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1. The somatic mutation profiles of 2,433 breast cancers refines their genomic and transcriptomic landscapes

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Pereira, B, Chin, S-F, Rueda, OM, Vollan, H-KM, Provenzano, E, Bardwell, HA, Pugh, M, Jones, L, Russell, R, Sammut, S-J, Tsui, DWY, Liu, B, Dawson, S-J, Abraham, J, Northen, H, Peden, JF, Mukherjee, A, Turashvili, G, Green, AR, McKinney, S, Oloumi, A, Shah, S, Rosenfeld, N, Murphy, L, Bentley, DR, Ellis, IO, Purushotham, A, Pinder, SE, Borresen-Dale, A-L, Earl, HM, Pharoah, PD, Ross, MT, Aparicio, S, Caldas, C, Pereira, B, Chin, S-F, Rueda, OM, Vollan, H-KM, Provenzano, E, Bardwell, HA, Pugh, M, Jones, L, Russell, R, Sammut, S-J, Tsui, DWY, Liu, B, Dawson, S-J, Abraham, J, Northen, H, Peden, JF, Mukherjee, A, Turashvili, G, Green, AR, McKinney, S, Oloumi, A, Shah, S, Rosenfeld, N, Murphy, L, Bentley, DR, Ellis, IO, Purushotham, A, Pinder, SE, Borresen-Dale, A-L, Earl, HM, Pharoah, PD, Ross, MT, Aparicio, S, and Caldas, C

Abstract

The genomic landscape of breast cancer is complex, and inter- and intra-tumour heterogeneity are important challenges in treating the disease. In this study, we sequence 173 genes in 2,433 primary breast tumours that have copy number aberration (CNA), gene expression and long-term clinical follow-up data. We identify 40 mutation-driver (Mut-driver) genes, and determine associations between mutations, driver CNA profiles, clinical-pathological parameters and survival. We assess the clonal states of Mut-driver mutations, and estimate levels of intra-tumour heterogeneity using mutant-allele fractions. Associations between PIK3CA mutations and reduced survival are identified in three subgroups of ER-positive cancer (defined by amplification of 17q23, 11q13-14 or 8q24). High levels of intra-tumour heterogeneity are in general associated with a worse outcome, but highly aggressive tumours with 11q13-14 amplification have low levels of intra-tumour heterogeneity. These results emphasize the importance of genome-based stratification of breast cancer, and have important implications for designing therapeutic strategies.

Published
2016

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

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

Published
2011

3. Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

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Newton-Cheh, C, Johnson, T, Gateva, V, Tobin, MD, Bochud, M, Coin, L, Najjar, SS, Zhao, JH, Heath, SC, Eyheramendy, S, Papadakis, K, Voight, BF, Scott, LJ, Zhang, F, Farrall, M, Tanaka, T, Wallace, C, Chambers, JC, Khaw, KT, Nilsson, P, van der Harst, P, Polidoro, S, Grobbee, DE, Onland-Moret, NC, Bots, ML, Wain, LV, Elliott, KS, Teumer, A, Luan, J, Lucas, G, Kuusisto, J, Burton, PR, Hadley, D, McArdle, WL, Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Brown, M, Dominiczak, A, Newhouse, SJ, Samani, NJ, Webster, J, Zeggini, E, Beckmann, JS, Bergmann, S, Lim, N, Song, K, Vollenweider, P, Waeber, G, Waterworth, DM, Yuan, X, Groop, L, Orho-Melander, M, Allione, A, Di Gregorio, A, Guarrera, S, Panico, S, Ricceri, F, Romanazzi, V, Sacerdote, C, Vineis, P, Barroso, I, Sandhu, MS, Luben, RN, Crawford, GJ, Jousilahti, P, Perola, M, Boehnke, M, Bonnycastle, LL, Collins, FS, Jackson, AU, Mohlke, KL, Stringham, HM, Valle, TT, Willer, CJ, Bergman, RN, Morken, MA, Döring, A, Gieger, C, Illig, T, Meitinger, T, Org, E, Pfeufer, A, Wichmann, HE, Kathiresan, S, Marrugat, J, O'Donnell, CJ, Schwartz, SM, Siscovick, DS, Subirana, I, Freimer, NB, Hartikainen, AL, McCarthy, MI, O'Reilly, PF, Peltonen, L, Pouta, A, de Jong, PE, Snieder, H, van Gilst, WH, Clarke, R, Goel, A, Hamsten, A, Peden, JF, Seedorf, U, Syvänen, AC, Tognoni, G, Lakatta, EG, Sanna, S, Scheet, P, Schlessinger, D, Scuteri, A, Dörr, M, Ernst, F, Felix, SB, Homuth, G, Lorbeer, R, Reffelmann, T, Rettig, R, Völker, U, Galan, P, Gut, IG, Hercberg, S, Lathrop, GM, Zelenika, D, Deloukas, P, Soranzo, N, Williams, FM, Zhai, G, Salomaa, V, Laakso, M, Elosua, R, Forouhi, NG, Völzke, H, Uiterwaal, CS, van der Schouw, YT, Numans, ME, Matullo, G, Navis, G, Berglund, G, Bingham, SA, Kooner, JS, Connell, JM, Bandinelli, S, Ferrucci, L, Watkins, H, Spector, TD, Tuomilehto, J, Altshuler, D, Strachan, DP, Laan, M, Meneton, P, Wareham, NJ, Uda, M, Jarvelin, MR, Mooser, V, Melander, O, Loos, RJ, Elliott, P, Abecasis, GR, Caulfield, M, and Munroe, PB

Published
2009

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

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Ehret, GB, Munroe, PB, Rice, KM, Bochud, M, Johnson, AD, Chasman, DI, Smith, AV, Tobin, MD, Verwoert, GC, Hwang, S-J, Pihur, V, Vollenweider, P, O'Reilly, PF, Amin, N, Bragg-Gresham, JL, Teumer, A, Glazer, NL, Launer, L, Zhao, JH, Aulchenko, Y, Heath, S, Sober, S, Parsa, A, Luan, J, Arora, P, Dehghan, A, Zhang, F, Lucas, G, Hicks, AA, Jackson, AU, Peden, JF, Tanaka, T, Wild, SH, Rudan, I, Igl, W, Milaneschi, Y, Parker, AN, Fava, C, Chambers, JC, Fox, ER, Kumari, M, Go, MJ, van der Harst, P, Kao, WHL, Sjogren, M, Vinay, DG, Alexander, M, Tabara, Y, Shaw-Hawkins, S, Whincup, PH, Liu, Y, Shi, G, Kuusisto, J, Tayo, B, Seielstad, M, Sim, X, Khanh-Dung, HN, Lehtimaki, T, Matullo, G, Wu, Y, Gaunt, TR, Onland-Moret, NC, Cooper, MN, Platou, CGP, Org, E, Hardy, R, Dahgam, S, Palmen, J, Vitart, V, Braund, PS, Kuznetsova, T, Uiterwaal, CSPM, Adeyemo, A, Palmas, W, Campbell, H, Ludwig, B, Tomaszewski, M, Tzoulaki, I, Palmer, ND, Aspelund, T, Garcia, M, Chang, Y-PC, O'Connell, JR, Steinle, NI, Grobbee, DE, Arking, DE, Kardia, SL, Morrison, AC, Hernandez, D, Najjar, S, McArdle, WL, Hadley, D, Brown, MJ, Connell, JM, Hingorani, AD, Day, INM, Lawlor, DA, Beilby, JP, Lawrence, RW, Clarke, R, Hopewell, JC, Ongen, H, Dreisbach, AW, Li, Y, Young, JH, Bis, JC, Kahonen, M, Viikari, J, Adair, LS, Lee, NR, Chen, M-H, Olden, M, Pattaro, C, Bolton, JAH, Koettgen, A, Bergmann, S, Mooser, V, Chaturvedi, N, Frayling, TM, Islam, M, Jafar, TH, Erdmann, J, Kulkarni, SR, Bornstein, SR, Graessler, J, Groop, L, Voight, BF, Kettunen, J, Howard, P, Taylor, A, Guarrera, S, Ricceri, F, Emilsson, V, Plump, A, Barroso, IS, Khaw, K-T, Weder, AB, Hunt, SC, Sun, YV, Bergman, RN, Collins, FS, Bonnycastle, LL, Scott, LJ, Stringham, HM, Peltonen, L, Perola, M, Vartiainen, E, Brand, S-M, Staessen, JA, Wang, TJ, Burton, PR, Artigas, MS, Dong, Y, Snieder, H, Wang, X, Zhu, H, Lohman, KK, Rudock, ME, Heckbert, SR, Smith, NL, Wiggins, KL, Doumatey, A, Shriner, D, Veldre, G, Viigimaa, M, Kinra, S, Prabhakaran, D, Tripathy, V, Langefeld, CD, Rosengren, A, Thelle, DS, Corsi, AM, Singleton, A, Forrester, T, Hilton, G, McKenzie, CA, Salako, T, Iwai, N, Kita, Y, Ogihara, T, Ohkubo, T, Okamura, T, Ueshima, H, Umemura, S, Eyheramendy, S, Meitinger, T, Wichmann, H-E, Cho, YS, Kim, H-L, Lee, J-Y, Scott, J, Sehmi, JS, Zhang, W, Hedblad, B, Nilsson, P, Smith, GD, Wong, A, Narisu, N, Stancakova, A, Raffel, LJ, Yao, J, Kathiresan, S, O'Donnell, CJ, Schwartz, SM, Ikram, MA, Longstreth, WT, Mosley, TH, Seshadri, S, Shrine, NRG, Wain, LV, Morken, MA, Swift, AJ, Laitinen, J, Prokopenko, I, Zitting, P, Cooper, JA, Humphries, SE, Danesh, J, Rasheed, A, Goel, A, Hamsten, A, Watkins, H, Bakker, SJL, van Gilst, WH, Janipalli, CS, Mani, KR, Yajnik, CS, Hofman, A, Mattace-Raso, FUS, Oostra, BA, Demirkan, A, Isaacs, A, Rivadeneira, F, Lakatta, EG, Orru, M, Scuteri, A, Ala-Korpela, M, Kangas, AJ, Lyytikainen, L-P, Soininen, P, Tukiainen, T, Wurtz, P, Ong, RT-H, Doerr, M, Kroemer, HK, Voelker, U, Voelzke, H, Galan, P, Hercberg, S, Lathrop, M, Zelenika, D, Deloukas, P, Mangino, M, Spector, TD, Zhai, G, Meschia, JF, Nalls, MA, Sharma, P, Terzic, J, Kumar, MVK, Denniff, M, Zukowska-Szczechowska, E, Wagenknecht, LE, Fowkes, FGR, Charchar, FJ, Schwarz, PEH, Hayward, C, Guo, X, Rotimi, C, Bots, ML, Brand, E, Samani, NJ, Polasek, O, Talmud, PJ, Nyberg, F, Kuh, D, Laan, M, Hveem, K, Palmer, LJ, van der Schouw, YT, Casas, JP, Mohlke, KL, Vineis, P, Raitakari, O, Ganesh, SK, Wong, TY, Tai, ES, Cooper, RS, Laakso, M, Rao, DC, Harris, TB, Morris, RW, Dominiczak, AF, Kivimaki, M, Marmot, MG, Miki, T, Saleheen, D, Chandak, GR, Coresh, J, Navis, G, Salomaa, V, Han, B-G, Zhu, X, Kooner, JS, Melander, O, Ridker, PM, Bandinelli, S, Gyllensten, UB, Wright, AF, Wilson, JF, Ferrucci, L, Farrall, M, Tuomilehto, J, Pramstaller, PP, Elosua, R, Soranzo, N, Sijbrands, EJG, Altshuler, D, Loos, RJF, Shuldiner, AR, Gieger, C, Meneton, P, Uitterlinden, AG, Wareham, NJ, Gudnason, V, Rotter, JI, Rettig, R, Uda, M, Strachan, DP, Witteman, JCM, Hartikainen, A-L, Beckmann, JS, Boerwinkle, E, Vasan, RS, Boehnke, M, Larson, MG, Jarvelin, M-R, Psaty, BM, Abecasis, GR, Chakravarti, A, Elliott, P, van Duijn, CM, Newton-Cheh, C, Levy, D, Caulfield, MJ, Johnson, T, Ehret, GB, Munroe, PB, Rice, KM, Bochud, M, Johnson, AD, Chasman, DI, Smith, AV, Tobin, MD, Verwoert, GC, Hwang, S-J, Pihur, V, Vollenweider, P, O'Reilly, PF, Amin, N, Bragg-Gresham, JL, Teumer, A, Glazer, NL, Launer, L, Zhao, JH, Aulchenko, Y, Heath, S, Sober, S, Parsa, A, Luan, J, Arora, P, Dehghan, A, Zhang, F, Lucas, G, Hicks, AA, Jackson, AU, Peden, JF, Tanaka, T, Wild, SH, Rudan, I, Igl, W, Milaneschi, Y, Parker, AN, Fava, C, Chambers, JC, Fox, ER, Kumari, M, Go, MJ, van der Harst, P, Kao, WHL, Sjogren, M, Vinay, DG, Alexander, M, Tabara, Y, Shaw-Hawkins, S, Whincup, PH, Liu, Y, Shi, G, Kuusisto, J, Tayo, B, Seielstad, M, Sim, X, Khanh-Dung, HN, Lehtimaki, T, Matullo, G, Wu, Y, Gaunt, TR, Onland-Moret, NC, Cooper, MN, Platou, CGP, Org, E, Hardy, R, Dahgam, S, Palmen, J, Vitart, V, Braund, PS, Kuznetsova, T, Uiterwaal, CSPM, Adeyemo, A, Palmas, W, Campbell, H, Ludwig, B, Tomaszewski, M, Tzoulaki, I, Palmer, ND, Aspelund, T, Garcia, M, Chang, Y-PC, O'Connell, JR, Steinle, NI, Grobbee, DE, Arking, DE, Kardia, SL, Morrison, AC, Hernandez, D, Najjar, S, McArdle, WL, Hadley, D, Brown, MJ, Connell, JM, Hingorani, AD, Day, INM, Lawlor, DA, Beilby, JP, Lawrence, RW, Clarke, R, Hopewell, JC, Ongen, H, Dreisbach, AW, Li, Y, Young, JH, Bis, JC, Kahonen, M, Viikari, J, Adair, LS, Lee, NR, Chen, M-H, Olden, M, Pattaro, C, Bolton, JAH, Koettgen, A, Bergmann, S, Mooser, V, Chaturvedi, N, Frayling, TM, Islam, M, Jafar, TH, Erdmann, J, Kulkarni, SR, Bornstein, SR, Graessler, J, Groop, L, Voight, BF, Kettunen, J, Howard, P, Taylor, A, Guarrera, S, Ricceri, F, Emilsson, V, Plump, A, Barroso, IS, Khaw, K-T, Weder, AB, Hunt, SC, Sun, YV, Bergman, RN, Collins, FS, Bonnycastle, LL, Scott, LJ, Stringham, HM, Peltonen, L, Perola, M, Vartiainen, E, Brand, S-M, Staessen, JA, Wang, TJ, Burton, PR, Artigas, MS, Dong, Y, Snieder, H, Wang, X, Zhu, H, Lohman, KK, Rudock, ME, Heckbert, SR, Smith, NL, Wiggins, KL, Doumatey, A, Shriner, D, Veldre, G, Viigimaa, M, Kinra, S, Prabhakaran, D, Tripathy, V, Langefeld, CD, Rosengren, A, Thelle, DS, Corsi, AM, Singleton, A, Forrester, T, Hilton, G, McKenzie, CA, Salako, T, Iwai, N, Kita, Y, Ogihara, T, Ohkubo, T, Okamura, T, Ueshima, H, Umemura, S, Eyheramendy, S, Meitinger, T, Wichmann, H-E, Cho, YS, Kim, H-L, Lee, J-Y, Scott, J, Sehmi, JS, Zhang, W, Hedblad, B, Nilsson, P, Smith, GD, Wong, A, Narisu, N, Stancakova, A, Raffel, LJ, Yao, J, Kathiresan, S, O'Donnell, CJ, Schwartz, SM, Ikram, MA, Longstreth, WT, Mosley, TH, Seshadri, S, Shrine, NRG, Wain, LV, Morken, MA, Swift, AJ, Laitinen, J, Prokopenko, I, Zitting, P, Cooper, JA, Humphries, SE, Danesh, J, Rasheed, A, Goel, A, Hamsten, A, Watkins, H, Bakker, SJL, van Gilst, WH, Janipalli, CS, Mani, KR, Yajnik, CS, Hofman, A, Mattace-Raso, FUS, Oostra, BA, Demirkan, A, Isaacs, A, Rivadeneira, F, Lakatta, EG, Orru, M, Scuteri, A, Ala-Korpela, M, Kangas, AJ, Lyytikainen, L-P, Soininen, P, Tukiainen, T, Wurtz, P, Ong, RT-H, Doerr, M, Kroemer, HK, Voelker, U, Voelzke, H, Galan, P, Hercberg, S, Lathrop, M, Zelenika, D, Deloukas, P, Mangino, M, Spector, TD, Zhai, G, Meschia, JF, Nalls, MA, Sharma, P, Terzic, J, Kumar, MVK, Denniff, M, Zukowska-Szczechowska, E, Wagenknecht, LE, Fowkes, FGR, Charchar, FJ, Schwarz, PEH, Hayward, C, Guo, X, Rotimi, C, Bots, ML, Brand, E, Samani, NJ, Polasek, O, Talmud, PJ, Nyberg, F, Kuh, D, Laan, M, Hveem, K, Palmer, LJ, van der Schouw, YT, Casas, JP, Mohlke, KL, Vineis, P, Raitakari, O, Ganesh, SK, Wong, TY, Tai, ES, Cooper, RS, Laakso, M, Rao, DC, Harris, TB, Morris, RW, Dominiczak, AF, Kivimaki, M, Marmot, MG, Miki, T, Saleheen, D, Chandak, GR, Coresh, J, Navis, G, Salomaa, V, Han, B-G, Zhu, X, Kooner, JS, Melander, O, Ridker, PM, Bandinelli, S, Gyllensten, UB, Wright, AF, Wilson, JF, Ferrucci, L, Farrall, M, Tuomilehto, J, Pramstaller, PP, Elosua, R, Soranzo, N, Sijbrands, EJG, Altshuler, D, Loos, RJF, Shuldiner, AR, Gieger, C, Meneton, P, Uitterlinden, AG, Wareham, NJ, Gudnason, V, Rotter, JI, Rettig, R, Uda, M, Strachan, DP, Witteman, JCM, Hartikainen, A-L, Beckmann, JS, Boerwinkle, E, Vasan, RS, Boehnke, M, Larson, MG, Jarvelin, M-R, Psaty, BM, Abecasis, GR, Chakravarti, A, Elliott, P, van Duijn, CM, Newton-Cheh, C, Levy, D, Caulfield, MJ, and Johnson, T

Abstract

Blood pressure is a heritable trait influenced by several biological pathways and responsive to environmental stimuli. Over one billion people worldwide have hypertension (≥140 mm Hg systolic blood pressure or ≥90 mm Hg diastolic blood pressure). Even small increments in blood pressure are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events. This genome-wide association study of systolic and diastolic blood pressure, which used a multi-stage design in 200,000 individuals of European descent, identified sixteen novel loci: six of these loci contain genes previously known or suspected to regulate blood pressure (GUCY1A3-GUCY1B3, NPR3-C5orf23, ADM, FURIN-FES, GOSR2, GNAS-EDN3); the other ten provide new clues to blood pressure physiology. A genetic risk score based on 29 genome-wide significant variants was associated with hypertension, left ventricular wall thickness, stroke and coronary artery disease, but not kidney disease or kidney function. We also observed associations with blood pressure in East Asian, South Asian and African ancestry individuals. Our findings provide new insights into the genetics and biology of blood pressure, and suggest potential novel therapeutic pathways for cardiovascular disease prevention.

Published
2011

5. Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height

Author

Allen, HL, Estrada, K, Lettre, G, Berndt, SI, Weedon, MN, Rivadeneira, F, Willer, CJ, Jackson, AU, Vedantam, S, Raychaudhuri, S, Ferreira, T, Wood, AR, Weyant, RJ, Segre, AV, Speliotes, EK, Wheeler, E, Soranzo, N, Park, J-H, Yang, J, Gudbjartsson, D, Heard-Costa, NL, Randall, JC, Qi, L, Smith, AV, Maegi, R, Pastinen, T, Liang, L, Heid, IM, Luan, J, Thorleifsson, G, Winkler, TW, Goddard, ME, Lo, KS, Palmer, C, Workalemahu, T, Aulchenko, YS, Johansson, A, Zillikens, MC, Feitosa, MF, Esko, T, Johnson, T, Ketkar, S, Kraft, P, Mangino, M, Prokopenko, I, Absher, D, Albrecht, E, Ernst, F, Glazer, NL, Hayward, C, Hottenga, J-J, Jacobs, KB, Knowles, JW, Kutalik, Z, Monda, KL, Polasek, O, Preuss, M, Rayner, NW, Robertson, NR, Steinthorsdottir, V, Tyrer, JP, Voight, BF, Wiklund, F, Xu, J, Zhao, JH, Nyholt, DR, Pellikka, N, Perola, M, Perry, JRB, Surakka, I, Tammesoo, M-L, Altmaier, EL, Amin, N, Aspelund, T, Bhangale, T, Boucher, G, Chasman, DI, Chen, C, Coin, L, Cooper, MN, Dixon, AL, Gibson, Q, Grundberg, E, Hao, K, Junttila, MJ, Kaplan, LM, Kettunen, J, Koenig, IR, Kwan, T, Lawrence, RW, Levinson, DF, Lorentzon, M, McKnight, B, Morris, AP, Mueller, M, Ngwa, JS, Purcell, S, Rafelt, S, Salem, RM, Salvi, E, Sanna, S, Shi, J, Sovio, U, Thompson, JR, Turchin, MC, Vandenput, L, Verlaan, DJ, Vitart, V, White, CC, Ziegler, A, Almgren, P, Balmforth, AJ, Campbell, H, Citterio, L, De Grandi, A, Dominiczak, A, Duan, J, Elliott, P, Elosua, R, Eriksson, JG, Freimer, NB, Geus, EJC, Glorioso, N, Haiqing, S, Hartikainen, A-L, Havulinna, AS, Hicks, AA, Hui, J, Igl, W, Illig, T, Jula, A, Kajantie, E, Kilpelaeinen, TO, Koiranen, M, Kolcic, I, Koskinen, S, Kovacs, P, Laitinen, J, Liu, J, Lokki, M-L, Marusic, A, Maschio, A, Meitinger, T, Mulas, A, Pare, G, Parker, AN, Peden, JF, Petersmann, A, Pichler, I, Pietilainen, KH, Pouta, A, Riddertrale, M, Rotter, JI, Sambrook, JG, Sanders, AR, Schmidt, CO, Sinisalo, J, Smit, JH, Stringham, HM, Walters, GB, Widen, E, Wild, SH, Willemsen, G, Zagato, L, Zgaga, L, Zitting, P, Alavere, H, Farrall, M, McArdle, WL, Nelis, M, Peters, MJ, Ripatti, S, vVan Meurs, JBJ, Aben, KK, Ardlie, KG, Beckmann, JS, Beilby, JP, Bergman, RN, Bergmann, S, Collins, FS, Cusi, D, den Heijer, M, Eiriksdottir, G, Gejman, PV, Hall, AS, Hamsten, A, Huikuri, HV, Iribarren, C, Kahonen, M, Kaprio, J, Kathiresan, S, Kiemeney, L, Kocher, T, Launer, LJ, Lehtimaki, T, Melander, O, Mosley, TH, Musk, AW, Nieminen, MS, O'Donnell, CJ, Ohlsson, C, Oostra, B, Palmer, LJ, Raitakari, O, Ridker, PM, Rioux, JD, Rissanen, A, Rivolta, C, Schunkert, H, Shuldiner, AR, Siscovick, DS, Stumvoll, M, Toenjes, A, Tuomilehto, J, van Ommen, G-J, Viikari, J, Heath, AC, Martin, NG, Montgomery, GW, Province, MA, Kayser, M, Arnold, AM, Atwood, LD, Boerwinkle, E, Chanock, SJ, Deloukas, P, Gieger, C, Gronberg, H, Hall, P, Hattersley, AT, Hengstenberg, C, Hoffman, W, Lathrop, GM, Salomaa, V, Schreiber, S, Uda, M, Waterworth, D, Wright, AF, Assimes, TL, Barroso, I, Hofman, A, Mohlke, KL, Boomsma, DI, Caulfield, MJ, Cupples, LA, Erdmann, J, Fox, CS, Gudnason, V, Gyllensten, U, Harris, TB, Hayes, RB, Jarvelin, M-R, Mooser, V, Munroe, PB, Ouwehand, WH, Penninx, BW, Pramstaller, PP, Quertermous, T, Rudan, I, Samani, NJ, Spector, TD, Voelzke, H, Watkins, H, Wilson, JF, Groop, LC, Haritunians, T, Hu, FB, Kaplan, RC, Metspalu, A, North, KE, Schlessinger, D, Wareham, NJ, Hunter, DJ, O'Connell, JR, Strachan, DP, Schadt, H-E, Thorsteinsdottir, U, Peltonen, L, Uitterlinden, AG, Visscher, PM, Chatterjee, N, Loos, RJF, Boehnke, M, McCarthy, MI, Ingelsson, E, Lindgren, CM, Abecasis, GR, Stefansson, K, Frayling, TM, Hirschhorn, JN, Allen, HL, Estrada, K, Lettre, G, Berndt, SI, Weedon, MN, Rivadeneira, F, Willer, CJ, Jackson, AU, Vedantam, S, Raychaudhuri, S, Ferreira, T, Wood, AR, Weyant, RJ, Segre, AV, Speliotes, EK, Wheeler, E, Soranzo, N, Park, J-H, Yang, J, Gudbjartsson, D, Heard-Costa, NL, Randall, JC, Qi, L, Smith, AV, Maegi, R, Pastinen, T, Liang, L, Heid, IM, Luan, J, Thorleifsson, G, Winkler, TW, Goddard, ME, Lo, KS, Palmer, C, Workalemahu, T, Aulchenko, YS, Johansson, A, Zillikens, MC, Feitosa, MF, Esko, T, Johnson, T, Ketkar, S, Kraft, P, Mangino, M, Prokopenko, I, Absher, D, Albrecht, E, Ernst, F, Glazer, NL, Hayward, C, Hottenga, J-J, Jacobs, KB, Knowles, JW, Kutalik, Z, Monda, KL, Polasek, O, Preuss, M, Rayner, NW, Robertson, NR, Steinthorsdottir, V, Tyrer, JP, Voight, BF, Wiklund, F, Xu, J, Zhao, JH, Nyholt, DR, Pellikka, N, Perola, M, Perry, JRB, Surakka, I, Tammesoo, M-L, Altmaier, EL, Amin, N, Aspelund, T, Bhangale, T, Boucher, G, Chasman, DI, Chen, C, Coin, L, Cooper, MN, Dixon, AL, Gibson, Q, Grundberg, E, Hao, K, Junttila, MJ, Kaplan, LM, Kettunen, J, Koenig, IR, Kwan, T, Lawrence, RW, Levinson, DF, Lorentzon, M, McKnight, B, Morris, AP, Mueller, M, Ngwa, JS, Purcell, S, Rafelt, S, Salem, RM, Salvi, E, Sanna, S, Shi, J, Sovio, U, Thompson, JR, Turchin, MC, Vandenput, L, Verlaan, DJ, Vitart, V, White, CC, Ziegler, A, Almgren, P, Balmforth, AJ, Campbell, H, Citterio, L, De Grandi, A, Dominiczak, A, Duan, J, Elliott, P, Elosua, R, Eriksson, JG, Freimer, NB, Geus, EJC, Glorioso, N, Haiqing, S, Hartikainen, A-L, Havulinna, AS, Hicks, AA, Hui, J, Igl, W, Illig, T, Jula, A, Kajantie, E, Kilpelaeinen, TO, Koiranen, M, Kolcic, I, Koskinen, S, Kovacs, P, Laitinen, J, Liu, J, Lokki, M-L, Marusic, A, Maschio, A, Meitinger, T, Mulas, A, Pare, G, Parker, AN, Peden, JF, Petersmann, A, Pichler, I, Pietilainen, KH, Pouta, A, Riddertrale, M, Rotter, JI, Sambrook, JG, Sanders, AR, Schmidt, CO, Sinisalo, J, Smit, JH, Stringham, HM, Walters, GB, Widen, E, Wild, SH, Willemsen, G, Zagato, L, Zgaga, L, Zitting, P, Alavere, H, Farrall, M, McArdle, WL, Nelis, M, Peters, MJ, Ripatti, S, vVan Meurs, JBJ, Aben, KK, Ardlie, KG, Beckmann, JS, Beilby, JP, Bergman, RN, Bergmann, S, Collins, FS, Cusi, D, den Heijer, M, Eiriksdottir, G, Gejman, PV, Hall, AS, Hamsten, A, Huikuri, HV, Iribarren, C, Kahonen, M, Kaprio, J, Kathiresan, S, Kiemeney, L, Kocher, T, Launer, LJ, Lehtimaki, T, Melander, O, Mosley, TH, Musk, AW, Nieminen, MS, O'Donnell, CJ, Ohlsson, C, Oostra, B, Palmer, LJ, Raitakari, O, Ridker, PM, Rioux, JD, Rissanen, A, Rivolta, C, Schunkert, H, Shuldiner, AR, Siscovick, DS, Stumvoll, M, Toenjes, A, Tuomilehto, J, van Ommen, G-J, Viikari, J, Heath, AC, Martin, NG, Montgomery, GW, Province, MA, Kayser, M, Arnold, AM, Atwood, LD, Boerwinkle, E, Chanock, SJ, Deloukas, P, Gieger, C, Gronberg, H, Hall, P, Hattersley, AT, Hengstenberg, C, Hoffman, W, Lathrop, GM, Salomaa, V, Schreiber, S, Uda, M, Waterworth, D, Wright, AF, Assimes, TL, Barroso, I, Hofman, A, Mohlke, KL, Boomsma, DI, Caulfield, MJ, Cupples, LA, Erdmann, J, Fox, CS, Gudnason, V, Gyllensten, U, Harris, TB, Hayes, RB, Jarvelin, M-R, Mooser, V, Munroe, PB, Ouwehand, WH, Penninx, BW, Pramstaller, PP, Quertermous, T, Rudan, I, Samani, NJ, Spector, TD, Voelzke, H, Watkins, H, Wilson, JF, Groop, LC, Haritunians, T, Hu, FB, Kaplan, RC, Metspalu, A, North, KE, Schlessinger, D, Wareham, NJ, Hunter, DJ, O'Connell, JR, Strachan, DP, Schadt, H-E, Thorsteinsdottir, U, Peltonen, L, Uitterlinden, AG, Visscher, PM, Chatterjee, N, Loos, RJF, Boehnke, M, McCarthy, MI, Ingelsson, E, Lindgren, CM, Abecasis, GR, Stefansson, K, Frayling, TM, and Hirschhorn, JN

Abstract

Most common human traits and diseases have a polygenic pattern of inheritance: DNA sequence variants at many genetic loci influence the phenotype. Genome-wide association (GWA) studies have identified more than 600 variants associated with human traits, but these typically explain small fractions of phenotypic variation, raising questions about the use of further studies. Here, using 183,727 individuals, we show that hundreds of genetic variants, in at least 180 loci, influence adult height, a highly heritable and classic polygenic trait. The large number of loci reveals patterns with important implications for genetic studies of common human diseases and traits. First, the 180 loci are not random, but instead are enriched for genes that are connected in biological pathways (P = 0.016) and that underlie skeletal growth defects (P < 0.001). Second, the likely causal gene is often located near the most strongly associated variant: in 13 of 21 loci containing a known skeletal growth gene, that gene was closest to the associated variant. Third, at least 19 loci have multiple independently associated variants, suggesting that allelic heterogeneity is a frequent feature of polygenic traits, that comprehensive explorations of already-discovered loci should discover additional variants and that an appreciable fraction of associated loci may have been identified. Fourth, associated variants are enriched for likely functional effects on genes, being over-represented among variants that alter amino-acid structure of proteins and expression levels of nearby genes. Our data explain approximately 10% of the phenotypic variation in height, and we estimate that unidentified common variants of similar effect sizes would increase this figure to approximately 16% of phenotypic variation (approximately 20% of heritable variation). Although additional approaches are needed to dissect the genetic architecture of polygenic human traits fully, our findings indicate that GWA studies can ide

Published
2010

6. Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

Author

Newton-Cheh, C, Johnson, T, Gateva, V, Tobin, MD, Bochud, M, Coin, L, Najjar, SS, Zhao, JH, Heath, SC, Eyheramendy, S, Papadakis, K, Voight, BF, Scott, LJ, Zhang, F, Farrall, M, Tanaka, T, Wallace, C, Chambers, JC, Khaw, K, Nilsson, P, Van Der Harst, P, Polidoro, S, Grobbee, DE, Onland-Moret, NC, Bots, ML, Wain, LV, Elliot, KS, Teumer, A, Luan, J, Lucas, G, Kuusisto, J, Burton, PR, Hadley, D, McArdle, WL, Brown, M, Dominiczak, A, Newhouse, SJ, Samani, NJ, Webster, J, Zeggini, E, Beckmann, JS, Bergmann, S, Lim, N, Song, K, Vollenweider, P, Waeber, G, Waterworth, DM, Yuan, X, Groop, L, Orho-Melander, M, Allione, A, Di Gregorio, A, Guarrera, S, Panico, S, Ricceri, F, Romanazzi, V, Sacerdote, C, Vineis, P, Barroso, I, Sandhu, MS, Luben, RN, Crawford, GJ, Jousilahti, P, Perola, M, Boehnke, M, Bonnycastle, LL, Collins, FS, Jackson, AU, Mohlke, KL, Stringham, HM, Valle, TT, Willer, CJ, Bergman, RN, Morken, MA, Döring, A, Gieger, C, Illig, T, Meitinger, T, Org, E, Pfeufer, A, Wichmann, HE, Kathiresan, S, Marrugat, J, O'Donnell, CJ, Schwartz, SM, Siscovick, DS, Subirana, I, Freimer, NB, Hartikainen, A, McCarthy, MI, O'Reilly, PF, Peltonen, L, Pouta, A, De Jong, PE, Snieder, H, Van Gilst, WH, Clarke, R, Goel, A, Hamsten, A, Altshuler, D, Jarvelin, M, Elliott, P, Lakatta, EG, Forouhi, N, Wareham, NJ, Loos, RJF, Deloukas, P, Lathrop, GM, Zelenika, D, Strachan, DP, Soranzo, N, Williams, FM, Zhai, G, Spector, TD, Peden, JF, Watkins, H, Ferrucci, L, Caulfield, M, Munroe, PB, Berglund, G, Melander, O, Matullo, G, Uiterwaal, CS, van der Schouw, YT, Numans, ME, Ernst, F, Homuth, G, Völker, U, Elosua, R, Laakso, M, Connell, JM, Mooser, V, Salomaa, V, Tuomilehto, J, Laan, M, Navis, G, Seedorf, U, Syvänen, A, Tognoni, G, Sanna, S, Uda, M, Scheet, P, Schlessinger, D, Scuteri, A, Dörr, M, Felix, SB, Reffelmann, T, Lorbeer, R, Völzke, H, Rettig, R, Galan, P, Hercberg, S, Bingham, SA, Kooner, JS, Bandinelli, S, Meneton, P, Abecasis, G, Thompson, JR, Braga Marcano, CA, Barke, B, Dobson, R, Gungadoo, J, Lee, KL, Onipinla, A, Wallace, I, Xue, M, Clayton, DG, Leung, H, Nutland, S, Walker, NM, Todd, JA, Stevens, HE, Dunger, DB, Widmer, B, Downes, K, Cardon, LR, Kwiatkowski, DP, Barrett, JC, Evans, D, Morris, AP, Lindgren, CM, Rayner, NW, Timpson, NJ, Lyons, E, Vannberg, F, Hill, AVS, Teo, YY, Rockett, KA, Craddock, N, Attwood, AP, Bryan, C, Bumpstead, SJ, Chaney, A, Ghori, J, William, RG, Hunt, SE, Inouye, M, Keniry, E, King, E, McGinnis, R, Potter, S, Ravindrarajan, R, Whittaker, P, Withers, D, Bentley, D, Groves, CJ, Duncanson, A, Ouwehand, WH, Boorman, JP, Cant, B, Jolley, JD, Knight, AS, Koch, K, Taylor, NC, Watkins, NA, Winzer, T, Braund, PS, Dixon, RJ, Mangino, M, Stevens, S, Donnely, P, Davidson, D, Marchini, JL, Spencer, ICA, Cardin, NJ, Ferreira, T, Pereira-Gale, J, Hallgrimsdottir, IB, Howie, BN, Su, Z, Vukcevic, D, Easton, D, Everson, U, Hussey, JM, Meech, E, Prowse, CV, Walters, GR, Jones, RW, Ring, SM, Prembey, M, Breen, G, St Clair, D, Ceasar, S, Gordon-Smith, K, Fraser, C, Green, EK, Grozeva, D, Hamshere, ML, Holmans, PA, Jones, IR, Kirov, G, Moskovina, V, Nikolov, I, O'Donovan, MC, Owen, MJ, Collier, DA, Elkin, A, Farmer, A, Williamson, R, McGruffin, P, Young, AH, Ferrier, IN, Ball, SG, Balmforth, AJ, Barrett, JH, Bishop, DT, Iles, MM, Maqbool, A, Yuldasheva, N, Hall, AS, Bredin, F, Tremelling, M, Parkes, M, Drummond, H, Lees, CW, Nimmo, ER, Satsangi, J, Fisher, SA, Lewis, CM, Onnie, CM, Prescott, NJ, Mathew, CG, Forbes, A, Sanderson, J, Mathew, C, Barbour, J, Mohiuddin, MK, Todhunter, CE, Mansfield, JC, Ahmad, T, Cummings, FR, Jewell, DP, Barton, A, Bruce, IN, Donovan, H, Eyre, S, Gilbert, PD, Hider, SL, Hinks, AM, John, SL, Potter, C, Silman, AJ, Symmons, DPM, Thomson, W, Worthington, J, Frayling, TM, Freathy, RM, Lango, H, Perry, JRB, Weedon, MN, Hattersley, AT, Shields, BM, Hitman, GA, Walker, M, Newport, M, Sirugo, G, Conway, D, Jallow, M, Bradbury, LA, Pointon, JL, Brown, MA, Farrar, C, Wordsworth, P, Franklyn, JA, Heward, JM, Simmonds, MJ, Cough, SCL, Seal, S, Stratton, MR, Ban, M, Goris, A, Sawcer, SJ, Compston, A, Newton-Cheh, C, Johnson, T, Gateva, V, Tobin, MD, Bochud, M, Coin, L, Najjar, SS, Zhao, JH, Heath, SC, Eyheramendy, S, Papadakis, K, Voight, BF, Scott, LJ, Zhang, F, Farrall, M, Tanaka, T, Wallace, C, Chambers, JC, Khaw, K, Nilsson, P, Van Der Harst, P, Polidoro, S, Grobbee, DE, Onland-Moret, NC, Bots, ML, Wain, LV, Elliot, KS, Teumer, A, Luan, J, Lucas, G, Kuusisto, J, Burton, PR, Hadley, D, McArdle, WL, Brown, M, Dominiczak, A, Newhouse, SJ, Samani, NJ, Webster, J, Zeggini, E, Beckmann, JS, Bergmann, S, Lim, N, Song, K, Vollenweider, P, Waeber, G, Waterworth, DM, Yuan, X, Groop, L, Orho-Melander, M, Allione, A, Di Gregorio, A, Guarrera, S, Panico, S, Ricceri, F, Romanazzi, V, Sacerdote, C, Vineis, P, Barroso, I, Sandhu, MS, Luben, RN, Crawford, GJ, Jousilahti, P, Perola, M, Boehnke, M, Bonnycastle, LL, Collins, FS, Jackson, AU, Mohlke, KL, Stringham, HM, Valle, TT, Willer, CJ, Bergman, RN, Morken, MA, Döring, A, Gieger, C, Illig, T, Meitinger, T, Org, E, Pfeufer, A, Wichmann, HE, Kathiresan, S, Marrugat, J, O'Donnell, CJ, Schwartz, SM, Siscovick, DS, Subirana, I, Freimer, NB, Hartikainen, A, McCarthy, MI, O'Reilly, PF, Peltonen, L, Pouta, A, De Jong, PE, Snieder, H, Van Gilst, WH, Clarke, R, Goel, A, Hamsten, A, Altshuler, D, Jarvelin, M, Elliott, P, Lakatta, EG, Forouhi, N, Wareham, NJ, Loos, RJF, Deloukas, P, Lathrop, GM, Zelenika, D, Strachan, DP, Soranzo, N, Williams, FM, Zhai, G, Spector, TD, Peden, JF, Watkins, H, Ferrucci, L, Caulfield, M, Munroe, PB, Berglund, G, Melander, O, Matullo, G, Uiterwaal, CS, van der Schouw, YT, Numans, ME, Ernst, F, Homuth, G, Völker, U, Elosua, R, Laakso, M, Connell, JM, Mooser, V, Salomaa, V, Tuomilehto, J, Laan, M, Navis, G, Seedorf, U, Syvänen, A, Tognoni, G, Sanna, S, Uda, M, Scheet, P, Schlessinger, D, Scuteri, A, Dörr, M, Felix, SB, Reffelmann, T, Lorbeer, R, Völzke, H, Rettig, R, Galan, P, Hercberg, S, Bingham, SA, Kooner, JS, Bandinelli, S, Meneton, P, Abecasis, G, Thompson, JR, Braga Marcano, CA, Barke, B, Dobson, R, Gungadoo, J, Lee, KL, Onipinla, A, Wallace, I, Xue, M, Clayton, DG, Leung, H, Nutland, S, Walker, NM, Todd, JA, Stevens, HE, Dunger, DB, Widmer, B, Downes, K, Cardon, LR, Kwiatkowski, DP, Barrett, JC, Evans, D, Morris, AP, Lindgren, CM, Rayner, NW, Timpson, NJ, Lyons, E, Vannberg, F, Hill, AVS, Teo, YY, Rockett, KA, Craddock, N, Attwood, AP, Bryan, C, Bumpstead, SJ, Chaney, A, Ghori, J, William, RG, Hunt, SE, Inouye, M, Keniry, E, King, E, McGinnis, R, Potter, S, Ravindrarajan, R, Whittaker, P, Withers, D, Bentley, D, Groves, CJ, Duncanson, A, Ouwehand, WH, Boorman, JP, Cant, B, Jolley, JD, Knight, AS, Koch, K, Taylor, NC, Watkins, NA, Winzer, T, Braund, PS, Dixon, RJ, Mangino, M, Stevens, S, Donnely, P, Davidson, D, Marchini, JL, Spencer, ICA, Cardin, NJ, Ferreira, T, Pereira-Gale, J, Hallgrimsdottir, IB, Howie, BN, Su, Z, Vukcevic, D, Easton, D, Everson, U, Hussey, JM, Meech, E, Prowse, CV, Walters, GR, Jones, RW, Ring, SM, Prembey, M, Breen, G, St Clair, D, Ceasar, S, Gordon-Smith, K, Fraser, C, Green, EK, Grozeva, D, Hamshere, ML, Holmans, PA, Jones, IR, Kirov, G, Moskovina, V, Nikolov, I, O'Donovan, MC, Owen, MJ, Collier, DA, Elkin, A, Farmer, A, Williamson, R, McGruffin, P, Young, AH, Ferrier, IN, Ball, SG, Balmforth, AJ, Barrett, JH, Bishop, DT, Iles, MM, Maqbool, A, Yuldasheva, N, Hall, AS, Bredin, F, Tremelling, M, Parkes, M, Drummond, H, Lees, CW, Nimmo, ER, Satsangi, J, Fisher, SA, Lewis, CM, Onnie, CM, Prescott, NJ, Mathew, CG, Forbes, A, Sanderson, J, Mathew, C, Barbour, J, Mohiuddin, MK, Todhunter, CE, Mansfield, JC, Ahmad, T, Cummings, FR, Jewell, DP, Barton, A, Bruce, IN, Donovan, H, Eyre, S, Gilbert, PD, Hider, SL, Hinks, AM, John, SL, Potter, C, Silman, AJ, Symmons, DPM, Thomson, W, Worthington, J, Frayling, TM, Freathy, RM, Lango, H, Perry, JRB, Weedon, MN, Hattersley, AT, Shields, BM, Hitman, GA, Walker, M, Newport, M, Sirugo, G, Conway, D, Jallow, M, Bradbury, LA, Pointon, JL, Brown, MA, Farrar, C, Wordsworth, P, Franklyn, JA, Heward, JM, Simmonds, MJ, Cough, SCL, Seal, S, Stratton, MR, Ban, M, Goris, A, Sawcer, SJ, and Compston, A

Abstract

Elevated blood pressure is a common, heritable cause of cardiovascular disease worldwide. To date, identification of common genetic variants influencing blood pressure has proven challenging. We tested 2.5 million genotyped and imputed SNPs for association with systolic and diastolic blood pressure in 34,433 subjects of European ancestry from the Global BPgen consortium and followed up findings with direct genotyping (N ≤ 71,225 European ancestry, N ≤ 12,889 Indian Asian ancestry) and in silico comparison (CHARGE consortium, N = 29,136). We identified association between systolic or diastolic blood pressure and common variants in eight regions near the CYP17A1 (P = 7 × 10−24), CYP1A2 (P = 1 × 10−23), FGF5 (P = 1 × 10−21), SH2B3 (P = 3 × 10−18), MTHFR (P = 2 × 10−13), c10orf107 (P = 1 × 10−9), ZNF652 (P = 5 × 10−9) and PLCD3 (P = 1 × 10−8) genes. All variants associated with continuous blood pressure were associated with dichotomous hypertension. These associations between common variants and blood pressure and hypertension offer mechanistic insights into the regulation of blood pressure and may point to novel targets for interventions to prevent cardiovascular disease.

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

Author

Locke AE, Kahali B, Berndt SI, Justice AE, Pers TH, Day FR, Powell C, Vedantam S, Buchkovich ML, Yang J, Croteau-Chonka DC, Esko T, Fall T, Ferreira T, Gustafsson S, Kutalik Z, Luan J, Mägi R, Randall JC, Winkler TW, Wood AR, Workalemahu T, Faul JD, Smith JA, Zhao JH, Zhao W, Chen J, Fehrmann R, Hedman ÅK, Karjalainen J, Schmidt EM, Absher D, Amin N, Anderson D, Beekman M, Bolton JL, Bragg-Gresham JL, Buyske S, Demirkan A, Deng G, Ehret GB, Feenstra B, Feitosa MF, Fischer K, Goel A, Gong J, Jackson AU, Kanoni S, Kleber ME, Kristiansson K, Lim U, Lotay V, Mangino M, Leach IM, Medina-Gomez C, Medland SE, Nalls MA, Palmer CD, Pasko D, Pechlivanis S, Peters MJ, Prokopenko I, Shungin D, Stančáková A, Strawbridge RJ, Sung YJ, Tanaka T, Teumer A, Trompet S, van der Laan SW, van Setten J, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk JV, Wang Z, Yengo L, Zhang W, Isaacs A, Albrecht E, Ärnlöv J, Arscott GM, Attwood AP, Bandinelli S, Barrett A, Bas IN, Bellis C, Bennett AJ, Berne C, Blagieva R, Blüher M, Böhringer S, Bonnycastle LL, Böttcher Y, Boyd HA, Bruinenberg M, Caspersen IH, Chen YI, Clarke R, Daw EW, de Craen AJM, Delgado G, Dimitriou M, Doney ASF, Eklund N, Estrada K, Eury E, Folkersen L, Fraser RM, Garcia ME, Geller F, Giedraitis V, Gigante B, Go AS, Golay A, Goodall AH, Gordon SD, Gorski M, Grabe HJ, Grallert H, Grammer TB, Gräßler J, Grönberg H, Groves CJ, Gusto G, Haessler J, Hall P, Haller T, Hallmans G, Hartman CA, Hassinen M, Hayward C, Heard-Costa NL, Helmer Q, Hengstenberg C, Holmen O, Hottenga JJ, James AL, Jeff JM, Johansson Å, Jolley J, Juliusdottir T, Kinnunen L, Koenig W, Koskenvuo M, Kratzer W, Laitinen J, Lamina C, Leander K, Lee NR, Lichtner P, Lind L, Lindström J, Lo KS, Lobbens S, Lorbeer R, Lu Y, Mach F, Magnusson PKE, Mahajan A, McArdle WL, McLachlan S, Menni C, Merger S, Mihailov E, Milani L, Moayyeri A, Monda KL, Morken MA, Mulas A, Müller G, Müller-Nurasyid M, Musk AW, Nagaraja R, Nöthen MM, Nolte IM, Pilz S, Rayner NW, Renstrom F, Rettig R, Ried JS, Ripke S, Robertson NR, Rose LM, Sanna S, Scharnagl H, Scholtens S, Schumacher FR, Scott WR, Seufferlein T, Shi J, Smith AV, Smolonska J, Stanton AV, Steinthorsdottir V, Stirrups K, Stringham HM, Sundström J, Swertz MA, Swift AJ, Syvänen AC, Tan ST, Tayo BO, Thorand B, Thorleifsson G, Tyrer JP, Uh HW, Vandenput L, Verhulst FC, Vermeulen SH, Verweij N, Vonk JM, Waite LL, Warren HR, Waterworth D, Weedon MN, Wilkens LR, Willenborg C, Wilsgaard T, Wojczynski MK, Wong A, Wright AF, Zhang Q, Brennan EP, Choi M, Dastani Z, Drong AW, Eriksson P, Franco-Cereceda A, Gådin JR, Gharavi AG, Goddard ME, Handsaker RE, Huang J, Karpe F, Kathiresan S, Keildson S, Kiryluk K, Kubo M, Lee JY, Liang L, Lifton RP, Ma B, McCarroll SA, McKnight AJ, Min JL, Moffatt MF, Montgomery GW, Murabito JM, Nicholson G, Nyholt DR, Okada Y, Perry JRB, Dorajoo R, Reinmaa E, Salem RM, Sandholm N, Scott RA, Stolk L, Takahashi A, Tanaka T, van 't Hooft FM, Vinkhuyzen AAE, Westra HJ, Zheng W, Zondervan KT, Heath AC, Arveiler D, Bakker SJL, Beilby J, Bergman RN, Blangero J, Bovet P, Campbell H, Caulfield MJ, Cesana G, Chakravarti A, Chasman DI, Chines PS, Collins FS, Crawford DC, Cupples LA, Cusi D, Danesh J, de Faire U, den Ruijter HM, Dominiczak AF, Erbel R, Erdmann J, Eriksson JG, Farrall M, Felix SB, Ferrannini E, Ferrières J, Ford I, Forouhi NG, Forrester T, Franco OH, Gansevoort RT, Gejman PV, Gieger C, Gottesman O, Gudnason V, Gyllensten U, Hall AS, Harris TB, Hattersley AT, Hicks AA, Hindorff LA, Hingorani AD, Hofman A, Homuth G, Hovingh GK, Humphries SE, Hunt SC, Hyppönen E, Illig T, Jacobs KB, Jarvelin MR, Jöckel KH, Johansen B, Jousilahti P, Jukema JW, Jula AM, Kaprio J, Kastelein JJP, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi SM, Kiemeney LA, Knekt P, Kooner JS, Kooperberg C, Kovacs P, Kraja AT, Kumari M, Kuusisto J, Lakka TA, Langenberg C, Marchand LL, Lehtimäki T, Lyssenko V, Männistö S, Marette A, Matise TC, McKenzie CA, McKnight B, Moll FL, Morris AD, Morris AP, Murray JC, Nelis M, Ohlsson C, Oldehinkel AJ, Ong KK, Madden PAF, Pasterkamp G, Peden JF, Peters A, Postma DS, Pramstaller PP, Price JF, Qi L, Raitakari OT, Rankinen T, Rao DC, Rice TK, Ridker PM, Rioux JD, Ritchie MD, Rudan I, Salomaa V, Samani NJ, Saramies J, Sarzynski MA, Schunkert H, Schwarz PEH, Sever P, Shuldiner AR, Sinisalo J, Stolk RP, Strauch K, Tönjes A, Trégouët DA, Tremblay A, Tremoli E, Virtamo J, Vohl MC, Völker U, Waeber G, Willemsen G, Witteman JC, Zillikens MC, Adair LS, Amouyel P, Asselbergs FW, Assimes TL, Bochud M, Boehm BO, Boerwinkle E, Bornstein SR, Bottinger EP, Bouchard C, Cauchi S, Chambers JC, Chanock SJ, Cooper RS, de Bakker PIW, Dedoussis G, Ferrucci L, Franks PW, Froguel P, Groop LC, Haiman CA, Hamsten A, Hui J, Hunter DJ, Hveem K, Kaplan RC, Kivimaki M, Kuh D, Laakso M, Liu Y, Martin NG, März W, Melbye M, Metspalu A, Moebus S, Munroe PB, Njølstad I, Oostra BA, Palmer CNA, Pedersen NL, Perola M, Pérusse L, Peters U, Power C, Quertermous T, Rauramaa R, Rivadeneira F, Saaristo TE, Saleheen D, Sattar N, Schadt EE, Schlessinger D, Slagboom PE, Snieder H, Spector TD, Thorsteinsdottir U, Stumvoll M, Tuomilehto J, Uitterlinden AG, Uusitupa M, van der Harst P, Walker M, Wallaschofski H, Wareham NJ, Watkins H, Weir DR, Wichmann HE, Wilson JF, Zanen P, Borecki IB, Deloukas P, Fox CS, Heid IM, O'Connell JR, Strachan DP, Stefansson K, van Duijn CM, Abecasis GR, Franke L, Frayling TM, McCarthy MI, Visscher PM, Scherag A, Willer CJ, Boehnke M, Mohlke KL, Lindgren CM, Beckmann JS, Barroso I, North KE, Ingelsson E, Hirschhorn JN, Loos RJF, and Speliotes EK

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Adipogenesis genetics, Adiposity genetics, Age Factors, Energy Metabolism genetics, Europe ethnology, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease genetics, Glutamic Acid metabolism, Humans, Insulin metabolism, Insulin Secretion, Male, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide genetics, Quantitative Trait Loci genetics, Racial Groups genetics, Synapses metabolism, Body Mass Index, Genome-Wide Association Study, Obesity genetics, Obesity metabolism
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Obesity is heritable and predisposes to many diseases. To understand the genetic basis of obesity better, here we conduct a genome-wide association study and Metabochip meta-analysis of body mass index (BMI), a measure commonly used to define obesity and assess adiposity, in up to 339,224 individuals. This analysis identifies 97 BMI-associated loci (P < 5 × 10(-8)), 56 of which are novel. Five loci demonstrate clear evidence of several independent association signals, and many loci have significant effects on other metabolic phenotypes. The 97 loci account for ∼2.7% of BMI variation, and genome-wide estimates suggest that common variation accounts for >20% of BMI variation. Pathway analyses provide strong support for a role of the central nervous system in obesity susceptibility and implicate new genes and pathways, including those related to synaptic function, glutamate signalling, insulin secretion/action, energy metabolism, lipid biology and adipogenesis.

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2015
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8. Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk.

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Ehret GB, Munroe PB, Rice KM, Bochud M, Johnson AD, Chasman DI, Smith AV, Tobin MD, Verwoert GC, Hwang SJ, Pihur V, Vollenweider P, O'Reilly PF, Amin N, Bragg-Gresham JL, Teumer A, Glazer NL, Launer L, Zhao JH, Aulchenko Y, Heath S, Sõber S, Parsa A, Luan J, Arora P, Dehghan A, Zhang F, Lucas G, Hicks AA, Jackson AU, Peden JF, Tanaka T, Wild SH, Rudan I, Igl W, Milaneschi Y, Parker AN, Fava C, Chambers JC, Fox ER, Kumari M, Go MJ, van der Harst P, Kao WH, Sjögren M, Vinay DG, Alexander M, Tabara Y, Shaw-Hawkins S, Whincup PH, Liu Y, Shi G, Kuusisto J, Tayo B, Seielstad M, Sim X, Nguyen KD, Lehtimäki T, Matullo G, Wu Y, Gaunt TR, Onland-Moret NC, Cooper MN, Platou CG, Org E, Hardy R, Dahgam S, Palmen J, Vitart V, Braund PS, Kuznetsova T, Uiterwaal CS, Adeyemo A, Palmas W, Campbell H, Ludwig B, Tomaszewski M, Tzoulaki I, Palmer ND, Aspelund T, Garcia M, Chang YP, O'Connell JR, Steinle NI, Grobbee DE, Arking DE, Kardia SL, Morrison AC, Hernandez D, Najjar S, McArdle WL, Hadley D, Brown MJ, Connell JM, Hingorani AD, Day IN, Lawlor DA, Beilby JP, Lawrence RW, Clarke R, Hopewell JC, Ongen H, Dreisbach AW, Li Y, Young JH, Bis JC, Kähönen M, Viikari J, Adair LS, Lee NR, Chen MH, Olden M, Pattaro C, Bolton JA, Köttgen A, Bergmann S, Mooser V, Chaturvedi N, Frayling TM, Islam M, Jafar TH, Erdmann J, Kulkarni SR, Bornstein SR, Grässler J, Groop L, Voight BF, Kettunen J, Howard P, Taylor A, Guarrera S, Ricceri F, Emilsson V, Plump A, Barroso I, Khaw KT, Weder AB, Hunt SC, Sun YV, Bergman RN, Collins FS, Bonnycastle LL, Scott LJ, Stringham HM, Peltonen L, Perola M, Vartiainen E, Brand SM, Staessen JA, Wang TJ, Burton PR, Soler Artigas M, Dong Y, Snieder H, Wang X, Zhu H, Lohman KK, Rudock ME, Heckbert SR, Smith NL, Wiggins KL, Doumatey A, Shriner D, Veldre G, Viigimaa M, Kinra S, Prabhakaran D, Tripathy V, Langefeld CD, Rosengren A, Thelle DS, Corsi AM, Singleton A, Forrester T, Hilton G, McKenzie CA, Salako T, Iwai N, Kita Y, Ogihara T, Ohkubo T, Okamura T, Ueshima H, Umemura S, Eyheramendy S, Meitinger T, Wichmann HE, Cho YS, Kim HL, Lee JY, Scott J, Sehmi JS, Zhang W, Hedblad B, Nilsson P, Smith GD, Wong A, Narisu N, Stančáková A, Raffel LJ, Yao J, Kathiresan S, O'Donnell CJ, Schwartz SM, Ikram MA, Longstreth WT Jr, Mosley TH, Seshadri S, Shrine NR, Wain LV, Morken MA, Swift AJ, Laitinen J, Prokopenko I, Zitting P, Cooper JA, Humphries SE, Danesh J, Rasheed A, Goel A, Hamsten A, Watkins H, Bakker SJ, van Gilst WH, Janipalli CS, Mani KR, Yajnik CS, Hofman A, Mattace-Raso FU, Oostra BA, Demirkan A, Isaacs A, Rivadeneira F, Lakatta EG, Orru M, Scuteri A, Ala-Korpela M, Kangas AJ, Lyytikäinen LP, Soininen P, Tukiainen T, Würtz P, Ong RT, Dörr M, Kroemer HK, Völker U, Völzke H, Galan P, Hercberg S, Lathrop M, Zelenika D, Deloukas P, Mangino M, Spector TD, Zhai G, Meschia JF, Nalls MA, Sharma P, Terzic J, Kumar MV, Denniff M, Zukowska-Szczechowska E, Wagenknecht LE, Fowkes FG, Charchar FJ, Schwarz PE, Hayward C, Guo X, Rotimi C, Bots ML, Brand E, Samani NJ, Polasek O, Talmud PJ, Nyberg F, Kuh D, Laan M, Hveem K, Palmer LJ, van der Schouw YT, Casas JP, Mohlke KL, Vineis P, Raitakari O, Ganesh SK, Wong TY, Tai ES, Cooper RS, Laakso M, Rao DC, Harris TB, Morris RW, Dominiczak AF, Kivimaki M, Marmot MG, Miki T, Saleheen D, Chandak GR, Coresh J, Navis G, Salomaa V, Han BG, Zhu X, Kooner JS, Melander O, Ridker PM, Bandinelli S, Gyllensten UB, Wright AF, Wilson JF, Ferrucci L, Farrall M, Tuomilehto J, Pramstaller PP, Elosua R, Soranzo N, Sijbrands EJ, Altshuler D, Loos RJ, Shuldiner AR, Gieger C, Meneton P, Uitterlinden AG, Wareham NJ, Gudnason V, Rotter JI, Rettig R, Uda M, Strachan DP, Witteman JC, Hartikainen AL, Beckmann JS, Boerwinkle E, Vasan RS, Boehnke M, Larson MG, Järvelin MR, Psaty BM, Abecasis GR, Chakravarti A, Elliott P, van Duijn CM, Newton-Cheh C, Levy D, Caulfield MJ, and Johnson T

Subjects
Africa ethnology, Asia ethnology, Blood Pressure physiology, Coronary Artery Disease genetics, Europe ethnology, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Hypertension genetics, Kidney Diseases genetics, Stroke genetics, Blood Pressure genetics, Cardiovascular Diseases genetics, Genetic Predisposition to Disease genetics, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide genetics
Abstract

Blood pressure is a heritable trait influenced by several biological pathways and responsive to environmental stimuli. Over one billion people worldwide have hypertension (≥140 mm Hg systolic blood pressure or  ≥90 mm Hg diastolic blood pressure). Even small increments in blood pressure are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events. This genome-wide association study of systolic and diastolic blood pressure, which used a multi-stage design in 200,000 individuals of European descent, identified sixteen novel loci: six of these loci contain genes previously known or suspected to regulate blood pressure (GUCY1A3-GUCY1B3, NPR3-C5orf23, ADM, FURIN-FES, GOSR2, GNAS-EDN3); the other ten provide new clues to blood pressure physiology. A genetic risk score based on 29 genome-wide significant variants was associated with hypertension, left ventricular wall thickness, stroke and coronary artery disease, but not kidney disease or kidney function. We also observed associations with blood pressure in East Asian, South Asian and African ancestry individuals. Our findings provide new insights into the genetics and biology of blood pressure, and suggest potential novel therapeutic pathways for cardiovascular disease prevention.

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2011
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9. Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height.

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Lango Allen H, Estrada K, Lettre G, Berndt SI, Weedon MN, Rivadeneira F, Willer CJ, Jackson AU, Vedantam S, Raychaudhuri S, Ferreira T, Wood AR, Weyant RJ, Segrè AV, Speliotes EK, Wheeler E, Soranzo N, Park JH, Yang J, Gudbjartsson D, Heard-Costa NL, Randall JC, Qi L, Vernon Smith A, Mägi R, Pastinen T, Liang L, Heid IM, Luan J, Thorleifsson G, Winkler TW, Goddard ME, Sin Lo K, Palmer C, Workalemahu T, Aulchenko YS, Johansson A, Zillikens MC, Feitosa MF, Esko T, Johnson T, Ketkar S, Kraft P, Mangino M, Prokopenko I, Absher D, Albrecht E, Ernst F, Glazer NL, Hayward C, Hottenga JJ, Jacobs KB, Knowles JW, Kutalik Z, Monda KL, Polasek O, Preuss M, Rayner NW, Robertson NR, Steinthorsdottir V, Tyrer JP, Voight BF, Wiklund F, Xu J, Zhao JH, Nyholt DR, Pellikka N, Perola M, Perry JR, Surakka I, Tammesoo ML, Altmaier EL, Amin N, Aspelund T, Bhangale T, Boucher G, Chasman DI, Chen C, Coin L, Cooper MN, Dixon AL, Gibson Q, Grundberg E, Hao K, Juhani Junttila M, Kaplan LM, Kettunen J, König IR, Kwan T, Lawrence RW, Levinson DF, Lorentzon M, McKnight B, Morris AP, Müller M, Suh Ngwa J, Purcell S, Rafelt S, Salem RM, Salvi E, Sanna S, Shi J, Sovio U, Thompson JR, Turchin MC, Vandenput L, Verlaan DJ, Vitart V, White CC, Ziegler A, Almgren P, Balmforth AJ, Campbell H, Citterio L, De Grandi A, Dominiczak A, Duan J, Elliott P, Elosua R, Eriksson JG, Freimer NB, Geus EJ, Glorioso N, Haiqing S, Hartikainen AL, Havulinna AS, Hicks AA, Hui J, Igl W, Illig T, Jula A, Kajantie E, Kilpeläinen TO, Koiranen M, Kolcic I, Koskinen S, Kovacs P, Laitinen J, Liu J, Lokki ML, Marusic A, Maschio A, Meitinger T, Mulas A, Paré G, Parker AN, Peden JF, Petersmann A, Pichler I, Pietiläinen KH, Pouta A, Ridderstråle M, Rotter JI, Sambrook JG, Sanders AR, Schmidt CO, Sinisalo J, Smit JH, Stringham HM, Bragi Walters G, Widen E, Wild SH, Willemsen G, Zagato L, Zgaga L, Zitting P, Alavere H, Farrall M, McArdle WL, Nelis M, Peters MJ, Ripatti S, van Meurs JB, Aben KK, Ardlie KG, Beckmann JS, Beilby JP, Bergman RN, Bergmann S, Collins FS, Cusi D, den Heijer M, Eiriksdottir G, Gejman PV, Hall AS, Hamsten A, Huikuri HV, Iribarren C, Kähönen M, Kaprio J, Kathiresan S, Kiemeney L, Kocher T, Launer LJ, Lehtimäki T, Melander O, Mosley TH Jr, Musk AW, Nieminen MS, O'Donnell CJ, Ohlsson C, Oostra B, Palmer LJ, Raitakari O, Ridker PM, Rioux JD, Rissanen A, Rivolta C, Schunkert H, Shuldiner AR, Siscovick DS, Stumvoll M, Tönjes A, Tuomilehto J, van Ommen GJ, Viikari J, Heath AC, Martin NG, Montgomery GW, Province MA, Kayser M, Arnold AM, Atwood LD, Boerwinkle E, Chanock SJ, Deloukas P, Gieger C, Grönberg H, Hall P, Hattersley AT, Hengstenberg C, Hoffman W, Lathrop GM, Salomaa V, Schreiber S, Uda M, Waterworth D, Wright AF, Assimes TL, Barroso I, Hofman A, Mohlke KL, Boomsma DI, Caulfield MJ, Cupples LA, Erdmann J, Fox CS, Gudnason V, Gyllensten U, Harris TB, Hayes RB, Jarvelin MR, Mooser V, Munroe PB, Ouwehand WH, Penninx BW, Pramstaller PP, Quertermous T, Rudan I, Samani NJ, Spector TD, Völzke H, Watkins H, Wilson JF, Groop LC, Haritunians T, Hu FB, Kaplan RC, Metspalu A, North KE, Schlessinger D, Wareham NJ, Hunter DJ, O'Connell JR, Strachan DP, Wichmann HE, Borecki IB, van Duijn CM, Schadt EE, Thorsteinsdottir U, Peltonen L, Uitterlinden AG, Visscher PM, Chatterjee N, Loos RJ, Boehnke M, McCarthy MI, Ingelsson E, Lindgren CM, Abecasis GR, Stefansson K, Frayling TM, and Hirschhorn JN

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Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3 genetics, Genetic Predisposition to Disease genetics, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Multifactorial Inheritance genetics, Phenotype, Body Height genetics, Genetic Loci genetics, Genome, Human genetics, Metabolic Networks and Pathways genetics, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide genetics
Abstract

Most common human traits and diseases have a polygenic pattern of inheritance: DNA sequence variants at many genetic loci influence the phenotype. Genome-wide association (GWA) studies have identified more than 600 variants associated with human traits, but these typically explain small fractions of phenotypic variation, raising questions about the use of further studies. Here, using 183,727 individuals, we show that hundreds of genetic variants, in at least 180 loci, influence adult height, a highly heritable and classic polygenic trait. The large number of loci reveals patterns with important implications for genetic studies of common human diseases and traits. First, the 180 loci are not random, but instead are enriched for genes that are connected in biological pathways (P = 0.016) and that underlie skeletal growth defects (P < 0.001). Second, the likely causal gene is often located near the most strongly associated variant: in 13 of 21 loci containing a known skeletal growth gene, that gene was closest to the associated variant. Third, at least 19 loci have multiple independently associated variants, suggesting that allelic heterogeneity is a frequent feature of polygenic traits, that comprehensive explorations of already-discovered loci should discover additional variants and that an appreciable fraction of associated loci may have been identified. Fourth, associated variants are enriched for likely functional effects on genes, being over-represented among variants that alter amino-acid structure of proteins and expression levels of nearby genes. Our data explain approximately 10% of the phenotypic variation in height, and we estimate that unidentified common variants of similar effect sizes would increase this figure to approximately 16% of phenotypic variation (approximately 20% of heritable variation). Although additional approaches are needed to dissect the genetic architecture of polygenic human traits fully, our findings indicate that GWA studies can identify large numbers of loci that implicate biologically relevant genes and pathways.

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2010
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10. Monosomy for the most telomeric, gene-rich region of the short arm of human chromosome 16 causes minimal phenotypic effects.

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Horsley SW, Daniels RJ, Anguita E, Raynham HA, Peden JF, Villegas A, Vickers MA, Green S, Waye JS, Chui DH, Ayyub H, MacCarthy AB, Buckle VJ, Gibbons RJ, Kearney L, and Higgs DR

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Adolescent, Adult, Base Sequence, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence, Male, Middle Aged, Molecular Sequence Data, Phenotype, Sequence Deletion, Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16, Monosomy, Telomere
Abstract

We have examined the phenotypic effects of 21 independent deletions from the fully sequenced and annotated 356 kb telomeric region of the short arm of chromosome 16 (16p13.3). Fifteen genes contained within this region have been highly conserved throughout evolution and encode proteins involved in important housekeeping functions, synthesis of haemoglobin, signalling pathways and critical developmental pathways. Although a priori many of these genes would be considered candidates for critical haploinsufficient genes, none of the deletions within the 356 kb interval cause any discernible phenotype other than alpha thalassaemia whether inherited via the maternal or paternal line. These findings contrast with previous observations on patients with larger (> 1 Mb) deletions from the 16p telomere and therefore address the mechanisms by which monosomy gives rise to human genetic disease.

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2001
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