raymond, Hartwig, Fernando Pires, Jackson, Victoria E., Wang, Tianyuan, Obeidat, Ma'en, Hobbs, Brian D., Huan, Tianxiao, Gui, Hongsheng, Parker, Margaret M., Hu, Donglei, Mogil, Lauren S., Kichaev, Gleb, Jin, Jianping, Graff, Mariaelisa, Harris, Tamara B., Kalhan, Ravi, Heckbert, Susan R., Paternoster, Lavinia, Burkart, Kristin M., Liu, Yongmei, Holliday, Elizabeth G., Wilson, James G., Vonk, Judith M., Sanders, Jason L., Barr, R. Graham, de Mutsert, Renee, Baptista Menezes, Ana Maria, Adams, Hieab H. H., van den Berge, Maarten, Joehanes, Roby, Levin, Albert M., Liberto, Jennifer, Launer, Lenore J., Morrison, Alanna C., Sitlani, Colleen M., Celedon, Juan C., Kritchevsky, Stephen B., Scott, Rodney J., Christensen, Kaare, Rotter, Jerome I., Bonten, Tobias N., Wehrmeister, Fernando Cesar, Bosse, Yohan, Xiao, Shujie, Oh, Sam, Franceschini, Nora, Brody, Jennifer A., Kaplan, Robert C., Lohman, Kurt, McEvoy, Mark, Province, Michael A., Rosendaal, Frits R., Taylor, Kent D., Nickle, David C., Williams, L. Keoki, Burchard, Esteban G., Wheeler, Heather E., Sin, Don D., Gudnason, Vilmundur, North, Kari E., Fornage, Myriam, Psaty, Bruce M., Myers, Richard H., O'Connor, George, Hansen, Torben, Laurie, Cathy C., Cassano, Patricia A., Sung, Joohon, Kim, Woo Jin, Attia, John R., Lange, Leslie, Boezen, H. Marike, Thyagarajan, Bharat, Rich, Stephen S., Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Horta, Bernardo Lessa, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Im, Hae Kyung, Cho, Michael H., Brusselle, Guy G., Gharib, Sina A., Dupuis, Josee, Manichaikul, Ani, London, Stephanie J., Wyss, Annah B., Sofer, Tamar, Lee, Mi Kyeong, Terzikhan, Natalie, Nguyen, Jennifer N., Lahousse, Lies, Latourelle, Jeanne C., Smith, Albert Vernon, Bartz, Traci M., Feitosa, Mary F., Gao, Wei, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Tang, Wenbo, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Duan, Qing, de Jong, Kim, Wojczynski, Mary K., Wang, Xin-Qun, Noordam, Raymond, Hartwig, Fernando Pires, Jackson, Victoria E., Wang, Tianyuan, Obeidat, Ma'en, Hobbs, Brian D., Huan, Tianxiao, Gui, Hongsheng, Parker, Margaret M., Hu, Donglei, Mogil, Lauren S., Kichaev, Gleb, Jin, Jianping, Graff, Mariaelisa, Harris, Tamara B., Kalhan, Ravi, Heckbert, Susan R., Paternoster, Lavinia, Burkart, Kristin M., Liu, Yongmei, Holliday, Elizabeth G., Wilson, James G., Vonk, Judith M., Sanders, Jason L., Barr, R. Graham, de Mutsert, Renee, Baptista Menezes, Ana Maria, Adams, Hieab H. H., van den Berge, Maarten, Joehanes, Roby, Levin, Albert M., Liberto, Jennifer, Launer, Lenore J., Morrison, Alanna C., Sitlani, Colleen M., Celedon, Juan C., Kritchevsky, Stephen B., Scott, Rodney J., Christensen, Kaare, Rotter, Jerome I., Bonten, Tobias N., Wehrmeister, Fernando Cesar, Bosse, Yohan, Xiao, Shujie, Oh, Sam, Franceschini, Nora, Brody, Jennifer A., Kaplan, Robert C., Lohman, Kurt, McEvoy, Mark, Province, Michael A., Rosendaal, Frits R., Taylor, Kent D., Nickle, David C., Williams, L. Keoki, Burchard, Esteban G., Wheeler, Heather E., Sin, Don D., Gudnason, Vilmundur, North, Kari E., Fornage, Myriam, Psaty, Bruce M., Myers, Richard H., O'Connor, George, Hansen, Torben, Laurie, Cathy C., Cassano, Patricia A., Sung, Joohon, Kim, Woo Jin, Attia, John R., Lange, Leslie, Boezen, H. Marike, Thyagarajan, Bharat, Rich, Stephen S., Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Horta, Bernardo Lessa, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Im, Hae Kyung, Cho, Michael H., Brusselle, Guy G., Gharib, Sina A., Dupuis, Josee, Manichaikul, Ani, and London, Stephanie J.
Published: 2018

19. Multiethnic meta-analysis identifies ancestry-specific and cross-ancestry loci for pulmonary function

Author: Wyss, Annah B., Sofer, Tamar, Lee, Mi Kyeong, Terzikhan, Natalie, Nguyen, Jennifer N., Lahousse, Lies, Latourelle, Jeanne C., Smith, Albert Vernon, Bartz, Traci M., Feitosa, Mary F., Gao, Wei, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Tang, Wenbo, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Duan, Qing, de Jong, Kim, Wojczynski, Mary K., Wang, Xin-Qun, Noordam, Raymond, Hartwig, Fernando Pires, Jackson, Victoria E., Wang, Tianyuan, Obeidat, Ma'en, Hobbs, Brian D., Huan, Tianxiao, Gui, Hongsheng, Parker, Margaret M., Hu, Donglei, Mogil, Lauren S., Kichaev, Gleb, Jin, Jianping, Graff, Mariaelisa, Harris, Tamara B., Kalhan, Ravi, Heckbert, Susan R., Paternoster, Lavinia, Burkart, Kristin M., Liu, Yongmei, Holliday, Elizabeth G., Wilson, James G., Vonk, Judith M., Sanders, Jason L., Barr, R. Graham, de Mutsert, Renee, Baptista Menezes, Ana Maria, Adams, Hieab H. H., van den Berge, Maarten, Joehanes, Roby, Levin, Albert M., Liberto, Jennifer, Launer, Lenore J., Morrison, Alanna C., Sitlani, Colleen M., Celedon, Juan C., Kritchevsky, Stephen B., Scott, Rodney J., Christensen, Kaare, Rotter, Jerome I., Bonten, Tobias N., Wehrmeister, Fernando Cesar, Bosse, Yohan, Xiao, Shujie, Oh, Sam, Franceschini, Nora, Brody, Jennifer A., Kaplan, Robert C., Lohman, Kurt, McEvoy, Mark, Province, Michael A., Rosendaal, Frits R., Taylor, Kent D., Nickle, David C., Williams, L. Keoki, Burchard, Esteban G., Wheeler, Heather E., Sin, Don D., Gudnason, Vilmundur, North, Kari E., Fornage, Myriam, Psaty, Bruce M., Myers, Richard H., O'Connor, George, Hansen, Torben, Laurie, Cathy C., Cassano, Patricia A., Sung, Joohon, Kim, Woo Jin, Attia, John R., Lange, Leslie, Boezen, H. Marike, Thyagarajan, Bharat, Rich, Stephen S., Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Horta, Bernardo Lessa, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Im, Hae Kyung, Cho, Michael H., Brusselle, Guy G., Gharib, Sina A., Dupuis, Josee, Manichaikul, Ani, London, Stephanie J., Wyss, Annah B., Sofer, Tamar, Lee, Mi Kyeong, Terzikhan, Natalie, Nguyen, Jennifer N., Lahousse, Lies, Latourelle, Jeanne C., Smith, Albert Vernon, Bartz, Traci M., Feitosa, Mary F., Gao, Wei, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Tang, Wenbo, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Duan, Qing, de Jong, Kim, Wojczynski, Mary K., Wang, Xin-Qun, Noordam, Raymond, Hartwig, Fernando Pires, Jackson, Victoria E., Wang, Tianyuan, Obeidat, Ma'en, Hobbs, Brian D., Huan, Tianxiao, Gui, Hongsheng, Parker, Margaret M., Hu, Donglei, Mogil, Lauren S., Kichaev, Gleb, Jin, Jianping, Graff, Mariaelisa, Harris, Tamara B., Kalhan, Ravi, Heckbert, Susan R., Paternoster, Lavinia, Burkart, Kristin M., Liu, Yongmei, Holliday, Elizabeth G., Wilson, James G., Vonk, Judith M., Sanders, Jason L., Barr, R. Graham, de Mutsert, Renee, Baptista Menezes, Ana Maria, Adams, Hieab H. H., van den Berge, Maarten, Joehanes, Roby, Levin, Albert M., Liberto, Jennifer, Launer, Lenore J., Morrison, Alanna C., Sitlani, Colleen M., Celedon, Juan C., Kritchevsky, Stephen B., Scott, Rodney J., Christensen, Kaare, Rotter, Jerome I., Bonten, Tobias N., Wehrmeister, Fernando Cesar, Bosse, Yohan, Xiao, Shujie, Oh, Sam, Franceschini, Nora, Brody, Jennifer A., Kaplan, Robert C., Lohman, Kurt, McEvoy, Mark, Province, Michael A., Rosendaal, Frits R., Taylor, Kent D., Nickle, David C., Williams, L. Keoki, Burchard, Esteban G., Wheeler, Heather E., Sin, Don D., Gudnason, Vilmundur, North, Kari E., Fornage, Myriam, Psaty, Bruce M., Myers, Richard H., O'Connor, George, Hansen, Torben, Laurie, Cathy C., Cassano, Patricia A., Sung, Joohon, Kim, Woo Jin, Attia, John R., Lange, Leslie, Boezen, H. Marike, Thyagarajan, Bharat, Rich, Stephen S., Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Horta, Bernardo Lessa, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Im, Hae Kyung, Cho, Michael H., Brusselle, Guy G., Gharib, Sina A., Dupuis, Josee, Manichaikul, Ani, and London, Stephanie J.
Published: 2018

20. Performance of the Genomic Evaluators of Metastatic Prostate Cancer (GEMCaP) tumor biomarker for identifying recurrent disease in African American patients.

Author: Levin, Albert M, Levin, Albert M, Lindquist, Karla J, Avila, Andrew, Witte, John S, Paris, Pamela L, Rybicki, Benjamin A, Levin, Albert M, Levin, Albert M, Lindquist, Karla J, Avila, Andrew, Witte, John S, Paris, Pamela L, and Rybicki, Benjamin A
Abstract: Evaluation of prostate cancer prognosis after surgery is increasingly relying upon genomic analyses of tumor DNA. We assessed the ability of the biomarker panel Genomic Evaluators of Metastatic Prostate Cancer (GEMCaP) to predict biochemical recurrence in 33 European American and 28 African American prostate cancer cases using genome-wide copy number data from a previous study. "Biomarker positive" was defined as ≥20% of the 38 constituent copy number gain/loss GEMCaP loci affected in a given tumor; based on this threshold, the frequency of a positive biomarker was significantly lower in African Americans (n = 2; 7%) than European Americans (n = 11; 33%; P = 0.013). GEMCaP positivity was associated with risk of recurrence [hazard ratio (HR), 5.92; 95% confidence interval (CI), 2.32-15.11; P = 3 × 10(-4)] in the full sample and among European Americans (HR, 3.45; 95% CI, 1.13-10.51; P = 0.032) but was not estimable in African Americans due to the low rate of GEMCaP positivity. Overall, the GEMCaP recurrence positive predictive value (PPV) was 85%; in African Americans, PPV was 100%. When we expanded the definition of loss to include copy-neutral loss of heterozygosity (i.e., loss of one allele with concomitant duplication of the other), recurrence PPV was 83% for European American subjects. Under this definition, 5 African American subjects had a positive GEMCaP test value; 4 went on to develop biochemical recurrence (PPV = 80%). Our results suggest that the GEMCaP biomarker set could be an effective predictor for both European American and African American men diagnosed with localized prostate cancer who may benefit from immediate aggressive therapy after radical prostatectomy.
Published: 2014

21. Nocturnal asthma and the importance of race/ethnicity and genetic ancestry.

Author: Levin, Albert M, Levin, Albert M, Wang, Yun, Wells, Karen E, Padhukasahasram, Badri, Yang, James J, Burchard, Esteban G, Williams, L Keoki, Levin, Albert M, Levin, Albert M, Wang, Yun, Wells, Karen E, Padhukasahasram, Badri, Yang, James J, Burchard, Esteban G, and Williams, L Keoki
Abstract: RationaleNocturnal asthma is a common presentation and is associated with a more severe form of the disease. However, there are few epidemiologic studies of nocturnal asthma, particularly in minority populations.ObjectivesTo identify factors associated with nocturnal asthma, including the contribution of self-identified race/ethnicity and genetic ancestry.MethodsThe analysis included individuals from the Study for Asthma Phenotypes and Pharmacogenomic Interactions by Race-ethnicity (SAPPHIRE) cohort. Nocturnal asthma symptoms were assessed by questionnaire. Genome-wide genotype data were used to estimate genetic ancestry in a subset of African American participants. Logistic regression was used evaluate the association of various factors with nocturnal asthma, such as self-identified race/ethnicity and genetic ancestry.Measurement and main resultsThe study comprised 3,380 African American and 1,818 European Americans individuals with asthma. After adjusting for other potential explanatory variables, including controller medication use, African Americans were more than twice as likely (odds ratio, 2.56; 95% confidence interval, 2.24-2.93) to report nocturnal asthma when compared with European American individuals. Among the subset of African American participants with genome-wide genotype data (n = 1,040), estimated proportion of African ancestry was also associated with an increased risk of nocturnal asthma (P = 0.007). Differences in lung function explained a small, but statistically significant (P = 0.02), proportion of the relationship between genetic ancestry and nocturnal asthma symptoms.ConclusionsBoth self-identified race/ethnicity and African ancestry appear to be independent predictors of nocturnal asthma. The mechanism by which genetic ancestry contributes to population-level differences in nocturnal asthma appears to be largely independent of lung function.
Published: 2014

22. Discovery and fine-mapping of adiposity loci using high density imputation of genome-wide association studies in individuals of African ancestry: African Ancestry Anthropometry Genetics Consortium.

Author: Ng, Maggie CY, Ng, Maggie CY, Graff, Mariaelisa, Lu, Yingchang, Justice, Anne E, Mudgal, Poorva, Liu, Ching-Ti, Young, Kristin, Yanek, Lisa R, Feitosa, Mary F, Wojczynski, Mary K, Rand, Kristin, Brody, Jennifer A, Cade, Brian E, Dimitrov, Latchezar, Duan, Qing, Guo, Xiuqing, Lange, Leslie A, Nalls, Michael A, Okut, Hayrettin, Tajuddin, Salman M, Tayo, Bamidele O, Vedantam, Sailaja, Bradfield, Jonathan P, Chen, Guanjie, Chen, Wei-Min, Chesi, Alessandra, Irvin, Marguerite R, Padhukasahasram, Badri, Smith, Jennifer A, Zheng, Wei, Allison, Matthew A, Ambrosone, Christine B, Bandera, Elisa V, Bartz, Traci M, Berndt, Sonja I, Bernstein, Leslie, Blot, William J, Bottinger, Erwin P, Carpten, John, Chanock, Stephen J, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Conti, David V, Cooper, Richard S, Fornage, Myriam, Freedman, Barry I, Garcia, Melissa, Goodman, Phyllis J, Hsu, Yu-Han H, Hu, Jennifer, Huff, Chad D, Ingles, Sue A, John, Esther M, Kittles, Rick, Klein, Eric, Li, Jin, McKnight, Barbara, Nayak, Uma, Nemesure, Barbara, Ogunniyi, Adesola, Olshan, Andrew, Press, Michael F, Rohde, Rebecca, Rybicki, Benjamin A, Salako, Babatunde, Sanderson, Maureen, Shao, Yaming, Siscovick, David S, Stanford, Janet L, Stevens, Victoria L, Stram, Alex, Strom, Sara S, Vaidya, Dhananjay, Witte, John S, Yao, Jie, Zhu, Xiaofeng, Ziegler, Regina G, Zonderman, Alan B, Adeyemo, Adebowale, Ambs, Stefan, Cushman, Mary, Faul, Jessica D, Hakonarson, Hakon, Levin, Albert M, Nathanson, Katherine L, Ware, Erin B, Weir, David R, Zhao, Wei, Zhi, Degui, Bone Mineral Density in Childhood Study (BMDCS) Group, Arnett, Donna K, Grant, Struan FA, Kardia, Sharon LR, Oloapde, Olufunmilayo I, Rao, DC, Rotimi, Charles N, Sale, Michele M, Williams, L Keoki, Zemel, Babette S, Becker, Diane M, Borecki, Ingrid B, Ng, Maggie CY, Ng, Maggie CY, Graff, Mariaelisa, Lu, Yingchang, Justice, Anne E, Mudgal, Poorva, Liu, Ching-Ti, Young, Kristin, Yanek, Lisa R, Feitosa, Mary F, Wojczynski, Mary K, Rand, Kristin, Brody, Jennifer A, Cade, Brian E, Dimitrov, Latchezar, Duan, Qing, Guo, Xiuqing, Lange, Leslie A, Nalls, Michael A, Okut, Hayrettin, Tajuddin, Salman M, Tayo, Bamidele O, Vedantam, Sailaja, Bradfield, Jonathan P, Chen, Guanjie, Chen, Wei-Min, Chesi, Alessandra, Irvin, Marguerite R, Padhukasahasram, Badri, Smith, Jennifer A, Zheng, Wei, Allison, Matthew A, Ambrosone, Christine B, Bandera, Elisa V, Bartz, Traci M, Berndt, Sonja I, Bernstein, Leslie, Blot, William J, Bottinger, Erwin P, Carpten, John, Chanock, Stephen J, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Conti, David V, Cooper, Richard S, Fornage, Myriam, Freedman, Barry I, Garcia, Melissa, Goodman, Phyllis J, Hsu, Yu-Han H, Hu, Jennifer, Huff, Chad D, Ingles, Sue A, John, Esther M, Kittles, Rick, Klein, Eric, Li, Jin, McKnight, Barbara, Nayak, Uma, Nemesure, Barbara, Ogunniyi, Adesola, Olshan, Andrew, Press, Michael F, Rohde, Rebecca, Rybicki, Benjamin A, Salako, Babatunde, Sanderson, Maureen, Shao, Yaming, Siscovick, David S, Stanford, Janet L, Stevens, Victoria L, Stram, Alex, Strom, Sara S, Vaidya, Dhananjay, Witte, John S, Yao, Jie, Zhu, Xiaofeng, Ziegler, Regina G, Zonderman, Alan B, Adeyemo, Adebowale, Ambs, Stefan, Cushman, Mary, Faul, Jessica D, Hakonarson, Hakon, Levin, Albert M, Nathanson, Katherine L, Ware, Erin B, Weir, David R, Zhao, Wei, Zhi, Degui, Bone Mineral Density in Childhood Study (BMDCS) Group, Arnett, Donna K, Grant, Struan FA, Kardia, Sharon LR, Oloapde, Olufunmilayo I, Rao, DC, Rotimi, Charles N, Sale, Michele M, Williams, L Keoki, Zemel, Babette S, Becker, Diane M, and Borecki, Ingrid B
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified >300 loci associated with measures of adiposity including body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio (adjusted for BMI, WHRadjBMI), but few have been identified through screening of the African ancestry genomes. We performed large scale meta-analyses and replications in up to 52,895 individuals for BMI and up to 23,095 individuals for WHRadjBMI from the African Ancestry Anthropometry Genetics Consortium (AAAGC) using 1000 Genomes phase 1 imputed GWAS to improve coverage of both common and low frequency variants in the low linkage disequilibrium African ancestry genomes. In the sex-combined analyses, we identified one novel locus (TCF7L2/HABP2) for WHRadjBMI and eight previously established loci at P < 5×10-8: seven for BMI, and one for WHRadjBMI in African ancestry individuals. An additional novel locus (SPRYD7/DLEU2) was identified for WHRadjBMI when combined with European GWAS. In the sex-stratified analyses, we identified three novel loci for BMI (INTS10/LPL and MLC1 in men, IRX4/IRX2 in women) and four for WHRadjBMI (SSX2IP, CASC8, PDE3B and ZDHHC1/HSD11B2 in women) in individuals of African ancestry or both African and European ancestry. For four of the novel variants, the minor allele frequency was low (<5%). In the trans-ethnic fine mapping of 47 BMI loci and 27 WHRadjBMI loci that were locus-wide significant (P < 0.05 adjusted for effective number of variants per locus) from the African ancestry sex-combined and sex-stratified analyses, 26 BMI loci and 17 WHRadjBMI loci contained ≤ 20 variants in the credible sets that jointly account for 99% posterior probability of driving the associations. The lead variants in 13 of these loci had a high probability of being causal. As compared to our previous HapMap imputed GWAS for BMI and WHRadjBMI including up to 71,412 and 27,350 African ancestry individuals, respectively, our results suggest that 1000 Genomes imputation showed modest improvement in
Published: 2017

23. Discovery and fine-mapping of adiposity loci using high density imputation of genome-wide association studies in individuals of African ancestry: African Ancestry Anthropometry Genetics Consortium.

Author: Ng, Maggie CY, Copenhaver, Gregory P1, Ng, Maggie CY, Graff, Mariaelisa, Lu, Yingchang, Justice, Anne E, Mudgal, Poorva, Liu, Ching-Ti, Young, Kristin, Yanek, Lisa R, Feitosa, Mary F, Wojczynski, Mary K, Rand, Kristin, Brody, Jennifer A, Cade, Brian E, Dimitrov, Latchezar, Duan, Qing, Guo, Xiuqing, Lange, Leslie A, Nalls, Michael A, Okut, Hayrettin, Tajuddin, Salman M, Tayo, Bamidele O, Vedantam, Sailaja, Bradfield, Jonathan P, Chen, Guanjie, Chen, Wei-Min, Chesi, Alessandra, Irvin, Marguerite R, Padhukasahasram, Badri, Smith, Jennifer A, Zheng, Wei, Allison, Matthew A, Ambrosone, Christine B, Bandera, Elisa V, Bartz, Traci M, Berndt, Sonja I, Bernstein, Leslie, Blot, William J, Bottinger, Erwin P, Carpten, John, Chanock, Stephen J, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Conti, David V, Cooper, Richard S, Fornage, Myriam, Freedman, Barry I, Garcia, Melissa, Goodman, Phyllis J, Hsu, Yu-Han H, Hu, Jennifer, Huff, Chad D, Ingles, Sue A, John, Esther M, Kittles, Rick, Klein, Eric, Li, Jin, McKnight, Barbara, Nayak, Uma, Nemesure, Barbara, Ogunniyi, Adesola, Olshan, Andrew, Press, Michael F, Rohde, Rebecca, Rybicki, Benjamin A, Salako, Babatunde, Sanderson, Maureen, Shao, Yaming, Siscovick, David S, Stanford, Janet L, Stevens, Victoria L, Stram, Alex, Strom, Sara S, Vaidya, Dhananjay, Witte, John S, Yao, Jie, Zhu, Xiaofeng, Ziegler, Regina G, Zonderman, Alan B, Adeyemo, Adebowale, Ambs, Stefan, Cushman, Mary, Faul, Jessica D, Hakonarson, Hakon, Levin, Albert M, Nathanson, Katherine L, Ware, Erin B, Weir, David R, Zhao, Wei, Zhi, Degui, Bone Mineral Density in Childhood Study (BMDCS) Group, Arnett, Donna K, Grant, Struan FA, Kardia, Sharon LR, Oloapde, Olufunmilayo I, Rao, DC, Rotimi, Charles N, Sale, Michele M, Williams, L Keoki, Zemel, Babette S, Becker, Diane M, Borecki, Ingrid B, Ng, Maggie CY, Copenhaver, Gregory P1, Ng, Maggie CY, Graff, Mariaelisa, Lu, Yingchang, Justice, Anne E, Mudgal, Poorva, Liu, Ching-Ti, Young, Kristin, Yanek, Lisa R, Feitosa, Mary F, Wojczynski, Mary K, Rand, Kristin, Brody, Jennifer A, Cade, Brian E, Dimitrov, Latchezar, Duan, Qing, Guo, Xiuqing, Lange, Leslie A, Nalls, Michael A, Okut, Hayrettin, Tajuddin, Salman M, Tayo, Bamidele O, Vedantam, Sailaja, Bradfield, Jonathan P, Chen, Guanjie, Chen, Wei-Min, Chesi, Alessandra, Irvin, Marguerite R, Padhukasahasram, Badri, Smith, Jennifer A, Zheng, Wei, Allison, Matthew A, Ambrosone, Christine B, Bandera, Elisa V, Bartz, Traci M, Berndt, Sonja I, Bernstein, Leslie, Blot, William J, Bottinger, Erwin P, Carpten, John, Chanock, Stephen J, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Conti, David V, Cooper, Richard S, Fornage, Myriam, Freedman, Barry I, Garcia, Melissa, Goodman, Phyllis J, Hsu, Yu-Han H, Hu, Jennifer, Huff, Chad D, Ingles, Sue A, John, Esther M, Kittles, Rick, Klein, Eric, Li, Jin, McKnight, Barbara, Nayak, Uma, Nemesure, Barbara, Ogunniyi, Adesola, Olshan, Andrew, Press, Michael F, Rohde, Rebecca, Rybicki, Benjamin A, Salako, Babatunde, Sanderson, Maureen, Shao, Yaming, Siscovick, David S, Stanford, Janet L, Stevens, Victoria L, Stram, Alex, Strom, Sara S, Vaidya, Dhananjay, Witte, John S, Yao, Jie, Zhu, Xiaofeng, Ziegler, Regina G, Zonderman, Alan B, Adeyemo, Adebowale, Ambs, Stefan, Cushman, Mary, Faul, Jessica D, Hakonarson, Hakon, Levin, Albert M, Nathanson, Katherine L, Ware, Erin B, Weir, David R, Zhao, Wei, Zhi, Degui, Bone Mineral Density in Childhood Study (BMDCS) Group, Arnett, Donna K, Grant, Struan FA, Kardia, Sharon LR, Oloapde, Olufunmilayo I, Rao, DC, Rotimi, Charles N, Sale, Michele M, Williams, L Keoki, Zemel, Babette S, Becker, Diane M, and Borecki, Ingrid B
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified >300 loci associated with measures of adiposity including body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio (adjusted for BMI, WHRadjBMI), but few have been identified through screening of the African ancestry genomes. We performed large scale meta-analyses and replications in up to 52,895 individuals for BMI and up to 23,095 individuals for WHRadjBMI from the African Ancestry Anthropometry Genetics Consortium (AAAGC) using 1000 Genomes phase 1 imputed GWAS to improve coverage of both common and low frequency variants in the low linkage disequilibrium African ancestry genomes. In the sex-combined analyses, we identified one novel locus (TCF7L2/HABP2) for WHRadjBMI and eight previously established loci at P < 5×10-8: seven for BMI, and one for WHRadjBMI in African ancestry individuals. An additional novel locus (SPRYD7/DLEU2) was identified for WHRadjBMI when combined with European GWAS. In the sex-stratified analyses, we identified three novel loci for BMI (INTS10/LPL and MLC1 in men, IRX4/IRX2 in women) and four for WHRadjBMI (SSX2IP, CASC8, PDE3B and ZDHHC1/HSD11B2 in women) in individuals of African ancestry or both African and European ancestry. For four of the novel variants, the minor allele frequency was low (<5%). In the trans-ethnic fine mapping of 47 BMI loci and 27 WHRadjBMI loci that were locus-wide significant (P < 0.05 adjusted for effective number of variants per locus) from the African ancestry sex-combined and sex-stratified analyses, 26 BMI loci and 17 WHRadjBMI loci contained ≤ 20 variants in the credible sets that jointly account for 99% posterior probability of driving the associations. The lead variants in 13 of these loci had a high probability of being causal. As compared to our previous HapMap imputed GWAS for BMI and WHRadjBMI including up to 71,412 and 27,350 African ancestry individuals, respectively, our results suggest that 1000 Genomes imputation showed modest improvement in
Published: 2017

24. A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for serum total IgE in diverse study populations.

Author: Levin, Albert M, Levin, Albert M, Mathias, Rasika A, Huang, Lili, Roth, Lindsey A, Daley, Denise, Myers, Rachel A, Himes, Blanca E, Romieu, Isabelle, Yang, Mao, Eng, Celeste, Park, Julie E, Zoratti, Karla, Gignoux, Christopher R, Torgerson, Dara G, Galanter, Joshua M, Huntsman, Scott, Nguyen, Elizabeth A, Becker, Allan B, Chan-Yeung, Moira, Kozyrskyj, Anita L, Kwok, Pui-Yan, Gilliland, Frank D, Gauderman, W James, Bleecker, Eugene R, Raby, Benjamin A, Meyers, Deborah A, London, Stephanie J, Martinez, Fernando D, Weiss, Scott T, Burchard, Esteban G, Nicolae, Dan L, Ober, Carole, Barnes, Kathleen C, Williams, L Keoki, Levin, Albert M, Levin, Albert M, Mathias, Rasika A, Huang, Lili, Roth, Lindsey A, Daley, Denise, Myers, Rachel A, Himes, Blanca E, Romieu, Isabelle, Yang, Mao, Eng, Celeste, Park, Julie E, Zoratti, Karla, Gignoux, Christopher R, Torgerson, Dara G, Galanter, Joshua M, Huntsman, Scott, Nguyen, Elizabeth A, Becker, Allan B, Chan-Yeung, Moira, Kozyrskyj, Anita L, Kwok, Pui-Yan, Gilliland, Frank D, Gauderman, W James, Bleecker, Eugene R, Raby, Benjamin A, Meyers, Deborah A, London, Stephanie J, Martinez, Fernando D, Weiss, Scott T, Burchard, Esteban G, Nicolae, Dan L, Ober, Carole, Barnes, Kathleen C, and Williams, L Keoki
Abstract: BackgroundIgE is both a marker and mediator of allergic inflammation. Despite reported differences in serum total IgE levels by race-ethnicity, African American and Latino subjects have not been well represented in genetic studies of total IgE.ObjectiveWe sought to identify the genetic predictors of serum total IgE levels.MethodsWe used genome-wide association data from 4292 subjects (2469 African Americans, 1564 European Americans, and 259 Latinos) in the EVE Asthma Genetics Consortium. Tests for association were performed within each cohort by race-ethnic group (ie, African American, Latino, and European American) and asthma status. The resulting P values were meta-analyzed, accounting for sample size and direction of effect. Top single nucleotide polymorphism associations from the meta-analysis were reassessed in 6 additional cohorts comprising 5767 subjects.ResultsWe identified 10 unique regions in which the combined association statistic was associated with total serum IgE levels (P<5.0×10(-6)) and the minor allele frequency was 5% or greater in 2 or more population groups. Variant rs9469220, corresponding to HLA-DQB1, was the single nucleotide polymorphism most significantly associated with serum total IgE levels when assessed in both the replication cohorts and the discovery and replication sets combined (P=.007 and 2.45×10(-7), respectively). In addition, findings from earlier genome-wide association studies were also validated in the current meta-analysis.ConclusionThis meta-analysis independently identified a variant near HLA-DQB1 as a predictor of total serum IgE levels in multiple race-ethnic groups. This study also extends and confirms the findings of earlier genome-wide association analyses in African American and Latino subjects.
Published: 2013

25. Mutational Landscape of Aggressive Prostate Tumors in African American Men.

Author: Lindquist, Karla J, Lindquist, Karla J, Paris, Pamela L, Hoffmann, Thomas J, Cardin, Niall J, Kazma, Rémi, Mefford, Joel A, Simko, Jeffrey P, Ngo, Vy, Chen, Yalei, Levin, Albert M, Chitale, Dhananjay, Helfand, Brian T, Catalona, William J, Rybicki, Benjamin A, Witte, John S, Lindquist, Karla J, Lindquist, Karla J, Paris, Pamela L, Hoffmann, Thomas J, Cardin, Niall J, Kazma, Rémi, Mefford, Joel A, Simko, Jeffrey P, Ngo, Vy, Chen, Yalei, Levin, Albert M, Chitale, Dhananjay, Helfand, Brian T, Catalona, William J, Rybicki, Benjamin A, and Witte, John S
Abstract: Prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed and second most fatal nonskin cancer among men in the United States. African American men are two times more likely to develop and die of prostate cancer compared with men of other ancestries. Previous whole genome or exome tumor-sequencing studies of prostate cancer have primarily focused on men of European ancestry. In this study, we sequenced and characterized somatic mutations in aggressive (Gleason ≥7, stage ≥T2b) prostate tumors from 24 African American patients. We describe the locations and prevalence of small somatic mutations (up to 50 bases in length), copy number aberrations, and structural rearrangements in the tumor genomes compared with patient-matched normal genomes. We observed several mutation patterns consistent with previous studies, such as large copy number aberrations in chromosome 8 and complex rearrangement chains. However, TMPRSS2-ERG gene fusions and PTEN losses occurred in only 21% and 8% of the African American patients, respectively, far less common than in patients of European ancestry. We also identified mutations that appeared specific to or more common in African American patients, including a novel CDC27-OAT gene fusion occurring in 17% of patients. The genomic aberrations reported in this study warrant further investigation of their biologic significant role in the incidence and clinical outcomes of prostate cancer in African Americans. Cancer Res; 76(7); 1860-8. ©2016 AACR.
Published: 2016

26. Does pet-keeping modify the association of delivery mode with offspring body size?

Author: Cassidy-Bushrow, Andrea E, Cassidy-Bushrow, Andrea E, Wegienka, Ganesa, Havstad, Suzanne, Levin, Albert M, Lynch, Susan V, Ownby, Dennis R, Rundle, Andrew G, Woodcroft, Kimberley J, Zoratti, Edward M, Johnson, Christine Cole, Cassidy-Bushrow, Andrea E, Cassidy-Bushrow, Andrea E, Wegienka, Ganesa, Havstad, Suzanne, Levin, Albert M, Lynch, Susan V, Ownby, Dennis R, Rundle, Andrew G, Woodcroft, Kimberley J, Zoratti, Edward M, and Johnson, Christine Cole
Abstract: Caesarean-section (CS) delivery increases risk of childhood obesity, and is associated with a distinct early-life gut microbiome, which may contribute to obesity. Household pets may alter human gut microbiome composition. We examined if pet-keeping modified the association of CS with obesity at age 2 years in 639 Wayne County Health, Environment, Allergy and Asthma Longitudinal Study birth cohort participants. Pet-keeping was defined as having a dog or cat (indoors ≥1 h/day) at child age 2 years. We used logistic regression to test for an interaction between CS and pet-keeping with obesity (BMI ≥ 95th percentile) at age 2 years, adjusted for maternal obesity. A total of 328 (51.3 %) children were male; 367 (57.4 %) were African American; 228 (35.7 %) were born by CS; and 55 (8.6 %) were obese. After adjusting for maternal obesity, CS-born children had a non-significant (P = 0.25) but elevated 1.4 (95 % CI 0.8, 2.5) higher odds of obesity compared to those born vaginally. There was evidence of effect modification between current pet-keeping and delivery mode with obesity at age 2 years (interaction P = 0.054). Compared to children born vaginally without a pet currently in the home, children born via CS without a pet currently in the home had a statistically significant (P = 0.043) higher odds (odds ratio 2.00; 95 % CI 1.02, 3.93) of being obese at age 2 years. Pets modified the CS-BMI relationship; whether the underlying mechanism is through effects on environmental or gut microbiome requires specific investigation.
Published: 2015

27. Genome-wide association study and admixture mapping reveal new loci associated with total IgE levels in Latinos.

Author: Pino-Yanes, Maria, Pino-Yanes, Maria, Gignoux, Christopher R, Galanter, Joshua M, Levin, Albert M, Campbell, Catarina D, Eng, Celeste, Huntsman, Scott, Nishimura, Katherine K, Gourraud, Pierre-Antoine, Mohajeri, Kiana, O'Roak, Brian J, Hu, Donglei, Mathias, Rasika A, Nguyen, Elizabeth A, Roth, Lindsey A, Padhukasahasram, Badri, Moreno-Estrada, Andres, Sandoval, Karla, Winkler, Cheryl A, Lurmann, Fred, Davis, Adam, Farber, Harold J, Meade, Kelley, Avila, Pedro C, Serebrisky, Denise, Chapela, Rocio, Ford, Jean G, Lenoir, Michael A, Thyne, Shannon M, Brigino-Buenaventura, Emerita, Borrell, Luisa N, Rodriguez-Cintron, William, Sen, Saunak, Kumar, Rajesh, Rodriguez-Santana, Jose R, Bustamante, Carlos D, Martinez, Fernando D, Raby, Benjamin A, Weiss, Scott T, Nicolae, Dan L, Ober, Carole, Meyers, Deborah A, Bleecker, Eugene R, Mack, Steven J, Hernandez, Ryan D, Eichler, Evan E, Barnes, Kathleen C, Williams, L Keoki, Torgerson, Dara G, Burchard, Esteban G, Pino-Yanes, Maria, Pino-Yanes, Maria, Gignoux, Christopher R, Galanter, Joshua M, Levin, Albert M, Campbell, Catarina D, Eng, Celeste, Huntsman, Scott, Nishimura, Katherine K, Gourraud, Pierre-Antoine, Mohajeri, Kiana, O'Roak, Brian J, Hu, Donglei, Mathias, Rasika A, Nguyen, Elizabeth A, Roth, Lindsey A, Padhukasahasram, Badri, Moreno-Estrada, Andres, Sandoval, Karla, Winkler, Cheryl A, Lurmann, Fred, Davis, Adam, Farber, Harold J, Meade, Kelley, Avila, Pedro C, Serebrisky, Denise, Chapela, Rocio, Ford, Jean G, Lenoir, Michael A, Thyne, Shannon M, Brigino-Buenaventura, Emerita, Borrell, Luisa N, Rodriguez-Cintron, William, Sen, Saunak, Kumar, Rajesh, Rodriguez-Santana, Jose R, Bustamante, Carlos D, Martinez, Fernando D, Raby, Benjamin A, Weiss, Scott T, Nicolae, Dan L, Ober, Carole, Meyers, Deborah A, Bleecker, Eugene R, Mack, Steven J, Hernandez, Ryan D, Eichler, Evan E, Barnes, Kathleen C, Williams, L Keoki, Torgerson, Dara G, and Burchard, Esteban G
Abstract: BackgroundIgE is a key mediator of allergic inflammation, and its levels are frequently increased in patients with allergic disorders.ObjectiveWe sought to identify genetic variants associated with IgE levels in Latinos.MethodsWe performed a genome-wide association study and admixture mapping of total IgE levels in 3334 Latinos from the Genes-environments & Admixture in Latino Americans (GALA II) study. Replication was evaluated in 454 Latinos, 1564 European Americans, and 3187 African Americans from independent studies.ResultsWe confirmed associations of 6 genes identified by means of previous genome-wide association studies and identified a novel genome-wide significant association of a polymorphism in the zinc finger protein 365 gene (ZNF365) with total IgE levels (rs200076616, P = 2.3 × 10(-8)). We next identified 4 admixture mapping peaks (6p21.32-p22.1, 13p22-31, 14q23.2, and 22q13.1) at which local African, European, and/or Native American ancestry was significantly associated with IgE levels. The most significant peak was 6p21.32-p22.1, where Native American ancestry was associated with lower IgE levels (P = 4.95 × 10(-8)). All but 22q13.1 were replicated in an independent sample of Latinos, and 2 of the peaks were replicated in African Americans (6p21.32-p22.1 and 14q23.2). Fine mapping of 6p21.32-p22.1 identified 6 genome-wide significant single nucleotide polymorphisms in Latinos, 2 of which replicated in European Americans. Another single nucleotide polymorphism was peak-wide significant within 14q23.2 in African Americans (rs1741099, P = 3.7 × 10(-6)) and replicated in non-African American samples (P = .011).ConclusionWe confirmed genetic associations at 6 genes and identified novel associations within ZNF365, HLA-DQA1, and 14q23.2. Our results highlight the importance of studying diverse multiethnic populations to uncover novel loci associated with total IgE levels.
Published: 2015

28. Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of 21,000 cases and 95,000 controls identifies new risk loci for atopic dermatitis

Author: Paternoster, Lavinia, Standl, Marie, Waage, Johannes, Baurecht, Hansjörg, Hotze, Melanie, Strachan, David P, Curtin, John A, Bønnelykke, Klaus, Tian, Chao, Takahashi, Atsushi, Esparza-Gordillo, Jorge, Alves, Alexessander Couto, Thyssen, Jacob P, den Dekker, Herman T, Ferreira, Manuel A, Altmaier, Elisabeth, Sleiman, Patrick M A, Xiao, Feng Li, Gonzalez, Juan R, Marenholz, Ingo, Kalb, Birgit, Pino-Yanes, Maria, Xu, Cheng-Jian, Carstensen, Lisbeth, Groen-Blokhuis, Maria M, Venturini, Cristina, Pennell, Craig E, Barton, Sheila J, Levin, Albert M, Curjuric, Ivan, Bustamante, Mariona, Kreiner-Møller, Eskil, Lockett, Gabrielle A, Bacelis, Jonas, Bunyavanich, Supinda, Myers, Rachel A, Matanovic, Anja, Kumar, Ashish, Tung, Joyce Y, Hirota, Tomomitsu, Kubo, Michiaki, McArdle, Wendy L, Henderson, A John, Kemp, John P, Zheng, Jie, Smith, George Davey, Grarup, Niels, Bisgaard, Hans, Melbye, Mads, Linneberg, Allan, Paternoster, Lavinia, Standl, Marie, Waage, Johannes, Baurecht, Hansjörg, Hotze, Melanie, Strachan, David P, Curtin, John A, Bønnelykke, Klaus, Tian, Chao, Takahashi, Atsushi, Esparza-Gordillo, Jorge, Alves, Alexessander Couto, Thyssen, Jacob P, den Dekker, Herman T, Ferreira, Manuel A, Altmaier, Elisabeth, Sleiman, Patrick M A, Xiao, Feng Li, Gonzalez, Juan R, Marenholz, Ingo, Kalb, Birgit, Pino-Yanes, Maria, Xu, Cheng-Jian, Carstensen, Lisbeth, Groen-Blokhuis, Maria M, Venturini, Cristina, Pennell, Craig E, Barton, Sheila J, Levin, Albert M, Curjuric, Ivan, Bustamante, Mariona, Kreiner-Møller, Eskil, Lockett, Gabrielle A, Bacelis, Jonas, Bunyavanich, Supinda, Myers, Rachel A, Matanovic, Anja, Kumar, Ashish, Tung, Joyce Y, Hirota, Tomomitsu, Kubo, Michiaki, McArdle, Wendy L, Henderson, A John, Kemp, John P, Zheng, Jie, Smith, George Davey, Grarup, Niels, Bisgaard, Hans, Melbye, Mads, and Linneberg, Allan
Abstract: Genetic association studies have identified 21 loci associated with atopic dermatitis risk predominantly in populations of European ancestry. To identify further susceptibility loci for this common, complex skin disease, we performed a meta-analysis of >15 million genetic variants in 21,399 cases and 95,464 controls from populations of European, African, Japanese and Latino ancestry, followed by replication in 32,059 cases and 228,628 controls from 18 studies. We identified ten new risk loci, bringing the total number of known atopic dermatitis risk loci to 31 (with new secondary signals at four of these loci). Notably, the new loci include candidate genes with roles in the regulation of innate host defenses and T cell function, underscoring the important contribution of (auto)immune mechanisms to atopic dermatitis pathogenesis.
Published: 2015

29. Genome-wide interaction studies reveal sex-specific asthma risk alleles.

Author: Myers, Rachel A, Myers, Rachel A, Scott, Nicole M, Gauderman, W James, Qiu, Weiliang, Mathias, Rasika A, Romieu, Isabelle, Levin, Albert M, Pino-Yanes, Maria, Graves, Penelope E, Villarreal, Albino Barraza, Beaty, Terri H, Carey, Vincent J, Croteau-Chonka, Damien C, del Rio Navarro, Blanca, Edlund, Christopher, Hernandez-Cadena, Leticia, Navarro-Olivos, Efrain, Padhukasahasram, Badri, Salam, Muhammad T, Torgerson, Dara G, Van den Berg, David J, Vora, Hita, Bleecker, Eugene R, Meyers, Deborah A, Williams, L Keoki, Martinez, Fernando D, Burchard, Esteban G, Barnes, Kathleen C, Gilliland, Frank D, Weiss, Scott T, London, Stephanie J, Raby, Benjamin A, Ober, Carole, Nicolae, Dan L, GRAAD, Myers, Rachel A, Myers, Rachel A, Scott, Nicole M, Gauderman, W James, Qiu, Weiliang, Mathias, Rasika A, Romieu, Isabelle, Levin, Albert M, Pino-Yanes, Maria, Graves, Penelope E, Villarreal, Albino Barraza, Beaty, Terri H, Carey, Vincent J, Croteau-Chonka, Damien C, del Rio Navarro, Blanca, Edlund, Christopher, Hernandez-Cadena, Leticia, Navarro-Olivos, Efrain, Padhukasahasram, Badri, Salam, Muhammad T, Torgerson, Dara G, Van den Berg, David J, Vora, Hita, Bleecker, Eugene R, Meyers, Deborah A, Williams, L Keoki, Martinez, Fernando D, Burchard, Esteban G, Barnes, Kathleen C, Gilliland, Frank D, Weiss, Scott T, London, Stephanie J, Raby, Benjamin A, Ober, Carole, Nicolae, Dan L, and GRAAD
Abstract: Asthma is a complex disease with sex-specific differences in prevalence. Candidate gene studies have suggested that genotype-by-sex interaction effects on asthma risk exist, but this has not yet been explored at a genome-wide level. We aimed to identify sex-specific asthma risk alleles by performing a genome-wide scan for genotype-by-sex interactions in the ethnically diverse participants in the EVE Asthma Genetics Consortium. We performed male- and female-specific genome-wide association studies in 2653 male asthma cases, 2566 female asthma cases and 3830 non-asthma controls from European American, African American, African Caribbean and Latino populations. Association tests were conducted in each study sample, and the results were combined in ancestry-specific and cross-ancestry meta-analyses. Six sex-specific asthma risk loci had P-values < 1 × 10(-6), of which two were male specific and four were female specific; all were ancestry specific. The most significant sex-specific association in European Americans was at the interferon regulatory factor 1 (IRF1) locus on 5q31.1. We also identify a Latino female-specific association in RAP1GAP2. Both of these loci included single-nucleotide polymorphisms that are known expression quantitative trait loci and have been associated with asthma in independent studies. The IRF1 locus is a strong candidate region for male-specific asthma susceptibility due to the association and validation we demonstrate here, the known role of IRF1 in asthma-relevant immune pathways and prior reports of sex-specific differences in interferon responses.
Published: 2014

30. Genetic variation in B cell-activating factor of the TNF family (BAFF) and asthma exacerbations among African American subjects.

Author: Kumar, Rajesh, Kumar, Rajesh, Williams, L Keoki, Kato, Atsushi, Peterson, Edward L, Favoreto, Silvio, Hulse, Katie, Wang, Deli, Beckman, Kenneth, Thyne, Shannon, LeNoir, Michael, Meade, Kelley, Lanfear, David E, Levin, Albert M, Favro, David, Yang, James J, Weiss, Kevin, Boushey, Homer A, Grammer, Leslie, Avila, Pedro C, Burchard, Esteban G, Schleimer, Robert, Kumar, Rajesh, Kumar, Rajesh, Williams, L Keoki, Kato, Atsushi, Peterson, Edward L, Favoreto, Silvio, Hulse, Katie, Wang, Deli, Beckman, Kenneth, Thyne, Shannon, LeNoir, Michael, Meade, Kelley, Lanfear, David E, Levin, Albert M, Favro, David, Yang, James J, Weiss, Kevin, Boushey, Homer A, Grammer, Leslie, Avila, Pedro C, Burchard, Esteban G, and Schleimer, Robert
Abstract: A BAFF polymorphism is associated with asthma exacerbations and serum BAFF levels. BAFF expression in vivo increases in natural rhinovirus infection. BAFF may play a role in airway antiviral immunity and impact asthma exacerbation rates.
Published: 2012

31. Further replication studies of the EVE Consortium meta-analysis identifies 2 asthma risk loci in European Americans.

Author: Myers, Rachel A, Myers, Rachel A, Himes, Blanca E, Gignoux, Christopher R, Yang, James J, Gauderman, W James, Rebordosa, Cristina, Xie, Jianming, Torgerson, Dara G, Levin, Albert M, Baurley, James, Graves, Penelope E, Mathias, Rasika A, Romieu, Isabelle, Roth, Lindsey A, Conti, David, Avila, Lydiana, Eng, Celeste, Vora, Hita, LeNoir, Michael A, Soto-Quiros, Manuel, Liu, Jinghua, Celedón, Juan C, Galanter, Joshua M, Farber, Harold J, Kumar, Rajesh, Avila, Pedro C, Meade, Kelley, Serebrisky, Denise, Thyne, Shannon, Rodriguez-Cintron, William, Rodriguez-Santana, Jose R, Borrell, Luisa N, Lemanske, Robert F, Bleecker, Eugene R, Meyers, Deborah A, London, Stephanie J, Barnes, Kathleen C, Raby, Benjamin A, Martinez, Fernando D, Gilliland, Frank D, Williams, L Keoki, Burchard, Esteban G, Weiss, Scott T, Nicolae, Dan L, Ober, Carole, Myers, Rachel A, Myers, Rachel A, Himes, Blanca E, Gignoux, Christopher R, Yang, James J, Gauderman, W James, Rebordosa, Cristina, Xie, Jianming, Torgerson, Dara G, Levin, Albert M, Baurley, James, Graves, Penelope E, Mathias, Rasika A, Romieu, Isabelle, Roth, Lindsey A, Conti, David, Avila, Lydiana, Eng, Celeste, Vora, Hita, LeNoir, Michael A, Soto-Quiros, Manuel, Liu, Jinghua, Celedón, Juan C, Galanter, Joshua M, Farber, Harold J, Kumar, Rajesh, Avila, Pedro C, Meade, Kelley, Serebrisky, Denise, Thyne, Shannon, Rodriguez-Cintron, William, Rodriguez-Santana, Jose R, Borrell, Luisa N, Lemanske, Robert F, Bleecker, Eugene R, Meyers, Deborah A, London, Stephanie J, Barnes, Kathleen C, Raby, Benjamin A, Martinez, Fernando D, Gilliland, Frank D, Williams, L Keoki, Burchard, Esteban G, Weiss, Scott T, Nicolae, Dan L, and Ober, Carole
Abstract: BackgroundGenome-wide association studies of asthma have implicated many genetic risk factors, with well-replicated associations at approximately 10 loci that account for only a small proportion of the genetic risk.ObjectivesWe aimed to identify additional asthma risk loci by performing an extensive replication study of the results from the EVE Consortium meta-analysis.MethodsWe selected 3186 single nucleotide polymorphisms for replication based on the P values from the EVE Consortium meta-analysis. These single nucleotide polymorphisms were genotyped in ethnically diverse replication samples from 9 different studies, totaling 7202 cases, 6426 controls, and 507 case-parent trios. Association analyses were conducted within each participating study, and the resulting test statistics were combined in a meta-analysis.ResultsTwo novel associations were replicated in European Americans: rs1061477 in the KLK3 gene on chromosome 19 (combined odds ratio = 1.18; 95% CI, 1.10-1.25) and rs9570077 (combined odds ratio =1.20; 95% CI, 1.12-1.29) on chromosome 13q21. We could not replicate any additional associations in the African Americans or Latinos.ConclusionsThis extended replication study identified 2 additional asthma risk loci in populations of European descent. The absence of additional loci for African Americans and Latinos highlights the difficulty in replicating associations in admixed populations.
Published: 2012

32. Genetic ancestry and its association with asthma exacerbations among African American subjects with asthma.

Author: Rumpel, Jennifer A, Rumpel, Jennifer A, Ahmedani, Brian K, Peterson, Edward L, Wells, Karen E, Yang, Mao, Levin, Albert M, Yang, James J, Kumar, Rajesh, Burchard, Esteban González, Williams, L Keoki, Rumpel, Jennifer A, Rumpel, Jennifer A, Ahmedani, Brian K, Peterson, Edward L, Wells, Karen E, Yang, Mao, Levin, Albert M, Yang, James J, Kumar, Rajesh, Burchard, Esteban González, and Williams, L Keoki
Abstract: BackgroundThere are large and persisting disparities in severe asthma exacerbations by race-ethnicity, and African American subjects are among those at greatest risk. It is unclear whether this increased risk solely represents differences in environmental exposures and health care or whether there is a predisposing genetic component.ObjectiveWe sought to assess the relationship between genetic ancestry and severe exacerbations among African American subjects with asthma.MethodsParticipants were part of the Study of Asthma Phenotypes and Pharmacogenomic Interactions by Race-ethnicity (SAPPHIRE). These subjects were 12 to 56 years of age, received care from a single large health system, and had a physician's diagnosis of asthma. Genetic ancestry was estimated by using a set of validated ancestry informative markers. Severe exacerbations (ie, asthma-related emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and burst oral steroid use) were prospectively identified from health care claims.ResultsWe assessed genetic ancestry in 392 African American subjects with asthma. The average proportion of African ancestry was 76.1%. A significant interaction was identified between ancestry and sex on severe exacerbations, such that the risk was significantly higher with increasing African ancestry among male but not female subjects. The association among male subjects persisted after adjusting for potential confounders (relative rate, 4.30 for every 20% increase in African ancestry; P = .029).ConclusionsAfrican ancestry was significantly and positively associated with severe exacerbations among male African American subjects. These findings suggest that a portion of the risk of asthma exacerbations in this high-risk group is attributable to a genetic risk factor that partitions with ancestry.
Published: 2012

33. Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of asthma in ethnically diverse North American populations.

Author: Torgerson, Dara G, Torgerson, Dara G, Ampleford, Elizabeth J, Chiu, Grace Y, Gauderman, W James, Gignoux, Christopher R, Graves, Penelope E, Himes, Blanca E, Levin, Albert M, Mathias, Rasika A, Hancock, Dana B, Baurley, James W, Eng, Celeste, Stern, Debra A, Celedón, Juan C, Rafaels, Nicholas, Capurso, Daniel, Conti, David V, Roth, Lindsey A, Soto-Quiros, Manuel, Togias, Alkis, Li, Xingnan, Myers, Rachel A, Romieu, Isabelle, Van Den Berg, David J, Hu, Donglei, Hansel, Nadia N, Hernandez, Ryan D, Israel, Elliott, Salam, Muhammad T, Galanter, Joshua, Avila, Pedro C, Avila, Lydiana, Rodriquez-Santana, Jose R, Chapela, Rocio, Rodriguez-Cintron, William, Diette, Gregory B, Adkinson, N Franklin, Abel, Rebekah A, Ross, Kevin D, Shi, Min, Faruque, Mezbah U, Dunston, Georgia M, Watson, Harold R, Mantese, Vito J, Ezurum, Serpil C, Liang, Liming, Ruczinski, Ingo, Ford, Jean G, Huntsman, Scott, Chung, Kian Fan, Vora, Hita, Li, Xia, Calhoun, William J, Castro, Mario, Sienra-Monge, Juan J, del Rio-Navarro, Blanca, Deichmann, Klaus A, Heinzmann, Andrea, Wenzel, Sally E, Busse, William W, Gern, James E, Lemanske, Robert F, Beaty, Terri H, Bleecker, Eugene R, Raby, Benjamin A, Meyers, Deborah A, London, Stephanie J, Mexico City Childhood Asthma Study (MCAAS), Gilliland, Frank D, Children's Health Study (CHS) and HARBORS study, Burchard, Esteban G, Genetics of Asthma in Latino Americans (GALA) Study, Study of Genes-Environment and Admixture in Latino Americans (GALA2) and Study of African Americans, Asthma, Genes & Environments (SAGE), Martinez, Fernando D, Childhood Asthma Research and Education (CARE) Network, Weiss, Scott T, Childhood Asthma Management Program (CAMP), Williams, L Keoki, Study of Asthma Phenotypes and Pharmacogenomic Interactions by Race-Ethnicity (SAPPHIRE), Barnes, Kathleen C, Genetic Research on Asthma in African Diaspora (GRAAD) Study, Ober, Carole, Nicolae, Dan L, Torgerson, Dara G, Torgerson, Dara G, Ampleford, Elizabeth J, Chiu, Grace Y, Gauderman, W James, Gignoux, Christopher R, Graves, Penelope E, Himes, Blanca E, Levin, Albert M, Mathias, Rasika A, Hancock, Dana B, Baurley, James W, Eng, Celeste, Stern, Debra A, Celedón, Juan C, Rafaels, Nicholas, Capurso, Daniel, Conti, David V, Roth, Lindsey A, Soto-Quiros, Manuel, Togias, Alkis, Li, Xingnan, Myers, Rachel A, Romieu, Isabelle, Van Den Berg, David J, Hu, Donglei, Hansel, Nadia N, Hernandez, Ryan D, Israel, Elliott, Salam, Muhammad T, Galanter, Joshua, Avila, Pedro C, Avila, Lydiana, Rodriquez-Santana, Jose R, Chapela, Rocio, Rodriguez-Cintron, William, Diette, Gregory B, Adkinson, N Franklin, Abel, Rebekah A, Ross, Kevin D, Shi, Min, Faruque, Mezbah U, Dunston, Georgia M, Watson, Harold R, Mantese, Vito J, Ezurum, Serpil C, Liang, Liming, Ruczinski, Ingo, Ford, Jean G, Huntsman, Scott, Chung, Kian Fan, Vora, Hita, Li, Xia, Calhoun, William J, Castro, Mario, Sienra-Monge, Juan J, del Rio-Navarro, Blanca, Deichmann, Klaus A, Heinzmann, Andrea, Wenzel, Sally E, Busse, William W, Gern, James E, Lemanske, Robert F, Beaty, Terri H, Bleecker, Eugene R, Raby, Benjamin A, Meyers, Deborah A, London, Stephanie J, Mexico City Childhood Asthma Study (MCAAS), Gilliland, Frank D, Children's Health Study (CHS) and HARBORS study, Burchard, Esteban G, Genetics of Asthma in Latino Americans (GALA) Study, Study of Genes-Environment and Admixture in Latino Americans (GALA2) and Study of African Americans, Asthma, Genes & Environments (SAGE), Martinez, Fernando D, Childhood Asthma Research and Education (CARE) Network, Weiss, Scott T, Childhood Asthma Management Program (CAMP), Williams, L Keoki, Study of Asthma Phenotypes and Pharmacogenomic Interactions by Race-Ethnicity (SAPPHIRE), Barnes, Kathleen C, Genetic Research on Asthma in African Diaspora (GRAAD) Study, Ober, Carole, and Nicolae, Dan L
Abstract: Asthma is a common disease with a complex risk architecture including both genetic and environmental factors. We performed a meta-analysis of North American genome-wide association studies of asthma in 5,416 individuals with asthma (cases) including individuals of European American, African American or African Caribbean, and Latino ancestry, with replication in an additional 12,649 individuals from the same ethnic groups. We identified five susceptibility loci. Four were at previously reported loci on 17q21, near IL1RL1, TSLP and IL33, but we report for the first time, to our knowledge, that these loci are associated with asthma risk in three ethnic groups. In addition, we identified a new asthma susceptibility locus at PYHIN1, with the association being specific to individuals of African descent (P = 3.9 × 10(-9)). These results suggest that some asthma susceptibility loci are robust to differences in ancestry when sufficiently large samples sizes are investigated, and that ancestry-specific associations also contribute to the complex genetic architecture of asthma.
Published: 2011

34. Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of asthma in ethnically diverse North American populations.

Author: Torgerson, Dara G, Torgerson, Dara G, Ampleford, Elizabeth J, Chiu, Grace Y, Gauderman, W James, Gignoux, Christopher R, Graves, Penelope E, Himes, Blanca E, Levin, Albert M, Mathias, Rasika A, Hancock, Dana B, Baurley, James W, Eng, Celeste, Stern, Debra A, Celedón, Juan C, Rafaels, Nicholas, Capurso, Daniel, Conti, David V, Roth, Lindsey A, Soto-Quiros, Manuel, Togias, Alkis, Li, Xingnan, Myers, Rachel A, Romieu, Isabelle, Van Den Berg, David J, Hu, Donglei, Hansel, Nadia N, Hernandez, Ryan D, Israel, Elliott, Salam, Muhammad T, Galanter, Joshua, Avila, Pedro C, Avila, Lydiana, Rodriquez-Santana, Jose R, Chapela, Rocio, Rodriguez-Cintron, William, Diette, Gregory B, Adkinson, N Franklin, Abel, Rebekah A, Ross, Kevin D, Shi, Min, Faruque, Mezbah U, Dunston, Georgia M, Watson, Harold R, Mantese, Vito J, Ezurum, Serpil C, Liang, Liming, Ruczinski, Ingo, Ford, Jean G, Huntsman, Scott, Chung, Kian Fan, Vora, Hita, Li, Xia, Calhoun, William J, Castro, Mario, Sienra-Monge, Juan J, del Rio-Navarro, Blanca, Deichmann, Klaus A, Heinzmann, Andrea, Wenzel, Sally E, Busse, William W, Gern, James E, Lemanske, Robert F, Beaty, Terri H, Bleecker, Eugene R, Raby, Benjamin A, Meyers, Deborah A, London, Stephanie J, Mexico City Childhood Asthma Study (MCAAS), Gilliland, Frank D, Children's Health Study (CHS) and HARBORS study, Burchard, Esteban G, Genetics of Asthma in Latino Americans (GALA) Study, Study of Genes-Environment and Admixture in Latino Americans (GALA2) and Study of African Americans, Asthma, Genes & Environments (SAGE), Martinez, Fernando D, Childhood Asthma Research and Education (CARE) Network, Weiss, Scott T, Childhood Asthma Management Program (CAMP), Williams, L Keoki, Study of Asthma Phenotypes and Pharmacogenomic Interactions by Race-Ethnicity (SAPPHIRE), Barnes, Kathleen C, Genetic Research on Asthma in African Diaspora (GRAAD) Study, Ober, Carole, Nicolae, Dan L, Torgerson, Dara G, Torgerson, Dara G, Ampleford, Elizabeth J, Chiu, Grace Y, Gauderman, W James, Gignoux, Christopher R, Graves, Penelope E, Himes, Blanca E, Levin, Albert M, Mathias, Rasika A, Hancock, Dana B, Baurley, James W, Eng, Celeste, Stern, Debra A, Celedón, Juan C, Rafaels, Nicholas, Capurso, Daniel, Conti, David V, Roth, Lindsey A, Soto-Quiros, Manuel, Togias, Alkis, Li, Xingnan, Myers, Rachel A, Romieu, Isabelle, Van Den Berg, David J, Hu, Donglei, Hansel, Nadia N, Hernandez, Ryan D, Israel, Elliott, Salam, Muhammad T, Galanter, Joshua, Avila, Pedro C, Avila, Lydiana, Rodriquez-Santana, Jose R, Chapela, Rocio, Rodriguez-Cintron, William, Diette, Gregory B, Adkinson, N Franklin, Abel, Rebekah A, Ross, Kevin D, Shi, Min, Faruque, Mezbah U, Dunston, Georgia M, Watson, Harold R, Mantese, Vito J, Ezurum, Serpil C, Liang, Liming, Ruczinski, Ingo, Ford, Jean G, Huntsman, Scott, Chung, Kian Fan, Vora, Hita, Li, Xia, Calhoun, William J, Castro, Mario, Sienra-Monge, Juan J, del Rio-Navarro, Blanca, Deichmann, Klaus A, Heinzmann, Andrea, Wenzel, Sally E, Busse, William W, Gern, James E, Lemanske, Robert F, Beaty, Terri H, Bleecker, Eugene R, Raby, Benjamin A, Meyers, Deborah A, London, Stephanie J, Mexico City Childhood Asthma Study (MCAAS), Gilliland, Frank D, Children's Health Study (CHS) and HARBORS study, Burchard, Esteban G, Genetics of Asthma in Latino Americans (GALA) Study, Study of Genes-Environment and Admixture in Latino Americans (GALA2) and Study of African Americans, Asthma, Genes & Environments (SAGE), Martinez, Fernando D, Childhood Asthma Research and Education (CARE) Network, Weiss, Scott T, Childhood Asthma Management Program (CAMP), Williams, L Keoki, Study of Asthma Phenotypes and Pharmacogenomic Interactions by Race-Ethnicity (SAPPHIRE), Barnes, Kathleen C, Genetic Research on Asthma in African Diaspora (GRAAD) Study, Ober, Carole, and Nicolae, Dan L
Abstract: Asthma is a common disease with a complex risk architecture including both genetic and environmental factors. We performed a meta-analysis of North American genome-wide association studies of asthma in 5,416 individuals with asthma (cases) including individuals of European American, African American or African Caribbean, and Latino ancestry, with replication in an additional 12,649 individuals from the same ethnic groups. We identified five susceptibility loci. Four were at previously reported loci on 17q21, near IL1RL1, TSLP and IL33, but we report for the first time, to our knowledge, that these loci are associated with asthma risk in three ethnic groups. In addition, we identified a new asthma susceptibility locus at PYHIN1, with the association being specific to individuals of African descent (P = 3.9 × 10(-9)). These results suggest that some asthma susceptibility loci are robust to differences in ancestry when sufficiently large samples sizes are investigated, and that ancestry-specific associations also contribute to the complex genetic architecture of asthma.
Published: 2011

35. Extent and distribution of linkage disequilibrium in the Old Order Amish

Author: Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan ; The first two authors contributed equally to this work., Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan ; Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, 1241 E. Catherine St., 5912 Buhl Building, SPC 5618 Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5618, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland ; Geriatric Research and Education Clinical Center, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, Van Hout, Cristopher V., Levin, Albert M., Rampersaud, Evadnie, Shen, Haiqing, O'Connell, Jeffrey R., Mitchell, Braxton D., Shuldiner, Alan R., Douglas, Julie A., Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan ; The first two authors contributed equally to this work., Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan ; Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, 1241 E. Catherine St., 5912 Buhl Building, SPC 5618 Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5618, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland ; Geriatric Research and Education Clinical Center, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, Van Hout, Cristopher V., Levin, Albert M., Rampersaud, Evadnie, Shen, Haiqing, O'Connell, Jeffrey R., Mitchell, Braxton D., Shuldiner, Alan R., and Douglas, Julie A.
Abstract: Knowledge of the extent and distribution of linkage disequilibrium (LD) is critical to the design and interpretation of gene mapping studies. Because the demographic history of each population varies and is often not accurately known, it is necessary to empirically evaluate LD on a population-specific basis. Here we present the first genome-wide survey of LD in the Old Order Amish (OOA) of Lancaster County Pennsylvania, a closed population derived from a modest number of founders. Specifically, we present a comparison of LD between OOA individuals and US Utah participants in the International HapMap project (abbreviated CEU) using a high-density single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) map. Overall, the allele (and haplotype) frequency distributions and LD profiles were remarkably similar between these two populations. For example, the median absolute allele frequency difference for autosomal SNPs was 0.05, with an inter-quartile range of 0.02???0.09, and for autosomal SNPs 10???20???kb apart with common alleles (minor allele frequency???0.05), the LD measure r 2 was at least 0.8 for 15 and 14% of SNP pairs in the OOA and CEU, respectively. Moreover, tag SNPs selected from the HapMap CEU sample captured a substantial portion of the common variation in the OOA (???88%) at r 2 ???0.8. These results suggest that the OOA and CEU may share similar LD profiles for other common but untyped SNPs. Thus, in the context of the common variant-common disease hypothesis, genetic variants discovered in gene mapping studies in the OOA may generalize to other populations. Genet. Epidemiol . 34: 146???150, 2010. ?? 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Published: 2010

36. Results from a prostate cancer admixture mapping study in African-American men.

Author: Bock, Cathryn Hufford, Bock, Cathryn Hufford, Schwartz, Ann G, Ruterbusch, Julie J, Levin, Albert M, Neslund-Dudas, Christine, Land, Susan J, Wenzlaff, Angela S, Reich, David, McKeigue, Paul, Chen, Wei, Heath, Elisabeth I, Powell, Isaac J, Kittles, Rick A, Rybicki, Benjamin A, Bock, Cathryn Hufford, Bock, Cathryn Hufford, Schwartz, Ann G, Ruterbusch, Julie J, Levin, Albert M, Neslund-Dudas, Christine, Land, Susan J, Wenzlaff, Angela S, Reich, David, McKeigue, Paul, Chen, Wei, Heath, Elisabeth I, Powell, Isaac J, Kittles, Rick A, and Rybicki, Benjamin A
Abstract: There are considerable racial disparities in prostate cancer risk, with a 60% higher incidence rate among African-American (AA) men compared with European-American (EA) men, and a 2.4-fold higher mortality rate in AA men than in EA men. Recently, studies have implicated several African-ancestry associated prostate cancer susceptibility loci on chromosome 8q24. In the current study, we performed admixture mapping in AA men from two independent case-control studies of prostate cancer to confirm the 8q24 ancestry association and also identify other genomic regions that may harbor prostate cancer susceptibility genes. A total of 482 cases and 261 controls were genotyped for 1,509 ancestry informative markers across the genome. The mean estimated individual admixture proportions were 20% European and 80% African. The most significant observed increase in European ancestry occurred at rs2141360 on chromosome 7q31 in both the case-only (P = 0.0000035) and case-control analyses. The most significant observed increase in African ancestry across the genome occurred at a locus on chromosome 5q35 identified by SNPs rs7729084 (case-only analysis P = 0.002), and rs12474977 (case-control analysis P = 0.004), which are separated by 646 kb and were adjacent to one another on the panel. On chromosome 8, rs4367565 was associated with the greatest excess African ancestry in both the case-only and case-control analyses (case-only and case-control P = 0.02), confirming previously reported African-ancestry associations with chromosome 8q24. In conclusion, we confirmed ancestry associations on 8q24, and identified additional ancestry-associated regions potentially harboring prostate cancer susceptibility loci.
Published: 2009

37. Sequence variation in Α-methylacyl-CoA racemase and risk of early-onset and familial prostate cancer

Author: Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan ; Department of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan ; Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Buhl Building, Room 5912, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0618., Levin, Albert M., Zuhlke, Kimberly A., Ray, Anna M., Cooney, Kathleen A., Douglas, Julie A., Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan ; Department of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan ; Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Buhl Building, Room 5912, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0618., Levin, Albert M., Zuhlke, Kimberly A., Ray, Anna M., Cooney, Kathleen A., and Douglas, Julie A.
Abstract: BACKGROUND Expression of the Α-methylacyl-CoA racemase ( AMACR ) gene has been established as a sensitive and specific biomarker for the diagnosis of prostate cancer. An initial study has also suggested that the risk of familial (but not sporadic) prostate cancer may be associated with germline variation in the AMACR gene. METHODS In a study of brothers discordant for the diagnosis of prostate cancer (including 449 affected and 394 unaffected men) from 332 familial and early-onset prostate cancer families, we used conditional logistic regression and family-based association tests to investigate the association between prostate cancer and five single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) tagging common haplotype variation within the coding and regulatory regions of AMACR . RESULTS The strongest evidence for prostate cancer association was for SNP rs3195676, with an estimated odds ratio of 0.58 (95% confidence interval = 0.38–0.90; P = 0.01 for a recessive model). This non-synonymous SNP (nsSNP) results in a methionine-to-valine substitution at codon 9 (M9V) in exon 2 of the AMACR gene. Three additional nsSNPs showed suggestive evidence for prostate cancer association ( P ≤ 0.10). CONCLUSIONS Our results confirm an initial report of association between the AMACR gene and the risk of familial prostate cancer. These findings emphasize the value of studying early-onset and familial prostate cancer when attempting to identify genetic variation associated with prostate cancer. Prostate 67: 1507–1513, 2007. © 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Published: 2007

38. A scan statistic for identifying chromosomal patterns of SNP association

Author: Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan ; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 611 Church Street, #246, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-3028, Human Genetics Center, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, Texas, Sun, Yan V., Levin, Albert M., Boerwinkle, Eric, Robertson, Henry, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan ; Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 611 Church Street, #246, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-3028, Human Genetics Center, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, Texas, Sun, Yan V., Levin, Albert M., Boerwinkle, Eric, Robertson, Henry, and Kardia, Sharon L. R.
Abstract: We have developed a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) association scan statistic that takes into account the complex distribution of the human genome variation in the identification of chromosomal regions with significant SNP associations. This scan statistic has wide applicability for genetic analysis, whether to identify important chromosomal regions associated with common diseases based on whole-genome SNP association studies or to identify disease susceptibility genes based on dense SNP positional candidate studies. To illustrate this method, we analyzed patterns of SNP associations on chromosome 19 in a large cohort study. Among 2,944 SNPs, we found seven regions that contained clusters of significantly associated SNPs. The average width of these regions was 35 kb with a range of 10–72 kb. We compared the scan statistic results to Fisher's product method using a sliding window approach, and detected 22 regions with significant clusters of SNP associations. The average width of these regions was 131 kb with a range of 10.1–615 kb. Given that the distances between SNPs are not taken into consideration in the sliding window approach, it is likely that a large fraction of these regions represents false positives. However, all seven regions detected by the scan statistic were also detected by the sliding window approach. The linkage disequilibrium (LD) patterns within the seven regions were highly variable indicating that the clusters of SNP associations were not due to LD alone. The scan statistic developed here can be used to make gene-based or region-based SNP inferences about disease association. Genet. Epidemiol . 2006. © 2006 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Published: 2007

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