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1. Damaging mutations in liver X receptor-α are hepatotoxic and implicate cholesterol sensing in liver health

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Lockhart, Sam M, Muso, Milan, Zvetkova, Ilona, Lam, Brian YH, Ferrari, Alessandra, Schoenmakers, Erik, Duckett, Katie, Leslie, Jack, Collins, Amy, Romartínez-Alonso, Beatriz, Tadross, John A, Jia, Raina, Gardner, Eugene J, Kentistou, Katherine, Zhao, Yajie, Day, Felix, Mörseburg, Alexander, Rainbow, Kara, Rimmington, Debra, Mastantuoni, Matteo, Harrison, James, Nus, Meritxell, Guma’a, Khalid, Sherratt-Mayhew, Sam, Jiang, Xiao, Smith, Katherine R, Paul, Dirk S, Jenkins, Benjamin, Koulman, Albert, Pietzner, Maik, Langenberg, Claudia, Wareham, Nicholas, Yeo, Giles S, Chatterjee, Krishna, Schwabe, John, Oakley, Fiona, Mann, Derek A, Tontonoz, Peter, Coll, Anthony P, Ong, Ken, Perry, John RB, and O’Rahilly, Stephen

Subjects
Medical Biochemistry and Metabolomics, Medical Physiology, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Nutrition and Dietetics, Digestive Diseases, Nutrition, Genetics, Hepatitis, Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis, Liver Disease, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Oral and gastrointestinal, Good Health and Well Being, Animals, Liver X Receptors, Cholesterol, Humans, Mice, Liver, Male, Female, Mutation, Mice, Knockout, Fatty Liver, Lipogenesis, Hepatocytes, Medical biochemistry and metabolomics, Medical physiology, Nutrition and dietetics
Abstract

Liver X receptor-α (LXRα) regulates cellular cholesterol abundance and potently activates hepatic lipogenesis. Here we show that at least 1 in 450 people in the UK Biobank carry functionally impaired mutations in LXRα, which is associated with biochemical evidence of hepatic dysfunction. On a western diet, male and female mice homozygous for a dominant negative mutation in LXRα have elevated liver cholesterol, diffuse cholesterol crystal accumulation and develop severe hepatitis and fibrosis, despite reduced liver triglyceride and no steatosis. This phenotype does not occur on low-cholesterol diets and can be prevented by hepatocyte-specific overexpression of LXRα. LXRα knockout mice exhibit a milder phenotype with regional variation in cholesterol crystal deposition and inflammation inversely correlating with steatosis. In summary, LXRα is necessary for the maintenance of hepatocyte health, likely due to regulation of cellular cholesterol content. The inverse association between steatosis and both inflammation and cholesterol crystallization may represent a protective action of hepatic lipogenesis in the context of excess hepatic cholesterol.

Published
2024

2. Author Correction: GWAS of lifetime cannabis use reveals new risk loci, genetic overlap with psychiatric traits, and a causal effect of schizophrenia liability

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Pasman, Joëlle A, Verweij, Karin JH, Gerring, Zachary, Stringer, Sven, Sanchez-Roige, Sandra, Treur, Jorien L, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Nivard, Michel G, Baselmans, Bart ML, Ong, Jue-Sheng, Ip, Hill F, van der Zee, Matthijs D, Bartels, Meike, Day, Felix R, Fontanillas, Pierre, Elson, Sarah L, de Wit, Harriet, Davis, Lea K, MacKillop, James, Derringer, Jaime L, Branje, Susan JT, Hartman, Catharina A, Heath, Andrew C, van Lier, Pol AC, Madden, Pamela AF, Mägi, Reedik, Meeus, Wim, Montgomery, Grant W, Oldehinkel, AJ, Pausova, Zdenka, Ramos-Quiroga, Josep A, Paus, Tomas, Ribases, Marta, Kaprio, Jaakko, Boks, Marco PM, Bell, Jordana T, Spector, Tim D, Gelernter, Joel, Boomsma, Dorret I, Martin, Nicholas G, MacGregor, Stuart, Perry, John RB, Palmer, Abraham A, Posthuma, Danielle, Munafò, Marcus R, Gillespie, Nathan A, Derks, Eske M, and Vink, Jacqueline M

Subjects
Biological Psychology, Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Psychology, Drug Abuse (NIDA only), Human Genome, Brain Disorders, Serious Mental Illness, Genetics, Schizophrenia, Substance Misuse, Mental Health, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, Mental health, 23andMe Research Team, Substance Use Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, International Cannabis Consortium, Neurosciences, Cognitive Sciences, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Biological psychology
Abstract

Several occurrences of the word 'schizophrenia' have been re-worded as 'liability to schizophrenia' or 'schizophrenia risk', including in the title, which should have been "GWAS of lifetime cannabis use reveals new risk loci, genetic overlap with psychiatric traits, and a causal effect of schizophrenia liability," as well as in Supplementary Figures 1-10 and Supplementary Tables 7-10, to more accurately reflect the findings of the work.

Published
2019

3. GWAS of lifetime cannabis use reveals new risk loci, genetic overlap with psychiatric traits, and a causal effect of schizophrenia liability

Author

Pasman, Joëlle A, Verweij, Karin JH, Gerring, Zachary, Stringer, Sven, Sanchez-Roige, Sandra, Treur, Jorien L, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Nivard, Michel G, Baselmans, Bart ML, Ong, Jue-Sheng, Ip, Hill F, van der Zee, Matthijs D, Bartels, Meike, Day, Felix R, Fontanillas, Pierre, Elson, Sarah L, the 23andMe Research Team, de Wit, Harriet, Davis, Lea K, MacKillop, James, The Substance Use Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, International Cannabis Consortium, Derringer, Jaime L, Branje, Susan JT, Hartman, Catharina A, Heath, Andrew C, van Lier, Pol AC, Madden, Pamela AF, Mägi, Reedik, Meeus, Wim, Montgomery, Grant W, Oldehinkel, AJ, Pausova, Zdenka, Ramos-Quiroga, Josep A, Paus, Tomas, Ribases, Marta, Kaprio, Jaakko, Boks, Marco PM, Bell, Jordana T, Spector, Tim D, Gelernter, Joel, Boomsma, Dorret I, Martin, Nicholas G, MacGregor, Stuart, Perry, John RB, Palmer, Abraham A, Posthuma, Danielle, Munafò, Marcus R, Gillespie, Nathan A, Derks, Eske M, and Vink, Jacqueline M

Subjects
Biological Psychology, Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Psychology, Prevention, Mental Health, Schizophrenia, Clinical Research, Behavioral and Social Science, Genetics, Mental Illness, Brain Disorders, Serious Mental Illness, Human Genome, Drug Abuse (NIDA only), Women's Health, Cannabinoid Research, Substance Misuse, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Mental health, Good Health and Well Being, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Databases, Genetic, Female, Gene Expression Regulation, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genotype, Humans, Male, Marijuana Abuse, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Middle Aged, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Risk-Taking, Young Adult, 23andMe Research Team, Substance Use Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, International Cannabis Consortium, Neurosciences, Cognitive Sciences, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Biological psychology
Abstract

Cannabis use is a heritable trait that has been associated with adverse mental health outcomes. In the largest genome-wide association study (GWAS) for lifetime cannabis use to date (N = 184,765), we identified eight genome-wide significant independent single nucleotide polymorphisms in six regions. All measured genetic variants combined explained 11% of the variance. Gene-based tests revealed 35 significant genes in 16 regions, and S-PrediXcan analyses showed that 21 genes had different expression levels for cannabis users versus nonusers. The strongest finding across the different analyses was CADM2, which has been associated with substance use and risk-taking. Significant genetic correlations were found with 14 of 25 tested substance use and mental health-related traits, including smoking, alcohol use, schizophrenia and risk-taking. Mendelian randomization analysis showed evidence for a causal positive influence of schizophrenia risk on cannabis use. Overall, our study provides new insights into the etiology of cannabis use and its relation with mental health.

Published
2018

4. GWAS of lifetime cannabis use reveals new risk loci, genetic overlap with psychiatric traits, and a causal influence of schizophrenia.

Author

Pasman, Joëlle A, Verweij, Karin JH, Gerring, Zachary, Stringer, Sven, Sanchez-Roige, Sandra, Treur, Jorien L, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Nivard, Michel G, Baselmans, Bart ML, Ong, Jue-Sheng, Ip, Hill F, van der Zee, Matthijs D, Bartels, Meike, Day, Felix R, Fontanillas, Pierre, Elson, Sarah L, 23andMe Research Team, de Wit, Harriet, Davis, Lea K, MacKillop, James, Substance Use Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, International Cannabis Consortium, Derringer, Jaime L, Branje, Susan JT, Hartman, Catharina A, Heath, Andrew C, van Lier, Pol AC, Madden, Pamela AF, Mägi, Reedik, Meeus, Wim, Montgomery, Grant W, Oldehinkel, AJ, Pausova, Zdenka, Ramos-Quiroga, Josep A, Paus, Tomas, Ribases, Marta, Kaprio, Jaakko, Boks, Marco PM, Bell, Jordana T, Spector, Tim D, Gelernter, Joel, Boomsma, Dorret I, Martin, Nicholas G, MacGregor, Stuart, Perry, John RB, Palmer, Abraham A, Posthuma, Danielle, Munafò, Marcus R, Gillespie, Nathan A, Derks, Eske M, and Vink, Jacqueline M

Subjects
23andMe Research Team, Substance Use Disorders Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, International Cannabis Consortium, Humans, Marijuana Abuse, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Risk-Taking, Mental Health, Schizophrenia, Gene Expression Regulation, Genotype, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Databases, Genetic, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Middle Aged, Female, Male, Genome-Wide Association Study, Young Adult, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Databases, Genetic, and over, Prevention, Human Genome, Brain Disorders, Drug Abuse, Substance Abuse, Genetics, Clinical Research, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Cardiovascular, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Neurosciences, Cognitive Sciences, Psychology
Abstract

Cannabis use is a heritable trait that has been associated with adverse mental health outcomes. In the largest genome-wide association study (GWAS) for lifetime cannabis use to date (N = 184,765), we identified eight genome-wide significant independent single nucleotide polymorphisms in six regions. All measured genetic variants combined explained 11% of the variance. Gene-based tests revealed 35 significant genes in 16 regions, and S-PrediXcan analyses showed that 21 genes had different expression levels for cannabis users versus nonusers. The strongest finding across the different analyses was CADM2, which has been associated with substance use and risk-taking. Significant genetic correlations were found with 14 of 25 tested substance use and mental health-related traits, including smoking, alcohol use, schizophrenia and risk-taking. Mendelian randomization analysis showed evidence for a causal positive influence of schizophrenia risk on cannabis use. Overall, our study provides new insights into the etiology of cannabis use and its relation with mental health.

Published
2018

5. GWAS of epigenetic aging rates in blood reveals a critical role for TERT.

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Lu, Ake T, Xue, Luting, Salfati, Elias L, Chen, Brian H, Ferrucci, Luigi, Levy, Daniel, Joehanes, Roby, Murabito, Joanne M, Kiel, Douglas P, Tsai, Pei-Chien, Yet, Idil, Bell, Jordana T, Mangino, Massimo, Tanaka, Toshiko, McRae, Allan F, Marioni, Riccardo E, Visscher, Peter M, Wray, Naomi R, Deary, Ian J, Levine, Morgan E, Quach, Austin, Assimes, Themistocles, Tsao, Philip S, Absher, Devin, Stewart, James D, Li, Yun, Reiner, Alex P, Hou, Lifang, Baccarelli, Andrea A, Whitsel, Eric A, Aviv, Abraham, Cardona, Alexia, Day, Felix R, Wareham, Nicholas J, Perry, John RB, Ong, Ken K, Raj, Kenneth, Lunetta, Kathryn L, and Horvath, Steve

Subjects
Leukocytes, Cells, Cultured, Telomere, Fibroblasts, Humans, Telomerase, DNA Methylation, Epigenesis, Genetic, CpG Islands, Aging, Menopause, Menarche, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Middle Aged, Child, Female, Male, Genome-Wide Association Study, Young Adult, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Cells, Cultured, Epigenesis, Genetic, and over
Abstract

DNA methylation age is an accurate biomarker of chronological age and predicts lifespan, but its underlying molecular mechanisms are unknown. In this genome-wide association study of 9907 individuals, we find gene variants mapping to five loci associated with intrinsic epigenetic age acceleration (IEAA) and gene variants in three loci associated with extrinsic epigenetic age acceleration (EEAA). Mendelian randomization analysis suggests causal influences of menarche and menopause on IEAA and lipoproteins on IEAA and EEAA. Variants associated with longer leukocyte telomere length (LTL) in the telomerase reverse transcriptase gene (TERT) paradoxically confer higher IEAA (P

Published
2018

6. Erratum: Sequence data and association statistics from 12,940 type 2 diabetes cases and controls.

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Flannick, Jason, Fuchsberger, Christian, Mahajan, Anubha, Teslovich, Tanya M, Agarwala, Vineeta, Gaulton, Kyle J, Caulkins, Lizz, Koesterer, Ryan, Ma, Clement, Moutsianas, Loukas, McCarthy, Davis J, Rivas, Manuel A, Perry, John RB, Sim, Xueling, Blackwell, Thomas W, Robertson, Neil R, Rayner, N William, Cingolani, Pablo, Locke, Adam E, Tajes, Juan Fernandez, Highland, Heather M, Dupuis, Josee, Chines, Peter S, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Hartl, Christopher, Jackson, Anne U, Chen, Han, Huyghe, Jeroen R, van de Bunt, Martijn, Pearson, Richard D, Kumar, Ashish, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Grarup, Niels, Stringham, Heather M, Gamazon, Eric R, Lee, Jaehoon, Chen, Yuhui, Scott, Robert A, Below, Jennifer E, Chen, Peng, Huang, Jinyan, Go, Min Jin, Stitzel, Michael L, Pasko, Dorota, Parker, Stephen CJ, Varga, Tibor V, Green, Todd, Beer, Nicola L, Day-Williams, Aaron G, Ferreira, Teresa, Fingerlin, Tasha, Horikoshi, Momoko, Hu, Cheng, Huh, Iksoo, Ikram, Mohammad Kamran, Kim, Bong-Jo, Kim, Yongkang, Kim, Young Jin, Kwon, Min-Seok, Lee, Juyoung, Lee, Selyeong, Lin, Keng-Han, Maxwell, Taylor J, Nagai, Yoshihiko, Wang, Xu, Welch, Ryan P, Yoon, Joon, Zhang, Weihua, Barzilai, Nir, Voight, Benjamin F, Han, Bok-Ghee, Jenkinson, Christopher P, Kuulasmaa, Teemu, Kuusisto, Johanna, Manning, Alisa, Ng, Maggie CY, Palmer, Nicholette D, Balkau, Beverley, Stančáková, Alena, Abboud, Hanna E, Boeing, Heiner, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Prabhakaran, Dorairaj, Gottesman, Omri, Scott, James, Carey, Jason, Kwan, Phoenix, Grant, George, Smith, Joshua D, Neale, Benjamin M, Purcell, Shaun, Butterworth, Adam S, Howson, Joanna MM, Lee, Heung Man, Lu, Yingchang, Kwak, Soo-Heon, Zhao, Wei, Danesh, John, and Lam, Vincent KL

Abstract

This corrects the article DOI: 10.1038/sdata.2017.179.

Published
2018

7. Sequence data and association statistics from 12,940 type 2 diabetes cases and controls.

Author

Flannick, Jason, Fuchsberger, Christian, Mahajan, Anubha, Teslovich, Tanya M, Agarwala, Vineeta, Gaulton, Kyle J, Caulkins, Lizz, Koesterer, Ryan, Ma, Clement, Moutsianas, Loukas, McCarthy, Davis J, Rivas, Manuel A, Perry, John RB, Sim, Xueling, Blackwell, Thomas W, Robertson, Neil R, Rayner, N William, Cingolani, Pablo, Locke, Adam E, Tajes, Juan Fernandez, Highland, Heather M, Dupuis, Josee, Chines, Peter S, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Hartl, Christopher, Jackson, Anne U, Chen, Han, Huyghe, Jeroen R, van de Bunt, Martijn, Pearson, Richard D, Kumar, Ashish, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Grarup, Niels, Stringham, Heather M, Gamazon, Eric R, Lee, Jaehoon, Chen, Yuhui, Scott, Robert A, Below, Jennifer E, Chen, Peng, Huang, Jinyan, Go, Min Jin, Stitzel, Michael L, Pasko, Dorota, Parker, Stephen CJ, Varga, Tibor V, Green, Todd, Beer, Nicola L, Day-Williams, Aaron G, Ferreira, Teresa, Fingerlin, Tasha, Horikoshi, Momoko, Hu, Cheng, Huh, Iksoo, Ikram, Mohammad Kamran, Kim, Bong-Jo, Kim, Yongkang, Kim, Young Jin, Kwon, Min-Seok, Lee, Juyoung, Lee, Selyeong, Lin, Keng-Han, Maxwell, Taylor J, Nagai, Yoshihiko, Wang, Xu, Welch, Ryan P, Yoon, Joon, Zhang, Weihua, Barzilai, Nir, Voight, Benjamin F, Han, Bok-Ghee, Jenkinson, Christopher P, Kuulasmaa, Teemu, Kuusisto, Johanna, Manning, Alisa, Ng, Maggie CY, Palmer, Nicholette D, Balkau, Beverley, Stančáková, Alena, Abboud, Hanna E, Boeing, Heiner, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Prabhakaran, Dorairaj, Gottesman, Omri, Scott, James, Carey, Jason, Kwan, Phoenix, Grant, George, Smith, Joshua D, Neale, Benjamin M, Purcell, Shaun, Butterworth, Adam S, Howson, Joanna MM, Lee, Heung Man, Lu, Yingchang, Kwak, Soo-Heon, Zhao, Wei, Danesh, John, and Lam, Vincent KL

Subjects
Humans, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, European Continental Ancestry Group, Genetic Variation, Diabetes, Human Genome, Genetics, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Metabolic and endocrine
Abstract

To investigate the genetic basis of type 2 diabetes (T2D) to high resolution, the GoT2D and T2D-GENES consortia catalogued variation from whole-genome sequencing of 2,657 European individuals and exome sequencing of 12,940 individuals of multiple ancestries. Over 27M SNPs, indels, and structural variants were identified, including 99% of low-frequency (minor allele frequency [MAF] 0.1-5%) non-coding variants in the whole-genome sequenced individuals and 99.7% of low-frequency coding variants in the whole-exome sequenced individuals. Each variant was tested for association with T2D in the sequenced individuals, and, to increase power, most were tested in larger numbers of individuals (>80% of low-frequency coding variants in ~82 K Europeans via the exome chip, and ~90% of low-frequency non-coding variants in ~44 K Europeans via genotype imputation). The variants, genotypes, and association statistics from these analyses provide the largest reference to date of human genetic information relevant to T2D, for use in activities such as T2D-focused genotype imputation, functional characterization of variants or genes, and other novel analyses to detect associations between sequence variation and T2D.

Published
2017

8. An Expanded Genome-Wide Association Study of Type 2 Diabetes in Europeans

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Scott, Robert A, Scott, Laura J, Mägi, Reedik, Marullo, Letizia, Gaulton, Kyle J, Kaakinen, Marika, Pervjakova, Natalia, Pers, Tune H, Johnson, Andrew D, Eicher, John D, Jackson, Anne U, Ferreira, Teresa, Lee, Yeji, Ma, Clement, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Qi, Lu, Van Zuydam, Natalie R, Mahajan, Anubha, Chen, Han, Almgren, Peter, Voight, Ben F, Grallert, Harald, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Ried, Janina S, Rayner, William N, Robertson, Neil, Karssen, Lennart C, van Leeuwen, Elisabeth M, Willems, Sara M, Fuchsberger, Christian, Kwan, Phoenix, Teslovich, Tanya M, Chanda, Pritam, Li, Man, Lu, Yingchang, Dina, Christian, Thuillier, Dorothee, Yengo, Loic, Jiang, Longda, Sparso, Thomas, Kestler, Hans A, Chheda, Himanshu, Eisele, Lewin, Gustafsson, Stefan, Frånberg, Mattias, Strawbridge, Rona J, Benediktsson, Rafn, Hreidarsson, Astradur B, Kong, Augustine, Sigurðsson, Gunnar, Kerrison, Nicola D, Luan, Jian'an, Liang, Liming, Meitinger, Thomas, Roden, Michael, Thorand, Barbara, Esko, Tõnu, Mihailov, Evelin, Fox, Caroline, Liu, Ching-Ti, Rybin, Denis, Isomaa, Bo, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Tuomi, Tiinamaija, Couper, David J, Pankow, James S, Grarup, Niels, Have, Christian T, Jørgensen, Marit E, Jørgensen, Torben, Linneberg, Allan, Cornelis, Marilyn C, van Dam, Rob M, Hunter, David J, Kraft, Peter, Sun, Qi, Edkins, Sarah, Owen, Katharine R, Perry, John RB, Wood, Andrew R, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Tajes-Fernandes, Juan, Abecasis, Goncalo R, Bonnycastle, Lori L, Chines, Peter S, Stringham, Heather M, Koistinen, Heikki A, Kinnunen, Leena, Sennblad, Bengt, Mühleisen, Thomas W, Nöthen, Markus M, Pechlivanis, Sonali, Baldassarre, Damiano, Gertow, Karl, Humphries, Steve E, Tremoli, Elena, Klopp, Norman, Meyer, Julia, and Steinbach, Gerald

Subjects
Human Genome, Diabetes, Obesity, Genetics, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, Metabolic and endocrine, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Gene Expression Regulation, Genetic Variation, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, White People, DIAbetes Genetics Replication And Meta-analysis (DIAGRAM) Consortium, Medical and Health Sciences, Endocrinology & Metabolism
Abstract

To characterize type 2 diabetes (T2D)-associated variation across the allele frequency spectrum, we conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide association data from 26,676 T2D case and 132,532 control subjects of European ancestry after imputation using the 1000 Genomes multiethnic reference panel. Promising association signals were followed up in additional data sets (of 14,545 or 7,397 T2D case and 38,994 or 71,604 control subjects). We identified 13 novel T2D-associated loci (P < 5 × 10-8), including variants near the GLP2R, GIP, and HLA-DQA1 genes. Our analysis brought the total number of independent T2D associations to 128 distinct signals at 113 loci. Despite substantially increased sample size and more complete coverage of low-frequency variation, all novel associations were driven by common single nucleotide variants. Credible sets of potentially causal variants were generally larger than those based on imputation with earlier reference panels, consistent with resolution of causal signals to common risk haplotypes. Stratification of T2D-associated loci based on T2D-related quantitative trait associations revealed tissue-specific enrichment of regulatory annotations in pancreatic islet enhancers for loci influencing insulin secretion and in adipocytes, monocytes, and hepatocytes for insulin action-associated loci. These findings highlight the predominant role played by common variants of modest effect and the diversity of biological mechanisms influencing T2D pathophysiology.

Published
2017

9. Large-scale GWAS identifies multiple loci for hand grip strength providing biological insights into muscular fitness.

Author

Willems, Sara M, Wright, Daniel J, Day, Felix R, Trajanoska, Katerina, Joshi, Peter K, Morris, John A, Matteini, Amy M, Garton, Fleur C, Grarup, Niels, Oskolkov, Nikolay, Thalamuthu, Anbupalam, Mangino, Massimo, Liu, Jun, Demirkan, Ayse, Lek, Monkol, Xu, Liwen, Wang, Guan, Oldmeadow, Christopher, Gaulton, Kyle J, Lotta, Luca A, Miyamoto-Mikami, Eri, Rivas, Manuel A, White, Tom, Loh, Po-Ru, Aadahl, Mette, Amin, Najaf, Attia, John R, Austin, Krista, Benyamin, Beben, Brage, Søren, Cheng, Yu-Ching, Cięszczyk, Paweł, Derave, Wim, Eriksson, Karl-Fredrik, Eynon, Nir, Linneberg, Allan, Lucia, Alejandro, Massidda, Myosotis, Mitchell, Braxton D, Miyachi, Motohiko, Murakami, Haruka, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Pandey, Ashutosh, Papadimitriou, Ioannis, Rajpal, Deepak K, Sale, Craig, Schnurr, Theresia M, Sessa, Francesco, Shrine, Nick, Tobin, Martin D, Varley, Ian, Wain, Louise V, Wray, Naomi R, Lindgren, Cecilia M, MacArthur, Daniel G, Waterworth, Dawn M, McCarthy, Mark I, Pedersen, Oluf, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Kiel, Douglas P, GEFOS Any-Type of Fracture Consortium, Pitsiladis, Yannis, Fuku, Noriyuki, Franks, Paul W, North, Kathryn N, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Mather, Karen A, Hansen, Torben, Hansson, Ola, Spector, Tim, Murabito, Joanne M, Richards, J Brent, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Langenberg, Claudia, Perry, John RB, Wareham, Nick J, and Scott, Robert A

Subjects
GEFOS Any-Type of Fracture Consortium, Hand, Humans, Actins, Transforming Growth Factor alpha, Membrane Proteins, Neoplasm Proteins, Nuclear Proteins, Repressor Proteins, Hand Strength, Cohort Studies, Genetics, Population, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Adult, Aged, Middle Aged, European Continental Ancestry Group, Female, Male, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genetic Loci, United Kingdom, Prevention, Genetics, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, 1.1 Normal biological development and functioning, Musculoskeletal
Abstract

Hand grip strength is a widely used proxy of muscular fitness, a marker of frailty, and predictor of a range of morbidities and all-cause mortality. To investigate the genetic determinants of variation in grip strength, we perform a large-scale genetic discovery analysis in a combined sample of 195,180 individuals and identify 16 loci associated with grip strength (P

Published
2017

10. A Low-Frequency Inactivating Akt2 Variant Enriched in the Finnish Population is Associated With Fasting Insulin Levels and Type 2 Diabetes Risk.

Author

Manning, Alisa, Highland, Heather M, Gasser, Jessica, Sim, Xueling, Tukiainen, Taru, Fontanillas, Pierre, Grarup, Niels, Rivas, Manuel A, Mahajan, Anubha, Locke, Adam E, Cingolani, Pablo, Pers, Tune H, Viñuela, Ana, Brown, Andrew A, Wu, Ying, Flannick, Jason, Fuchsberger, Christian, Gamazon, Eric R, Gaulton, Kyle J, Im, Hae Kyung, Teslovich, Tanya M, Blackwell, Thomas W, Bork-Jensen, Jette, Burtt, Noël P, Chen, Yuhui, Green, Todd, Hartl, Christopher, Kang, Hyun Min, Kumar, Ashish, Ladenvall, Claes, Ma, Clement, Moutsianas, Loukas, Pearson, Richard D, Perry, John RB, Rayner, N William, Robertson, Neil R, Scott, Laura J, van de Bunt, Martijn, Eriksson, Johan G, Jula, Antti, Koskinen, Seppo, Lehtimäki, Terho, Palotie, Aarno, Raitakari, Olli T, Jacobs, Suzanne BR, Wessel, Jennifer, Chu, Audrey Y, Scott, Robert A, Goodarzi, Mark O, Blancher, Christine, Buck, Gemma, Buck, David, Chines, Peter S, Gabriel, Stacey, Gjesing, Anette P, Groves, Christopher J, Hollensted, Mette, Huyghe, Jeroen R, Jackson, Anne U, Jun, Goo, Justesen, Johanne Marie, Mangino, Massimo, Murphy, Jacquelyn, Neville, Matt, Onofrio, Robert, Small, Kerrin S, Stringham, Heather M, Trakalo, Joseph, Banks, Eric, Carey, Jason, Carneiro, Mauricio O, DePristo, Mark, Farjoun, Yossi, Fennell, Timothy, Goldstein, Jacqueline I, Grant, George, Hrabé de Angelis, Martin, Maguire, Jared, Neale, Benjamin M, Poplin, Ryan, Purcell, Shaun, Schwarzmayr, Thomas, Shakir, Khalid, Smith, Joshua D, Strom, Tim M, Wieland, Thomas, Lindstrom, Jaana, Brandslund, Ivan, Christensen, Cramer, Surdulescu, Gabriela L, Lakka, Timo A, Doney, Alex SF, Nilsson, Peter, Wareham, Nicholas J, Langenberg, Claudia, Varga, Tibor V, Franks, Paul W, Rolandsson, Olov, Rosengren, Anders H, and Farook, Vidya S

Subjects
Genetics, Diabetes, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Metabolic and endocrine, Black or African American, Alleles, Asian People, Case-Control Studies, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Fasting, Finland, Gene Frequency, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genotype, Hispanic or Latino, Humans, Insulin, Insulin Resistance, Odds Ratio, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, White People, Medical and Health Sciences, Endocrinology & Metabolism
Abstract

To identify novel coding association signals and facilitate characterization of mechanisms influencing glycemic traits and type 2 diabetes risk, we analyzed 109,215 variants derived from exome array genotyping together with an additional 390,225 variants from exome sequence in up to 39,339 normoglycemic individuals from five ancestry groups. We identified a novel association between the coding variant (p.Pro50Thr) in AKT2 and fasting plasma insulin (FI), a gene in which rare fully penetrant mutations are causal for monogenic glycemic disorders. The low-frequency allele is associated with a 12% increase in FI levels. This variant is present at 1.1% frequency in Finns but virtually absent in individuals from other ancestries. Carriers of the FI-increasing allele had increased 2-h insulin values, decreased insulin sensitivity, and increased risk of type 2 diabetes (odds ratio 1.05). In cellular studies, the AKT2-Thr50 protein exhibited a partial loss of function. We extend the allelic spectrum for coding variants in AKT2 associated with disorders of glucose homeostasis and demonstrate bidirectional effects of variants within the pleckstrin homology domain of AKT2.

Published
2017

11. Integrative genomic analysis implicates limited peripheral adipose storage capacity in the pathogenesis of human insulin resistance

Author

Lotta, Luca A, Gulati, Pawan, Day, Felix R, Payne, Felicity, Ongen, Halit, van de Bunt, Martijn, Gaulton, Kyle J, Eicher, John D, Sharp, Stephen J, Luan, Jian'an, De Lucia Rolfe, Emanuella, Stewart, Isobel D, Wheeler, Eleanor, Willems, Sara M, Adams, Claire, Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Forouhi, Nita G, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Johnson, Andrew D, Semple, Robert K, Frayling, Timothy, Perry, John RB, Dermitzakis, Emmanouil, McCarthy, Mark I, Barroso, Inês, Wareham, Nicholas J, Savage, David B, Langenberg, Claudia, O'Rahilly, Stephen, and Scott, Robert A

Subjects
Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Biological Sciences, Clinical Research, Human Genome, Genetics, Diabetes, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Metabolic and endocrine, Adipose Tissue, Animals, Blood Glucose, Body Mass Index, Cardiovascular Diseases, Case-Control Studies, Disease Models, Animal, Female, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genomics, Humans, Insulin Resistance, Male, Metabolic Diseases, Mice, Obesity, Phenotype, EPIC-InterAct Consortium, Cambridge FPLD1 Consortium, Medical and Health Sciences, Developmental Biology, Agricultural biotechnology, Bioinformatics and computational biology
Abstract

Insulin resistance is a key mediator of obesity-related cardiometabolic disease, yet the mechanisms underlying this link remain obscure. Using an integrative genomic approach, we identify 53 genomic regions associated with insulin resistance phenotypes (higher fasting insulin levels adjusted for BMI, lower HDL cholesterol levels and higher triglyceride levels) and provide evidence that their link with higher cardiometabolic risk is underpinned by an association with lower adipose mass in peripheral compartments. Using these 53 loci, we show a polygenic contribution to familial partial lipodystrophy type 1, a severe form of insulin resistance, and highlight shared molecular mechanisms in common/mild and rare/severe insulin resistance. Population-level genetic analyses combined with experiments in cellular models implicate CCDC92, DNAH10 and L3MBTL3 as previously unrecognized molecules influencing adipocyte differentiation. Our findings support the notion that limited storage capacity of peripheral adipose tissue is an important etiological component in insulin-resistant cardiometabolic disease and highlight genes and mechanisms underpinning this link.

Published
2017

12. Directional dominance on stature and cognition in diverse human populations

Author

Joshi, Peter K, Esko, Tonu, Mattsson, Hannele, Eklund, Niina, Gandin, Ilaria, Nutile, Teresa, Jackson, Anne U, Schurmann, Claudia, Smith, Albert V, Zhang, Weihua, Okada, Yukinori, Stančáková, Alena, Faul, Jessica D, Zhao, Wei, Bartz, Traci M, Concas, Maria Pina, Franceschini, Nora, Enroth, Stefan, Vitart, Veronique, Trompet, Stella, Guo, Xiuqing, Chasman, Daniel I, O'Connel, Jeffrey R, Corre, Tanguy, Nongmaithem, Suraj S, Chen, Yuning, Mangino, Massimo, Ruggiero, Daniela, Traglia, Michela, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Kacprowski, Tim, Bjonnes, Andrew, van der Spek, Ashley, Wu, Ying, Giri, Anil K, Yanek, Lisa R, Wang, Lihua, Hofer, Edith, Rietveld, Cornelius A, McLeod, Olga, Cornelis, Marilyn C, Pattaro, Cristian, Verweij, Niek, Baumbach, Clemens, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Warren, Helen R, Vuckovic, Dragana, Mei, Hao, Bouchard, Claude, Perry, John RB, Cappellani, Stefania, Mirza, Saira S, Benton, Miles C, Broeckel, Ulrich, Medland, Sarah E, Lind, Penelope A, Malerba, Giovanni, Drong, Alexander, Yengo, Loic, Bielak, Lawrence F, Zhi, Degui, van der Most, Peter J, Shriner, Daniel, Mägi, Reedik, Hemani, Gibran, Karaderi, Tugce, Wang, Zhaoming, Liu, Tian, Demuth, Ilja, Zhao, Jing Hua, Meng, Weihua, Lataniotis, Lazaros, van der Laan, Sander W, Bradfield, Jonathan P, Wood, Andrew R, Bonnefond, Amelie, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Hall, Leanne M, Salvi, Erika, Yazar, Seyhan, Carstensen, Lisbeth, de Haan, Hugoline G, Abney, Mark, Afzal, Uzma, Allison, Matthew A, Amin, Najaf, Asselbergs, Folkert W, Bakker, Stephan JL, Barr, R Graham, Baumeister, Sebastian E, Benjamin, Daniel J, Bergmann, Sven, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bottinger, Erwin P, Campbell, Archie, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Chan, Yingleong, Chanock, Stephen J, Chen, Constance, and Chen, Y-D Ida

Subjects
Biological Sciences, Genetics, Clinical Research, Human Genome, Biological Evolution, Blood Pressure, Body Height, Cholesterol, LDL, Cognition, Cohort Studies, Educational Status, Female, Forced Expiratory Volume, Genome, Human, Homozygote, Humans, Lung Volume Measurements, Male, Phenotype, General Science & Technology
Abstract

Homozygosity has long been associated with rare, often devastating, Mendelian disorders, and Darwin was one of the first to recognize that inbreeding reduces evolutionary fitness. However, the effect of the more distant parental relatedness that is common in modern human populations is less well understood. Genomic data now allow us to investigate the effects of homozygosity on traits of public health importance by observing contiguous homozygous segments (runs of homozygosity), which are inferred to be homozygous along their complete length. Given the low levels of genome-wide homozygosity prevalent in most human populations, information is required on very large numbers of people to provide sufficient power. Here we use runs of homozygosity to study 16 health-related quantitative traits in 354,224 individuals from 102 cohorts, and find statistically significant associations between summed runs of homozygosity and four complex traits: height, forced expiratory lung volume in one second, general cognitive ability and educational attainment (P < 1 × 10(-300), 2.1 × 10(-6), 2.5 × 10(-10) and 1.8 × 10(-10), respectively). In each case, increased homozygosity was associated with decreased trait value, equivalent to the offspring of first cousins being 1.2 cm shorter and having 10 months' less education. Similar effect sizes were found across four continental groups and populations with different degrees of genome-wide homozygosity, providing evidence that homozygosity, rather than confounding, directly contributes to phenotypic variance. Contrary to earlier reports in substantially smaller samples, no evidence was seen of an influence of genome-wide homozygosity on blood pressure and low density lipoprotein cholesterol, or ten other cardio-metabolic traits. Since directional dominance is predicted for traits under directional evolutionary selection, this study provides evidence that increased stature and cognitive function have been positively selected in human evolution, whereas many important risk factors for late-onset complex diseases may not have been.

Published
2015

13. Associations between Potentially Modifiable Risk Factors and Alzheimer Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study.

Author

Østergaard, Søren D, Mukherjee, Shubhabrata, Sharp, Stephen J, Proitsi, Petroula, Lotta, Luca A, Day, Felix, Perry, John RB, Boehme, Kevin L, Walter, Stefan, Kauwe, John S, Gibbons, Laura E, Alzheimer’s Disease Genetics Consortium, GERAD1 Consortium, EPIC-InterAct Consortium, Larson, Eric B, Powell, John F, Langenberg, Claudia, Crane, Paul K, Wareham, Nicholas J, and Scott, Robert A

Subjects
Alzheimer’s Disease Genetics Consortium, GERAD1 Consortium, EPIC-InterAct Consortium, Humans, Alzheimer Disease, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Risk Factors, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Female, Male, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Obesity, Cardiovascular, Diabetes, Acquired Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer's Disease including Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD), Dementia, Tobacco Smoke and Health, Brain Disorders, Human Genome, Aging, Clinical Research, Genetics, Tobacco, Prevention, Neurodegenerative, Alzheimer's Disease, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Metabolic and endocrine, General & Internal Medicine, Medical and Health Sciences
Abstract

BackgroundPotentially modifiable risk factors including obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and smoking are associated with Alzheimer disease (AD) and represent promising targets for intervention. However, the causality of these associations is unclear. We sought to assess the causal nature of these associations using Mendelian randomization (MR).Methods and findingsWe used SNPs associated with each risk factor as instrumental variables in MR analyses. We considered type 2 diabetes (T2D, NSNPs = 49), fasting glucose (NSNPs = 36), insulin resistance (NSNPs = 10), body mass index (BMI, NSNPs = 32), total cholesterol (NSNPs = 73), HDL-cholesterol (NSNPs = 71), LDL-cholesterol (NSNPs = 57), triglycerides (NSNPs = 39), systolic blood pressure (SBP, NSNPs = 24), smoking initiation (NSNPs = 1), smoking quantity (NSNPs = 3), university completion (NSNPs = 2), and years of education (NSNPs = 1). We calculated MR estimates of associations between each exposure and AD risk using an inverse-variance weighted approach, with summary statistics of SNP-AD associations from the International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project, comprising a total of 17,008 individuals with AD and 37,154 cognitively normal elderly controls. We found that genetically predicted higher SBP was associated with lower AD risk (odds ratio [OR] per standard deviation [15.4 mm Hg] of SBP [95% CI]: 0.75 [0.62-0.91]; p = 3.4 × 10(-3)). Genetically predicted higher SBP was also associated with a higher probability of taking antihypertensive medication (p = 6.7 × 10(-8)). Genetically predicted smoking quantity was associated with lower AD risk (OR per ten cigarettes per day [95% CI]: 0.67 [0.51-0.89]; p = 6.5 × 10(-3)), although we were unable to stratify by smoking history; genetically predicted smoking initiation was not associated with AD risk (OR = 0.70 [0.37, 1.33]; p = 0.28). We saw no evidence of causal associations between glycemic traits, T2D, BMI, or educational attainment and risk of AD (all p > 0.1). Potential limitations of this study include the small proportion of intermediate trait variance explained by genetic variants and other implicit limitations of MR analyses.ConclusionsInherited lifetime exposure to higher SBP is associated with lower AD risk. These findings suggest that higher blood pressure--or some environmental exposure associated with higher blood pressure, such as use of antihypertensive medications--may reduce AD risk.

Published
2015

14. Whole-genome sequencing to understand the genetic architecture of common gene expression and biomarker phenotypes

Author

Wood, Andrew R, Tuke, Marcus A, Nalls, Mike, Hernandez, Dena, Gibbs, J Raphael, Lin, Haoxiang, Xu, Christopher S, Li, Qibin, Shen, Juan, Jun, Goo, Almeida, Marcio, Tanaka, Toshiko, Perry, John RB, Gaulton, Kyle, Rivas, Manny, Pearson, Richard, Curran, Joanne E, Johnson, Matthew P, Göring, Harald HH, Duggirala, Ravindranath, Blangero, John, Mccarthy, Mark I, Bandinelli, Stefania, Murray, Anna, Weedon, Michael N, Singleton, Andrew, Melzer, David, Ferrucci, Luigi, and Frayling, Timothy M

Subjects
Clinical Research, Human Genome, Genetics, Detection, screening and diagnosis, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, 4.1 Discovery and preclinical testing of markers and technologies, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Gene Frequency, Genetic Association Studies, Genetic Markers, Genetic Variation, Genome, Human, Genotyping Techniques, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Phenotype, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Quantitative Trait Loci, Young Adult, Biological Sciences, Medical and Health Sciences, Genetics & Heredity
Abstract

Initial results from sequencing studies suggest that there are relatively few low-frequency (

Published
2015

15. Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

Author

Perry, John RB, Day, Felix, Elks, Cathy E, Sulem, Patrick, Thompson, Deborah J, Ferreira, Teresa, He, Chunyan, Chasman, Daniel I, Esko, Tõnu, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Albrecht, Eva, Ang, Wei Q, Corre, Tanguy, Cousminer, Diana L, Feenstra, Bjarke, Franceschini, Nora, Ganna, Andrea, Johnson, Andrew D, Kjellqvist, Sanela, Lunetta, Kathryn L, McMahon, George, Nolte, Ilja M, Paternoster, Lavinia, Porcu, Eleonora, Smith, Albert V, Stolk, Lisette, Teumer, Alexander, Tšernikova, Natalia, Tikkanen, Emmi, Ulivi, Sheila, Wagner, Erin K, Amin, Najaf, Bierut, Laura J, Byrne, Enda M, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Koller, Daniel L, Mangino, Massimo, Pers, Tune H, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M, Hua Zhao, Jing, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Atsma, Femke, Bandinelli, Stefania, Beckmann, Matthias W, Benitez, Javier, Blomqvist, Carl, Bojesen, Stig E, Bolla, Manjeet K, Bonanni, Bernardo, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Buring, Julie E, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen, Chen, Jinhui, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Collée, J Margriet, Couch, Fergus J, Couper, David, Coviello, Andrea D, Cox, Angela, Czene, Kamila, D’adamo, Adamo Pio, Davey Smith, George, De Vivo, Immaculata, Demerath, Ellen W, Dennis, Joe, Devilee, Peter, Dieffenbach, Aida K, Dunning, Alison M, Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Eriksson, Johan G, Fasching, Peter A, Ferrucci, Luigi, Flesch-Janys, Dieter, Flyger, Henrik, Foroud, Tatiana, Franke, Lude, Garcia, Melissa E, García-Closas, Montserrat, Geller, Frank, de Geus, Eco EJ, Giles, Graham G, Gudbjartsson, Daniel F, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Guénel, Pascal, Guo, Suiqun, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Haring, Robin, Hartman, Catharina A, Heath, Andrew C, Hofman, Albert, Hooning, Maartje J, Hopper, John L, Hu, Frank B, Hunter, David J, Karasik, David, and Kiel, Douglas P

Subjects
Paediatrics, Biological Sciences, Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Genetics, Contraception/Reproduction, Pediatric, Biotechnology, Human Genome, Clinical Research, Adolescent, Age Factors, Alleles, Body Mass Index, Breast Neoplasms, Calcium-Binding Proteins, Cardiovascular Diseases, Child, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Europe, Female, Genetic Loci, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genomic Imprinting, Humans, Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Male, Membrane Proteins, Menarche, Obesity, Ovary, Parents, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Potassium Channels, Tandem Pore Domain, Proteins, Quantitative Trait Loci, Receptors, GABA-B, Receptors, Retinoic Acid, Ribonucleoproteins, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, Australian Ovarian Cancer Study, GENICA Network, kConFab, LifeLines Cohort Study, InterAct Consortium, Early Growth Genetics (EGG) Consortium, General Science & Technology
Abstract

Age at menarche is a marker of timing of puberty in females. It varies widely between individuals, is a heritable trait and is associated with risks for obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, breast cancer and all-cause mortality. Studies of rare human disorders of puberty and animal models point to a complex hypothalamic-pituitary-hormonal regulation, but the mechanisms that determine pubertal timing and underlie its links to disease risk remain unclear. Here, using genome-wide and custom-genotyping arrays in up to 182,416 women of European descent from 57 studies, we found robust evidence (P

Published
2014

16. A genome-wide association study of early menopause and the combined impact of identified variants

Author

Perry, John RB, Corre, Tanguy, Esko, Tõnu, Chasman, Daniel I, Fischer, Krista, Franceschini, Nora, He, Chunyan, Kutalik, Zoltan, Mangino, Massimo, Rose, Lynda M, Smith, Albert Vernon, Stolk, Lisette, Sulem, Patrick, Weedon, Michael N, Zhuang, Wei V, Arnold, Alice, Ashworth, Alan, Bergmann, Sven, Buring, Julie E, Burri, Andrea, Chen, Constance, Cornelis, Marilyn C, Couper, David J, Goodarzi, Mark O, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Harris, Tamara, Hofman, Albert, Jones, Michael, Kraft, Peter, Launer, Lenore, Laven, Joop SE, Li, Guo, McKnight, Barbara, Masciullo, Corrado, Milani, Lili, Orr, Nicholas, Psaty, Bruce M, Ridker, Paul M, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Sala, Cinzia, Salumets, Andres, Schoemaker, Minouk, Traglia, Michela, Waeber, Gérard, Chanock, Stephen J, Demerath, Ellen W, Garcia, Melissa, Hankinson, Susan E, Hu, Frank B, Hunter, David J, Lunetta, Kathryn L, Metspalu, Andres, Montgomery, Grant W, Murabito, Joanne M, Newman, Anne B, Ong, Ken K, Spector, Tim D, Stefansson, Kari, Swerdlow, Anthony J, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Van Dam, Rob M, Uitterlinden, André G, Visser, Jenny A, Vollenweider, Peter, Toniolo, Daniela, and Murray, Anna

Subjects
Biotechnology, Contraception/Reproduction, Infertility, Genetics, Human Genome, Aging, Estrogen, Prevention, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Reproductive health and childbirth, Good Health and Well Being, Case-Control Studies, Female, Gene Frequency, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Menopause, Premature, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Primary Ovarian Insufficiency, Quantitative Trait Loci, Risk, ReproGen Consortium, Biological Sciences, Medical and Health Sciences, Genetics & Heredity
Abstract

Early menopause (EM) affects up to 10% of the female population, reducing reproductive lifespan considerably. Currently, it constitutes the leading cause of infertility in the western world, affecting mainly those women who postpone their first pregnancy beyond the age of 30 years. The genetic aetiology of EM is largely unknown in the majority of cases. We have undertaken a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWASs) in 3493 EM cases and 13 598 controls from 10 independent studies. No novel genetic variants were discovered, but the 17 variants previously associated with normal age at natural menopause as a quantitative trait (QT) were also associated with EM and primary ovarian insufficiency (POI). Thus, EM has a genetic aetiology which overlaps variation in normal age at menopause and is at least partly explained by the additive effects of the same polygenic variants. The combined effect of the common variants captured by the single nucleotide polymorphism arrays was estimated to account for ∼30% of the variance in EM. The association between the combined 17 variants and the risk of EM was greater than the best validated non-genetic risk factor, smoking.

Published
2013

17. A Genome-Wide Association Meta-Analysis of Circulating Sex Hormone–Binding Globulin Reveals Multiple Loci Implicated in Sex Steroid Hormone Regulation

Author

Coviello, Andrea D, Haring, Robin, Wellons, Melissa, Vaidya, Dhananjay, Lehtimäki, Terho, Keildson, Sarah, Lunetta, Kathryn L, He, Chunyan, Fornage, Myriam, Lagou, Vasiliki, Mangino, Massimo, Onland-Moret, N Charlotte, Chen, Brian, Eriksson, Joel, Garcia, Melissa, Liu, Yong Mei, Koster, Annemarie, Lohman, Kurt, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Petersen, Ann-Kristin, Prescott, Jennifer, Stolk, Lisette, Vandenput, Liesbeth, Wood, Andrew R, Zhuang, Wei Vivian, Ruokonen, Aimo, Hartikainen, Anna-Liisa, Pouta, Anneli, Bandinelli, Stefania, Biffar, Reiner, Brabant, Georg, Cox, David G, Chen, Yuhui, Cummings, Steven, Ferrucci, Luigi, Gunter, Marc J, Hankinson, Susan E, Martikainen, Hannu, Hofman, Albert, Homuth, Georg, Illig, Thomas, Jansson, John-Olov, Johnson, Andrew D, Karasik, David, Karlsson, Magnus, Kettunen, Johannes, Kiel, Douglas P, Kraft, Peter, Liu, Jingmin, Ljunggren, Östen, Lorentzon, Mattias, Maggio, Marcello, Markus, Marcello RP, Mellström, Dan, Miljkovic, Iva, Mirel, Daniel, Nelson, Sarah, Papunen, Laure Morin, Peeters, Petra HM, Prokopenko, Inga, Raffel, Leslie, Reincke, Martin, Reiner, Alex P, Rexrode, Kathryn, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Schwartz, Stephen M, Siscovick, David, Soranzo, Nicole, Stöckl, Doris, Tworoger, Shelley, Uitterlinden, André G, van Gils, Carla H, Vasan, Ramachandran S, Wichmann, H-Erich, Zhai, Guangju, Bhasin, Shalender, Bidlingmaier, Martin, Chanock, Stephen J, De Vivo, Immaculata, Harris, Tamara B, Hunter, David J, Kähönen, Mika, Liu, Simin, Ouyang, Pamela, Spector, Tim D, van der Schouw, Yvonne T, Viikari, Jorma, Wallaschofski, Henri, McCarthy, Mark I, Frayling, Timothy M, Murray, Anna, Franks, Steve, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, de Jong, Frank H, Raitakari, Olli, Teumer, Alexander, Ohlsson, Claes, Murabito, Joanne M, and Perry, John RB

Subjects
Biological Sciences, Genetics, Breast Cancer, Aging, Estrogen, Cancer Genomics, Urologic Diseases, Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Human Genome, Women's Health, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Metabolic and endocrine, Alleles, Female, Genetic Heterogeneity, Genome-Wide Association Study, Gonadal Steroid Hormones, Humans, Male, Metabolic Networks and Pathways, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Sex Characteristics, Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin, Developmental Biology
Abstract

Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) is a glycoprotein responsible for the transport and biologic availability of sex steroid hormones, primarily testosterone and estradiol. SHBG has been associated with chronic diseases including type 2 diabetes (T2D) and with hormone-sensitive cancers such as breast and prostate cancer. We performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) meta-analysis of 21,791 individuals from 10 epidemiologic studies and validated these findings in 7,046 individuals in an additional six studies. We identified twelve genomic regions (SNPs) associated with circulating SHBG concentrations. Loci near the identified SNPs included SHBG (rs12150660, 17p13.1, p = 1.8 × 10(-106)), PRMT6 (rs17496332, 1p13.3, p = 1.4 × 10(-11)), GCKR (rs780093, 2p23.3, p = 2.2 × 10(-16)), ZBTB10 (rs440837, 8q21.13, p = 3.4 × 10(-09)), JMJD1C (rs7910927, 10q21.3, p = 6.1 × 10(-35)), SLCO1B1 (rs4149056, 12p12.1, p = 1.9 × 10(-08)), NR2F2 (rs8023580, 15q26.2, p = 8.3 × 10(-12)), ZNF652 (rs2411984, 17q21.32, p = 3.5 × 10(-14)), TDGF3 (rs1573036, Xq22.3, p = 4.1 × 10(-14)), LHCGR (rs10454142, 2p16.3, p = 1.3 × 10(-07)), BAIAP2L1 (rs3779195, 7q21.3, p = 2.7 × 10(-08)), and UGT2B15 (rs293428, 4q13.2, p = 5.5 × 10(-06)). These genes encompass multiple biologic pathways, including hepatic function, lipid metabolism, carbohydrate metabolism and T2D, androgen and estrogen receptor function, epigenetic effects, and the biology of sex steroid hormone-responsive cancers including breast and prostate cancer. We found evidence of sex-differentiated genetic influences on SHBG. In a sex-specific GWAS, the loci 4q13.2-UGT2B15 was significant in men only (men p = 2.5 × 10(-08), women p = 0.66, heterogeneity p = 0.003). Additionally, three loci showed strong sex-differentiated effects: 17p13.1-SHBG and Xq22.3-TDGF3 were stronger in men, whereas 8q21.12-ZBTB10 was stronger in women. Conditional analyses identified additional signals at the SHBG gene that together almost double the proportion of variance explained at the locus. Using an independent study of 1,129 individuals, all SNPs identified in the overall or sex-differentiated or conditional analyses explained ~15.6% and ~8.4% of the genetic variation of SHBG concentrations in men and women, respectively. The evidence for sex-differentiated effects and allelic heterogeneity highlight the importance of considering these features when estimating complex trait variance.

Published
2012

18. Novel loci for adiponectin levels and their influence on type 2 diabetes and metabolic traits: a multi-ethnic meta-analysis of 45,891 individuals.

Author

Dastani, Zari, Hivert, Marie-France, Timpson, Nicholas, Perry, John RB, Yuan, Xin, Scott, Robert A, Henneman, Peter, Heid, Iris M, Kizer, Jorge R, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Fuchsberger, Christian, Tanaka, Toshiko, Morris, Andrew P, Small, Kerrin, Isaacs, Aaron, Beekman, Marian, Coassin, Stefan, Lohman, Kurt, Qi, Lu, Kanoni, Stavroula, Pankow, James S, Uh, Hae-Won, Wu, Ying, Bidulescu, Aurelian, Rasmussen-Torvik, Laura J, Greenwood, Celia MT, Ladouceur, Martin, Grimsby, Jonna, Manning, Alisa K, Liu, Ching-Ti, Kooner, Jaspal, Mooser, Vincent E, Vollenweider, Peter, Kapur, Karen A, Chambers, John, Wareham, Nicholas J, Langenberg, Claudia, Frants, Rune, Willems-Vandijk, Ko, Oostra, Ben A, Willems, Sara M, Lamina, Claudia, Winkler, Thomas W, Psaty, Bruce M, Tracy, Russell P, Brody, Jennifer, Chen, Ida, Viikari, Jorma, Kähönen, Mika, Pramstaller, Peter P, Evans, David M, St Pourcain, Beate, Sattar, Naveed, Wood, Andrew R, Bandinelli, Stefania, Carlson, Olga D, Egan, Josephine M, Böhringer, Stefan, van Heemst, Diana, Kedenko, Lyudmyla, Kristiansson, Kati, Nuotio, Marja-Liisa, Loo, Britt-Marie, Harris, Tamara, Garcia, Melissa, Kanaya, Alka, Haun, Margot, Klopp, Norman, Wichmann, H-Erich, Deloukas, Panos, Katsareli, Efi, Couper, David J, Duncan, Bruce B, Kloppenburg, Margreet, Adair, Linda S, Borja, Judith B, DIAGRAM+ Consortium, MAGIC Consortium, GLGC Investigators, MuTHER Consortium, Wilson, James G, Musani, Solomon, Guo, Xiuqing, Johnson, Toby, Semple, Robert, Teslovich, Tanya M, Allison, Matthew A, Redline, Susan, Buxbaum, Sarah G, Mohlke, Karen L, Meulenbelt, Ingrid, Ballantyne, Christie M, Dedoussis, George V, Hu, Frank B, Liu, Yongmei, Paulweber, Bernhard, Spector, Timothy D, Slagboom, P Eline, Ferrucci, Luigi, and Jula, Antti

Subjects
DIAGRAM+ Consortium, MAGIC Consortium, GLGC Investigators, MuTHER Consortium, DIAGRAM Consortium, GIANT Consortium, Global B Pgen Consortium, Procardis Consortium, MAGIC investigators, GLGC Consortium, Humans, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Insulin Resistance, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Glucose Tolerance Test, Waist-Hip Ratio, Gene Expression, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, African Americans, Asian Continental Ancestry Group, European Continental Ancestry Group, Female, Male, Adiponectin, Cholesterol, HDL, Metabolic Networks and Pathways, Genome-Wide Association Study, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Cholesterol, HDL, Genetics, Developmental Biology
Abstract

Circulating levels of adiponectin, a hormone produced predominantly by adipocytes, are highly heritable and are inversely associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) and other metabolic traits. We conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in 39,883 individuals of European ancestry to identify genes associated with metabolic disease. We identified 8 novel loci associated with adiponectin levels and confirmed 2 previously reported loci (P = 4.5×10(-8)-1.2×10(-43)). Using a novel method to combine data across ethnicities (N = 4,232 African Americans, N = 1,776 Asians, and N = 29,347 Europeans), we identified two additional novel loci. Expression analyses of 436 human adipocyte samples revealed that mRNA levels of 18 genes at candidate regions were associated with adiponectin concentrations after accounting for multiple testing (p

Published
2012

19. Genetic determinants of serum testosterone concentrations in men.

Author

Ohlsson, Claes, Wallaschofski, Henri, Lunetta, Kathryn L, Stolk, Lisette, Perry, John RB, Koster, Annemarie, Petersen, Ann-Kristin, Eriksson, Joel, Lehtimäki, Terho, Huhtaniemi, Ilpo T, Hammond, Geoffrey L, Maggio, Marcello, Coviello, Andrea D, EMAS Study Group, Ferrucci, Luigi, Heier, Margit, Hofman, Albert, Holliday, Kate L, Jansson, John-Olov, Kähönen, Mika, Karasik, David, Karlsson, Magnus K, Kiel, Douglas P, Liu, Yongmei, Ljunggren, Osten, Lorentzon, Mattias, Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka, Meitinger, Thomas, Mellström, Dan, Melzer, David, Miljkovic, Iva, Nauck, Matthias, Nilsson, Maria, Penninx, Brenda, Pye, Stephen R, Vasan, Ramachandran S, Reincke, Martin, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Tajar, Abdelouahid, Teumer, Alexander, Uitterlinden, André G, Ulloor, Jagadish, Viikari, Jorma, Völker, Uwe, Völzke, Henry, Wichmann, H Erich, Wu, Tsung-Sheng, Zhuang, Wei Vivian, Ziv, Elad, Wu, Frederick CW, Raitakari, Olli, Eriksson, Anna, Bidlingmaier, Martin, Harris, Tamara B, Murray, Anna, de Jong, Frank H, Murabito, Joanne M, Bhasin, Shalender, Vandenput, Liesbeth, and Haring, Robin

Subjects
EMAS Study Group, Chromosomes, Human, X, Humans, Testosterone, Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin, Nuclear Proteins, Body Mass Index, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Alleles, Adult, Aged, 80 and over, Middle Aged, Male, Genome-Wide Association Study, Aged, and over, Chromosomes, Human, X, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Genetics, Developmental Biology
Abstract

Testosterone concentrations in men are associated with cardiovascular morbidity, osteoporosis, and mortality and are affected by age, smoking, and obesity. Because of serum testosterone's high heritability, we performed a meta-analysis of genome-wide association data in 8,938 men from seven cohorts and followed up the genome-wide significant findings in one in silico (n = 871) and two de novo replication cohorts (n = 4,620) to identify genetic loci significantly associated with serum testosterone concentration in men. All these loci were also associated with low serum testosterone concentration defined as

Published
2011

20. Genome-wide analysis identifies genetic effects on reproductive success and ongoing natural selection at the FADS locus

Author

Mathieson, Iain, Day, Felix R, Barban, Nicola, Tropf, Felix C, Brazel, David M, EQTLGen Consortium, BIOS Consortium, Vaez, Ahmad, Van Zuydam, Natalie, Bitarello, Bárbara D, Gardner, Eugene J, Akimova, Evelina T, Azad, Ajuna, Bergmann, Sven, Bielak, Lawrence F, Boomsma, Dorret I, Bosak, Kristina, Brumat, Marco, Buring, Julie E, Cesarini, David, Chasman, Daniel I, Chavarro, Jorge E, Cocca, Massimiliano, Concas, Maria Pina, Davey Smith, George, Davies, Gail, Deary, Ian J, Esko, Tõnu, Faul, Jessica D, FinnGen Study, Franco, Oscar, Ganna, Andrea, Gaskins, Audrey J, Gelemanovic, Andrea, De Geus, Eco JC, Gieger, Christian, Girotto, Giorgia, Gopinath, Bamini, Grabe, Hans Jörgen, Gunderson, Erica P, Hayward, Caroline, He, Chunyan, Van Heemst, Diana, Hill, W David, Hoffmann, Eva R, Homuth, Georg, Hottenga, Jouke Jan, Huang, Hongyang, Hyppӧnen, Elina, Ikram, M Arfan, Jansen, Rick, Johannesson, Magnus, Kamali, Zoha, Kardia, Sharon LR, Kavousi, Maryam, Kifley, Annette, Kiiskinen, Tuomo, Kraft, Peter, Kühnel, Brigitte, Langenberg, Claudia, Liew, Gerald, Lifelines Cohort Study, Lind, Penelope A, Luan, Jian'an, Mägi, Reedik, Magnusson, Patrik KE, Mahajan, Anubha, Martin, Nicholas G, Mbarek, Hamdi, McCarthy, Mark I, McMahon, George, Medland, Sarah E, Meitinger, Thomas, Metspalu, Andres, Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Missmer, Stacey A, Mitchell, Paul, Møllegaard, Stine, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O, Morgan, Anna, Van Der Most, Peter J, De Mutsert, Renée, Nauck, Matthias, Nolte, Ilja M, Noordam, Raymond, Penninx, Brenda WJH, Peters, Annette, Peyser, Patricia A, Polašek, Ozren, Power, Chris, Pribisalic, Ajka, Redmond, Paul, Rich-Edwards, Janet W, Ridker, Paul M, Rietveld, Cornelius A, Ring, Susan M, Rose, Lynda M, Rueedi, Rico, Shukla, Vallari, Smith, Jennifer A, Stankovic, Stasa, Stefánsson, Kári, Stöckl, Doris, Strauch, Konstantin, Swertz, Morris A, Teumer, Alexander, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Thurik, A Roy, Timpson, Nicholas J, Turman, Constance, Uitterlinden, André G, Waldenberger, Melanie, Wareham, Nicholas J, Weir, David R, Willemsen, Gonneke, Zhao, Jing Hau, Zhao, Wei, Zhao, Yajie, Snieder, Harold, Den Hoed, Marcel, Ong, Ken K, Mills, Melinda C, Perry, John RB, Mathieson, Iain [0000-0002-4256-3982], Day, Felix R [0000-0003-3789-7651], Vaez, Ahmad [0000-0001-9048-3795], Bitarello, Bárbara D [0000-0001-7676-9367], Gardner, Eugene J [0000-0001-9671-1533], Akimova, Evelina T [0000-0001-8733-3745], Bergmann, Sven [0000-0002-6785-9034], Bielak, Lawrence F [0000-0002-3443-8030], Boomsma, Dorret I [0000-0002-7099-7972], Chasman, Daniel I [0000-0003-3357-0862], Chavarro, Jorge E [0000-0002-4436-9630], Cocca, Massimiliano [0000-0002-1127-7596], Concas, Maria Pina [0000-0003-3598-2537], Davey Smith, George [0000-0002-1407-8314], Davies, Gail [0000-0003-1120-7026], Franco, Oscar [0000-0002-4606-4929], Ganna, Andrea [0000-0002-8147-240X], Gaskins, Audrey J [0000-0001-9195-646X], Gieger, Christian [0000-0001-6986-9554], Girotto, Giorgia [0000-0003-4507-6589], Grabe, Hans Jörgen [0000-0003-3684-4208], Gunderson, Erica P [0000-0002-2039-1964], He, Chunyan [0000-0001-9443-4368], Hoffmann, Eva R [0000-0002-2588-0652], Homuth, Georg [0000-0001-6839-0605], Hottenga, Jouke Jan [0000-0002-5668-2368], Hyppӧnen, Elina [0000-0003-3670-9399], Ikram, M Arfan [0000-0003-0372-8585], Jansen, Rick [0000-0002-3333-6737], Johannesson, Magnus [0000-0001-8759-6393], Kamali, Zoha [0000-0001-6492-5887], Kavousi, Maryam [0000-0001-5976-6519], Kifley, Annette [0000-0002-3764-4905], Kiiskinen, Tuomo [0000-0002-6306-8227], Kraft, Peter [0000-0002-4472-8103], Langenberg, Claudia [0000-0002-5017-7344], Lind, Penelope A [0000-0002-3887-2598], Luan, Jian'an [0000-0003-3137-6337], Magnusson, Patrik KE [0000-0002-7315-7899], Mahajan, Anubha [0000-0001-5585-3420], Mbarek, Hamdi [0000-0002-1108-0371], Metspalu, Andres [0000-0002-3718-796X], Milani, Lili [0000-0002-5323-3102], Møllegaard, Stine [0000-0001-5676-2248], Morgan, Anna [0000-0001-6290-445X], van der Most, Peter J [0000-0001-8450-3518], Nauck, Matthias [0000-0002-6678-7964], Nolte, Ilja M [0000-0001-5047-4077], Noordam, Raymond [0000-0001-7801-809X], Peters, Annette [0000-0001-6645-0985], Peyser, Patricia A [0000-0002-9717-8459], Pribisalic, Ajka [0000-0002-3725-3728], Rietveld, Cornelius A [0000-0003-4053-1861], Ring, Susan M [0000-0003-3103-9330], Smith, Jennifer A [0000-0002-3575-5468], Stankovic, Stasa [0000-0002-6602-1379], Teumer, Alexander [0000-0002-8309-094X], Thurik, A Roy [0000-0002-0242-6908], Timpson, Nicholas J [0000-0002-7141-9189], Uitterlinden, André G [0000-0002-7276-3387], Waldenberger, Melanie [0000-0003-0583-5093], Wareham, Nicholas J [0000-0003-1422-2993], Weir, David R [0000-0002-1661-2402], Zhao, Wei [0000-0001-7388-0692], Zhao, Yajie [0000-0002-2747-0219], Snieder, Harold [0000-0003-1949-2298], den Hoed, Marcel [0000-0001-8081-428X], Ong, Ken K [0000-0003-4689-7530], Mills, Melinda C [0000-0003-1704-0001], Perry, John RB [0000-0001-6483-3771], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

Subjects
Aging, Fertility, Reproduction, Humans, Female, Menopause, Selection, Genetic, FOS: Medical biotechnology, Child
Abstract

Identifying genetic determinants of reproductive success may highlight mechanisms underlying fertility and identify alleles under present-day selection. Using data in 785,604 individuals of European ancestry, we identified 43 genomic loci associated with either number of children ever born (NEB) or childlessness. These loci span diverse aspects of reproductive biology, including puberty timing, age at first birth, sex hormone regulation, endometriosis and age at menopause. Missense variants in ARHGAP27 were associated with higher NEB but shorter reproductive lifespan, suggesting a trade-off at this locus between reproductive ageing and intensity. Other genes implicated by coding variants include PIK3IP1, ZFP82 and LRP4, and our results suggest a new role for the melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) in reproductive biology. As NEB is one component of evolutionary fitness, our identified associations indicate loci under present-day natural selection. Integration with data from historical selection scans highlighted an allele in the FADS1/2 gene locus that has been under selection for thousands of years and remains so today. Collectively, our findings demonstrate that a broad range of biological mechanisms contribute to reproductive success.

Published
2023

21. Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

Author

Speliotes, Elizabeth K, Willer, Cristen J, Berndt, Sonja I, Monda, Keri L, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Jackson, Anne U, Allen, Hana Lango, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Luan, Jian'an, Mägi, Reedik, Randall, Joshua C, Vedantam, Sailaja, Winkler, Thomas W, Qi, Lu, Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Heid, Iris M, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Stringham, Heather M, Weedon, Michael N, Wheeler, Eleanor, Wood, Andrew R, Ferreira, Teresa, Weyant, Robert J, Segrè, Ayellet V, Estrada, Karol, Liang, Liming, Nemesh, James, Park, Ju-Hyun, Gustafsson, Stefan, Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O, Yang, Jian, Bouatia-Naji, Nabila, Esko, Tõnu, Feitosa, Mary F, Kutalik, Zoltán, Mangino, Massimo, Raychaudhuri, Soumya, Scherag, Andre, Smith, Albert Vernon, Welch, Ryan, Zhao, Jing Hua, Aben, Katja K, Absher, Devin M, Amin, Najaf, Dixon, Anna L, Fisher, Eva, Glazer, Nicole L, Goddard, Michael E, Heard-Costa, Nancy L, Hoesel, Volker, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Johansson, Åsa, Johnson, Toby, Ketkar, Shamika, Lamina, Claudia, Li, Shengxu, Moffatt, Miriam F, Myers, Richard H, Narisu, Narisu, Perry, John RB, Peters, Marjolein J, Preuss, Michael, Ripatti, Samuli, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Sandholt, Camilla, Scott, Laura J, Timpson, Nicholas J, Tyrer, Jonathan P, van Wingerden, Sophie, Watanabe, Richard M, White, Charles C, Wiklund, Fredrik, Barlassina, Christina, Chasman, Daniel I, Cooper, Matthew N, Jansson, John-Olov, Lawrence, Robert W, Pellikka, Niina, Prokopenko, Inga, Shi, Jianxin, Thiering, Elisabeth, Alavere, Helene, Alibrandi, Maria TS, Almgren, Peter, Arnold, Alice M, Aspelund, Thor, Atwood, Larry D, Balkau, Beverley, Balmforth, Anthony J, Bennett, Amanda J, Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Bergman, Richard N, Bergmann, Sven, Biebermann, Heike, Blakemore, Alexandra IF, Boes, Tanja, Bonnycastle, Lori L, Bornstein, Stefan R, Brown, Morris J, and Buchanan, Thomas A

Subjects
Biological Sciences, Genetics, Prevention, Human Genome, Body Height, Body Mass Index, Body Size, Body Weight, Chromosome Mapping, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Obesity, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, White People, MAGIC, Procardis Consortium, Medical and Health Sciences, Developmental Biology, Agricultural biotechnology, Bioinformatics and computational biology
Abstract

Obesity is globally prevalent and highly heritable, but its underlying genetic factors remain largely elusive. To identify genetic loci for obesity susceptibility, we examined associations between body mass index and ∼ 2.8 million SNPs in up to 123,865 individuals with targeted follow up of 42 SNPs in up to 125,931 additional individuals. We confirmed 14 known obesity susceptibility loci and identified 18 new loci associated with body mass index (P < 5 × 10⁻⁸), one of which includes a copy number variant near GPRC5B. Some loci (at MC4R, POMC, SH2B1 and BDNF) map near key hypothalamic regulators of energy balance, and one of these loci is near GIPR, an incretin receptor. Furthermore, genes in other newly associated loci may provide new insights into human body weight regulation.

Published
2010

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

Author

Lango Allen, Hana, Estrada, Karol, Lettre, Guillaume, Berndt, Sonja I, Weedon, Michael N, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Willer, Cristen J, Jackson, Anne U, Vedantam, Sailaja, Raychaudhuri, Soumya, Ferreira, Teresa, Wood, Andrew R, Weyant, Robert J, Segrè, Ayellet V, Speliotes, Elizabeth K, Wheeler, Eleanor, Soranzo, Nicole, Park, Ju-Hyun, Yang, Jian, Gudbjartsson, Daniel, Heard-Costa, Nancy L, Randall, Joshua C, Qi, Lu, Vernon Smith, Albert, Mägi, Reedik, Pastinen, Tomi, Liang, Liming, Heid, Iris M, Luan, Jian’an, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Winkler, Thomas W, Goddard, Michael E, Sin Lo, Ken, Palmer, Cameron, Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Aulchenko, Yurii S, Johansson, Åsa, Carola Zillikens, M, Feitosa, Mary F, Esko, Tõnu, Johnson, Toby, Ketkar, Shamika, Kraft, Peter, Mangino, Massimo, Prokopenko, Inga, Absher, Devin, Albrecht, Eva, Ernst, Florian, Glazer, Nicole L, Hayward, Caroline, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Jacobs, Kevin B, Knowles, Joshua W, Kutalik, Zoltán, Monda, Keri L, Polasek, Ozren, Preuss, Michael, Rayner, Nigel W, Robertson, Neil R, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Tyrer, Jonathan P, Voight, Benjamin F, Wiklund, Fredrik, Xu, Jianfeng, Hua Zhao, Jing, Nyholt, Dale R, Pellikka, Niina, Perola, Markus, Perry, John RB, Surakka, Ida, Tammesoo, Mari-Liis, Altmaier, Elizabeth L, Amin, Najaf, Aspelund, Thor, Bhangale, Tushar, Boucher, Gabrielle, Chasman, Daniel I, Chen, Constance, Coin, Lachlan, Cooper, Matthew N, Dixon, Anna L, Gibson, Quince, Grundberg, Elin, Hao, Ke, Juhani Junttila, M, Kaplan, Lee M, Kettunen, Johannes, König, Inke R, Kwan, Tony, Lawrence, Robert W, Levinson, Douglas F, Lorentzon, Mattias, McKnight, Barbara, Morris, Andrew P, Müller, Martina, Suh Ngwa, Julius, Purcell, Shaun, Rafelt, Suzanne, Salem, Rany M, and Salvi, Erika

Subjects
Biological Sciences, Genetics, Health Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Statistics, Human Genome, Clinical Research, Biotechnology, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Body Height, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3, Genetic Loci, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome, Human, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Metabolic Networks and Pathways, Multifactorial Inheritance, Phenotype, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, General Science & Technology
Abstract

Most common human traits and diseases have a polygenic pattern of inheritance: DNA sequence variants at many genetic loci influence the phenotype. Genome-wide association (GWA) studies have identified more than 600 variants associated with human traits, but these typically explain small fractions of phenotypic variation, raising questions about the use of further studies. Here, using 183,727 individuals, we show that hundreds of genetic variants, in at least 180 loci, influence adult height, a highly heritable and classic polygenic trait. The large number of loci reveals patterns with important implications for genetic studies of common human diseases and traits. First, the 180 loci are not random, but instead are enriched for genes that are connected in biological pathways (P = 0.016) and that underlie skeletal growth defects (P

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2010

23. Prevalence of deleterious variants in MC3R in patients with constitutional delay of growth and puberty

Author

Duckett, Katie, Williamson, Alice, Kincaid, John WR, Rainbow, Kara, Corbin, Laura J, Martin, Hilary C, Eberhardt, Ruth Y, Huang, Qin Qin, Hurles, Matthew E, He, Wen, Brauner, Raja, Delaney, Angela, Dunkel, Leo, Grinspon, Romina P, Hall, Janet E, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Howard, Sasha R, Latronico, Ana C, Jorge, Alexander AL, McElreavey, Ken, Mericq, Verónica, Merino, Paulina M, Palmert, Mark R, Plummer, Lacey, Rey, Rodolfo A, Rezende, Raíssa C, Seminara, Stephanie B, Salnikov, Kathryn, Banerjee, Indraneel, Lam, Brian YH, Perry, John RB, Timpson, Nicholas J, Clayton, Peter, Chan, Yee-Ming, Ong, Ken K, O'Rahilly, Stephen, Duckett, Katie [0000-0002-0222-1689], Williamson, Alice [0000-0002-7599-9301], Kincaid, John WR [0000-0003-0660-9813], Rainbow, Kara [0000-0002-8089-0693], Corbin, Laura J [0000-0002-4032-9500], Martin, Hilary C [0000-0002-4454-9084], Eberhardt, Ruth Y [0000-0001-6152-1369], Huang, Qin Qin [0000-0003-3073-717X], Hurles, Matthew E [0000-0002-2333-7015], Brauner, Raja [0000-0002-4456-4508], Delaney, Angela [0000-0002-0632-6365], Grinspon, Romina P [0000-0002-6291-1518], Hall, Janet E [0000-0003-4644-3061], Hirschhorn, Joel N [0000-0002-1650-7901], Palmert, Mark R [0000-0002-4096-0685], Lam, Brian YH [0000-0002-3638-9025], Timpson, Nicholas J [0000-0002-7141-9189], Clayton, Peter [0000-0003-1225-4537], Chan, Yee-Ming [0000-0003-0554-8502], Ong, Ken K [0000-0003-4689-7530], O'Rahilly, Stephen [0000-0003-2199-4449], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

Subjects
UK Biobank, constitutional delay, MC3R, ALSPAC, delayed puberty
Abstract

ContextThe melanocortin 3 receptor (MC3R) has recently emerged as a critical regulator of pubertal timing, linear growth and the acquisition of lean mass in humans and mice. In population-based studies, heterozygous carriers of deleterious variants in MC3R report a later onset of puberty than non-carriers. However, the frequency of such variants in patients who present with clinical disorders of pubertal development is currently unknown.ObjectiveTo determine whether deleterious MC3R variants are more frequently found in patients clinically presenting with constitutional delay of growth and puberty (CDGP) or normosmic idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (nIHH).Design, Setting and ParticipantsWe examined the sequence of MC3R in 362 adolescents with a clinical diagnosis of CDGP and 657 patients with nIHH, experimentally characterised the signalling properties of all non-synonymous variants found and compared their frequency to that in 5774 controls from a population-based cohort. Additionally, we established the relative frequency of predicted deleterious variants in individuals with self-reported delayed vs normally timed menarche/voice breaking in the UK Biobank cohort.ResultsMC3R loss-of-function variants were infrequent but overrepresented in patients with CDGP (8/362 (2.2%), OR = 4.17, p = 0.001). There was no strong evidence of overrepresentation in patients with nIHH (4/657 (0.6%), OR = 1.15, p = 0.779). In 246,328 women from UK Biobank, predicted deleterious variants were more frequently found in those self-reporting delayed (≥16 years) vs normal age at menarche (OR = 1.66, p = 3.90E-07).ConclusionsWe have found evidence that functionally damaging variants in MC3R are overrepresented in individuals with CDGP but are not a common cause of this phenotype.

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2023
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24. Identification of 371 genetic variants for age at first sex and birth linked to externalising behaviour

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Mills, Melinda C, Tropf, Felix C, Brazel, David M, van Zuydam, Natalie, Vaez, Ahmad, eQTLGen Consortium, BIOS Consortium, Human Reproductive Behaviour Consortium, Pers, Tune H, Snieder, Harold, Perry, John RB, Ong, Ken K, den Hoed, Marcel, Barban, Nicola, Day, Felix R, Mills, Melinda C [0000-0003-1704-0001], Tropf, Felix C [0000-0003-2445-515X], Brazel, David M [0000-0001-5361-2498], Vaez, Ahmad [0000-0001-9048-3795], Pers, Tune H [0000-0003-0207-4831], Snieder, Harold [0000-0003-1949-2298], Perry, John RB [0000-0001-6483-3771], Ong, Ken K [0000-0003-4689-7530], den Hoed, Marcel [0000-0001-8081-428X], Barban, Nicola [0000-0002-4362-4652], Day, Felix R [0000-0003-3789-7651], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

Subjects
Male, Adolescent, Reproduction, Age Factors, Coitus, Parturition, Humans, Female, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Genetic Association Studies
Abstract

Age at first sexual intercourse and age at first birth have implications for health and evolutionary fitness. In this genome-wide association study (age at first sexual intercourse, N = 387,338; age at first birth, N = 542,901), we identify 371 single-nucleotide polymorphisms, 11 sex-specific, with a 5-6% polygenic score prediction. Heritability of age at first birth shifted from 9% [CI = 4-14%] for women born in 1940 to 22% [CI = 19-25%] for those born in 1965. Signals are driven by the genetics of reproductive biology and externalising behaviour, with key genes related to follicle stimulating hormone (FSHB), implantation (ESR1), infertility and spermatid differentiation. Our findings suggest that polycystic ovarian syndrome may lead to later age at first birth, linking with infertility. Late age at first birth is associated with parental longevity and reduced incidence of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Higher childhood socioeconomic circumstances and those in the highest polygenic score decile (90%+) experience markedly later reproductive onset. Results are relevant for improving teenage and late-life health, understanding longevity and guiding experimentation into mechanisms of infertility.

Published
2021

25. Using genetic variation to disentangle the complex relationship between food intake and health outcomes

Author

Pirastu, Nicola, McDonnell, Ciara, Grzeszkowiak, Eryk J, Mounier, Ninon, Imamura, Fumiaki, Merino, Jordi, Day, Felix, Zheng, Jie, Taba, Nele, Concas, Maria Pina, Repetto, Linda, Kentistou, Katherine, Robino, Antonietta, Esko, Tõnu, Joshi, Peter K, Fischer, Krista, Ong, Kenneth, Gaunt, Tom R, Kutalik, Zoltán, Perry, John RB, Wilson, James F, Pirastu, Nicola [0000-0002-5363-3886], Grzeszkowiak, Eryk J [0000-0002-6550-6366], Mounier, Ninon [0000-0001-6663-5402], Imamura, Fumiaki [0000-0002-6841-8396], Merino, Jordi [0000-0001-8312-1438], Day, Felix [0000-0003-3789-7651], Zheng, Jie [0000-0002-6623-6839], Taba, Nele [0000-0003-1953-2819], Concas, Maria Pina [0000-0003-3598-2537], Repetto, Linda [0000-0002-7901-4549], Kentistou, Katherine [0000-0002-5816-664X], Robino, Antonietta [0000-0003-2152-2353], Esko, Tõnu [0000-0003-1982-6569], Joshi, Peter K [0000-0002-6361-5059], Fischer, Krista [0000-0002-3521-0599], Ong, Kenneth [0000-0003-4689-7530], Gaunt, Tom R [0000-0003-0924-3247], Wilson, James F [0000-0001-5751-9178], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Day, Felix R [0000-0003-3789-7651], Kentistou, Katherine A [0000-0002-5816-664X], and Ong, Ken K [0000-0003-4689-7530]

Subjects
Medicine and health sciences, Cancer Research, Biology and life sciences, Genetic Variation, Causality, Eating, Risk Factors, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Genetics, Humans, Molecular Biology, Genetics (clinical), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Research Article
Abstract

Diet is considered as one of the most important modifiable factors influencing human health, but efforts to identify foods or dietary patterns associated with health outcomes often suffer from biases, confounding, and reverse causation. Applying Mendelian randomization in this context may provide evidence to strengthen causality in nutrition research. To this end, we first identified 283 genetic markers associated with dietary intake in 445,779 UK Biobank participants. We then converted these associations into direct genetic effects on food exposures by adjusting them for effects mediated via other traits. The SNPs which did not show evidence of mediation were then used for MR, assessing the association between genetically predicted food choices and other risk factors, health outcomes. We show that using all associated SNPs without omitting those which show evidence of mediation, leads to biases in downstream analyses (genetic correlations, causal inference), similar to those present in observational studies. However, MR analyses using SNPs which have only a direct effect on the exposure on food exposures provided unequivocal evidence of causal associations between specific eating patterns and obesity, blood lipid status, and several other risk factors and health outcomes.

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2022
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26. Genetic analyses identify widespread sex-differential participation bias

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Pirastu, Nicola, Cordioli, Mattia, Nandakumar, Priyanka, Mignogna, Gianmarco, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Hollis, Benjamin, Kanai, Masahiro, Rajagopal, Veera M, Parolo, Pietro Della Briotta, Baya, Nikolas, Carey, Caitlin E, Karjalainen, Juha, Als, Thomas D, Van Der Zee, Matthijs D, Day, Felix R, Ong, Ken K, FinnGen Study, 23andMe Research Team, IPSYCH Consortium, Morisaki, Takayuki, De Geus, Eco, Bellocco, Rino, Okada, Yukinori, Børglum, Anders D, Joshi, Peter, Auton, Adam, Hinds, David, Neale, Benjamin M, Walters, Raymond K, Nivard, Michel G, Perry, John RB, Ganna, Andrea, Pirastu, Nicola [0000-0002-5363-3886], Cordioli, Mattia [0000-0002-4872-0520], Mignogna, Gianmarco [0000-0002-3989-7180], Abdellaoui, Abdel [0000-0003-1088-6784], Kanai, Masahiro [0000-0001-5165-4408], Rajagopal, Veera M [0000-0002-5236-168X], Baya, Nikolas [0000-0002-4681-374X], Als, Thomas D [0000-0002-2963-1928], Van der Zee, Matthijs D [0000-0003-4076-9167], Day, Felix R [0000-0003-3789-7651], Ong, Ken K [0000-0003-4689-7530], Okada, Yukinori [0000-0002-0311-8472], Børglum, Anders D [0000-0001-8627-7219], Joshi, Peter [0000-0002-6361-5059], Hinds, David [0000-0002-4911-803X], Neale, Benjamin M [0000-0003-1513-6077], Walters, Raymond K [0000-0001-8422-6530], Perry, John RB [0000-0001-6483-3771], Ganna, Andrea [0000-0002-8147-240X], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

Subjects
Adult, Male, Sex Characteristics, Inheritance Patterns, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, United Kingdom, Bias, Genetic Loci, Sample Size, Chromosomes, Human, Humans, Female, Artifacts, Biological Specimen Banks, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

Genetic association results are often interpreted with the assumption that study participation does not affect downstream analyses. Understanding the genetic basis of participation bias is challenging since it requires the genotypes of unseen individuals. Here we demonstrate that it is possible to estimate comparative biases by performing a genome-wide association study contrasting one subgroup versus another. For example, we showed that sex exhibits artifactual autosomal heritability in the presence of sex-differential participation bias. By performing a genome-wide association study of sex in approximately 3.3 million males and females, we identified over 158 autosomal loci spuriously associated with sex and highlighted complex traits underpinning differences in study participation between the sexes. For example, the body mass index-increasing allele at FTO was observed at higher frequency in males compared to females (odds ratio = 1.02, P = 4.4 × 10-36). Finally, we demonstrated how these biases can potentially lead to incorrect inferences in downstream analyses and propose a conceptual framework for addressing such biases. Our findings highlight a new challenge that genetic studies may face as sample sizes continue to grow.

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2021

27. The CD94/NKG2A inhibitory receptor educates uterine NK cells to optimize pregnancy outcomes in humans and mice

Author

Shreeve, Norman, Depierreux, Delphine, Hawkes, Delia, Traherne, James A, Sovio, Ulla, Huhn, Oisin, Jayaraman, Jyothi, Horowitz, Amir, Ghadially, Hormas, Perry, John RB, Moffett, Ashley, Sled, John G, Sharkey, Andrew M, Colucci, Francesco, Traherne, James [0000-0002-6003-8559], Sovio, Ulla [0000-0002-0799-1105], Perry, John [0000-0001-6483-3771], Moffett, Ashley [0000-0002-8388-9073], Colucci, Francesco [0000-0001-5193-6376], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

Subjects
Male, HLA-B, uterine natural killer cells, placenta, HLA-E, education, Uterus, Pregnancy Outcome, NK cells, NKG2A, Killer Cells, Natural, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, inhibitory receptors, HLA Antigens, Pregnancy, asymmetric fetal growth, Animals, Humans, Female, NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily C, NK Cell Lectin-Like Receptor Subfamily D, health care economics and organizations, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

The conserved CD94/NKG2A inhibitory receptor is expressed by nearly all human and ∼50% of mouse uterine natural killer (uNK) cells. Binding human HLA-E and mouse Qa-1, NKG2A drives NK cell education, a process of unknown physiological importance influenced by HLA-B alleles. Here, we show that NKG2A genetic ablation in dams mated with wild-type males caused suboptimal maternal vascular responses in pregnancy, accompanied by perturbed placental gene expression, reduced fetal weight, greater rates of smaller fetuses with asymmetric growth, and abnormal brain development. These are features of the human syndrome pre-eclampsia. In a genome-wide association study of 7,219 pre-eclampsia cases, we found a 7% greater relative risk associated with the maternal HLA-B allele that does not favor NKG2A education. These results show that the maternal HLA-B→HLA-E→NKG2A pathway contributes to healthy pregnancy and may have repercussions on offspring health, thus establishing the physiological relevance for NK cell education. VIDEO ABSTRACT.

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2021

28. Using human genetics to understand the disease impacts of testosterone in men and women

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Ruth, Katherine S, Day, Felix R, Tyrrell, Jessica, Thompson, Deborah J, Wood, Andrew R, Mahajan, Anubha, Beaumont, Robin N, Wittemans, Laura, Martin, Susan, Busch, Alexander S, Erzurumluoglu, A Mesut, Hollis, Benjamin, O'Mara, Tracy A, Endometrial Cancer Association Consortium, McCarthy, Mark I, Langenberg, Claudia, Easton, Douglas F, Wareham, Nicholas J, Burgess, Stephen, Murray, Anna, Ong, Ken K, Frayling, Timothy M, Perry, John RB, Day, Felix R [0000-0003-3789-7651], Martin, Susan [0000-0001-8746-0947], Busch, Alexander S [0000-0003-4417-569X], Erzurumluoglu, A Mesut [0000-0003-1322-8138], O'Mara, Tracy A [0000-0002-5436-3232], Langenberg, Claudia [0000-0002-5017-7344], Easton, Douglas F [0000-0003-2444-3247], Burgess, Stephen [0000-0001-5365-8760], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

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Male, Estradiol, Genotype, Prostatic Neoplasms, Breast Neoplasms, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, United Kingdom, Endometrial Neoplasms, Phenotype, Sex Factors, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Haplotypes, Body Composition, Odds Ratio, Cluster Analysis, Humans, Female, Testosterone, Biomarkers, Software, Biological Specimen Banks, Genome-Wide Association Study, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
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Testosterone supplementation is commonly used for its effects on sexual function, bone health and body composition, yet its effects on disease outcomes are unknown. To better understand this, we identified genetic determinants of testosterone levels and related sex hormone traits in 425,097 UK Biobank study participants. Using 2,571 genome-wide significant associations, we demonstrate that the genetic determinants of testosterone levels are substantially different between sexes and that genetically higher testosterone is harmful for metabolic diseases in women but beneficial in men. For example, a genetically determined 1 s.d. higher testosterone increases the risks of type 2 diabetes (odds ratio (OR) = 1.37 (95% confidence interval (95% CI): 1.22-1.53)) and polycystic ovary syndrome (OR = 1.51 (95% CI: 1.33-1.72)) in women, but reduces type 2 diabetes risk in men (OR = 0.86 (95% CI: 0.76-0.98)). We also show adverse effects of higher testosterone on breast and endometrial cancers in women and prostate cancer in men. Our findings provide insights into the disease impacts of testosterone and highlight the importance of sex-specific genetic analyses.

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2019
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29. Genome-Wide Bivariate Association Analysis Identifies Novel Candidate Genes for Ages at Menarche and Natural Menopause and for Bone Mineral Density: The ReproGen and GEFOS Consortia

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Hsu, Yi-Hsiang, primary, Chen, Xing, additional, Elks, Cathy, additional, Murabito, Joanne M, additional, Estrada, Karol, additional, Harris, Tamara B, additional, Lunetta, Kathryn L, additional, Murray, Anna, additional, Ong, Ken K, additional, Perry, John RB, additional, Rivadeneira, Fernando R, additional, Stolk, Lisette, additional, Uitterlinden, Andre G, additional, Zillikens, Carola M, additional, Kiel, Douglas P, additional, and Karasik, David, additional

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2011
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30. Genetic predisposition to mosaic Y chromosome loss in blood

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Thompson, Deborah J, Genovese, Giulio, Halvardson, Jonatan, Ulirsch, Jacob C, Wright, Daniel J, Terao, Chikashi, Davidsson, Olafur B, Day, Felix R, Sulem, Patrick, Jiang, Yunxuan, Danielsson, Marcus, Davies, Hanna, Dennis, Joe, Dunlop, Malcolm G, Easton, Douglas F, Fisher, Victoria A, Zink, Florian, Houlston, Richard S, Ingelsson, Martin, Kar, Siddhartha, Kerrison, Nicola D, Kinnersley, Ben, Kristjansson, Ragnar P, Law, Philip J, Li, Rong, Loveday, Chey, Mattisson, Jonas, McCarroll, Steven A, Murakami, Yoshinori, Murray, Anna, Olszewski, Pawel, Rychlicka-Buniowska, Edyta, Scott, Robert A, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Tomlinson, Ian, Moghadam, Behrooz Torabi, Turnbull, Clare, Wareham, Nicholas J, Gudbjartsson, Daniel F, International Lung Cancer Consortium (INTEGRAL-ILCCO), Breast Cancer Association Consortium, Consortium Of Investigators Of Modifiers Of BRCA1/2, Endometrial Cancer Association Consortium, Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium, Prostate Cancer Association Group To Investigate Cancer Associated Alterations In The Genome (PRACTICAL) Consortium, Kidney Cancer GWAS Meta-Analysis Project, EQTLGen Consortium, Biobank-Based Integrative Omics Study (BIOS) Consortium, 23andMe Research Team, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Hoffmann, Eva R, Jackson, Steve P, Stefansson, Kari, Auton, Adam, Ong, Ken K, Machiela, Mitchell J, Loh, Po-Ru, Dumanski, Jan P, Chanock, Stephen J, Forsberg, Lars A, Perry, John RB, Thompson, Deborah [0000-0003-1465-5799], Wright, Daniel [0000-0003-3983-2093], Day, Felix [0000-0003-3789-7651], Dennis, Joe [0000-0003-4591-1214], Easton, Douglas [0000-0003-2444-3247], Wareham, Nicholas [0000-0003-1422-2993], Jackson, Stephen [0000-0001-9317-7937], Ong, Kenneth [0000-0003-4689-7530], Perry, John [0000-0001-6483-3771], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

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Adult, Genetic Markers, Male, 0303 health sciences, Chromosomes, Human, Y, Mosaicism, Computational Biology, Middle Aged, Genomic Instability, United Kingdom, 3. Good health, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Neoplasms, Databases, Genetic, Leukocytes, Humans, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Chromosome Deletion, 030304 developmental biology, Aged
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Mosaic loss of chromosome Y (LOY) in circulating white blood cells is the most common form of clonal mosaicism1-5, yet our knowledge of the causes and consequences of this is limited. Here, using a computational approach, we estimate that 20% of the male population represented in the UK Biobank study (n = 205,011) has detectable LOY. We identify 156 autosomal genetic determinants of LOY, which we replicate in 757,114 men of European and Japanese ancestry. These loci highlight genes that are involved in cell-cycle regulation and cancer susceptibility, as well as somatic drivers of tumour growth and targets of cancer therapy. We demonstrate that genetic susceptibility to LOY is associated with non-haematological effects on health in both men and women, which supports the hypothesis that clonal haematopoiesis is a biomarker of genomic instability in other tissues. Single-cell RNA sequencing identifies dysregulated expression of autosomal genes in leukocytes with LOY and provides insights into why clonal expansion of these cells may occur. Collectively, these data highlight the value of studying clonal mosaicism to uncover fundamental mechanisms that underlie cancer and other ageing-related diseases.

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2019
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31. The UK10K project identifies rare variants in health and disease

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UK10K Consortium, Walter, Klaudia, Min, Josine L, Huang, Jie, Crooks, Lucy, Memari, Yasin, McCarthy, Shane, Perry, John RB, Xu, ChangJiang, Futema, Marta, Lawson, Daniel, Iotchkova, Valentina, Schiffels, Stephan, Hendricks, Audrey E, Danecek, Petr, Li, Rui, Floyd, James, Wain, Louise V, Barroso, Inês, Humphries, Steve E, Hurles, Matthew E, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Barrett, Jeffrey C, Plagnol, Vincent, Richards, J Brent, Greenwood, Celia MT, Timpson, Nicholas J, Durbin, Richard, Soranzo, Nicole, McCarthy, Shane [0000-0002-2715-4187], Durbin, Richard [0000-0002-9130-1006], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

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Male, Genome, Human, Genetics, Medical, Genetic Variation, Molecular Sequence Annotation, Genomics, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Reference Standards, Lipid Metabolism, United Kingdom, Cohort Studies, Genetics, Population, Receptors, LDL, Health, Humans, Disease, Exome, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Adiponectin, Alleles, Triglycerides, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

The contribution of rare and low-frequency variants to human traits is largely unexplored. Here we describe insights from sequencing whole genomes (low read depth, 7×) or exomes (high read depth, 80×) of nearly 10,000 individuals from population-based and disease collections. In extensively phenotyped cohorts we characterize over 24 million novel sequence variants, generate a highly accurate imputation reference panel and identify novel alleles associated with levels of triglycerides (APOB), adiponectin (ADIPOQ) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDLR and RGAG1) from single-marker and rare variant aggregation tests. We describe population structure and functional annotation of rare and low-frequency variants, use the data to estimate the benefits of sequencing for association studies, and summarize lessons from disease-specific collections. Finally, we make available an extensive resource, including individual-level genetic and phenotypic data and web-based tools to facilitate the exploration of association results.

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2018
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32. Genome-wide association study for risk taking propensity indicates shared pathways with body mass index

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Clifton, Emma AD, Perry, John RB, Imamura, Fumiaki, Lotta, Luca A, Brage, Soren, Forouhi, Nita G, Griffin, Simon J, Wareham, Nicholas J, Ong, Ken K, Day, Felix R, Imamura, Fumiaki [0000-0002-6841-8396], Day, Felix R [0000-0003-3789-7651], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

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Population & Society, 0604 Genetics, Generic Health Relevance, FOS: Biological sciences, Prevention, Human Genome, Genetics, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Public Health
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Risk-taking propensity is a trait of significant public health relevance but few specific genetic factors are known. Here we perform a genome-wide association study of self-reported risk-taking propensity among 436,236 white European UK Biobank study participants. We identify genome-wide associations at 26 loci (P < 5 × 10-8), 24 of which are novel, implicating genes enriched in the GABA and GABA receptor pathways. Modelling the relationship between risk-taking propensity and body mass index (BMI) using Mendelian randomisation shows a positive association (0.25 approximate SDs of BMI (SE: 0.06); P = 6.7 × 10-5). The impact of individual SNPs is heterogeneous, indicating a complex relationship arising from multiple shared pathways. We identify positive genetic correlations between risk-taking and waist-hip ratio, childhood obesity, ever smoking, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, alongside a negative correlation with women's age at first birth. These findings highlight that behavioural pathways involved in risk-taking propensity may play a role in obesity, smoking and psychiatric disorders.

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2018

33. Genome-Wide Association Studies of a Broad Spectrum of Antisocial Behavior

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Tielbeek, Jorim J, Johansson, Ada, Polderman, Tinca JC, Rautiainen, Marja-Riitta, Jansen, Philip, Taylor, Michelle, Tong, Xiaoran, Lu, Qing, Burt, Alexandra S, Tiemeier, Henning, Viding, Essi, Plomin, Robert, Martin, Nicholas G, Heath, Andrew C, Madden, Pamela AF, Montgomery, Grant, Beaver, Kevin M, Waldman, Irwin, Gelernter, Joel, Kranzler, Henry R, Farrer, Lindsay A, Perry, John RB, Munafò, Marcus, LoParo, Devon, Paunio, Tiina, Tiihonen, Jari, Mous, Sabine E, Pappa, Irene, de Leeuw, Christiaan, Watanabe, Kyoko, Hammerschlag, Anke R, Salvatore, Jessica E, Aliev, Fazil, Bigdeli, Tim B, Dick, Danielle, Faraone, Stephen V, Popma, Arne, Medland, Sarah E, Posthuma, Danielle, Broad Antisocial Behavior Consortium collaborators, Perry, John [0000-0001-6483-3771], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

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Adult, Conduct Disorder, Male, Multifactorial Inheritance, Adolescent, Genetic Variation, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Environment, Middle Aged, Sex Factors, Humans, Female, Child, Finland, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

IMPORTANCE: Antisocial behavior (ASB) places a large burden on perpetrators, survivors, and society. Twin studies indicate that half of the variation in this trait is genetic. Specific causal genetic variants have, however, not been identified. OBJECTIVES: To estimate the single-nucleotide polymorphism-based heritability of ASB; to identify novel genetic risk variants, genes, or biological pathways; to test for pleiotropic associations with other psychiatric traits; and to reevaluate the candidate gene era data through the Broad Antisocial Behavior Consortium. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Genome-wide association data from 5 large population-based cohorts and 3 target samples with genome-wide genotype and ASB data were used for meta-analysis from March 1, 2014, to May 1, 2016. All data sets used quantitative phenotypes, except for the Finnish Crime Study, which applied a case-control design (370 patients and 5850 control individuals). MAIN OUTCOME AND MEASURES: This study adopted relatively broad inclusion criteria to achieve a quantitative measure of ASB derived from multiple measures, maximizing the sample size over different age ranges. RESULTS: The discovery samples comprised 16 400 individuals, whereas the target samples consisted of 9381 individuals (all individuals were of European descent), including child and adult samples (mean age range, 6.7-56.1 years). Three promising loci with sex-discordant associations were found (8535 female individuals, chromosome 1: rs2764450, chromosome 11: rs11215217; 7772 male individuals, chromosome X, rs41456347). Polygenic risk score analyses showed prognostication of antisocial phenotypes in an independent Finnish Crime Study (2536 male individuals and 3684 female individuals) and shared genetic origin with conduct problems in a population-based sample (394 male individuals and 431 female individuals) but not with conduct disorder in a substance-dependent sample (950 male individuals and 1386 female individuals) (R2 = 0.0017 in the most optimal model, P = 0.03). Significant inverse genetic correlation of ASB with educational attainment (r = -0.52, P = .005) was detected. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: The Broad Antisocial Behavior Consortium entails the largest collaboration to date on the genetic architecture of ASB, and the first results suggest that ASB may be highly polygenic and has potential heterogeneous genetic effects across sex.

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2017

34. Alterations in LMTK2, MSMB and HNF1B gene expression are associated with the development of prostate cancer

Author

McCullagh Paul, Perry John RB, Harries Lorna W, and Crundwell Malcolm

Subjects
Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
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Abstract Background Genome wide association studies (GWAS) have identified several genetic variants that are associated with prostate cancer. Most of these variants, like other GWAS association signals, are located in non-coding regions of potential candidate genes, and thus could act at the level of the mRNA transcript. Methods We measured the expression and isoform usage of seven prostate cancer candidate genes in benign and malignant prostate by real-time PCR, and correlated these factors with cancer status and genotype at the GWAS risk variants. Results We determined that levels of LMTK2 transcripts in prostate adenocarcinomas were only 32% of those in benign tissues (p = 3.2 × 10-7), and that an independent effect of genotype at variant rs6465657 on LMTK2 expression in benign (n = 39) and malignant tissues (n = 21) was also evident (P = 0.002). We also identified that whilst HNF1B(C) and MSMB2 comprised the predominant isoforms in benign tissues (90% and 98% of total HNF1B or MSMB expression), HNF1B(B) and MSMB1 were predominant in malignant tissue (95% and 96% of total HNF1B or MSMB expression; P = 1.7 × 10-7 and 4 × 10-4 respectively), indicating major shifts in isoform usage. Conclusions Our results indicate that the amount or nature of mRNA transcripts expressed from the LMTK2, HNF1B and MSMB candidate genes is altered in prostate cancer, and provides further evidence for a role for these genes in this disorder. The alterations in isoform usage we detect highlights the potential importance of alternative mRNA processing and moderation of mRNA stability as potentially important disease mechanisms.

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2010
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35. Replication and characterization of CADM2 and MSRA genes on human behavior

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Boutwell, Brian, Hinds, David, 23andMe Research Team, Tielbeek, Jorim, Ong, Ken K, Day, Felix R, Perry, John RB, Ong, Kenneth [0000-0003-4689-7530], Day, Felix [0000-0003-3789-7651], Perry, John [0000-0001-6483-3771], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

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Psychiatry, FOS: Psychology, FOS: Biological sciences, Clinical psychology, Genetics, Psychology, Neuroscience
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Progress identifying the genetic determinants of personality has historically been slow, with candidate gene studies and small-scale genome-wide association studies yielding few reproducible results. In the UK Biobank study, genetic variants in CADM2 and MSRA were recently shown to influence risk taking behavior and irritability respectively, representing some of the first genomic loci to be associated with aspects of personality. We extend this observation by performing a personality "phenome-scan" across 16 traits in up to 140,487 participants from 23andMe for these two genes. Genome-wide heritability estimates for these traits ranged from 5-19%, with both CADM2 and MSRA demonstrating significant effects on multiple personality types. These associations covered all aspects of the big five personality domains, including specific facet traits such as compliance, altruism, anxiety and activity/energy. This study both confirms and extends the original observations, highlighting the role of genetics in aspects of mental health and behavior.

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2017
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36. Rare and low-frequency coding variants alter human adult height

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Marouli, Eirini, Graff, Mariaelisa, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Lo, Ken Sin, Wood, Andrew R, Kjaer, Troels R, Fine, Rebecca S, Lu, Yingchang, Schurmann, Claudia, Highland, Heather M, Rueger, Sina, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Justice, Anne E, Lamparter, David, Stirrups, Kathleen E, Turcot, Valerie, Young, Kristin L, Winkler, Thomas W, Esko, Tonu, Karaderi, Tugce, Locke, Adam E, Masca, Nicholas GD, Ng, Maggie CY, Mudgal, Poorva, Rivas, Manuel A, Vedantam, Sailaja, Mahajan, Anubha, Guo, Xiuqing, Abecasis, Goncalo, Aben, Katja K, Adair, Linda S, Alam, Dewan S, Albrecht, Eva, Allin, Kristine H, Allison, Matthew, Amouyel, Philippe, Appel, Emil V, Arveiler, Dominique, Asselbergs, Folkert W, Auer, Paul L, Balkau, Beverley, Banas, Bernhard, Bang, Lia E, Benn, Marianne, Bergmann, Sven, Bielak, Lawrence F, Blueher, Matthias, Boeing, Heiner, Boerwinkle, Eric, Boeger, Carsten A, Bonnycastle, Lori L, Bork-Jensen, Jette, Bots, Michiel L, Bottinger, Erwin P, Bowden, Donald W, Brandslund, Ivan, Breen, Gerome, Brilliant, Murray H, Broer, Linda, Burt, Amber A, Butterworth, Adam S, Carey, David J, Caulfield, Mark J, Chambers, John C, Chasman, Daniel I, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chowdhury, Rajiv, Christensen, Cramer, Chu, Audrey Y, Cocca, Massimiliano, Collins, Francis S, Cook, James P, Corley, Janie, Galbany, Jordi Corominas, Cox, Amanda J, Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel, Danesh, John, Davies, Gail, de Bakker, Paul IW, de Borst, Gert J, de Denus, Simon, de Groot, Mark CH, de Mutsert, Renee, Deary, Ian J, Dedoussis, George, Demerath, Ellen W, den Hollander, Anneke I, Dennis, Joe G, Di Angelantonio, Emanuele, Drenos, Fotios, Du, Mengmeng, Dunning, Alison M, Easton, Douglas F, Ebeling, Tapani, Edwards, Todd L, Ellinor, Patrick T, Elliott, Paul, Evangelou, Evangelos, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Faul, Jessica D, Feitosa, Mary F, Feng, Shuang, Ferrannini, Ele, Ferrario, Marco M, Ferrieres, Jean, Florez, Jose C, Ford, Ian, Fornage, Myriam, Franks, Paul W, Frikke-Schmidt, Ruth, Galesloot, Tessel E, Gan, Wei, Gandin, Ilaria, Gasparini, Paolo, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Giri, Ayush, Girotto, Giorgia, Gordon, Scott D, Gordon-Larsen, Penny, Gorski, Mathias, Grarup, Niels, Grove, Megan L, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Gustafsson, Stefan, Hansen, Torben, Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Harris, Tamara B, Hattersley, Andrew T, Hayward, Caroline, He, Liang, Heid, Iris M, Heikkila, Kauko, Helgeland, Oyvind, Hernesniemi, Jussi, Hewitt, Alex W, Hocking, Lynne J, Hollensted, Mette, Holmen, Oddgeir L, Hovingh, G Kees, Howson, Joanna MM, Hoyng, Carel B, Huang, Paul L, Hveem, Kristian, Ikram, M Arfan, Ingelsson, Erik, Jackson, Anne U, Jansson, Jan-Hakan, Jarvik, Gail P, Jensen, Gorm B, Jhun, Min A, Jia, Yucheng, Jiang, Xuejuan, Johansson, Stefan, Jorgensen, Marit E, Jorgensen, Torben, Jousilahti, Pekka, Jukema, J Wouter, Kahali, Bratati, Kahn, Rene S, Kahonen, Mika, Kamstrup, Pia R, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kaprio, Jaakko, Karaleftheri, Maria, Kardia, Sharon LR, Karpe, Fredrik, Kee, Frank, Keeman, Renske, Kiemeney, Lambertus A, Kitajima, Hidetoshi, Kluivers, Kirsten B, Kocher, Thomas, Komulainen, Pirjo, Kontto, Jukka, Kooner, Jaspal S, Kooperberg, Charles, Kovacs, Peter, Kriebel, Jennifer, Kuivaniemi, Helena, Kury, Sebastien, Kuusisto, Johanna, La Bianca, Martina, Laakso, Markku, Lakka, Timo A, Lange, Ethan M, Lange, Leslie A, Langefeld, Carl D, Langenberg, Claudia, Larson, Eric B, Lee, I-Te, Lehtimaki, Terho, Lewis, Cora E, Li, Huaixing, Li, Jin, Li-Gao, Ruifang, Lin, Honghuang, Lin, Li-An, Lin, Xu, Lind, Lars, Lindstrom, Jaana, Linneberg, Allan, Liu, Yeheng, Liu, Yongmei, Lophatananon, Artitaya, Luan, Jian'an, Lubitz, Steven A, Lyytikainen, Leo-Pekka, Mackey, David A, Madden, Pamela AF, Manning, Alisa K, Mannisto, Satu, Marenne, Gaelle, Marten, Jonathan, Martin, Nicholas G, Mazul, Angela L, Meidtner, Karina, Metspalu, Andres, Mitchell, Paul, Mohlke, Karen L, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O, Morgan, Anna, Morris, Andrew D, Morris, Andrew P, Mueller-Nurasyid, Martina, Munroe, Patricia B, Nalls, Mike A, Nauck, Matthias, Nelson, Christopher P, Neville, Matt, Nielsen, Sune F, Nikus, Kjell, Njolstad, Pal R, Nordestgaard, Borge G, Ntalla, Ioanna, O'Connel, Jeffrey R, Oksa, Heikki, Loohuis, Loes M Olde, Ophoff, Roel A, Owen, Katharine R, Packard, Chris J, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Palmer, Colin NA, Pasterkamp, Gerard, Patel, Aniruddh P, Pattie, Alison, Pedersen, Oluf, Peissig, Peggy L, Peloso, Gina M, Pennell, Craig E, Perola, Markus, Perry, James A, Perry, John RB, Person, Thomas N, Pirie, Ailith, Polasek, Ozren, Posthuma, Danielle, Raitakari, Olli T, Rasheed, Asif, Rauramaa, Rainer, Reilly, Dermot F, Reiner, Alex P, Renstrom, Frida, Ridker, Paul M, Rioux, John D, Robertson, Neil, Robino, Antonietta, Rolandsson, Olov, Rudan, Igor, Ruth, Katherine S, Saleheen, Danish, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J, Sandow, Kevin, Sapkota, Yadav, Sattar, Naveed, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Schreiner, Pamela J, Schulze, Matthias B, Scott, Robert A, Segura-Lepe, Marcelo P, Shah, Svati, Sim, Xueling, Sivapalaratnam, Suthesh, Small, Kerrin S, Smith, Albert Vernon, Smith, Jennifer A, Southam, Lorraine, Spector, Timothy D, Speliotes, Elizabeth K, Starr, John M, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Stringham, Heather M, Stumvoll, Michael, Surendran, Praveen, 't Hart, Leen M, Tansey, Katherine E, Tardif, Jean-Claude, Taylor, Kent D, Teumer, Alexander, Thompson, Deborah J, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Thuesen, Betina H, Toenjes, Anke, Tromp, Gerard, Trompet, Stella, Tsafantakis, Emmanouil, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Tybjaerg-Hansen, Anne, Tyrer, Jonathan P, Uher, Rudolf, Uitterlinden, Andre G, Ulivi, Sheila, van der Laan, Sander W, Van Der Leij, Andries R, van Duijn, Cornelia M, van Schoor, Natasja M, van Setten, Jessica, Varbo, Anette, Varga, Tibor V, Varma, Rohit, Edwards, Digna R Velez, Vermeulen, Sita H, Vestergaard, Henrik, Vitart, Veronique, Vogt, Thomas F, Vozzi, Diego, Walker, Mark, Wang, Feijie, Wang, Carol A, Wang, Shuai, Wang, Yiqin, Wareham, Nicholas J, Warren, Helen R, Wessel, Jennifer, Willems, Sara M, Wilson, James G, Witte, Daniel R, Woods, Michael O, Wu, Ying, Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Yao, Jie, Yao, Pang, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M, Young, Robin, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Zhan, Xiaowei, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zhao, Wei, Zheng, He, Zhou, Wei, Rotter, Jerome I, Boehnke, Michael, Kathiresan, Sekar, McCarthy, Mark I, Willer, Cristen J, Stefansson, Kari, Borecki, Ingrid B, Liu, Dajiang J, North, Kari E, Heard-Costa, Nancy L, Pers, Tune H, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Oxvig, Claus, Kutalik, Zoltan, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Loos, Ruth JF, Frayling, Timothy M, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Deloukas, Panos, Lettre, Guillaume, Consortium, EPIC-InterAct, Consortium, EPIC-CVD, Consortium, CHD Exome, Consortium, ExomeBP, Consortium, T2D-Genes, Consortium, GoT2D Genes, Consortium, Global Lipids Genetics, Consortium, ReproGen, Investigators, MAGIC, Marouli, Eirini, Graff, Mariaelisa, Medina Gomez, Carolina, Lo, Ken Sin, Wood, Andrew R., Kjaer, Troels R., Fine, Rebecca S., Lu, Yingchang, Schurmann, Claudia, Highland, Heather M., Rüeger, Sina, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Justice, Anne E., Lamparter, David, Stirrups, Kathleen E., Turcot, Valérie, Young, Kristin L., Winkler, Thomas W., Esko, Tõnu, Karaderi, Tugce, Locke, Adam E., Masca, Nicholas G. D., Ng, Maggie C. Y., Mudgal, Poorva, Rivas, Manuel A., Vedantam, Sailaja, Mahajan, Anubha, Guo, Xiuqing, Abecasis, Goncalo, Aben, Katja K., Adair, Linda S., Alam, Dewan S., Albrecht, Eva, Allin, Kristine H., Allison, Matthew, Amouyel, Philippe, Appel, Emil V., Arveiler, Dominique, Asselbergs, Folkert W., Auer, Paul L., Balkau, Beverley, Banas, Bernhard, Bang, Lia E., Benn, Marianne, Bergmann, Sven, Bielak, Lawrence F., Blüher, Matthia, Boeing, Heiner, Boerwinkle, Eric, Böger, Carsten A., Bonnycastle, Lori L., Bork Jensen, Jette, Bots, Michiel L., Bottinger, Erwin P., Bowden, Donald W., Brandslund, Ivan, Breen, Gerome, Brilliant, Murray H., Broer, Linda, Burt, Amber A., Butterworth, Adam S., Carey, David J., Caulfield, Mark J., Chambers, John C., Chasman, Daniel I., Chen, Yii Der Ida, Chowdhury, Rajiv, Christensen, Cramer, Chu, Audrey Y., Cocca, Massimiliano, Collins, Francis S., Cook, James P., Corley, Janie, Galbany, Jordi Coromina, Cox, Amanda J., Cuellar Partida, Gabriel, Danesh, John, Davies, Gail, De Bakker, Paul I. W., De Borst, Gert J., De Denus, Simon, De Groot, Mark C. H., De Mutsert, Renée, Deary, Ian J., Dedoussis, George, Demerath, Ellen W., Den Hollander, Anneke I., Dennis, Joe G., Di Angelantonio, Emanuele, Drenos, Fotio, Du, Mengmeng, Dunning, Alison M., Easton, Douglas F., Ebeling, Tapani, Edwards, Todd L., Ellinor, Patrick T., Elliott, Paul, Evangelou, Evangelo, Farmaki, Aliki Eleni, Faul, Jessica D., Feitosa, Mary F., Feng, Shuang, Ferrannini, Ele, Ferrario, Marco M., Ferrieres, Jean, Florez, Jose C., Ford, Ian, Fornage, Myriam, Franks, Paul W., Frikke Schmidt, Ruth, Galesloot, Tessel E., Gan, Wei, Gandin, Ilaria, Gasparini, Paolo, Giedraitis, Vilmanta, Giri, Ayush, Girotto, Giorgia, Gordon, Scott D., Gordon Larsen, Penny, Gorski, Mathia, Grarup, Niel, Grove, Megan L., Gudnason, Vilmundur, Gustafsson, Stefan, Hansen, Torben, Harris, Kathleen Mullan, Harris, Tamara B., Hattersley, Andrew T., Hayward, Caroline, He, Liang, Heid, Iris M., Heikkilä, Kauko, Helgeland, Øyvind, Hernesniemi, Jussi, Hewitt, Alex W., Hocking, Lynne J., Hollensted, Mette, Holmen, Oddgeir L., Hovingh, G. 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B., Person, Thomas N., Pirie, Ailith, Polasek, Ozren, Posthuma, Danielle, Raitakari, Olli T., Rasheed, Asif, Rauramaa, Rainer, Reilly, Dermot F., Reiner, Alex P., Renström, Frida, Ridker, Paul M., Rioux, John D., Robertson, Neil, Robino, Antonietta, Rolandsson, Olov, Rudan, Igor, Ruth, Katherine S., Saleheen, Danish, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J., Sandow, Kevin, Sapkota, Yadav, Sattar, Naveed, Schmidt, Marjanka K., Schreiner, Pamela J., Schulze, Matthias B., Scott, Robert A., Segura Lepe, Marcelo P., Shah, Svati, Sim, Xueling, Sivapalaratnam, Suthesh, Small, Kerrin S., Smith, Albert Vernon, Smith, Jennifer A., Southam, Lorraine, Spector, Timothy D., Speliotes, Elizabeth K., Starr, John M., Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Stringham, Heather M., Stumvoll, Michael, Surendran, Praveen, Hart'T, Leen M., Tansey, Katherine E., Tardif, Jean Claude, Taylor, Kent D., Teumer, Alexander, Thompson, Deborah J., Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Thuesen, Betina H., Tönjes, Anke, Tromp, Gerard, Trompet, Stella, Tsafantakis, Emmanouil, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Tybjaerg Hansen, Anne, Tyrer, Jonathan P., Uher, Rudolf, Uitterlinden, André G., Ulivi, Sheila, Van Der Laan, Sander W., Van Der Leij, Andries R., Van Duijn, Cornelia M., Van Schoor, Natasja M., Van Setten, Jessica, Varbo, Anette, Varga, Tibor V., Varma, Rohit, Velez Edwards, Digna R., Vermeulen, Sita H., Vestergaard, Henrik, Vitart, Veronique, Vogt, Thomas F., Vozzi, Diego, Walker, Mark, Wang, Feijie, Wang, Carol A., Wang, Shuai, Wang, Yiqin, Wareham, Nicholas J., Warren, Helen R., Wessel, Jennifer, Willems, Sara M., Wilson, James G., Witte, Daniel R., Woods, Michael O., Wu, Ying, Yaghootkar, Hanieh, Yao, Jie, Yao, Pang, Yerges Armstrong, Laura M., Young, Robin, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Zhan, Xiaowei, Zhang, Weihua, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zhao, Wei, Zheng, He, Zhou, Wei, Rotter, Jerome I., Boehnke, Michael, Kathiresan, Sekar, Mccarthy, Mark I., Willer, Cristen J., Stefansson, Kari, Borecki, Ingrid B., Liu, Dajiang J., North, Kari E., Heard Costa, Nancy L., Pers, Tune H., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Oxvig, Clau, Kutalik, Zoltán, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Loos, Ruth J. F., Frayling, Timothy M., Hirschhorn, Joel N., Deloukas, Pano, Lettre, Guillaume, Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology, ACS - Amsterdam Cardiovascular Sciences, Vascular Medicine, ACS - Atherosclerosis & ischemic syndromes, Internal Medicine, Epidemiology, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Neurology, Complex Trait Genetics, Amsterdam Neuroscience - Complex Trait Genetics, British Heart Foundation, Medical Research Council (MRC), Wellcome Trust, National Institute for Health Research, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust- BRC Funding, Action on Hearing Loss, Home Office, National Institutes of Health, Public Health England, EPIC-InterAct Consortium, CHD Exome+ Consortium, ExomeBP Consortium, T2D-Genes Consortium, GoT2D Genes Consortium, Global Lipids Genetics Consortium, ReproGen Consortium, MAGIC Investigators, Physiology, Human genetics, APH - Personalized Medicine, APH - Aging & Later Life, Epidemiology and Data Science, and Amsterdam Reproduction & Development (AR&D)

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0301 basic medicine, Male, ReproGen Consortium, Multifactorial Inheritance, Genome-wide association study, Sensory disorders Donders Center for Medical Neuroscience [Radboudumc 12], Androgen, ADAMTS Proteins, Gene Frequency, Missing heritability problem, MISSING HERITABILITY, Receptors, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Pregnancy-Associated Plasma Protein-A, Aetiology, Non-U.S. Gov't, Glycosaminoglycans, Genetics, Multidisciplinary, Genome, CHD Exome+ Consortium, Medicine (all), Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, T2D-Genes Consortium, Global Lipids Genetics Consortium, Multidisciplinary Sciences, Phenotype, NADPH Oxidase 4, Receptors, Androgen, Urological cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 15], Interferon Regulatory Factors, Science & Technology - Other Topics, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Female, Proteoglycans, EPIC-InterAct Consortium, ExomeBP Consortium, Common disease-common variant, Human, Adult, General Science & Technology, Biology, Development, Research Support, Article, GENETIC ARCHITECTURE, N.I.H, 03 medical and health sciences, MAGIC Investigators, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Somatomedins, Genetic variation, MD Multidisciplinary, Journal Article, gene, height, rare, Humans, Hedgehog Proteins, Interleukin-11 Receptor alpha Subunit, Allele, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, Gene, Allele frequency, Alleles, Genetic association, Genetic association study, Glycoproteins, Science & Technology, MUTATIONS, Genome, Human, ta1184, Human Genome, Extramural, Genetic Variation, NADPH Oxidases, ta3121, Body Height, INTERLEUKIN-11, Reconstructive and regenerative medicine Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 10], MICE, 030104 developmental biology, GoT2D Genes Consortium, Proteolysis, Procollagen N-Endopeptidase, Cell Adhesion Molecules
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Contains fulltext : 169801.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) Height is a highly heritable, classic polygenic trait with approximately 700 common associated variants identified through genome-wide association studies so far. Here, we report 83 height-associated coding variants with lower minor-allele frequencies (in the range of 0.1-4.8%) and effects of up to 2 centimetres per allele (such as those in IHH, STC2, AR and CRISPLD2), greater than ten times the average effect of common variants. In functional follow-up studies, rare height-increasing alleles of STC2 (giving an increase of 1-2 centimetres per allele) compromised proteolytic inhibition of PAPP-A and increased cleavage of IGFBP-4 in vitro, resulting in higher bioavailability of insulin-like growth factors. These 83 height-associated variants overlap genes that are mutated in monogenic growth disorders and highlight new biological candidates (such as ADAMTS3, IL11RA and NOX4) and pathways (such as proteoglycan and glycosaminoglycan synthesis) involved in growth. Our results demonstrate that sufficiently large sample sizes can uncover rare and low-frequency variants of moderate-to-large effect associated with polygenic human phenotypes, and that these variants implicate relevant genes and pathways.

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2017
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37. Genome-wide association study with 1000 genomes imputation identifies signals for nine sex hormone-related phenotypes

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Ruth, Katherine S, Campbell, Purdey J, Chew, Shelby, Lim, Ee Mun, Hadlow, Narelle, Stuckey, Bronwyn GA, Brown, Suzanne J, Feenstra, Bjarke, Joseph, John, Surdulescu, Gabriela L, Zheng, Hou Feng, Richards, J Brent, Murray, Anna, Spector, Tim D, Wilson, Scott G, Perry, John RB, Feenstra, Bjarke [0000-0003-1478-649X], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

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Male, Estradiol, Genotype, Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate, Genome, Human, Luteinizing Hormone, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Prolactin, Phenotype, Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin, Humans, Female, Testosterone, Follicle Stimulating Hormone, Gonadal Steroid Hormones, Progesterone, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

Genetic factors contribute strongly to sex hormone levels, yet knowledge of the regulatory mechanisms remains incomplete. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified only a small number of loci associated with sex hormone levels, with several reproductive hormones yet to be assessed. The aim of the study was to identify novel genetic variants contributing to the regulation of sex hormones. We performed GWAS using genotypes imputed from the 1000 Genomes reference panel. The study used genotype and phenotype data from a UK twin register. We included 2913 individuals (up to 294 males) from the Twins UK study, excluding individuals receiving hormone treatment. Phenotypes were standardised for age, sex, BMI, stage of menstrual cycle and menopausal status. We tested 7,879,351 autosomal SNPs for association with levels of dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS), oestradiol, free androgen index (FAI), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), prolactin, progesterone, sex hormone-binding globulin and testosterone. Eight independent genetic variants reached genome-wide significance (P

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2016

38. Evidence of a Causal Association Between Insulinemia and Endometrial Cancer: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis

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Nead, Kevin T, Sharp, Stephen J, Thompson, Deborah J, Painter, Jodie N, Savage, David B, Semple, Robert K, Barker, Adam, Australian National Endometrial Cancer Study Group (ANECS), Perry, John RB, Attia, John, Dunning, Alison M, Easton, Douglas F, Holliday, Elizabeth, Lotta, Luca A, O'Mara, Tracy, McEvoy, Mark, Pharoah, Paul DP, Scott, Rodney J, Spurdle, Amanda B, Langenberg, Claudia, Wareham, Nicholas J, Scott, Robert A, Sharp, Stephen [0000-0003-2375-1440], Thompson, Deborah [0000-0003-1465-5799], Savage, David [0000-0002-7857-7032], Semple, Robert [0000-0001-6539-3069], Perry, John [0000-0001-6483-3771], Dunning, Alison [0000-0001-6651-7166], Easton, Douglas [0000-0003-2444-3247], Pharoah, Paul [0000-0001-8494-732X], Langenberg, Claudia [0000-0002-5017-7344], Wareham, Nicholas [0000-0003-1422-2993], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

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Adult, Blood Glucose, Genotype, education, Fasting, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Middle Aged, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Risk Assessment, Body Mass Index, Endometrial Neoplasms, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Risk Factors, Hyperinsulinism, Odds Ratio, Humans, Insulin, Female, health care economics and organizations, Aged
Abstract

BACKGROUND: Insulinemia and type 2 diabetes (T2D) have been associated with endometrial cancer risk in numerous observational studies. However, the causality of these associations is uncertain. Here we use a Mendelian randomization (MR) approach to assess whether insulinemia and T2D are causally associated with endometrial cancer. METHODS: We used single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with T2D (49 variants), fasting glucose (36 variants), fasting insulin (18 variants), early insulin secretion (17 variants), and body mass index (BMI) (32 variants) as instrumental variables in MR analyses. We calculated MR estimates for each risk factor with endometrial cancer using an inverse-variance weighted method with SNP-endometrial cancer associations from 1287 case patients and 8273 control participants. RESULTS: Genetically predicted higher fasting insulin levels were associated with greater risk of endometrial cancer (odds ratio [OR] per standard deviation = 2.34, 95% confidence internal [CI] = 1.06 to 5.14, P = .03). Consistently, genetically predicted higher 30-minute postchallenge insulin levels were also associated with endometrial cancer risk (OR = 1.40, 95% CI = 1.12 to 1.76, P = .003). We observed no associations between genetic risk of type 2 diabetes (OR = 0.91, 95% CI = 0.79 to 1.04, P = .16) or higher fasting glucose (OR = 1.00, 95% CI = 0.67 to 1.50, P = .99) and endometrial cancer. In contrast, endometrial cancer risk was higher in individuals with genetically predicted higher BMI (OR = 3.86, 95% CI = 2.24 to 6.64, P = 1.2x10(-6)). CONCLUSION: This study provides evidence to support a causal association of higher insulin levels, independently of BMI, with endometrial cancer risk.

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2015

39. Erratum: Whole-genome sequence-based analysis of thyroid function

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Taylor, Peter N, Porcu, Eleonora, Chew, Shelby, Campbell, Purdey J, Traglia, Michela, Brown, Suzanne J, Mullin, Benjamin H, Shihab, Hashem A, Min, Josine, Walter, Klaudia, Memari, Yasin, Huang, Jie, Barnes, Michael R, Beilby, John P, Charoen, Pimphen, Danecek, Petr, Dudbridge, Frank, Forgetta, Vincenzo, Greenwood, Celia, Grundberg, Elin, Johnson, Andrew D, Hui, Jennie, Lim, Ee M, McCarthy, Shane, Muddyman, Dawn, Panicker, Vijay, Perry, John RB, Bell, Jordana T, Yuan, Wei, Relton, Caroline, Gaunt, Tom, Schlessinger, David, Abecasis, Goncalo, Cucca, Francesco, Surdulescu, Gabriela L, Woltersdorf, Wolfram, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Zheng, Hou-Feng, Toniolo, Daniela, Dayan, Colin M, Naitza, Silvia, Walsh, John P, Spector, Tim, Smith, George Davey, Durbin, Richard, Richards, J Brent, Sanna, Serena, Soranzo, Nicole, Timpson, Nicholas J, Wilson, Scott G, and UK10K Consortium

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2015

40. New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution

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Shungin, Dmitry, Winkler, Thomas W, Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Hartman, Catharina A, Duncan, Emma L, Ntzani, Evangelia E, Oei, Ling, Albagha, Omar M E, Amin, Najaf, Kemp, John P, Koller, Daniel L, Li, Guo, Liu, Ching-Ti, Minster, Ryan L, Hassinen, Maija, Moayyeri, Alireza, Vandenput, Liesbeth, Willner, Dana, Xiao, Su-Mei, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M, Zheng, Hou-Feng, Alonso, Nerea, Eriksson, Joel, Kammerer, Candace M, Kaptoge, Stephen K, Hayward, Caroline, Leo, Paul J, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Wilson, Scott G, Wilson, James F, Aalto, Ville, Alen, Markku, Aragaki, Aaron K, Aspelund, Thor, Center, Jacqueline R, Dailiana, Zoe, Heikkilä, Kauko, Duggan, David J, Garcia, Melissa, Garcia-Giralt, Natàlia, Giroux, Sylvie, Hallmans, Göran, Hocking, Lynne J, Husted, Lise Bjerre, Jameson, Karen A, Khusainova, Rita, Kim, Ghi Su, Herzig, Karl-Heinz, Kooperberg, Charles, Koromila, Theodora, Kruk, Marcin, Laaksonen, Marika, Lacroix, Andrea Z, Lee, Seung Hun, Leung, Ping C, Lewis, Joshua R, Masi, Laura, Mencej-Bedrac, Simona, Helmer, Quinta, Nguyen, Tuan V, Nogues, Xavier, Patel, Millan S, Prezelj, Janez, Rose, Lynda M, Scollen, Serena, Siggeirsdottir, Kristin, Smith, Albert V, Svensson, Olle, Trompet, Stella, Hillege, Hans L, Trummer, Olivia, van Schoor, Natasja M, Woo, Jean, Zhu, Kun, Balcells, Susana, Brandi, Maria Luisa, Buckley, Brendan M, Cheng, Sulin, Christiansen, Claus, Cooper, Cyrus, Holmen, Oddgeir, Dedoussis, George, Ford, Ian, Frost, Morten, Goltzman, David, González-Macías, Jesús, Kähönen, Mika, Karlsson, Magnus, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Koh, Jung-Min, Kollia, Panagoula, Hunt, Steven C, Langdahl, Bente Lomholt, Leslie, William D, Lips, Paul, Ljunggren, Östen, Lorenc, Roman S, Marc, Janja, Mellström, Dan, Obermayer-Pietsch, Barbara, Olmos, José M, Pettersson-Kymmer, Ulrika, Isaacs, Aaron, Reid, David M, Riancho, José A, Ridker, Paul M, Rousseau, François, Slagboom, P Eline, Tang, Nelson L S, Urreizti, Roser, Van Hul, Wim, Viikari, Jorma, Zarrabeitia, María T, Wu, Joseph M W, Ittermann, Till, Aulchenko, Yurii S, Castano-Betancourt, Martha, Grundberg, Elin, Herrera, Lizbeth, Ingvarsson, Thorvaldur, Johannsdottir, Hrefna, Kwan, Tony, Li, Rui, Luben, Robert, Medina-Gómez, Carolina, James, Alan L, Palsson, Stefan Th, Reppe, Sjur, Rotter, Jerome I, Sigurdsson, Gunnar, van Meurs, Joyce B J, Verlaan, Dominique, Williams, Frances M K, Wood, Andrew R, Zhou, Yanhua, Gautvik, Kaare M, Johansson, Ingegerd, Pastinen, Tomi, Raychaudhuri, Soumya, Cauley, Jane A, Chasman, Daniel I, Clark, Graeme R, Cummings, Steven R, Danoy, Patrick, Dennison, Elaine M, Eastell, Richard, Eisman, John A, Juliusdottir, Thorhildur, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Hofman, Albert, Jackson, Rebecca D, Jones, Graeme, Jukema, J Wouter, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Lehtimäki, Terho, Liu, Yongmei, Lorentzon, Mattias, McCloskey, Eugene, Kalafati, Ioanna-Panagiota, Mitchell, Braxton D, Nandakumar, Kannabiran, Nicholson, Geoffrey C, Oostra, Ben A, Peacock, Munro, Pols, Huibert A P, Prince, Richard L, Raitakari, Olli, Reid, Ian 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Colhoun, Helen M, Panduru, Nicolae Mircea, Lobbens, Stéphane, Gu, Harvest F, Brismar, Kerstin, Zerbini, Gianpaolo, Hadjadj, Samy, Marre, Michel, Groop, Leif, Lajer, Maria, Bull, Shelley B, Waggott, Daryl, Paterson, Andrew D, Savage, David A, Bain, Stephen C, Martin, Finian, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Godson, Catherine, Florez, Jose C, Groop, Per-Henrik, Maxwell, Alexander P, Willer, Cristen J, Schmidt, Ellen M, Mach, François, Sengupta, Sebanti, Peloso, Gina M, Gustafsson, Stefan, Kanoni, Stavroula, Ganna, Andrea, Chen, Jin, Mora, Samia, Beckmann, Jacques S, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L, Magnusson, Patrik Ke, Chang, Hsing-Yi, Demirkan, Ayşe, Den Hertog, Heleen M, Do, Ron, Donnelly, Louise A, Ehret, Georg B, Esko, Tõnu, Feitosa, Mary F, Ferreira, Teresa, Fischer, Krista, Mahajan, Anubha, Fontanillas, Pierre, Fraser, Ross M, Freitag, Daniel F, Gurdasani, Deepti, Hyppönen, Elina, Jackson, Anne U, Johansson, Åsa, Johnson, Toby, Heard-Costa, Nancy L, McArdle, Wendy L, Kaakinen, Marika, Kettunen, 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Abstract

Body fat distribution is a heritable trait and a well-established predictor of adverse metabolic outcomes, independent of overall adiposity. To increase our understanding of the genetic basis of body fat distribution and its molecular links to cardiometabolic traits, here we conduct genome-wide association meta-analyses of traits related to waist and hip circumferences in up to 224,459 individuals. We identify 49 loci (33 new) associated with waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for body mass index (BMI), and an additional 19 loci newly associated with related waist and hip circumference measures (P

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2015
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41. A Genome-Wide Association Search for Type 2 Diabetes Genes in African Americans

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Palmer, Nicholette D, McDonough, Caitrin W, Hicks, Pamela J, Roh, Bong H, Wing, Maria R, An, S Sandy, Hester, Jessica M, Cooke, Jessica N, Bostrom, Meredith A, Rudock, Megan E, Talbert, Matthew E, Lewis, Joshua P, DIAGRAM Consortium, MAGIC Investigators, Ferrara, Assiamira, Lu, Lingyi, Ziegler, Julie T, Sale, Michele M, Divers, Jasmin, Shriner, Daniel, Adeyemo, Adebowale, Rotimi, Charles N, Ng, Maggie CY, Langefeld, Carl D, Freedman, Barry I, Bowden, Donald W, Voight, Benjamin F, Scott, Laura J, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Morris, Andrew P, Dina, Christian, Welch, Ryan P, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Huth, Cornelia, Aulchenko, Yurii S, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, McCulloch, Laura J, Ferreira, Teresa, Grallert, Harald, Amin, Najaf, Wu, Guanming, Willer, Cristen J, Raychaudhuri, Soumya, McCarroll, Steve A, Langenberg, Claudia, Hofmann, Oliver M, Dupuis, Josée, Qi, Lu, Segrè, Ayellet V, Van Hoek, Mandy, Navarro, Pau, Ardlie, Kristin, Balkau, Beverley, Benediktsson, Rafn, Bennett, Amanda J, Blagieva, Roza, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bonnycastle, Lori L, Boström, Kristina Bengtsson, Bravenboer, Bert, Bumpstead, Suzannah, Burtt, Noël P, Charpentier, Guillaume, Chines, Peter S, Cornelis, Marilyn, Couper, David J, Crawford, Gabe, Doney, Alex SF, Elliott, Katherine S, Elliott, Amanda L, Erdos, Michael R, Fox, Caroline S, Franklin, Christopher S, Ganser, Martha, Gieger, Christian, Grarup, Niels, Green, Todd, Griffin, Simon, Groves, Christopher J, Guiducci, Candace, Hadjadj, Samy, Hassanali, Neelam, Herder, Christian, Isomaa, Bo, Jackson, Anne U, Johnson, Paul RV, Jørgensen, Torben, Kao, Wen HL, Klopp, Norman, Kong, Augustine, Kraft, Peter, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lauritzen, Torsten, Li, Man, Lieverse, Aloysius, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Marre, Michel, Meitinger, Thomas, Midthjell, Kristian, Morken, Mario A, Narisu, Narisu, Nilsson, Peter, Owen, Katharine R, Payne, Felicity, Perry, John RB, Petersen, Ann-Kristin, Platou, Carl, Proença, Christine, Prokopenko, Inga, Rathmann, Wolfgang, Rayner, N William, Robertson, Neil R, Rocheleau, Ghislain, Roden, Michael, Sampson, Michael J, Saxena, Richa, Shields, Beverley M, Shrader, Peter, Sigurdsson, Gunnar, Sparsø, Thomas, Strassburger, Klaus, Stringham, Heather M, Sun, Qi, Swift, Amy J, Thorand, Barbara, Tichet, Jean, Tuomi, Tiinamaija, Van Dam, Rob M, Van Haeften, Timon W, Van Herpt, Thijs, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V, Walters, G Bragi, Weedon, Michael N, Wijmenga, Cisca, Witteman, Jacqueline, Bergman, Richard N, Cauchi, Stephane, Collins, Francis S, Gloyn, Anna L, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hansen, Torben, Hide, Winston A, Hitman, Graham A, Hofman, Albert, Hunter, David J, Hveem, Kristian, Laakso, Markku, Mohlke, Karen L, Morris, Andrew D, Palmer, Colin NA, Pramstaller, Peter P, Rudan, Igor, Sijbrands, Eric, Stein, Lincoln D, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre, Walker, Mark, Wareham, Nicholas J, Watanabe, Richard M, Abecasis, Goncalo R, Boehm, Bernhard O, Campbell, Harry, Daly, Mark J, Hattersley, Andrew T, Hu, Frank B, Meigs, James B, Pankow, James S, Pedersen, Oluf, Wichmann, H-Erich, Barroso, Inês, Florez, Jose C, Frayling, Timothy M, Groop, Leif, Sladek, Rob, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Wilson, James F, Illig, Thomas, Froguel, Philippe, Van Duijn, Cornelia M, Stefansson, Kari, Altshuler, David, Boehnke, Michael, McCarthy, Mark I, Soranzo, Nicole, Wheeler, Eleanor, Glazer, Nicole L, Bouatia-Naji, Nabila, Mägi, Reedik, Randall, Joshua, Johnson, Toby, Elliott, Paul, Rybin, Denis, Henneman, Peter, Dehghan, Abbas, Hottenga, Jouke Jan, Song, Kijoung, Goel, Anuj, Egan, Josephine M, Lajunen, Taina, Doney, Alex, Kanoni, Stavroula, Cavalcanti-Proença, Christine, Kumari, Meena, Timpson, Nicholas J, Zabena, Carina, Ingelsson, Erik, An, Ping, O'Connell, Jeffrey, Luan, Jian'an, Elliott, Amanda, McCarroll, Steven A, Roccasecca, Rosa Maria, Pattou, François, Sethupathy, Praveen, Ariyurek, Yavuz, Barter, Philip, Beilby, John P, Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Bergmann, Sven, Bochud, Murielle, Bonnefond, Amélie, Borch-Johnsen, 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Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases (CLDM), Palmer, Nd, Mcdonough, Cw, Hicks, Pj, Roh, Bh, Wing, Mr, An, S, Hester, Jm, Cooke, Jn, Bostrom, Ma, Rudock, Me, Talbert, Me, Lewis, Jp, Diagram, Consortium, Magic, Investigator, Ferrara, A, Lu, L, Ziegler, Jt, Sale, Mm, Divers, J, Shriner, D, Adeyemo, A, Rotimi, Cn, Ng, Mc, Langefeld, Cd, Freedman, Bi, Bowden, Dw, Voight, Bf, Scott, Lj, Steinthorsdottir, V, Morris, Ap, Dina, C, Welch, Rp, Zeggini, E, Huth, C, Aulchenko, Y, Thorleifsson, G, Mcculloch, Lj, Ferreira, T, Grallert, H, Amin, N, Wu, G, Willer, Cj, Raychaudhuri, S, Mccarroll, Sa, Langenberg, C, Hofmann, Om, Dupuis, J, Qi, L, Segrè, Av, van Hoek, M, Navarro, P, Ardlie, K, Balkau, B, Benediktsson, R, Bennett, Aj, Blagieva, R, Boerwinkle, E, Bonnycastle, Ll, Boström, Kb, Bravenboer, B, Bumpstead, S, Burtt, Np, Charpentier, G, Chines, P, Cornelis, M, Couper, Dj, Crawford, G, Doney, A, Elliott, K, Elliott, Al, Erdos, Mr, Fox, C, Franklin, C, Ganser, M, Gieger, C, Grarup, N, 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Netherlands Twin Register (NTR), Male, Adult, African Americans/genetics, Aged, Case-Control Studies, Cohort Studies, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/ethnology, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/genetics, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genotype, Humans, Meta-Analysis as Topic, Middle Aged, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Validation Studies as Topic, Medicin och hälsovetenskap, Linkage disequilibrium, Genetic Screens, endocrine system diseases, lcsh:Medicine, Genome-wide association study, Medical and Health Sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Endocrinology, Genome Sequencing, lcsh:Science, Medicine(all), Genetics, African Americans, 0303 health sciences, education.field_of_study, INSULIN-RESISTANCE, Multidisciplinary, Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all), LARGE-SCALE ASSOCIATION, STAGE RENAL-DISEASE, COMMON VARIANTS, Genomics, Medicine, Research Article, SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCI, General Science & Technology, Population, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Biology, DIAGRAM Consortium, 03 medical and health sciences, MAGIC Investigators, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Genetic linkage, MD Multidisciplinary, Genome-Wide Association Studies, SNP, ddc:610, education, Genotyping, 030304 developmental biology, Diabetic Endocrinology, LINKAGE ANALYSIS, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all), lcsh:R, TCF7L2 GENE, Case-control study, Computational Biology, nutritional and metabolic diseases, Human Genetics, Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Stage renal-disease, large-scale association, Susceptibility loci, Insulin-resistance, Fasting glucose, Tissue factor, Homeodomain protein, Linkage analysis, Common variants, TCF7L2 gene, Black or African American, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, TISSUE FACTOR, Genetics of Disease, HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN, Genetic Polymorphism, lcsh:Q, Genome Expression Analysis, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Population Genetics, FASTING GLUCOSE
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African Americans are disproportionately affected by type 2 diabetes (T2DM) yet few studies have examined T2DM using genome-wide association approaches in this ethnicity. The aim of this study was to identify genes associated with T2DM in the African American population. We performed a Genome Wide Association Study (GWAS) using the Affymetrix 6.0 array in 965 African-American cases with T2DM and end-stage renal disease (T2DM-ESRD) and 1029 population-based controls. The most significant SNPs (n = 550 independent loci) were genotyped in a replication cohort and 122 SNPs (n = 98 independent loci) were further tested through genotyping three additional validation cohorts followed by meta-analysis in all five cohorts totaling 3,132 cases and 3,317 controls. Twelve SNPs had evidence of association in the GWAS (P

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42. Genome-wide association study with 1000 genomes imputation identifies signals for nine sex hormone-related phenotypes

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Ruth, Katherine S, primary, Campbell, Purdey J, additional, Chew, Shelby, additional, Lim, Ee Mun, additional, Hadlow, Narelle, additional, Stuckey, Bronwyn GA, additional, Brown, Suzanne J, additional, Feenstra, Bjarke, additional, Joseph, John, additional, Surdulescu, Gabriela L, additional, Zheng, Hou Feng, additional, Richards, J Brent, additional, Murray, Anna, additional, Spector, Tim D, additional, Wilson, Scott G, additional, and Perry, John RB, additional

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2015
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43. Protein-altering variants associated with body mass index implicate pathways that control energy intake and expenditure underpinning obesity

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

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Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified >250 loci for body mass index (BMI), implicating pathways related to neuronal biology. Most GWAS loci represent clusters of common, non-coding variants from which pinpointing causal genes remains challenging. Here, we combined data from 718,734 individuals to discover rare and low-frequency (MAF<5%) coding variants associated with BMI. We identified 14 coding variants in 13 genes, of which eight in genes (ZBTB7B, ACHE, RAPGEF3, RAB21, ZFHX3, ENTPD6, ZFR2, ZNF169) newly implicated in human obesity, two (MC4R, KSR2) previously observed in extreme obesity, and two variants in GIPR. Effect sizes of rare variants are ~10 times larger than of common variants, with the largest effect observed in carriers of an MC4R stop-codon (p.Tyr35Ter, MAF=0.01%), weighing ~7kg more than non-carriers. Pathway analyses confirmed enrichment of neuronal genes and provide new evidence for adipocyte and energy expenditure biology, widening the potential of genetically-supported therapeutic targets to treat obesity.

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2018
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46. Genetic fine-mapping and genomic annotation defines causal mechanisms at type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci

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Gaulton, Kyle J, Ferreira, Teresa, Lee, Yeji, Raimondo, Anne, Mägi, Reedik, Reschen, Michael E, Mahajan, Anubha, Locke, Adam, Rayner, N William, Robertson, Neil, Scott, Robert A, Prokopenko, Inga, Scott, Laura J, Green, Todd, Sparso, Thomas, Thuillier, Dorothee, Yengo, Loic, Grallert, Harald, Wahl, Simone, Frånberg, Mattias, Strawbridge, Rona J, Kestler, Hans, Chheda, Himanshu, Eisele, Lewin, Gustafsson, Stefan, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Qi, Lu, Karssen, Lennart C, van Leeuwen, Elisabeth M, Willems, Sara M, Li, Man, Chen, Han, Fuchsberger, Christian, Kwan, Phoenix, Ma, Clement, Linderman, Michael, Lu, Yingchang, Thomsen, Soren K, Rundle, Jana K, Beer, Nicola L, van de Bunt, Martijn, Chalisey, Anil, Kang, Hyun Min, Voight, Benjamin F, Abecasis, Goncalo R, Almgren, Peter, Baldassarre, Damiano, Balkau, Beverley, Benediktsson, Rafn, Blüher, Matthias, Boeing, Heiner, Bonnycastle, Lori L, Borringer, Erwin P, Burtt, Noël P, Carey, Jason, Charpentier, Guillaume, Chines, Peter S, Cornelis, Marilyn C, Couper, David J, Crenshaw, Andrew T, van Dam, Rob M, Doney, Alex SF, Dorkhan, Mozhgan, Edkins, Sarah, Eriksson, Johan G, Esko, Tonu, Eury, Elodie, Fadista, João, Flannick, Jason, Fontanillas, Pierre, Fox, Caroline, Franks, Paul W, Gertow, Karl, Gieger, Christian, Gigante, Bruna, Gottesman, Omri, Grant, George B, Grarup, Niels, Groves, Christopher J, Hassinen, Maija, Have, Christian T, Herder, Christian, Holmen, Oddgeir L, Hreidarsson, Astradur B, Humphries, Steve E, Hunter, David J, Jackson, Anne U, Jonsson, Anna, Jørgensen, Marit E, Jørgensen, Torben, Kao, Wen-Hong L, Kerrison, Nicola D, Kinnunen, Leena, Klopp, Norman, Kong, Augustine, Kovacs, Peter, Kraft, Peter, Kravic, Jasmina, Langford, Cordelia, Leander, Karin, Liang, Liming, Lichtner, Peter, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Lindholm, Eero, Linneberg, Allan, Liu, Ching-Ti, Lobbens, Stéphane, Luan, Jian’an, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Mӓnnistö, Satu, McLeod, Olga, Meyer, Julia, Mihailov, Evelin, Mirza, Ghazala, Mühleisen, Thomas W, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Navarro, Carmen, Nöthen, Markus M, Oskolkov, Nikolay N, Owen, Katharine R, Palli, Domenico, Pechlivanis, Sonali, Peltonen, Leena, Perry, John RB, Platou, Carl GP, Roden, Michael, Ruderfer, Douglas, Rybin, Denis, van der Schouw, Yvonne T, Sennblad, Bengt, Sigurđsson, Gunnar, Stančáková, Alena, Steinbach, Gerald, Storm, Petter, Strauch, Konstantin, Stringham, Heather M, Sun, Qi, Thorand, Barbara, Tikkanen, Emmi, Tonjes, Anke, Trakalo, Joseph, Tremoli, Elena, Tuomi, Tiinamaija, Wennauer, Roman, Wiltshire, Steven, Wood, Andrew R, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Dunham, Ian, Birney, Ewan, Pasquali, Lorenzo, Ferrer, Jorge, Loos, Ruth JF, Dupuis, Josée, Florez, Jose C, Boerwinkle, Eric, Pankow, James S, van Duijn, Cornelia, Sijbrands, Eric, Meigs, James B, Hu, Frank B, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Stefansson, Kari, Lakka, Timo A, Rauramaa, Rainer, Stumvoll, Michael, Pedersen, Nancy L, Lind, Lars, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M, Korpi-Hyövӓlti, Eeva, Saaristo, Timo E, Saltevo, Juha, Kuusisto, Johanna, Laakso, Markku, Metspalu, Andres, Erbel, Raimund, Jöckel, Karl-Heinz, Moebus, Susanne, Ripatti, Samuli, Salomaa, Veikko, Ingelsson, Erik, Boehm, Bernhard O, Bergman, Richard N, Collins, Francis S, Mohlke, Karen L, Koistinen, Heikki, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Hveem, Kristian, Njølstad, Inger, Deloukas, Panagiotis, Donnelly, Peter J, Frayling, Timothy M, Hattersley, Andrew T, de Faire, Ulf, Hamsten, Anders, Illig, Thomas, Peters, Annette, Cauchi, Stephane, Sladek, Rob, Froguel, Philippe, Hansen, Torben, Pedersen, Oluf, Morris, Andrew D, Palmer, Collin NA, Kathiresan, Sekar, Melander, Olle, Nilsson, Peter M, Groop, Leif C, Barroso, Inês, Langenberg, Claudia, Wareham, Nicholas J, O’Callaghan, Christopher A, Gloyn, Anna L, Altshuler, David, Boehnke, Michael, Teslovich, Tanya M, McCarthy, Mark I, and Morris, Andrew P

Abstract

We performed fine-mapping of 39 established type 2 diabetes (T2D) loci in 27,206 cases and 57,574 controls of European ancestry. We identified 49 distinct association signals at these loci, including five mapping in/near KCNQ1. “Credible sets” of variants most likely to drive each distinct signal mapped predominantly to non-coding sequence, implying that T2D association is mediated through gene regulation. Credible set variants were enriched for overlap with FOXA2 chromatin immunoprecipitation binding sites in human islet and liver cells, including at MTNR1B, where fine-mapping implicated rs10830963 as driving T2D association. We confirmed that this T2D-risk allele increases FOXA2-bound enhancer activity in islet- and liver-derived cells. We observed allele-specific differences in NEUROD1 binding in islet-derived cells, consistent with evidence that the T2D-risk allele increases islet MTNR1B expression. Our study demonstrates how integration of genetic and genomic information can define molecular mechanisms through which variants underlying association signals exert their effects on disease.

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2015
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47. New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution

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Shungin, Dmitry, Winkler, Thomas W, Croteau-Chonka, Damien C, Ferreira, Teresa, Locke, Adam E, Mägi, Reedik, Strawbridge, Rona J, Pers, Tune H, Fischer, Krista, Justice, Anne E, Workalemahu, Tsegaselassie, Wu, Joseph M.W., Buchkovich, Martin L, Heard-Costa, Nancy L, Roman, Tamara S, Drong, Alexander W, Song, Ci, Gustafsson, Stefan, Day, Felix R, Esko, Tonu, Fall, Tove, Kutalik, Zoltán, Luan, Jian’an, Randall, Joshua C, Scherag, André, Vedantam, Sailaja, Wood, Andrew R, Chen, Jin, Fehrmann, Rudolf, Karjalainen, Juha, Kahali, Bratati, Liu, Ching-Ti, Schmidt, Ellen M, Absher, Devin, Amin, Najaf, Anderson, Denise, Beekman, Marian, Bragg-Gresham, Jennifer L, Buyske, Steven, Demirkan, Ayse, Ehret, Georg B, Feitosa, Mary F, Goel, Anuj, Jackson, Anne U, Johnson, Toby, Kleber, Marcus E, Kristiansson, Kati, Mangino, Massimo, Leach, Irene Mateo, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Palmer, Cameron D, Pasko, Dorota, Pechlivanis, Sonali, Peters, Marjolein J, Prokopenko, Inga, Stančáková, Alena, Sung, Yun Ju, Tanaka, Toshiko, Teumer, Alexander, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, Jana V, Yengo, Loïc, Zhang, Weihua, Albrecht, Eva, Ärnlöv, Johan, Arscott, Gillian M, Bandinelli, Stefania, Barrett, Amy, Bellis, Claire, Bennett, Amanda J, Berne, Christian, Blüher, Matthias, Böhringer, Stefan, Bonnet, Fabrice, Böttcher, Yvonne, Bruinenberg, Marcel, Carba, Delia B, Caspersen, Ida H, Clarke, Robert, Daw, E Warwick, Deelen, Joris, Deelman, Ewa, Delgado, Graciela, Doney, Alex SF, Eklund, Niina, Erdos, Michael R, Estrada, Karol, Eury, Elodie, Friedrich, Nele, Garcia, Melissa E, Giedraitis, Vilmantas, Gigante, Bruna, Go, Alan S, Golay, Alain, Grallert, Harald, Grammer, Tanja B, Gräßler, Jürgen, Grewal, Jagvir, Groves, Christopher J, Haller, Toomas, Hallmans, Goran, Hartman, Catharina A, Hassinen, Maija, Hayward, Caroline, Heikkilä, Kauko, Herzig, Karl-Heinz, Helmer, Quinta, Hillege, Hans L, Holmen, Oddgeir, Hunt, Steven C, Isaacs, Aaron, Ittermann, Till, James, Alan L, Johansson, Ingegerd, Juliusdottir, Thorhildur, Kalafati, Ioanna-Panagiota, Kinnunen, Leena, Koenig, Wolfgang, Kooner, Ishminder K, Kratzer, Wolfgang, Lamina, Claudia, Leander, Karin, Lee, Nanette R, Lichtner, Peter, Lind, Lars, Lindström, Jaana, Lobbens, Stéphane, Lorentzon, Mattias, Mach, François, Magnusson, Patrik KE, Mahajan, Anubha, McArdle, Wendy L, Menni, Cristina, Merger, Sigrun, Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Mills, Rebecca, Moayyeri, Alireza, Monda, Keri L, Mooijaart, Simon P, Mühleisen, Thomas W, Mulas, Antonella, Müller, Gabriele, Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nagaraja, Ramaiah, Nalls, Michael A, Narisu, Narisu, Glorioso, Nicola, Nolte, Ilja M, Olden, Matthias, Rayner, Nigel W, Renstrom, Frida, Ried, Janina S, Robertson, Neil R, Rose, Lynda M, Sanna, Serena, Scharnagl, Hubert, Scholtens, Salome, Sennblad, Bengt, Seufferlein, Thomas, Sitlani, Colleen M, Smith, Albert Vernon, Stirrups, Kathleen, Stringham, Heather M, Sundström, Johan, Swertz, Morris A, Swift, Amy J, Syvänen, Ann-Christine, Tayo, Bamidele O, Thorand, Barbara, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Tomaschitz, Andreas, Troffa, Chiara, van Oort, Floor VA, Verweij, Niek, Vonk, Judith M, Waite, Lindsay L, Wennauer, Roman, Wilsgaard, Tom, Wojczynski, Mary K, Wong, Andrew, Zhang, Qunyuan, Zhao, Jing Hua, Brennan, Eoin P., Choi, Murim, Eriksson, Per, Folkersen, Lasse, Franco-Cereceda, Anders, Gharavi, Ali G, Hedman, Åsa K, Hivert, Marie-France, Huang, Jinyan, Kanoni, Stavroula, Karpe, Fredrik, Keildson, Sarah, Kiryluk, Krzysztof, Liang, Liming, Lifton, Richard P, Ma, Baoshan, McKnight, Amy J, McPherson, Ruth, Metspalu, Andres, Min, Josine L, Moffatt, Miriam F, Montgomery, Grant W, Murabito, Joanne M, Nicholson, George, Nyholt, Dale R, Olsson, Christian, Perry, John RB, Reinmaa, Eva, Salem, Rany M, Sandholm, Niina, Schadt, Eric E, Scott, Robert A, Stolk, Lisette, Vallejo, Edgar E., Westra, Harm-Jan, Zondervan, Krina T, Amouyel, Philippe, Arveiler, Dominique, Bakker, Stephan JL, Beilby, John, Bergman, Richard N, Blangero, John, Brown, Morris J, Burnier, Michel, Campbell, Harry, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Chines, Peter S, Claudi-Boehm, Simone, Collins, Francis S, Crawford, Dana C, Danesh, John, de Faire, Ulf, de Geus, Eco JC, Dörr, Marcus, Erbel, Raimund, Eriksson, Johan G, Farrall, Martin, Ferrannini, Ele, Ferrières, Jean, Forouhi, Nita G, Forrester, Terrence, Franco, Oscar H, Gansevoort, Ron T, Gieger, Christian, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Haiman, Christopher A, Harris, Tamara B, Hattersley, Andrew T, Heliövaara, Markku, Hicks, Andrew A, Hingorani, Aroon D, Hoffmann, Wolfgang, Hofman, Albert, Homuth, Georg, Humphries, Steve E, Hyppönen, Elina, Illig, Thomas, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Johansen, Berit, Jousilahti, Pekka, Jula, Antti M, Kaprio, Jaakko, Kee, Frank, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka M, Kooner, Jaspal S, Kooperberg, Charles, Kovacs, Peter, Kraja, Aldi T, Kumari, Meena, Kuulasmaa, Kari, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lakka, Timo A, Langenberg, Claudia, Le Marchand, Loic, Lehtimäki, Terho, Lyssenko, Valeriya, Männistö, Satu, Marette, André, Matise, Tara C, McKenzie, Colin A, McKnight, Barbara, Musk, Arthur W, Möhlenkamp, Stefan, Morris, Andrew D, Nelis, Mari, Ohlsson, Claes, Oldehinkel, Albertine J, Ong, Ken K, Palmer, Lyle J, Penninx, Brenda W, Peters, Annette, Pramstaller, Peter P, Raitakari, Olli T, Rankinen, Tuomo, Rao, DC, Rice, Treva K, Ridker, Paul M, Ritchie, Marylyn D., Rudan, Igor, Salomaa, Veikko, Samani, Nilesh J, Saramies, Jouko, Sarzynski, Mark A, Schwarz, Peter EH, Shuldiner, Alan R, Staessen, Jan A, Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur, Stolk, Ronald P, Strauch, Konstantin, Tönjes, Anke, Tremblay, Angelo, Tremoli, Elena, Vohl, Marie-Claude, Völker, Uwe, Vollenweider, Peter, Wilson, James F, Witteman, Jacqueline C, Adair, Linda S, Bochud, Murielle, Boehm, Bernhard O, Bornstein, Stefan R, Bouchard, Claude, Cauchi, Stéphane, Caulfield, Mark J, Chambers, John C, Chasman, Daniel I, Cooper, Richard S, Dedoussis, George, Ferrucci, Luigi, Froguel, Philippe, Grabe, Hans-Jörgen, Hamsten, Anders, Hui, Jennie, Hveem, Kristian, Jöckel, Karl-Heinz, Kivimaki, Mika, Kuh, Diana, Laakso, Markku, Liu, Yongmei, März, Winfried, Munroe, Patricia B, Njølstad, Inger, Oostra, Ben A, Palmer, Colin NA, Pedersen, Nancy L, Perola, Markus, Pérusse, Louis, Peters, Ulrike, Power, Chris, Quertermous, Thomas, Rauramaa, Rainer, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Saaristo, Timo E, Saleheen, Danish, Sinisalo, Juha, Slagboom, P Eline, Snieder, Harold, Spector, Tim D, Stefansson, Kari, Stumvoll, Michael, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, André G, Uusitupa, Matti, van der Harst, Pim, Veronesi, Giovanni, Walker, Mark, Wareham, Nicholas J, Watkins, Hugh, Wichmann, H-Erich, Abecasis, Goncalo R, Assimes, Themistocles L, Berndt, Sonja I, Boehnke, Michael, Borecki, Ingrid B, Deloukas, Panos, Franke, Lude, Frayling, Timothy M, Groop, Leif C, Hunter, David J., Kaplan, Robert C, O’Connell, Jeffrey R, Qi, Lu, Schlessinger, David, Strachan, David P, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Willer, Cristen J, Visscher, Peter M, Yang, Jian, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Zillikens, M Carola, McCarthy, Mark I, Speliotes, Elizabeth K, North, Kari E, Fox, Caroline S, Barroso, Inês, Franks, Paul W, Ingelsson, Erik, Heid, Iris M, Loos, Ruth JF, Cupples, L Adrienne, Morris, Andrew P, Lindgren, Cecilia M, and Mohlke, Karen L

Abstract

Body fat distribution is a heritable trait and a well-established predictor of adverse metabolic outcomes, independent of overall adiposity. To increase our understanding of the genetic basis of body fat distribution and its molecular links to cardiometabolic traits, we conducted genome-wide association meta-analyses of waist and hip circumference-related traits in up to 224,459 individuals. We identified 49 loci (33 new) associated with waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for body mass index (WHRadjBMI) and an additional 19 loci newly associated with related waist and hip circumference measures (P<5×10−8). Twenty of the 49 WHRadjBMI loci showed significant sexual dimorphism, 19 of which displayed a stronger effect in women. The identified loci were enriched for genes expressed in adipose tissue and for putative regulatory elements in adipocytes. Pathway analyses implicated adipogenesis, angiogenesis, transcriptional regulation, and insulin resistance as processes affecting fat distribution, providing insight into potential pathophysiological mechanisms.

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2014
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48. Protein-coding variants implicate novel genes related to lipid homeostasis contributing to body-fat distribution

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Justice, Anne E, Karaderi, Tugce, Highland, Heather M, Young, Kristin L, Graff, Mariaelisa, Lu, Yingchang, Turcot, Valérie, Auer, Paul L, Fine, Rebecca S, Guo, Xiuqing, Schurmann, Claudia, Lempradl, Adelheid, Marouli, Eirini, Mahajan, Anubha, Winkler, Thomas W, Locke, Adam E, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Esko, Tõnu, Vedantam, Sailaja, Giri, Ayush, Lo, Ken Sin, Alfred, Tamuno, Mudgal, Poorva, Ng, Maggie CY, Heard-Costa, Nancy L, Feitosa, Mary F, Manning, Alisa K, Willems, Sara M, Sivapalaratnam, Suthesh, Abecasis, Goncalo, Alam, Dewan S, Allison, Matthew, Amouyel, Philippe, Arzumanyan, Zorayr, Balkau, Beverley, Bastarache, Lisa, Bergmann, Sven, Bielak, Lawrence F, Blüher, Matthias, Boehnke, Michael, Boeing, Heiner, Boerwinkle, Eric, Böger, Carsten A, Bork-Jensen, Jette, Bottinger, Erwin P, Bowden, Donald W, Brandslund, Ivan, Broer, Linda, Burt, Amber A, Butterworth, Adam S, Caulfield, Mark J, Cesana, Giancarlo, Chambers, John C, Chasman, Daniel I, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chowdhury, Rajiv, 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Exome/genetics, Male, ReproGen Consortium, Adipose tissue, Genome-wide association study, Type 2 diabetes, White adipose tissue, Body Mass Index, Animals, Body Fat Distribution, Case-Control Studies, Drosophila, Exome, Female, Gene Frequency, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genetic Variation, Genome-Wide Association Study, Homeostasis, Humans, Lipids, Proteins, Risk Factors, Waist-Hip Ratio, 0302 clinical medicine, Hyperlipidemia, Body fat distribution, 2. Zero hunger, Genetics, 0303 health sciences, INSULIN-RESISTANCE, ADIPOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION, CHD Exome+ Consortium, Genetic Predisposition to Disease/genetics, Drosophila/genetics, RS11209026 POLYMORPHISM, KINASE 7, 1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology, T2D-Genes Consortium, 11 Medical And Health Sciences, Body Fat Distribution/methods, RECEPTOR ALK7, ADIPOSE-TISSUE, Gene Frequency/genetics, Genetic Variation/genetics, InterAct, Urological cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 15], genetic association study, RNA splicing, Proteins/genetics, Genome-Wide Association Study/methods, Lipid particle, ExomeBP Consortium, WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE, Waist-Hip Ratio/methods, Biology, EPIC-CVD Consortium, Article, MAGIC Investigators, 03 medical and health sciences, Homeostasis/genetics, Lipids/genetics, All institutes and research themes of the Radboud University Medical Center, medicine, Global Lipids Genetic Consortium, Risk factor, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, ABDOMINAL ADIPOSITY, Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) Consortium, Gene, 030304 developmental biology, 06 Biological Sciences, medicine.disease, Minor allele frequency, GoT2D Genes Consortium, genetics research, TYPE-2 DIABETES SUSCEPTIBILITY, 3111 Biomedicine, Body mass index, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Developmental Biology
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Body fat distribution is a risk factor for adverse cardiovascular health consequences. We analyzed the association of body fat distribution, assessed by waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for body mass index, with 228,985 predicted coding and splice site variants available on exome arrays in up to 344,369 individuals from five major ancestries (discovery) and 132,177 European-ancestry individuals (validation). We identified 15 common (minor allele frequency, MAF ≥ 5%) and 9 low frequency or rare (MAF < 5%) coding novel variants. Pathway/gene set enrichment analyses identified lipid particle, adiponectin, abnormal white adipose tissue physiology, and bone development and morphology as important contributors to fat distribution, while cross-trait associations highlight cardiometabolic traits. In functional follow-up analyses, specifically in Drosophila RNAi-knockdowns, we observed a significant increase in the total body triglyceride levels for two genes (DNAH10 and PLXND1). We implicate novel genes in fat distribution, stressing the importance of interrogating low-frequency and protein-coding variants., Editorial summary: A trans-ethnic exome-wide association study for body fat distribution identifies protein-coding variants that are significantly associated with waist-to-hip ratio adjusted for body mass index.

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49. Novel loci for adiponectin levels and their influence on type 2 diabetes and metabolic traits: a multi-ethnic meta-analysis of 45,891 individuals

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Debbie A, Le Bacquer, Olivier, Lecoeur, Cécile, Li, Yun, Mahley, Robert, Mangino, Massimo, Martínez-Larrad, María Teresa, McAteer, Jarred B, McPherson, Ruth, Meisinger, Christa, Melzer, David, Meyre, David, Mitchell, Braxton D, Mukherjee, Sutapa, Naitza, Silvia, Neville, Matthew J, Orrù, Marco, Pakyz, Ruth, Paolisso, Giuseppe, Pattaro, Cristian, Pearson, Daniel, Peden, John F, Pedersen, Nancy L, Pfeiffer, Andreas FH, Pichler, Irene, Polasek, Ozren, Posthuma, Danielle, Potter, Simon C, Pouta, Anneli, Province, Michael A, Rayner, Nigel W, Rice, Kenneth, Ripatti, Samuli, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rolandsson, Olov, Sandbaek, Annelli, Sandhu, Manjinder, Sanna, Serena, Sayer, Avan Aihie, Scheet, Paul, Seedorf, Udo, Sharp, Stephen J, Shields, Beverley, Sigurðsson, Gunnar, Sijbrands, Eric JG, Silveira, Angela, Simpson, Laila, Singleton, Andrew, Smith, Nicholas L, Sovio, Ulla, Swift, Amy, Syddall, Holly, Syvänen, Ann-Christine, Tönjes, Anke, Uitterlinden, André G, Van Dijk, Ko Willems, Varma, Dhiraj, Visvikis-Siest, Sophie, Vitart, Veronique, Vogelzangs, Nicole, Waeber, Gérard, Wagner, Peter J, Walley, Andrew, Ward, Kim L, Watkins, Hugh, Wild, Sarah H, Willemsen, Gonneke, Witteman, Jaqueline CM, Yarnell, John WG, Zelenika, Diana, Zethelius, Björn, Zhai, Guangju, Zhao, Jing Hua, Zillikens, M Carola, DIAGRAM Consortium, GIANT Consortium, Global B Pgen Consortium, Borecki, Ingrid B, Meneton, Pierre, Magnusson, Patrik KE, Nathan, David M, Williams, Gordon H, Silander, Kaisa, Bornstein, Stefan R, Schwarz, Peter, Spranger, Joachim, Karpe, Fredrik, Shuldiner, Alan R, Cooper, Cyrus, Serrano-Ríos, Manuel, Lind, Lars, Palmer, Lyle J, Franks, Paul W, Ebrahim, Shah, Marmot, Michael, Kao, WH Linda, Pramstaller, Peter Paul, Wright, Alan F, Stumvoll, Michael, Hamsten, Anders, Procardis Consortium, Buchanan, Thomas A, Valle, Timo T, Rotter, Jerome I, Penninx, Brenda WJH, Boomsma, Dorret I, Cao, Antonio, Scuteri, Angelo, Schlessinger, David, Uda, Manuela, Ruokonen, Aimo, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Peltonen, Leena, Mooser, Vincent, Sladek, Robert, MAGIC Investigators, GLGC Consortium, Musunuru, Kiran, Smith, Albert V, Edmondson, Andrew C, Stylianou, Ioannis M, Koseki, Masahiro, Pirruccello, James P, Chasman, Daniel I, Johansen, Christopher T, Fouchier, Sigrid W, Peloso, Gina M, Barbalic, Maja, Ricketts, Sally L, Bis, Joshua C, Feitosa, Mary F, Orho-Melander, Marju, Melander, Olle, Li, Xiaohui, Li, Mingyao, Cho, Yoon Shin, Go, Min Jin, Kim, Young Jin, Lee, Jong-Young, Park, Taesung, Kim, Kyunga, Sim, Xueling, Ong, Rick Twee-Hee, Croteau-Chonka, Damien C, Lange, Leslie A, Smith, Joshua D, Ziegler, Andreas, Zhang, Weihua, Zee, Robert YL, Whitfield, John B, Thompson, John R, Surakka, Ida, Spector, Tim D, Smit, Johannes H, Sinisalo, Juha, Scott, James, Saharinen, Juha, Sabatti, Chiara, Rose, Lynda M, Roberts, Robert, Rieder, Mark, Parker, Alex N, Pare, Guillaume, O'Donnell, Christopher J, Nieminen, Markku S, Nickerson, Deborah A, Montgomery, Grant W, McArdle, Wendy, Masson, David, Martin, Nicholas G, Marroni, Fabio, Lucas, Gavin, Luben, Robert, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, Lettre, Guillaume, Launer, Lenore J, Lakatta, Edward G, Laaksonen, Reijo, Kyvik, Kirsten O, König, Inke R, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Kaplan, Lee M, Johansson, Åsa, Janssens, A Cecile JW, Igl, Wilmar, Hovingh, G Kees, Hengstenberg, Christian, Havulinna, Aki S, Hastie, Nicholas D, Harris, Tamara B, Haritunians, Talin, Hall, Alistair S, Groop, Leif C, Gonzalez, Elena, Freimer, Nelson B, Erdmann, Jeanette, Ejebe, Kenechi G, Döring, Angela, Dominiczak, Anna F, Demissie, Serkalem, Deloukas, Panagiotis, De Faire, Ulf, Crawford, Gabriel, Chen, Yii-Der I, Caulfield, Mark J, Boekholdt, S Matthijs, Assimes, Themistocles L, Quertermous, Thomas, Seielstad, Mark, Wong, Tien Y, Tai, E-Shyong, Feranil, Alan B, Kuzawa, Christopher W, Taylor, Herman A, Gabriel, Stacey B, Holm, Hilma, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Krauss, Ronald M, Ordovas, Jose M, Munroe, Patricia B, Kooner, Jaspal S, Tall, Alan R, Hegele, Robert A, Kastelein, John JP, Schadt, Eric E, Strachan, David P, Reilly, Muredach P, Samani, Nilesh J, Schunkert, Heribert, Cupples, L Adrienne, Sandhu, Manjinder S, Ridker, Paul M, Rader, Daniel J, and Kathiresan, Sekar

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2. Zero hunger, Male, Waist-Hip Ratio, Cholesterol, HDL, Gene Expression, Glucose Tolerance Test, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, White People, 3. Good health, Black or African American, Asian People, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Humans, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Adiponectin, Insulin Resistance, Metabolic Networks and Pathways, Genome-Wide Association Study
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Circulating levels of adiponectin, a hormone produced predominantly by adipocytes, are highly heritable and are inversely associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) and other metabolic traits. We conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in 39,883 individuals of European ancestry to identify genes associated with metabolic disease. We identified 8 novel loci associated with adiponectin levels and confirmed 2 previously reported loci (P = 4.5×10(-8)-1.2×10(-43)). Using a novel method to combine data across ethnicities (N = 4,232 African Americans, N = 1,776 Asians, and N = 29,347 Europeans), we identified two additional novel loci. Expression analyses of 436 human adipocyte samples revealed that mRNA levels of 18 genes at candidate regions were associated with adiponectin concentrations after accounting for multiple testing (p

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Clark, David W, Okada, Yukinori, Moore, Kristjan HS, Mason, Dan, Pirastu, Nicola, Gandin, Ilaria, Mattsson, Hannele, Barnes, Catriona LK, Lin, Kuang, Zhao, Jing Hua, Deelen, Patrick, Rohde, Rebecca, Schurmann, Claudia, Guo, Xiuqing, Giulianini, Franco, Zhang, Weihua, Medina-Gomez, Carolina, Karlsson, Robert, Bao, Yanchun, Bartz, Traci M, Baumbach, Clemens, Biino, Ginevra, Bixley, Matthew J, Brumat, Marco, Chai, Jin-Fang, Corre, Tanguy, Cousminer, Diana L, Dekker, Annelot M, Eccles, David A, Van Eijk, Kristel R, Fuchsberger, Christian, Gao, He, Germain, Marine, Gordon, Scott D, De Haan, Hugoline G, Harris, Sarah E, Hofer, Edith, Huerta-Chagoya, Alicia, Igartua, Catherine, Jansen, Iris E, Jia, Yucheng, Kacprowski, Tim, Karlsson, Torgny, Kleber, Marcus E, Li, Shengchao Alfred, Li-Gao, Ruifang, Mahajan, Anubha, Matsuda, Koichi, Meidtner, Karina, Meng, Weihua, Montasser, May E, Van Der Most, Peter J, Munz, Matthias, Nutile, Teresa, Palviainen, Teemu, Prasad, Gauri, Prasad, Rashmi B, Priyanka, Tallapragada Divya Sri, Rizzi, Federica, Salvi, Erika, Sapkota, Bishwa R, Shriner, Daniel, Skotte, Line, Smart, Melissa C, Smith, Albert Vernon, Van Der Spek, Ashley, Spracklen, Cassandra N, Strawbridge, Rona J, Tajuddin, Salman M, Trompet, Stella, Turman, Constance, Verweij, Niek, Viberti, Clara, Wang, Lihua, Warren, Helen R, Wootton, Robyn E, Yanek, Lisa R, Yao, Jie, Yousri, Noha A, Zhao, Wei, Adeyemo, Adebowale A, Afaq, Saima, Aguilar-Salinas, Carlos Alberto, Akiyama, Masato, Albert, Matthew L, Allison, Matthew A, Alver, Maris, Aung, Tin, Azizi, Fereidoun, Bentley, Amy R, Boeing, Heiner, Boerwinkle, Eric, Borja, Judith B, De Borst, Gert J, Bottinger, Erwin P, Broer, Linda, Campbell, Harry, Chanock, Stephen, Chee, Miao-Li, Chen, Guanjie, Chen, Yii-Der I, Chen, Zhengming, Chiu, Yen-Feng, Cocca, Massimiliano, Collins, Francis S, Concas, Maria Pina, Corley, Janie, Cugliari, Giovanni, Van Dam, Rob M, Damulina, Anna, Daneshpour, Maryam S, Day, Felix R, Delgado, Graciela E, Dhana, Klodian, Doney, Alexander SF, Dörr, Marcus, Doumatey, Ayo P, Dzimiri, Nduna, Ebenesersdóttir, S Sunna, Elliott, Joshua, Elliott, Paul, Ewert, Ralf, Felix, Janine F, Fischer, Krista, Freedman, Barry I, Girotto, Giorgia, Goel, Anuj, Gögele, Martin, Goodarzi, Mark O, Graff, Mariaelisa, Granot-Hershkovitz, Einat, Grodstein, Francine, Guarrera, Simonetta, Gudbjartsson, Daniel F, Guity, Kamran, Gunnarsson, Bjarni, Guo, Yu, Hagenaars, Saskia P, Haiman, Christopher A, Halevy, Avner, Harris, Tamara B, Hedayati, Mehdi, Van Heel, David A, Hirata, Makoto, Höfer, Imo, Hsiung, Chao Agnes, Huang, Jinyan, Hung, Yi-Jen, Ikram, M Arfan, Jagadeesan, Anuradha, Jousilahti, Pekka, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Kanai, Masahiro, Kerrison, Nicola D, Kessler, Thorsten, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Khor, Chiea Chuen, De Kleijn, Dominique PV, Koh, Woon-Puay, Kolcic, Ivana, Kraft, Peter, Krämer, Bernhard K, Kutalik, Zoltán, Kuusisto, Johanna, Langenberg, Claudia, Launer, Lenore J, Lawlor, Deborah A, Lee, I-Te, Lee, Wen-Jane, Lerch, Markus M, Li, Liming, Liu, Jianjun, Loh, Marie, London, Stephanie J, Loomis, Stephanie, Lu, Yingchang, Luan, Jian'an, Mägi, Reedik, Manichaikul, Ani W, Manunta, Paolo, Másson, Gísli, Matoba, Nana, Mei, Xue W, Meisinger, Christa, Meitinger, Thomas, Mezzavilla, Massimo, Milani, Lili, Millwood, Iona Y, Momozawa, Yukihide, Moore, Amy, Morange, Pierre-Emmanuel, Moreno-Macías, Hortensia, Mori, Trevor A, Morrison, Alanna C, Muka, Taulant, Murakami, Yoshinori, Murray, Alison D, De Mutsert, Renée, Mychaleckyj, Josyf C, Nalls, Mike A, Nauck, Matthias, Neville, Matt J, Nolte, Ilja M, Ong, Ken K, Orozco, Lorena, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Pálsson, Gunnar, Pankow, James S, Pattaro, Cristian, Pattie, Alison, Polasek, Ozren, Poulter, Neil, Pramstaller, Peter P, Quintana-Murci, Lluis, Räikkönen, Katri, Ralhan, Sarju, Rao, Dabeeru C, Van Rheenen, Wouter, Rich, Stephen S, Ridker, Paul M, Rietveld, Cornelius A, Robino, Antonietta, Van Rooij, Frank JA, Ruggiero, Daniela, Saba, Yasaman, Sabanayagam, Charumathi, Sabater-Lleal, Maria, Sala, Cinzia Felicita, Salomaa, Veikko, Sandow, Kevin, Schmidt, Helena, Scott, Laura J, Scott, William R, Sedaghati-Khayat, Bahareh, Sennblad, Bengt, Van Setten, Jessica, Sever, Peter J, Sheu, Wayne H-H, Shi, Yuan, Shrestha, Smeeta, Shukla, Sharvari Rahul, Sigurdsson, Jon K, Sikka, Timo Tonis, Singh, Jai Rup, Smith, Blair H, Stančáková, Alena, Stanton, Alice, Starr, John M, Stefansdottir, Lilja, Straker, Leon, Sulem, Patrick, Sveinbjornsson, Gardar, Swertz, Morris A, Taylor, Adele M, Taylor, Kent D, Terzikhan, Natalie, Tham, Yih-Chung, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Tillander, Annika, Tracy, Russell P, Tusié-Luna, Teresa, Tzoulaki, Ioanna, Vaccargiu, Simona, Vangipurapu, Jagadish, Veldink, Jan H, Vitart, Veronique, Völker, Uwe, Vuoksimaa, Eero, Wakil, Salma M, Waldenberger, Melanie, Wander, Gurpreet S, Wang, Ya Xing, Wareham, Nicholas J, Wild, Sarah, Yajnik, Chittaranjan S, Yuan, Jian-Min, Zeng, Lingyao, Zhang, Liang, Zhou, Jie, Amin, Najaf, Asselbergs, Folkert W, Bakker, Stephan JL, Becker, Diane M, Lehne, Benjamin, Bennett, David A, Van Den Berg, Leonard H, Berndt, Sonja I, Bharadwaj, Dwaipayan, Bielak, Lawrence F, Bochud, Murielle, Boehnke, Mike, Bouchard, Claude, Bradfield, Jonathan P, Brody, Jennifer A, Campbell, Archie, Carmi, Shai, Caulfield, Mark J, Cesarini, David, Chambers, John C, Chandak, Giriraj Ratan, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Ciullo, Marina, Cornelis, Marilyn, Cusi, Daniele, Smith, George Davey, Deary, Ian J, Dorajoo, Rajkumar, Van Duijn, Cornelia M, Ellinghaus, David, Erdmann, Jeanette, Eriksson, Johan G, Evangelou, Evangelos, Evans, Michele K, Faul, Jessica D, Feenstra, Bjarke, Feitosa, Mary, Foisy, Sylvain, Franke, Andre, Friedlander, Yechiel, Gasparini, Paolo, Gieger, Christian, Gonzalez, Clicerio, Goyette, Philippe, Grant, Struan FA, Griffiths, Lyn R, Groop, Leif, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Gyllensten, Ulf, Hakonarson, Hakon, Hamsten, Anders, Van Der Harst, Pim, Heng, Chew-Kiat, Hicks, Andrew A, Hochner, Hagit, Huikuri, Heikki, Hunt, Steven C, Jaddoe, Vincent WV, De Jager, Philip L, Johannesson, Magnus, Johansson, Åsa, Jonas, Jost B, Jukema, J Wouter, Junttila, Juhani, Kaprio, Jaakko, Kardia, Sharon LR, Karpe, Fredrik, Kumari, Meena, Laakso, Markku, Van Der Laan, Sander W, Lahti, Jari, Laudes, Matthias, Lea, Rodney A, Lieb, Wolfgang, Lumley, Thomas, Martin, Nicholas G, März, Winfried, Matullo, Giuseppe, McCarthy, Mark I, Medland, Sarah E, Merriman, Tony R, Metspalu, Andres, Meyer, Brian F, Mohlke, Karen L, Montgomery, Grant W, Mook-Kanamori, Dennis, Munroe, Patricia B, North, Kari E, Nyholt, Dale R, O'connell, Jeffery R, Ober, Carole, Oldehinkel, Albertine J, Palmas, Walter, Palmer, Colin, Pasterkamp, Gerard G, Patin, Etienne, Pennell, Craig E, Perusse, Louis, Peyser, Patricia A, Pirastu, Mario, Polderman, Tinca JC, Porteous, David J, Posthuma, Danielle, Psaty, Bruce M, Rioux, John D, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rotimi, Charles, Rotter, Jerome I, Rudan, Igor, Den Ruijter, Hester M, Sanghera, Dharambir K, Sattar, Naveed, Schmidt, Reinhold, Schulze, Matthias B, Schunkert, Heribert, Scott, Robert A, Shuldiner, Alan R, Sim, Xueling, Small, Neil, Smith, Jennifer A, Sotoodehnia, Nona, Tai, E-Shyong, Teumer, Alexander, Timpson, Nicholas J, Toniolo, Daniela, Tregouet, David-Alexandre, Tuomi, Tiinamaija, Vollenweider, Peter, Wang, Carol A, Weir, David R, Whitfield, John B, Wijmenga, Cisca, Wong, Tien-Yin, Wright, John, Yang, Jingyun, Yu, Lei, Zemel, Babette S, Zonderman, Alan B, Perola, Markus, Magnusson, Patrik KE, Uitterlinden, André G, Kooner, Jaspal S, Chasman, Daniel I, Loos, Ruth JF, Franceschini, Nora, Franke, Lude, Haley, Chris S, Hayward, Caroline, Walters, Robin G, Perry, John RB, Esko, Tōnu, Helgason, Agnar, Stefansson, Kari, Joshi, Peter K, Kubo, Michiaki, and Wilson, James F

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Consanguinity, Cognition, Fertility, Inbreeding Depression, Risk-Taking, Haplotypes, Health Status, Homozygote, Body Size, Humans, Alleles, 3. Good health
Abstract

In many species, the offspring of related parents suffer reduced reproductive success, a phenomenon known as inbreeding depression. In humans, the importance of this effect has remained unclear, partly because reproduction between close relatives is both rare and frequently associated with confounding social factors. Here, using genomic inbreeding coefficients (FROH) for >1.4 million individuals, we show that FROH is significantly associated (p < 0.0005) with apparently deleterious changes in 32 out of 100 traits analysed. These changes are associated with runs of homozygosity (ROH), but not with common variant homozygosity, suggesting that genetic variants associated with inbreeding depression are predominantly rare. The effect on fertility is striking: FROH equivalent to the offspring of first cousins is associated with a 55% decrease [95% CI 44-66%] in the odds of having children. Finally, the effects of FROH are confirmed within full-sibling pairs, where the variation in FROH is independent of all environmental confounding.

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