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1. Protein-coding variants implicate novel genes related to lipid homeostasis contributing to body-fat distribution.

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Justice AE, Karaderi T, Highland HM, Young KL, Graff M, Lu Y, Turcot V, Auer PL, Fine RS, Guo X, Schurmann C, Lempradl A, Marouli E, Mahajan A, Winkler TW, Locke AE, Medina-Gomez C, Esko T, Vedantam S, Giri A, Lo KS, Alfred T, Mudgal P, Ng MCY, Heard-Costa NL, Feitosa MF, Manning AK, Willems SM, Sivapalaratnam S, Abecasis G, Alam DS, Allison M, Amouyel P, Arzumanyan Z, Balkau B, Bastarache L, Bergmann S, Bielak LF, Blüher M, Boehnke M, Boeing H, Boerwinkle E, Böger CA, Bork-Jensen J, Bottinger EP, Bowden DW, Brandslund I, Broer L, Burt AA, Butterworth AS, Caulfield MJ, Cesana G, Chambers JC, Chasman DI, Chen YI, Chowdhury R, Christensen C, Chu AY, Collins FS, Cook JP, Cox AJ, Crosslin DS, Danesh J, de Bakker PIW, Denus S, Mutsert R, Dedoussis G, Demerath EW, Dennis JG, Denny JC, Di Angelantonio E, Dörr M, Drenos F, Dubé MP, Dunning AM, Easton DF, Elliott P, Evangelou E, Farmaki AE, Feng S, Ferrannini E, Ferrieres J, Florez JC, Fornage M, Fox CS, Franks PW, Friedrich N, Gan W, Gandin I, Gasparini P, Giedraitis V, Girotto G, Gorski M, Grallert H, Grarup N, Grove ML, Gustafsson S, Haessler J, Hansen T, Hattersley AT, Hayward C, Heid IM, Holmen OL, Hovingh GK, Howson JMM, Hu Y, Hung YJ, Hveem K, Ikram MA, Ingelsson E, Jackson AU, Jarvik GP, Jia Y, Jørgensen T, Jousilahti P, Justesen JM, Kahali B, Karaleftheri M, Kardia SLR, Karpe F, Kee F, Kitajima H, Komulainen P, Kooner JS, Kovacs P, Krämer BK, Kuulasmaa K, Kuusisto J, Laakso M, Lakka TA, Lamparter D, Lange LA, Langenberg C, Larson EB, Lee NR, Lee WJ, Lehtimäki T, Lewis CE, Li H, Li J, Li-Gao R, Lin LA, Lin X, Lind L, Lindström J, Linneberg A, Liu CT, Liu DJ, Luan J, Lyytikäinen LP, MacGregor S, Mägi R, Männistö S, Marenne G, Marten J, Masca NGD, McCarthy MI, Meidtner K, Mihailov E, Moilanen L, Moitry M, Mook-Kanamori DO, Morgan A, Morris AP, Müller-Nurasyid M, Munroe PB, Narisu N, Nelson CP, Neville M, Ntalla I, O'Connell JR, Owen KR, Pedersen O, Peloso GM, Pennell CE, Perola M, Perry JA, Perry JRB, Pers TH, Ewing A, Polasek O, Raitakari OT, Rasheed A, Raulerson CK, Rauramaa R, Reilly DF, Reiner AP, Ridker PM, Rivas MA, Robertson NR, Robino A, Rudan I, Ruth KS, Saleheen D, Salomaa V, Samani NJ, Schreiner PJ, Schulze MB, Scott RA, Segura-Lepe M, Sim X, Slater AJ, Small KS, Smith BH, Smith JA, Southam L, Spector TD, Speliotes EK, Stefansson K, Steinthorsdottir V, Stirrups KE, Strauch K, Stringham HM, Stumvoll M, Sun L, Surendran P, Swart KMA, Tardif JC, Taylor KD, Teumer A, Thompson DJ, Thorleifsson G, Thorsteinsdottir U, Thuesen BH, Tönjes A, Torres M, Tsafantakis E, Tuomilehto J, Uitterlinden AG, Uusitupa M, van Duijn CM, Vanhala M, Varma R, Vermeulen SH, Vestergaard H, Vitart V, Vogt TF, Vuckovic D, Wagenknecht LE, Walker M, Wallentin L, Wang F, Wang CA, Wang S, Wareham NJ, Warren HR, Waterworth DM, Wessel J, White HD, Willer CJ, Wilson JG, Wood AR, Wu Y, Yaghootkar H, Yao J, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Young R, Zeggini E, Zhan X, Zhang W, Zhao JH, Zhao W, Zheng H, Zhou W, Zillikens MC, Rivadeneira F, Borecki IB, Pospisilik JA, Deloukas P, Frayling TM, Lettre G, Mohlke KL, Rotter JI, Kutalik Z, Hirschhorn JN, Cupples LA, Loos RJF, North KE, and Lindgren CM

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Animals, Body Fat Distribution methods, Body Mass Index, Case-Control Studies, Drosophila genetics, Exome genetics, Female, Gene Frequency genetics, Genome-Wide Association Study methods, Humans, Male, Risk Factors, Waist-Hip Ratio methods, Genetic Predisposition to Disease genetics, Genetic Variation genetics, Homeostasis genetics, Lipids genetics, Proteins genetics
Abstract

Body-fat distribution is a risk factor for adverse cardiovascular health consequences. We analyzed the association of body-fat distribution, assessed by waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for body mass index, with 228,985 predicted coding and splice site variants available on exome arrays in up to 344,369 individuals from five major ancestries (discovery) and 132,177 European-ancestry individuals (validation). We identified 15 common (minor allele frequency, MAF ≥5%) and nine low-frequency or rare (MAF <5%) coding novel variants. Pathway/gene set enrichment analyses identified lipid particle, adiponectin, abnormal white adipose tissue physiology and bone development and morphology as important contributors to fat distribution, while cross-trait associations highlight cardiometabolic traits. In functional follow-up analyses, specifically in Drosophila RNAi-knockdowns, we observed a significant increase in the total body triglyceride levels for two genes (DNAH10 and PLXND1). We implicate novel genes in fat distribution, stressing the importance of interrogating low-frequency and protein-coding variants.

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2019
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2. Exome-wide association study of plasma lipids in >300,000 individuals.

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Liu DJ, Peloso GM, Yu H, Butterworth AS, Wang X, Mahajan A, Saleheen D, Emdin C, Alam D, Alves AC, Amouyel P, Di Angelantonio E, Arveiler D, Assimes TL, Auer PL, Baber U, Ballantyne CM, Bang LE, Benn M, Bis JC, Boehnke M, Boerwinkle E, Bork-Jensen J, Bottinger EP, Brandslund I, Brown M, Busonero F, Caulfield MJ, Chambers JC, Chasman DI, Chen YE, Chen YI, Chowdhury R, Christensen C, Chu AY, Connell JM, Cucca F, Cupples LA, Damrauer SM, Davies G, Deary IJ, Dedoussis G, Denny JC, Dominiczak A, Dubé MP, Ebeling T, Eiriksdottir G, Esko T, Farmaki AE, Feitosa MF, Ferrario M, Ferrieres J, Ford I, Fornage M, Franks PW, Frayling TM, Frikke-Schmidt R, Fritsche LG, Frossard P, Fuster V, Ganesh SK, Gao W, Garcia ME, Gieger C, Giulianini F, Goodarzi MO, Grallert H, Grarup N, Groop L, Grove ML, Gudnason V, Hansen T, Harris TB, Hayward C, Hirschhorn JN, Holmen OL, Huffman J, Huo Y, Hveem K, Jabeen S, Jackson AU, Jakobsdottir J, Jarvelin MR, Jensen GB, Jørgensen ME, Jukema JW, Justesen JM, Kamstrup PR, Kanoni S, Karpe F, Kee F, Khera AV, Klarin D, Koistinen HA, Kooner JS, Kooperberg C, Kuulasmaa K, Kuusisto J, Laakso M, Lakka T, Langenberg C, Langsted A, Launer LJ, Lauritzen T, Liewald DCM, Lin LA, Linneberg A, Loos RJF, Lu Y, Lu X, Mägi R, Malarstig A, Manichaikul A, Manning AK, Mäntyselkä P, Marouli E, Masca NGD, Maschio A, Meigs JB, Melander O, Metspalu A, Morris AP, Morrison AC, Mulas A, Müller-Nurasyid M, Munroe PB, Neville MJ, Nielsen JB, Nielsen SF, Nordestgaard BG, Ordovas JM, Mehran R, O'Donnell CJ, Orho-Melander M, Molony CM, Muntendam P, Padmanabhan S, Palmer CNA, Pasko D, Patel AP, Pedersen O, Perola M, Peters A, Pisinger C, Pistis G, Polasek O, Poulter N, Psaty BM, Rader DJ, Rasheed A, Rauramaa R, Reilly DF, Reiner AP, Renström F, Rich SS, Ridker PM, Rioux JD, Robertson NR, Roden DM, Rotter JI, Rudan I, Salomaa V, Samani NJ, Sanna S, Sattar N, Schmidt EM, Scott RA, Sever P, Sevilla RS, Shaffer CM, Sim X, Sivapalaratnam S, Small KS, Smith AV, Smith BH, Somayajula S, Southam L, Spector TD, Speliotes EK, Starr JM, Stirrups KE, Stitziel N, Strauch K, Stringham HM, Surendran P, Tada H, Tall AR, Tang H, Tardif JC, Taylor KD, Trompet S, Tsao PS, Tuomilehto J, Tybjaerg-Hansen A, van Zuydam NR, Varbo A, Varga TV, Virtamo J, Waldenberger M, Wang N, Wareham NJ, Warren HR, Weeke PE, Weinstock J, Wessel J, Wilson JG, Wilson PWF, Xu M, Yaghootkar H, Young R, Zeggini E, Zhang H, Zheng NS, Zhang W, Zhang Y, Zhou W, Zhou Y, Zoledziewska M, Howson JMM, Danesh J, McCarthy MI, Cowan CA, Abecasis G, Deloukas P, Musunuru K, Willer CJ, and Kathiresan S

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Coronary Artery Disease blood, Coronary Artery Disease genetics, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 blood, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 genetics, Genetic Predisposition to Disease genetics, Genotype, Humans, Macular Degeneration blood, Macular Degeneration genetics, Phenotype, Risk Factors, Exome genetics, Genetic Association Studies methods, Genetic Variation, Lipids blood
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We screened variants on an exome-focused genotyping array in >300,000 participants (replication in >280,000 participants) and identified 444 independent variants in 250 loci significantly associated with total cholesterol (TC), high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), and/or triglycerides (TG). At two loci (JAK2 and A1CF), experimental analysis in mice showed lipid changes consistent with the human data. We also found that: (i) beta-thalassemia trait carriers displayed lower TC and were protected from coronary artery disease (CAD); (ii) excluding the CETP locus, there was not a predictable relationship between plasma HDL-C and risk for age-related macular degeneration; (iii) only some mechanisms of lowering LDL-C appeared to increase risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D); and (iv) TG-lowering alleles involved in hepatic production of TG-rich lipoproteins (TM6SF2 and PNPLA3) tracked with higher liver fat, higher risk for T2D, and lower risk for CAD, whereas TG-lowering alleles involved in peripheral lipolysis (LPL and ANGPTL4) had no effect on liver fat but decreased risks for both T2D and CAD.

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2017
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3. Identification of low-frequency and rare sequence variants associated with elevated or reduced risk of type 2 diabetes.

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Steinthorsdottir V, Thorleifsson G, Sulem P, Helgason H, Grarup N, Sigurdsson A, Helgadottir HT, Johannsdottir H, Magnusson OT, Gudjonsson SA, Justesen JM, Harder MN, Jørgensen ME, Christensen C, Brandslund I, Sandbæk A, Lauritzen T, Vestergaard H, Linneberg A, Jørgensen T, Hansen T, Daneshpour MS, Fallah MS, Hreidarsson AB, Sigurdsson G, Azizi F, Benediktsson R, Masson G, Helgason A, Kong A, Gudbjartsson DF, Pedersen O, Thorsteinsdottir U, and Stefansson K

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Body Height genetics, Body Weight genetics, Case-Control Studies, Denmark, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 pathology, Female, Gene Frequency, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Iceland, Iran, Male, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Risk Factors, Amidine-Lyases genetics, Cyclin D2 genetics, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 genetics, Genetic Variation, Homeodomain Proteins genetics, Mixed Function Oxygenases genetics, Trans-Activators genetics
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Through whole-genome sequencing of 2,630 Icelanders and imputation into 11,114 Icelandic cases and 267,140 controls followed by testing in Danish and Iranian samples, we discovered 4 previously unreported variants affecting risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D). A low-frequency (1.47%) variant in intron 1 of CCND2, rs76895963[G], reduces risk of T2D by half (odds ratio (OR) = 0.53, P = 5.0 × 10(-21)) and is correlated with increased CCND2 expression. Notably, this variant is also associated with both greater height and higher body mass index (1.17 cm per allele, P = 5.5 × 10(-12) and 0.56 kg/m(2) per allele, P = 6.5 × 10(-7), respectively). In addition, two missense variants in PAM, encoding p.Asp563Gly (frequency of 4.98%) and p.Ser539Trp (frequency of 0.65%), confer moderately higher risk of T2D (OR = 1.23, P = 3.9 × 10(-10) and OR = 1.47, P = 1.7 × 10(-5), respectively), and a rare (0.20%) frameshift variant in PDX1, encoding p.Gly218Alafs*12, associates with high risk of T2D (OR = 2.27, P = 7.3 × 10(-7)).

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2014
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4. Implications of central obesity-related variants in LYPLAL1, NRXN3, MSRA, and TFAP2B on quantitative metabolic traits in adult Danes.

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Bille DS, Banasik K, Justesen JM, Sandholt CH, Sandbæk A, Lauritzen T, Jørgensen T, Witte DR, Holm JC, Hansen T, and Pedersen O

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Adiposity genetics, Adult, Case-Control Studies, Denmark, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 complications, Female, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Obesity complications, Obesity physiopathology, Sex Characteristics, Waist Circumference genetics, Waist-Hip Ratio, Genetic Variation, Lysophospholipase genetics, Methionine Sulfoxide Reductases genetics, Nerve Tissue Proteins genetics, Obesity genetics, Obesity metabolism, Transcription Factor AP-2 genetics, White People genetics
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Background: Two meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have suggested that four variants: rs2605100 in lysophospholipase-like 1 (LYPLAL1), rs10146997 in neuroxin 3 (NRXN3), rs545854 in methionine sulfoxide reductase A (MSRA), and rs987237 in transcription factor activating enhancer-binding protein 2 beta (TFAP2B) associate with measures of central obesity. To elucidate potential underlying phenotypes we aimed to investigate whether these variants associated with: 1) quantitative metabolic traits, 2) anthropometric measures (waist circumference (WC), waist-hip ratio, and BMI), or 3) type 2 diabetes, and central and general overweight and obesity., Methodology/principal Findings: The four variants were genotyped in Danish individuals using KASPar®. Quantitative metabolic traits were examined in a population-based sample (n = 6,038) and WC and BMI were furthermore analyzed in a combined study sample (n = 13,507). Case-control studies of diabetes and adiposity included 15,326 individuals. The major G-allele of LYPLAL1 rs2605100 associated with increased fasting serum triglyceride concentrations (per allele effect (β) = 3%(1;5(95%CI)), p(additive) = 2.7×10(-3)), an association driven by the male gender (p(interaction) = 0.02). The same allele associated with increased fasting serum insulin concentrations (β = 3%(1;5), p(additive) = 2.5×10(-3)) and increased insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) (β = 4%(1;6), p(additive) = 1.5×10(-3)). The minor G-allele of rs10146997 in NRXN3 associated with increased WC among women (β = 0.55cm (0.20;0.89), p(additive) = 1.7×10(-3), p(interaction) = 1.0×10(-3)), but showed no associations with obesity related metabolic traits. The MSRA rs545854 and TFAP2B rs987237 showed nominal associations with central obesity; however, no underlying metabolic phenotypes became obvious, when investigating quantitative metabolic traits. None of the variants influenced the prevalence of type 2 diabetes., Conclusion/significance: We demonstrate that several of the central obesity-associated variants in LYPLAL1, NRXN3, MSRA, and TFAP2B associate with metabolic and anthropometric traits in Danish adults. However, analyses were made without adjusting for multiple testing, and further studies are needed to confirm the putative role of LYPLAL1, NRXN3, MSRA, and TFAP2B in the pathophysiology of obesity.

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2011
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5. Protein-coding variants implicate novel genes related to lipid homeostasis contributing to body-fat distribution

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Justice, Anne E, Karaderi, Tugce, Highland, Heather M, Young, Kristin L, Graff, Mariaelisa, Lu, Yingchang, Turcot, Valérie, Auer, Paul L, Fine, Rebecca S, Guo, Xiuqing, Schurmann, Claudia, Lempradl, Adelheid, Marouli, Eirini, Mahajan, Anubha, Winkler, Thomas W, Locke, Adam E, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Esko, Tõnu, Vedantam, Sailaja, Giri, Ayush, Lo, Ken Sin, Alfred, Tamuno, Mudgal, Poorva, Ng, Maggie CY, Heard-Costa, Nancy L, Feitosa, Mary F, Manning, Alisa K, Willems, Sara M, Sivapalaratnam, Suthesh, Abecasis, Goncalo, Alam, Dewan S, Allison, Matthew, Amouyel, Philippe, Arzumanyan, Zorayr, Balkau, Beverley, Bastarache, Lisa, Bergmann, Sven, Bielak, Lawrence F, Blüher, Matthias, Boehnke, Michael, Boeing, Heiner, Boerwinkle, Eric, Böger, Carsten A, Bork-Jensen, Jette, Bottinger, Erwin P, Bowden, Donald W, Brandslund, Ivan, Broer, Linda, Burt, Amber A, Butterworth, Adam S, Caulfield, Mark J, Cesana, Giancarlo, Chambers, John C, Chasman, Daniel I, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chowdhury, Rajiv, Christensen, Cramer, Chu, Audrey Y, Collins, Francis S, Cook, James P, Cox, Amanda J, Crosslin, David S, Danesh, John, de Bakker, Paul IW, Denus, Simon de, Mutsert, Renée de, Dedoussis, George, Demerath, Ellen W, Dennis, Joe G, Denny, Josh C, Angelantonio, Emanuele Di, Dörr, Marcus, Drenos, Fotios, Dubé, Marie-Pierre, Dunning, Alison M, Easton, Douglas F, Elliott, Paul, Evangelou, Evangelos, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Feng, Shuang, Ferrannini, Ele, Ferrieres, Jean, Florez, Jose C, Fornage, Myriam, Fox, Caroline S, Franks, Paul W, Friedrich, Nele, Gan, Wei, Gandin, Ilaria, Gasparini, Paolo, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Girotto, Giorgia, Gorski, Mathias, Grallert, Harald, Grarup, Niels, Grove, Megan L, Gustafsson, Stefan, Haessler, Jeff, Hansen, Torben, Hattersley, Andrew T, Hayward, Caroline, Heid, Iris M, Holmen, Oddgeir L, Hovingh, G Kees, Howson, Joanna MM, Hu, Yao, Hung, Yi-Jen, Hveem, Kristian, Ikram, M Arfan, Ingelsson, Erik, Jackson, Anne U, Jarvik, Gail P, Jia, Yucheng, Jørgensen, Torben, Jousilahti, Pekka, Justesen, Johanne M, Kahali, Bratati, Karaleftheri, Maria, Kardia, Sharon LR, Karpe, Fredrik, Kee, Frank, Kitajima, Hidetoshi, Komulainen, Pirjo, Kooner, Jaspal S, Kovacs, Peter, Krämer, Bernhard K, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laakso, Markku, Lakka, Timo A, Lamparter, David, Lange, Leslie A, Langenberg, Claudia, Larson, Eric B, Lee, Nanette R, Lee, Wen-Jane, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lewis, Cora E, Li, Huaixing, Li, Jin, Li-Gao, Ruifang, Lin, Li-An, Lin, Xu, Lind, Lars, Lindström, Jaana, Linneberg, Allan, Liu, Ching-Ti, Liu, Dajiang J, Luan, Jian'an, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, MacGregor, Stuart, Mägi, Reedik, Männistö, Satu, Marenne, Gaëlle, Marten, Jonathan, Masca, Nicholas GD, McCarthy, Mark I, Meidtner, Karina, Mihailov, Evelin, Moilanen, Leena, Moitry, Marie, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O, Morgan, Anna, Morris, Andrew P, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Munroe, Patricia B, Narisu, Narisu, Nelson, Christopher P, Neville, Matt, Ntalla, Ioanna, O'Connell, Jeffrey R, Owen, Katharine R, Pedersen, Oluf, Peloso, Gina M, Pennell, Craig E, Perola, Markus, Perry, James A, Perry, John RB, Pers, Tune H, Ewing, Ailith, Polasek, Ozren, Raitakari, Olli T, Rasheed, Asif, Raulerson, Chelsea K, Rauramaa, Rainer, Reilly, Dermot F, Reiner, Alex P, Ridker, Paul M, Rivas, Manuel A, Robertson, Neil R, Robino, Antonietta, Rudan, Igor, Ruth, Katherine S, Saleheen, Danish, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J, Schreiner, Pamela J, Schulze, Matthias B, Scott, Robert A, Segura-Lepe, Marcelo, Sim, Xueling, Slater, Andrew J, Small, Kerrin S, Smith, Blair H, Smith, Jennifer A, Southam, Lorraine, Spector, Timothy D, Speliotes, Elizabeth K, Stefansson, Kari, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Stirrups, Kathleen E, Strauch, Konstantin, Stringham, Heather M, Stumvoll, Michael, Sun, Liang, Surendran, Praveen, Swart, Karin MA, Tardif, Jean-Claude, Taylor, Kent D, Teumer, Alexander, Thompson, Deborah J, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Thuesen, Betina H, Tönjes, Anke, Torres, Mina, 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Mariaelisa, Lu, Yingchang, Turcot, Valérie, Auer, Paul L., Fine, Rebecca S., Guo, Xiuqing, Schurmann, Claudia, Lempradl, Adelheid, Marouli, Eirini, Mahajan, Anubha, Winkler, Thomas W., Locke, Adam E., Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Esko, Tõnu, Vedantam, Sailaja, Giri, Ayush, Lo, Ken Sin, Alfred, Tamuno, Mudgal, Poorva, Ng, Maggie C. Y., Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Feitosa, Mary F., Manning, Alisa K., Willems, Sara M., Sivapalaratnam, Suthesh, Abecasis, Goncalo, Alam, Dewan S., Allison, Matthew, Amouyel, Philippe, Arzumanyan, Zorayr, Balkau, Beverley, Bastarache, Lisa, Bergmann, Sven, Bielak, Lawrence F., Blüher, Matthia, Boehnke, Michael, Boeing, Heiner, Boerwinkle, Eric, Böger, Carsten A., Bork-Jensen, Jette, Bottinger, Erwin P., Bowden, Donald W., Brandslund, Ivan, Broer, Linda, Burt, Amber A., Butterworth, Adam S., Caulfield, Mark J., Cesana, Giancarlo, Chambers, John C., Chasman, Daniel I., Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chowdhury, Rajiv, Christensen, Cramer, Chu, Audrey Y., Collins, Francis S., Cook, James P., Cox, Amanda J., Crosslin, David S., Danesh, John, de Bakker, Paul I. W., Denus, Simon de, Mutsert, Renée de, Dedoussis, George, Demerath, Ellen W., Dennis, Joe G., Denny, Josh C., Angelantonio, Emanuele Di, Dörr, Marcu, Drenos, Fotio, Dubé, Marie-Pierre, Dunning, Alison M., Easton, Douglas F., Elliott, Paul, Evangelou, Evangelo, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Feng, Shuang, Ferrannini, Ele, Ferrieres, Jean, Florez, Jose C., Fornage, Myriam, Fox, Caroline S., Franks, Paul W., Friedrich, Nele, Gan, Wei, Gandin, Ilaria, Gasparini, Paolo, Giedraitis, Vilmanta, Girotto, Giorgia, Gorski, Mathia, Grallert, Harald, Grarup, Niel, Grove, Megan L., Gustafsson, Stefan, Haessler, Jeff, Hansen, Torben, Hattersley, Andrew T., Hayward, Caroline, Heid, Iris M., Holmen, Oddgeir L., Hovingh, G. Kee, Howson, Joanna M. M., Hu, Yao, Hung, Yi-Jen, Hveem, Kristian, Ikram, M. Arfan, Ingelsson, Erik, Jackson, Anne U., Jarvik, Gail P., Jia, Yucheng, Jørgensen, Torben, Jousilahti, Pekka, Justesen, Johanne M., Kahali, Bratati, Karaleftheri, Maria, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Karpe, Fredrik, Kee, Frank, Kitajima, Hidetoshi, Komulainen, Pirjo, Kooner, Jaspal S., Kovacs, Peter, Krämer, Bernhard K., Kuulasmaa, Kari, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laakso, Markku, Lakka, Timo A., Lamparter, David, Lange, Leslie A., Langenberg, Claudia, Larson, Eric B., Lee, Nanette R., Lee, Wen-Jane, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lewis, Cora E., Li, Huaixing, Li, Jin, Li-Gao, Ruifang, Lin, Li-An, Lin, Xu, Lind, Lar, Lindström, Jaana, Linneberg, Allan, Liu, Ching-Ti, Liu, Dajiang J., Luan, Jian’An, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Macgregor, Stuart, Mägi, Reedik, Männistö, Satu, Marenne, Gaëlle, Marten, Jonathan, Masca, Nicholas G. D., Mccarthy, Mark I., Meidtner, Karina, Mihailov, Evelin, Moilanen, Leena, Moitry, Marie, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Morgan, Anna, Morris, Andrew P., Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Munroe, Patricia B., Narisu, Narisu, Nelson, Christopher P., Neville, Matt, Ntalla, Ioanna, O’Connell, Jeffrey R., Owen, Katharine R., Pedersen, Oluf, Peloso, Gina M., Pennell, Craig E., Perola, Marku, Perry, James A., Perry, John R. B., Pers, Tune H., Ewing, Ailith, Polasek, Ozren, Raitakari, Olli T., Rasheed, Asif, Raulerson, Chelsea K., Rauramaa, Rainer, Reilly, Dermot F., Reiner, Alex P., Ridker, Paul M., Rivas, Manuel A., Robertson, Neil R., Robino, Antonietta, Rudan, Igor, Ruth, Katherine S., Saleheen, Danish, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J., Schreiner, Pamela J., Schulze, Matthias B., Scott, Robert A., Segura-Lepe, Marcelo, Sim, Xueling, Slater, Andrew J., Small, Kerrin S., Smith, Blair H., Smith, Jennifer A., Southam, Lorraine, Spector, Timothy D., Speliotes, Elizabeth K., Stefansson, Kari, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Stirrups, Kathleen E., Strauch, Konstantin, Stringham, Heather M., Stumvoll, Michael, Sun, Liang, Surendran, Praveen, Swart, Karin M. A., Tardif, Jean-Claude, Taylor, Kent D., Teumer, Alexander, Thompson, Deborah J., Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Thuesen, Betina H., Tönjes, Anke, Torres, Mina, Tsafantakis, Emmanouil, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, André G., Uusitupa, Matti, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Vanhala, Mauno, Varma, Rohit, Vermeulen, Sita H., Vestergaard, Henrik, Vitart, Veronique, Vogt, Thomas F., Vuckovic, Dragana, Wagenknecht, Lynne E., Walker, Mark, Wallentin, Lar, Wang, Feijie, Wang, Carol A., Wang, Shuai, Wareham, Nicholas J., Warren, Helen R., Waterworth, Dawn M., Wessel, Jennifer, White, Harvey D., Willer, Cristen J., Wilson, James G., Wood, Andrew R., Wu, Ying, Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Yao, Jie, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M., Young, Robin, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Zhan, Xiaowei, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zhao, Wei, Zheng, He, Zhou, Wei, Zillikens, M. Carola, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Borecki, Ingrid B., Pospisilik, J. Andrew, Deloukas, Pano, Frayling, Timothy M., Lettre, Guillaume, Mohlke, Karen L., Rotter, Jerome I., Kutalik, Zoltán, Hirschhorn, Joel N., Cupples, L. Adrienne, Loos, Ruth J. F., North, Kari E., Lindgren, Cecilia M., APH - Societal Participation & Health, APH - Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases, APH - Aging & Later Life, Epidemiology and Data Science, and VU University medical center

Subjects
Exome/genetics, Male, ReproGen Consortium, Adipose tissue, Genome-wide association study, Type 2 diabetes, White adipose tissue, Body Mass Index, Animals, Body Fat Distribution, Case-Control Studies, Drosophila, Exome, Female, Gene Frequency, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genetic Variation, Genome-Wide Association Study, Homeostasis, Humans, Lipids, Proteins, Risk Factors, Waist-Hip Ratio, 0302 clinical medicine, Hyperlipidemia, Body fat distribution, 2. Zero hunger, Genetics, 0303 health sciences, INSULIN-RESISTANCE, ADIPOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION, CHD Exome+ Consortium, Genetic Predisposition to Disease/genetics, Drosophila/genetics, RS11209026 POLYMORPHISM, KINASE 7, 1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology, T2D-Genes Consortium, 11 Medical And Health Sciences, Body Fat Distribution/methods, RECEPTOR ALK7, ADIPOSE-TISSUE, Gene Frequency/genetics, Genetic Variation/genetics, InterAct, Urological cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 15], genetic association study, RNA splicing, Proteins/genetics, Genome-Wide Association Study/methods, Lipid particle, ExomeBP Consortium, WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE, Waist-Hip Ratio/methods, Biology, EPIC-CVD Consortium, Article, MAGIC Investigators, 03 medical and health sciences, Homeostasis/genetics, Lipids/genetics, All institutes and research themes of the Radboud University Medical Center, medicine, Global Lipids Genetic Consortium, Risk factor, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, ABDOMINAL ADIPOSITY, Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) Consortium, Gene, 030304 developmental biology, 06 Biological Sciences, medicine.disease, Minor allele frequency, GoT2D Genes Consortium, genetics research, TYPE-2 DIABETES SUSCEPTIBILITY, 3111 Biomedicine, Body mass index, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Developmental Biology
Abstract

Body fat distribution is a risk factor for adverse cardiovascular health consequences. We analyzed the association of body fat distribution, assessed by waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for body mass index, with 228,985 predicted coding and splice site variants available on exome arrays in up to 344,369 individuals from five major ancestries (discovery) and 132,177 European-ancestry individuals (validation). We identified 15 common (minor allele frequency, MAF ≥ 5%) and 9 low frequency or rare (MAF < 5%) coding novel variants. Pathway/gene set enrichment analyses identified lipid particle, adiponectin, abnormal white adipose tissue physiology, and bone development and morphology as important contributors to fat distribution, while cross-trait associations highlight cardiometabolic traits. In functional follow-up analyses, specifically in Drosophila RNAi-knockdowns, we observed a significant increase in the total body triglyceride levels for two genes (DNAH10 and PLXND1). We implicate novel genes in fat distribution, stressing the importance of interrogating low-frequency and protein-coding variants., Editorial summary: A trans-ethnic exome-wide association study for body fat distribution identifies protein-coding variants that are significantly associated with waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for body mass index.

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6. Protein-coding variants implicate novel genes related to lipid homeostasis contributing to body-fat distribution

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Justice, Anne E, Karaderi, Tugce, Highland, Heather M, Young, Kristin L, Graff, Mariaelisa, Lu, Yingchang, Turcot, Valérie, Auer, Paul L, Fine, Rebecca S, Guo, Xiuqing, Schurmann, Claudia, Lempradl, Adelheid, Marouli, Eirini, Mahajan, Anubha, Winkler, Thomas W, Locke, Adam E, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Esko, Tõnu, Vedantam, Sailaja, Giri, Ayush, Lo, Ken Sin, Alfred, Tamuno, Mudgal, Poorva, Ng, Maggie CY, Heard-Costa, Nancy L, Feitosa, Mary F, Manning, Alisa K, Willems, Sara M, Sivapalaratnam, Suthesh, Abecasis, Goncalo, Alam, Dewan S, Allison, Matthew, Amouyel, Philippe, Arzumanyan, Zorayr, Balkau, Beverley, Bastarache, Lisa, Bergmann, Sven, Bielak, Lawrence F, Blüher, Matthias, Boehnke, Michael, Boeing, Heiner, Boerwinkle, Eric, Böger, Carsten A, Bork-Jensen, Jette, Bottinger, Erwin P, Bowden, Donald W, Brandslund, Ivan, Broer, Linda, Burt, Amber A, Butterworth, Adam S, Caulfield, Mark J, Cesana, Giancarlo, Chambers, John C, Chasman, Daniel I, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chowdhury, Rajiv, Christensen, Cramer, Chu, Audrey Y, Collins, Francis S, Cook, James P, Cox, Amanda J, Crosslin, David S, Danesh, John, De Bakker, Paul IW, Denus, Simon De, Mutsert, Renée De, Dedoussis, George, Demerath, Ellen W, Dennis, Joe G, Denny, Josh C, Di Angelantonio, Emanuele, Dörr, Marcus, Drenos, Fotios, Dubé, Marie-Pierre, Dunning, Alison M, Easton, Douglas F, Elliott, Paul, Evangelou, Evangelos, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Feng, Shuang, Ferrannini, Ele, Ferrieres, Jean, Florez, Jose C, Fornage, Myriam, Fox, Caroline S, Franks, Paul W, Friedrich, Nele, Gan, Wei, Gandin, Ilaria, Gasparini, Paolo, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Girotto, Giorgia, Gorski, Mathias, Grallert, Harald, Grarup, Niels, Grove, Megan L, Gustafsson, Stefan, Haessler, Jeff, Hansen, Torben, Hattersley, Andrew T, Hayward, Caroline, Heid, Iris M, Holmen, Oddgeir L, Hovingh, G Kees, Howson, Joanna MM, Hu, Yao, Hung, Yi-Jen, Hveem, Kristian, Ikram, M Arfan, Ingelsson, Erik, Jackson, Anne U, Jarvik, Gail P, Jia, Yucheng, Jørgensen, Torben, Jousilahti, Pekka, Justesen, Johanne M, Kahali, Bratati, Karaleftheri, Maria, Kardia, Sharon LR, Karpe, Fredrik, Kee, Frank, Kitajima, Hidetoshi, Komulainen, Pirjo, Kooner, Jaspal S, Kovacs, Peter, Krämer, Bernhard K, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laakso, Markku, Lakka, Timo A, Lamparter, David, Lange, Leslie A, Langenberg, Claudia, Larson, Eric B, Lee, Nanette R, Lee, Wen-Jane, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lewis, Cora E, Li, Huaixing, Li, Jin, Li-Gao, Ruifang, Lin, Li-An, Lin, Xu, Lind, Lars, Lindström, Jaana, Linneberg, Allan, Liu, Ching-Ti, Liu, Dajiang J, Luan, Jian'an, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, MacGregor, Stuart, Mägi, Reedik, Männistö, Satu, Marenne, Gaëlle, Marten, Jonathan, Masca, Nicholas GD, McCarthy, Mark I, Meidtner, Karina, Mihailov, Evelin, Moilanen, Leena, Moitry, Marie, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O, Morgan, Anna, Morris, Andrew P, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Munroe, Patricia B, Narisu, Narisu, Nelson, Christopher P, Neville, Matt, Ntalla, Ioanna, O'Connell, Jeffrey R, Owen, Katharine R, Pedersen, Oluf, Peloso, Gina M, Pennell, Craig E, Perola, Markus, Perry, James A, Perry, John RB, Pers, Tune H, Ewing, Ailith, Polasek, Ozren, Raitakari, Olli T, Rasheed, Asif, Raulerson, Chelsea K, Rauramaa, Rainer, Reilly, Dermot F, Reiner, Alex P, Ridker, Paul M, Rivas, Manuel A, Robertson, Neil R, Robino, Antonietta, Rudan, Igor, Ruth, Katherine S, Saleheen, Danish, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J, Schreiner, Pamela J, Schulze, Matthias B, Scott, Robert A, Segura-Lepe, Marcelo, Sim, Xueling, Slater, Andrew J, Small, Kerrin S, Smith, Blair H, Smith, Jennifer A, Southam, Lorraine, Spector, Timothy D, Speliotes, Elizabeth K, Stefansson, Kari, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Stirrups, Kathleen E, Strauch, Konstantin, Stringham, Heather M, Stumvoll, Michael, Sun, Liang, Surendran, Praveen, Swart, Karin MA, Tardif, Jean-Claude, Taylor, Kent D, Teumer, Alexander, Thompson, Deborah J, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Thuesen, Betina H, Tönjes, Anke, Torres, Mina, Tsafantakis, Emmanouil, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, André G, Uusitupa, Matti, Van Duijn, Cornelia M, Vanhala, Mauno, Varma, Rohit, Vermeulen, Sita H, Vestergaard, Henrik, Vitart, Veronique, Vogt, Thomas F, Vuckovic, Dragana, Wagenknecht, Lynne E, Walker, Mark, Wallentin, Lars, Wang, Feijie, Wang, Carol A, Wang, Shuai, Wareham, Nicholas J, Warren, Helen R, Waterworth, Dawn M, Wessel, Jennifer, White, Harvey D, Willer, Cristen J, Wilson, James G, Wood, Andrew R, Wu, Ying, Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Yao, Jie, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M, Young, Robin, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Zhan, Xiaowei, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zhao, Wei, Zheng, He, Zhou, Wei, Zillikens, M Carola, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Borecki, Ingrid B, Pospisilik, J Andrew, Deloukas, Panos, Frayling, Timothy M, Lettre, Guillaume, Mohlke, Karen L, Rotter, Jerome I, Kutalik, Zoltán, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Cupples, L Adrienne, Loos, Ruth JF, North, Kari E, Lindgren, Cecilia M, CHD Exome+ Consortium, Cohorts For Heart And Aging Research In Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) Consortium, EPIC-CVD Consortium, ExomeBP Consortium, Global Lipids Genetic Consortium, GoT2D Genes Consortium, InterAct, ReproGen Consortium, T2D-Genes Consortium, and MAGIC Investigators

Subjects
2. Zero hunger, Male, Waist-Hip Ratio, Genetic Variation, Proteins, Lipids, Body Mass Index, Gene Frequency, Risk Factors, Case-Control Studies, Animals, Body Fat Distribution, Homeostasis, Humans, Drosophila, Exome, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

Body-fat distribution is a risk factor for adverse cardiovascular health consequences. We analyzed the association of body-fat distribution, assessed by waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for body mass index, with 228,985 predicted coding and splice site variants available on exome arrays in up to 344,369 individuals from five major ancestries (discovery) and 132,177 European-ancestry individuals (validation). We identified 15 common (minor allele frequency, MAF ≥5%) and nine low-frequency or rare (MAF

7. Integration of rare expression outlier-associated variants improves polygenic risk prediction.

Author

Smail, Craig, Ferraro, Nicole M., Hui, Qin, Durrant, Matthew G., Aguirre, Matthew, Tanigawa, Yosuke, Keever-Keigher, Marissa R., Rao, Abhiram S., Justesen, Johanne M., Li, Xin, Gloudemans, Michael J., Assimes, Themistocles L., Kooperberg, Charles, Reiner, Alexander P., Huang, Jie, O'Donnell, Christopher J., Sun, Yan V., Rivas, Manuel A., and Montgomery, Stephen B.

Subjects
*MONOGENIC & polygenic inheritance (Genetics), *BODY mass index, *DISEASE risk factors, *GENETIC variation, *BARIATRIC surgery, *GENE expression, *OUTLIER detection
Abstract

Polygenic risk scores (PRSs) quantify the contribution of multiple genetic loci to an individual's likelihood of a complex trait or disease. However, existing PRSs estimate this likelihood with common genetic variants, excluding the impact of rare variants. Here, we report on a method to identify rare variants associated with outlier gene expression and integrate their impact into PRS predictions for body mass index (BMI), obesity, and bariatric surgery. Between the top and bottom 10%, we observed a 20.8% increase in risk for obesity (p = 3 × 10−14), 62.3% increase in risk for severe obesity (p = 1 × 10−6), and median 5.29 years earlier onset for bariatric surgery (p = 0.008), as a function of expression outlier-associated rare variant burden when controlling for common variant PRS. We show that these predictions were more significant than integrating the effects of rare protein-truncating variants (PTVs), observing a mean 19% increase in phenotypic variance explained with expression outlier-associated rare variants when compared with PTVs (p = 2 × 10−15). We replicated these findings by using data from the Million Veteran Program and demonstrated that PRSs across multiple traits and diseases can benefit from the inclusion of expression outlier-associated rare variants identified through population-scale transcriptome sequencing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2022
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