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1. Genome-wide analysis in over 1 million individuals of European ancestry yields improved polygenic risk scores for blood pressure traits.

Author: Keaton, Jacob, Kamali, Zoha, Xie, Tian, Vaez, Ahmad, Williams, Ariel, Goleva, Slavina, Ani, Alireza, Evangelou, Evangelos, Hellwege, Jacklyn, Yengo, Loic, Young, William, Traylor, Matthew, Giri, Ayush, Zheng, Zhili, Zeng, Jian, Chasman, Daniel, Morris, Andrew, Caulfield, Mark, Hwang, Shih-Jen, Kooner, Jaspal, Conen, David, Attia, John, Morrison, Alanna, Loos, Ruth, Kristiansson, Kati, Schmidt, Reinhold, Hicks, Andrew, Pramstaller, Peter, Nelson, Christopher, Samani, Nilesh, Risch, Lorenz, Gyllensten, Ulf, Melander, Olle, Riese, Harriette, Wilson, James, Campbell, Harry, Rich, Stephen, Psaty, Bruce, Lu, Yingchang, Guo, Xiuqing, Rice, Kenneth, Vollenweider, Peter, Sundström, Johan, Langenberg, Claudia, Tobin, Martin, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Luan, Jianan, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Kutalik, Zoltan, Ripatti, Samuli, Salomaa, Veikko, Girotto, Giorgia, Trompet, Stella, Jukema, J, van der Harst, Pim, Ridker, Paul, Giulianini, Franco, Vitart, Veronique, Goel, Anuj, Watkins, Hugh, Harris, Sarah, Deary, Ian, van der Most, Peter, Oldehinkel, Albertine, Keavney, Bernard, Hayward, Caroline, Campbell, Archie, Boehnke, Michael, Scott, Laura, Boutin, Thibaud, Mamasoula, Chrysovalanto, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Peters, Annette, Gieger, Christian, Lakatta, Edward, Cucca, Francesco, Hui, Jennie, Knekt, Paul, Enroth, Stefan, De Borst, Martin, Polašek, Ozren, Concas, Maria, Catamo, Eulalia, Cocca, Massimiliano, Li-Gao, Ruifang, Hofer, Edith, Schmidt, Helena, Spedicati, Beatrice, Waldenberger, Melanie, Strachan, David, Laan, Maris, Teumer, Alexander, Dörr, Marcus, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Cook, James, Ruggiero, Daniela, Kolcic, Ivana, Boerwinkle, Eric, Traglia, Michela, and Lehtimäki, Terho
Subjects: Female, Humans, Male, Blood Pressure, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genetic Risk Score, Genome-Wide Association Study, Hypertension, Multifactorial Inheritance, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Risk Factors
Abstract: Hypertension affects more than one billion people worldwide. Here we identify 113 novel loci, reporting a total of 2,103 independent genetic signals (P
Published: 2024

2. A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height

Author: Yengo, Loïc, Vedantam, Sailaja, Marouli, Eirini, Sidorenko, Julia, Bartell, Eric, Sakaue, Saori, Graff, Marielisa, Eliasen, Anders U, Jiang, Yunxuan, Raghavan, Sridharan, Miao, Jenkai, Arias, Joshua D, Graham, Sarah E, Mukamel, Ronen E, Spracklen, Cassandra N, Yin, Xianyong, Chen, Shyh-Huei, Ferreira, Teresa, Highland, Heather H, Ji, Yingjie, Karaderi, Tugce, Lin, Kuang, Lüll, Kreete, Malden, Deborah E, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Machado, Moara, Moore, Amy, Rüeger, Sina, Sim, Xueling, Vrieze, Scott, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Akiyama, Masato, Allison, Matthew A, Alvarez, Marcus, Andersen, Mette K, Ani, Alireza, Appadurai, Vivek, Arbeeva, Liubov, Bhaskar, Seema, Bielak, Lawrence F, Bollepalli, Sailalitha, Bonnycastle, Lori L, Bork-Jensen, Jette, Bradfield, Jonathan P, Bradford, Yuki, Braund, Peter S, Brody, Jennifer A, Burgdorf, Kristoffer S, Cade, Brian E, Cai, Hui, Cai, Qiuyin, Campbell, Archie, Cañadas-Garre, Marisa, Catamo, Eulalia, Chai, Jin-Fang, Chai, Xiaoran, Chang, Li-Ching, Chang, Yi-Cheng, Chen, Chien-Hsiun, Chesi, Alessandra, Choi, Seung Hoan, Chung, Ren-Hua, Cocca, Massimiliano, Concas, Maria Pina, Couture, Christian, Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel, Danning, Rebecca, Daw, E Warwick, Degenhard, Frauke, Delgado, Graciela E, Delitala, Alessandro, Demirkan, Ayse, Deng, Xuan, Devineni, Poornima, Dietl, Alexander, Dimitriou, Maria, Dimitrov, Latchezar, Dorajoo, Rajkumar, Ekici, Arif B, Engmann, Jorgen E, Fairhurst-Hunter, Zammy, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Faul, Jessica D, Fernandez-Lopez, Juan-Carlos, Forer, Lukas, Francescatto, Margherita, Freitag-Wolf, Sandra, Fuchsberger, Christian, Galesloot, Tessel E, Gao, Yan, Gao, Zishan, Geller, Frank, Giannakopoulou, Olga, Giulianini, Franco, Gjesing, Anette P, Goel, Anuj, Gordon, Scott D, Gorski, Mathias, Grove, Jakob, and Guo, Xiuqing
Subjects: Epidemiology, Biological Sciences, Health Sciences, Genetics, Human Genome, Humans, Body Height, Gene Frequency, Genome, Human, Genome-Wide Association Study, Haplotypes, Linkage Disequilibrium, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Europe, Sample Size, Phenotype, Chromosome Mapping, 23andMe Research Team, VA Million Veteran Program, DiscovEHR, eMERGE, Lifelines Cohort Study, PRACTICAL Consortium, Understanding Society Scientific Group, General Science & Technology
Abstract: Common single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are predicted to collectively explain 40-50% of phenotypic variation in human height, but identifying the specific variants and associated regions requires huge sample sizes1. Here, using data from a genome-wide association study of 5.4 million individuals of diverse ancestries, we show that 12,111 independent SNPs that are significantly associated with height account for nearly all of the common SNP-based heritability. These SNPs are clustered within 7,209 non-overlapping genomic segments with a mean size of around 90 kb, covering about 21% of the genome. The density of independent associations varies across the genome and the regions of increased density are enriched for biologically relevant genes. In out-of-sample estimation and prediction, the 12,111 SNPs (or all SNPs in the HapMap 3 panel2) account for 40% (45%) of phenotypic variance in populations of European ancestry but only around 10-20% (14-24%) in populations of other ancestries. Effect sizes, associated regions and gene prioritization are similar across ancestries, indicating that reduced prediction accuracy is likely to be explained by linkage disequilibrium and differences in allele frequency within associated regions. Finally, we show that the relevant biological pathways are detectable with smaller sample sizes than are needed to implicate causal genes and variants. Overall, this study provides a comprehensive map of specific genomic regions that contain the vast majority of common height-associated variants. Although this map is saturated for populations of European ancestry, further research is needed to achieve equivalent saturation in other ancestries.
Published: 2022

3. Genetic insights into biological mechanisms governing human ovarian ageing

Author: Ruth, Katherine S, Day, Felix R, Hussain, Jazib, Martínez-Marchal, Ana, Aiken, Catherine E, Azad, Ajuna, Thompson, Deborah J, Knoblochova, Lucie, Abe, Hironori, Tarry-Adkins, Jane L, Gonzalez, Javier Martin, Fontanillas, Pierre, Claringbould, Annique, Bakker, Olivier B, Sulem, Patrick, Walters, Robin G, Terao, Chikashi, Turon, Sandra, Horikoshi, Momoko, Lin, Kuang, Onland-Moret, N Charlotte, Sankar, Aditya, Hertz, Emil Peter Thrane, Timshel, Pascal N, Shukla, Vallari, Borup, Rehannah, Olsen, Kristina W, Aguilera, Paula, Ferrer-Roda, Mònica, Huang, Yan, Stankovic, Stasa, Timmers, Paul RHJ, Ahearn, Thomas U, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z, Naderi, Elnaz, Andrulis, Irene L, Arnold, Alice M, Aronson, Kristan J, Augustinsson, Annelie, Bandinelli, Stefania, Barbieri, Caterina M, Beaumont, Robin N, Becher, Heiko, Beckmann, Matthias W, Benonisdottir, Stefania, Bergmann, Sven, Bochud, Murielle, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bojesen, Stig E, Bolla, Manjeet K, Boomsma, Dorret I, Bowker, Nicholas, Brody, Jennifer A, Broer, Linda, Buring, Julie E, Campbell, Archie, Campbell, Harry, Castelao, Jose E, Catamo, Eulalia, Chanock, Stephen J, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Ciullo, Marina, Corre, Tanguy, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Crisponi, Laura, Cross, Simon S, Cucca, Francesco, Czene, Kamila, Smith, George Davey, de Geus, Eco JCN, de Mutsert, Renée, De Vivo, Immaculata, Demerath, Ellen W, Dennis, Joe, Dunning, Alison M, Dwek, Miriam, Eriksson, Mikael, Esko, Tõnu, Fasching, Peter A, Faul, Jessica D, Ferrucci, Luigi, Franceschini, Nora, Frayling, Timothy M, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Mezzavilla, Massimo, García-Closas, Montserrat, Gieger, Christian, Giles, Graham G, Grallert, Harald, Gudbjartsson, Daniel F, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Guénel, Pascal, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hayward, Caroline, He, Chunyan, He, Wei, and Heiss, Gerardo
Subjects: Biological Sciences, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Genetics, Estrogen, Prevention, Women's Health, Contraception/Reproduction, Aging, Infertility, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, 1.1 Normal biological development and functioning, Good Health and Well Being, Adult, Alleles, Animals, Bone and Bones, Checkpoint Kinase 1, Checkpoint Kinase 2, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Diet, Europe, Asia, Eastern, Female, Fertility, Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Healthy Aging, Humans, Longevity, Menopause, Menopause, Premature, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Middle Aged, Ovary, Primary Ovarian Insufficiency, Uterus, Biobank-based Integrative Omics Study (BIOS) Consortium, eQTLGen Consortium, Biobank Japan Project, China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative Group, kConFab Investigators, LifeLines Cohort Study, InterAct consortium, 23andMe Research Team, General Science & Technology
Abstract: Reproductive longevity is essential for fertility and influences healthy ageing in women1,2, but insights into its underlying biological mechanisms and treatments to preserve it are limited. Here we identify 290 genetic determinants of ovarian ageing, assessed using normal variation in age at natural menopause (ANM) in about 200,000 women of European ancestry. These common alleles were associated with clinical extremes of ANM; women in the top 1% of genetic susceptibility have an equivalent risk of premature ovarian insufficiency to those carrying monogenic FMR1 premutations3. The identified loci implicate a broad range of DNA damage response (DDR) processes and include loss-of-function variants in key DDR-associated genes. Integration with experimental models demonstrates that these DDR processes act across the life-course to shape the ovarian reserve and its rate of depletion. Furthermore, we demonstrate that experimental manipulation of DDR pathways highlighted by human genetics increases fertility and extends reproductive life in mice. Causal inference analyses using the identified genetic variants indicate that extending reproductive life in women improves bone health and reduces risk of type 2 diabetes, but increases the risk of hormone-sensitive cancers. These findings provide insight into the mechanisms that govern ovarian ageing, when they act, and how they might be targeted by therapeutic approaches to extend fertility and prevent disease.
Published: 2021

4. Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity

Author: Turcot, Valérie, Lu, Yingchang, Highland, Heather M, Schurmann, Claudia, Justice, Anne E, Fine, Rebecca S, Bradfield, Jonathan P, Esko, Tõnu, Giri, Ayush, Graff, Mariaelisa, Guo, Xiuqing, Hendricks, Audrey E, Karaderi, Tugce, Lempradl, Adelheid, Locke, Adam E, Mahajan, Anubha, Marouli, Eirini, Sivapalaratnam, Suthesh, Young, Kristin L, Alfred, Tamuno, Feitosa, Mary F, Masca, Nicholas GD, Manning, Alisa K, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Mudgal, Poorva, Ng, Maggie CY, Reiner, Alex P, Vedantam, Sailaja, Willems, Sara M, Winkler, Thomas W, Abecasis, Gonçalo, Aben, Katja K, Alam, Dewan S, Alharthi, Sameer E, Allison, Matthew, Amouyel, Philippe, Asselbergs, Folkert W, Auer, Paul L, Balkau, Beverley, Bang, Lia E, Barroso, Inês, Bastarache, Lisa, Benn, Marianne, Bergmann, Sven, Bielak, Lawrence F, Blüher, Matthias, Boehnke, Michael, Boeing, Heiner, Boerwinkle, Eric, Böger, Carsten A, Bork-Jensen, Jette, Bots, Michiel L, Bottinger, Erwin P, Bowden, Donald W, Brandslund, Ivan, Breen, Gerome, Brilliant, Murray H, Broer, Linda, Brumat, Marco, Burt, Amber A, Butterworth, Adam S, Campbell, Peter T, Cappellani, Stefania, Carey, David J, Catamo, Eulalia, Caulfield, Mark J, Chambers, John C, Chasman, Daniel I, Chen, Yii-Der I, Chowdhury, Rajiv, Christensen, Cramer, Chu, Audrey Y, Cocca, Massimiliano, Collins, Francis S, Cook, James P, Corley, Janie, Corominas Galbany, Jordi, Cox, Amanda J, Crosslin, David S, Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel, D’Eustacchio, Angela, Danesh, John, Davies, Gail, Bakker, Paul IW, Groot, Mark CH, Mutsert, Renée, Deary, Ian J, Dedoussis, George, Demerath, Ellen W, Heijer, Martin, Hollander, Anneke I, Ruijter, Hester M, Dennis, Joe G, Denny, Josh C, Di Angelantonio, Emanuele, Drenos, Fotios, Du, Mengmeng, Dubé, Marie-Pierre, Dunning, Alison M, and Easton, Douglas F
Subjects: Genetics, Biotechnology, Nutrition, Obesity, Human Genome, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Cancer, Stroke, Metabolic and endocrine, Cardiovascular, Oral and gastrointestinal, Adult, Animals, Body Mass Index, Drosophila, Energy Intake, Energy Metabolism, Female, Gene Frequency, Genetic Variation, Humans, Male, Proteins, Syndrome, CHD Exome+ Consortium, EPIC-CVD Consortium, ExomeBP Consortium, Global Lipids Genetic Consortium, GoT2D Genes Consortium, EPIC InterAct Consortium, INTERVAL Study, ReproGen Consortium, T2D-Genes Consortium, MAGIC Investigators, Understanding Society Scientific Group, Biological Sciences, Medical and Health Sciences, Developmental Biology
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified >250 loci for body mass index (BMI), implicating pathways related to neuronal biology. Most GWAS loci represent clusters of common, noncoding variants from which pinpointing causal genes remains challenging. Here we combined data from 718,734 individuals to discover rare and low-frequency (minor allele frequency (MAF) < 5%) coding variants associated with BMI. We identified 14 coding variants in 13 genes, of which 8 variants were in genes (ZBTB7B, ACHE, RAPGEF3, RAB21, ZFHX3, ENTPD6, ZFR2 and ZNF169) newly implicated in human obesity, 2 variants were in genes (MC4R and KSR2) previously observed to be mutated in extreme obesity and 2 variants were in GIPR. The effect sizes of rare variants are ~10 times larger than those of common variants, with the largest effect observed in carriers of an MC4R mutation introducing a stop codon (p.Tyr35Ter, MAF = 0.01%), who weighed ~7 kg more than non-carriers. Pathway analyses based on the variants associated with BMI confirm enrichment of neuronal genes and provide new evidence for adipocyte and energy expenditure biology, widening the potential of genetically supported therapeutic targets in obesity.
Published: 2018

5. Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk.

Author: Day, Felix R, Thompson, Deborah J, Helgason, Hannes, Chasman, Daniel I, Finucane, Hilary, Sulem, Patrick, Ruth, Katherine S, Whalen, Sean, Sarkar, Abhishek K, Albrecht, Eva, Altmaier, Elisabeth, Amini, Marzyeh, Barbieri, Caterina M, Boutin, Thibaud, Campbell, Archie, Demerath, Ellen, Giri, Ayush, He, Chunyan, Hottenga, Jouke J, Karlsson, Robert, Kolcic, Ivana, Loh, Po-Ru, Lunetta, Kathryn L, Mangino, Massimo, Marco, Brumat, McMahon, George, Medland, Sarah E, Nolte, Ilja M, Noordam, Raymond, Nutile, Teresa, Paternoster, Lavinia, Perjakova, Natalia, Porcu, Eleonora, Rose, Lynda M, Schraut, Katharina E, Segrè, Ayellet V, Smith, Albert V, Stolk, Lisette, Teumer, Alexander, Andrulis, Irene L, Bandinelli, Stefania, Beckmann, Matthias W, Benitez, Javier, Bergmann, Sven, Bochud, Murielle, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bojesen, Stig E, Bolla, Manjeet K, Brand, Judith S, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Broer, Linda, Brüning, Thomas, Buring, Julie E, Campbell, Harry, Catamo, Eulalia, Chanock, Stephen, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Corre, Tanguy, Couch, Fergus J, Cousminer, Diana L, Cox, Angela, Crisponi, Laura, Czene, Kamila, Davey Smith, George, de Geus, Eco JCN, de Mutsert, Renée, De Vivo, Immaculata, Dennis, Joe, Devilee, Peter, Dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Dunning, Alison M, Eriksson, Johan G, Fasching, Peter A, Fernández-Rhodes, Lindsay, Ferrucci, Luigi, Flesch-Janys, Dieter, Franke, Lude, Gabrielson, Marike, Gandin, Ilaria, Giles, Graham G, Grallert, Harald, Gudbjartsson, Daniel F, Guénel, Pascal, Hall, Per, Hallberg, Emily, Hamann, Ute, Harris, Tamara B, Hartman, Catharina A, Heiss, Gerardo, Hooning, Maartje J, Hopper, John L, Hu, Frank, Hunter, David J, Ikram, M Arfan, Im, Hae Kyung, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Joshi, Peter K, Karasik, David, and Kellis, Manolis
Subjects: LifeLines Cohort Study, InterAct Consortium, kConFab/AOCS Investigators, Endometrial Cancer Association Consortium, Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium, PRACTICAL consortium, Humans, Neoplasms, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Calcium-Binding Proteins, Ribonucleoproteins, Membrane Proteins, Body Mass Index, Risk Factors, Age Factors, Genomic Imprinting, Puberty, Menarche, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Quantitative Trait Loci, Databases, Genetic, Adolescent, Female, Male, Genome-Wide Association Study, Aging, Breast Cancer, Biotechnology, Cancer, Human Genome, Genetics, Prostate Cancer, Urologic Diseases, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, Biological Sciences, Medical and Health Sciences, Developmental Biology
Abstract: The timing of puberty is a highly polygenic childhood trait that is epidemiologically associated with various adult diseases. Using 1000 Genomes Project-imputed genotype data in up to ∼370,000 women, we identify 389 independent signals (P < 5 × 10-8) for age at menarche, a milestone in female pubertal development. In Icelandic data, these signals explain ∼7.4% of the population variance in age at menarche, corresponding to ∼25% of the estimated heritability. We implicate ∼250 genes via coding variation or associated expression, demonstrating significant enrichment in neural tissues. Rare variants near the imprinted genes MKRN3 and DLK1 were identified, exhibiting large effects when paternally inherited. Mendelian randomization analyses suggest causal inverse associations, independent of body mass index (BMI), between puberty timing and risks for breast and endometrial cancers in women and prostate cancer in men. In aggregate, our findings highlight the complexity of the genetic regulation of puberty timing and support causal links with cancer susceptibility.
Published: 2017

6. Differential and shared genetic effects on kidney function between diabetic and non-diabetic individuals

Author: Winkler, Thomas W., Rasheed, Humaira, Teumer, Alexander, Gorski, Mathias, Rowan, Bryce X., Stanzick, Kira J., Thomas, Laurent F., Tin, Adrienne, Hoppmann, Anselm, Chu, Audrey Y., Tayo, Bamidele, Thio, Chris H. L., Cusi, Daniele, Chai, Jin-Fang, Sieber, Karsten B., Horn, Katrin, Li, Man, Scholz, Markus, Cocca, Massimiliano, Wuttke, Matthias, van der Most, Peter J., Yang, Qiong, Ghasemi, Sahar, Nutile, Teresa, Li, Yong, Pontali, Giulia, Günther, Felix, Dehghan, Abbas, Correa, Adolfo, Parsa, Afshin, Feresin, Agnese, de Vries, Aiko P. J., Zonderman, Alan B., Smith, Albert V., Oldehinkel, Albertine J., De Grandi, Alessandro, Rosenkranz, Alexander R., Franke, Andre, Teren, Andrej, Metspalu, Andres, Hicks, Andrew A., Morris, Andrew P., Tönjes, Anke, Morgan, Anna, Podgornaia, Anna I., Peters, Annette, Körner, Antje, Mahajan, Anubha, Campbell, Archie, Freedman, Barry I., Spedicati, Beatrice, Ponte, Belen, Schöttker, Ben, Brumpton, Ben, Banas, Bernhard, Krämer, Bernhard K., Jung, Bettina, Åsvold, Bjørn Olav, Smith, Blair H., Ning, Boting, Penninx, Brenda W. J. H., Vanderwerff, Brett R., Psaty, Bruce M., Kammerer, Candace M., Langefeld, Carl D., Hayward, Caroline, Spracklen, Cassandra N., Robinson-Cohen, Cassianne, Hartman, Catharina A., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Wang, Chaolong, Sabanayagam, Charumathi, Heng, Chew-Kiat, Lanzani, Chiara, Khor, Chiea-Chuen, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Fuchsberger, Christian, Gieger, Christian, Shaffer, Christian M., Schulz, Christina-Alexandra, Willer, Cristen J., Chasman, Daniel I., Gudbjartsson, Daniel F., Ruggiero, Daniela, Toniolo, Daniela, Czamara, Darina, Porteous, David J., Waterworth, Dawn M., Mascalzoni, Deborah, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O., Reilly, Dermot F., Daw, E. Warwick, Hofer, Edith, Boerwinkle, Eric, Salvi, Erika, Bottinger, Erwin P., Tai, E-Shyong, Catamo, Eulalia, Rizzi, Federica, Guo, Feng, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Guilianini, Franco, Sveinbjornsson, Gardar, Ehret, Georg, Waeber, Gerard, Biino, Ginevra, Girotto, Giorgia, Pistis, Giorgio, Nadkarni, Girish N., Delgado, Graciela E., Montgomery, Grant W., Snieder, Harold, Campbell, Harry, White, Harvey D., Gao, He, Stringham, Heather M., Schmidt, Helena, Li, Hengtong, Brenner, Hermann, Holm, Hilma, Kirsten, Holger, Kramer, Holly, Rudan, Igor, Nolte, Ilja M., Tzoulaki, Ioanna, Olafsson, Isleifur, Martins, Jade, Cook, James P., Wilson, James F., Halbritter, Jan, Felix, Janine F., Divers, Jasmin, Kooner, Jaspal S., Lee, Jeannette Jen-Mai, O’Connell, Jeffrey, Rotter, Jerome I., Liu, Jianjun, Xu, Jie, Thiery, Joachim, Ärnlöv, Johan, Kuusisto, Johanna, Jakobsdottir, Johanna, Tremblay, Johanne, Chambers, John C., Whitfield, John B., Gaziano, John M., Marten, Jonathan, Coresh, Josef, Jonas, Jost B., Mychaleckyj, Josyf C., Christensen, Kaare, Eckardt, Kai-Uwe, Mohlke, Karen L., Endlich, Karlhans, Dittrich, Katalin, Ryan, Kathleen A., Rice, Kenneth M., Taylor, Kent D., Ho, Kevin, Nikus, Kjell, Matsuda, Koichi, Strauch, Konstantin, Miliku, Kozeta, Hveem, Kristian, Lind, Lars, Wallentin, Lars, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M., Raffield, Laura M., Phillips, Lawrence S., Launer, Lenore J., Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Lange, Leslie A., Citterio, Lorena, Klaric, Lucija, Ikram, M. Arfan, Ising, Marcus, Kleber, Marcus E., Francescatto, Margherita, Concas, Maria Pina, Ciullo, Marina, Piratsu, Mario, Orho-Melander, Marju, Laakso, Markku, Loeffler, Markus, Perola, Markus, de Borst, Martin H., Gögele, Martin, Bianca, Martina La, Lukas, Mary Ann, Feitosa, Mary F., Biggs, Mary L., Wojczynski, Mary K., Kavousi, Maryam, Kanai, Masahiro, Akiyama, Masato, Yasuda, Masayuki, Nauck, Matthias, Waldenberger, Melanie, Chee, Miao-Li, Chee, Miao-Ling, Boehnke, Michael, Preuss, Michael H., Stumvoll, Michael, Province, Michael A., Evans, Michele K., O’Donoghue, Michelle L., Kubo, Michiaki, Kähönen, Mika, Kastarinen, Mika, Nalls, Mike A., Kuokkanen, Mikko, Ghanbari, Mohsen, Bochud, Murielle, Josyula, Navya Shilpa, Martin, Nicholas G., Tan, Nicholas Y. Q., Palmer, Nicholette D., Pirastu, Nicola, Schupf, Nicole, Verweij, Niek, Hutri-Kähönen, Nina, Mononen, Nina, Bansal, Nisha, Devuyst, Olivier, Melander, Olle, Raitakari, Olli T., Polasek, Ozren, Manunta, Paolo, Gasparini, Paolo, Mishra, Pashupati P., Sulem, Patrick, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Elliott, Paul, Ridker, Paul M., Hamet, Pavel, Svensson, Per O., Joshi, Peter K., Kovacs, Peter, Pramstaller, Peter P., Rossing, Peter, Vollenweider, Peter, van der Harst, Pim, Dorajoo, Rajkumar, Sim, Ralene Z. H., Burkhardt, Ralph, Tao, Ran, Noordam, Raymond, Mägi, Reedik, Schmidt, Reinhold, de Mutsert, Renée, Rueedi, Rico, van Dam, Rob M., Carroll, Robert J., Gansevoort, Ron T., Loos, Ruth J. F., Felicita, Sala Cinzia, Sedaghat, Sanaz, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Freitag-Wolf, Sandra, Pendergrass, Sarah A., Graham, Sarah E., Gordon, Scott D., Hwang, Shih-Jen, Kerr, Shona M., Vaccargiu, Simona, Patil, Snehal B., Hallan, Stein, Bakker, Stephan J. L., Lim, Su-Chi, Lucae, Susanne, Vogelezang, Suzanne, Bergmann, Sven, Corre, Tanguy, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Lehtimäki, Terho, Boutin, Thibaud S., Meitinger, Thomas, Wong, Tien-Yin, Bergler, Tobias, Rabelink, Ton J., Esko, Tõnu, Haller, Toomas, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Völker, Uwe, Foo, Valencia Hui Xian, Salomaa, Veikko, Vitart, Veronique, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Jaddoe, Vincent W. V., Huang, Wei, Zhang, Weihua, Wei, Wen Bin, Kiess, Wieland, März, Winfried, Koenig, Wolfgang, Lieb, Wolfgang, Gao, Xin, Sim, Xueling, Wang, Ya Xing, Friedlander, Yechiel, Tham, Yih-Chung, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Okada, Yukinori, Milaneschi, Yuri, Yu, Zhi, Hung, Adriana M., Stark, Klaus J., Stefansson, Kari, Böger, Carsten A., Kronenberg, Florian, Köttgen, Anna, Pattaro, Cristian, Heid, Iris M., Psychiatry, APH - Mental Health, Amsterdam Neuroscience - Complex Trait Genetics, Amsterdam Neuroscience - Mood, Anxiety, Psychosis, Stress & Sleep, APH - Digital Health, University of Helsinki, CAMM - Research Program for Clinical and Molecular Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, Research Programs Unit, Tampere University, Clinical Medicine, TAYS Heart Centre, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Epidemiology, Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC other, Home Office, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust- BRC Funding, Medical Research Council (MRC), UK DRI Ltd, Interdisciplinary Centre Psychopathology and Emotion regulation (ICPE), Life Course Epidemiology (LCE), Groningen Institute for Organ Transplantation (GIOT), Groningen Kidney Center (GKC), Cardiovascular Centre (CVC), Winkler, Thomas W, Rasheed, Humaira, Teumer, Alexander, Gorski, Mathia, Rowan, Bryce X, Stanzick, Kira J, Thomas, Laurent F, Tin, Adrienne, Hoppmann, Anselm, Chu, Audrey Y, Tayo, Bamidele, Thio, Chris H L, Cusi, Daniele, Chai, Jin-Fang, Sieber, Karsten B, Horn, Katrin, Li, Man, Scholz, Marku, Cocca, Massimiliano, Wuttke, Matthia, van der Most, Peter J, Yang, Qiong, Ghasemi, Sahar, Nutile, Teresa, Li, Yong, Pontali, Giulia, Günther, Felix, Dehghan, Abba, Correa, Adolfo, Parsa, Afshin, Feresin, Agnese, de Vries, Aiko P J, Zonderman, Alan B, Smith, Albert V, Oldehinkel, Albertine J, De Grandi, Alessandro, Rosenkranz, Alexander R, Franke, Andre, Teren, Andrej, Metspalu, Andre, Hicks, Andrew A, Morris, Andrew P, Tönjes, 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Bottinger, Erwin P, Tai, E-Shyong, Catamo, Eulalia, Rizzi, Federica, Guo, Feng, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Guilianini, Franco, Sveinbjornsson, Gardar, Ehret, Georg, Waeber, Gerard, Biino, Ginevra, Girotto, Giorgia, Pistis, Giorgio, Nadkarni, Girish N, Delgado, Graciela E, Montgomery, Grant W, Snieder, Harold, Campbell, Harry, White, Harvey D, Gao, He, Stringham, Heather M, Schmidt, Helena, Li, Hengtong, Brenner, Hermann, Holm, Hilma, Kirsten, Holgen, Kramer, Holly, Rudan, Igor, Nolte, Ilja M, Tzoulaki, Ioanna, Olafsson, Isleifur, Martins, Jade, Cook, James P, Wilson, James F, Halbritter, Jan, Felix, Janine F, Divers, Jasmin, Kooner, Jaspal S, Lee, Jeannette Jen-Mai, O'Connell, Jeffrey, Rotter, Jerome I, Liu, Jianjun, Xu, Jie, Thiery, Joachim, Ärnlöv, Johan, Kuusisto, Johanna, Jakobsdottir, Johanna, Tremblay, Johanne, Chambers, John C, Whitfield, John B, Gaziano, John M, Marten, Jonathan, Coresh, Josef, Jonas, Jost B, Mychaleckyj, Josyf C, Christensen, Kaare, Eckardt, Kai-Uwe, Mohlke, Karen L, Endlich, Karlhan, Dittrich, Katalin, Ryan, Kathleen A, Rice, Kenneth M, Taylor, Kent D, Ho, Kevin, Nikus, Kjell, Matsuda, Koichi, Strauch, Konstantin, Miliku, Kozeta, Hveem, Kristian, Lind, Lar, Wallentin, Lar, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M, Raffield, Laura M, Phillips, Lawrence S, Launer, Lenore J, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Lange, Leslie A, Citterio, Lorena, Klaric, Lucija, Ikram, M Arfan, Ising, Marcu, Kleber, Marcus E, Francescatto, Margherita, Concas, Maria Pina, Ciullo, Marina, Piratsu, Mario, Orho-Melander, Marju, Laakso, Markku, Loeffler, Marku, Perola, Marku, de Borst, Martin H, Gögele, Martin, Bianca, Martina La, Lukas, Mary Ann, Feitosa, Mary F, Biggs, Mary L, Wojczynski, Mary K, Kavousi, Maryam, Kanai, Masahiro, Akiyama, Masato, Yasuda, Masayuki, Nauck, Matthia, Waldenberger, Melanie, Chee, Miao-Li, Chee, Miao-Ling, Boehnke, Michael, Preuss, Michael H, Stumvoll, Michael, Province, Michael A, Evans, Michele K, O'Donoghue, Michelle L, Kubo, Michiaki, Kähönen, Mika, Kastarinen, Mika, Nalls, Mike A, Kuokkanen, Mikko, Ghanbari, Mohsen, Bochud, Murielle, Josyula, Navya Shilpa, Martin, Nicholas G, Tan, Nicholas Y Q, Palmer, Nicholette D, Pirastu, Nicola, Schupf, Nicole, Verweij, Niek, Hutri-Kähönen, Nina, Mononen, Nina, Bansal, Nisha, Devuyst, Olivier, Melander, Olle, Raitakari, Olli T, Polasek, Ozren, Manunta, Paolo, Gasparini, Paolo, Mishra, Pashupati P, Sulem, Patrick, Magnusson, Patrik K E, Elliott, Paul, Ridker, Paul M, Hamet, Pavel, Svensson, Per O, Joshi, Peter K, Kovacs, Peter, Pramstaller, Peter P, Rossing, Peter, Vollenweider, Peter, van der Harst, Pim, Dorajoo, Rajkumar, Sim, Ralene Z H, Burkhardt, Ralph, Tao, Ran, Noordam, Raymond, Mägi, Reedik, Schmidt, Reinhold, de Mutsert, Renée, Rueedi, Rico, van Dam, Rob M, Carroll, Robert J, Gansevoort, Ron T, Loos, Ruth J F, Felicita, Sala Cinzia, Sedaghat, Sanaz, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Freitag-Wolf, Sandra, Pendergrass, Sarah A, Graham, Sarah E, Gordon, Scott D, Hwang, Shih-Jen, Kerr, Shona M, Vaccargiu, Simona, Patil, Snehal B, Hallan, Stein, Bakker, Stephan J L, Lim, Su-Chi, Lucae, Susanne, Vogelezang, Suzanne, Bergmann, Sven, Corre, Tanguy, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Lehtimäki, Terho, Boutin, Thibaud S, Meitinger, Thoma, Wong, Tien-Yin, Bergler, Tobia, Rabelink, Ton J, Esko, Tõnu, Haller, Tooma, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Völker, Uwe, Foo, Valencia Hui Xian, Salomaa, Veikko, Vitart, Veronique, Giedraitis, Vilmanta, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Jaddoe, Vincent W V, Huang, Wei, Zhang, Weihua, Wei, Wen Bin, Kiess, Wieland, März, Winfried, Koenig, Wolfgang, Lieb, Wolfgang, Gao, Xin, Sim, Xueling, Wang, Ya Xing, Friedlander, Yechiel, Tham, Yih-Chung, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Okada, Yukinori, Milaneschi, Yuri, Yu, Zhi, Stark, Klaus J, Stefansson, Kari, Böger, Carsten A, Hung, Adriana M, Kronenberg, Florian, Köttgen, Anna, Pattaro, Cristian, Heid, Iris M, and Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
Subjects: Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics, EXPRESSION, Diabetic Nephropathies/genetics, 610 Medizin, LOCI, Medicine (miscellaneous), EFFICIENT, Lifelines cohort study, Kidney, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, DISEASE, QUALITY-CONTROL, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Diabetic Nephropathy, Diabetes Mellitus, Humans, Medicine [Science], Diabetic Nephropathies, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, Biology, DiscovEHR/MyCode study, METAANALYSIS, Glomerular Filtration Rate/genetics, Medicinsk genetik, ddc:610, Science & Technology, genetic, effects, kidney, diabetic, JOINT, Klinisk medicin, Diabetes Mellitu, 3126 Surgery, anesthesiology, intensive care, radiology, Multidisciplinary Sciences, ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION, Creatinine, VA Million Veteran Program, Science & Technology - Other Topics, 3111 Biomedicine, Clinical Medicine, SMOKING, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Medical Genetics, Human, Genome-Wide Association Study, Glomerular Filtration Rate
Abstract: Reduced glomerular filtration rate (GFR) can progress to kidney failure. Risk factors include genetics and diabetes mellitus (DM), but little is known about their interaction. We conducted genome-wide association meta-analyses for estimated GFR based on serum creatinine (eGFR), separately for individuals with or without DM (nDM = 178,691, nnoDM = 1,296,113). Our genome-wide searches identified (i) seven eGFR loci with significant DM/noDM-difference, (ii) four additional novel loci with suggestive difference and (iii) 28 further novel loci (including CUBN) by allowing for potential difference. GWAS on eGFR among DM individuals identified 2 known and 27 potentially responsible loci for diabetic kidney disease. Gene prioritization highlighted 18 genes that may inform reno-protective drug development. We highlight the existence of DM-only and noDM-only effects, which can inform about the target group, if respective genes are advanced as drug targets. Largely shared effects suggest that most drug interventions to alter eGFR should be effective in DM and noDM. Published version The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) supported the meta-analysis—Project-ID 387509280—SFB1350 (Subproject C6 to I.M.H.). A.M.H., B.R., and R.T. were supported by VACSR&D MVP grant CX001897. This research is based on data from the Million Veteran Program, Office of Research and Development, Veterans Health Administration, and was supported by VACSR&D MVP grant CX001897 (A.M.H.). This publication does not represent the views of the Department of Veteran Affairs or the United States Government. We conducted this research using the UK Biobank resource under the application number 20272.
Published: 2022
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7. Are taste variations associated with the liking of sweetened and unsweetened coffee?

Author: Robino Antonietta, Catamo Eulalia, Gasparini Paolo, and Navarini Luciano
Subjects: Taste, GNAT3, food and beverages, Taste Perception, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sweet taste, Biology, Coffee, Behavioral Neuroscience, chemistry.chemical_compound, Food Preferences, TAS2R38, TAS1R3, chemistry, Negatively associated, Food, Humans, Espresso coffee, Food science, Caffeine
Abstract: Objective In this study, we evaluated the influence of taste phenotypes and genotypes on the hedonics of sweetened and unsweetened coffee. Methods Liking of espresso coffee from food questionnaire and of a ready-to-drink unsweetened coffee beverage was measured using a 9-point hedonic scale in 1551 Italian individuals. Perception and liking for different bitter and sweet compounds were also collected. Genotyping of selected Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in five taste genes (TAS1R3, GNAT3, TAS2R14, TAS2R19, TAS2R38) was performed. Linear and logistic regression models, including sex and gender as covariates, were used to test the relationship of taste phenotypes and selected SNPs with coffee liking. Results We found that increased caffeine bitterness perception was associated with an increasing liking for sweetened coffee (p-value = 0.018) and decreased liking of unsweetened coffee (p-value = 0.034). The liking of unsweetened coffee beverage was also negatively associated with sweet intensity perception (p-value = 0.03). Analysis of SNPs in taste-related genes showed that rs6467192 G allele (intron 4 variant) in GNAT3 sweet taste gene was associated with higher liking of sweetened coffee (p-value = 0.002) and lower liking of unsweetened coffee (p-value = 0.01). An association also emerged between unsweetened coffee and SNPs in bitter receptor genes, with rs2597979 in TAS2R14 gene associated with liking of unsweetened coffee (p-value = 0.004) and rs10772420 in TAS2R19 gene associated with liking of both unsweetened espresso coffee and coffee beverage (p-value = 0.04 and p-value = 0.03, respectively). Conclusion These findings suggested that individual preference for sweetened and unsweetened coffee may be influenced by both phenotypic and nucleotide variations in bitter and sweet taste sensitivity.
Published: 2021

8. A catalog of genetic loci associated with kidney function from analyses of a million individuals

Author: Wuttke, Matthias, Li, Yong, Li, Man, Sieber, Karsten B., Feitosa, Mary F., Gorski, Mathias, Tin, Adrienne, Wang, Lihua, Chu, Audrey Y., Hoppmann, Anselm, Kirsten, Holger, Giri, Ayush, Chai, Jin-Fang, Sveinbjornsson, Gardar, Tayo, Bamidele O., Nutile, Teresa, Fuchsberger, Christian, Marten, Jonathan, Cocca, Massimiliano, Ghasemi, Sahar, Xu, Yizhe, Horn, Katrin, Noce, Damia, van der Most, Peter J., Sedaghat, Sanaz, Yu, Zhi, Akiyama, Masato, Afaq, Saima, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Almgren, Peter, Amin, Najaf, Ärnlöv, Johan, Bakker, Stephan J. L., Bansal, Nisha, Baptista, Daniela, Bergmann, Sven, Biggs, Mary L., Biino, Ginevra, Boehnke, Michael, Boerwinkle, Eric, Boissel, Mathilde, Bottinger, Erwin P., Boutin, Thibaud S., Brenner, Hermann, Brumat, Marco, Burkhardt, Ralph, Butterworth, Adam S., Campana, Eric, Campbell, Archie, Campbell, Harry, Canouil, Mickaël, Carroll, Robert J., Catamo, Eulalia, Chambers, John C., Chee, Miao-Ling, Chee, Miao-Li, Chen, Xu, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Cheng, Yurong, Christensen, Kaare, Cifkova, Renata, Ciullo, Marina, Pina Concas, Maria, Cook, James P., Coresh, Josef, Corre, Tanguy, Sala, Cinzia Felicita, Cusi, Daniele, Danesh, John, Daw, E. Warwick, de Borst, Martin H., De Grandi, Alessandro, de Mutsert, Renée, de Vries, Aiko P. 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Subjects: catalog, Inheritance Patterns, Hasso-Plattner-Institut für Digital Engineering GmbH, Genome-wide association study, Disease, Kidney Function Tests, Bioinformatics, DISEASE, 0302 clinical medicine, Uromodulin/urine, kidney function, 11 Medical and Health Sciences, Genetics & Heredity, ddc:616, 0303 health sciences, Kidney, Genome-wide association, HERITABILITY, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, COMMON VARIANTS, RENAL-FUNCTION, TRANS-EQTLS, METAANALYSIS, TRANSPORTER, CLASSIFICATION, INTEGRATION, Chromosome Mapping, 3. Good health, Phenotype, medicine.anatomical_structure, Medical genetics, Common variants, Renal function, Trans-EQTLS, Metaanalysis, Heritability, Transporter, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Glomerular Filtration Rate, Metaanalysi, medicine.medical_specialty, Genotype, European Continental Ancestry Group, Quantitative Trait Loci, Common variant, Quantitative trait locus, Biology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Article, White People, V. A. Million Veteran Program, 03 medical and health sciences, Quantitative Trait, Heritable, Lifelines Cohort Study, Uromodulin, Genetics, medicine, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic, Genetic Association Studies, 030304 developmental biology, Genetic association, Science & Technology, urogenital system, association, genetic loci, 06 Biological Sciences, medicine.disease, Renal Insufficiency, Chronic/genetics/physiopathology/urine, Genetic Association Studies/methods, ddc:000, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Developmental Biology, Genome-Wide Association Study, Kidney disease
Abstract: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is responsible for a public health burden with multi-systemic complications. Through trans-ancestry meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and independent replication (n = 1,046,070), we identified 264 associated loci (166 new). Of these, 147 were likely to be relevant for kidney function on the basis of associations with the alternative kidney function marker blood urea nitrogen (n = 416,178). Pathway and enrichment analyses, including mouse models with renal phenotypes, support the kidney as the main target organ. A genetic risk score for lower eGFR was associated with clinically diagnosed CKD in 452,264 independent individuals. Colocalization analyses of associations with eGFR among 783,978 European-ancestry individuals and gene expression across 46 human tissues, including tubulo-interstitial and glomerular kidney compartments, identified 17 genes differentially expressed in kidney. Fine-mapping highlighted missense driver variants in 11 genes and kidney-specific regulatory variants. These results provide a comprehensive priority list of molecular targets for translational research.
Published: 2019
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9. HLA-G regulatory polymorphisms are associated with susceptibility to HCV infection

Author: CATAMO, EULALIA, ZUPIN, LUISA, POLESELLO, VANIA, POZZATO, GABRIELE, SEGAT, LUDOVICA, CROVELLA, SERGIO, Freato, N., Celsi, F., CROCE', Saveria, Masutti, F., Catamo, Eulalia, Zupin, Luisa, Freato, N., Polesello, Vania, Celsi, F., Croce', Saveria, Masutti, F., Pozzato, Gabriele, Segat, Ludovica, and Crovella, Sergio
Subjects: hepatitis C virus, Adult, Male, Risk, human leukocyte antigen-G, immunity, single nucleotide polymorphism, Gene Expression, Hepacivirus, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Gene Frequency, hepatitis C viru, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, 3' Untranslated Regions, Alleles, Genetic Association Studies, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, HLA-G Antigens, Exons, Middle Aged, Th1 Cells, Hepatitis C, Haplotypes, Italy, Case-Control Studies, Female, 5' Untranslated Regions
Abstract: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is able to bypass the immune system modulating innate and adaptive immune response and blocking T helper 1 (Th1) cell production. Because the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-G molecule has immunomodulatory properties inhibiting the function and production of natural killer and cytotoxic lymphocyte T cells, as well as promoting shift from Th1 toward Th2 response, we hypothesized its involvement in susceptibility to HCV infection.Considering that HLA-G mRNA expression has been reported to be under genetic control, an association study was conducted analyzing 800 base pairs upstream the ATG at the 5'upstream regulator region (URR) and 850 base pairs from ATG to exon 3 and the 3'untranslated region (UTR) of HLA-G gene in Italian HCV-positive patients and uninfected controls.Four 5'URR polymorphisms (-725CGT, -509CG, -400GA and -398GA), 7 polymorphisms at coding region (+15GA, +36GA, +243GA, insC506, 531GC, delA615 and 685GA), the +644GT polymorphism, and 1 haplotype (TTGTTCCIGAC) showed different frequency distributions between HCV patients and uninfected controls.The results from our study suggest a possible involvement of HLA-G in the risk modulation toward HCV infection.
Published: 2016

10. Comprehensive analysis of polymorphisms in the HLA-G 5' upstream regulatory and 3' untranslated regions in Brazilian patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Author: CATAMO, EULALIA, SEGAT, LUDOVICA, CROVELLA, SERGIO, Addobbati, C, Sotero Fragoso, T, Tavares Dantas, A, de Ataide Mariz, H, Ferreira da Rocha Junior, L, Branco PintoDuarte, A. L, Coelho, A. V. C, de Moura, R. R, Polesello, V, Sandrin Garcia, P., Catamo, Eulalia, Addobbati, C, Segat, Ludovica, Sotero Fragoso, T, Tavares Dantas, A, de Ataide Mariz, H, Ferreira da Rocha Junior, L, Branco PintoDuarte, A. L, Coelho, A. V. C, de Moura, R. R, Polesello, V, Crovella, Sergio, and Sandrin Garcia, P.
Subjects: Adult, HLA-G Antigens, Male, Middle Aged, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, polymorphism, human leukocyte antigen-G, mRNA stability, polymorphisms, systemic lupus erythematosus, Gene Frequency, Haplotypes, INDEL Mutation, Humans, Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Symptom Assessment, 5' Untranslated Regions, 3' Untranslated Regions, Alleles, Brazil, Autoantibodies
Abstract: This study aims to comprehensively analyze human leucocyte antigen (HLA)-G polymorphisms association with susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) development and clinical manifestations. The HLA-G 5' upstream regulatory region (URR), 3' untranslated region (UTR) and a cytosine deletion at exon 3 (ΔC, HLA-G*0105N allele) were analyzed in 114 SLE patients and 128 healthy controls from North East Brazil. The +3003T>C (rs1707) C allele and the HG010101c extended HLA-G allele were significantly more frequent in SLE patients than healthy controls (+3003C allele frequency: 12% in SLE patients vs 6% in controls; odds ratio (OR), 2.10, 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.06-4.28, P = 0.026; HG010101c frequency: 11.8% in SLE patients and 6.3% in controls; OR, 2.14, 95% CI, 1.01-4.51, P = 0.046) and were associated with susceptibility for disease development. Other polymorphisms were associated with different clinical manifestations. Although HLA-G role in SLE disease is far from being elucidated yet, our association study results along with a systematic review and meta-analysis suggest that HLA-G might be able to slightly modulate the complex SLE phenotype (pooled OR, 1.14, 95% CI, 1.02-1.27, P = 0.021).
Published: 2014

11. Target genes, variants, tissues and transcriptional pathways influencing human serum urate levels

Author: Tin, Adrienne, Marten, Jonathan, Halperin Kuhns, Victoria L, Li, Yong, Wuttke, Matthias, Kirsten, Holger, Sieber, Karsten B, Qiu, Chengxiang, Gorski, Mathias, Yu, Zhi, Giri, Ayush, Sveinbjornsson, Gardar, Li, Man, Chu, Audrey Y, Hoppmann, Anselm, O'Connor, Luke J, Prins, Bram, Nutile, Teresa, Noce, Damia, Akiyama, Masato, Cocca, Massimiliano, Ghasemi, Sahar, Van Der Most, Peter J, Horn, Katrin, Xu, Yizhe, Fuchsberger, Christian, Sedaghat, Sanaz, Afaq, Saima, Amin, Najaf, Ärnlöv, Johan, Bakker, Stephan JL, Bansal, Nisha, Baptista, Daniela, Bergmann, Sven, Biggs, Mary L, Biino, Ginevra, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bottinger, Erwin P, Boutin, Thibaud S, Brumat, Marco, Burkhardt, Ralph, Campana, Eric, Campbell, Archie, Campbell, Harry, Carroll, Robert J, Catamo, Eulalia, Chambers, John C, Ciullo, Marina, Concas, Maria Pina, Coresh, Josef, Corre, Tanguy, Cusi, Daniele, Felicita, Sala Cinzia, De Borst, Martin H, De Grandi, Alessandro, De Mutsert, Renée, De Vries, Aiko PJ, Delgado, Graciela, Demirkan, Ayşe, Devuyst, Olivier, Dittrich, Katalin, Eckardt, Kai-Uwe, Ehret, Georg, Endlich, Karlhans, Evans, Michele K, Gansevoort, Ron T, Gasparini, Paolo, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Gieger, Christian, Girotto, Giorgia, Gögele, Martin, Gordon, Scott D, Gudbjartsson, Daniel F, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Study, German Chronic Kidney Disease, Haller, Toomas, Hamet, Pavel, Harris, Tamara B, Hayward, Caroline, Hicks, Andrew A, Hofer, Edith, Holm, Hilma, Huang, Wei, Hutri-Kähönen, Nina, Hwang, Shih-Jen, Ikram, M Arfan, Lewis, Raychel M, Ingelsson, Erik, Jakobsdottir, Johanna, Jonsdottir, Ingileif, Jonsson, Helgi, Joshi, Peter K, Josyula, Navya Shilpa, Jung, Bettina, Kähönen, Mika, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Kanai, Masahiro, Kerr, Shona M, Kiess, Wieland, Kleber, Marcus E, Koenig, Wolfgang, Kooner, Jaspal S, Körner, Antje, Kovacs, Peter, Krämer, Bernhard K, Kronenberg, Florian, Kubo, Michiaki, Kühnel, Brigitte, La Bianca, Martina, Lange, Leslie A, Lehne, Benjamin, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lifelines Cohort Study, Liu, Jun, Loeffler, Markus, Loos, Ruth JF, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Magi, Reedik, Mahajan, Anubha, Martin, Nicholas G, März, Winfried, Mascalzoni, Deborah, Matsuda, Koichi, Meisinger, Christa, Meitinger, Thomas, Metspalu, Andres, Milaneschi, Yuri, V. A. Million Veteran Program, O'Donnell, Christopher J, Wilson, Otis D, Gaziano, J Michael, Mishra, Pashupati P, Mohlke, Karen L, Mononen, Nina, Montgomery, Grant W, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nadkarni, Girish N, Nalls, Mike A, Nauck, Matthias, Nikus, Kjell, Ning, Boting, Nolte, Ilja M, Noordam, Raymond, O'Connell, Jeffrey R, Olafsson, Isleifur, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Penninx, Brenda WJH, Perls, Thomas, Peters, Annette, Pirastu, Mario, Pirastu, Nicola, Pistis, Giorgio, Polasek, Ozren, Ponte, Belen, Porteous, David J, Poulain, Tanja, Preuss, Michael H, Rabelink, Ton J, Raffield, Laura M, Raitakari, Olli T, Rettig, Rainer, Rheinberger, Myriam, Rice, Kenneth M, Rizzi, Federica, Robino, Antonietta, Rudan, Igor, Krajcoviechova, Alena, Cifkova, Renata, Rueedi, Rico, Ruggiero, Daniela, Ryan, Kathleen A, Saba, Yasaman, Salvi, Erika, Schmidt, Helena, Schmidt, Reinhold, Shaffer, Christian M, Smith, Albert V, Smith, Blair H, Spracklen, Cassandra N, Strauch, Konstantin, Stumvoll, Michael, Sulem, Patrick, Tajuddin, Salman M, Teren, Andrej, Thiery, Joachim, Thio, Chris HL, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Toniolo, Daniela, Tönjes, Anke, Tremblay, Johanne, Uitterlinden, André G, Vaccargiu, Simona, Van Der Harst, Pim, Van Duijn, Cornelia M, Verweij, Niek, Völker, Uwe, Vollenweider, Peter, Waeber, Gerard, Waldenberger, Melanie, Whitfield, John B, Wild, Sarah H, Wilson, James F, Yang, Qiong, Zhang, Weihua, Zonderman, Alan B, Bochud, Murielle, Wilson, James G, Pendergrass, Sarah A, Ho, Kevin, Parsa, Afshin, Pramstaller, Peter P, Psaty, Bruce M, Böger, Carsten A, Snieder, Harold, Butterworth, Adam S, Okada, Yukinori, Edwards, Todd L, Stefansson, Kari, Susztak, Katalin, Scholz, Markus, Heid, Iris M, Hung, Adriana M, Teumer, Alexander, Pattaro, Cristian, Woodward, Owen M, Vitart, Veronique, and Köttgen, Anna
Subjects: Genetic Markers, Gout, Kidney, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, 3. Good health, Neoplasm Proteins, Uric Acid, Cohort Studies, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4, Liver, Metabolic Diseases, Cardiovascular Diseases, Genetic Loci, Organ Specificity, ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily G, Member 2, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha, Genome-Wide Association Study, Signal Transduction
Abstract: Elevated serum urate levels cause gout and correlate with cardiometabolic diseases via poorly understood mechanisms. We performed a trans-ancestry genome-wide association study of serum urate in 457,690 individuals, identifying 183 loci (147 previously unknown) that improve the prediction of gout in an independent cohort of 334,880 individuals. Serum urate showed significant genetic correlations with many cardiometabolic traits, with genetic causality analyses supporting a substantial role for pleiotropy. Enrichment analysis, fine-mapping of urate-associated loci and colocalization with gene expression in 47 tissues implicated the kidney and liver as the main target organs and prioritized potentially causal genes and variants, including the transcriptional master regulators in the liver and kidney, HNF1A and HNF4A. Experimental validation showed that HNF4A transactivated the promoter of ABCG2, encoding a major urate transporter, in kidney cells, and that HNF4A p.Thr139Ile is a functional variant. Transcriptional coregulation within and across organs may be a general mechanism underlying the observed pleiotropy between urate and cardiometabolic traits.

12. Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity

Author: Turcot, Valérie, Lu, Yingchang, Highland, Heather M, Schurmann, Claudia, Justice, Anne E, Fine, Rebecca S, Bradfield, Jonathan P, Esko, Tõnu, Giri, Ayush, Graff, Mariaelisa, Guo, Xiuqing, Hendricks, Audrey E, Karaderi, Tugce, Lempradl, Adelheid, Locke, Adam E, Mahajan, Anubha, Marouli, Eirini, Sivapalaratnam, Suthesh, Young, Kristin L, Alfred, Tamuno, Feitosa, Mary F, Masca, Nicholas GD, Manning, Alisa K, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Mudgal, Poorva, Ng, Maggie CY, Reiner, Alex P, Vedantam, Sailaja, Willems, Sara M, Winkler, Thomas W, Abecasis, Gonçalo, Aben, Katja K, Alam, Dewan S, Alharthi, Sameer E, Allison, Matthew, Amouyel, Philippe, Asselbergs, Folkert W, Auer, Paul L, Balkau, Beverley, Bang, Lia E, Barroso, Inês, Bastarache, Lisa, Benn, Marianne, Bergmann, Sven, Bielak, Lawrence F, Blüher, Matthias, Boehnke, Michael, Boeing, Heiner, Boerwinkle, Eric, Böger, Carsten A, Bork-Jensen, Jette, Bots, Michiel L, Bottinger, Erwin P, Bowden, Donald W, Brandslund, Ivan, Breen, Gerome, Brilliant, Murray H, Broer, Linda, Brumat, Marco, Burt, Amber A, Butterworth, Adam S, Campbell, Peter T, Cappellani, Stefania, Carey, David J, Catamo, Eulalia, Caulfield, Mark J, Chambers, John C, Chasman, Daniel I, Chen, Yii-Der I, Chowdhury, Rajiv, Christensen, Cramer, Chu, Audrey Y, Cocca, Massimiliano, Collins, Francis S, Cook, James P, Corley, Janie, Corominas Galbany, Jordi, Cox, Amanda J, Crosslin, David S, Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel, D'Eustacchio, Angela, Danesh, John, Davies, Gail, Bakker, Paul IW, Groot, Mark CH, Mutsert, Renée, Deary, Ian J, Dedoussis, George, Demerath, Ellen W, Heijer, Martin, Hollander, Anneke I, Ruijter, Hester M, Dennis, Joe G, Denny, Josh C, Di Angelantonio, Emanuele, Drenos, Fotios, Du, Mengmeng, Dubé, Marie-Pierre, Dunning, Alison M, Easton, Douglas F, Edwards, Todd L, Ellinghaus, David, Ellinor, Patrick T, Elliott, Paul, Evangelou, Evangelos, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Farooqi, I Sadaf, Faul, Jessica D, Fauser, Sascha, Feng, Shuang, Ferrannini, Ele, Ferrieres, Jean, Florez, Jose C, Ford, Ian, Fornage, Myriam, Franco, Oscar H, Franke, Andre, Franks, Paul W, Friedrich, Nele, Frikke-Schmidt, Ruth, Galesloot, Tessel E, Gan, Wei, Gandin, Ilaria, Gasparini, Paolo, Gibson, Jane, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Gjesing, Anette P, Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Gorski, Mathias, Grabe, Hans-Jörgen, Grant, Struan FA, Grarup, Niels, Griffiths, Helen L, Grove, Megan L, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Gustafsson, Stefan, Haessler, Jeff, Hakonarson, Hakon, Hammerschlag, Anke R, Hansen, Torben, Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Harris, Tamara B, Hattersley, Andrew T, Have, Christian T, Hayward, Caroline, He, Liang, Heard-Costa, Nancy L, Heath, Andrew C, Heid, Iris M, Helgeland, Øyvind, Hernesniemi, Jussi, Hewitt, Alex W, Holmen, Oddgeir L, Hovingh, G Kees, Howson, Joanna MM, Hu, Yao, Huang, Paul L, Huffman, Jennifer E, Ikram, M Arfan, Ingelsson, Erik, Jackson, Anne U, Jansson, Jan-Håkan, Jarvik, Gail P, Jensen, Gorm B, Jia, Yucheng, Johansson, Stefan, Jørgensen, Marit E, Jørgensen, Torben, Jukema, J Wouter, Kahali, Bratati, Kahn, René S, Kähönen, Mika, Kamstrup, Pia R, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kaprio, Jaakko, Karaleftheri, Maria, Kardia, Sharon LR, Karpe, Fredrik, Kathiresan, Sekar, Kee, Frank, Kiemeney, Lambertus A, Kim, Eric, Kitajima, Hidetoshi, Komulainen, Pirjo, Kooner, Jaspal S, Kooperberg, Charles, Korhonen, Tellervo, Kovacs, Peter, Kuivaniemi, Helena, Kutalik, Zoltán, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laakso, Markku, Lakka, Timo A, Lamparter, David, Lange, Ethan M, Lange, Leslie A, Langenberg, Claudia, Larson, Eric B, Lee, Nanette R, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lewis, Cora E, Li, Huaixing, Li, Jin, Li-Gao, Ruifang, Lin, Honghuang, Lin, Keng-Hung, Lin, Li-An, Lin, Xu, Lind, Lars, Lindström, Jaana, Linneberg, Allan, Liu, Ching-Ti, Liu, Dajiang J, Liu, Yongmei, Lo, Ken S, Lophatananon, Artitaya, Lotery, Andrew J, Loukola, Anu, Luan, Jian'an, Lubitz, Steven A, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Männistö, Satu, Marenne, Gaëlle, Mazul, Angela L, McCarthy, Mark I, McKean-Cowdin, Roberta, Medland, Sarah E, Meidtner, Karina, Milani, Lili, Mistry, Vanisha, Mitchell, Paul, Mohlke, Karen L, Moilanen, Leena, Moitry, Marie, Montgomery, Grant W, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O, Moore, Carmel, Mori, Trevor A, Morris, Andrew D, Morris, Andrew P, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Munroe, Patricia B, Nalls, Mike A, Narisu, Narisu, Nelson, Christopher P, Neville, Matt, Nielsen, Sune F, Nikus, Kjell, Njølstad, Pål R, Nordestgaard, Børge G, Nyholt, Dale R, O'Connel, Jeffrey R, O'Donoghue, Michelle L, Olde Loohuis, Loes M, Ophoff, Roel A, Owen, Katharine R, Packard, Chris J, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Palmer, Colin NA, Palmer, Nicholette D, Pasterkamp, Gerard, Patel, Aniruddh P, Pattie, Alison, Pedersen, Oluf, Peissig, Peggy L, Peloso, Gina M, Pennell, Craig E, Perola, Markus, Perry, James A, Perry, John RB, Pers, Tune H, Person, Thomas N, Peters, Annette, Petersen, Eva RB, Peyser, Patricia A, Pirie, Ailith, Polasek, Ozren, Polderman, Tinca J, Puolijoki, Hannu, Raitakari, Olli T, Rasheed, Asif, Rauramaa, Rainer, Reilly, Dermot F, Renström, Frida, Rheinberger, Myriam, Ridker, Paul M, Rioux, John D, Rivas, Manuel A, Roberts, David J, Robertson, Neil R, Robino, Antonietta, Rolandsson, Olov, Rudan, Igor, Ruth, Katherine S, Saleheen, Danish, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J, Sapkota, Yadav, Sattar, Naveed, Schoen, Robert E, Schreiner, Pamela J, Schulze, Matthias B, Scott, Robert A, Segura-Lepe, Marcelo P, Shah, Svati H, Sheu, Wayne H-H, Sim, Xueling, Slater, Andrew J, Small, Kerrin S, Smith, Albert V, Southam, Lorraine, Spector, Timothy D, Speliotes, Elizabeth K, Starr, John M, Stefansson, Kari, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Stirrups, Kathleen E, Strauch, Konstantin, Stringham, Heather M, Stumvoll, Michael, Sun, Liang, Surendran, Praveen, Swift, Amy J, Tada, Hayato, Tansey, Katherine E, Tardif, Jean-Claude, Taylor, Kent D, Teumer, Alexander, Thompson, Deborah J, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Thuesen, Betina H, Tönjes, Anke, Tromp, Gerard, Trompet, Stella, Tsafantakis, Emmanouil, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Tybjaerg-Hansen, Anne, Tyrer, Jonathan P, Uher, Rudolf, Uitterlinden, André G, Uusitupa, Matti, Laan, Sander W, Duijn, Cornelia M, Leeuwen, Nienke, Van Setten, Jessica, Vanhala, Mauno, Varbo, Anette, Varga, Tibor V, Varma, Rohit, Velez Edwards, Digna R, Vermeulen, Sita H, Veronesi, Giovanni, Vestergaard, Henrik, Vitart, Veronique, Vogt, Thomas F, Völker, Uwe, Vuckovic, Dragana, Wagenknecht, Lynne E, Walker, Mark, Wallentin, Lars, Wang, Feijie, Wang, Carol A, Wang, Shuai, Wang, Yiqin, Ware, Erin B, Wareham, Nicholas J, Warren, Helen R, Waterworth, Dawn M, Wessel, Jennifer, White, Harvey D, Willer, Cristen J, Wilson, James G, Witte, Daniel R, Wood, Andrew R, Wu, Ying, Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Yao, Jie, Yao, Pang, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M, Young, Robin, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Zhan, Xiaowei, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zhao, Wei, Zhou, Wei, Zondervan, Krina T, CHD Exome+ Consortium, EPIC-CVD Consortium, ExomeBP Consortium, Global Lipids Genetic Consortium, GoT2D Genes Consortium, EPIC InterAct Consortium, INTERVAL Study, ReproGen Consortium, T2D-Genes Consortium, MAGIC Investigators, Understanding Society Scientific Group, Rotter, Jerome I, Pospisilik, John A, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Borecki, Ingrid B, Deloukas, Panos, Frayling, Timothy M, Lettre, Guillaume, North, Kari E, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Hirschhorn, Joel N, and Loos, Ruth JF
Subjects: 2. Zero hunger, Adult, Male, Genetic Variation, Proteins, Syndrome, Body Mass Index, Gene Frequency, Animals, Humans, Drosophila, Female, Obesity, Energy Intake, Energy Metabolism
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified >250 loci for body mass index (BMI), implicating pathways related to neuronal biology. Most GWAS loci represent clusters of common, noncoding variants from which pinpointing causal genes remains challenging. Here we combined data from 718,734 individuals to discover rare and low-frequency (minor allele frequency (MAF) < 5%) coding variants associated with BMI. We identified 14 coding variants in 13 genes, of which 8 variants were in genes (ZBTB7B, ACHE, RAPGEF3, RAB21, ZFHX3, ENTPD6, ZFR2 and ZNF169) newly implicated in human obesity, 2 variants were in genes (MC4R and KSR2) previously observed to be mutated in extreme obesity and 2 variants were in GIPR. The effect sizes of rare variants are ~10 times larger than those of common variants, with the largest effect observed in carriers of an MC4R mutation introducing a stop codon (p.Tyr35Ter, MAF = 0.01%), who weighed ~7 kg more than non-carriers. Pathway analyses based on the variants associated with BMI confirm enrichment of neuronal genes and provide new evidence for adipocyte and energy expenditure biology, widening the potential of genetically supported therapeutic targets in obesity.

13. Genetic analyses of the electrocardiographic QT interval and its components identify additional loci and pathways

Author: William J. Young, Najim Lahrouchi, Aaron Isaacs, ThuyVy Duong, Luisa Foco, Farah Ahmed, Jennifer A. Brody, Reem Salman, Raymond Noordam, Jan-Walter Benjamins, Jeffrey Haessler, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen, Linda Repetto, Maria Pina Concas, Marten E. van den Berg, Stefan Weiss, Antoine R. Baldassari, Traci M. Bartz, James P. Cook, Daniel S. Evans, Rebecca Freudling, Oliver Hines, Jonas L. Isaksen, Honghuang Lin, Hao Mei, Arden Moscati, Martina Müller-Nurasyid, Casia Nursyifa, Yong Qian, Anne Richmond, Carolina Roselli, Kathleen A. Ryan, Eduardo Tarazona-Santos, Sébastien Thériault, Stefan van Duijvenboden, Helen R. Warren, Jie Yao, Dania Raza, Stefanie Aeschbacher, Gustav Ahlberg, Alvaro Alonso, Laura Andreasen, Joshua C. Bis, Eric Boerwinkle, Archie Campbell, Eulalia Catamo, Massimiliano Cocca, Michael J. Cutler, Dawood Darbar, Alessandro De Grandi, Antonio De Luca, Jun Ding, Christina Ellervik, Patrick T. Ellinor, Stephan B. Felix, Philippe Froguel, Christian Fuchsberger, Martin Gögele, Claus Graff, Mariaelisa Graff, Xiuqing Guo, Torben Hansen, Susan R. Heckbert, Paul L. Huang, Heikki V. Huikuri, Nina Hutri-Kähönen, M. Arfan Ikram, Rebecca D. Jackson, Juhani Junttila, Maryam Kavousi, Jan A. Kors, Thiago P. Leal, Rozenn N. Lemaitre, Henry J. Lin, Lars Lind, Allan Linneberg, Simin Liu, Peter W. MacFarlane, Massimo Mangino, Thomas Meitinger, Massimo Mezzavilla, Pashupati P. Mishra, Rebecca N. Mitchell, Nina Mononen, May E. Montasser, Alanna C. Morrison, Matthias Nauck, Victor Nauffal, Pau Navarro, Kjell Nikus, Guillaume Pare, Kristen K. Patton, Giulia Pelliccione, Alan Pittman, David J. Porteous, Peter P. Pramstaller, Michael H. Preuss, Olli T. Raitakari, Alexander P. Reiner, Antonio Luiz P. Ribeiro, Kenneth M. Rice, Lorenz Risch, David Schlessinger, Ulrich Schotten, Claudia Schurmann, Xia Shen, M. Benjamin Shoemaker, Gianfranco Sinagra, Moritz F. Sinner, Elsayed Z. Soliman, Monika Stoll, Konstantin Strauch, Kirill Tarasov, Kent D. Taylor, Andrew Tinker, Stella Trompet, André Uitterlinden, Uwe Völker, Henry Völzke, Melanie Waldenberger, Lu-Chen Weng, Eric A. Whitsel, James G. Wilson, Christy L. Avery, David Conen, Adolfo Correa, Francesco Cucca, Marcus Dörr, Sina A. Gharib, Giorgia Girotto, Niels Grarup, Caroline Hayward, Yalda Jamshidi, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, J. Wouter Jukema, Stefan Kääb, Mika Kähönen, Jørgen K. Kanters, Charles Kooperberg, Terho Lehtimäki, Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa, Yongmei Liu, Ruth J. F. Loos, Steven A. Lubitz, Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori, Andrew P. Morris, Jeffrey R. O’Connell, Morten Salling Olesen, Michele Orini, Sandosh Padmanabhan, Cristian Pattaro, Annette Peters, Bruce M. Psaty, Jerome I. Rotter, Bruno Stricker, Pim van der Harst, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Niek Verweij, James F. Wilson, Dan E. Arking, Julia Ramirez, Pier D. Lambiase, Nona Sotoodehnia, Borbala Mifsud, Christopher Newton-Cheh, Patricia B. Munroe, Cardiology, ACS - Heart failure & arrhythmias, Epidemiology, Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Medical Informatics, Internal Medicine, Young, William J, Lahrouchi, Najim, Isaacs, Aaron, Duong, Thuyvy, Foco, Luisa, Ahmed, Farah, Brody, Jennifer A, Salman, Reem, Noordam, Raymond, Benjamins, Jan-Walter, Haessler, Jeffrey, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Repetto, Linda, Concas, Maria Pina, van den Berg, Marten E, Weiss, Stefan, Baldassari, Antoine R, Bartz, Traci M, Cook, James P, Evans, Daniel S, Freudling, Rebecca, Hines, Oliver, Isaksen, Jonas L, Lin, Honghuang, Mei, Hao, Moscati, Arden, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nursyifa, Casia, Qian, Yong, Richmond, Anne, Roselli, Carolina, Ryan, Kathleen A, Tarazona-Santos, Eduardo, Thériault, Sébastien, van Duijvenboden, Stefan, Warren, Helen R, Yao, Jie, Raza, Dania, Aeschbacher, Stefanie, Ahlberg, Gustav, Alonso, Alvaro, Andreasen, Laura, Bis, Joshua C, Boerwinkle, Eric, Campbell, Archie, Catamo, Eulalia, Cocca, Massimiliano, Cutler, Michael J, Darbar, Dawood, De Grandi, Alessandro, De Luca, Antonio, Ding, Jun, Ellervik, Christina, Ellinor, Patrick T, Felix, Stephan B, Froguel, Philippe, Fuchsberger, Christian, Gögele, Martin, Graff, Clau, Graff, Mariaelisa, Guo, Xiuqing, Hansen, Torben, Heckbert, Susan R, Huang, Paul L, Huikuri, Heikki V, Hutri-Kähönen, Nina, Ikram, M Arfan, Jackson, Rebecca D, Junttila, Juhani, Kavousi, Maryam, Kors, Jan A, Leal, Thiago P, Lemaitre, Rozenn N, Lin, Henry J, Lind, Lar, Linneberg, Allan, Liu, Simin, Macfarlane, Peter W, Mangino, Massimo, Meitinger, Thoma, Mezzavilla, Massimo, Mishra, Pashupati P, Mitchell, Rebecca N, Mononen, Nina, Montasser, May E, Morrison, Alanna C, Nauck, Matthia, Nauffal, Victor, Navarro, Pau, Nikus, Kjell, Pare, Guillaume, Patton, Kristen K, Pelliccione, Giulia, Pittman, Alan, Porteous, David J, Pramstaller, Peter P, Preuss, Michael H, Raitakari, Olli T, Reiner, Alexander P, Ribeiro, Antonio Luiz P, Rice, Kenneth M, Risch, Lorenz, Schlessinger, David, Schotten, Ulrich, Schurmann, Claudia, Shen, Xia, Shoemaker, M Benjamin, Sinagra, Gianfranco, Sinner, Moritz F, Soliman, Elsayed Z, Stoll, Monika, Strauch, Konstantin, Tarasov, Kirill, Taylor, Kent D, Tinker, Andrew, Trompet, Stella, Uitterlinden, André, Völker, Uwe, Völzke, Henry, Waldenberger, Melanie, Weng, Lu-Chen, Whitsel, Eric A, Wilson, James G, Avery, Christy L, Conen, David, Correa, Adolfo, Cucca, Francesco, Dörr, Marcu, Gharib, Sina A, Girotto, Giorgia, Grarup, Niel, Hayward, Caroline, Jamshidi, Yalda, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Jukema, J Wouter, Kääb, Stefan, Kähönen, Mika, Kanters, Jørgen K, Kooperberg, Charle, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lima-Costa, Maria Fernanda, Liu, Yongmei, Loos, Ruth J F, Lubitz, Steven A, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O, Morris, Andrew P, O'Connell, Jeffrey R, Olesen, Morten Salling, Orini, Michele, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Pattaro, Cristian, Peters, Annette, Psaty, Bruce M, Rotter, Jerome I, Stricker, Bruno, van der Harst, Pim, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Verweij, Niek, Wilson, James F, Arking, Dan E, Ramirez, Julia, Lambiase, Pier D, Sotoodehnia, Nona, Mifsud, Borbala, Newton-Cheh, Christopher, Munroe, Patricia B, Cardiovascular Centre (CVC), Tampere University, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Clinical Medicine, Department of Paediatrics, TAYS Heart Centre, Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Fysiologie, RS: Carim - B01 Blood proteins & engineering, RS: Carim - H08 Experimental atrial fibrillation, and Biochemie
Subjects: Male, Electrocardiography/methods, General Physics and Astronomy, 610 Medicine & health, Arrhythmias, 3121 Internal medicine, Genome-wide association studies, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Electrocardiography, Humans, Arrhythmias, Cardiac/genetics, Genetic Testing, Medicinsk genetik, Multidisciplinary, Death, Sudden, Cardiac, Arrhythmias, Cardiac, General Chemistry, Sudden, Electrocardiogram, Death, Genetic markers, 3111 Biomedicine, 610 Medizin und Gesundheit, Cardiac, Medical Genetics
Abstract: The QT interval is a heritable electrocardiographic measure associated with arrhythmia risk when prolonged. Here, the authors used a series of genetic analyses to identify genetic loci, pathways, therapeutic targets, and relationships with cardiovascular disease. The QT interval is an electrocardiographic measure representing the sum of ventricular depolarization and repolarization, estimated by QRS duration and JT interval, respectively. QT interval abnormalities are associated with potentially fatal ventricular arrhythmia. Using genome-wide multi-ancestry analyses (>250,000 individuals) we identify 177, 156 and 121 independent loci for QT, JT and QRS, respectively, including a male-specific X-chromosome locus. Using gene-based rare-variant methods, we identify associations with Mendelian disease genes. Enrichments are observed in established pathways for QT and JT, and previously unreported genes indicated in insulin-receptor signalling and cardiac energy metabolism. In contrast for QRS, connective tissue components and processes for cell growth and extracellular matrix interactions are significantly enriched. We demonstrate polygenic risk score associations with atrial fibrillation, conduction disease and sudden cardiac death. Prioritization of druggable genes highlight potential therapeutic targets for arrhythmia. Together, these results substantially advance our understanding of the genetic architecture of ventricular depolarization and repolarization.
Published: 2022
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14. Differences in taste and smell perception between type 2 diabetes mellitus patients and healthy controls

Author: Paolo Gasparini, Gianluca Tornese, Antonietta Robino, Maria Pina Concas, Eulalia Catamo, Catamo, Eulalia, Tornese, Gianluca, Concas, MARIA PINA, Gasparini, Paolo, and Robino, Antonietta
Subjects: Blood Glucose, Male, musculoskeletal diseases, medicine.medical_specialty, Taste, type 2 diabetes mellitus, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Medicine (miscellaneous), 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Olfaction Disorders, Taste Disorders, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk Factors, Internal medicine, Diabetes mellitus, Food choice, medicine, smell, Humans, Hypoglycemic Agents, Aged, Glycemic, Nutrition and Dietetics, Smell Perception, business.industry, Taste Perception, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Middle Aged, Anthropometry, Olfactory Perception, medicine.disease, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Case-Control Studies, Odorants, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, business, Body mass index, Biomarkers
Abstract: Background and Aims: Taste and smell senses are essential determinants of food choice which, in turn, may contribute to the development of chronic diseases, including diabetes. Although past studies have evaluated the relationship between type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM2) and senses disorders, this relationship still remains controversial. In this study, we evaluated taste and smell perception in DM2 patients and healthy controls (HC). Moreover, in DM2 patients we analyzed the association of chemosensory impairments with anthropometric and clinical outcomes (e.g. Body Mass Index (BMI), Fasting blood glucose (FBG), drugs, cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and hypertension). Methods and Results: The study included 94 DM2 patients and 244 HC. Taste recognition for 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP), quinine, citric acid, sucrose and sodium chloride (NaCl) compounds was assessed using a filter paper method, while smell recognition of 12 odorants was performed using a sniffing sticks test. We found that a higher percentage of DM2 patients showed identification impairment in salt taste (22% vs. 5%, p-value
Published: 2021

15. Investigation of the link between PROP taste perception and vegetables consumption using FAOSTAT data

Author: Eulalia Catamo, Michela Notarangelo, Antonietta Robino, Maria Gemma Grillotti, Maria Pina Concas, Massimo Mezzavilla, Paolo Gasparini, Mezzavilla, Massimo, Notarangelo, Michela, Concas, Maria Pina, Catamo, Eulalia, Gasparini, Paolo, Grillotti, Maria Gemma, and Robino, Antonietta
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Supertaster, Taste, PROP statu, Silk Road, media_common.quotation_subject, Population, Central asia, PROP status, TAS2R38 gene, Vegetable consumptions, vegetable liking, 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, Biology, Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled, Toxicology, 03 medical and health sciences, Food Preferences, 0302 clinical medicine, Perception, Vegetables, Humans, education, media_common, Consumption (economics), education.field_of_study, 030109 nutrition & dietetics, Taste Perception, Vegetable consumption, Propylthiouracil, Food Science, Mantel test, Wine tasting
Abstract: In this work we investigated, in populations located in Central Asia, the relationship between PROP taste perception and vegetables liking and consumption using FAOSTAT dataset. Collected data were analysed using distance matrices, Mantel test and Pearson correlation. Populations showing similar ability in tasting PROP bitterness are more similar as respect to vegetable consumption (r = 0.63, p-value = .05). Moreover, a significant negative correlation was found between the percentage of Non Taster (NT) in different countries and the percentage of vegetable consumption (r = -0.87, p-value = .02), while a significant positive correlation emerged between the percentage of Super Taster (ST) and the percentage of vegetable liking (r = 0.87, p-value = .02). In our work we showed that differences in bitter perception among populations contributes to differences in vegetable liking and vegetable consumption. More in detail, populations with higher percentage of ST consume more vegetables than population where the majority of individuals are NT.
Published: 2019

16. Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity

Author: Alison Pattie, Ailith Pirie, Francis S. Collins, Charles Kooperberg, Nienke van Leeuwen, Carmel Moore, Sharon L.R. Kardia, Neil R. Robertson, Lisa Bastarache, Allan Linneberg, Peter T. Campbell, Helena Kuivaniemi, Struan F.A. Grant, Sascha Fauser, Sekar Kathiresan, Lars Lind, Erin B. Ware, Olli T. Raitakari, Dawn M. Waterworth, James G. Wilson, Markus Perola, Chris J. Packard, Michelle L. O'Donoghue, Fredrik Karpe, Roel A. Ophoff, Sailaja Vedantam, Artitaya Lophatananon, Uwe Völker, Emmanouil Tsafantakis, Hakon Hakonarson, Dajiang J. Liu, Craig E. Pennell, Xueling Sim, Jennifer E. Huffman, Sandosh Padmanabhan, Digna R. Velez Edwards, Michiel L. Bots, Ayush Giri, Renée de Mutsert, Emanuele Di Angelantonio, Nicholas J. Wareham, Jin Li, Gail P. Jarvik, Evangelos Evangelou, Anne Tybjærg-Hansen, Patricia B. Munroe, Penny Gordon-Larsen, Lia E. Bang, Ivan Brandslund, Hester M. den Ruijter, Jussi Hernesniemi, Nancy L. Heard-Costa, Angela L. Mazul, Jonathan Tyrer, Danish Saleheen, Mark J. Caulfield, John Andrew Pospisilik, Annette Peters, Caroline Hayward, Iris M. Heid, J. Wouter Jukema, Valérie Turcot, Matt Neville, Rudolf Uher, Patricia A. Peyser, Jessica D. Faul, Asif Rasheed, Shuai Wang, John C. Chambers, Jordi Corominas Galbany, Murray H. Brilliant, Yucheng Jia, Torben Hansen, Veikko Salomaa, Mary F. Feitosa, Mathias Gorski, Li-An Lin, George Dedoussis, Honghuang Lin, Ethan M. Lange, Veronique Vitart, Bratati Kahali, Alexander Teumer, Jerome I. Rotter, Wayne H-H Sheu, Vilmantas Giedraitis, Aliki-Eleni Farmaki, Lorraine Southam, Ele Ferrannini, Anette P. Gjesing, Krina T. Zondervan, Stavroula Kanoni, David J. Roberts, Rebecca S. Fine, Svati H. Shah, Tugce Karaderi, Claudia Langenberg, Stefan Johansson, Elizabeth K. Speliotes, Alexander P. Reiner, Ching-Ti Liu, Yiqin Wang, Pål R. Njølstad, Gabriel Cuellar-Partida, Amanda J. Cox, Tim D. Spector, Paul W. Franks, Anke Tönjes, John D. Rioux, Jeffrey Haessler, Paul L. Auer, Ingrid B. Borecki, Deborah J. Thompson, Weihua Zhang, John R. B. Perry, Paul Elliott, Folkert W. Asselbergs, Myriam Fornage, Ken Sin Lo, Marie Moitry, Paul Mitchell, Martin den Heijer, Zoltán Kutalik, Tune H. Pers, Kari Stefansson, Kari Kuulasmaa, Robert E. Schoen, Mark C.H. De Groot, Laura M. Yerges-Armstrong, Jing Hua Zhao, Beverley Balkau, Peggy L. Peissig, Michael Boehnke, Janie Corley, Katharine R. Owen, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Naveed Sattar, Sita H. Vermeulen, Thomas N. Person, Mark I. McCarthy, Paul I.W. de Bakker, David Lamparter, Poorva Mudgal, Nicholette D. Palmer, Maria Karaleftheri, Jan-Håkan Jansson, Ozren Polasek, Ruth J. F. Loos, Daniel R. Witte, Dermot F. Reilly, Anubha Mahajan, Stella Trompet, James A. Perry, Yingchang Lu, Claudia Schurmann, Yii-Der Ida Chen, Hidetoshi Kitajima, Dale R. Nyholt, John Danesh, Pamela J. Schreiner, Narisu Narisu, Jose C. Florez, Adelheid Lempradl, Gerome Breen, Torben Jørgensen, Anu Loukola, Joe Dennis, Hans-Jörgen Grabe, Vilmundur Gudnason, Timo A. Lakka, Heather M. Highland, Sven Bergmann, Marie-Pierre Dubé, Giovanni Veronesi, Martina Müller-Nurasyid, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Nele Friedrich, Joel N. Hirschhorn, Pia R. Kamstrup, Nilesh J. Samani, Josh C. Denny, Mika Kähönen, Massimiliano Cocca, Liang Sun, Karina Meidtner, Carsten A. Böger, Sara M. Willems, Marcelo P. Segura-Lepe, Johanna Kuusisto, Hanieh Yaghootkar, Konstantin Strauch, Ruth Frikke-Schmidt, Jane Gibson, Matti Uusitupa, Oscar H. Franco, Yongmei Liu, Heather M. Stringham, Rohit Varma, Grant W. Montgomery, Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori, Stefania Cappellani, Paul L. Huang, Albert V. Smith, Eric Kim, Anke R. Hammerschlag, Katherine S. Ruth, Carolina Medina-Gomez, Gerard Pasterkamp, Cristen J. Willer, Alisa K. Manning, Frida Renström, René S. Kahn, Lili Milani, Feijie Wang, Tessel E. Galesloot, Fernando Rivadeneira, Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen, Adam S. Butterworth, Tamara B. Harris, Matthew A. Allison, Paul M. Ridker, David J. Carey, Todd L. Edwards, Panos Deloukas, Xiuqing Guo, Lawrence F. Bielak, Leena Moilanen, Heiner Boeing, Peter Kovacs, Karen L. Mohlke, Myriam Rheinberger, Cramer Christensen, Betina H. Thuesen, Mike A. Nalls, Erik Ingelsson, Nicholas G. D. Masca, Colin N. A. Palmer, Audrey E. Hendricks, Linda Broer, Vanisha Mistry, Praveen Surendran, Audrey Y. Chu, Rainer Rauramaa, Angela D'Eustacchio, Helen Griffiths, Satu Männistö, Patrick T. Ellinor, Terho Lehtimäki, Katherine E. Tansey, I. Sadaf Farooqi, Gaëlle Marenne, Anneke I. den Hollander, Jessica van Setten, Hannu Puolijoki, Tinca J. C. Polderman, Timothy M. Frayling, Niels Grarup, Eric Boerwinkle, Gonçalo R. Abecasis, Adam E. Locke, Mengmeng Du, Manuel A. Rivas, Philippe Amouyel, Jaakko Kaprio, Leslie A. Lange, Loes M. Olde Loohuis, Trevor A. Mori, Lambertus A. Kiemeney, Wei Zhao, Eva Rb Petersen, Huaixing Li, Thomas W. Winkler, Tellervo Korhonen, Kathleen Stirrups, Jean Ferrières, Wei Zhou, Ian J. Deary, Guillaume Lettre, M. Arfan Ikram, Alex W. Hewitt, Marit E. Jørgensen, Ian Ford, Liang He, Mark Walker, Stefan Gustafsson, Andre Franke, Yao Hu, Jaana Lindström, Jonathan P. Bradfield, Anne E. Justice, Kristin L. Young, Sander W. van der Laan, Shuang Feng, Yadav Sapkota, Douglas F. Easton, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Amy J. Swift, Kjell Nikus, Helen R. Warren, Christian Theil Have, Wei Gan, Steven A. Lubitz, Harvey D. White, Pirjo Komulainen, John M. Starr, Jeffrey R. O'Connel, Anette Varbo, Daniel I. Chasman, Ruifang Li-Gao, Lynne E. Wagenknecht, Matthias Blüher, Xiaowei Zhan, Thomas F. Vogt, Eleftheria Zeggini, Tamuno Alfred, Katja K.H. Aben, Lars Wallentin, Joanna M. M. Howson, Jie Yao, Eulalia Catamo, Henrik Vestergaard, Gina M. Peloso, Markku Laakso, Matthias B. Schulze, Hayato Tada, Jennifer Wessel, Andrew R. Wood, Erwin P. Bottinger, Cora E. Lewis, Robin Young, Carol A. Wang, Oddgeir L. Holmen, Andrew J. Slater, Jean-Claude Tardif, Xu Lin, Inês Barroso, Gail Davies, Tibor V. Varga, Andrew J. Lotery, Igor Rudan, Andrew T. Hattersley, Michael Stumvoll, David Ellinghaus, Andrew C. Heath, Frank Kee, Christopher P. Nelson, Donald W. Bowden, Alison M. Dunning, Marianne Benn, Oluf Pedersen, Amber A. Burt, Aniruddh P. Patel, G. Kees Hovingh, David S. Crosslin, Gorm B. Jensen, Keng-Hung Lin, Dewan S. Alam, Jian'an Luan, Ying Wu, Tõnu Esko, Kathleen Mullan Harris, Antonietta Robino, Anne U. Jackson, Eirini Marouli, Robert A. Scott, Jette Bork-Jensen, Olov Rolandsson, Nanette R. Lee, Gerard Tromp, Megan L. Grove, Suthesh Sivapalaratnam, Sameer E. Al-Harthi, Roberta McKean-Cowdin, Paolo Gasparini, Ellen W. Demerath, Marco Brumat, Maggie C.Y. Ng, Børge G. Nordestgaard, Kari E. North, Rajiv Chowdhury, Mauno Vanhala, Andrew P. Morris, Sarah E. Medland, Sune F. Nielsen, Ilaria Gandin, Øyvind Helgeland, James P. Cook, Kent D. Taylor, Andrew D. Morris, Gudmar Thorleifsson, André G. 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F., Internal medicine, AGEM - Endocrinology, metabolism and nutrition, Amsterdam Movement Sciences - Rehabilitation & Development, Amsterdam Movement Sciences - Restoration and Development, APH - Aging & Later Life, Physiology, and VU University medical center
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Male, ReproGen Consortium, MathematicsofComputing_GENERAL, Genome-wide association study, medicine.disease_cause, Sensory disorders Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience [Radboudumc 12], Body Mass Index, genetics [Obesity], 0302 clinical medicine, Gene Frequency, Glucose homeostasis, Adult, Animals, Drosophila/genetics, Energy Intake/genetics, Energy Metabolism/genetics, Female, Genetic Variation, Humans, Obesity/genetics, Proteins/genetics, Syndrome, 11 Medical and Health Sciences, 2. Zero hunger, Genetics, Genetics & Heredity, Mutation, CHD Exome+ Consortium, body mass index, TheoryofComputation_GENERAL, T2D-Genes Consortium, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, MELANOCORTIN-4 RECEPTOR GENE, DONEPEZIL 23 MG, FRAMESHIFT MUTATION, GLUCOSE-HOMEOSTASIS, HYPOTHALAMIC AMPK, CODING VARIANTS, BLOOD-PRESSURE, RARE, LOCI, Urological cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 15], Drosophila, ExomeBP Consortium, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, INTERVAL Study, Understanding Society Scientific Group, EPIC InterAct Consortium, genetics [Energy Metabolism], Biology, EPIC-CVD Consortium, Frameshift mutation, 03 medical and health sciences, MAGIC Investigators, All institutes and research themes of the Radboud University Medical Center, Genetic, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, ddc:570, genetics [Drosophila], medicine, Journal Article, Global Lipids Genetic Consortium, Obesity, Gene, Allele frequency, Genetic association, Science & Technology, Proteins, 06 Biological Sciences, genetics [Proteins], Minor allele frequency, 030104 developmental biology, GoT2D Genes Consortium, Energy Intake, Energy Metabolism, genetics [Energy Intake], 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Developmental Biology
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified >250 loci for body mass index (BMI), implicating pathways related to neuronal biology. Most GWAS loci represent clusters of common, noncoding variants from which pinpointing causal genes remains challenging. Here we combined data from 718,734 individuals to discover rare and low-frequency (minor allele frequency (MAF) < 5%) coding variants associated with BMI. We identified 14 coding variants in 13 genes, of which 8 variants were in genes (ZBTB7B, ACHE, RAPGEF3, RAB21, ZFHX3, ENTPD6, ZFR2 and ZNF169) newly implicated in human obesity, 2 variants were in genes (MC4R and KSR2) previously observed to be mutated in extreme obesity and 2 variants were in GIPR. The effect sizes of rare variants are ~10 times larger than those of common variants, with the largest effect observed in carriers of an MC4R mutation introducing a stop codon (p.Tyr35Ter, MAF = 0.01%), who weighed ~7 kg more than non-carriers. Pathway analyses based on the variants associated with BMI confirm enrichment of neuronal genes and provide new evidence for adipocyte and energy expenditure biology, widening the potential of genetically supported therapeutic targets in obesity.
Published: 2018
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17. Whole-genome sequencing reveals new insights into age-related hearing loss: cumulative effects, pleiotropy and the role of selection

Author: Eulalia Catamo, Mario Pirastu, Annamaria Franzè, Massimiliano Cocca, Dragana Vuckovic, Giorgia Girotto, Marco Brumat, Umberto Ambrosetti, Maria Pina Concas, Massimo Mezzavilla, Paolo Gasparini, Anna Morgan, Ginevra Biino, Vuckovic, Dragana, Mezzavilla, Massimo, Cocca, Massimiliano, Morgan, Anna, Brumat, Marco, Catamo, Eulalia, Concas, Maria Pina, Biino, Ginevra, Franzè, Annamaria, Ambrosetti, Umberto, Pirastu, Mario, Gasparini, Paolo, Girotto, Giorgia, Vuckovic, D., Mezzavilla, M., Cocca, M., Morgan, A., Brumat, M., Catamo, E., Concas, M. P., Biino, G., Franze, A., Ambrosetti, U., Pirastu, M., Gasparini, P., and Girotto, G.
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Male, Multifactorial Inheritance, Genetics, Genetics (clinical), Hearing loss, Presbycusi, Genome-wide association study, Biology, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Genetic, Pleiotropy, medicine, Genetic Pleiotropy, Humans, Cognitive decline, Selection, Genetic, Gene, Aged, Whole genome sequencing, Natural selection, Polymorphism, Genetic, Whole Genome Sequencing, Middle Aged, Presbycusis, 030104 developmental biology, Female, medicine.symptom, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Human, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Age-related hearing loss (ARHL) is the most common sensory disorder in the elderly. Although not directly life threatening, it contributes to loss of autonomy and is associated with anxiety, depression and cognitive decline. To search for genetic risk factors underlying ARHL, a large whole-genome sequencing (WGS) approach has been carried out in a cohort of 212 cases and controls, both older than 50 years to select genes characterized by a burden of variants specific to cases or controls. Accordingly, the total variation load per gene was compared and two groups were detected: 375 genes more variable in cases and 371 more variable in controls. In both cases, Gene Ontology analysis showed that the largest enrichment for biological processes (fold > 5, p-value = 0.042) was the "sensory perception of sound", suggesting cumulative genetic effects were involved. Replication confirmed 141 genes, while additional analysis based on natural selection led to a prioritization of 21 genes. The majority of them (20 out of 21) showed positive expression in mouse cochlea cDNA and were associated with two functional pathways. Among them, two genes were previously associated with hearing (CSMD1 and PTRPD) and re-sequenced in a large Italian cohort of ARHL patients (N = 389). Results led to the identification of six coding variants not detected in cases so far, suggesting a possible protective role, which requires investigation. In conclusion, we show that this multistep strategy (WGS, selection, expression, pathway analysis and targeted re-sequencing) can provide major insights into the molecular characterization of complex diseases such as ARHL.
Published: 2017

18. Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

Author: Emmi Tikkanen, Pascal Guénel, Rico Rueedi, Hamdi Mbarek, Gerardo Heiss, Hilary K. Finucane, Jing Hua Zhao, Peter K. Joshi, Mark I. McCarthy, Frank B. Hu, Stephen J. Chanock, Manjeet K. Bolla, Sandosh Padmanabhan, Vilmundur Gudnason, Chunyan He, Aarno Palotie, Reedik Mägi, Joe Dennis, Nicholas G. Martin, Behrooz Z. Alizadeh, Elisabeth Widen, Caroline Hayward, Penelope A. Lind, Magdalena Zoledziewska, Ayellet V. Segrè, Fergus J. Couch, Massimo Mangino, Melissa C. Southey, Immaculata De Vivo, Yongmei Liu, Ute Hamann, Angela Cox, Maartje J. Hooning, Iffat Rahman, Mitul Shah, Eric Boerwinkle, Matthias W. Beckmann, Catharina A. Hartman, Tanguy Corre, Kathryn L. Lunetta, Thérèse Truong, Anna Marie Mulligan, Caterina Barbieri, Robert Winqvist, Lili Milani, Cristina Menni, Frits R. Rosendaal, Pau Navarro, Christian Gieger, Ken K. Ong, Stig E. Bojesen, Susan M. Ring, Marjanka K. Schmidt, George McMahon, Deborah J. Thompson, Robert Karlsson, Nicholas J. Timpson, M. Arfan Ikram, Alexander Teumer, Jingmei Li, Christa Meisinger, Diana L. Cousminer, Doris Stöckl, Heli Nevanlinna, Teresa Nutile, Tim D. Spector, Eva Albrecht, Murielle Bochud, Linda Broer, Felix R. Day, Sven Bergmann, Renée de Mutsert, Nicholas J. Wareham, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Marzyeh Amini, Elisabeth Altmaier, Isabel dos-Santos-Silva, Peter Vollenweider, Douglas F. Easton, Tamara B. Harris, Ellen A. Nohr, Paul D.P. Pharoah, David J. Porteous, Jenny A. Visser, Ilja M. Nolte, Genevieve Lachance, Thomas Meitinger, Archie Campbell, Thomas Brüning, Graham G. Giles, Johan G. Eriksson, Nancy L. Pedersen, George Davey Smith, Gonneke Willemsen, Joanne M. Murabito, Francesco Cucca, Daniel I. Chasman, Eleonora Porcu, Nora Franceschini, Thibaud Boutin, Ulla Sovio, Roger L. Milne, Annette Peters, Lisette Stolk, Paul M. Ridker, Claudia Langenberg, Patrick Sulem, Toshiko Tanaka, Marike Gabrielson, Judith S. Brand, Unnur Thorsteindottir, Alison M. Dunning, Marina Ciullo, Julie E. 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Laven, Life Course Epidemiology (LCE), Groningen Institute for Gastro Intestinal Genetics and Immunology (3GI), Interdisciplinary Centre Psychopathology and Emotion regulation (ICPE), Lifestyle Medicine (LM), Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases (CLDM), Stem Cell Aging Leukemia and Lymphoma (SALL), Real World Studies in PharmacoEpidemiology, -Genetics, -Economics and -Therapy (PEGET), Biological Psychology, APH - Health Behaviors & Chronic Diseases, APH - Personalized Medicine, Amsterdam Neuroscience - Mood, Anxiety, Psychosis, Stress & Sleep, APH - Mental Health, APH - Methodology, Art and Culture, History, Antiquity, Day, Felix R., Thompson, Deborah J., Helgason, Hanne, Chasman, Daniel I., Finucane, Hilary, Sulem, Patrick, Ruth, Katherine S., Whalen, Sean, Sarkar, Abhishek K., Albrecht, Eva, Altmaier, Elisabeth, Amini, Marzyeh, Barbieri, CATERINA MARIA, Boutin, Thibaud, Campbell, Archie, Demerath, Ellen, Giri, Ayush, He, Chunyan, Hottenga, Jouke J., Karlsson, Robert, Kolcic, Ivana, Loh, Po Ru, Lunetta, Kathryn L., Mangino, Massimo, Brumat, Marco, Mcmahon, George, Medland, Sarah E., Nolte, Ilja M., Noordam, Raymond, Nutile, Teresa, Paternoster, Lavinia, Perjakova, Natalia, Porcu, Eleonora, Rose, Lynda M., Schraut, Katharina E., Segrã¨, Ayellet V., Smith, Albert V., Stolk, Lisette, Teumer, Alexander, Andrulis, Irene L., Bandinelli, Stefania, Beckmann, Matthias W., Benitez, Javier, Bergmann, Sven, Bochud, Murielle, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bojesen, Stig E., Bolla, Manjeet K., Brand, Judith S., Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Broer, Linda, Brã¼ning, Thoma, Buring, Julie E., Campbell, Harry, Catamo, Eulalia, Chanock, Stephen, Chenevix Trench, Georgia, Corre, Tanguy, Couch, Fergus J., Cousminer, Diana L., Cox, Angela, Crisponi, Laura, Czene, Kamila, Davey Smith, George, De Geus, Eco J. C. N., De Mutsert, Renã©e, De Vivo, Immaculata, Dennis, Joe, Devilee, Peter, Dos Santos Silva, Isabel, Dunning, Alison M., Eriksson, Johan G., Fasching, Peter A., FernÃ¡ndez Rhodes, Lindsay, Ferrucci, Luigi, Flesch Janys, Dieter, Franke, Lude, Gabrielson, Marike, Gandin, Ilaria, Giles, Graham G., Grallert, Harald, Gudbjartsson, Daniel F., Guã©nel, Pascal, Hall, Per, Hallberg, Emily, Hamann, Ute, Harris, Tamara B., Hartman, Catharina A., Heiss, Gerardo, Hooning, Maartje J., Hopper, John L., Hu, Frank, Hunter, David J., Ikram, M. Arfan, Im, Hae Kyung, Jã¤rvelin, Marjo Riitta, Joshi, Peter K., Karasik, David, Kellis, Manoli, Kutalik, Zoltan, Lachance, Genevieve, Lambrechts, Diether, Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J., Laven, Joop S. E., Lenarduzzi, Stefania, Li, Jingmei, Lind, Penelope A., Lindstrom, Sara, Liu, Yongmei, Luan, Jian'An, Mã¤gi, Reedik, Mannermaa, Arto, Mbarek, Hamdi, Mccarthy, Mark I., Meisinger, Christa, Meitinger, Thoma, Menni, Cristina, Metspalu, Andre, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Milani, Lili, Milne, Roger L., Montgomery, Grant W., Mulligan, Anna M., Nalls, Mike A., Navarro, Pau, Nevanlinna, Heli, Nyholt, Dale R., Oldehinkel, Albertine J., O'Mara, Tracy A., Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Palotie, Aarno, Pedersen, Nancy, Peters, Annette, Peto, Julian, Pharoah, Paul D. P., Pouta, Anneli, Radice, Paolo, Rahman, Iffat, Ring, Susan M., Robino, Antonietta, Rosendaal, Frits R., Rudan, Igor, Rueedi, Rico, Ruggiero, Daniela, Sala, Cinzia F., Schmidt, Marjanka K., Scott, Robert A., Shah, Mitul, Sorice, Rossella, Southey, Melissa C., Sovio, Ulla, Stampfer, Meir, Steri, Maristella, Strauch, Konstantin, Tanaka, Toshiko, Tikkanen, Emmi, Timpson, Nicholas J., Traglia, Michela, Truong, Thã©rã¨se, Tyrer, Jonathan P., Uitterlinden, AndrÃ© G., Edwards, Digna R. Velez, Vitart, Veronique, Vã¶lker, Uwe, Vollenweider, Peter, Wang, Qin, Widen, Elisabeth, Van Dijk, Ko Willem, Willemsen, Gonneke, Winqvist, Robert, Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H. R., Zhao, Jing Hua, Zoledziewska, Magdalena, Zygmunt, Marek, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z., Boomsma, Dorret I., Ciullo, Marina, Cucca, Francesco, Esko, Tãµnu, Franceschini, Nora, Gieger, Christian, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Hayward, Caroline, Kraft, Peter, Lawlor, Debbie A., Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Martin, Nicholas G., Mook Kanamori, Dennis O., Nohr, Ellen A., Polasek, Ozren, Porteous, David, Price, Alkes L., Ridker, Paul M., Snieder, Harold, Spector, Tim D., Stã¶ckl, Dori, Toniolo, Daniela, Ulivi, Sheila, Visser, Jenny A., Vã¶lzke, Henry, Wareham, Nicholas J., Wilson, James F., LifeLines Cohort, Study, Interact, Consortium, Kconfab/aocs, Investigator, Endometrial Cancer Association, Consortium, Ovarian Cancer Association, Consortium, Practical, Consortium, Spurdle, Amanda B., Thorsteindottir, Unnur, Pollard, Katherine S., Easton, Douglas F., Tung, Joyce Y., Chang Claude, Jenny, Hinds, David, Murray, Anna, Murabito, Joanne M., Stefansson, Kari, Ong, Ken K., Perry, John R. B., Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC other, Medical Oncology, Epidemiology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Day, Felix [0000-0003-3789-7651], Thompson, Deborah [0000-0003-1465-5799], Dennis, Joe [0000-0003-4591-1214], Dunning, Alison [0000-0001-6651-7166], Langenberg, Claudia [0000-0002-5017-7344], Luan, Jian'an [0000-0003-3137-6337], Pharoah, Paul [0000-0001-8494-732X], Sovio, Ulla [0000-0002-0799-1105], Tyrer, Jonathan [0000-0003-3724-4757], Zhao, Jing Hua [0000-0003-4930-3582], Wareham, Nicholas [0000-0003-1422-2993], Easton, Douglas [0000-0003-2444-3247], Ong, Kenneth [0000-0003-4689-7530], Perry, John [0000-0001-6483-3771], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mathematics, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Male, Netherlands Twin Register (NTR), Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium, LOCI, Genome-wide association study, cancer risk, Menarche/genetics, Bioinformatics, GWAS, menarche, puberty, Body Mass Index, Risk Factors, Neoplasms, Databases, Genetic, WIDE ASSOCIATION, Endometrial Cancer Association Consortium, Ribonucleoproteins/genetics, 2. Zero hunger, Genetics, Age Factors, Genetics GWAS menarche, reproductive disorders, Neoplasms/genetics, 3. Good health, Ribonucleoproteins, Menarche, MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, GROWTH, Female, TRAITS, Population variance, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics, Adolescent, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, kConFab/AOCS Investigators, Quantitative Trait Loci, Quantitative trait locus, Biology, METABOLISM, INHERITANCE, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, PRACTICAL consortium, 03 medical and health sciences, Genomic Imprinting, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Mendelian randomization, REGRESSION, medicine, Journal Article, Humans, cancer, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, 1000 Genomes Project, Membrane Proteins/genetics, METAANALYSIS, Puberty, Calcium-Binding Proteins, Membrane Proteins, Cancer, InterAct Consortium, Heritability, medicine.disease, BODY-MASS INDEX, 030104 developmental biology, genome-wide association studies, Puberty/genetics, LifeLines Cohort Study, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: The timing of puberty is a highly polygenic childhood trait that is epidemiologically associated with various adult diseases. Using 1000 Genomes Project-imputed genotype data in up to similar to 370,000 women, we identify 389 independent signals (P
Published: 2017
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19. Association of the HLA-G 3′UTR polymorphisms with colorectal cancer in Italy: a first insight

Author: Stefania Nobili, Giuseppe Toffoli, Erika Cecchin, Eulalia Catamo, Loredana Romanato, Sergio Crovella, Sara Lonardi, Enrico Mini, Marcella Montico, Marica Garziera, Garziera, Marica, Catamo, Eulalia, Crovella, Sergio, Montico, Marika, Cecchin, E., Lonardi, S., Mini, E., Nobili, S., Romanato, L., and Toffoli, Giuseppe
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Adult, Male, Colorectal cancer, Immunology, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Human leukocyte antigen, Biology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Genetic, HLA-G, medicine, Genetics, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Indel, Molecular Biology, 3' Untranslated Regions, Genetics (clinical), Alleles, Genetic Association Studies, Aged, HLA-G Antigens, Three prime untranslated region, Haplotype, HLA-G 3′UTR polymorphisms, colorectal cancer, General Medicine, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, 030104 developmental biology, Increased risk, Haplotypes, Italy, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Female, Colorectal Neoplasms
Abstract: Summary This study aimed to explore functional and regulatory polymorphisms and haplotypes at the HLA-G 3′UTR region in colorectal cancer development. The presence of nonpolymorphic variants was also evaluated. Three-hundred and eight patients with colorectal cancer and 294 healthy controls were analysed at the germinal level. We found an association with increased risk of colorectal cancer for +2960 14-bp INDEL, +3196 C>G SNPs and UTR-2 haplotype, and a ‘protective’ role for +3003 T>C, +3010 C>G polymorphisms and UTR-4 haplotype. We detected in 3 distinct patients, a novel nucleotide change (+3037 C>A) and 2 already described rare variants, +3032 G/C (EUR MAF = 0.1%) and +3092 G/T (EUR MAF = 0%). This is the first study showing associations between different polymorphisms in the HLA-G 3′UTR and colorectal cancer susceptibility.
Published: 2016

20. HLA-G 14 bp Deletion/Insertion Polymorphism in Celiac Disease

Author: Marcello Morgutti, Ludovica Segat, Anna Vendramin, Annalisa Fabris, Eulalia Catamo, Sergio Crovella, Fabris, A, Segat, Ludovica, Catamo, Eulalia, Morgutti, M, Vendramin, A, and Crovella, Sergio
Subjects: Adult, Male, Linkage disequilibrium, Adolescent, Genotype, RNA Stability, HLA-G, Human leukocyte antigen, Biology, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Young Adult, Celiac disease, 14 bp deletion/insertion, Antigen, HLA Antigens, Reference Values, HLA-DQ Antigens, Genetic model, Confidence Intervals, Odds Ratio, Humans, Cytotoxic T cell, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Allele, Child, Alleles, Aged, Sequence Deletion, Aged, 80 and over, HLA-G Antigens, Polymorphism, Genetic, Hepatology, Histocompatibility Antigens Class I, Gastroenterology, Middle Aged, Celiac Disease, Mutagenesis, Insertional, Case-Control Studies, Child, Preschool, Immunology, Female
Abstract: OBJECTIVES: Nonclassical major histocompatibility class I HLA-G antigen is a tolerogenic molecule that inhibits lytic activity of natural killer (NK) cells and cytotoxic T lymphocytes. Because of its immunomodulatory and tolerogenic properties, HLA-G molecules may have a role in celiac disease (CD). We analyzed the HLA-G 14 bp deletion/insertion polymorphism, known to have a functional effect on mRNA stability, in a group of 522 CD patients, stratified for the presence of HLA-DQ2 genotype, and 400 healthy individuals to evaluate the possible effect of the polymorphism on the risk to develop the disease. METHODS: HLA-G 14 bp deletion/insertion polymorphism (rs1704) was detected by polymerase chain reaction and double-checked by direct sequencing. RESULTS: The 14 bp inserted (I) allele and the homozygous I/I genotype were significantly more frequent in CD patients than in healthy controls. The presence of I allele was associated with an increased risk of CD (OR 1.35) and the effect of I allele was consistent with a recessive genetic model (P
Published: 2011
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21. HLA-G and susceptibility to develop celiac disease

Author: Ludovica Segat, Eulalia Catamo, Fulvio Celsi, Sergio Crovella, Luisa Zupin, Catamo, Eulalia, Zupin, Luisa, Segat, Ludovica, Celsi, Fulvio, and Crovella, Sergio
Subjects: Untranslated region, Adult, Male, Adolescent, Immunology, Human leukocyte antigen, Biology, Major histocompatibility complex, Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)-G, Pathogenesis, Exon, Gene Frequency, HLA-G, HLA-DQ Antigens, Genotype, Immunology and Allergy, Humans, Celiac disease, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, mRNA stability, Child, Alleles, Retrospective Studies, Genetics, HLA-G Antigens, Inflammation, Polymorphism, Genetic, Haplotype, General Medicine, Middle Aged, Celiac Disease, Haplotypes, Case-Control Studies, biology.protein, Female
Abstract: The Human Leukocyte Antigen-G has immunomodulatory function and its expression has been associated with several diseases. In our study we analyzed HLA-G polymorphisms in order to evaluate their possible association with susceptibility to celiac disease development. A total of 420 celiac patients and 509 controls were genotyped for HLA-G polymorphisms. We sequenced 800 bp upstream the ATG codon (5′ upstream regulatory region) and the whole 3′ untranslated region of the HLA-G gene, whereas the ΔC deletion at exon 3 was detected by RFLP-PCR. Five polymorphisms (namely −477 C>G, −369 C>A, 14 bp del/ins, 3187 A>G, 3196 C>G) and one haplotype (TCGGTACGAAITCCCGAG) were significantly more frequent in celiac patients than controls and associated with increased disease susceptibility. The 14 bp I/I, 3187 G/G, 3196 G/G genotypes and TCGGTACGAAITCCCGAG haplotype, were still significantly associated with increased disease susceptibility (and in addition also the 3003 C/C genotype) when the analysis was restricted to patients and controls presenting the DQ2.5 or DQ8 HLA-DQ celiac disease risk haplotypes. Our findings indicate an association between HLA-G gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to celiac disease development, suggesting that HLA-G molecule is possibly involved in the pathogenesis of the disease.
Published: 2015

22. HLA-G14 bp deletion/insertion polymorphism and mother-to-child transmission of HIV

Author: L, Segat, L, Zupin, H-Y, Kim, E, Catamo, D M, Thea, C, Kankasa, G M, Aldrovandi, L, Kuhn, S, Crovella, Segat, Ludovica, Zupin, Luisa, H. Y., Kim, Catamo, Eulalia, D. M., Thea, C., Kankasa, G. M., Aldrovandi, L., Kuhn, and Crovella, Sergio
Subjects: Adult, HLA-G Antigens, Polymorphism, Genetic, Genotype, HLA-G, HIV, Vertical Transmission, Polymorphism, Infant, Mothers, HIV Infections, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, Article, Young Adult, INDEL Mutation, Humans, Child, Base Pairing, Alleles
Abstract: The human leukocyte antigen HLA-G, highly expressed at the maternal-fetal interface, has a pivotal role in mediating immune tolerance. In this study we investigated the influence of HLA-G 14 bp insertion polymorphism in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 mother-to-child HIV-1 transmission. The 14 bp insertion polymorphism was analyzed among 99 HIV-1 positive mothers and 329 infants born to HIV-positive mothers in Zambia, among whom vertical transmission status and timing had been determined. HLA-G 14 bp insertion polymorphism was detected using a custom TaqMan single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) genotyping assay. Logistic regression was conducted to examine the associations between HLA-G alleles and the risk of HIV transmission. The 14 bp insertion allele was more frequent in HIV exposed-uninfected (EU) infants than in infected infants, and was associated with reduced risk of both in utero (IU) and intrapartum (IP) HIV transmission, after adjusting for maternal cluster of differentiation 4 (CD4) cell count and plasma viral load. Maternal HLA-G 14 bp insertion genotype and HLA-G concordance between mother and child were not associated with the risk of perinatal HIV transmission. The presence of the 14 bp insertion associates with protection toward IU and IP HIV infection in children from Zambia, suggesting that HLA-G could be involved in the vertical transmission of HIV.
Published: 2014

23. Influence of HLA-G Polymorphisms In Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and hepatitis C Virus Co-Infection in Brazilian and Italian Individuals

Author: Eduardo Sprinz, G.K. da Silva, E. A. A. Cordero, Regina Kuhmmer, Priscila Vianna, Sergio Crovella, Eulalia Catamo, Tiago Degani Veit, Vanessa Suñé Mattevi, Rosmeri Kuhmmer Lazzaretti, José Artur Bogo Chies, Gabriela Kniphoff da, Silva, Priscila, Vianna, Tiago Degani, Veit, Crovella, Sergio, Catamo, Eulalia, Elvira Alicia Aparicio, Cordero, Vanessa Suñé, Mattevi, Rosmeri Kuhmmer, Lazzaretti, Eduardo, Sprinz, Regina, Kuhmmer, and José Artur Bogo, Chies
Subjects: Adult, Male, Microbiology (medical), Untranslated region, Adolescent, Hepatitis C virus, HLA-G, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Black People, HIV Infections, Human leukocyte antigen, Biology, medicine.disease_cause, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Microbiology, Young Adult, Gene Frequency, Genotype, Genetics, medicine, Humans, Allele, 3' Untranslated Regions, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Aged, HLA-G Antigens, Coinfection, HIV, HCV, Haplotype, Genetic Variation, Middle Aged, Hepatitis C, Virology, Infectious Diseases, Haplotypes, Italy, Immunology, Brazil
Abstract: Objective: This study aimed to investigate the role of Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA)-G in the susceptibility to HIV-1 infection through the analysis of the HLA-G 30 untranslated region (UTR) polymorphisms 14 bp insertion/deletion (rs66554220) and +3142C>G (rs1063320). Design: We analyzed 582 HIV-1 infected patients and 626 uninfected individuals from Brazil and Italy in a case-control study. Methods: HLA-G polymorphisms were genotyped using PCR, PCR-RFLP assays or direct sequencing. All analyses were stratified by ethnicity. Genotypic, allelic and diplotypic frequencies were compared between HIV-1 infected subjects and controls using Chi-square or Fischer exact tests. Also, haplotypic frequencies were estimated using MLocus software. Results: African-derived HIV-infected individuals presented a higher frequency of the 14 bp insertion allele as compared to non-infected individuals (0.468 versus 0.373, respectively; pBonf = 0.010). A higher frequency of the 14 bp insertion +3142G (insG) haplotype (0.456 versus 0.346, p < 0.001) and the insG/ insG diplotype (OR = 1.88, 95%CI = 1.08–3.23, p = 0.021) was observed among African-derived patients as compared to uninfected controls. Also, we observed a higher frequency of the ins/ins genotype among African-derived HIV patients co-infected with HCV (OR = 2.78, 95%CI = 1.20–6.49, p = 0.008). Conclusions: Our data point out to an increased frequency of alleles and genotypes associated with low HLA-G expression among African-derived patients, suggesting a potential role for HLA-G in the susceptibility to HIV-1 infection and HCV co-infection in those individuals.
Published: 2014

24. Non-classical MHC-I human leukocyte antigen (HLA-G) in hepatotropic viral infections and in hepatocellular carcinoma

Author: Ludovica Segat, Fulvio Celsi, Eulalia Catamo, Sergio Crovella, Luisa Zupin, Catamo, Eulalia, Zupin, Luisa, Crovella, Sergio, Fulvio, Celsi, and Segat, Ludovica
Subjects: Carcinoma, Hepatocellular, Hepatocellular carcinoma, HLA-G, Immunology, Context (language use), Disease, Human leukocyte antigen, Major histocompatibility complex, Pregnancy, HBV, medicine, Immune Tolerance, Immunology and Allergy, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Survival rate, HLA-G Antigens, Polymorphism, Genetic, biology, Hepatocellular carcinoma, HLA-G, HCV, HBV, Liver Neoplasms, Cancer, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, digestive system diseases, HCV, biology.protein, Female
Abstract: The human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-G is a ‘‘nonclassical’’ major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class Ib gene, located at chromosome 6, in the 6p21.3 region. The HLA-G presents immunomodulatory functions essential in pregnancy for the tolerance of the semi-allogenic fetus, but an abnormal expression of HLA-G has been observed in numerous pathological conditions, such as tumors, autoimmune diseases and viral infections. In recent years, numerous studies have assessed the clinical relevance of HLA-G expression in different types of cancer: in general, a higher HLA-G expression correlates with a lower survival rate or a shorter disease-free survival. Altered expression of HLA-G has been found in both HCV and HBV infection, and some genetic polymorphisms have been associated with altered susceptibility/disease development for these infections, however, whether the biologic role of HLA-G in HCV and HBV infection is beneficial or hazardous, it is not completely clear. In the context of hepatocellular carcinoma, HLA-G has shown a potential diagnostic role, moreover a prognostic value in HCC patients has been also attributed to HLA-G molecules. We revise here the role of HLA-G in hepatotropic HBV/HCV infections and in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Published: 2014

25. Interleukin-18 gene promoter polymorphisms and celiac disease in Italian patients

Author: Sergio Crovella, Luisa Zupin, Ludovica Segat, Eulalia Catamo, Vania Polesello, Zupin, Luisa, Catamo, Eulalia, Polesello, Vania, Crovella, Sergio, and Segat, Ludovica
Subjects: Male, Genotype, Human leukocyte antigen, Interleukin 18, celiac disease, polymorphism, genetic susceptibility, Biology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, White People, polymorphism, Gene Frequency, HLA Antigens, Odds Ratio, Genetics, Genetic predisposition, medicine, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Enteropathy, Allele, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Molecular Biology, Allele frequency, Alleles, Genetic Association Studies, Haplotype, Interleukin-18, General Medicine, Interleukin 18, medicine.disease, Haplotypes, Italy, Case-Control Studies, Immunology, Female, celiac disease, genetic susceptibility
Abstract: Celiac disease (CD) is the most common food-sensitive enteropathy in genetically susceptible individuals. The major genetic risk factors known are specific human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQ haplotypes, but other genetic factors are supposed to be involved. Interleukin-18 (IL-18) is a pro-inflammatory cytokine that has an important role in the immune defense and it has the potential to influence inflammatory disorders. IL-18 is able to promote Th1 cell development and it is expressed in the mucosa of the small intestine in celiac patients. Given the IL-18 biological role, and since a few studies have previously suggested its involvement in CD, in order to investigate the role of IL18 gene in the susceptibility to CD we have performed a case-control study, analyzing two IL18 gene promoter polymorphisms, previously reported to impair the transcriptional activity of the gene, (-137G > C and -607C > A, rs187238 and rs1946518 respectively). A total of 556 CD Italian patients and 582 controls, further stratified for HLA class II (DQ) CD risk haplotypes were enrolled. The -607A > C A allele and A/A genotype, as well as the combination of this allele with the -137G allele in the AG haplotype, were associated with an increased risk towards CD development, in particular in HLA-DQ2.2 patients. Although the association was very moderate, our results indicate the possible involvement of IL18 gene in the susceptibility to CD, and for this reason we do think it should deserve further investigation.
Published: 2014

26. HLA-G gene polymorphisms associated with susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis disease and its severity in Brazilian patients

Author: Lorenzo Monasta, A. Tavares Dantas, C. Addobbati, Eulalia Catamo, LF da Rocha, Ludovica Segat, Paula Sandrin-Garcia, H. de Ataide Mariz, T. Sotero Fragoso, A. L. Branco Pinto Duarte, A. Domingues Barbosa, Sergio Crovella, Catamo, Eulalia, C., Addobbati, Segat, Ludovica, T., Sotero Fragoso, A., Domingues Barbosa, A., Tavares Danta, H., de Ataíde Mariz, L. F., da Rocha, A. L., Branco Pinto Duarte, L., Monasta, P., Sandrin Garcia, and Crovella, Sergio
Subjects: Male, Risk, rheumatoid arthritis, HLA-G, genetic polymorphisms, Genotype, 5' Flanking Region, DNA Mutational Analysis, Immunology, Arthritis, Disease, Human leukocyte antigen, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Biochemistry, Arthritis, Rheumatoid, Immune system, Gene Frequency, Genetics, medicine, genetic polymorphism, Humans, Immunology and Allergy, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, 3' Untranslated Regions, Gene, Genetic Association Studies, Aged, HLA-G Antigens, business.industry, General Medicine, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Haplotypes, Rheumatoid arthritis, Disease Progression, Female, business, Infiltration (medical), Brazil
Abstract: Weanalyzedthepossibleassociationbetweenhumanleukocyteantigen-G(HLA-G)genetic variants, supposed to regulate HLA-G expression, and the susceptibility todeveloprheumatoidarthritis(RA)aswellasitsclinicalmanifestations.The5 ′ upstreamregulatoryregion(5 ′ URR)and3untranslatedregion(3UTR)regionsoftheHLA-Ggene were screened in 127 RA patients and 128 controls: 10 5 ′ URRand33UTRHLA-GpolymorphismsaswellastwohaplotypeswereassociatedwithriskforRAdevelopment, while a polymorphism in the 5 ′ URR showed an association with thedegreeofdiseaseactivity.Thesefindings,althoughthenumberofcasesanalyzedislimitedandthe P -valuesaremodest,indicateapossibleassociationbetweenHLA-GgenepolymorphismsandsusceptibilitytodevelopRAdiseaseanditsseverity.Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common systemicautoimmunediseaseworldwide,affecting1%oftheadultpop-ulation.Thisdiseaseischaracterizedbyachronicinflammationcaused by an infiltration of immune cells in the synovium,whichleadstoaprogressivejointdestructionandthentofunc-tionaldisabilityandprematuremortality(1).ThedevelopmentofRAisrelatedtobothenvironmentalandgeneticfactors,thelatter involving the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) system,especiallyHLA-DRB1alleles(2).However,theseallelesareonlyfoundin60%–70%ofcasesofarthritis(3),suggestingthat other genes, especially those presenting strong linkagedisequilibriumwiththis
Published: 2014

27. Interleukin-10 gene promoter polymorphisms in celiac patients from north-eastern Italy

Author: Sergio Crovella, Luisa Zupin, Eulalia Catamo, Ludovica Segat, Vania Polesello, Zupin, Luisa, Vania, Polesello, Catamo, Eulalia, Crovella, Sergio, and Segat, Ludovica
Subjects: Adult, Male, Adolescent, Immunology, Disease, Biology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, White People, Pathogenesis, Sex Factors, genetic polymorphisms, Gene Frequency, Polymorphism (computer science), Risk Factors, HLA-DQ Antigens, Genetic predisposition, Immunology and Allergy, Humans, Allele, Child, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Alleles, Aged, Genetics, Aged, 80 and over, Models, Genetic, Haplotype, nutritional and metabolic diseases, General Medicine, Middle Aged, digestive system diseases, Interleukin-10, Interleukin 10, Celiac Disease, Italy, Case-Control Studies, Child, Preschool, biology.protein, Female, Gliadin, IL10
Abstract: Celiac disease is a complex chronic intestinal disorder driven by an immune response against the gliadin fraction of gluten: many factors are involved in the pathogenesis of the disease, and among these Interleukin-10 could play an important role. In the present study, the −1082A>G, −819T>C and −592A>C IL10 functional polymorphisms were analyzed in 565 celiac patients and 576 healthy controls from north-eastern Italy, stratified for HLA class II celiac disease risk haplotypes. No significant differences were observed for the three IL10 polymorphisms distribution between celiac patients and controls with the exception of a slightly increased risk for the −1082A allele in HLA-DQ8 male individuals. Although our findings suggest that the IL10 genetic variants analyzed do not have a major role in the susceptibility to the development of celiac disease in north-eastern Italian patients, we think that the possible involvement of IL10 gene in CD should deserve further investigation and that large-scale studies are recommended to confirm our findings.
Published: 2013

28. HLA-G/C, miRNAs, and their role in HIV infection and replication

Author: Eulalia Catamo, Paola Maura Tricarico, Sergio Crovella, Fulvio Celsi, Giulio Kleiner, Josef Vuch, Celsi, F, Catamo, Eulalia, Kleiner, G, Tricarico, PAOLA MAURA, Vuch, Josef, and Crovella, Sergio
Subjects: HLA-C, HLA-G, lcsh:Medicine, HIV Infections, Human leukocyte antigen, HLA-C Antigens, Review Article, Biology, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Immune system, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), miRNA, HIV, microRNA, medicine, Humans, Gene, HLA-G Antigens, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, General Immunology and Microbiology, lcsh:R, General Medicine, medicine.disease, MicroRNAs, Immune System, Immunology, Disease Progression, HIV-1
Abstract: In recent years, a number of different mechanisms regulating gene expressions, either in normal or in pathological conditions, have been discovered. This review aims to highlight some of the regulatory pathways involved during the HIV-1 infection and disease progression, focusing on the novel discovered microRNAs (miRNAs) and their relation with immune system’s agents. Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) family of proteins plays a key role because it is a crucial modulator of the immune response; here we will examine recent findings, centering especially on HLA-C and -G, novel players lately discovered to engage in modulation of immune system. We hope to provide novel perspectives useful to find out original therapeutic roads against HIV-1 infection and AIDS progression.
Published: 2013

29. Polymorphisms in TREX1 and susceptibility to HIV-1 infection

Author: Eulalia Catamo, Sergio Crovella, Aj Duarte, Martina Girardelli, Alessandra Pontillo, Pontillo, Alessandra, Girardelli, Martina, Catamo, Eulalia, Duarte, Aj, and Crovella, Sergio
Subjects: Adult, Adolescent, Genotype, Immunology, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Single-nucleotide polymorphism, HIV Infections, Biology, medicine.disease_cause, TREX-1, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Young Adult, genetic polymorphisms, Gene Frequency, Genetic variation, Genetics, medicine, Odds Ratio, Coding region, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, HIV infection, Molecular Biology, Genetics (clinical), Alleles, HIV, TREX1 Gene, virus diseases, General Medicine, Middle Aged, Phosphoproteins, Virology, Exodeoxyribonucleases, HIV-1, Restriction factor
Abstract: Summary TREX-1 is a restriction factor against HIV-1. The coding sequence of TREX1 gene was analysed in HIV+ subjects searching for genetic variations possibly associated with the susceptibility to HIV infection. The single nucleotide polymorphism rs3135945 was significantly associated with HIV infection, emphasizing the involvement of TREX-1 in the anti-HIV response.
Published: 2012

30. CD14 polymorphisms correlate with an augmented risk for celiac disease in Italian patients

Author: Vincenzo Petix, Ludovica Segat, Stefania Lenarduzzi, Marcello Morgutti, Sergio Crovella, Eulalia Catamo, Catamo, Eulalia, Segat, Ludovica, S., Lenarduzzi, V., Petix, M., Morgutti, and Crovella, Sergio
Subjects: Adult, Male, Adolescent, CD14, Immunology, Lipopolysaccharide Receptors, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Human leukocyte antigen, Biology, association study, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Linkage Disequilibrium, White People, Celiac disease, HLA, genetic polymorphisms, Young Adult, Immune system, Gene Frequency, HLA Antigens, Risk Factors, Genetics, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Allele, Child, Gene, Genetics (clinical), Aged, Gene map, Haplotype, Infant, Middle Aged, Haplotypes, Italy, Case-Control Studies, Child, Preschool, Female
Abstract: (CD) is a T-cell-mediated chronic inflammatory disease characterized by autoimmune, immunological and environmental components, where genetic factors in addition to the main known risk factors (gliadin and human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQ haplotypes) are supposed to be involved. CD14 is a multifunctional receptor involved in the bacterial lipopolysaccharides-dependent signal transduction. The CD14 gene maps on the long arm of chromosome 5 (5q22-q32), a 'hotbed' region for CD; promoter polymorphisms are known to influence its expression. In this study we analyzed three CD14 promoter polymorphisms (c.-1359G>T, c.-1145A>G and c.-159C>T, ) in 938 CD Italian patients and 533 healthy controls, with known HLA-DQ haplotypes, with the aim of evaluating their possible association with the disease. The c.-1145A>G G and c.-159C>T T alleles (as well as the combination of the two alleles in the GT haplotype), were identified as susceptibility factors for CD development, being significantly more frequent in CD patients than in healthy controls. This association was also confirmed when the analysis was restricted to only those subjects characterized by HLA-DQ risk haplotypes. Our results indicate the involvement of CD14 gene polymorphisms in the susceptibility to CD.Genes and Immunity advance online publication, 31 May 2012; doi:10.1038/gene.2012.23.
Published: 2012

31. NALP1/NLRP1 genetic variants are associated with Alzheimer disease

Author: Eulalia Catamo, Sergio Crovella, Daniela Mari, Alessandra Pontillo, Beatrice Arosio, Pontillo, Alessandra, Catamo, Eulalia, Arosio, B, Mari, D, and Crovella, Sergio
Subjects: Male, Genotype, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, NLR Proteins, NLRP1 Gene, Biology, association study, NALP1 inflammosome, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Pathogenesis, Polymorphism (computer science), Alzheimer Disease, medicine, Dementia, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Allele, Alzheimer disease (AD), Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Aged, 80 and over, medicine.disease, Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology, Italy, Immunology, Female, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Alzheimer's disease, Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins, Gerontology
Abstract: Alzheimer disease (AD) is a complex neurodegenerative disease. Genetic and molecular studies have confirmed that in the human brain, amyloid-β fibrils can induce, through the activation of NALP1 inflammosome, inflammatory and apoptotic responses involved in the pathogenesis of AD. Considering that AD pathogenesis is multifactorial, we hypothesized that NALP1/NLRP1 could be a susceptibility gene involved in the devolvement of the disease. The possible association between 9 selected polymorphisms in the NALP1/NLRP1 gene and AD was evaluated by comparing their frequency distribution in an Italian cohort of AD patients (AD, n = 276) and in a group of Italian sex-matched and age-matched healthy controls without dementia (HC, n = 266). Our study, evidences the association of 4 nonsynonymous polymorphisms in the NLRP1 gene (rs2137722, rs34733791, rs11657747, rs11651595) with AD. The major alleles of all 4 single nucleotide polymorphisms and the corresponding homozygote genotypes were more frequent in AD patients than in healthy controls, suggesting an association of these variants in the predisposition versus the development of the disease. These findings seem to support the previously reported role of NALP1 in neuronal damage, and provide evidence of an association between single nucleotide variations in the NLRP1 gene and AD.
Published: 2011

32. HLA-G*0105N allele is associated with augmented risk for HIV infection in white female patients

Author: Cesare Campello, Marcello Morgutti, Eulalia Catamo, Annalisa Fabris, Sergio Crovella, Ludovica Segat, Pierlanfranco D'Agaro, Segat, L., Catamo, Eulalia, Fabris, A., Morgutti, M., D'Agaro, Pierlanfranco, Campello, Cesare, and Crovella, Sergio
Subjects: Adult, Adolescent, Immunology, HIV Infections, Biology, Young Adult, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), HLA polymorphisms, HLA-G, medicine, Immunology and Allergy, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Allele, Risk factor, Aged, Polymorphism, Genetic, heterosexual transmission, Histocompatibility Antigens Class I, HIV, Odds ratio, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Null allele, Confidence interval, Infectious Diseases, HIV-1, Female, Viral disease
Abstract: We analyzed HLA-G 3777G > C, HLA-G 14 bp deletion/insertion and HLA-G*0105N polymorphisms in HIV-positive white adult participants, infected through horizontal heterosexual transmission, and unexposed uninfected individuals, all from north eastern Italy. We report a new association between the HLA-G*0105N allele and HIV infection in adult white female participants, being HLA-G*0105N null allele correlated with an augmented risk (odds ratio = 4.35, 95% confidence interval = 1.38-18.07, P = 0.005) for HIV infection.
Published: 2010

33. HLA-G 3' UTR haplotypes and HIV vertical transmission

Author: Sergio Crovella, Ludovica Segat, Marcello Morgutti, Lara Padovan, Eulalia Catamo, Annalisa Fabris, Segat, L, Catamo, Eulalia, Fabris, A, Padovan, L, Morgutti, M, and Crovella, Sergio
Subjects: Male, Immunology, HIV Infections, Human leukocyte antigen, Virus, Linkage Disequilibrium, Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), Gene Frequency, HLA Antigens, Pregnancy, HLA-G, Genotype, medicine, Immunology and Allergy, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Allele, Child, 3' Untranslated Regions, Genetics, HLA-G Antigens, Polymorphism, Genetic, biology, Haplotype, Histocompatibility Antigens Class I, biology.organism_classification, medicine.disease, Virology, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, Infectious Diseases, Haplotypes, Child, Preschool, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects, Lentivirus, HIV-1, Female, Gene Deletion
Abstract: We evaluated the possible association of human leukocyte antigen-G (HLA-G) 3777G>C and 14-bp deletion/insertion (D/I) polymorphisms haplotypes and combined genotypes with perinatal HIV transmission in Brazilian children. The 3777G>C polymorphism alone has no effect on HIV vertical transmission but, when linked with the D allele, exerts a positive role in the protection. Indeed, we identified the DC HLA-G haplotype as significantly associated with a protective effect towards HIV vertical transmission.
Published: 2009

34. Association between HLA-G 3'UTR 14-bp polymorphism and HIV vertical transmission in Brazilian children

Author: Sergio Crovella, Annalisa Fabris, Marcello Morgutti, Ludovica Segat, José L. Lima-Filho, Luiz Claudio Arraes, Eulalia Catamo, Fabris, A, Catamo, Eulalia, Segat, L, Morgutti, M, Arraes, Lc, DE LIMA FILHO, Jl, and Crovella, Sergio
Subjects: Male, Immunology, HLA-G, HIV Infections, Human leukocyte antigen, Gene Frequency, HLA Antigens, Pregnancy, Genotype, Immunology and Allergy, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Allele, Child, Genotyping, HLA-G Antigens, Polymorphism, Genetic, biology, Histocompatibility Antigens Class I, Infant, HIV, biology.organism_classification, Virology, Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical, Genotype frequency, Mutagenesis, Insertional, Infectious Diseases, Child, Preschool, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects, Lentivirus, HIV-1, vertical transmission, Female, Viral disease, Gene Deletion
Abstract: Objectives: The aim of our study was to verify the possible association between an HLA-G 14-bp deletion/insertion polymorphism and perinatal HIV transmission in Brazilian children. Design: We analyzed the 14-bp deletion/insertion polymorphisms in seronegative (i.e., exposed uninfected, N = 71) and seropositive (exposed infected, N = 175) Brazilian children born from HIV-positive mothers and in healthy controls (n = 175). Methods: HLA-G 14-bp deletion/insertion polymorphism (rs16375) was detected by PCR amplification of the target sequence followed by agarose gel electrophoresis. All the samples were also analyzed by direct sequencing in order to validate the genotyping results. Results: HIV-exposed uninfected children showed significant differences in their allele and genotype frequencies of the HLA-G 14-bp polymorphism when compared to both seropositive children and healthy controls. The 14-bp-deleted (D) allele was more frequent in exposed uninfected children (79%) than in healthy controls (60%) and HIV-positive children (58%); the higher percentage of the D allele found in the exposed uninfected children with respect to HIV-positive individuals was significantly associated with a reduced risk of vertical transmission. This effect was ascribable to the presence of the D/D homozygous genotype. Conclusion: Our findings support the possible role for the HLA-G 14-bp deletion/insertion polymorphism in the HIV vertical transmission in Brazilian children. The presence of the D allele and D/D genotype is associated with a protective effect toward HIV perinatal infection.
Published: 2009

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1. Genome-wide analysis in over 1 million individuals of European ancestry yields improved polygenic risk scores for blood pressure traits.

2. A saturated map of common genetic variants associated with human height

3. Genetic insights into biological mechanisms governing human ovarian ageing

4. Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity

5. Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk.

6. Differential and shared genetic effects on kidney function between diabetic and non-diabetic individuals

7. Are taste variations associated with the liking of sweetened and unsweetened coffee?

8. A catalog of genetic loci associated with kidney function from analyses of a million individuals

9. HLA-G regulatory polymorphisms are associated with susceptibility to HCV infection

10. Comprehensive analysis of polymorphisms in the HLA-G 5' upstream regulatory and 3' untranslated regions in Brazilian patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

11. Target genes, variants, tissues and transcriptional pathways influencing human serum urate levels

12. Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity

13. Genetic analyses of the electrocardiographic QT interval and its components identify additional loci and pathways

14. Differences in taste and smell perception between type 2 diabetes mellitus patients and healthy controls

15. Investigation of the link between PROP taste perception and vegetables consumption using FAOSTAT data

16. Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure in obesity

17. Whole-genome sequencing reveals new insights into age-related hearing loss: cumulative effects, pleiotropy and the role of selection

18. Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

19. Association of the HLA-G 3′UTR polymorphisms with colorectal cancer in Italy: a first insight

20. HLA-G 14 bp Deletion/Insertion Polymorphism in Celiac Disease

21. HLA-G and susceptibility to develop celiac disease

22. HLA-G14 bp deletion/insertion polymorphism and mother-to-child transmission of HIV

23. Influence of HLA-G Polymorphisms In Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and hepatitis C Virus Co-Infection in Brazilian and Italian Individuals

24. Non-classical MHC-I human leukocyte antigen (HLA-G) in hepatotropic viral infections and in hepatocellular carcinoma

25. Interleukin-18 gene promoter polymorphisms and celiac disease in Italian patients

26. HLA-G gene polymorphisms associated with susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis disease and its severity in Brazilian patients

27. Interleukin-10 gene promoter polymorphisms in celiac patients from north-eastern Italy

28. HLA-G/C, miRNAs, and their role in HIV infection and replication

29. Polymorphisms in TREX1 and susceptibility to HIV-1 infection

30. CD14 polymorphisms correlate with an augmented risk for celiac disease in Italian patients

31. NALP1/NLRP1 genetic variants are associated with Alzheimer disease

32. HLA-G*0105N allele is associated with augmented risk for HIV infection in white female patients

33. HLA-G 3' UTR haplotypes and HIV vertical transmission

34. Association between HLA-G 3'UTR 14-bp polymorphism and HIV vertical transmission in Brazilian children

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