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2. Characteristics of adults with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia stratified by gender: Preliminary analysis from the EAS FHSC global registry on over 36,000 cases of familial hypercholesterolaemia

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Vallejo-Vaz, A.J., primary, Dharmayat, K., additional, Stevens, C., additional, Lyons, A., additional, Brandts, J., additional, Catapano, A.L., additional, Freiberger, T., additional, Hovingh, K., additional, Kastelein, J.J., additional, Mata, P., additional, Raal, F.J., additional, Santos, R.D., additional, Soran, H., additional, Watts, G.F., additional, and Ray, K.K., additional

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4. Heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia in children: Preliminary analysis from the EAS FHSC global registry on over 7,900 children with familial hypercholesterolaemia

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Dharmayat, K., primary, Stevens, C., additional, Lyons, A., additional, Catapano, A.L., additional, Freiberger, T., additional, Hovingh, K., additional, Kastelein, J.J., additional, Mata, P., additional, Raal, F.J., additional, Santos, R.D., additional, Soran, H., additional, Watts, G.F., additional, Ray, K.K., additional, Vallejo-Vaz, A.J., additional, and Behalf Of The Fhsc, X. On, additional

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10. Evidence for three genetic loci involved in both anorexia nervosa risk and variation of body mass index

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Hinney, A., Kesselmeier, M., Huckins, Laura M, Hauser, Joanna, Karhunen, Leila, Meulenbelt, Ingrid, Slagboom, P Eline, Tortorella, Alfonso, Maj, Mario, Dedoussis, George, Dikeos, Dimitris, Gonidakis, Fragiskos, Tziouvas, Konstantinos, Southam, Lorraine, Tsitsika, Artemis, Papezova, Hana, Slachtova, Lenka, Martaskova, Debora, Kennedy, James L, Levitan, Robert D, Yilmaz, Zeynep, Huemer, Julia, Koubek, Doris, Merl, Elisabeth, Rayner, N William, Wagner, Gudrun, Lichtenstein, Paul, Breen, Gerome, Cohen-Woods, Sarah, Farmer, Anne, McGuffin, Peter, Cichon, Sven, Giegling, Ina, Herms, Stefan, Rujescu, Dan, Tachmazidou, Ioanna, Schreiber, Stefan, Wichmann, H-Erich, Dina, Christian, Sladek, Rob, Gambaro, Giovanni, Soranzo, Nicole, Julia, Antonio, Marsal, Sara, Rabionet, Raquel, Gaborieau, Valerie, Klump, Kelly L, Dick, Danielle M, Palotie, Aarno, Ripatti, Samuli, Widén, Elisabeth, Andreassen, Ole A, Espeseth, Thomas, Lundervold, Astri, Reinvang, Ivar, Steen, Vidar M, Hellard, Stephanie Le, Treasure, Janet, Mattingsdal, Morten, Ntalla, Ioanna, Bencko, Vladimir, Foretova, Lenka, Janout, Vladimir, Navratilova, Marie, Gallinger, Steven, Pinto, Dalila, Scherer, Stephen W, Aschauer, Harald, Lewis, Cathryn M, Carlberg, Laura, Schosser, Alexandra, Alfredsson, Lars, Ding, Bo, Klareskog, Lars, Padyukov, Leonid, Finan, Chris, Kalsi, Gursharan, Roberts, Marion, Logan, Darren W, Schmidt, Ulrike, Peltonen, Leena, Ritchie, Graham R S, Barrett, Jeff C, Estivill, Xavier, Hinney, Anke, Sullivan, Patrick F, Collier, David A, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Bulik, Cynthia M, Anderson, Carl A, Tozzi, Federica, Barrett, Jeffrey C, Floyd, James A B, Franklin, Christopher S, McGinnis, Ralph, Sambrook, Jennifer, Stephens, Jonathan, Ouwehand, Willem H, McArdle, Wendy L, iezebrink, Kirsty, Ring, Susan M, Strachan, David P, Alexander, Graeme, Conlon, Peter J, Dominiczak, Anna, Duncanson, Audrey, Hill, Adrian, Langford, Cordelia, Jall, S., Hebebrand, Johannes, Lord, Graham, Maxwell, Alexander P, Morgan, Linda, Sandford, Richard N, Sheerin, Neil, Vannberg, Frederik O, Blackburn, Hannah, Chen, Wei-Min, Edkins, Sarah, Gorwood, Philip, Gillman, Mathew, Gray, Emma, Hunt, Sarah E, Nengut-Gumuscu, Suna, Potter, Simon, Rich, Stephen S, Simpkin, Douglas, Whittaker, Pamela, Heid, I. 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Abstract

The maintenance of normal body weight is disrupted in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) for prolonged periods of time. Prior to the onset of AN, premorbid body mass index (BMI) spans the entire range from underweight to obese. After recovery, patients have reduced rates of overweight and obesity. As such, loci involved in body weight regulation may also be relevant for AN and vice versa. Our primary analysis comprised a cross-trait analysis of the 1000 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with the lowest P-values in a genome-wide association meta-analysis (GWAMA) of AN (GCAN) for evidence of association in the largest published GWAMA for BMI (GIANT). Subsequently we performed sex-stratified analyses for these 1000 SNPs. Functional ex vivo studies on four genes ensued. Lastly, a look-up of GWAMA-derived BMI-related loci was performed in the AN GWAMA. We detected significant associations (P-values

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2017

11. Novel Approach Identifies SNPs in SLC2A10 and KCNK9 with Evidence for Parent-of-Origin Effect on Body Mass Index

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Hoggart, C, Venturini, G, Mangino, M, Gomez, F, Ascari, G, Zhao, J, Teumer, A, Winkler, T, Tšernikova, N, Luan, J, Mihailov, E, Ehret, G, Zhang, W, Lamparter, D, Esko, T, Macé, A, Rüeger, S, Bochud, P, Barcella, M, Dauvilliers, Y, Benyamin, B, Evans, D, Hayward, C, Lopez, M, Franke, L, Russo, A, Heid, I, Salvi, E, Vendantam, S, Arking, D, Boerwinkle, E, Chambers, J, Fiorito, G, Grallert, H, Guarrera, S, Homuth, G, Huffman, J, Porteous, D, Berg, J, Blackwood, D, Campbell, H, Cavanagh, J, Connell, J, Connor, M, Cunningham Burley, S, Deary, I, Dominiczak, A, Ellis, P, Fitzpatrick, B, Ford, I, Gertz, R, Grau, A, Haddow, G, Jackson, C, Kerr, S, Lindsay, R, Mcgilchrist, M, Mcintyre, D, Morris, A, Morton, R, Muir, W, Murray, G, Palmer, C, Pell, J, Philp, A, Porteous, M, Procter, R, Ralston, S, Reid, D, Sinnott, R, Smith, B, St Clair, D, Sullivan, F, Sweetland, M, Ure, J, Watt, G, Wolf, R, Wright, A, de Bakker, P, Bültmann, U, Geleijnse, M, Harst, P, Koppelman, G, Rosmalen, J, van Rossum, L, 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Wichmann, H, Wilson, J, Abecasis, G, Assimes, T, Barroso, I, Boehnke, M, Borecki, I, Deloukas, P, Fox, C, Frayling, T, Groop, L, Haritunian, T, Hunter, D, Kaplan, R, Karpe, F, Miriammoffatt, N, Mohlke, K, O'Connell, J, Pawitan, Y, Schadt, E, Schlessinger, D, Steinthorsdottir, V, Strachan, D, Thorsteinsdottir, U, van Duijn, C, Visscher, P, Di Blasio, A, Hirschhorn, J, Lindgren, C, Meyre, D, Mccarthy, M, Speliotes, E, North, K, Loos, R, Ingelsson, E, Kemp, J, Lammers, G, Heim, M, Peraita Adrados, R, Schmidt, C, Scott, R, Bell, J, Whitfield, J, Hastie, N, and Da Smith, G

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Epigenomics, Male, Netherlands Twin Register (NTR), body mass index, gene, SNP, Cancer Research, BIO/12 - BIOCHIMICA CLINICA E BIOLOGIA MOLECOLARE CLINICA, Potassium Channels, Glucose Transport Proteins, Facilitative, Medizin, Genome-wide association study, CHILDREN, ddc:616.07, FAMILIES, Body Mass Index, 0302 clinical medicine, Polymorphism (computer science), Genotype, LifeLines Cohort study, GENETICS & HEREDITY, Tandem Pore Domain, Genetics (clinical), ASSOCIATIONS, ddc:616, Genetics, 0303 health sciences, QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI, Ecology, Genomics, Single Nucleotide, Generation Scotland Consortium, Urological cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 15], OBESITY, Physical Sciences, KCNK9 protein, Epigenetics, Female, ALCOHOLISM, Glucose Transport Proteins, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Statistics (Mathematics), Human, Research Article, VARIANCES, Adult, PENETRANCE, GENES, lcsh:QH426-470, Evolution, European Continental Ancestry Group, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Biostatistics, Biology, Quantitative trait locus, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, White People, 03 medical and health sciences, Genomic Imprinting, Potassium Channels, Tandem Pore Domain, Genetic, Behavior and Systematics, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Genetic linkage, GIANT Consortium, Genome-Wide Association Studies, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Statistical Methods, Allele, Polymorphism, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Gene Expression Regulation, Genome-Wide Association Study, Obesity, 030304 developmental biology, 0604 Genetics, Science & Technology, LINKAGE ANALYSIS, SLC2A10 protein, Biology and Life Sciences, Computational Biology, Facilitative, Genome Analysis, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematic, lcsh:Genetics, Inflammatory diseases Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 5], 3111 Biomedicine, Genomic imprinting, Mathematics, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Developmental Biology
Abstract

The phenotypic effect of some single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) depends on their parental origin. We present a novel approach to detect parent-of-origin effects (POEs) in genome-wide genotype data of unrelated individuals. The method exploits increased phenotypic variance in the heterozygous genotype group relative to the homozygous groups. We applied the method to >56,000 unrelated individuals to search for POEs influencing body mass index (BMI). Six lead SNPs were carried forward for replication in five family-based studies (of ∼4,000 trios). Two SNPs replicated: the paternal rs2471083-C allele (located near the imprinted KCNK9 gene) and the paternal rs3091869-T allele (located near the SLC2A10 gene) increased BMI equally (beta = 0.11 (SD), P, Author Summary Large genetic association studies have revealed many genetic factors influencing common traits, such as body mass index (BMI). These studies assume that the effect of genetic variants is the same regardless of whether they are inherited from the mother or the father. In our study, we have developed a new approach that allows us to investigate variants whose impact depends on their parental origin (parent-of-origin effects), in unrelated samples when the parental origin cannot be inferred. This is feasible because at genetic markers at which such effects occur there is increased variability of the trait among individuals who inherited different genetic codes from their mother and their father compared to individuals who inherited the same genetic code from both parents. We applied this methodology to discover genetic markers with parent-of-origin effects (POEs) on BMI. This resulted in six candidate markers showing strong POE association. We then attempted to replicate the POE effects of these markers in family studies (where one can infer the parental origin of the inherited variants). Two of our candidates showed significant association in the family studies, the paternal and maternal effects of these markers were in the opposite direction.

Published
2014

14. Gene-centric meta-analyses of 108 912 individuals confirm known body mass index loci and reveal three novel signals

Author

Guo, Y., Lanktree, M. B., Taylor, K. C., Hakonarson, H., Lange, L. A., Keating, B. J., Fairfax, B. P., Elbers, C. C., Barnard, J., Farrall, M., Padmanabhan, S., Baumert, J., Castillo, B. A., Gaunt, T. R., Gong, Y., Rajagopalan, R., Romaine, S. P., Kumari, M., Rafelt, S., Smith, E. N., Li, Y. R., Sivapalaratnam, S., van Iperen, E. P., Speliotes, E. K., Toskala, E., Zhang, L., Ochs-Balcom, H. M., Bhangale, T. R., Chandrupatla, H. R., Drenos, F., Gieger, C., Gupta, J., Johnson, T., Kleber, M. E., Makino, S., Mangino, M., Meng, Y., Nelson, C. P., Pankow, J. S., Pankratz, N., Price, T. S., Shaffer, J., Shen, H., Tischfield, S., Tomaszewski, M., Atwood, L. D., Bailey, K. M., Balasubramanyam, A., Baldwin, C. T., Basart, H., Bauer, F., Behr, E. R., Beitelshees, A. L., Berenson, G. S., Beresford, S. A., Bezzina, C. R., Bhatt, D. L., Boer, J. M., Braund, P. S., Burke, G. L., Burkley, B., Carty, C., Chen, W., Clarke, R., Cooper-DeHoff, R. M., Curtis, S. P., de Bakker, P. I., de Jong, J. S., Delles, C., Dominiczak, A. F., Duggan, D., Feldman, H. I., Furlong, C. E., Gorski, M. M., Gums, J. G., Hardwick, R., Hastie, C., Heid, I. M., Huang, G.-H., Huggins, G. S., Humphries, S. E., Kirkland, S. A., Kivimaki, M., Klein, R., Klein, B. E., Knowler, W. C., Kottke-Marchant, K., LaCroix, A. Z., Langaee, T. Y., Li, M., Lyon, H. N., Maiwald, S., Marshall, J. K., Mehta, A., Meijs, M. F., Melander, O., Meyer, N., Mitra, N., Molony, C. M., Morrow, D. A., Murugesan, G., Newhouse, S. J., Nieto, J. F., Onland-Moret, N. C., Ouwehand, W. H., Palmen, J., Pepine, C. J., Ranchalis, J., Rosas, S. E., Rosenthal, E. A., Scharnagl, H., Schork, N. J., Schreiner, P. J., Shah, T., Shashaty, M., Shimbo, D., Srinivasan, S. R., Thomas, F., Tobin, M. D., Tsai, M. Y., Verschuren, W. M. M., Wagenknecht, L. E., Winkelmann, B. R., Young, T., Yusuf, S., Zafarmand, M. H., Zmuda, J. M., Zwinderman, A. H., Anand, S. S., Balmforth, A. J., Boehm, B. O., Boerwinkle, E., Burton, P. R., Cappola, T. P., Casas, J. P., Caulfield, M. J., Christiani, D. C., Christie, J., Cruickshanks, K. J., Davey-Smith, G., Davidson, K. W., Day, I. N., Doevendans, P. A., Dorn, G. W., FitzGerald, G. A., Hall, A. S., Hingorani, A. D., Hirschhorn, J. N., Hofker, M. H., Hovingh, K. G., Illig, T., Jamshidi, Y., Jarvik, G. P., Johnson, J. A., Kanetsky, P. A., Kastelein, J. J., Koenig, W., Lawlor, D. A., Marz, W., McCaffery, J., Mega, J. L., Mitchell, B. D., Murray, S. S., O'Connell, J. R., Patel, S. R., Peters, A., Pettinger, M., Rader, D. J., Redline, S., Reilly, M. P., Sabatine, M. S., Schadt, E. E., Shuldiner, A. R., Silverstein, R. L., Spector, T. D., Taylor, H. A., Thorand, B., Trip, M. D., Watkins, H., Wichmann, H.- E., Fox, C. S., Grant, S. F., Peter, I., Talmud, P. J., Munroe, P. B., Wilson, J. G., Knight, J. C., Samani, N. J., Hegele, R. A., Asselbergs, F. W., Monda, K. L., van der Schouw, Y. T., Demerath, E. W., Wijmenga, C., Timpson, N. J., Reiner, A. P., North, K. E., Papanicolaou, G. J., Lange , L. A., Keating , B. J., Vascular Medicine, Amsterdam Public Health, Epidemiology and Data Science, Graduate School, Other departments, Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Cardiology, Other Research, and Public and occupational health

Subjects
Population, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Genome-wide association study, Biology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Body Mass Index, Cohort Studies, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, SH2B1, Genotype, Ethnicity, Genetics, Humans, education, Molecular Biology, Gene, Genetics (clinical), 030304 developmental biology, Genetic association, 0303 health sciences, education.field_of_study, Association Studies Articles, General Medicine, Melanocortin 4 receptor, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract

Recent genetic association studies have made progress in uncovering components of the genetic architecture of the body mass index (BMI). We used the ITMAT-Broad-Candidate Gene Association Resource (CARe) (IBC) array comprising up to 49 320 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) across ~2100 metabolic and cardiovascular-related loci to genotype up to 108 912 individuals of European ancestry (EA), African-Americans, Hispanics and East Asians, from 46 studies, to provide additional insight into SNPs underpinning BMI. We used a five-phase study design: Phase I focused on meta-analysis of EA studies providing individual level genotype data; Phase II performed a replication of cohorts providing summary level EA data; Phase III meta-analyzed results from the first two phases; associated SNPs from Phase III were used for replication in Phase IV; finally in Phase V, a multi-ethnic meta-analysis of all samples from four ethnicities was performed. At an array-wide significance (P < 2.40E-06), we identify novel BMI associations in loci translocase of outer mitochondrial membrane 40 homolog (yeast) - apolipoprotein E - apolipoprotein C-I (TOMM40-APOE-APOC1) (rs2075650, P = 2.95E-10), sterol regulatory element binding transcription factor 2 (SREBF2, rs5996074, P = 9.43E-07) and neurotrophic tyrosine kinase, receptor, type 2 [NTRK2, a brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) receptor gene, rs1211166, P = 1.04E-06] in the Phase IV meta-analysis. Of 10 loci with previous evidence for BMI association represented on the IBC array, eight were replicated, with the remaining two showing nominal significance. Conditional analyses revealed two independent BMI-associated signals in BDNF and melanocortin 4 receptor (MC4R) regions. Of the 11 array-wide significant SNPs, three are associated with gene expression levels in both primary B-cells and monocytes; with rs4788099 in SH2B adaptor protein 1 (SH2B1) notably being associated with the expression of multiple genes in cis. These multi-ethnic meta-analyses expand our knowledge of BMI genetics.

Published
2013

16. Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility

Author

Mahajan, A, Go, MJ, Zhang, W, Below, JE, Gaulton, KJ, Ferreira, T, Horikoshi, M, Johnson, AD, Ng, MCY, Prokopenko, I, Saleheen, D, Wang, X, Zeggini, E, Abecasis, GR, Adair, LS, Almgren, P, Atalay, M, Aung, T, Baldassarre, D, Balkau, B, Bao, Y, Barnett, AH, Barroso, I, Basit, A, Been, LF, Beilby, J, Bell, GI, Benediktsson, R, Bergman, RN, Boehm, BO, Boerwinkle, E, Bonnycastle, LL, Burtt, N, Cai, Q, Campbell, H, Carey, J, Cauchi, S, Caulfield, M, Chan, JCN, Chang, L-C, Chang, T-J, Chang, Y-C, Charpentier, G, Chen, C-H, Chen, H, Chen, Y-T, Chia, K-S, Chidambaram, M, Chines, PS, Cho, NH, Cho, YM, Chuang, L-M, Collins, FS, Cornelis, MC, Couper, DJ, Crenshaw, AT, van Dam, RM, Danesh, J, Das, D, de Faire, U, Dedoussis, G, Deloukas, P, Dimas, AS, Dina, C, Doney, ASF, Donnelly, PJ, Dorkhan, M, van Duijn, C, Dupuis, J, Edkins, S, Elliott, P, Emilsson, V, Erbel, R, Eriksson, JG, Escobedo, J, Esko, T, Eury, E, Florez, JC, Fontanillas, P, Forouhi, NG, Forsen, T, Fox, C, Fraser, RM, Frayling, TM, Froguel, P, Frossard, P, Gao, Y, Gertow, K, Gieger, C, Gigante, B, Grallert, H, Grant, GB, Groop, LC, Groves, CJ, Grundberg, E, Guiducci, C, Hamsten, A, Han, B-G, Hara, K, Hassanali, N, Hattersley, AT, Hayward, C, Hedman, AK, Herder, C, Hofman, A, Holmen, OL, Hovingh, K, Hreidarsson, AB, Hu, C, Hu, FB, Hui, J, Humphries, SE, Hunt, SE, Hunter, DJ, Hveem, K, Hydrie, ZI, Ikegami, H, Illig, T, Ingelsson, E, Islam, M, Isomaa, B, Jackson, AU, Jafar, T, James, A, Jia, W, Joeckel, K-H, Jonsson, A, Jowett, JBM, Kadowaki, T, Kang, HM, Kanoni, S, Kao, WHL, Kathiresan, S, Kato, N, Katulanda, P, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, SM, Kelly, AM, Khan, H, Khaw, K-T, Khor, C-C, Kim, H-L, Kim, S, Kim, YJ, Kinnunen, L, Klopp, N, Kong, A, Korpi-Hyovalti, E, Kowlessur, S, Kraft, P, Kravic, J, Kristensen, MM, Krithika, S, Kumar, A, Kumate, J, Kuusisto, J, Kwak, SH, Laakso, M, Lagou, V, Lakka, TA, Langenberg, C, Langford, C, Lawrence, R, Leander, K, Lee, J-M, Lee, NR, Li, M, Li, X, Li, Y, Liang, J, Liju, S, Lim, W-Y, Lind, L, Lindgren, CM, Lindholm, E, Liu, C-T, Liu, JJ, Lobbens, S, Long, J, Loos, RJF, Lu, W, Luan, J, Lyssenko, V, Ma, RCW, Maeda, S, Maegi, R, Mannisto, S, Matthews, DR, Meigs, JB, Melander, O, Metspalu, A, Meyer, J, Mirza, G, Mihailov, E, Moebus, S, Mohan, V, Mohlke, KL, Morris, AD, Muehleisen, TW, Mueller-Nurasyid, M, Musk, B, Nakamura, J, Nakashima, E, Navarro, P, Peng-Keat, N, Nica, AC, Nilsson, PM, Njolstad, I, Noethen, MM, Ohnaka, K, Ong, TH, Owen, KR, Palmer, CNA, Pankow, JS, Park, KS, Parkin, M, Pechlivanis, S, Pedersen, NL, Peltonen, L, Perry, JRB, Peters, A, Pinidiyapathirage, JM, Platou, CGP, Potter, S, Price, JF, Qi, L, Radha, V, Rallidis, L, Rasheed, A, Rathmann, W, Rauramaa, R, Raychaudhuri, S, Rayner, NW, Rees, SD, Rehnberg, E, Ripatti, S, Robertson, N, Roden, M, Rossin, EJ, Rudan, I, Rybin, D, Saaristo, TE, Salomaa, V, Saltevo, J, Samuel, M, Sanghera, DK, Saramies, J, Scott, J, Scott, LJ, Scott, RA, Segre, AV, Sehmi, J, Sennblad, B, Shah, N, Shah, S, Shera, AS, Shu, XO, Shuldiner, AR, Sigurdsson, G, Sijbrands, E, Silveira, A, Sim, X, Sivapalaratnam, S, Small, KS, So, WY, Stancakova, A, Stefansson, K, Steinbach, G, Steinthorsdottir, V, Stirrups, K, Strawbridge, RJ, Stringham, HM, Sun, Q, Suo, C, Syvanen, A-C, Takayanagi, R, Takeuchi, F, Tay, WT, Teslovich, TM, Thorand, B, Thorleifsson, G, Thorsteinsdottir, U, Tikkanen, E, Trakalo, J, Tremoli, E, Trip, MD, Tsai, FJ, Tuomi, T, Tuomilehto, J, Uitterlinden, AG, Valladares-Salgado, A, Vedantam, S, Veglia, F, Voight, BF, Wang, C, Wareham, NJ, Wennauer, R, Wickremasinghe, AR, Wilsgaard, T, Wilson, JF, Wiltshire, S, Winckler, W, Wong, TY, Wood, AR, Wu, J-Y, Wu, Y, Yamamoto, K, Yamauchi, T, Yang, M, Yengo, L, Yokota, M, Young, R, Zabaneh, D, Zhang, F, Zhang, R, Zheng, W, Zimmet, PZ, Altshuler, D, Bowden, DW, Cho, YS, Cox, NJ, Cruz, M, Hanis, CL, Kooner, J, Lee, J-Y, Seielstad, M, Teo, YY, Boehnke, M, Parra, EJ, Chambers, JC, Tai, ES, McCarthy, MI, Morris, AP, Mahajan, A, Go, MJ, Zhang, W, Below, JE, Gaulton, KJ, Ferreira, T, Horikoshi, M, Johnson, AD, Ng, MCY, Prokopenko, I, Saleheen, D, Wang, X, Zeggini, E, Abecasis, GR, Adair, LS, Almgren, P, Atalay, M, Aung, T, Baldassarre, D, Balkau, B, Bao, Y, Barnett, AH, Barroso, I, Basit, A, Been, LF, Beilby, J, Bell, GI, Benediktsson, R, Bergman, RN, Boehm, BO, Boerwinkle, E, Bonnycastle, LL, Burtt, N, Cai, Q, Campbell, H, Carey, J, Cauchi, S, Caulfield, M, Chan, JCN, Chang, L-C, Chang, T-J, Chang, Y-C, Charpentier, G, Chen, C-H, Chen, H, Chen, Y-T, Chia, K-S, Chidambaram, M, Chines, PS, Cho, NH, Cho, YM, Chuang, L-M, Collins, FS, Cornelis, MC, Couper, DJ, Crenshaw, AT, van Dam, RM, Danesh, J, Das, D, de Faire, U, Dedoussis, G, Deloukas, P, Dimas, AS, Dina, C, Doney, ASF, Donnelly, PJ, Dorkhan, M, van Duijn, C, Dupuis, J, Edkins, S, Elliott, P, Emilsson, V, Erbel, R, Eriksson, JG, Escobedo, J, Esko, T, Eury, E, Florez, JC, Fontanillas, P, Forouhi, NG, Forsen, T, Fox, C, Fraser, RM, Frayling, TM, Froguel, P, Frossard, P, Gao, Y, Gertow, K, Gieger, C, Gigante, B, Grallert, H, Grant, GB, Groop, LC, Groves, CJ, Grundberg, E, Guiducci, C, Hamsten, A, Han, B-G, Hara, K, Hassanali, N, Hattersley, AT, Hayward, C, Hedman, AK, Herder, C, Hofman, A, Holmen, OL, Hovingh, K, Hreidarsson, AB, Hu, C, Hu, FB, Hui, J, Humphries, SE, Hunt, SE, Hunter, DJ, Hveem, K, Hydrie, ZI, Ikegami, H, Illig, T, Ingelsson, E, Islam, M, Isomaa, B, Jackson, AU, Jafar, T, James, A, Jia, W, Joeckel, K-H, Jonsson, A, Jowett, JBM, Kadowaki, T, Kang, HM, Kanoni, S, Kao, WHL, Kathiresan, S, Kato, N, Katulanda, P, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, SM, Kelly, AM, Khan, H, Khaw, K-T, Khor, C-C, Kim, H-L, Kim, S, Kim, YJ, Kinnunen, L, Klopp, N, Kong, A, Korpi-Hyovalti, E, Kowlessur, S, Kraft, P, Kravic, J, Kristensen, MM, Krithika, S, Kumar, A, Kumate, J, Kuusisto, J, Kwak, SH, Laakso, M, Lagou, V, Lakka, TA, Langenberg, C, Langford, C, Lawrence, R, Leander, K, Lee, J-M, Lee, NR, Li, M, Li, X, Li, Y, Liang, J, Liju, S, Lim, W-Y, Lind, L, Lindgren, CM, Lindholm, E, Liu, C-T, Liu, JJ, Lobbens, S, Long, J, Loos, RJF, Lu, W, Luan, J, Lyssenko, V, Ma, RCW, Maeda, S, Maegi, R, Mannisto, S, Matthews, DR, Meigs, JB, Melander, O, Metspalu, A, Meyer, J, Mirza, G, Mihailov, E, Moebus, S, Mohan, V, Mohlke, KL, Morris, AD, Muehleisen, TW, Mueller-Nurasyid, M, Musk, B, Nakamura, J, Nakashima, E, Navarro, P, Peng-Keat, N, Nica, AC, Nilsson, PM, Njolstad, I, Noethen, MM, Ohnaka, K, Ong, TH, Owen, KR, Palmer, CNA, Pankow, JS, Park, KS, Parkin, M, Pechlivanis, S, Pedersen, NL, Peltonen, L, Perry, JRB, Peters, A, Pinidiyapathirage, JM, Platou, CGP, Potter, S, Price, JF, Qi, L, Radha, V, Rallidis, L, Rasheed, A, Rathmann, W, Rauramaa, R, Raychaudhuri, S, Rayner, NW, Rees, SD, Rehnberg, E, Ripatti, S, Robertson, N, Roden, M, Rossin, EJ, Rudan, I, Rybin, D, Saaristo, TE, Salomaa, V, Saltevo, J, Samuel, M, Sanghera, DK, Saramies, J, Scott, J, Scott, LJ, Scott, RA, Segre, AV, Sehmi, J, Sennblad, B, Shah, N, Shah, S, Shera, AS, Shu, XO, Shuldiner, AR, Sigurdsson, G, Sijbrands, E, Silveira, A, Sim, X, Sivapalaratnam, S, Small, KS, So, WY, Stancakova, A, Stefansson, K, Steinbach, G, Steinthorsdottir, V, Stirrups, K, Strawbridge, RJ, Stringham, HM, Sun, Q, Suo, C, Syvanen, A-C, Takayanagi, R, Takeuchi, F, Tay, WT, Teslovich, TM, Thorand, B, Thorleifsson, G, Thorsteinsdottir, U, Tikkanen, E, Trakalo, J, Tremoli, E, Trip, MD, Tsai, FJ, Tuomi, T, Tuomilehto, J, Uitterlinden, AG, Valladares-Salgado, A, Vedantam, S, Veglia, F, Voight, BF, Wang, C, Wareham, NJ, Wennauer, R, Wickremasinghe, AR, Wilsgaard, T, Wilson, JF, Wiltshire, S, Winckler, W, Wong, TY, Wood, AR, Wu, J-Y, Wu, Y, Yamamoto, K, Yamauchi, T, Yang, M, Yengo, L, Yokota, M, Young, R, Zabaneh, D, Zhang, F, Zhang, R, Zheng, W, Zimmet, PZ, Altshuler, D, Bowden, DW, Cho, YS, Cox, NJ, Cruz, M, Hanis, CL, Kooner, J, Lee, J-Y, Seielstad, M, Teo, YY, Boehnke, M, Parra, EJ, Chambers, JC, Tai, ES, McCarthy, MI, and Morris, AP

Abstract

To further understanding of the genetic basis of type 2 diabetes (T2D) susceptibility, we aggregated published meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies (GWAS), including 26,488 cases and 83,964 controls of European, east Asian, south Asian and Mexican and Mexican American ancestry. We observed a significant excess in the directional consistency of T2D risk alleles across ancestry groups, even at SNPs demonstrating only weak evidence of association. By following up the strongest signals of association from the trans-ethnic meta-analysis in an additional 21,491 cases and 55,647 controls of European ancestry, we identified seven new T2D susceptibility loci. Furthermore, we observed considerable improvements in the fine-mapping resolution of common variant association signals at several T2D susceptibility loci. These observations highlight the benefits of trans-ethnic GWAS for the discovery and characterization of complex trait loci and emphasize an exciting opportunity to extend insight into the genetic architecture and pathogenesis of human diseases across populations of diverse ancestry.

Published
2014

17. Quality control and conduct of genome-wide association meta-analyses

Author

Winkler, T, Day, F, Croteau Chonka, D, Wood, A, Locke, A, Mägi, R, Ferreira, T, Fall, T, Graff, M, Justice, A, Luan, J, Gustafsson, S, Randall, J, Vedantam, S, Workalemahu, T, Kilpeläinen, T, Scherag, A, Esko, T, Kutalik, Z, Heid, I, Loos, R, Abecasis, G, Absher, D, Alavere, H, Albrecht, E, Allen, H, Almgren, P, Amin, N, Amouyel, P, Anderson, D, Arnold, A, Arveiler, D, Aspelund, T, Asselbergs, F, Assimes, T, Atalay, M, Attwood, A, Atwood, L, Bakker, S, Balkau, B, Balmforth, A, Barlassina, C, Barroso, I, Basart, H, Bauer, S, Beckmann, J, Beilby, J, Bennett, A, Ben Shlomo, Y, Bergman, R, Bergmann, S, Berndt, S, Biffar, R, Di Blasio, A, Boehm, B, Boehnke, M, Boeing, H, Boerwinkle, E, Bolton, J, Bonnefond, A, Bonnycastle, L, Boomsma, D, Borecki, I, Bornstein, S, Bouatia Naji, N, Boucher, G, Bragg Gresham, J, Brambilla, P, Bruinenberg, M, Buchanan, T, Buechler, C, Cadby, G, Campbell, H, Caulfield, M, Cavalcanti Proença, C, Cesana, G, Chanock, S, Chasman, D, Chen, Y, Chines, P, Clegg, D, Coin, L, Collins, F, Connell, J, Cookson, W, Cooper, M, Cupples, L, Cusi, D, Day, I, Dedoussis, G, Dei, M, Deloukas, P, Dermitzakis, E, Dimas, A, Dimitriou, M, Dixon, A, Dörr, M, van Duijn, C, Ebrahim, S, Edkins, S, Eiriksdottir, G, Eisinger, K, Eklund, N, Elliott, P, Erbel, R, Erdmann, J, Erdos, M, Eriksson, J, Estrada, K, Evans, D, de Faire, U, Farrall, M, Feitosa, M, Ferrario, M, Ferrières, J, Fischer, K, Fisher, E, Fowkes, G, Fox, C, Franke, L, Franks, P, Fraser, R, Frau, F, Frayling, T, Freimer, N, Froguel, P, Fu, M, Gaget, S, Ganna, A, Gejman, P, Gentilini, D, Geus, E, Gieger, C, Gigante, B, Gjesing, A, Glazer, N, Goddard, M, Goel, A, Grallert, H, Gräßler, J, Grönberg, H, Groop, L, Groves, C, Gudnason, V, Guiducci, C, Gyllensten, U, Hall, A, Hall, P, Hallmans, G, Hamsten, A, Hansen, T, Haritunians, T, Harris, T, van der Harst, P, Hartikainen, A, Hassanali, N, Hattersley, A, Havulinna, A, Hayward, C, Heard Costa, N, Heath, A, Hebebrand, J, den Heijer, M, Hengstenberg, C, Herzig, 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Abstract

Rigorous organization and quality control (QC) are necessary to facilitate successful genome-wide association meta-analyses (GWAMAs) of statistics aggregated across multiple genome-wide association studies. This protocol provides guidelines for (i) organizational aspects of GWAMAs, and for (ii) QC at the study file level, the meta-level across studies and the meta-analysis output level. Real-world examples highlight issues experienced and solutions developed by the GIANT Consortium that has conducted meta-analyses including data from 125 studies comprising more than 330,000 individuals. We provide a general protocol for conducting GWAMAs and carrying out QC to minimize errors and to guarantee maximum use of the data. We also include details for the use of a powerful and flexible software package called EasyQC. Precise timings will be greatly influenced by consortium size. For consortia of comparable size to the GIANT Consortium, this protocol takes a minimum of about 10 months to complete.

Published
2014

18. Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

Author

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IR, McArdle, WL, Ngwa, JS, Nolte, IM, Peters, MJ, Rose, LM, Smith, AV, Strawbridge, RJ, Trip, MD, Van Vliet Ostaptchouk, JV, Waite, LL, Zhao, JH, Asselbergs, FW, Attwood, AP, Balmforth, AJ, Bonnycastle, LL, Chasman, DI, Chines, PS, Collins, FS, Connell, JM, Cookson, WO, de, Faire, U, de, Evans, DM, Ferrario, MM, Gejman, PV, Hall, AS, Hartikainen, AL, Heard Costa, NL, Heath, AC, Hu, FB, Hunt, SE, Jacobs, KB, Jansson, JO, Khaw, KT, Kraja, AT, Laitinen, JH, Lakka, TA, Launer, LJ, Lokki, ML, Madden, PA, Magnusson, PK, McKnight, B, Medland, SE, Montgomery, GW, Mühleisen, TW, Munroe, PB, Musk, AW, Nohr, EA, Ong, KK, Oostra, BA, Palmer, CN, Peden, JF, Pramstaller, PP, Saaristo, TE, Sambrook, JG, Sanders, AR, Shin, SY, Stephens, JC, Stolk, RP, Swift, AJ, Theodoraki, EV, Tregouet, DA, Van der Klauw, MM, van Meurs, JB, Vermeulen, SH, Wild, SH, Winkelmann, BR, Witteman, JC, Wolffenbuttel, BH, Wright, AF, Zillikens, MC, Boehm, BO, Boomsma, DI, Caulfield, MJ, Chanock, SJ, Cupples, LA, Dedoussis, GV, Eriksson, JG, Franks, PW, Harris, TB, Hicks, AA, Hovingh, KG, Jarvelin, MR, Jöckel, KH, Keinanen Kiukaanniemi, SM, Kiemeney, LA, Levinson, DF, Martin, NG, Morris, AD, Nieminen, MS, Oldehinkel, AJ, Ouwehand, WH, Palmer, LJ, Province, MA, Psaty, BM, Ridker, PM, Samani, NJ, Sørensen, TI, Spector, TD, Uitterlinden, AG, Wareham, NJ, Wichmann, HE, Wilson, JF, Abecasis, GR, Assimes, TL, Borecki, IB, Fox, CS, Groop, LC, Heid, IM, Kaplan, RC, Moffatt, MF, Mohlke, KL, O'Connell, JR, Schadt, EE, Strachan, DP, van, Duijn, CM, Visscher, PM, Di Blasio, AM, Hirschhorn, JN, Lindgren, CM, Morris, AP, McCarthy, MI, Speliotes, EK, North, KE, Loos, RJ, Ingelsson, E., and BRAMBILLA, PAOLO

Abstract

Approaches exploiting trait distribution extremes may be used to identify loci associated with common traits, but it is unknown whether these loci are generalizable to the broader population. In a genome-wide search for loci associated with the upper versus the lower 5th percentiles of body mass index, height and waist-to-hip ratio, as well as clinical classes of obesity, including up to 263,407 individuals of European ancestry, we identified 4 new loci (IGFBP4, H6PD, RSRC1 and PPP2R2A) influencing height detected in the distribution tails and 7 new loci (HNF4G, RPTOR, GNAT2, MRPS33P4, ADCY9, HS6ST3 and ZZZ3) for clinical classes of obesity. Further, we find a large overlap in genetic structure and the distribution of variants between traits based on extremes and the general population and little etiological heterogeneity between obesity subgroups

Published
2013

19. Truncation mutations in ABCA1 suppress normal upregulation of full-length ABCA1 by 9-cis-retinoic acid and 22-R-hydroxycholesterol

Author

Wellington, C. L., Yang, Y. Z., Zhou, S., Clee, S. M., Tan, B., Hirano, K., Zwarts, K., Kwok, A., Gelfer, A., Marcil, M., Newman, S., Roomp, Kirsten, Singaraja, R., Collins, J. A., Zhang, L. H., Groen, A. K., Hovingh, K., Brownlie, A., Tafuri, S., Genest Jr., J., Kastelein, J. J., Hayden, M. R., Wellington, C. L., Yang, Y. Z., Zhou, S., Clee, S. M., Tan, B., Hirano, K., Zwarts, K., Kwok, A., Gelfer, A., Marcil, M., Newman, S., Roomp, Kirsten, Singaraja, R., Collins, J. A., Zhang, L. H., Groen, A. K., Hovingh, K., Brownlie, A., Tafuri, S., Genest Jr., J., Kastelein, J. J., and Hayden, M. R.

Abstract

Mutations in ABCA1 uniformly decrease plasma HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) and reduce cholesterol efflux, yet different mutations in ABCA1 result in different phenotypic effects in heterozygotes. For example, truncation mutations result in significantly lower HDL-C and apoliprotein A-I (apoA-I) levels in heterozygotes compared with nontruncation mutations, suggesting that truncation mutations may negatively affect the wild-type allele. To specifically test this hypothesis, we examined ABCA1 protein expression in response to 9-cis-retinoic acid (9-cis-RA) and 22-R-hydroxycholesterol (22-R-OH-Chol) in a collection of human fibroblasts representing eight different mutations and observed that truncation mutations blunted the response to oxysterol stimulation and dominantly suppressed induction of the remaining full-length allele to 5–10% of wild-type levels. mRNA levels between truncation and nontruncation mutations were comparable, suggesting that ABCA1 expression was suppressed at the protein level. Dominant negative activity of truncated ABCA1 was recapitulated in an in vitro model using transfected Cos-7 cells. Our results suggest that the severe reduction of HDL-C in patients with truncation mutations may be at least partly explained by dominant negative suppression of expression and activity of the remaining full-length ABCA1 allele.

Published
2002

22. Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin Kexin Type 9 Inhibition for Autosomal Recessive Hypercholesterolemia—Brief Report

Author

Frederick J. Raal, Geesje Dallinga-Thie, Livia Pisciotta, Maurizio Averna, Jorge Peter, Maxime Passard, Dirk J. Blom, Barbara Sjouke, Kees Hovingh, Alexis Guedon, Maria Laura Cossu, Aurélie Thedrez, Milco Ciccarese, Raul D. Santos, Mickael Croyal, Angelo B. Cefalù, Simon Prampart-Fauvet, Gilles Lambert, Paolo Pintus, Physiologie des Adaptations Nutritionnelles [UMR_A1280] (PhAN), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Nantes (UN), Department of Vascular Medicine, Emma Children’s Hospital Academic Medical Centre, Lipidology Division of Internal Medicine, University of Cape Town, Dipartimiento di Nefrologia Dialisi e Trapianto, SS Annunziata Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Patras [Greece], University of Genoa (UNIGE), Lipid Clinic Heart Institute (InCor), University of São Paulo, Sao Paolo Medica School Hospital, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aarhus University [Aarhus], Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Brotzu Hospital, Diabète athérothrombose et thérapies Réunion Océan Indien (DéTROI), Université de La Réunion (UR)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université de La Réunion (UR), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de La Réunion (CHU La Réunion), Investigator Initiated Study Concept Research Grant from Sanofi-Regeneron, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (Programme blanc BCNCT), Thedrez, A., Sjouke, B., Passard, M., Prampart-Fauvet, S., Guédon, A., Croyal, M., Dallinga-Thie, G., Peter, J., Blom, D., Ciccarese, M., Cefalù, A., Pisciotta, L., Santos, R., Averna, M., Raal, F., Pintus, P., Cossu, M., Hovingh, K., Lambert, G., Physiologie des Adaptations Nutritionnelles (PhAN), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de La Réunion (UR), Vascular Medicine, and Experimental Vascular Medicine

Subjects
Male, 0301 basic medicine, Settore MED/09 - Medicina Interna, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], receptors, alirocumab, Familial hypercholesterolemia, 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9, 0302 clinical medicine, therapeutics, Lymphocytes, Cells, Cultured, hypercholesterolemia, Anticholesteremic Agents, PCSK9 Inhibitors, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Middle Aged, 3. Good health, Phenotype, Autosomal Recessive Hypercholesterolemia, Kexin, Drug Therapy, Combination, Female, lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins), Lovastatin, Proprotein Convertase 9, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, medicine.drug, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Serine Proteinase Inhibitors, Adolescent, Biology, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, LDL, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Alirocumab, PCSK9, receptors, LDL, Cholesterol, LDL, medicine.disease, Proprotein convertase, therapeutic, 030104 developmental biology, Endocrinology, Case-Control Studies, Mutation, LDL receptor, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors
Abstract

Objective— Proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in the vast majority of patients with autosomal dominant familial hypercholesterolemia. Will PCSK9 inhibition with monoclonal antibodies, in particular alirocumab, be of therapeutic value for patients with autosomal recessive hypercholesterolemia (ARH)? Approach and Results— Primary lymphocytes were obtained from 28 genetically characterized ARH patients and 11 controls. ARH lymphocytes treated with mevastatin were incubated with increasing doses of recombinant PCSK9 with or without saturating concentrations of alirocumab. Cell surface LDL receptor expression measured by flow cytometry and confocal microscopy was higher in ARH than in control lymphocytes. PCSK9 significantly reduced LDL receptor expression in ARH lymphocytes albeit to a lower extent than in control lymphocytes (25% versus 76%, respectively), an effect reversed by alirocumab. Fluorescent LDL cellular uptake, also measured by flow cytometry, was reduced in ARH lymphocytes compared with control lymphocytes. PCSK9 significantly lowered LDL cellular uptake in ARH lymphocytes, on average by 18%, compared with a 46% reduction observed in control lymphocytes, an effect also reversed by alirocumab. Overall, the effects of recombinant PCSK9, and hence of alirocumab, on LDL receptor expression and function were significantly less pronounced in ARH than in control cells. Conclusions— PCSK9 inhibition with alirocumab on top of statin treatment has the potential to lower LDL cholesterol in some autosomal recessive hypercholesterolemia patients.

Published
2016

23. Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture

Author

Zhaoming Wang, André Scherag, James F. Wilson, Nancy L. Heard-Costa, Ingrid B. Borecki, Sang Hong Lee, Veronique Vitart, Zoltán Kutalik, Jeffrey R. O'Connell, Mieke D. Trip, Lu Qi, Peter Vollenweider, Jennifer L. Bragg-Gresham, Davide Gentilini, Kees Hovingh, Lynda M. Rose, Carolin Pütter, Martin Farrall, Albert V. Smith, Nicholas G. Martin, Tõnu Esko, David J. Hunter, Georg Homuth, Liming Liang, Yudi Pawitan, Winfried März, George Dedoussis, Irene Mateo Leach, Nicholas J. Wareham, Lars Lind, Thomas Illig, Andrew P. Morris, Daniele Cusi, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Tove Fall, Themistocles L. Assimes, Massimo Mangino, Dmitry Shungin, Kari Stefansson, Anne U. Jackson, Inês Barroso, Sarah E. Medland, Lude Franke, Karen L. Mohlke, Folkert W. Asselbergs, Sarah E. Hunt, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Pablo V. Gejman, Serena Sanna, Mark I. McCarthy, David M. Evans, Joel N. Hirschhorn, Alan F. Wright, Sarah H. Wild, Patricia B. Munroe, Marcel Bruinenberg, Gonneke Willemsen, Ulf de Faire, Markku Laakso, Marja-Liisa Lokki, Andrew C. Heath, Jing Hua Zhao, Lavinia Paternoster, Jana V. van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Sailaja Vedantam, Danyu Lin, Eric E. Schadt, Stefano Signorini, Harald Grallert, Tsegaselassie Workalemahu, Jonathan Tyrer, Albert Hofman, George Nicholson, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Arthur W. Musk, Jian Yang, Vilmundur Gudnason, Robert C. Kaplan, Panos Deloukas, Nilesh J. Samani, Inke R. König, Frank B. Hu, Paul M. Ridker, Tamara B. Harris, Bruce H. R. Wolffenbuttel, Ellen A. Nohr, Sarah Edkins, Lambertus A. Kiemeney, Anke Hinney, Eric Boerwinkle, Klaus Stark, Ben A. Oostra, Barbara Thorand, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Meena Kumari, Evelin Mihailov, Caroline S. Fox, Michael Boehnke, Aroon D. Hingorani, Jonathan Stephens, Kathleen Stirrups, Inga Prokopenko, Anke Tönjes, Lili Milani, John Beilby, Carlos Iribarren, Kari E. North, Cécile Lecoeur, So-Youn Shin, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Matti Uusitupa, Åsa Johansson, Nancy L. Pedersen, Krista Fischer, Fernando Rivadeneira, Wolfgang Koenig, Fredrik Karpe, Antti Jula, Lindsay L. Waite, Gérard Waeber, Mustafa Atalay, Heribert Schunkert, Narisu Narisu, Sita H. Vermeulen, Bernhard R. Winkelmann, Guo Li, Anders Hamsten, Elizabeth K. Speliotes, Ivonne Jarick, Sirkka Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi, L. Adrienne Cupples, Ruth J. F. Loos, Martina Müller-Nurasyid, David-Alexandre Trégouët, Claudia Langenberg, Willem H. Ouwehand, Julius S. Ngwa, Jennifer E. Huffman, H-Erich Wichmann, Amy J. Swift, Marco M Ferrario, Leif Groop, Henrik Grönberg, Peter M. Visscher, Claes Ohlsson, Markku S. Nieminen, Aparna Radhakrishnan, Harold Snieder, Devin Absher, Albertine J. Oldehinkel, Erik Ingelsson, Anna Maria Di Blasio, M. Carola Zillikens, Veikko Salomaa, Colin N. A. Palmer, Lori L. Bonnycastle, Teresa Ferreira, Ronald P. Stolk, Annette Peters, Philippe Froguel, Michael Stumvoll, David Schlessinger, Maria Dimitriou, Timo Saaristo, Cristen J. Willer, Jarmo Virtamo, Jorma Viikari, Alena Stančáková, Mika Kivimäki, Paolo Brambilla, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Dorret I. Boomsma, Harry Campbell, Jianjun Liu, Daniel I. Chasman, Gonçalo R. Abecasis, Ilja M. Nolte, Karl-Heinz Jöckel, Reedik Mägi, Pamela A. F. Madden, Jaana Laitinen, Sonja I. Berndt, Frank Kee, Marcus E. Kleber, Jacqueline C.M. Witteman, Jouko Saramies, Francis S. Collins, Johan G. Eriksson, Melanie M. van der Klauw, Yi-Juan Hu, John F. Peden, Markus Perola, Henri Wallaschofski, Jean Ferrières, Elena Tremoli, Marjolein J. Peters, Olli T. Raitakari, Claudia Lamina, Sekar Kathiresan, Mary F. Feitosa, Diana Kuh, Tim D. Spector, Paul W. Franks, Gerjan Navis, Martin den Heijer, Christian Gieger, Kevin B. Jacobs, Andrea Ganna, Timothy M. Frayling, Iris M. Heid, Bernhard O. Boehm, Eleanor Wheeler, Sonali Pechlivanis, Miriam F. Moffatt, Brenda W.J.H. Penninx, Anna-Liisa Hartikainen, Augusto Rendon, Stefan Schreiber, Stephen J. Chanock, Andrew R. Wood, Jianxin Shi, Najaf Amin, Lenore J. Launer, Michael A. Province, Jeanette Erdmann, Mattias Lorentzon, Hugh Watkins, Johanna Kuusisto, John-Olov Jansson, David P. Strachan, Anne E. Justice, Toby Johnson, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Niina Eklund, Samuli Ripatti, Aarno Palotie, Aldi T. Kraja, Michael Preuss, Rona J. Strawbridge, Ozren Polasek, Elisabeth Widen, Barbara McKnight, Mariano Dei, Vincent Mooser, Josine L. Min, Caroline Hayward, Mika Kähönen, Peter P. Pramstaller, Femmie de Vegt, Rainer Rauramaa, Douglas F. Levinson, Diana Marek, Antonio Liuzzi, Stefan Gustafsson, Andrew A. Hicks, Gemma Cadby, Damien C. Croteau-Chonka, Mark J. Caulfield, Boris Skrobek, Lyle J. Palmer, Alexander Teumer, Ken K. Ong, Ulf Gyllensten, Anneli Pouta, Anuj Goel, Eva Albrecht, Kristian Hveem, Inger Njølstad, David Meyre, Ida Surakka, Francesca Frau, Paolo Manunta, Sabine Schipf, Carolina Medina-Gomez, Kay-Tee Khaw, Alan R. Sanders, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, André G. Uitterlinden, Alistair S. Hall, Felix R. Day, Karol Estrada, Jennifer G. Sambrook, Eirini V. Theodoraki, Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir, Cecilia M. Lindgren, Talin Haritunian, Benjamin M. Neale, Juha Sinisalo, Kati Kristiansson, Thomas W. Winkler, Pim van der Harst, Peter S. Chines, Joyce B. J. van Meurs, Wendy L. McArdle, Andrew Wong, Grant W. Montgomery, Terho Lehtimäki, Igor Rudan, Keri L. Monda, John M. C. Connell, Jian'an Luan, Per Hall, Joshua C. Randall, Anthony J. Balmforth, Chris Power, Philippe Amouyel, Andres Metspalu, Johannes Hebebrand, Andrew D. Morris, Jaana Lindström, Liesbeth Vandenput, William O.C.M. Cookson, Hanneke Basart, Stavroula Kanoni, Elina Hyppönen, Christian Hengstenberg, Thomas W. Mühleisen, Kari Kuulasmaa, Timo A. Lakka, Nicole Soranzo, Bruce M. Psaty, Antony P. Attwood, Epidemiology, Clinical Genetics, Surgery, Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Public Health, Internal Medicine, Immunology, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry / Psychology, Internal medicine, Psychiatry, NCA - Brain mechanisms in health and disease, NCA - Neurobiology of mental health, EMGO - Lifestyle, overweight and diabetes, ACS - Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Cardiology, Other departments, Vascular Medicine, Biological Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, AIMMS, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam - Neurobiology of Mental Health, EMGO+ - Lifestyle, Overweight and Diabetes, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam - Brain Mechanisms in Health & Disease, Berndt, S, Gustafsson, S, Mägi, R, Ganna, A, Wheeler, E, Feitosa, M, Justice, A, Monda, K, Croteau Chonka, D, Day, F, Esko, T, Fall, T, Ferreira, T, Gentilini, D, Jackson, A, Luan, J, Randall, J, Vedantam, S, Willer, C, Winkler, T, Wood, A, Workalemahu, T, Hu, Y, Lee, S, Liang, L, Lin, D, Min, J, Neale, B, Thorleifsson, G, 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Tuomilehto, J, Uitterlinden, A, Uusitupa, M, van der Harst, P, Vollenweider, P, Wallaschofski, H, Wareham, N, Watkins, H, Wichmann, H, Wilson, J, Abecasis, G, Assimes, T, Barroso, I, Boehnke, M, Borecki, I, Deloukas, P, Fox, C, Frayling, T, Groop, L, Haritunian, T, Heid, I, Hunter, D, Kaplan, R, Karpe, F, Moffatt, M, Mohlke, K, O'Connell, J, Pawitan, Y, Schadt, E, Schlessinger, D, Steinthorsdottir, V, Strachan, D, Thorsteinsdottir, U, Van, D, Cm, Visscher, P, Di Blasio, A, Hirschhorn, J, Lindgren, C, Meyre, D, Scherag, A, Mccarthy, M, Speliotes, E, North, K, Loos, R, Ingelsson, E, Life Course Epidemiology (LCE), Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases (CLDM), Groningen Institute for Gastro Intestinal Genetics and Immunology (3GI), Stem Cell Aging Leukemia and Lymphoma (SALL), Lifestyle Medicine (LM), Groningen Kidney Center (GKC), Vascular Ageing Programme (VAP), Interdisciplinary Centre Psychopathology and Emotion regulation (ICPE), Cardiovascular Centre (CVC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Berndt, Sonja I, Gustafsson, Stefan, Mägi, Reedik, Ganna, Andrea, Lee, Sang Hong, Hyppönen, Elina Tuulikki, Ingelsson, Erik, Berndt, Si, Feitosa, Mf, Justice, Ae, Monda, Kl, CROTEAU CHONKA, Dc, Day, Fr, Jackson, Au, Randall, Jc, Willer, Cj, Winkler, Tw, Wood, Ar, Hu, Yj, Lee, Sh, Lin, Dy, Min, Jl, Neale, Bm, BRAGG GRESHAM, Jl, DEN HEIJER, M, Hottenga, Jj, Huffman, Je, Johansson, A, Kleber, Me, König, Ir, Mcardle, Wl, MEDINA GOMEZ, C, MÜLLER NURASYID, M, Nolte, Im, Peters, Mj, Rose, Lm, Smith, Av, Strawbridge, Rj, Trip, Md, VAN VLIET OSTAPTCHOUK, Jv, Waite, Ll, Zhao, Jh, Asselbergs, Fw, Attwood, Ap, Balmforth, Aj, Bonnycastle, Ll, Chasman, Di, Connell, Jm, Cookson, Wo, DE FAIRE, U, DE VEGT, F, Evans, Dm, Ferrario, Mm, Gejman, Pv, Hartikainen, Al, HEARD COSTA, Nl, Heath, Ac, Hu, Fb, Hunt, Se, Jacobs, Kb, Jansson, Jo, Khaw, Kt, Kraja, At, Laitinen, Jh, Lakka, Ta, Launer, Lj, Lokki, Ml, Madden, Pa, Magnusson, Pk, Manunta, Paolo, MATEO LEACH, I, Medland, Se, Montgomery, Gw, Mühleisen, Tw, Munroe, Pb, Musk, Aw, Nohr, Ea, Ong, Kk, Oostra, Ba, Palmer, Cn, Peden, Jf, Pramstaller, Pp, Saaristo, Te, Sambrook, Jg, Sanders, Ar, Shin, Sy, Stephens, Jc, Stolk, Rp, Swift, Aj, Theodoraki, Ev, Tregouet, Da, VAN DER KLAUW, Mm, VAN MEURS, Jb, Vermeulen, Sh, Wild, Sh, Winkelmann, Br, Witteman, Jc, Wolffenbuttel, Bh, Wright, Af, Zillikens, Mc, Boehm, Bo, Boomsma, Di, Caulfield, Mj, Chanock, Sj, Cupples, La, Dedoussis, Gv, Eriksson, Jg, Franks, Pw, Harris, Tb, Hicks, Aa, Hovingh, Kg, Jarvelin, Mr, Jöckel, Kh, KEINANEN KIUKAANNIEMI, Sm, Kiemeney, La, Levinson, Df, Martin, Ng, Morris, Ad, Oldehinkel, Aj, Ouwehand, Wh, Palmer, Lj, Province, Ma, Psaty, Bm, Ridker, Pm, Samani, Nj, Sørensen, Ti, Spector, Td, Uitterlinden, Ag, VAN DER HARST, P, Wareham, Nj, Wichmann, He, Wilson, Jf, Abecasis, Gr, Assimes, Tl, Borecki, Ib, Groop, Lc, Heid, Im, Kaplan, Rc, Moffatt, Mf, Mohlke, Kl, O'Connell, Jr, Schadt, Ee, Strachan, Dp, VAN DUIJN, Cm, Visscher, Pm, DI BLASIO, Am, Hirschhorn, Jn, Lindgren, Cm, Morris, Ap, Mccarthy, Mi, Speliotes, Ek, North, Ke, Loos, Rj, and Ingelsson, E.

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Netherlands Twin Register (NTR), Linkage disequilibrium, SORTILIN, BIO/12 - BIOCHIMICA CLINICA E BIOLOGIA MOLECOLARE CLINICA, Medizin, Genome-wide association study, Aetiology, screening and detection [ONCOL 5], polymorphism, Body Mass Index, 0302 clinical medicine, Missing heritability problem, MISSING HERITABILITY, EXTREME OBESITY, CONFER RISK, POPULATION, Genetics & Heredity, 2. Zero hunger, Genetics, Medical And Health Sciences, 0303 health sciences, education.field_of_study, Anthropometry, COMMON VARIANTS, Single Nucleotide, ASSOCIATION, Biological Sciences, Anthropometry, Body Height, genetics, Body Mass Index, Case-Control Studies, European Continental Ancestry Group, genetics, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genotype, Humans, Meta-Analysis as Topic, Obesity, genetics, Phenotype, Polymorphism, genetics, Quantitative Trait Loci, Waist-Hip Ratio, Phenotype, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, EXPRESSION, Genotype, Missing heritabillity, Population, European Continental Ancestry Group, Quantitative Trait Loci, EARLY-ONSET, Genomics, Biology, Quantitative trait locus, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Article, White People, Molecular epidemiology [NCEBP 1], 03 medical and health sciences, Meta-Analysis as Topic, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Obesity, body height/genetics, Polymorphism, Allele, Genetik, education, Molecular epidemiology Aetiology, screening and detection [NCEBP 1], 030304 developmental biology, Science & Technology, Waist-Hip Ratio, BMI, height, WHR, obesity, GWS, ta3121, Genetic architecture, Body Height, BODY-MASS INDEX, Case-Control Studies, gene, stature, height, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Developmental Biology, Genome-Wide Association Study
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Approaches exploiting trait distribution extremes may be used to identify loci associated with common traits, but it is unknown whether these loci are generalizable to the broader population. In a genome-wide search for loci associated with the upper versus the lower 5th percentiles of body mass index, height and waist-to-hip ratio, as well as clinical classes of obesity, including up to 263,407 individuals of European ancestry, we identified 4 new loci (IGFBP4, H6PD, RSRC1 and PPP2R2A) influencing height detected in the distribution tails and 7 new loci (HNF4G, RPTOR, GNAT2, MRPS33P4, ADCY9, HS6ST3 and ZZZ3) for clinical classes of obesity. Further, we find a large overlap in genetic structure and the distribution of variants between traits based on extremes and the general population and little etiological heterogeneity between obesity subgroups. © 2013 Nature America, Inc. All rights reserved.

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2013

26. Sudden cardiac death in families with premature cardiovascular disease.

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Bruikman C, de Ronde MWJ, Amin A, Levy S, Lof P, de Ruijter U, Hovingh K, Tan HL, and Pinto-Sietsma SJ

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Adolescent, Adult, Age of Onset, Atherosclerosis diagnosis, Atherosclerosis genetics, Brugada Syndrome diagnosis, Brugada Syndrome genetics, Child, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Heredity, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Mutation, NAV1.5 Voltage-Gated Sodium Channel genetics, Netherlands, Pedigree, Prevalence, Prognosis, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Time Factors, Young Adult, Atherosclerosis mortality, Brugada Syndrome mortality, Death, Sudden, Cardiac epidemiology
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Objective: Sudden cardiac death (SCD) in families with premature atherosclerosis (PAS) is generally attributed to lethal arrhythmias during myocardial infarction. Yet, such arrhythmias may also arise from non-ischaemic inherited susceptibility. We aimed to test the hypothesis that Brugada syndrome is prevalent among families with PAS in which SCD occurred., Methods: We investigated all patients who underwent Ajmaline testing to screen them for Brugada syndrome because of unexplained familial SCD in the Amsterdam University Medical Centers between 2004 and 2017. We divided the cohort into two groups based on a positive family history for PAS. All individuals with a positive Ajmaline test were screened for SCN5A-mutation., Results: In families with SCD and PAS, the prevalence of positive Ajmaline test was similar to families with SCD alone (22% vs 19%). The number of SCD cases in families with SCD and PAS was higher (2.34 vs 1.63, p<0.001) and SCD occurred at older age in families with SCD and PAS (42 years vs 36 years, p<0.001), while the prevalence of SCN5A mutations was lower (3% vs 18%, p<0.05)., Conclusions: Brugada syndrome has a similar prevalence in families with SCD and PAS as in families with SCD alone, although SCD in families with SCD and PAS occurs in more family members and at older age, while SCN5A mutations in these families are rare. This suggests that the SCD occurring in families with PAS could be related to an underlying genetic predisposition of arrhythmias, with a different genetic origin. It could be considered to screen families with SCD and PAS for Brugada syndrome., Competing Interests: Competing interests: All authors take responsibility for all aspects of the reliability and freedom from bias of the data presented and their discussed interpretation., (© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.)

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2020
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27. Phenome-wide association analysis of LDL-cholesterol lowering genetic variants in PCSK9.

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Schmidt AF, Holmes MV, Preiss D, Swerdlow DI, Denaxas S, Fatemifar G, Faraway R, Finan C, Valentine D, Fairhurst-Hunter Z, Hartwig FP, Horta BL, Hypponen E, Power C, Moldovan M, van Iperen E, Hovingh K, Demuth I, Norman K, Steinhagen-Thiessen E, Demuth J, Bertram L, Lill CM, Coassin S, Willeit J, Kiechl S, Willeit K, Mason D, Wright J, Morris R, Wanamethee G, Whincup P, Ben-Shlomo Y, McLachlan S, Price JF, Kivimaki M, Welch C, Sanchez-Galvez A, Marques-Vidal P, Nicolaides A, Panayiotou AG, Onland-Moret NC, van der Schouw YT, Matullo G, Fiorito G, Guarrera S, Sacerdote C, Wareham NJ, Langenberg C, Scott RA, Luan J, Bobak M, Malyutina S, Pająk A, Kubinova R, Tamosiunas A, Pikhart H, Grarup N, Pedersen O, Hansen T, Linneberg A, Jess T, Cooper J, Humphries SE, Brilliant M, Kitchner T, Hakonarson H, Carrell DS, McCarty CA, Lester KH, Larson EB, Crosslin DR, de Andrade M, Roden DM, Denny JC, Carty C, Hancock S, Attia J, Holliday E, Scott R, Schofield P, O'Donnell M, Yusuf S, Chong M, Pare G, van der Harst P, Said MA, Eppinga RN, Verweij N, Snieder H, Christen T, Mook-Kanamori DO, Gustafsson S, Lind L, Ingelsson E, Pazoki R, Franco O, Hofman A, Uitterlinden A, Dehghan A, Teumer A, Baumeister S, Dörr M, Lerch MM, Völker U, Völzke H, Ward J, Pell JP, Meade T, Christophersen IE, Maitland-van der Zee AH, Baranova EV, Young R, Ford I, Campbell A, Padmanabhan S, Bots ML, Grobbee DE, Froguel P, Thuillier D, Roussel R, Bonnefond A, Cariou B, Smart M, Bao Y, Kumari M, Mahajan A, Hopewell JC, Seshadri S, Dale C, Costa RPE, Ridker PM, Chasman DI, Reiner AP, Ritchie MD, Lange LA, Cornish AJ, Dobbins SE, Hemminki K, Kinnersley B, Sanson M, Labreche K, Simon M, Bondy M, Law P, Speedy H, Allan J, Li N, Went M, Weinhold N, Morgan G, Sonneveld P, Nilsson B, Goldschmidt H, Sud A, Engert A, Hansson M, Hemingway H, Asselbergs FW, Patel RS, Keating BJ, Sattar N, Houlston R, Casas JP, and Hingorani AD

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Anticholesteremic Agents adverse effects, Biomarkers blood, Brain Ischemia epidemiology, Brain Ischemia prevention & control, Down-Regulation, Dyslipidemias blood, Dyslipidemias epidemiology, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Myocardial Infarction epidemiology, Myocardial Infarction prevention & control, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Serine Proteinase Inhibitors adverse effects, Stroke epidemiology, Stroke prevention & control, Treatment Outcome, Anticholesteremic Agents therapeutic use, Cholesterol, LDL blood, Dyslipidemias drug therapy, Dyslipidemias genetics, PCSK9 Inhibitors, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Proprotein Convertase 9 genetics, Serine Proteinase Inhibitors therapeutic use
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Background: We characterised the phenotypic consequence of genetic variation at the PCSK9 locus and compared findings with recent trials of pharmacological inhibitors of PCSK9., Methods: Published and individual participant level data (300,000+ participants) were combined to construct a weighted PCSK9 gene-centric score (GS). Seventeen randomized placebo controlled PCSK9 inhibitor trials were included, providing data on 79,578 participants. Results were scaled to a one mmol/L lower LDL-C concentration., Results: The PCSK9 GS (comprising 4 SNPs) associations with plasma lipid and apolipoprotein levels were consistent in direction with treatment effects. The GS odds ratio (OR) for myocardial infarction (MI) was 0.53 (95% CI 0.42; 0.68), compared to a PCSK9 inhibitor effect of 0.90 (95% CI 0.86; 0.93). For ischemic stroke ORs were 0.84 (95% CI 0.57; 1.22) for the GS, compared to 0.85 (95% CI 0.78; 0.93) in the drug trials. ORs with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) were 1.29 (95% CI 1.11; 1.50) for the GS, as compared to 1.00 (95% CI 0.96; 1.04) for incident T2DM in PCSK9 inhibitor trials. No genetic associations were observed for cancer, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or Alzheimer's disease - outcomes for which large-scale trial data were unavailable., Conclusions: Genetic variation at the PCSK9 locus recapitulates the effects of therapeutic inhibition of PCSK9 on major blood lipid fractions and MI. While indicating an increased risk of T2DM, no other possible safety concerns were shown; although precision was moderate.

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2019
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28. The effect of lomitapide on cardiovascular outcome measures in homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia: A modelling analysis.

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Leipold R, Raal F, Ishak J, Hovingh K, and Phillips H

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Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Anticholesteremic Agents adverse effects, Benzimidazoles adverse effects, Biomarkers blood, Cardiovascular Diseases diagnosis, Cardiovascular Diseases mortality, Child, Child, Preschool, Disease-Free Survival, Down-Regulation, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Humans, Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II blood, Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II genetics, Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II mortality, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Life Expectancy, Male, Middle Aged, Phenotype, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, South Africa, Time Factors, Treatment Outcome, Young Adult, Anticholesteremic Agents therapeutic use, Benzimidazoles therapeutic use, Cardiovascular Diseases prevention & control, Cholesterol, LDL blood, Homozygote, Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II drug therapy, Models, Statistical
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Background Patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia are at high risk of cardiovascular disease due to high low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol levels. Cardiovascular disease outcome studies are impossible to conduct, due to the rarity of homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. We modelled the potential efficacy of lomitapide, a microsomal transfer protein inhibitor, on major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) and survival. Design We calculated the effect on cardiovascular outcomes of a 38% plasma LDL-cholesterol reduction induced by lomitapide. Methods Age-dependent hazards and treatment-dependent hazard ratios for mortality and time to first MACE were calculated from an observational study of 149 South African homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia patients. Cardiovascular-related mortality hazards were derived by adjusting for general population non-cardiovascular-related mortality. For every mmol/L LDL-cholesterol reduction, a relative risk reductions of 23% (mortality) and 15% (major adverse cardiovascular events) were observed. Results For the most robust model, baseline median survival with current treatments (LDL-cholesterol 8.7 mmol/L) was 48 years. In the survival benefit analysis, starting lomitapide at age 18 years and reducing LDL-cholesterol by 3.3 mmol/L from baseline would increase life expectancy by 11.2 years and delay the time to first MACE by 5.7 years. Analysis suggested lifetime lomitapide treatment could increase median life expectancy by 11.7 years and time to first MACE by 6.7 years. Conclusion Our modelling analyses show that additional LDL-cholesterol lowering by lomitapide may increase life expectancy in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia. Further clinical studies are warranted to determine the cardiovascular morbidity and mortality benefits of lomitapide.

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2017
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29. Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin Kexin Type 9 Inhibition for Autosomal Recessive Hypercholesterolemia-Brief Report.

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Thedrez A, Sjouke B, Passard M, Prampart-Fauvet S, Guédon A, Croyal M, Dallinga-Thie G, Peter J, Blom D, Ciccarese M, Cefalù AB, Pisciotta L, Santos RD, Averna M, Raal F, Pintus P, Cossu M, Hovingh K, and Lambert G

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Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing genetics, Adolescent, Adult, Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized, Case-Control Studies, Cells, Cultured, Cholesterol, LDL metabolism, Drug Therapy, Combination, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Humans, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors pharmacology, Hypercholesterolemia diagnosis, Hypercholesterolemia enzymology, Hypercholesterolemia genetics, Lovastatin analogs & derivatives, Lovastatin pharmacology, Lymphocytes enzymology, Male, Middle Aged, Mutation, Phenotype, Proprotein Convertase 9 metabolism, Receptors, LDL metabolism, Young Adult, Hyperlipoproteinemia Type III, Antibodies, Monoclonal pharmacology, Anticholesteremic Agents pharmacology, Hypercholesterolemia drug therapy, Lymphocytes drug effects, PCSK9 Inhibitors, Serine Proteinase Inhibitors pharmacology
Abstract

Objective: Proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in the vast majority of patients with autosomal dominant familial hypercholesterolemia. Will PCSK9 inhibition with monoclonal antibodies, in particular alirocumab, be of therapeutic value for patients with autosomal recessive hypercholesterolemia (ARH)?, Approach and Results: Primary lymphocytes were obtained from 28 genetically characterized ARH patients and 11 controls. ARH lymphocytes treated with mevastatin were incubated with increasing doses of recombinant PCSK9 with or without saturating concentrations of alirocumab. Cell surface LDL receptor expression measured by flow cytometry and confocal microscopy was higher in ARH than in control lymphocytes. PCSK9 significantly reduced LDL receptor expression in ARH lymphocytes albeit to a lower extent than in control lymphocytes (25% versus 76%, respectively), an effect reversed by alirocumab. Fluorescent LDL cellular uptake, also measured by flow cytometry, was reduced in ARH lymphocytes compared with control lymphocytes. PCSK9 significantly lowered LDL cellular uptake in ARH lymphocytes, on average by 18%, compared with a 46% reduction observed in control lymphocytes, an effect also reversed by alirocumab. Overall, the effects of recombinant PCSK9, and hence of alirocumab, on LDL receptor expression and function were significantly less pronounced in ARH than in control cells., Conclusions: PCSK9 inhibition with alirocumab on top of statin treatment has the potential to lower LDL cholesterol in some autosomal recessive hypercholesterolemia patients., (© 2016 American Heart Association, Inc.)

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2016
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30. Lipoprotein profiles in human heterozygote carriers of a functional mutation P297S in scavenger receptor class B1.

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Ljunggren SA, Levels JH, Hovingh K, Holleboom AG, Vergeer M, Argyri L, Gkolfinopoulou C, Chroni A, Sierts JA, Kastelein JJ, Kuivenhoven JA, Lindahl M, and Karlsson H

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Amino Acid Substitution, Antioxidants metabolism, Aryldialkylphosphatase metabolism, Female, Humans, Male, Heterozygote, Lipoproteins blood, Mutation, Missense, Scavenger Receptors, Class B blood, Scavenger Receptors, Class B genetics
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The scavenger receptor class B type 1 (SR-B1) is an important HDL receptor involved in cholesterol uptake and efflux, but its physiological role in human lipoprotein metabolism is not fully understood. Heterozygous carriers of the SR-B1(P297S) mutation are characterized by increased HDL cholesterol levels, impaired cholesterol efflux from macrophages and attenuated adrenal function. Here, the composition and function of lipoproteins were studied in SR-B1(P297S) heterozygotes.Lipoproteins from six SR-B1(P297S) carriers and six family controls were investigated. HDL and LDL/VLDL were isolated by ultracentrifugation and proteins were separated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and identified by mass spectrometry. HDL antioxidant properties, paraoxonase 1 activities, apoA-I methionine oxidations and HDL cholesterol efflux capacity were assessed.Multivariate modeling separated carriers from controls based on lipoprotein composition. Protein analyses showed a significant enrichment of apoE in LDL/VLDL and of apoL-1 in HDL from heterozygotes compared to controls. The relative distribution of plasma apoE was increased in LDL and in lipid-free form. There were no significant differences in paraoxonase 1 activities, HDL antioxidant properties or HDL cholesterol efflux capacity but heterozygotes showed a significant increase of oxidized methionines in apoA-I.The SR-B1(P297S) mutation affects both HDL and LDL/VLDL protein compositions. The increase of apoE in carriers suggests a compensatory mechanism for attenuated SR-B1 mediated cholesterol uptake by HDL. Increased methionine oxidation may affect HDL function by reducing apoA-I binding to its targets. The results illustrate the complexity of lipoprotein metabolism that has to be taken into account in future therapeutic strategies aiming at targeting SR-B1., (Copyright © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)

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2015
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31. Association of exome sequences with plasma C-reactive protein levels in >9000 participants.

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Schick UM, Auer PL, Bis JC, Lin H, Wei P, Pankratz N, Lange LA, Brody J, Stitziel NO, Kim DS, Carlson CS, Fornage M, Haessler J, Hsu L, Jackson RD, Kooperberg C, Leal SM, Psaty BM, Boerwinkle E, Tracy R, Ardissino D, Shah S, Willer C, Loos R, Melander O, Mcpherson R, Hovingh K, Reilly M, Watkins H, Girelli D, Fontanillas P, Chasman DI, Gabriel SB, Gibbs R, Nickerson DA, Kathiresan S, Peters U, Dupuis J, Wilson JG, Rich SS, Morrison AC, Benjamin EJ, Gross MD, and Reiner AP

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Adult, Black or African American genetics, Cardiovascular Diseases genetics, Cohort Studies, Female, Gene Frequency, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha genetics, Humans, Male, Plasma chemistry, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Receptors, Interleukin-6 genetics, Risk Factors, White People genetics, C-Reactive Protein genetics, C-Reactive Protein metabolism, Cardiovascular Diseases blood, Exome
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C-reactive protein (CRP) concentration is a heritable systemic marker of inflammation that is associated with cardiovascular disease risk. Genome-wide association studies have identified CRP-associated common variants associated in ∼25 genes. Our aims were to apply exome sequencing to (1) assess whether the candidate loci contain rare coding variants associated with CRP levels and (2) perform an exome-wide search for rare variants in novel genes associated with CRP levels. We exome-sequenced 6050 European-Americans (EAs) and 3109 African-Americans (AAs) from the NHLBI-ESP and the CHARGE consortia, and performed association tests of sequence data with measured CRP levels. In single-variant tests across candidate loci, a novel rare (minor allele frequency = 0.16%) CRP-coding variant (rs77832441-A; p.Thr59Met) was associated with 53% lower mean CRP levels (P = 2.9 × 10(-6)). We replicated the association of rs77832441 in an exome array analysis of 11 414 EAs (P = 3.0 × 10(-15)). Despite a strong effect on CRP levels, rs77832441 was not associated with inflammation-related phenotypes including coronary heart disease. We also found evidence for an AA-specific association of APOE-ε2 rs7214 with higher CRP levels. At the exome-wide significance level (P < 5.0 × 10(-8)), we confirmed associations for reported common variants of HNF1A, CRP, IL6R and TOMM40-APOE. In gene-based tests, a burden of rare/lower frequency variation in CRP in EAs (P ≤ 6.8 × 10(-4)) and in retinoic acid receptor-related orphan receptor α (RORA) in AAs (P = 1.7 × 10(-3)) were associated with CRP levels at the candidate gene level (P < 2.0 × 10(-3)). This inquiry did not elucidate novel genes, but instead demonstrated that variants distributed across the allele frequency spectrum within candidate genes contribute to CRP levels., (© The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.)

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2015
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32. Lysosomal acid lipase deficiency--an under-recognized cause of dyslipidaemia and liver dysfunction.

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Reiner Ž, Guardamagna O, Nair D, Soran H, Hovingh K, Bertolini S, Jones S, Ćorić M, Calandra S, Hamilton J, Eagleton T, and Ros E

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Algorithms, Child, Child, Preschool, Disease Progression, Dyslipidemias diagnosis, Enzyme Therapy, Female, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Liver Diseases diagnosis, Liver Transplantation, Male, Prognosis, Wolman Disease complications, Wolman Disease, Dyslipidemias etiology, Liver Diseases etiology, Wolman Disease diagnosis
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Lysosomal acid lipase deficiency (LAL-D) is a rare autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disease caused by deleterious mutations in the LIPA gene. The age at onset and rate of progression vary greatly and this may relate to the nature of the underlying mutations. Patients presenting in infancy have the most rapidly progressive disease, developing signs and symptoms in the first weeks of life and rarely surviving beyond 6 months of age. Children and adults typically present with some combination of dyslipidaemia, hepatomegaly, elevated transaminases, and microvesicular hepatosteatosis on biopsy. Liver damage with progression to fibrosis, cirrhosis and liver failure occurs in a large proportion of patients. Elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and decreased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels are common features, and cardiovascular disease may manifest as early as childhood. Given that these clinical manifestations are shared with other cardiovascular, liver and metabolic diseases, it is not surprising that LAL-D is under-recognized in clinical practice. This article provides practical guidance to lipidologists, endocrinologists, cardiologists and hepatologists on how to recognize individuals with this life-limiting disease. A diagnostic algorithm is proposed with a view to achieving definitive diagnosis using a recently developed blood test for lysosomal acid lipase. Finally, current management options are reviewed in light of the ongoing development of enzyme replacement therapy with sebelipase alfa (Synageva BioPharma Corp., Lexington, MA, USA), a recombinant human lysosomal acid lipase enzyme., (Copyright © 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.. All rights reserved.)

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2014
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33. ApoA-I mutations, L202P and K131del, in HDL from heterozygotes with low HDL-C.

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Ljunggren S, Levels JH, Turkina MV, Sundberg S, Bochem AE, Hovingh K, Holleboom AG, Lindahl M, Kuivenhoven JA, and Karlsson H

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Apolipoprotein A-I blood, Cardiovascular Diseases blood, Cardiovascular Diseases pathology, Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional, Heterozygote, Humans, Phenotype, Prealbumin metabolism, Seminal Plasma Proteins blood, Zn-Alpha-2-Glycoprotein, alpha 1-Antitrypsin blood, Apolipoprotein A-I genetics, Cardiovascular Diseases genetics, Cholesterol, HDL blood, Mutation
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Purpose: Mutations in apolipoprotein A-I (apoA-I) may affect plasma high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol levels and the risk for cardiovascular disease but little is known about the presence and effects of circulating apoA-I variants. This study investigates whether the apoA-I mutations, apoA-I(L202P) and apoA-I(K131del) , are present on plasma HDL particles derived from heterozygote carriers and whether this is associated to changes in HDL protein composition., Experimental Design: Plasma HDL of heterozygotes for either apoA-I(L202P) or apoA-I(K131del) and family controls was isolated using ultracentrifugation. HDL proteins were separated by 2DE and analyzed by MS., Results: ApoA-I peptides containing apoA-I(L202P) or apoA-I(K131del) were identified in HDL from heterozygotes. The apoA-I(L202P) mutant peptide was less abundant than wild-type peptide while the apoA-I(K131del) mutant peptide was more abundant than wild-type peptide in the heterozygotes. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis analyses indicated that, compared to controls, HDL in apoA-I(L202P) carriers contained less apoE and more zinc-α-2-glycoprotein while HDL from the apoA-I(K131del) heterozygotes contained more alpha-1-antitrypsin and transthyretin., Conclusions and Clinical Relevance: Both apoA-I(L202P) and apoA-I(K131del) were identified in HDL. In heterozygotes, these mutations have markedly differential effects on the concentration of wild-type apoA-I in the circulation, as well as the HDL proteome, both of which might affect the clinical phenotype encountered in the heterozygous carriers., (© 2013 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.)

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2014
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34. Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility.

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Mahajan A, Go MJ, Zhang W, Below JE, Gaulton KJ, Ferreira T, Horikoshi M, Johnson AD, Ng MC, Prokopenko I, Saleheen D, Wang X, Zeggini E, Abecasis GR, Adair LS, Almgren P, Atalay M, Aung T, Baldassarre D, Balkau B, Bao Y, Barnett AH, Barroso I, Basit A, Been LF, Beilby J, Bell GI, Benediktsson R, Bergman RN, Boehm BO, Boerwinkle E, Bonnycastle LL, Burtt N, Cai Q, Campbell H, Carey J, Cauchi S, Caulfield M, Chan JC, Chang LC, Chang TJ, Chang YC, Charpentier G, Chen CH, Chen H, Chen YT, Chia KS, Chidambaram M, Chines PS, Cho NH, Cho YM, Chuang LM, Collins FS, Cornelis MC, Couper DJ, Crenshaw AT, van Dam RM, Danesh J, Das D, de Faire U, Dedoussis G, Deloukas P, Dimas AS, Dina C, Doney AS, Donnelly PJ, Dorkhan M, van Duijn C, Dupuis J, Edkins S, Elliott P, Emilsson V, Erbel R, Eriksson JG, Escobedo J, Esko T, Eury E, Florez JC, Fontanillas P, Forouhi NG, Forsen T, Fox C, Fraser RM, Frayling TM, Froguel P, Frossard P, Gao Y, Gertow K, Gieger C, Gigante B, Grallert H, Grant GB, Grrop LC, Groves CJ, Grundberg E, Guiducci C, Hamsten A, Han BG, Hara K, Hassanali N, Hattersley AT, Hayward C, Hedman AK, Herder C, Hofman A, Holmen OL, Hovingh K, Hreidarsson AB, Hu C, Hu FB, Hui J, Humphries SE, Hunt SE, Hunter DJ, Hveem K, Hydrie ZI, Ikegami H, Illig T, Ingelsson E, Islam M, Isomaa B, Jackson AU, Jafar T, James A, Jia W, Jöckel KH, Jonsson A, Jowett JB, Kadowaki T, Kang HM, Kanoni S, Kao WH, Kathiresan S, Kato N, Katulanda P, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi KM, Kelly AM, Khan H, Khaw KT, Khor CC, Kim HL, Kim S, Kim YJ, Kinnunen L, Klopp N, Kong A, Korpi-Hyövälti E, Kowlessur S, Kraft P, Kravic J, Kristensen MM, Krithika S, Kumar A, Kumate J, Kuusisto J, Kwak SH, Laakso M, Lagou V, Lakka TA, Langenberg C, Langford C, Lawrence R, Leander K, Lee JM, Lee NR, Li M, Li X, Li Y, Liang J, Liju S, Lim WY, Lind L, Lindgren CM, Lindholm E, Liu CT, Liu JJ, Lobbens S, Long J, Loos RJ, Lu W, Luan J, Lyssenko V, Ma RC, Maeda S, Mägi R, Männisto S, Matthews DR, Meigs JB, Melander O, Metspalu A, Meyer J, Mirza G, Mihailov E, Moebus S, Mohan V, Mohlke KL, Morris AD, Mühleisen TW, Müller-Nurasyid M, Musk B, Nakamura J, Nakashima E, Navarro P, Ng PK, Nica AC, Nilsson PM, Njølstad I, Nöthen MM, Ohnaka K, Ong TH, Owen KR, Palmer CN, Pankow JS, Park KS, Parkin M, Pechlivanis S, Pedersen NL, Peltonen L, Perry JR, Peters A, Pinidiyapathirage JM, Platou CG, Potter S, Price JF, Qi L, Radha V, Rallidis L, Rasheed A, Rathman W, Rauramaa R, Raychaudhuri S, Rayner NW, Rees SD, Rehnberg E, Ripatti S, Robertson N, Roden M, Rossin EJ, Rudan I, Rybin D, Saaristo TE, Salomaa V, Saltevo J, Samuel M, Sanghera DK, Saramies J, Scott J, Scott LJ, Scott RA, Segrè AV, Sehmi J, Sennblad B, Shah N, Shah S, Shera AS, Shu XO, Shuldiner AR, Sigurđsson G, Sijbrands E, Silveira A, Sim X, Sivapalaratnam S, Small KS, So WY, Stančáková A, Stefansson K, Steinbach G, Steinthorsdottir V, Stirrups K, Strawbridge RJ, Stringham HM, Sun Q, Suo C, Syvänen AC, Takayanagi R, Takeuchi F, Tay WT, Teslovich TM, Thorand B, Thorleifsson G, Thorsteinsdottir U, Tikkanen E, Trakalo J, Tremoli E, Trip MD, Tsai FJ, Tuomi T, Tuomilehto J, Uitterlinden AG, Valladares-Salgado A, Vedantam S, Veglia F, Voight BF, Wang C, Wareham NJ, Wennauer R, Wickremasinghe AR, Wilsgaard T, Wilson JF, Wiltshire S, Winckler W, Wong TY, Wood AR, Wu JY, Wu Y, Yamamoto K, Yamauchi T, Yang M, Yengo L, Yokota M, Young R, Zabaneh D, Zhang F, Zhang R, Zheng W, Zimmet PZ, Altshuler D, Bowden DW, Cho YS, Cox NJ, Cruz M, Hanis CL, Kooner J, Lee JY, Seielstad M, Teo YY, Boehnke M, Parra EJ, Chambers JC, Tai ES, McCarthy MI, and Morris AP

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Alleles, Asian People genetics, Case-Control Studies, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Hispanic or Latino genetics, Humans, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Risk Factors, White People genetics, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 genetics
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To further understanding of the genetic basis of type 2 diabetes (T2D) susceptibility, we aggregated published meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies (GWAS), including 26,488 cases and 83,964 controls of European, east Asian, south Asian and Mexican and Mexican American ancestry. We observed a significant excess in the directional consistency of T2D risk alleles across ancestry groups, even at SNPs demonstrating only weak evidence of association. By following up the strongest signals of association from the trans-ethnic meta-analysis in an additional 21,491 cases and 55,647 controls of European ancestry, we identified seven new T2D susceptibility loci. Furthermore, we observed considerable improvements in the fine-mapping resolution of common variant association signals at several T2D susceptibility loci. These observations highlight the benefits of trans-ethnic GWAS for the discovery and characterization of complex trait loci and emphasize an exciting opportunity to extend insight into the genetic architecture and pathogenesis of human diseases across populations of diverse ancestry.

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2014
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35. Efficacy and safety of mipomersen sodium (Kynamro).

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Hovingh K, Besseling J, and Kastelein J

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Animals, Humans, Anticholesteremic Agents adverse effects, Anticholesteremic Agents therapeutic use, Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II drug therapy, Oligonucleotides adverse effects, Oligonucleotides therapeutic use
Abstract

Introduction: Mipomersen is a first-in-class drug indicated as an adjunct to lipid-lowering medications and diet to reduce low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C), apolipoprotein B (apoB), total cholesterol (TC) and non-high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (non-HDL-C) in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH)., Areas Covered: This article summarizes the efficacy and safety profile of mipomersen based on literature, public materials available from the Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee meeting (FDA) in review of the New Drug Application (NDA 203568) and the recent product label., Expert Opinion: Patients suffering from HoFH are characterized by elevated levels of LDL-C and are, therefore, at severely increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Currently available lipid-lowering therapies (LLT), such as statins, have been shown to lower LDL-C levels and CVD risk. However, in patients suffering from HoFH, additional therapy is urgently needed to further decrease LDL-C levels and CVD risk. Mipomersen (Kynamro) has recently been approved by the FDA as a novel LLT modality in patients with HoFH. Mipomersen has been show to result in highly relevant absolute LDL-C reductions in HoFH patients, and given the undisputed causal relationship between LDL-C levels and CVD risk, this additional LDL-C lowering is expected to result in a robust CVD risk reduction.

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2013
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36. The impact of partial and complete loss-of-function mutations in endothelial lipase on high-density lipoprotein levels and functionality in humans.

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Singaraja RR, Sivapalaratnam S, Hovingh K, Dubé MP, Castro-Perez J, Collins HL, Adelman SJ, Riwanto M, Manz J, Hubbard B, Tietjen I, Wong K, Mitnaul LJ, van Heek M, Lin L, Roddy TA, McEwen J, Dallinge-Thie G, van Vark-van der Zee L, Verwoert G, Winther M, van Duijn C, Hofman A, Trip MD, Marais AD, Asztalos B, Landmesser U, Sijbrands E, Kastelein JJ, and Hayden MR

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Cohort Studies, Coronary Artery Disease metabolism, Heterozygote, Humans, Lipase metabolism, Cholesterol, HDL blood, Coronary Artery Disease enzymology, Coronary Artery Disease genetics, Lipase genetics, Mutation, Missense
Abstract

Background: Endothelial lipase is a phospholipase with activity against high-density lipoprotein. Although a small number of mutations in LIPG have been described, the role of LIPG in protection against atherosclerosis is unclear., Methods and Results: We identified 8 loss-of-function (LOF) mutations in LIPG in individuals with high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Functional analysis confirmed that most rare mutations abolish lipase activity in vitro, indicating complete LOF, whereas 2 more common mutations N396S and R476W reduce activity by ≈50%, indicating partial LOF and implying ≈50% and ≈75% remaining endothelial lipase function in heterozygous complete LOF and partial LOF mutation carriers, respectively. complete LOF mutation carriers had significantly higher plasma high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels compared with partial LOF mutation carriers. Apolipoprotein B-depleted serum from complete LOF carriers showed significantly enhanced cholesterol efflux acceptor capacity, whereas only trends were observed in partial LOF carriers. Carriers of LIPG mutations exhibited trends toward reduced coronary artery disease in 4 independent cohorts (meta-analysis odds ratio, 0.7; P=0.04)., Conclusions: Our data suggest that the impact of LIPG mutations is directly related to their effect on endothelial lipase function and support that antagonism of endothelial lipase function improves cardioprotection.

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2013
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37. Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes.

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Morris AP, Voight BF, Teslovich TM, Ferreira T, Segrè AV, Steinthorsdottir V, Strawbridge RJ, Khan H, Grallert H, Mahajan A, Prokopenko I, Kang HM, Dina C, Esko T, Fraser RM, Kanoni S, Kumar A, Lagou V, Langenberg C, Luan J, Lindgren CM, Müller-Nurasyid M, Pechlivanis S, Rayner NW, Scott LJ, Wiltshire S, Yengo L, Kinnunen L, Rossin EJ, Raychaudhuri S, Johnson AD, Dimas AS, Loos RJ, Vedantam S, Chen H, Florez JC, Fox C, Liu CT, Rybin D, Couper DJ, Kao WH, Li M, Cornelis MC, Kraft P, Sun Q, van Dam RM, Stringham HM, Chines PS, Fischer K, Fontanillas P, Holmen OL, Hunt SE, Jackson AU, Kong A, Lawrence R, Meyer J, Perry JR, Platou CG, Potter S, Rehnberg E, Robertson N, Sivapalaratnam S, Stančáková A, Stirrups K, Thorleifsson G, Tikkanen E, Wood AR, Almgren P, Atalay M, Benediktsson R, Bonnycastle LL, Burtt N, Carey J, Charpentier G, Crenshaw AT, Doney AS, Dorkhan M, Edkins S, Emilsson V, Eury E, Forsen T, Gertow K, Gigante B, Grant GB, Groves CJ, Guiducci C, Herder C, Hreidarsson AB, Hui J, James A, Jonsson A, Rathmann W, Klopp N, Kravic J, Krjutškov K, Langford C, Leander K, Lindholm E, Lobbens S, Männistö S, Mirza G, Mühleisen TW, Musk B, Parkin M, Rallidis L, Saramies J, Sennblad B, Shah S, Sigurðsson G, Silveira A, Steinbach G, Thorand B, Trakalo J, Veglia F, Wennauer R, Winckler W, Zabaneh D, Campbell H, van Duijn C, Uitterlinden AG, Hofman A, Sijbrands E, Abecasis GR, Owen KR, Zeggini E, Trip MD, Forouhi NG, Syvänen AC, Eriksson JG, Peltonen L, Nöthen MM, Balkau B, Palmer CN, Lyssenko V, Tuomi T, Isomaa B, Hunter DJ, Qi L, Shuldiner AR, Roden M, Barroso I, Wilsgaard T, Beilby J, Hovingh K, Price JF, Wilson JF, Rauramaa R, Lakka TA, Lind L, Dedoussis G, Njølstad I, Pedersen NL, Khaw KT, Wareham NJ, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi SM, Saaristo TE, Korpi-Hyövälti E, Saltevo J, Laakso M, Kuusisto J, Metspalu A, Collins FS, Mohlke KL, Bergman RN, Tuomilehto J, Boehm BO, Gieger C, Hveem K, Cauchi S, Froguel P, Baldassarre D, Tremoli E, Humphries SE, Saleheen D, Danesh J, Ingelsson E, Ripatti S, Salomaa V, Erbel R, Jöckel KH, Moebus S, Peters A, Illig T, de Faire U, Hamsten A, Morris AD, Donnelly PJ, Frayling TM, Hattersley AT, Boerwinkle E, Melander O, Kathiresan S, Nilsson PM, Deloukas P, Thorsteinsdottir U, Groop LC, Stefansson K, Hu F, Pankow JS, Dupuis J, Meigs JB, Altshuler D, Boehnke M, and McCarthy MI

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Case-Control Studies, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 epidemiology, Female, Genes physiology, Humans, Linkage Disequilibrium, Male, Pakistan epidemiology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide physiology, Sex Factors, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 genetics, Genetic Predisposition to Disease genetics, Genome-Wide Association Study statistics & numerical data
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To extend understanding of the genetic architecture and molecular basis of type 2 diabetes (T2D), we conducted a meta-analysis of genetic variants on the Metabochip, including 34,840 cases and 114,981 controls, overwhelmingly of European descent. We identified ten previously unreported T2D susceptibility loci, including two showing sex-differentiated association. Genome-wide analyses of these data are consistent with a long tail of additional common variant loci explaining much of the variation in susceptibility to T2D. Exploration of the enlarged set of susceptibility loci implicates several processes, including CREBBP-related transcription, adipocytokine signaling and cell cycle regulation, in diabetes pathogenesis.

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2012
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38. Monocyte gene expression signature of patients with early onset coronary artery disease.

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Sivapalaratnam S, Basart H, Watkins NA, Maiwald S, Rendon A, Krishnan U, Sondermeijer BM, Creemers EE, Pinto-Sietsma SJ, Hovingh K, Ouwehand WH, Kastelein JJ, Goodall AH, and Trip MD

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Adult, Aspirin pharmacology, Aspirin therapeutic use, Case-Control Studies, Coronary Artery Disease drug therapy, Gene Expression Regulation drug effects, Humans, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors pharmacology, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors therapeutic use, Male, Monocytes drug effects, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Reproducibility of Results, Coronary Artery Disease genetics, Coronary Artery Disease pathology, Gene Expression Profiling, Monocytes metabolism
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The burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) cannot be fully addressed by therapy targeting known pathophysiological pathways. Even with stringent control of all risk factors CVD events are only diminished by half. A number of additional pathways probably play a role in the development of CVD and might serve as novel therapeutic targets. Genome wide expression studies represent a powerful tool to identify such novel pathways. We compared the expression profiles in monocytes from twenty two young male patients with premature familial CAD with those from controls matched for age, sex and smoking status, without a family history of CVD. Since all patients were on statins and aspirin treatment, potentially affecting the expression of genes in monocytes, twelve controls were subsequently treated with simvastatin and aspirin for 6 and 2 weeks, respectively. By whole genome expression arrays six genes were identified to have differential expression in the monocytes of patients versus controls; ABCA1, ABCG1 and RGS1 were downregulated in patients, whereas ADRB2, FOLR3 and GSTM1 were upregulated. Differential expression of all genes, apart from GSTM1, was confirmed by qPCR. Aspirin and statins altered gene expression of ABCG1 and ADBR2. All finding were validated in a second group of twenty four patients and controls. Differential expression of ABCA1, RSG1 and ADBR2 was replicated. In conclusion, we identified these 3 genes to be expressed differently in CAD cases which might play a role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerotic vascular disease.

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2012
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40. Truncation mutations in ABCA1 suppress normal upregulation of full-length ABCA1 by 9-cis-retinoic acid and 22-R-hydroxycholesterol.

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Wellington CL, Yang YZ, Zhou S, Clee SM, Tan B, Hirano K, Zwarts K, Kwok A, Gelfer A, Marcil M, Newman S, Roomp K, Singaraja R, Collins J, Zhang LH, Groen AK, Hovingh K, Brownlie A, Tafuri S, Genest J Jr, Kastelein JJ, and Hayden MR

Subjects
ATP Binding Cassette Transporter 1, ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters chemistry, Alitretinoin, Alleles, Animals, Apolipoprotein A-I metabolism, Fibroblasts, Genes, Dominant, Heterozygote, Humans, Lipoproteins, HDL analysis, Macrophages, Mice, ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters biosynthesis, ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters genetics, Hydroxycholesterols pharmacology, Mutation genetics, Tretinoin pharmacology, Up-Regulation drug effects
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Mutations in ABCA1 uniformly decrease plasma HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) and reduce cholesterol efflux, yet different mutations in ABCA1 result in different phenotypic effects in heterozygotes. For example, truncation mutations result in significantly lower HDL-C and apoliprotein A-I (apoA-I) levels in heterozygotes compared with nontruncation mutations, suggesting that truncation mutations may negatively affect the wild-type allele. To specifically test this hypothesis, we examined ABCA1 protein expression in response to 9-cis-retinoic acid (9-cis-RA) and 22-R-hydroxycholesterol (22-R-OH-Chol) in a collection of human fibroblasts representing eight different mutations and observed that truncation mutations blunted the response to oxysterol stimulation and dominantly suppressed induction of the remaining full-length allele to 5-10% of wild-type levels. mRNA levels between truncation and nontruncation mutations were comparable, suggesting that ABCA1 expression was suppressed at the protein level. Dominant negative activity of truncated ABCA1 was recapitulated in an in vitro model using transfected Cos-7 cells. Our results suggest that the severe reduction of HDL-C in patients with truncation mutations may be at least partly explained by dominant negative suppression of expression and activity of the remaining full-length ABCA1 allele. These data suggest that ABCA1 requires a physical association with itself or other molecules for normal function and has important pharmacogenetic implications for individuals with truncation mutations.

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2002
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