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1. Dissecting the genetic heterogeneity of gastric cancer

Author: Hess, T., Maj, C., Gehlen, J., Borisov, O., Haas, S. L., Gockel, I., Vieth, M., Piessen, G., Alakus, H., Vashist, Y., Pereira, C., Knapp, M., Schuller, V., Quaas, A., Grabsch, H. I., Trautmann, J., Malecka-Wojciesko, E., Mokrowiecka, A., Speller, J., Mayr, A., Schroder, J., Hillmer, A. M., Heider, D., Lordick, F., Perez-Aisa, A., Campo, R., Espinel, J., Geijo, F., Thomson, C., Bujanda, L., Sopena, F., Lanas, A., Pellise, M., Pauligk, C., Goetze, T. O., Zelck, C., Reingruber, J., Hassanin, E., Elbe, P., Alsabeah, S., Lindblad, M., Nilsson, M., Kreuser, N., Thieme, R., Tavano, F., Pastorino, Roberta, Arzani, D., Persiani, Roberto, Jung, J. -O., Nienhuser, H., Ott, K., Schumann, R. R., Kumpf, O., Burock, S., Arndt, V., Jakubowska, A., Lawniczak, M., Moreno, V., Martin, V., Kogevinas, M., Pollan, M., Dabrowska, J., Salas, A., Cussenot, O., Boland-Auge, A., Daian, D., Deleuze, J. -F., Salvi, E., Teder-Laving, M., Tomasello, G., Ratti, M., Senti, C., De Re, V., Steffan, A., Holscher, A. H., Messerle, K., Bruns, C. J., Sivins, A., Bogdanova, I., Skieceviciene, J., Arstikyte, J., Moehler, M., Lang, H., Grimminger, P. P., Kruschewski, M., Vassos, N., Schildberg, C., Lingohr, P., Ridwelski, K., Lippert, H., Fricker, N., Krawitz, P., Hoffmann, Christian Pieter, Nothen, M. M., Veits, L., Izbicki, J. R., Mostowska, A., Martinon-Torres, F., Cusi, D., Adolfsson, R., Cancel-Tassin, G., Hoblinger, A., Rodermann, E., Ludwig, M., Keller, G., Metspalu, A., Brenner, H., Heller, J., Neef, M., Schepke, M., Dumoulin, F. L., Hamann, L., Cannizzaro, Rino, Ghidini, Maria Candida, Plassmann, D., Geppert, M., Malfertheiner, P., Gehlen, O., Skoczylas, T., Majewski, M., Lubinski, J., Palmieri, O., Boccia, Stefania, Latiano, A., Aragones, N., Schmidt, T., Dinis-Ribeiro, M., Medeiros, R., Al-Batran, S. -E., Leja, M., Kupcinskas, J., Garcia-Gonzalez, M. A., Venerito, M., Schumacher, J., Pastorino R. (ORCID:0000-0001-5013-0733), Persiani R. (ORCID:0000-0002-1537-5097), Hoffmann P., Cannizzaro R., Ghidini M., Boccia S. (ORCID:0000-0002-1864-749X), Hess, T., Maj, C., Gehlen, J., Borisov, O., Haas, S. L., Gockel, I., Vieth, M., Piessen, G., Alakus, H., Vashist, Y., Pereira, C., Knapp, M., Schuller, V., Quaas, A., Grabsch, H. I., Trautmann, J., Malecka-Wojciesko, E., Mokrowiecka, A., Speller, J., Mayr, A., Schroder, J., Hillmer, A. M., Heider, D., Lordick, F., Perez-Aisa, A., Campo, R., Espinel, J., Geijo, F., Thomson, C., Bujanda, L., Sopena, F., Lanas, A., Pellise, M., Pauligk, C., Goetze, T. O., Zelck, C., Reingruber, J., Hassanin, E., Elbe, P., Alsabeah, S., Lindblad, M., Nilsson, M., Kreuser, N., Thieme, R., Tavano, F., Pastorino, Roberta, Arzani, D., Persiani, Roberto, Jung, J. -O., Nienhuser, H., Ott, K., Schumann, R. R., Kumpf, O., Burock, S., Arndt, V., Jakubowska, A., Lawniczak, M., Moreno, V., Martin, V., Kogevinas, M., Pollan, M., Dabrowska, J., Salas, A., Cussenot, O., Boland-Auge, A., Daian, D., Deleuze, J. -F., Salvi, E., Teder-Laving, M., Tomasello, G., Ratti, M., Senti, C., De Re, V., Steffan, A., Holscher, A. H., Messerle, K., Bruns, C. J., Sivins, A., Bogdanova, I., Skieceviciene, J., Arstikyte, J., Moehler, M., Lang, H., Grimminger, P. P., Kruschewski, M., Vassos, N., Schildberg, C., Lingohr, P., Ridwelski, K., Lippert, H., Fricker, N., Krawitz, P., Hoffmann, Christian Pieter, Nothen, M. M., Veits, L., Izbicki, J. R., Mostowska, A., Martinon-Torres, F., Cusi, D., Adolfsson, R., Cancel-Tassin, G., Hoblinger, A., Rodermann, E., Ludwig, M., Keller, G., Metspalu, A., Brenner, H., Heller, J., Neef, M., Schepke, M., Dumoulin, F. L., Hamann, L., Cannizzaro, Rino, Ghidini, Maria Candida, Plassmann, D., Geppert, M., Malfertheiner, P., Gehlen, O., Skoczylas, T., Majewski, M., Lubinski, J., Palmieri, O., Boccia, Stefania, Latiano, A., Aragones, N., Schmidt, T., Dinis-Ribeiro, M., Medeiros, R., Al-Batran, S. -E., Leja, M., Kupcinskas, J., Garcia-Gonzalez, M. A., Venerito, M., Schumacher, J., Pastorino R. (ORCID:0000-0001-5013-0733), Persiani R. (ORCID:0000-0002-1537-5097), Hoffmann P., Cannizzaro R., Ghidini M., and Boccia S. (ORCID:0000-0002-1864-749X)
Abstract: Background: Gastric cancer (GC) is clinically heterogenous according to location (cardia/non-cardia) and histopathology (diffuse/intestinal). We aimed to characterize the genetic risk architecture of GC according to its subtypes. Another aim was to examine whether cardia GC and oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC) and its precursor lesion Barrett's oesophagus (BO), which are all located at the gastro-oesophageal junction (GOJ), share polygenic risk architecture. Methods: We did a meta-analysis of ten European genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of GC and its subtypes. All patients had a histopathologically confirmed diagnosis of gastric adenocarcinoma. For the identification of risk genes among GWAS loci we did a transcriptome-wide association study (TWAS) and expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) study from gastric corpus and antrum mucosa. To test whether cardia GC and OAC/BO share genetic aetiology we also used a European GWAS sample with OAC/BO. Findings: Our GWAS consisting of 5816 patients and 10,999 controls highlights the genetic heterogeneity of GC according to its subtypes. We newly identified two and replicated five GC risk loci, all of them with subtype-specific association. The gastric transcriptome data consisting of 361 corpus and 342 antrum mucosa samples revealed that an upregulated expression of MUC1, ANKRD50, PTGER4, and PSCA are plausible GC-pathomechanisms at four GWAS loci. At another risk locus, we found that the blood-group 0 exerts protective effects for non-cardia and diffuse GC, while blood-group A increases risk for both GC subtypes. Furthermore, our GWAS on cardia GC and OAC/BO (10,279 patients, 16,527 controls) showed that both cancer entities share genetic aetiology at the polygenic level and identified two new risk loci on the single-marker level. Interpretation: Our findings show that the pathophysiology of GC is genetically heterogenous according to location and histopathology. Moreover, our findings point to common molecular me
Published: 2023

2. Cross-ancestry investigation of venousc genomic predictors

Author: Thibord, F., Klarin, D., Brody, J.A., Chen, M.H., Levin, M.G., Chasman, D.I., Goode, E.L., Hveem, K., Teder-Laving, M., Martinez-Perez, A., Aissi, D., Daian-Bacq, D., Ito, K., Natarajan, P., Lutsey, P.L., Nadkarni, G.N., Vries, P.S. de, Cuellar-Partida, G., Wolford, B.N., Pattee, J.W., Kooperberg, C., Braekkan, S.K., Li-Gao, R.F., Saut, N., Sept, C., Germain, M., Judy, R.L., Wiggins, K.L., Ko, D., O'Donnell, C.J., Taylor, K.D., Giulianini, F., Andrade, M. de, Nost, T.H., Boland, A., Empana, J.P., Koyama, S., Gilliland, T., R. do, Huffman, J.E., Wang, X., Zhou, W., Soria, J.M., Souto, J.C., Pankratz, N., Haessler, J., Hindberg, K., Rosendaal, F.R., Turman, C., Olaso, R., Kember, R.L., Bartz, T.M., Lynch, J.A., Heckbert, S.R., Armasu, S.M., Brumpton, B., Smadja, D.M., Jouven, X., Komuro, I., Clapham, K.R., Loos, R.J.F., Willer, C.J., Sabater-Lleal, M., Pankow, J.S., Reiner, A.P., Morelli, V.M., Ridker, P.M., Vlieg, A.V., Deleuze, J.F., Kraft, P., Rader, D.J., Lee, K.M., Psaty, B.M., Skogholt, A.H., Emmerich, J., Suchon, P., Rich, S.S., Vy, H.T., Tang, W.H., Jackson, R.D., Hansen, J.B., Morange, P.E., Kabrhel, C., Tregouet, D.A., Damrauer, S.M., Johnson, A.D., and Smith, N.L.
Subjects: meta-analysis, genome-wide association study, venous thromboembolism, genetics, venous thrombosis
Abstract: Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a life-threatening vascular event with environmental and genetic determinants. Recent VTE genome-wide association studies (GWAS) meta-analyses involved nearly 30 000 VTE cases and identified up to 40 genetic loci associated with VTE risk, including loci not previously suspected to play a role in hemostasis. The aim of our research was to expand discovery of new genetic loci associated with VTE by using cross-ancestry genomic resources. Methods: We present new cross-ancestry meta-analyzed GWAS results involving up to 81 669 VTE cases from 30 studies, with replication of novel loci in independent populations and loci characterization through in silico genomic interrogations. Results: In our genetic discovery effort that included 55 330 participants with VTE (47 822 European, 6320 African, and 1188 Hispanic ancestry), we identified 48 novel associations, of which 34 were replicated after correction for multiple testing. In our combined discovery-replication analysis (81 669 VTE participants) and ancestry-stratified meta-analyses (European, African, and Hispanic), we identified another 44 novel associations, which are new candidate VTE-associated loci requiring replication. In total, across all GWAS meta-analyses, we identified 135 independent genomic loci significantly associated with VTE risk. A genetic risk score of the significantly associated loci in Europeans identified a 6-fold increase in risk for those in the top 1% of scores compared with those with average scores. We also identified 31 novel transcript associations in transcriptome-wide association studies and 8 novel candidate genes with protein quantitative-trait locus Mendelian randomization analyses. In silico interrogations of hemostasis and hematology traits and a large phenome-wide association analysis of the 135 GWAS loci provided insights to biological pathways contributing to VTE, with some loci contributing to VTE through well-characterized coagulation pathways and others providing new data on the role of hematology traits, particularly platelet function. Many of the replicated loci are outside of known or currently hypothesized pathways to thrombosis. Conclusions: Our cross-ancestry GWAS meta-analyses identified new loci associated with VTE. These findings highlight new pathways to thrombosis and provide novel molecules that may be useful in the development of improved antithrombosis treatments.
Published: 2022

3. 418 Hidradenitis suppurativa risk alleles identified in an ancestrally diverse HS meta-analysis of 16 cohorts

Author: Khan, A., Prens, E., Braun, A., Wheless, L., Hung, A.M., Tsoi, L.C., Gudjonsson, J.E., Drivas, T., Ritchie, M., Saeidian, A., Hákonarson, H., Dand, N., Barker, J., Simpson, M., Saklatvala, J., Kirby, B., Teder-Laving, M., Kingo, K., Kiryluk, K., Hripcsak, G.M., Weng, C., Ripke, S., van Straalen, K., and Petukhova, L.
Published: 2024
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4. A survey of functional dyspepsia in 361,360 individuals: Phenotypic and genetic cross-disease analyses

Author: Garcia-Etxebarria, K, Carbone, F, Teder-Laving, M, Pandit, A, Holvoet, L, Thijs, V, Lemmens, R, Bujanda, L, Franke, A, Zollner, S, Boehnke, M, Zawistowski, M, Esko, T, Jan, T, D'Amato, M, Garcia-Etxebarria, K, Carbone, F, Teder-Laving, M, Pandit, A, Holvoet, L, Thijs, V, Lemmens, R, Bujanda, L, Franke, A, Zollner, S, Boehnke, M, Zawistowski, M, Esko, T, Jan, T, and D'Amato, M
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a common gastrointestinal condition of poorly understood pathophysiology. While symptoms' overlap with other conditions may indicate common pathogenetic mechanisms, genetic predisposition is suspected but has not been adequately investigated. METHODS: Using healthcare, questionnaire, and genetic data from three large population-based biobanks (UK Biobank, EGCUT, and MGI), we surveyed FD comorbidities, heritability, and genetic correlations across a wide spectrum of conditions and traits in 10,078 cases and 351,282 non-FD controls of European ancestry. KEY RESULTS: In UK Biobank, 281 diagnoses were detected at increased prevalence in FD, based on healthcare records. Among these, gastrointestinal conditions (OR = 4.0, p < 1.0 × 10-300 ), anxiety disorders (OR = 2.3, p < 1.4 × 10-27 ), ischemic heart disease (OR = 2.2, p < 2.3 × 10-76 ), and infectious and parasitic diseases (OR = 2.1, p = 1.5 × 10-73 ) showed strongest association with FD. Similar results were obtained in an analysis of self-reported conditions and use of medications from questionnaire data. Based on a genome-wide association meta-analysis of genotypes across all cohorts, FD heritability was estimated close to 5% ( hSNP2 = 0.047, p = 0.014). Genetic correlations indicate FD predisposition is shared with several other diseases and traits (rg > 0.344), mostly overlapping with those also enriched in FD patients. Suggestive (p < 5.0 × 10-6 ) association with FD risk was detected for 13 loci, with 2 showing nominal replication (p < 0.05) in an independent cohort of 192 FD patients. CONCLUSIONS & INFERENCES: FD has a weak heritable component that shows commonalities with multiple conditions across a wide spectrum of pathophysiological domains. This new knowledge contributes to a better understanding of FD etiology and may have implications for improving its treatment.
Published: 2022

5. Rare SLC13A1 variants associate with intervertebral disc disorder highlighting role of sulfate in disc pathology

Author: Bjornsdottir, G. Stefansdottir, L. Thorleifsson, G. Sulem, P. Norland, K. Ferkingstad, E. Oddsson, A. Zink, F. Lund, S.H. Nawaz, M.S. Bragi Walters, G. Skuladottir, A.T. Gudjonsson, S.A. Einarsson, G. Halldorsson, G.H. Bjarnadottir, V. Sveinbjornsson, G. Helgadottir, A. Styrkarsdottir, U. Gudmundsson, L.J. Pedersen, O.B. Hansen, T.F. Werge, T. Banasik, K. Troelsen, A. Skou, S.T. Thørner, L.W. Erikstrup, C. Nielsen, K.R. Mikkelsen, S. Andersen, S. Brunak, S. Burgdorf, K. Hjalgrim, H. Jemec, G. Jennum, P. Johansson, P.I. Nielsen, K.R. Nyegaard, M. Bruun, M.T. Pedersen, O.B. Dinh, K.M. Sørensen, E. Ostrowski, S. Johansson, P.I. Gudbjartsson, D. Stefánsson, H. Þorsteinsdóttir, U. Larsen, M.A.H. Didriksen, M. Sækmose, S. Zeggini, E. Hatzikotoulas, K. Southam, L. Gilly, A. Barysenka, A. van Meurs, J.B.J. Boer, C.G. Uitterlinden, A.G. Styrkársdóttir, U. Stefánsdóttir, L. Jonsson, H. Ingvarsson, T. Esko, T. Mägi, R. Teder-Laving, M. Ikegawa, S. Terao, C. Takuwa, H. Meulenbelt, I. Coutinho de Almeida, R. Kloppenburg, M. Tuerlings, M. Slagboom, P.E. Nelissen, R.R.G.H.H. Valdes, A.M. Mangino, M. Tsezou, A. Zengini, E. Alexiadis, G. Babis, G.C. Cheah, K.S.E. Wu, T.T. Samartzis, D. Cheung, J.P.Y. Sham, P.C. Kraft, P. Kang, J.H. Hveem, K. Zwart, J.-A. Luetge, A. Skogholt, A.H. Johnsen, M.B. Thomas, L.F. Winsvold, B. Gabrielsen, M.E. Lee, M.T.M. Zhang, Y. Lietman, S.A. Shivakumar, M. Smith, G.D. Tobias, J.H. Hartley, A. Gaunt, T.R. Zheng, J. Wilkinson, J.M. Steinberg, J. Morris, A.P. Jonsdottir, I. Bjornsson, A. Olafsson, I.H. Ulfarsson, E. Blondal, J. Vikingsson, A. Brunak, S. Ostrowski, S.R. Ullum, H. Thorsteinsdottir, U. Stefansson, H. Gudbjartsson, D.F. Thorgeirsson, T.E. Stefansson, K. DBDS Genetic Consortium GO Consortium
Abstract: Back pain is a common and debilitating disorder with largely unknown underlying biology. Here we report a genome-wide association study of back pain using diagnoses assigned in clinical practice; dorsalgia (119,100 cases, 909,847 controls) and intervertebral disc disorder (IDD) (58,854 cases, 922,958 controls). We identify 41 variants at 33 loci. The most significant association (ORIDD = 0.92, P = 1.6 × 10−39; ORdorsalgia = 0.92, P = 7.2 × 10−15) is with a 3’UTR variant (rs1871452-T) in CHST3, encoding a sulfotransferase enzyme expressed in intervertebral discs. The largest effects on IDD are conferred by rare (MAF = 0.07 − 0.32%) loss-of-function (LoF) variants in SLC13A1, encoding a sodium-sulfate co-transporter (LoF burden OR = 1.44, P = 3.1 × 10−11); variants that also associate with reduced serum sulfate. Genes implicated by this study are involved in cartilage and bone biology, as well as neurological and inflammatory processes. © 2022, The Author(s).
Published: 2022

6. A KATP channel gene effect on sleep duration: from genome-wide association studies to function in Drosophila

Author: Allebrandt, K V, Amin, N, Müller-Myhsok, B, Esko, T, Teder-Laving, M, Azevedo, R V D M, Hayward, C, van Mill, J, Vogelzangs, N, Green, E W, Melville, S A, Lichtner, P, Wichmann, H-E, Oostra, B A, Janssens, A C J W, Campbell, H, Wilson, J F, Hicks, A A, Pramstaller, P P, Dogas, Z, Rudan, I, Merrow, M, Penninx, B, Kyriacou, C P, Metspalu, A, van Duijn, C M, Meitinger, T, and Roenneberg, T
Published: 2013
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7. Frequency of genetic risk and protective alleles for narcolepsy with cataplexy in Estonia: P945

Author: Teder-Laving, M., Rein, H., and Pindmaa, M.
Published: 2014

8. Genome-wide analysis of 53,400 people with irritable bowel syndrome highlights shared genetic pathways with mood and anxiety disorders.

Author: Eijsbouts, C, Zheng, T, Kennedy, NA, Bonfiglio, F, Anderson, CA, Moutsianas, L, Holliday, J, Shi, J, Shringarpure, S, 23andMe Research Team, Voda, A-I, Bellygenes Initiative, Farrugia, G, Franke, A, Hübenthal, M, Abecasis, G, Zawistowski, M, Skogholt, AH, Ness-Jensen, E, Hveem, K, Esko, T, Teder-Laving, M, Zhernakova, A, Camilleri, M, Boeckxstaens, G, Whorwell, PJ, Spiller, R, McVean, G, D'Amato, M, Jostins, L, Parkes, M, Eijsbouts, C, Zheng, T, Kennedy, NA, Bonfiglio, F, Anderson, CA, Moutsianas, L, Holliday, J, Shi, J, Shringarpure, S, 23andMe Research Team, Voda, A-I, Bellygenes Initiative, Farrugia, G, Franke, A, Hübenthal, M, Abecasis, G, Zawistowski, M, Skogholt, AH, Ness-Jensen, E, Hveem, K, Esko, T, Teder-Laving, M, Zhernakova, A, Camilleri, M, Boeckxstaens, G, Whorwell, PJ, Spiller, R, McVean, G, D'Amato, M, Jostins, L, and Parkes, M
Abstract: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) results from disordered brain-gut interactions. Identifying susceptibility genes could highlight the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms. We designed a digestive health questionnaire for UK Biobank and combined identified cases with IBS with independent cohorts. We conducted a genome-wide association study with 53,400 cases and 433,201 controls and replicated significant associations in a 23andMe panel (205,252 cases and 1,384,055 controls). Our study identified and confirmed six genetic susceptibility loci for IBS. Implicated genes included NCAM1, CADM2, PHF2/FAM120A, DOCK9, CKAP2/TPTE2P3 and BAG6. The first four are associated with mood and anxiety disorders, expressed in the nervous system, or both. Mirroring this, we also found strong genome-wide correlation between the risk of IBS and anxiety, neuroticism and depression (rg > 0.5). Additional analyses suggested this arises due to shared pathogenic pathways rather than, for example, anxiety causing abdominal symptoms. Implicated mechanisms require further exploration to help understand the altered brain-gut interactions underlying IBS.
Published: 2021

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

Author: Winkler, T, Day, F, Croteau Chonka, D, Wood, A, Locke, A, Mägi, R, Ferreira, T, Fall, T, Graff, M, Justice, A, Luan, J, Gustafsson, S, Randall, J, Vedantam, S, Workalemahu, T, Kilpeläinen, T, Scherag, A, Esko, T, Kutalik, Z, Heid, I, Loos, R, Abecasis GR, Absher D, Alavere H, Albrecht E, Allen HL, Almgren P, Amin N, Amouyel P, Anderson D, Arnold AM, Arveiler D, Aspelund T, Asselbergs FW, Assimes TL, Atalay M, Attwood AP, Atwood LD, Bakker SJ, Balkau B, Balmforth AJ, Barlassina C, Barroso I, Basart H, Bauer S, Beckmann JS, Beilby JP, Bennett AJ, Ben Shlomo Y, Bergman RN, Bergmann S, Berndt SI, Biffar R, Di Blasio AM, Boehm BO, Boehnke M, Boeing H, Boerwinkle E, Bolton JL, Bonnefond A, Bonnycastle LL, Boomsma DI, Borecki IB, Bornstein SR, Bouatia Naji N, Boucher G, Bragg Gresham JL, BRAMBILLA, PAOLO, Bruinenberg M, Buchanan TA, Buechler C, Cadby G, Campbell H, Caulfield MJ, Cavalcanti Proença C, CESANA, GIANCARLO, Chanock SJ, Chasman DI, Chen YD, Chines PS, Clegg DJ, Coin L, Collins FS, Connell JM, Cookson W, Cooper MN, Croteau Chonka DC, Cupples LA, Cusi D, Day FR, Day IN, Dedoussis GV, Dei M, Deloukas P, Dermitzakis ET, Dimas AS, Dimitriou M, Dixon AL, Dörr M, van Duijn CM, Ebrahim S, Edkins S, Eiriksdottir G, Eisinger K, Eklund N, Elliott P, Erbel R, Erdmann J, Erdos MR, Eriksson JG, Esko T, Estrada K, Evans DM, de Faire U, Fall T, Farrall M, Feitosa MF, Ferrario MM, Ferreira T, Ferrières J, Fischer K, Fisher E, Fowkes G, Fox CS, Franke L, Franks PW, Fraser RM, Frau F, Frayling T, Freimer NB, Froguel P, Fu M, Gaget S, Ganna A, Gejman PV, Gentilini D, Geus EJ, Gieger C, Gigante B, Gjesing AP, Glazer NL, Goddard ME, Goel A, Grallert H, Gräßler J, Grönberg H, Groop LC, Groves CJ, Gudnason V, Guiducci C, Gustafsson S, Gyllensten U, Hall AS, Hall P, Hallmans G, Hamsten A, Hansen T, Haritunians T, Harris TB, van der Harst P, Hartikainen AL, Hassanali N, Hattersley AT, Havulinna AS, Hayward C, Heard Costa NL, Heath AC, Hebebrand J, Heid IM, den Heijer M, 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Subjects: Quality Control, Netherlands Twin Register (NTR), BIO/12 - BIOCHIMICA CLINICA E BIOLOGIA MOLECOLARE CLINICA, media_common.quotation_subject, quality control, GWAMAS, Control (management), Medizin, Genome-wide association study, Biology, Bioinformatics, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Software, SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals, Meta-Analysis as Topic, Comparable size, Quality (business), 030304 developmental biology, media_common, Protocol (science), 0303 health sciences, business.industry, Software package, Data science, Urological cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 15], Genome-Wide Association Study/methods, Inflammatory diseases Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 5], quality control, genome-wide association meta-analyses, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Item does not contain fulltext Rigorous organization and quality control (QC) are necessary to facilitate successful genome-wide association meta-analyses (GWAMAs) of statistics aggregated across multiple genome-wide association studies. This protocol provides guidelines for (i) organizational aspects of GWAMAs, and for (ii) QC at the study file level, the meta-level across studies and the meta-analysis output level. Real-world examples highlight issues experienced and solutions developed by the GIANT Consortium that has conducted meta-analyses including data from 125 studies comprising more than 330,000 individuals. We provide a general protocol for conducting GWAMAs and carrying out QC to minimize errors and to guarantee maximum use of the data. We also include details for the use of a powerful and flexible software package called EasyQC. Precise timings will be greatly influenced by consortium size. For consortia of comparable size to the GIANT Consortium, this protocol takes a minimum of about 10 months to complete.
Published: 2014
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10. Genome-wide association and Mendelian randomisation analysis provide insights into the pathogenesis of heart failure

Author: Shah, S. (Sonia), Henry, A. (Albert), Roselli, C. (Carolina), Lin, H. (Honghuang), Sveinbjörnsson, G. (Garðar), Fatemifar, G. (Ghazaleh), Hedman, A.K. (Asa), Wilk, J.B. (Jemma), Morley, M.P. (Michael P.), Chaffin, M.D. (Mark D.), Helgadottir, H.T. (Hafdis), Verweij, N. (Niek), Dehghan, A. (Abbas), Almgren, P. (Peter), Andersson, C. (Charlotte), Aragam, K.G. (Krishna G.), Ärnlöv, J. (Johan), Backman, J.D. (Joshua D.), Biggs, M.L. (Mary L.), Bloom, H.L. (Heather L.), Brandimarto, J. (Jeffrey), Brown, M.R. (Michael R.), Buckbinder, L. (Leonard), Carey, D.J. (David J.), Chasman, D.I. (Daniel I.), Chen, X. (Xing), Chen, X. (Xu), Chung, J. (Jonathan), Chutkow, W. (William), Cook, J.P. (James P.), Delgado, G., Denaxas, S. (Spiros), Doney, A.S.F. (Alex), Dörr, M. (Marcus), Dudley, S.C. (Samuel C.), Dunn, M.E. (Michael E.), Engström, G., Esko, T. (Tõnu), Felix, S.B. (Stephan B.), Finan, C. (Chris), Ford, I. (Ian), Ghanbari, M. (Mohsen), Ghasemi, S. (Sahar), Giedraitis, V. (Vilmantas), Giulianini, F. (Franco), Gottdiener, J.S. (John), Gross, S. (Stefan), Guðbjartsson, D.F. (Daníel F.), Gutmann, R. (Rebecca), Haggerty, C.M. (Christopher M.), Harst, P. (Pim) van der, Hyde, C.L. (Craig L.), Ingelsson, E. (Erik), Jukema, J.W. (Jan Wouter), Kavousi, M. (Maryam), Khaw, K.-T. (Kay-Tee), Kleber, M.E. (Marcus), Køber, L. (Lars), Koekemoer, A. (Andrea), Langenberg, C. (Claudia), Kao, W.H.L. (Wen), Lindgren, C.M. (Cecilia M.), London, B. (Barry), Lotta, L.A. (Luca A.), Lovering, R.C. (Ruth C.), Luan, J., Magnusson, P.K. (Patrik), Mahajan, A. (Anubha), Margulies, K.B. (Kenneth B.), Ye, S. (Shu), Melander, O. (Olle), Mordi, I.R. (Ify R.), Morgan, T. (Thomas), Morris, A.D. (Andrew D.), Morris, A.P. (Andrew), Morrison, A.C. (Alanna C.), Nagle, M.W. (Michael W.), Nelson, C.P. (Christopher P.), Niessner, A. (Alexander), Niiranen, T. (Teemu), O’Donoghue, M.L. (Michelle L.), Owens, A.T. (Anjali T.), Palmer, C.N.A. (Colin N. A.), Parry, H.M. (Helen M.), Perola, M. (Markus), Portilla-Fernandez, E. (Eliana), Psaty, B.M. (Bruce M.), Abecasis, G. (Goncalo), Backman, J. (Joshua), Bai, X. (Xiaodong), Balasubramanian, S. (Suganthi), Banerjee, N. (Nilanjana), Baras, A. (Aris), Barnard, L. (Leland), Beechert, C. (Christina), Blumenfeld, A. (Andrew), Cantor, M. (Michael), Chai, Y. (Yating), Coppola, G. (Giovanni), Damask, A. (Amy), Dewey, F. (Frederick), Economides, A. (Aris), Eom, G. (Gisu), Forsythe, C. (Caitlin), Fuller, E.D. (Erin D.), Gu, Z. (Zhenhua), Gurski, L. (Lauren), Guzzardo, P.M. (Paloma M.), Habegger, L. (Lukas), Hahn, Y. (Young), Hawes, A. (Alicia), van Hout, C. (Cristopher), Jones, M.B. (Marcus B.), Khalid, S. (Shareef), Lattari, M. (Michael), Li, A. (Alexander), Lin, N. (Nan), Liu, D. (Daren), Lopez, A. (Alexander), Manoochehri, K. (Kia), Marchini, J. (Jonathan), Marcketta, A. (Anthony), Maxwell, E.K. (Evan K.), McCarthy, S. (Shane), Mitnaul, L.J. (Lyndon), O’Dushlaine, C. (Colm), Overton, J.D. (John D.), Padilla, M.S. (Maria Sotiropoulos), Paulding, C. (Charles), Penn, J. (John), Pradhan, M. (Manasi), Reid, J.G. (Jeffrey G.), Schleicher, T.D. (Thomas D.), Schurmann, C. (Claudia), Shuldiner, A. (Alan), Staples, J.C. (Jeffrey C.), Sun, D. (Dylan), Toledo, K. (Karina), Ulloa, R.H. (Ricardo H.), Widom, L. (Louis), Wolf, S.E. (Sarah E.), Yadav, A. (Ashish), Ye, B. (Bin), Rice, K.M. (Kenneth), Ridker, P.M. (Paul M.), Romaine, S.P.R. (Simon P. R.), Rotter, J.I. (Jerome I.), Salo, P. (Perttu), Salomaa, V. (Veikko), Setten, J. (Jessica) van, Shalaby, A.A. (Alaa A.), Smelser, D.T. (Diane T.), Smith, N.L. (Nicholas L.), Stender, S. (Steen), Stott, D.J. (David. J.), Svensson, P. (Per), Tammesoo, M.L., Taylor, K.D. (Kent D.), Teder-Laving, M. (Maris), Teumer, A. (Alexander), Thorgeirsson, G. (Guðmundur), Thorsteinsdottir, U. (Unnur), Torp-Pedersen, C. (Christian Tobias), Trompet, S. (Stella), Tyl, B. (Benoit), Uitterlinden, A.G. (Andre G.), Veluchamy, A. (Abirami), Völker, U. (Uwe), Voors, A.A. (Adriaan A.), Wang, X. (Xiaosong), Wareham, N.J. (Nick), Waterworth, D. (Dawn), Weeke, P.E. (Peter E.), Weiss, R. (Ram), Wiggins, K.L. (Kerri L.), Xing, H. (Heming), Yerges-Armstrong, L.M. (Laura), Yu, B. (Bing), Zannad, F. (Faiez), Zhao, J.H. (Jing Hua), Hemingway, H., Samani, N.J. (Nilesh J.), McMurray, J.J.V. (John J. V.), Yang, J. (Jian), Visscher, P.M. (Peter M.), Newton-Cheh, C. (Christopher), Mälarstig, A. (Anders), Holm, H. (Hilma), Lubitz, S.A. (Steven), Sattar, N. (Naveed), Holmes, M.V. (Michael), Cappola, T.P. (Thomas P.), Asselbergs, F.W. (Folkert), Hingorani, A. (Aroon), Kuchenbaecker, K.B. (Karoline), Ellinor, P.T. (Patrick), Lang, C.C. (Chim C.), Stefansson, K. (Kari), Smith, J.G. (J Gustav), Vasan, R.S. (Ramachandran Srini), Swerdlow, D.I. (Daniel), Lumbers, R.T. (R. Thomas), Shah, S. (Sonia), Henry, A. (Albert), Roselli, C. (Carolina), Lin, H. (Honghuang), Sveinbjörnsson, G. (Garðar), Fatemifar, G. (Ghazaleh), Hedman, A.K. (Asa), Wilk, J.B. (Jemma), Morley, M.P. (Michael P.), Chaffin, M.D. (Mark D.), Helgadottir, H.T. (Hafdis), Verweij, N. (Niek), Dehghan, A. (Abbas), Almgren, P. (Peter), Andersson, C. (Charlotte), Aragam, K.G. (Krishna G.), Ärnlöv, J. (Johan), Backman, J.D. (Joshua D.), Biggs, M.L. (Mary L.), Bloom, H.L. (Heather L.), Brandimarto, J. (Jeffrey), Brown, M.R. (Michael R.), Buckbinder, L. (Leonard), Carey, D.J. (David J.), Chasman, D.I. (Daniel I.), Chen, X. (Xing), Chen, X. (Xu), Chung, J. (Jonathan), Chutkow, W. (William), Cook, J.P. (James P.), Delgado, G., Denaxas, S. (Spiros), Doney, A.S.F. (Alex), Dörr, M. (Marcus), Dudley, S.C. (Samuel C.), Dunn, M.E. (Michael E.), Engström, G., Esko, T. (Tõnu), Felix, S.B. (Stephan B.), Finan, C. (Chris), Ford, I. (Ian), Ghanbari, M. (Mohsen), Ghasemi, S. (Sahar), Giedraitis, V. (Vilmantas), Giulianini, F. (Franco), Gottdiener, J.S. (John), Gross, S. (Stefan), Guðbjartsson, D.F. (Daníel F.), Gutmann, R. (Rebecca), Haggerty, C.M. (Christopher M.), Harst, P. (Pim) van der, Hyde, C.L. (Craig L.), Ingelsson, E. (Erik), Jukema, J.W. (Jan Wouter), Kavousi, M. (Maryam), Khaw, K.-T. (Kay-Tee), Kleber, M.E. (Marcus), Køber, L. (Lars), Koekemoer, A. (Andrea), Langenberg, C. (Claudia), Kao, W.H.L. (Wen), Lindgren, C.M. (Cecilia M.), London, B. (Barry), Lotta, L.A. (Luca A.), Lovering, R.C. (Ruth C.), Luan, J., Magnusson, P.K. (Patrik), Mahajan, A. (Anubha), Margulies, K.B. (Kenneth B.), Ye, S. (Shu), Melander, O. (Olle), Mordi, I.R. (Ify R.), Morgan, T. (Thomas), Morris, A.D. (Andrew D.), Morris, A.P. (Andrew), Morrison, A.C. (Alanna C.), Nagle, M.W. (Michael W.), Nelson, C.P. (Christopher P.), Niessner, A. (Alexander), Niiranen, T. (Teemu), O’Donoghue, M.L. (Michelle L.), Owens, A.T. (Anjali T.), Palmer, C.N.A. (Colin N. A.), Parry, H.M. (Helen M.), Perola, M. (Markus), Portilla-Fernandez, E. (Eliana), Psaty, B.M. (Bruce M.), Abecasis, G. (Goncalo), Backman, J. (Joshua), Bai, X. (Xiaodong), Balasubramanian, S. (Suganthi), Banerjee, N. (Nilanjana), Baras, A. (Aris), Barnard, L. (Leland), Beechert, C. (Christina), Blumenfeld, A. (Andrew), Cantor, M. (Michael), Chai, Y. (Yating), Coppola, G. (Giovanni), Damask, A. (Amy), Dewey, F. (Frederick), Economides, A. (Aris), Eom, G. (Gisu), Forsythe, C. (Caitlin), Fuller, E.D. (Erin D.), Gu, Z. (Zhenhua), Gurski, L. (Lauren), Guzzardo, P.M. (Paloma M.), Habegger, L. (Lukas), Hahn, Y. (Young), Hawes, A. (Alicia), van Hout, C. (Cristopher), Jones, M.B. (Marcus B.), Khalid, S. (Shareef), Lattari, M. (Michael), Li, A. (Alexander), Lin, N. (Nan), Liu, D. (Daren), Lopez, A. (Alexander), Manoochehri, K. (Kia), Marchini, J. (Jonathan), Marcketta, A. (Anthony), Maxwell, E.K. (Evan K.), McCarthy, S. (Shane), Mitnaul, L.J. (Lyndon), O’Dushlaine, C. (Colm), Overton, J.D. (John D.), Padilla, M.S. (Maria Sotiropoulos), Paulding, C. (Charles), Penn, J. (John), Pradhan, M. (Manasi), Reid, J.G. (Jeffrey G.), Schleicher, T.D. (Thomas D.), Schurmann, C. (Claudia), Shuldiner, A. (Alan), Staples, J.C. (Jeffrey C.), Sun, D. (Dylan), Toledo, K. (Karina), Ulloa, R.H. (Ricardo H.), Widom, L. (Louis), Wolf, S.E. (Sarah E.), Yadav, A. (Ashish), Ye, B. (Bin), Rice, K.M. (Kenneth), Ridker, P.M. (Paul M.), Romaine, S.P.R. (Simon P. R.), Rotter, J.I. (Jerome I.), Salo, P. (Perttu), Salomaa, V. (Veikko), Setten, J. (Jessica) van, Shalaby, A.A. (Alaa A.), Smelser, D.T. (Diane T.), Smith, N.L. (Nicholas L.), Stender, S. (Steen), Stott, D.J. (David. J.), Svensson, P. (Per), Tammesoo, M.L., Taylor, K.D. (Kent D.), Teder-Laving, M. (Maris), Teumer, A. (Alexander), Thorgeirsson, G. (Guðmundur), Thorsteinsdottir, U. (Unnur), Torp-Pedersen, C. (Christian Tobias), Trompet, S. (Stella), Tyl, B. (Benoit), Uitterlinden, A.G. (Andre G.), Veluchamy, A. (Abirami), Völker, U. (Uwe), Voors, A.A. (Adriaan A.), Wang, X. (Xiaosong), Wareham, N.J. (Nick), Waterworth, D. (Dawn), Weeke, P.E. (Peter E.), Weiss, R. (Ram), Wiggins, K.L. (Kerri L.), Xing, H. (Heming), Yerges-Armstrong, L.M. (Laura), Yu, B. (Bing), Zannad, F. (Faiez), Zhao, J.H. (Jing Hua), Hemingway, H., Samani, N.J. (Nilesh J.), McMurray, J.J.V. (John J. V.), Yang, J. (Jian), Visscher, P.M. (Peter M.), Newton-Cheh, C. (Christopher), Mälarstig, A. (Anders), Holm, H. (Hilma), Lubitz, S.A. (Steven), Sattar, N. (Naveed), Holmes, M.V. (Michael), Cappola, T.P. (Thomas P.), Asselbergs, F.W. (Folkert), Hingorani, A. (Aroon), Kuchenbaecker, K.B. (Karoline), Ellinor, P.T. (Patrick), Lang, C.C. (Chim C.), Stefansson, K. (Kari), Smith, J.G. (J Gustav), Vasan, R.S. (Ramachandran Srini), Swerdlow, D.I. (Daniel), and Lumbers, R.T. (R. Thomas)
Abstract: Heart failure (HF) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. A small proportion of HF cases are attributable to monogenic cardiomyopathies and existing genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have yielded only limited insights, leaving the observed heritability of HF largely unexplained. We report results from a GWAS meta-analysis of HF comprising 47,309 cases and 930,014 controls. Twelve independent variants at 11 genomic loci are associated with HF, all of which demonstrate one or more associations with coronary artery disease (CAD), atrial fibrillation, or reduced left ventricular function, suggesting shared genetic aetiology. Functional analysis of non-CAD-associated loci implicate genes involved in cardiac development (MYOZ1, SYNPO2L), protein homoeostasis (BAG3), and cellular senescence (CDKN1A). Mendelian randomisation analysis supports causal roles for several HF risk factors, and demonstrates CAD-independent effects for atrial fibrillation, body mass index, and hypertension. These findings extend our knowledge of the pathways underlying HF and may inform new therapeutic strategies.
Published: 2020
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11. Identification of novel risk loci for restless legs syndrome in genome-wide association studies in individuals of European ancestry: a meta-analysis

Author: Schormair, B., Zhao, C., Bell, S., Tilch, E., Salminen, A., Pütz, B., Dauvilliers, Y., Stefani, A., Hoegl, B., Poewe, W., Kemlink, D., Sonka, K., Bachmann, C., Paulus, W., Trenkwalder, C., Oertel, W., Hornyak, M., Teder-Laving, M., Metspalu, A., Hadjigeorgiou, G., Polo, O., Fietze, I., Ross, O., Wszolek, Z., Butterworth, A., Soranzo, N., Ouwehand, W., Roberts, D., Danesh, J., Allen, R., Earley, C., Ondo, W., Xiong, L., Montplaisir, J., Gan-Or, Z., Perola, M., Vodicka, P., Dina, C., Franke, A., Tittmann, L., Stewart, A., Shah, S., Gieger, C., Peters, A., Rouleau, G., Berger, K., Oexle, K., Di Angelantonio, E., Hinds, D., Müller-Myhsok, B., and Winkelmann, J.
Abstract: Background Restless legs syndrome is a prevalent chronic neurological disorder with potentially severe mental and physical health consequences. Clearer understanding of the underlying pathophysiology is needed to improve treatment options. We did a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWASs) to identify potential molecular targets. Methods In the discovery stage, we combined three GWAS datasets (EU-RLS GENE, INTERVAL, and 23andMe) with diagnosis data collected from 2003 to 2017, in face-to-face interviews or via questionnaires, and involving 15126 cases and 95 725 controls of European ancestry. We identified common variants by fixed-effect inverse-variance meta-analysis. Significant genome-wide signals (p
Published: 2017

12. Identification of novel risk loci for restless legs syndrome: A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in individuals of European ancestry: A meta-analysis

Author: Schormair, B., Zhao, C., Bell, S., Tilch, E., Salminen, A.V., Pütz, B., Dauvilliers, Y., Stefani, A., Högl, B., Poewe, W., Kemlink, D., Sonka, K., Bachmann, C.G., Paulus, W., Trenkwalder, C., Oertel, W.H., Hornyak, M., Teder-Laving, M., Metspalu, A., Hadjigeorgiou, G.M., Polo, O., Fietze, I., Ross, O.A., Wszolek, Z., Butterworth, A.S., Soranzo, N., Ouwehand, W.H., Roberts, D.J., Danesh, J., Allen, R.P., Earley, C.J., Ondo, W.G., Xiong, L., Montplaisir, J., Gan-Or, Z., Perola, M., Vodicka, P., Dina, C., Franke, A., Tittmann, L., Stewart, A.F.R., Shah, S.H., Gieger, C., Peters, A., Rouleau, G.A., Berger, K., Oexle, K., di Angelantonio, E., Hinds, D.A., Müller-Myhsok, B., and Winkelmann, J.
Abstract: Background Restless legs syndrome is a prevalent chronic neurological disorder with potentially severe mental and physical health consequences. Clearer understanding of the underlying pathophysiology is needed to improve treatment options. We did a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWASs) to identify potential molecular targets. Methods In the discovery stage, we combined three GWAS datasets (EU-RLS GENE, INTERVAL, and 23andMe) with diagnosis data collected from 2003 to 2017, in face-to-face interviews or via questionnaires, and involving 15 126 cases and 95 725 controls of European ancestry. We identified common variants by fixed-effect inverse-variance meta-analysis. Significant genome-wide signals (p≤5 × 10−8) were tested for replication in an independent GWAS of 30 770 cases and 286 913 controls, followed by a joint analysis of the discovery and replication stages. We did gene annotation, pathway, and gene-set-enrichment analyses and studied the genetic correlations between restless legs syndrome and traits of interest. Findings We identified and replicated 13 new risk loci for restless legs syndrome and confirmed the previously identified six risk loci. MEIS1 was confirmed as the strongest genetic risk factor for restless legs syndrome (odds ratio 1·92, 95% CI 1·85–1·99). Gene prioritisation, enrichment, and genetic correlation analyses showed that identified pathways were related to neurodevelopment and highlighted genes linked to axon guidance (associated with SEMA6D), synapse formation (NTNG1), and neuronal specification (HOXB cluster family and MYT1). Interpretation Identification of new candidate genes and associated pathways will inform future functional research. Advances in understanding of the molecular mechanisms that underlie restless legs syndrome could lead to new treatment options. We focused on common variants; thus, additional studies are needed to dissect the roles of rare and structural variations. &nbsp
Published: 2017

13. Genetic variants in RBFOX3 are associated with sleep latency

Author: Amin, N., Allebrandt, K.V., Spek, A. van der, Muller-Myhsok, B., Hek, K., Teder-Laving, M., Hayward, C., Esko, T., Mill, J.G. van, Mbarek, H., Watson, N.F., Melville, S.A., Del Greco, F.M., Byrne, E.M., Oole, E., Kolcic, I., Chen, T., Evans, D.S., Coresh, J., Vogelzangs, N., Karjalainen, J., Willemsen, G., Gharib, S.A., Zgaga, L., Mihailov, E., Stone, K.L., Campbell, H., Brouwer, R.W.W., Demirkan, A., Isaacs, A., Dogas, Z., Marciante, K.D., Campbell, S., Borovecki, F., Luik, A.I., Li, M., Hottenga, J.J., Huffman, J.E., Hout, M.C.G.N. van den, Cummings, S.R., Aulchenko, Y.S., Gehrman, P.R., Uitterlinden, A.G., Wichmann, H.E., Muller-Nurasyid, M., Fehrmann, R.S.N., Montgomery, G.W., Hofman, A., Kao, W.H.L., Oostra, B.A., Wright, A.F., Vink, J.M., Wilson, J.F., Pramstaller, P.P., Hicks, A.A., Polasek, O., Punjabi, N.M., Redline, S., Psaty, B.M., Heath, A.C., Merrow, M., Tranah, G.J., Gottlieb, D.J., Boomsma, D.I., Martin, N.G., Rudan, I., Tiemeier, H., IJcken, W.F.J. van, Penninx, B.W.J.H., Metspalu, A., Meitinger, T., Franke, L., Roenneberg, T., Duijn, C.M. van, Amin, N., Allebrandt, K.V., Spek, A. van der, Muller-Myhsok, B., Hek, K., Teder-Laving, M., Hayward, C., Esko, T., Mill, J.G. van, Mbarek, H., Watson, N.F., Melville, S.A., Del Greco, F.M., Byrne, E.M., Oole, E., Kolcic, I., Chen, T., Evans, D.S., Coresh, J., Vogelzangs, N., Karjalainen, J., Willemsen, G., Gharib, S.A., Zgaga, L., Mihailov, E., Stone, K.L., Campbell, H., Brouwer, R.W.W., Demirkan, A., Isaacs, A., Dogas, Z., Marciante, K.D., Campbell, S., Borovecki, F., Luik, A.I., Li, M., Hottenga, J.J., Huffman, J.E., Hout, M.C.G.N. van den, Cummings, S.R., Aulchenko, Y.S., Gehrman, P.R., Uitterlinden, A.G., Wichmann, H.E., Muller-Nurasyid, M., Fehrmann, R.S.N., Montgomery, G.W., Hofman, A., Kao, W.H.L., Oostra, B.A., Wright, A.F., Vink, J.M., Wilson, J.F., Pramstaller, P.P., Hicks, A.A., Polasek, O., Punjabi, N.M., Redline, S., Psaty, B.M., Heath, A.C., Merrow, M., Tranah, G.J., Gottlieb, D.J., Boomsma, D.I., Martin, N.G., Rudan, I., Tiemeier, H., IJcken, W.F.J. van, Penninx, B.W.J.H., Metspalu, A., Meitinger, T., Franke, L., Roenneberg, T., and Duijn, C.M. van
Abstract: Item does not contain fulltext, Time to fall asleep (sleep latency) is a major determinant of sleep quality. Chronic, long sleep latency is a major characteristic of sleep-onset insomnia and/or delayed sleep phase syndrome. In this study we aimed to discover common polymorphisms that contribute to the genetics of sleep latency. We performed a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) including 2 572 737 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) established in seven European cohorts including 4242 individuals. We found a cluster of three highly correlated variants (rs9900428, rs9907432 and rs7211029) in the RNA-binding protein fox-1 homolog 3 gene (RBFOX3) associated with sleep latency (P-values=5.77 x 10-08, 6.59 x 10-08 and 9.17 x 10-08). These SNPs were replicated in up to 12 independent populations including 30 377 individuals (P-values=1.5 x 10-02, 7.0 x 10-03 and 2.5 x 10-03; combined meta-analysis P-values=5.5 x 10-07, 5.4 × 10-07 and 1.0 x 10-07). A functional prediction of RBFOX3 based on co-expression with other genes shows that this gene is predominantly expressed in brain (P-value=1.4 x 10-316) and the central nervous system (P-value=7.5 x 10-321). The predicted function of RBFOX3 based on co-expression analysis with other genes shows that this gene is significantly involved in the release cycle of neurotransmitters including gamma-aminobutyric acid and various monoamines (P-values<2.9 x 10-11) that are crucial in triggering the onset of sleep. To conclude, in this first large-scale GWAS of sleep latency we report a novel association of variants in RBFOX3 gene. Further, a functional prediction of RBFOX3 supports the involvement of RBFOX3 with sleep latency.
Published: 2016

14. Genome-Wide Association Analyses in 128,266 Individuals Identifies New Morningness and Sleep Duration Loci

Author: Jones, S.E. (Samuel E.), Tyrrell, A.W.R., Wood, A.R. (Andrew), Beaumont, R.N. (Robin N.), Ruth, K.S. (Katherine S.), Tuke, M.A. (Marcus A.), Yaghootkar, H. (Hanieh), Hu, Y. (Youna), Teder-Laving, M. (Maris), Hayward, C. (Caroline), Roenneberg, T., Wilson, J.F. (James F.), Del Greco, F.M. (Fabiola), Hicks, A.A. (Andrew), Shin, C. (Chol), Yun, C.-H. (Chang-Ho), Lee, S.K. (Seung Ku), Metspalu, A. (Andres), Byrne, E.M. (Enda), Gehrman, P.R. (Philip), Tiemeier, H.W. (Henning), Allebrandt, K.V., Freathy, R.M. (Rachel), Murray, A. (Anna), Hinds, D.A. (David A.), Frayling, T.M. (Timothy), Weedon, M.N. (Michael), Jones, S.E. (Samuel E.), Tyrrell, A.W.R., Wood, A.R. (Andrew), Beaumont, R.N. (Robin N.), Ruth, K.S. (Katherine S.), Tuke, M.A. (Marcus A.), Yaghootkar, H. (Hanieh), Hu, Y. (Youna), Teder-Laving, M. (Maris), Hayward, C. (Caroline), Roenneberg, T., Wilson, J.F. (James F.), Del Greco, F.M. (Fabiola), Hicks, A.A. (Andrew), Shin, C. (Chol), Yun, C.-H. (Chang-Ho), Lee, S.K. (Seung Ku), Metspalu, A. (Andres), Byrne, E.M. (Enda), Gehrman, P.R. (Philip), Tiemeier, H.W. (Henning), Allebrandt, K.V., Freathy, R.M. (Rachel), Murray, A. (Anna), Hinds, D.A. (David A.), Frayling, T.M. (Timothy), and Weedon, M.N. (Michael)
Abstract: Disrupted circadian rhythms and reduced sleep duration are associated with several human diseases, particularly obesity and type 2 diabetes, but until recently, little was known about the genetic factors influencing these heritable traits. We performed genome-wide association studies of self-reported chronotype (morning/evening person) and self-reported sleep duration in 128,266 white British individuals from the UK Biobank study. Sixteen variants were associated with chronotype (P<5x10-8), including variants near the known circadian rhythm genes RGS16 (1.21 odds of morningness, 95% CI [1.15, 1.27], P = 3x10-12) and PER2 (1.09 odds of morningness, 95% CI [1.06, 1.12], P = 4x10-10). The PER2 signal has previously been associated with iris function. We sought replication using self-reported data from 89,283 23andMe participants; thirteen of the chronotype signals remained associated at P<5x10-8 on meta-analysis and eleven of these reached P<0.05 in the same direction in the 23andMe study. We also replicated 9 additional variants identified when the 23andMe study was used as a discovery GWAS of chronotype (all P<0.05 and meta-analysis P<5x10-8). For sleep duration, we replicated one known signal in PAX8 (2.6 minutes per allele, 95% CI [1.9, 3.2], P = 5.7x10-16) and identified and replicated two novel associations at VRK2 (2.0 minutes per allele, 95% CI [1.3, 2.7], P = 1.2x10-9; and 1.6 minutes per allele, 95% CI [1.1, 2.2], P = 7.6x10-9). Although we found genetic correlation between chronotype and BMI (rG = 0.056, P = 0.05); undersleeping and BMI (rG = 0.147, P = 1x10-5) and oversleeping and BMI (rG = 0.097, P = 0.04), Mendelian Randomisation analyses, with limited power, provided no consistent evidence of causal associations between BMI or type 2 diabetes and chronotype or sleep duration. Our study brings the total number of loci associated with chronotype to 22 and with sleep duration to three, and provides new insights into the biology of sleep and circadian rhythm
Published: 2016
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15. Genetic variants in RBFOX3 are associated with sleep latency

Author: Amin, N. (Najaf), Allebrandt, K.V., Spek, A. (Ashley) van der, Müller-Myhsok, B. (B.), Hek, K. (Karin), Teder-Laving, M. (Maris), Hayward, C. (Caroline), Esko, T. (Tõnu), Mill, J. van, Mbarek, H., Watson, N.F. (Nathaniel F), Melville, S.A. (Scott), Del Greco, F.M. (Fabiola), Byrne, E.M. (Enda), Oole, E. (Edwin), Kolcic, I. (Ivana), Chen, T.H., Evans, D.S. (Daniel), Coresh, J. (Josef), Vogelzangs, N. (Nicole), Karjalainen, J. (Juha), Willemsen, G.A.H.M. (Gonneke), Gharib, S.A. (Sina), Zgaga, L. (Lina), Mihailov, E. (Evelin), Stone, K.L. (Katie L), Campbell, H. (Harry), Brouwer, R.W.W. (Rutger), Demirkan, A. (Ayşe), Isaacs, A.J. (Aaron), Dogas, Z., Marciante, K. (Kristin), Campbell, S. (Susan), Borovecki, F. (Fran), Luik, A.I. (Annemarie), Li, M. (Man), Hottenga, J.J. (Jouke Jan), Huffman, J.E. (Jennifer), van den hout, M.C.G.N. (Mirjam), Cummings, S.R. (Steven R.), Aulchenko, Y.S. (Yurii), Gehrman, P.R. (Philip), Uitterlinden, A.G. (André), Wichmann, H.E. (Heinz Erich), Müller-Nurasyid, M. (Martina), Fehrmann, R.S.N. (Rudolf), Montgomery, G.W. (Grant), Hofman, A. (Albert), Kao, W.H.L. (Wen Hong Linda), Oostra, B.A. (Ben), Wright, A. (Alan), Vink, J.M. (Jacqueline), Wilson, J.F. (James F), Pramstaller, P.P. (Peter Paul), Hicks, A.A. (Andrew), Polasek, O. (Ozren), Punjabi, N.M. (Naresh), Redline, S. (Susan), Psaty, B.M. (Bruce), Heath, A.C. (Andrew C.), Merrow, M., Tranah, G.J. (Gregory), Gottlieb, D.J. (Daniel J), Boomsma, D.I. (Dorret), Martin, N.G. (Nicholas), Rudan, I. (Igor), Tiemeier, H.W. (Henning), IJcken, W.F.J. (Wilfred) van, Penninx, B.W.J.H., Metspalu, A. (Andres), Meitinger, T. (Thomas), Franke, L. (Lude), Roenneberg, T., Duijn, C.M. (Cornelia) van, Amin, N. (Najaf), Allebrandt, K.V., Spek, A. (Ashley) van der, Müller-Myhsok, B. (B.), Hek, K. (Karin), Teder-Laving, M. (Maris), Hayward, C. (Caroline), Esko, T. (Tõnu), Mill, J. van, Mbarek, H., Watson, N.F. (Nathaniel F), Melville, S.A. (Scott), Del Greco, F.M. (Fabiola), Byrne, E.M. (Enda), Oole, E. (Edwin), Kolcic, I. (Ivana), Chen, T.H., Evans, D.S. (Daniel), Coresh, J. (Josef), Vogelzangs, N. (Nicole), Karjalainen, J. (Juha), Willemsen, G.A.H.M. (Gonneke), Gharib, S.A. (Sina), Zgaga, L. (Lina), Mihailov, E. (Evelin), Stone, K.L. (Katie L), Campbell, H. (Harry), Brouwer, R.W.W. (Rutger), Demirkan, A. (Ayşe), Isaacs, A.J. (Aaron), Dogas, Z., Marciante, K. (Kristin), Campbell, S. (Susan), Borovecki, F. (Fran), Luik, A.I. (Annemarie), Li, M. (Man), Hottenga, J.J. (Jouke Jan), Huffman, J.E. (Jennifer), van den hout, M.C.G.N. (Mirjam), Cummings, S.R. (Steven R.), Aulchenko, Y.S. (Yurii), Gehrman, P.R. (Philip), Uitterlinden, A.G. (André), Wichmann, H.E. (Heinz Erich), Müller-Nurasyid, M. (Martina), Fehrmann, R.S.N. (Rudolf), Montgomery, G.W. (Grant), Hofman, A. (Albert), Kao, W.H.L. (Wen Hong Linda), Oostra, B.A. (Ben), Wright, A. (Alan), Vink, J.M. (Jacqueline), Wilson, J.F. (James F), Pramstaller, P.P. (Peter Paul), Hicks, A.A. (Andrew), Polasek, O. (Ozren), Punjabi, N.M. (Naresh), Redline, S. (Susan), Psaty, B.M. (Bruce), Heath, A.C. (Andrew C.), Merrow, M., Tranah, G.J. (Gregory), Gottlieb, D.J. (Daniel J), Boomsma, D.I. (Dorret), Martin, N.G. (Nicholas), Rudan, I. (Igor), Tiemeier, H.W. (Henning), IJcken, W.F.J. (Wilfred) van, Penninx, B.W.J.H., Metspalu, A. (Andres), Meitinger, T. (Thomas), Franke, L. (Lude), Roenneberg, T., and Duijn, C.M. (Cornelia) van
Abstract: Time to fall asleep (sleep latency) is a major determinant of sleep quality. Chronic, long sleep latency is a major characteristic of sleep-onset insomnia and/or delayed sleep phase syndrome. In this study we aimed to discover common polymorphisms that contribute to the genetics of sleep latency. We performed a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) including 2 572 737 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) established in seven European cohorts including 4242 individuals. We found a cluster of three highly correlated variants (rs9900428, rs9907432 and rs7211029) in the RNA-binding protein fox-1 homolog 3 gene (RBFOX3) associated with sleep latency (P-values=5.77 × 10-08, 6.59 × 10- 08 and 9.17 × 10- 08). These SNPs were replicated in up to 12 independent populations including 30 377 individuals (P-values=1.5 × 10- 02, 7.0 × 10- 03 and 2.5 × 10- 03; combined meta-analysis P-values=5.5 × 10-07, 5.4 × 10-07 and 1.0 × 10-07). A functional prediction of RBFOX3 based
Published: 2016
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16. Genome-Wide Association Analyses in 128,266 Individuals Identifies New Morningness and Sleep Duration Loci

Author: Jones, SE, Tyrrell, J, Wood, AR, Beaumont, RN, Ruth, KS, Tuke, MA, Yaghootkar, H, Hu, Y, Teder-Laving, M, Hayward, C, Roenneberg, T, Wilson, JF, Del Greco, F, Hicks, AA, Shin, C, Yun, CH, Lee, SK, Metspalu, A, Byrne, EM, Gehrman, PR, Tiemeier, Henning, Allebrandt, KV, Freathy, RM, Murray, A, Hinds, DA, Frayling, TM, Weedon, MN, Jones, SE, Tyrrell, J, Wood, AR, Beaumont, RN, Ruth, KS, Tuke, MA, Yaghootkar, H, Hu, Y, Teder-Laving, M, Hayward, C, Roenneberg, T, Wilson, JF, Del Greco, F, Hicks, AA, Shin, C, Yun, CH, Lee, SK, Metspalu, A, Byrne, EM, Gehrman, PR, Tiemeier, Henning, Allebrandt, KV, Freathy, RM, Murray, A, Hinds, DA, Frayling, TM, and Weedon, MN
Abstract: Disrupted circadian rhythms and reduced sleep duration are associated with several human diseases, particularly obesity and type 2 diabetes, but until recently, little was known about the genetic factors influencing these heritable traits. We performed genome-wide association studies of self-reported chronotype (morning/evening person) and self-reported sleep duration in 128,266 white British individuals from the UK Biobank study. Sixteen variants were associated with chronotype (P<5x10(-8)), including variants near the known circadian rhythm genes RGS16 (1.21 odds of morningness, 95% CI [1.15, 1.27], P = 3x10(-12)) and PER2 (1.09 odds of morningness, 95% CI [1.06, 1.12], P = 4x10(-10)). The PER2 signal has previously been associated with iris function. We sought replication using self-reported data from 89,283 23andMe participants; thirteen of the chronotype signals remained associated at P<5x10(-8) on meta-analysis and eleven of these reached P< 0.05 in the same direction in the 23andMe study. We also replicated 9 additional variants identified when the 23andMe study was used as a discovery GWAS of chronotype (all P<0.05 and meta-analysis P<5x10(-8)). For sleep duration, we replicated one known signal in PAX8 (2.6 minutes per allele, 95% CI [1.9, 3.2], P = 5.7x10(-16)) and identified and replicated two novel associations at VRK2 (2.0 minutes per allele, 95% CI [1.3, 2.7], P = 1.2x10(-9); and 1.6 minutes per allele, 95% CI [1.1, 2.2], P = 7.6x10(-9)). Although we found genetic correlation between chronotype and BMI (rG = 0.056, P = 0.05); undersleeping and BMI (rG = 0.147, P = 1x10(-5)) and over-sleeping and BMI (rG = 0.097, P = 0.04), Mendelian Randomisation analyses, with limited power, provided no consistent evidence of causal associations between BMI or type 2 diabetes and chronotype or sleep duration. Our study brings the total number of loci associated with chronotype to 22 and with sleep duration to three, and provides new insights into the bi
Published: 2016

17. Sex-stratified Genome-wide Association Studies Including 270000 Individuals Show Sexual Dimorphism in Genetic Loci for Anthropometric Traits

Author: Randall, J.C., Winkler, T.W., Kutalik, Z., Berndt, S.I., Jackson, A.U., Monda, K.L., Kilpeläinen, T.O., Esko, T., Mägi, R., Li, S., Workalemahu, T., Feitosa, M.F., Croteau-Chonka, D.C., Day, F.R., Fall, T., Ferreira, T., Gustafsson, S., Locke, A.E., Mathieson, I., Scherag, A., Vedantam, S., Wood, A.R., Liang, L., Steinthorsdottir, V., Thorleifsson, G., Dermitzakis, E.T., Dimas, A.S., Karpe, F., Min, J.L., Nicholson, G., Clegg, D.J., Person, T., Krohn, J.P., Bauer, S., Buechler, C., Eisinger, K., Bonnefond, A., Froguel, P., Hottenga, J.J., Prokopenko, I., Waite, L.L., Harris, T.B., Smith, A.V., Shuldiner, A.R., McArdle, W.L., Caulfield, M.J., Munroe, P.B., Grönberg, H., Chen, Y.D., Li, G., Beckmann, J.S., Johnson, T., Thorsteinsdottir, U., Teder-Laving, M., Khaw, K.T., Wareham, N.J., Zhao, J.H., Amin, N., Oostra, B.A., Kraja, A.T., Province, M.A., Cupples, L.A., Heard-Costa, N.L., Kaprio, J., Ripatti, S., Surakka, I., Collins, F.S., Saramies, J., Tuomilehto, J., Jula, A., Salomaa, V., Erdmann, J., Hengstenberg, C., Loley, C., Schunkert, H., Lamina, C., Wichmann, H.E., Albrecht, E., Gieger, C., Hicks, A.A., Johansson, A., Pramstaller, P.P., Kathiresan, S., Speliotes, E.K., Penninx, B.W.J.H., Hartikainen, A.L., Järvelin, M.R., Gyllensten, U., Boomsma, D.I., Campbell, H., Wilson, J.F., Chanock, S.J., Farrall, M., Goel, A., Medina-Gomez, C., Rivadeneira, F., Estrada, K., Uitterlinden, A.G., Hofman, A., Zillikens, M.C., den Heijer, M., Kiemeney, L.A., Maschio, A., Hall, P., Tyrer, J., Teumer, A., Völzke, H., Kovacs, P., Tönjes, A., Mangino, M., Spector, T.D., Hayward, C., Rudan, I., Hall, A.S., Samani, N.J., Attwood, A.P., Sambrook, J.G., Hung, J., Palmer, L.J., Lokki, M.L., Sinisalo, J., Boucher, G., Huikuri, H.V., Lorentzon, M., Ohlsson, C., Eklund, N., Eriksson, J.G., Barlassina, C., Rivolta, C., Nolte, I.M., Snieder, H., van der Klauw, M.M., van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, J.V., Gejman, P.V., Shi, J., Jacobs, K.B., Wang, Z., Bakker, S.J., Mateo Leach, I., Navis, G., van der Harst, P., Martin, N.G., Medland, S.E., Montgomery, G.W., Yang, J., Chasman, D.I., Ridker, P.M., Rose, L.M., Lehtimäki, T., Raitakari, O., Absher, D., Iribarren, C., Basart, H., Hovingh, K.G., Hyppönen, E., Power, C., Anderson, D., Beilby, J.P., Hui, J., Jolley, J., Sager, H., Bornstein, S.R., Schwarz, P.E., Kristiansson, K., Perola, M., Lindström, J., Swift, A.J., Uusitupa, M., Atalay, M., Lakka, T.A., Rauramaa, R., Bolton, J.L., Fowkes, G., Fraser, R.M., Price, J.F., Fischer, K., Krjuta Kov, K., Metspalu, A., Mihailov, E., Langenberg, C., Luan, J., Ong, K.K., Chines, P.S., Keinanen-Kiukaanniemie, S., Saaristo, T.E., Edkins, S., Franks, P.W., Hallmans, G., Shungin, D., Morris, A.D., Palmer, C.N.A., Erbel, R., Moebus, S., Nöthen, M.M., Pechlivanis, S., Hveem, K., Narisu, N., Hamsten, A., Humphries, S.E., Strawbridge, R.J., Tremoli, E., Grallert, H., Thorand, B., Illig, T., Koenig, W., Müller-Nurasyid, M., Peters, A., Boehm, B.O., Kleber, M.E., März, W., Winkelmann, B.R., Kuusisto, J., Laakso, M., Arveiler, D., Cesana, G., Kuulasmaa, K., Virtamo, J., Yarnell, J.W., Kuh, D, Wong, A., Lind, L., de Faire, U., Gigante, B., Magnusson, P.K.E., Pedersen, N.L., Dedoussis, G., Dimitriou, M., Kolovou, G., Kanoni, S., Stirrups, K., Bonnycastle, L.L., Njolstad, I., Wilsgaard, T., Ganna, A., Rehnberg, E., Hingorani, A.D., Kivimaki, M., Kumari, M., Assimes, T.L., Barroso, I., Boehnke, M., Borecki, I.B., Deloukas, P., Fox, C.S., Frayling, T.M., Groop, L.C., Haritunians, T., Hunter, D., Ingelsson, E., Kaplan, R., Mohlke, K.L., O'Connell, J.R., Schlessinger, D., Strachan, D.P., Stefansson, K., van Duijn, C.M., Abecasis, G.R., McCarthy, M.I., Hirschhorn, J.N., Qi, L., Loos, R.J., Lindgren, C.M., North, K.E., Heid, I.M., Psychiatry, Internal medicine, NCA - Brain mechanisms in health and disease, NCA - Neurobiology of mental health, EMGO - Lifestyle, overweight and diabetes, Biological Psychology, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam - Neurobiology of Mental Health, EMGO+ - Lifestyle, Overweight and Diabetes, and Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam - Brain Mechanisms in Health & Disease
Subjects: Netherlands Twin Register (NTR), SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, SDG 5 - Gender Equality
Abstract: Given the anthropometric differences between men and women and previous evidence of sex-difference in genetic effects, we conducted a genome-wide search for sexually dimorphic associations with height, weight, body mass index, waist circumference, hip circumference, and waist-to-hip-ratio (133,723 individuals) and took forward 348 SNPs into follow-up (additional 137,052 individuals) in a total of 94 studies. Seven loci displayed significant sex-difference (FDR
Published: 2013
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18. Erratum: Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (949-960))

Author: Heid, IM, Jackson, AU, Randall, JC, Winkler, TW, Qi, L, Steinthorsdottir, V, Thorleifsson, G, Zillikens, MC, Speliotes, EK, Mägi, R, Workalemahu, T, White, CC, Bouatia-Naji, N, Harris, TB, Berndt, SI, Ingelsson, E, Willer, CJ, Weedon, MN, Luan, J, Vedantam, S, Esko, T, Kilpeläinen, TO, Kutalik, Z, Li, S, Monda, KL, Dixon, AL, Holmes, CC, Kaplan, LM, Liang, L, Min, JL, Moffatt, MF, Molony, C, Nicholson, G, Schadt, EE, Zondervan, KT, Feitosa, MF, Ferreira, T, Allen, HL, Weyant, RJ, Wheeler, E, Wood, AR, Estrada, K, Goddard, ME, Lettre, G, Mangino, M, Nyholt, DR, Purcell, S, Vernon Smith, A, Visscher, PM, Yang, J, McCarroll, SA, Nemesh, J, Voight, BF, Absher, D, Amin, N, Aspelund, T, Coin, L, Glazer, NL, Hayward, C, Heard-Costa, NL, Hottenga, J-J, Johansson, A, Johnson, T, Kaakinen, M, Kapur, K, Ketkar, S, Knowles, JW, Kraft, P, Kraja, AT, Lamina, C, Leitzmann, MF, McKnight, B, Morris, AP, Ong, KK, Perry, JRB, Peters, MJ, Polasek, O, Prokopenko, I, Rayner, NW, Ripatti, S, Rivadeneira, F, Robertson, NR, Sanna, S, Sovio, U, Surakka, I, Teumer, A, Van Wingerden, S, Vitart, V, Zhao, JH, Cavalcanti-Proença, C, Chines, PS, Fisher, E, Kulzer, JR, Lecoeur, C, Narisu, N, Sandholt, C, Scott, LJ, Silander, K, Stark, K, Tammesoo, M-L, Teslovich, TM, Timpson, NJ, Watanabe, RM, Welch, R, Chasman, DI, Cooper, MN, Jansson, J-O, Kettunen, J, Lawrence, RW, Pellikka, N, Perola, M, Vandenput, L, Alavere, H, Almgren, P, Atwood, LD, Bennett, AJ, Biffar, R, Bonnycastle, LL, Bornstein, SR, Buchanan, TA, Campbell, H, Day, INM, Dei, M, Dörr, M, Elliott, P, Erdos, MR, Eriksson, JG, Freimer, NB, Fu, M, Gaget, S, Geus, EJC, Gjesing, AP, Grallert, H, Gräßler, J, Groves, CJ, Guiducci, C, Hartikainen, A-L, Hassanali, N, Havulinna, AS, Herzig, K-H, Hicks, AA, Hui, J, Igl, W, Jousilahti, P, Jula, A, Kajantie, E, Kinnunen, L, Kolcic, I, Koskinen, S, Kovacs, P, Kroemer, HK, Krzelj, V, Kuusisto, J, Kvaloy, K, Laitinen, J, Lantieri, O, Lathrop, GM, Lokki, M-L, Luben, RN, Ludwig, B, McArdle, WL, McCarthy, A, Morken, MA, Nelis, M, Neville, MJ, Paré, G, Parker, AN, Peden, JF, Pichler, I, Pietiläinen, KH, Platou, CGP, Pouta, A, Ridderstråle, M, Samani, NJ, Saramies, J, Sinisalo, J, Smit, JH, Strawbridge, RJ, Stringham, HM, Swift, AJ, Teder-Laving, M, Thomson, B, Usala, G, Van Meurs, JBJ, Van Ommen, G-J, Vatin, V, Volpato, CB, Wallaschofski, H, Walters, GB, Widen, E, Wild, SH, Willemsen, G, Witte, DR, Zgaga, L, Zitting, P, Beilby, JP, James, AL, Kähönen, M, Lehtimäki, T, Nieminen, MS, Ohlsson, C, Palmer, LJ, Raitakari, O, Ridker, PM, Stumvoll, M, Tönjes, A, Viikari, J, Balkau, B, Ben-Shlomo, Y, Bergman, RN, Boeing, H, Smith, GD, Ebrahim, S, Froguel, P, Hansen, T, Hengstenberg, C, Hveem, K, Isomaa, B, Jørgensen, T, Karpe, F, Khaw, K-T, Laakso, M, Lawlor, DA, Marre, M, Meitinger, T, Metspalu, A, Midthjell, K, Pedersen, O, Salomaa, V, Schwarz, PEH, Tuomi, T, Tuomilehto, J, Valle, TT, Wareham, NJ, Arnold, AM, Beckmann, JS, Bergmann, S, Boerwinkle, E, Boomsma, DI, Caulfield, MJ, Collins, FS, Eiriksdottir, G, Gudnason, V, Gyllensten, U, Hamsten, A, Hattersley, AT, Hofman, A, Hu, FB, Illig, T, Iribarren, C, Jarvelin, M-R, Kao, WHL, Kaprio, J, Launer, LJ, Munroe, PB, Oostra, B, Penninx, BW, Pramstaller, PP, Psaty, BM, Quertermous, T, Rissanen, A, Rudan, I, Shuldiner, AR, Soranzo, N, Spector, TD, Syvanen, A-C, Uda, M, Uitterlinden, A, Völzke, H, Vollenweider, P, Wilson, JF, Witteman, JC, Wright, AF, Abecasis, GR, Boehnke, M, Borecki, IB, Deloukas, P, Frayling, TM, Groop, LC, Haritunians, T, Hunter, DJ, Kaplan, RC, North, KE, O'Connell, JR, Peltonen, L, Schlessinger, D, Strachan, DP, Hirschhorn, JN, Assimes, TL, Wichmann, H-E, Thorsteinsdottir, U, Van Duijn, CM, Stefansson, K, Cupples, LA, Loos, RJF, Barroso, I, McCarthy, MI, Fox, CS, Mohlke, KL, and Lindgren, CM
Published: 2011

19. Genome-wide association identifies nine common variants associated with fasting proinsulin levels and provides new insights into the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

Author: Strawbridge, Rj, Dupuis, J, Prokopenko, I, Barker, A, Ahlqvist, E, Rybin, D, Petrie, Jr, Travers, Me, Bouatia Naji, N, Dimas, As, Nica, A, Wheeler, E, Chen, H, Voight, Bf, Taneera, J, Kanoni, S, Peden, Jf, Turrini, F, Gustafsson, S, Zabena, C, Almgren, P, Barker, Dj, Barnes, D, Dennison, Em, Eriksson, Jg, Eriksson, P, Eury, E, Folkersen, L, Fox, Cs, Frayling, Tm, Goel, A, Gu, Hf, Horikoshi, M, Isomaa, B, Jackson, Au, Jameson, Ka, Kajantie, E, Kerr Conte, J, Kuulasmaa, T, Kuusisto, J, Loos, Rj, Luan, J, Makrilakis, K, Manning, Ak, Martínez Larrad MT, Narisu, N, Nastase Mannila, M, Ohrvik, J, Osmond, C, Pascoe, L, Payne, F, Sayer, Aa, Sennblad, B, Silveira, A, Stancáková, A, Stirrups, K, Swift, Aj, Syvänen, Ac, Tuomi, T, van 't Hooft FM, Walker, M, Weedon, Mn, Xie, W, Zethelius, B, Diagram, Consortium, Giant, Consortium, Muther, Consortium, Cardiogram, Consortium, C4d, Consortium, Ongen, H, Mälarstig, A, Hopewell, Jc, Saleheen, D, Chambers, J, Parish, S, Danesh, J, Kooner, J, Ostenson, Cg, Lind, L, Cooper, Cc, Serrano Ríos, M, Ferrannini, E, Forsen, Tj, Clarke, R, Franzosi, Mg, Seedorf, U, Watkins, H, Froguel, P, Johnson, P, Deloukas, P, Collins, Fs, Laakso, M, Dermitzakis, Et, Boehnke, M, Mccarthy, Mi, Wareham, Nj, Groop, L, Pattou, F, Gloyn, Al, Dedoussis, Gv, Lyssenko, V, Meigs, Jb, Barroso, I, Watanabe, Rm, Ingelsson, E, Langenberg, C, Hamsten, A, Voight BF, Florez J. 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Subjects: Male, Netherlands Twin Register (NTR), endocrine system diseases, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, medicine.medical_treatment, Medizin, Genome-wide association study, Type 2 diabetes, CORONARY HEART-DISEASE, Fasting/blood, 0302 clinical medicine, Insulin, Glucose homeostasis, ddc:576.5, Genome-wide, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/blood/genetics/metabolism, CARDIoGRAM Consortium, POPULATION, Proinsulin, RISK, Genetics, 0303 health sciences, INSULIN SENSITIVITY, 11 Medical And Health Sciences, Fasting, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics, OBESITY, Female, type 2 diabetes, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists, Insulin processing, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, endocrine system, ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM, SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCI, Genotype, 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, DIAGRAM Consortium, Biology, C4D Consortium, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Molecular epidemiology [NCEBP 1], 03 medical and health sciences, Insulin resistance, BETA-CELL FUNCTION, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Internal medicine, GIANT Consortium, Internal Medicine, medicine, Humans, METAANALYSIS, 030304 developmental biology, Science & Technology, Genome, Human, Hormonal regulation [IGMD 6], Genetic Variation, nutritional and metabolic diseases, proinsulin, medicine.disease, Proinsulin/blood, TCF7L2, Endocrinology, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, MuTHER Consortium, GLUCOSE-HOMEOSTASIS, Insulin/blood
Abstract: OBJECTIVE Proinsulin is a precursor of mature insulin and C-peptide. Higher circulating proinsulin levels are associated with impaired β-cell function, raised glucose levels, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes (T2D). Studies of the insulin processing pathway could provide new insights about T2D pathophysiology. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We have conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide association tests of ∼2.5 million genotyped or imputed single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and fasting proinsulin levels in 10,701 nondiabetic adults of European ancestry, with follow-up of 23 loci in up to 16,378 individuals, using additive genetic models adjusted for age, sex, fasting insulin, and study-specific covariates. RESULTS Nine SNPs at eight loci were associated with proinsulin levels (P < 5 × 10−8). Two loci (LARP6 and SGSM2) have not been previously related to metabolic traits, one (MADD) has been associated with fasting glucose, one (PCSK1) has been implicated in obesity, and four (TCF7L2, SLC30A8, VPS13C/C2CD4A/B, and ARAP1, formerly CENTD2) increase T2D risk. The proinsulin-raising allele of ARAP1 was associated with a lower fasting glucose (P = 1.7 × 10−4), improved β-cell function (P = 1.1 × 10−5), and lower risk of T2D (odds ratio 0.88; P = 7.8 × 10−6). Notably, PCSK1 encodes the protein prohormone convertase 1/3, the first enzyme in the insulin processing pathway. A genotype score composed of the nine proinsulin-raising alleles was not associated with coronary disease in two large case-control datasets. CONCLUSIONS We have identified nine genetic variants associated with fasting proinsulin. Our findings illuminate the biology underlying glucose homeostasis and T2D development in humans and argue against a direct role of proinsulin in coronary artery disease pathogenesis.
Published: 2011
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20. Genome-wide association identifies nine common variants associated with fasting proinsulin levels and provides new insights into the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

Author: Strawbridge, R.J. Dupuis, J. Prokopenko, I. Barker, A. Ahlqvist, E. Rybin, D. Petrie, J.R. Travers, M.E. Bouatia-Naji, N. Dimas, A.S. Nica, A.C. Wheeler, E. Chen, H. Voight, B.F. Taneera, J. Kanoni, S. Peden, J.F. Turrini, F. Gustafsson, S. Zabena, C. Almgren, P. Barker, D.J.P. Barnes, D. Dennison, E.M. Eriksson, J.G. Eriksson, P. Eury, E. Folkersen, L. Fox, C.S. Frayling, T.M. Goel, A. Gu, H.F. Horikoshi, M. Isomaa, B. Jackson, A.U. Jameson, K.A. Kajantie, E. Kerr-Conte, J. Kuulasmaa, T. Kuusisto, J. Loos, R.J.F. Luan, J. Makrilakis, K. Manning, A.K. Martínez-Larrad, M.T. Narisu, N. Mannila, M.N. Öhrvik, J. Osmond, C. Pascoe, L. Payne, F. Sayer, A.A. Sennblad, B. Silveira, A. Stančcáková, A. Stirrups, K. Swift, A.J. Syvänen, A.-C. Tuomi, T. Van't Hooft, F.M. Walker, M. Weedon, M.N. Xie, W. Zethelius, B. Scott, L.J. Steinthorsdottir, V. Morris, A.P. Dina, C. Welch, R.P. Zeggini, E. Huth, C. Aulchenko, Y.S. Thorleifsson, G. Mcculloch, L.J. Ferreira, T. Grallert, H. Amin, N. Wu, G. Willer, C.J. Raychaudhuri, S. McCarroll, S.A. Hofmann, O.M. Qi, L. Segre, A.V. Van Hoek, M. Navarro, P. Ardlie, K. Balkau, B. Benediktsson, R. Bennett, A.J. Blagieva, R. Boerwinkle, E. Bonnycastle, L.L. Bostrom, K.B. Bravenboer, B. Bumpstead, S. Burtt, N.P. Charpentier, G. Chines, P.S. Cornelis, M. Couper, D.J. Crawford, G. Doney, A.S.F. Elliott, K.S. Elliott, A.L. Erdos, M.R. Franklin, C.S. Ganser, M. Gieger, C. Grarup, N. Green, T. Griffin, S. Groves, C.J. Guiducci, C. Hadjadj, S. Hassanali, N. Herder, C. Johnson, P.R.V. Jorgensen, T. Kao, W.H.L. Klopp, N. Kong, A. Kraft, P. Lauritzen, T. Li, M. Lieverse, A. Lindgren, C.M. Lyssenko, V. Marre, M. Meitinger, T. Midthjell, K. Morken, M.A. Nilsson, P. Owen, K.R. Perry, J.R.B. Petersen, A.-K. Platou, C. Proenca, C. Rathmann, W. Rayner, N.W. Robertson, N.R. Rocheleau, G. Roden, M. Sampson, M.J. Saxena, R. Shields, B.M. Shrader, P. Sigurdsson, G. Sparso, T. Strassburger, K. Stringham, H.M. Sun, Q. Thorand, B. Tichet, J. 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Subjects: endocrine system, endocrine system diseases, nutritional and metabolic diseases
Abstract: OBJECTIVE - Proinsulin is a precursor of mature insulin and C-peptide. Higher circulating proinsulin levels are associated with impaired b-cell function, raised glucose levels, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes (T2D). Studies of the insulin processing pathway could provide new insights about T2D pathophysiology. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS - We have conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide association tests of ;2.5 million genotyped or imputed single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and fasting proinsulin levels in 10,701 nondiabetic adults of European ancestry, with follow-up of 23 loci in up to 16,378 individuals, using additive genetic models adjusted for age, sex, fasting insulin, and study-specific covariates. RESULTS - Nine SNPs at eight loci were associated with proinsulin levels (P < 5 × 10-8). Two loci (LARP6 and SGSM2) have not been previously related to metabolic traits, one (MADD) has been associated with fasting glucose, one (PCSK1) has been implicated in obesity, and four (TCF7L2, SLC30A8, VPS13C/ C2CD4A/B, and ARAP1, formerly CENTD2) increase T2D risk. The proinsulin-raising allele of ARAP1 was associated with a lower fasting glucose (P = 1.7 3 10-4), improved b-cell function (P = 1.1 × 10-5), and lower risk of T2D (odds ratio 0.88; P = 7.8 × 10-6). Notably, PCSK1 encodes the protein prohormone convertase 1/3, the first enzyme in the insulin processing pathway. A genotype score composed of the nine proinsulin-raising alleles was not associated with coronary disease in two large case-control datasets. CONCLUSIONS - We have identified nine genetic variants associated with fasting proinsulin. Our findings illuminate the biology underlying glucose homeostasis and T2D development in humans and argue against a direct role of proinsulin in coronary artery disease pathogenesis. © 2011 by the American Diabetes Association.
Published: 2011

21. Sex-stratified Genome-wide Association Studies Including 270,000 Individuals Show Sexual Dimorphism in Genetic Loci for Anthropomet

Author: Randall, J.C. (Joshua), Winkler, T.W. (Thomas), Kutalik, Z. (Zoltán), Berndt, S.I. (Sonja), Jackson, A.U. (Anne), Monda, K.L. (Keri), Kilpeläinen, T.O. (Tuomas), Esko, T. (Tõnu), Mägi, R. (Reedik), Li, S. (Shengxu), Workalemahu, T. (Tsegaselassie), Feitosa, M.F. (Mary Furlan), Croteau-Chonka, D.C. (Damien), Day, F.R. (Felix), Fall, M. (Magnus), Ferreira, T. (Teresa), Gustafsson, S. (Stefan), Locke, A.E. (Adam), Mathieson, I. (Iain), Scherag, A. (Andre), Vedantam, S. (Sailaja), Wood, A.R. (Andrew), Liang, L. (Liming), Steinthorsdottir, V. (Valgerdur), Thorleifsson, G. (Gudmar), Dermitzakis, E.T. (Emmanouil), Dimas, A.S. (Antigone), Karpe, F. (Fredrik), Min, J. (Josine), Nicholson, G. (Ggeorge), Clegg, D.J. (Deborah), Person, A.D. (Anthony), Krohn, J.P. (Jon), Bauer, S. (Stephanie), Buechler, C. (Christa), Eisinger, F. (François), Bonnefond, A. (Amélie), Froguel, P. (Philippe), Hottenga, J.J. (Jouke Jan), Prokopenko, I. (Inga), Waite, L. (Lindsay), Harris, T.B. 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(Juha), Boucher, G. (Gabrielle), Huikuri, H.V. (Heikki), Lorentzon, M. (Mattias), Ohlsson, C. (Claes), Eklund, N. (Niina), Hagen, K. (Knut), Barlassina, C. (Christina), Rivolta, C. (Carlo), Nolte, I.M. (Ilja), Snieder, H. (Harold), Klauw, M.M. (Melanie) van der, Vliet-Ostaptchouk, J.V. (Jana) van, Gejman, P.V. (Pablo), Shi, J. (Jianxin), Jacobs, K.B. (Kevin), Wang, Z. (Zhaoming), Bakker, S.J.L. (Stephan), Leach, I.M. (Irene Mateo), Navis, G. (Gerjan), Harst, P. (Pim) van der, Martin, N.G. (Nicholas), Medland, S.E. (Sarah), Montgomery, G.W. (Grant), Yang, J. (Joanna), Chasman, D.I. (Daniel), Ridker, P.M. (Paul), Rose, L.M. (Lynda), Lehtimäki, T. (Terho), Raitakari, O. (Olli), Absher, D. (Devin), Iribarren, C. (Carlos), Basart, D.C.G. (Dick), Hovingh, G.K. (Kees), Hyppönen, E. (Elina), Power, C. (Christopher), Beilby, J.P. (John), Hui, J. (Jennie), Jolley, G.J. (Jason), Sager, H. (Hendrik), Bornstein, S.R. (Stefan), Schwarz, P.E.H. (Peter), Kristiansson, K. (Kati), Perola, M. (Markus), Lindström, J. (Jaana), Swift, A.J. (Amy), Uusitupa, M. (Matti), Atalay, M. (Mustafa), Lakka, T.A. (Timo), Rauramaa, R. (Rainer), Bolton, J.L. (Jennifer), Fowkes, G. (Gerry), Fraser, R.M. (Ross), Price, J.F. (Jackie F.), Fischer, K. (Krista), KrjutÅkov, K. (Kaarel), Metspalu, A. (Andres), Mihailov, E. (Evelin), Langenberg, C. (Claudia), Luan, J., Ong, K.K. (Ken), Chines, P.S. (Peter), Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, S. (Sirkka), Saaristo, T. (Timo), Edkins, T. (Ted), Franks, P.W. (Paul), Hallmans, G. (Göran), Shungin, D. (Dmitry), Morris, A.D. (Andrew), Palmer, C.N.A. (Colin), Erbel, R. (Raimund), Moebus, S. (Susanne), Nöthen, M.M. (Markus), Pechlivanis, S. (Sonali), Hveem, K. (Kristian), Narisu, N. (Narisu), Hamsten, A. (Anders), Humphries, S.E. (Steve), Strawbridge, R.J. (Rona), Tremoli, E. (Elena), Grallert, H. (Harald), Thorand, B. (Barbara), Illig, T. (Thomas), Koenig, W. (Wolfgang), Müller-Nurasyid, M. (Martina), Peters, A. (Annette), Boehm, B.O. (Bernhard), Kleber, M.E. (Marcus), März, W. (Winfried), Winkelmann, B., Kuusisto, J. (Johanna), Laakso, M. (Markku), Arveiler, D. (Dominique), Cesana, G. (Giancarlo), Kuulasmaa, K. (Kari), Virtamo, J. (Jarmo), Yarnell, J.W.G. (John W.), Kuh, D. (Diana), Wong, A. (Andrew), Lind, L. (Lars), Faire, U. (Ulf) de, Gigante, B. (Bruna), Magnusson, P.K. (Patrik), Pedersen, N.L. (Nancy), Dedoussis, G.V. (George), Dimitriou, M. (Maria), Kolovou, G. (Genovefa), Kanoni, S. (Stavroula), Stirrups, K. (Kathy), Bonnycastle, L.L. (Lori), Njølstad, I. (Inger), Wilsgaard, T. (Tom), Ganna, A. (Andrea), Rehnberg, E. (Emil), Hingorani, A. (Aroon), Kivimaki, M. (Mika), Kumari, M. (Meena), Assimes, T.L. (Themistocles), Barroso, I.E. (Inês), Boehnke, M. (Michael), Borecki, I.B. (Ingrid), Deloukas, P. (Panagiotis), Fox, C. (Craig), Frayling, T.M. (Timothy), Groop, L. (Leif), Haritunians, T. (Talin), Hunter, D. (David), Ingelsson, E. (Erik), Kaplan, R.C. (Robert), Mohlke, K.L. (Karen), O´Connell, J.R., Schlessinger, D. (David), Strachan, D.P. (David), Zwart, J-A. (John-Anker), Duijn, C.M. (Cornelia) van, Abecasis, G.R. (Gonçalo), McCarthy, M.I. (Mark), Anderson, D. (Denise), Hirschhorn, J.N. (Joel), Qi, L. (Lu), Loos, R.J.F. (Ruth), Lindgren, C.M. (Cecilia), North, K.E. (Kari), and Heid, I.M. (Iris)
Published: 2013
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22. A KATP channel gene effect on sleep duration:From genome-wide association studies to function in Drosophila

Author: Allebrandt, K. V., Amin, N., Mueller-Myhsok, B., Esko, T., Teder-Laving, M., Azevedo, R. V. D. M., Hayward, C., van Mill, J., Vogelzangs, N., Green, E. W., Melville, S. A., Lichtner, P., Wichmann, H-E, Oostra, B. A., Janssens, A. C. J. W., Campbell, H., Wilson, Julian, Hicks, A. A., Pramstaller, P. P., Dogas, Z., Rudan, I., Merrow, Martha, Penninx, B., Kyriacou, C. P., Metspalu, A., van Duijn, C. M., Meitinger, T., Roenneberg, T., Allebrandt, K. V., Amin, N., Mueller-Myhsok, B., Esko, T., Teder-Laving, M., Azevedo, R. V. D. M., Hayward, C., van Mill, J., Vogelzangs, N., Green, E. W., Melville, S. A., Lichtner, P., Wichmann, H-E, Oostra, B. A., Janssens, A. C. J. W., Campbell, H., Wilson, Julian, Hicks, A. A., Pramstaller, P. P., Dogas, Z., Rudan, I., Merrow, Martha, Penninx, B., Kyriacou, C. P., Metspalu, A., van Duijn, C. M., Meitinger, T., and Roenneberg, T.
Abstract: Humans sleep approximately a third of their lifetime. The observation that individuals with either long or short sleep duration show associations with metabolic syndrome and psychiatric disorders suggests that the length of sleep is adaptive. Although sleep duration can be influenced by photoperiod (season) and phase of entrainment (chronotype), human familial sleep disorders indicate that there is a strong genetic modulation of sleep. Therefore, we conducted high-density genome-wide association studies for sleep duration in seven European populations (N=4251). We identified an intronic variant (rs11046205; P=3.99 x 10(-8)) in the ABCC9 gene that explains approximate to 5% of the variation in sleep duration. An influence of season and chronotype on sleep duration was solely observed in the replication sample (N=5949). Meta-analysis of the associations found in a subgroup of the replication sample, chosen for season of entry and chronotype, together with the discovery results showed genome-wide significance. RNA interference knockdown experiments of the conserved ABCC9 homologue in Drosophila neurons renders flies sleepless during the first 3 h of the night. ABCC9 encodes an ATP-sensitive potassium channel subunit (SUR2), serving as a sensor of intracellular energy metabolism. Molecular Psychiatry (2013) 18, 122-132; doi:10.1038/mp.2011.142; published online 22 November 2011
Published: 2013

23. Sex-stratified Genome-wide Association Studies Including 270,000 Individuals Show Sexual Dimorphism in Genetic Loci for Anthropometric Traits

Author: Randall, JC, Winkler, TW, Kutalik, Z, Berndt, SI, Jackson, AU, Monda, KL, Kilpelainen, TO, Esko, T, Magi, R, Li, SX, Workalemahu, T, Feitosa, MF, Croteau-Chonka, DC, Day, FR, Fall, T, Ferreira, T, Gustafsson, S, Locke, AE, Mathieson, I, Scherag, A, Vedantam, S, Wood, AR, Liang, LM, Steinthorsdottir, V, Thorleifsson, G, Dermitzakis, ET, Dimas, AS, Karpe, F, Min, JL, Nicholson, G, Clegg, DJ, Person, T, Krohn, JP, Bauer, S, Buechler, C, Eisinger, K, Bonnefond, A, Froguel, P, Hottenga, JJ (Jouke Jan), Prokopenko, I, Waite, LL, Harris, TB, Smith, AV, Shuldiner, AR, McArdle, WL, Caulfield, MJ, Munroe, PB, Gronberg, H, Chen, YDI, Li, G (Guo), Beckmann, JS, Johnson, T, Thorsteinsdottir, U, Teder-Laving, M, Khaw, KT, Wareham, NJ, Zhao, JH, Amin, Najaf, Oostra, Ben, Kraja, AT, Province, MA, Cupples, LA, Heard-Costa, NL, Kaprio, J, Ripatti, S, Surakka, I, Collins, FS, Saramies, J, Tuomilehto, J, Jula, A, Salomaa, V, Erdmann, J, Hengstenberg, C, Loley, C, Schunkert, H, Lamina, C, Wichmann, HE, Albrecht, E, Gieger, C, Hicks, AA, Johansson, A, Pramstaller, PP, Kathiresan, S, Speliotes, EK, Penninx, B, Hartikainen, AL, Jarvelin, MR, Gyllensten, U, Boomsma, DI, Campbell, H, Wilson, JF, Chanock, SJ, Farrall, M, Goel, A, Medina-Gomez, C, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Estrada Gil, Karol, Uitterlinden, André, Hofman, Bert, Zillikens, M.C., Heijer, Mariska, Kiemeney, LA, del Maschio, A, Hall, P, Tyrer, J, Teumer, A, Volzke, H, Kovacs, P, Tonjes, A, Mangino, M, Spector, TD, Hayward, C, Rudan, I, Hall, AS, Samani, NJ, Attwood, AP, Sambrook, JG, Hung, J, Palmer, LJ, Lokki, ML, Sinisalo, J, Boucher, G, Huikuri, H, Lorentzon, M, Ohlsson, C, Eklund, N, Eriksson, JG, Barlassina, C, Rivolta, C, Nolte, IM (Ilja), Snieder, H, van der Klauw, MM (Melanie), van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, JV, Gejman, PV, Shi, JX, Jacobs, KB, Wang, ZM, Bakker, SJL, Leach, IM, Navis, G, van der Harst, P, Martin, NG, Medland, SE, Montgomery, GW, Yang, Jiaqi, Chasman, DI, Ridker, PM, Rose, LM, Lehtimaki, T, Raitakari, O, Absher, D, Iribarren, C, Basart, H, Hovingh, KG, Hypponen, E, Power, C, Anderson, D, Beilby, JP, Hui, JN, Jolley, J, Sager, H, Bornstein, SR, Schwarz, PEH, Kristiansson, K, Perola, M, Lindstrom, J, Swift, AJ, Uusitupa, M, Atalay, M, Lakka, TA, Rauramaa, R, Bolton, JL, Fowkes, G, Fraser, RM, Price, JF, Fischer, K (Kirsten), KrjutAikov, K, Metspalu, A, Mihailov, E, Langenberg, C, Luan, JA, Ong, KK, Chines, PS, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, SM, Saaristo, TE, Edkins, S, Franks, PW, Hallmans, G, Shungin, D, Morris, AD, Palmer, CNA, Erbel, R, Moebus, S, Nothen, MM, Pechlivanis, S, Hveem, K, Narisu, N, Hamsten, A, Humphries, SE, Strawbridge, RJ, Tremoli, E, Grallert, H, Thorand, B, Illig, T, Koenig, W, Muller-Nurasyid, M, Peters, A, Boehm, BO, Kleber, ME, Marz, W, Winkelmann, BR, Kuusisto, J, Laakso, M, Arveiler, D, Cesana, G, Kuulasmaa, K, Virtamo, J, Yarnell, JWG, Kuh, D, Wong, A, Lind, L, de Faire, U, Gigante, B, Magnusson, PKE, Pedersen, NL, Dedoussis, G, Dimitriou, M, Kolovou, G, Kanoni, S, Stirrups, K, Bonnycastle, LL, Njolstad, I, Wilsgaard, T, Ganna, A, Rehnberg, E, Hingorani, A, Kivimaki, M, Kumari, M, Assimes, TL, Barroso, IS, Boehnke, M, Borecki, IB, Deloukas, P, Fox, CS, Frayling, T, Groop, LC, Haritunians, T, Hunter, D, Ingelsson, E, Kaplan, R, Mohlke, KL, O'Connell, JR, Schlessinger, D, Strachan, DP, Stefansson, K, Duijn, Cornelia, Abecasis, GR, McCarthy, MI, Hirschhorn, JN, Qi, L, Loos, RJF, Lindgren, CM, North, KE, Heid, IM, Randall, JC, Winkler, TW, Kutalik, Z, Berndt, SI, Jackson, AU, Monda, KL, Kilpelainen, TO, Esko, T, Magi, R, Li, SX, Workalemahu, T, Feitosa, MF, Croteau-Chonka, DC, Day, FR, Fall, T, Ferreira, T, Gustafsson, S, Locke, AE, Mathieson, I, Scherag, A, Vedantam, S, Wood, AR, Liang, LM, Steinthorsdottir, V, Thorleifsson, G, Dermitzakis, ET, Dimas, AS, Karpe, F, Min, JL, Nicholson, G, Clegg, DJ, Person, T, Krohn, JP, Bauer, S, Buechler, C, Eisinger, K, Bonnefond, A, Froguel, P, Hottenga, JJ (Jouke Jan), Prokopenko, I, Waite, LL, Harris, TB, Smith, AV, Shuldiner, AR, McArdle, WL, Caulfield, MJ, Munroe, PB, Gronberg, H, Chen, YDI, Li, G (Guo), Beckmann, JS, Johnson, T, Thorsteinsdottir, U, Teder-Laving, M, Khaw, KT, Wareham, NJ, Zhao, JH, Amin, Najaf, Oostra, Ben, Kraja, AT, Province, MA, Cupples, LA, Heard-Costa, NL, Kaprio, J, Ripatti, S, Surakka, I, Collins, FS, Saramies, J, Tuomilehto, J, Jula, A, Salomaa, V, Erdmann, J, Hengstenberg, C, Loley, C, Schunkert, H, Lamina, C, Wichmann, HE, Albrecht, E, Gieger, C, Hicks, AA, Johansson, A, Pramstaller, PP, Kathiresan, S, Speliotes, EK, Penninx, B, Hartikainen, AL, Jarvelin, MR, Gyllensten, U, Boomsma, DI, Campbell, H, Wilson, JF, Chanock, SJ, Farrall, M, Goel, A, Medina-Gomez, C, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Estrada Gil, Karol, Uitterlinden, André, Hofman, Bert, Zillikens, M.C., Heijer, Mariska, Kiemeney, LA, del Maschio, A, Hall, P, Tyrer, J, Teumer, A, Volzke, H, Kovacs, P, Tonjes, A, Mangino, M, Spector, TD, Hayward, C, Rudan, I, Hall, AS, Samani, NJ, Attwood, AP, Sambrook, JG, Hung, J, Palmer, LJ, Lokki, ML, Sinisalo, J, Boucher, G, Huikuri, H, Lorentzon, M, Ohlsson, C, Eklund, N, Eriksson, JG, Barlassina, C, Rivolta, C, Nolte, IM (Ilja), Snieder, H, van der Klauw, MM (Melanie), van Vliet-Ostaptchouk, JV, Gejman, PV, Shi, JX, Jacobs, KB, Wang, ZM, Bakker, SJL, Leach, IM, Navis, G, van der Harst, P, Martin, NG, Medland, SE, Montgomery, GW, Yang, Jiaqi, Chasman, DI, Ridker, PM, Rose, LM, Lehtimaki, T, Raitakari, O, Absher, D, Iribarren, C, Basart, H, Hovingh, KG, Hypponen, E, Power, C, Anderson, D, Beilby, JP, Hui, JN, Jolley, J, Sager, H, Bornstein, SR, Schwarz, PEH, Kristiansson, K, Perola, M, Lindstrom, J, Swift, AJ, Uusitupa, M, Atalay, M, Lakka, TA, Rauramaa, R, Bolton, JL, Fowkes, G, Fraser, RM, Price, JF, Fischer, K (Kirsten), KrjutAikov, K, Metspalu, A, Mihailov, E, Langenberg, C, Luan, JA, Ong, KK, Chines, PS, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, SM, Saaristo, TE, Edkins, S, Franks, PW, Hallmans, G, Shungin, D, Morris, AD, Palmer, CNA, Erbel, R, Moebus, S, Nothen, MM, Pechlivanis, S, Hveem, K, Narisu, N, Hamsten, A, Humphries, SE, Strawbridge, RJ, Tremoli, E, Grallert, H, Thorand, B, Illig, T, Koenig, W, Muller-Nurasyid, M, Peters, A, Boehm, BO, Kleber, ME, Marz, W, Winkelmann, BR, Kuusisto, J, Laakso, M, Arveiler, D, Cesana, G, Kuulasmaa, K, Virtamo, J, Yarnell, JWG, Kuh, D, Wong, A, Lind, L, de Faire, U, Gigante, B, Magnusson, PKE, Pedersen, NL, Dedoussis, G, Dimitriou, M, Kolovou, G, Kanoni, S, Stirrups, K, Bonnycastle, LL, Njolstad, I, Wilsgaard, T, Ganna, A, Rehnberg, E, Hingorani, A, Kivimaki, M, Kumari, M, Assimes, TL, Barroso, IS, Boehnke, M, Borecki, IB, Deloukas, P, Fox, CS, Frayling, T, Groop, LC, Haritunians, T, Hunter, D, Ingelsson, E, Kaplan, R, Mohlke, KL, O'Connell, JR, Schlessinger, D, Strachan, DP, Stefansson, K, Duijn, Cornelia, Abecasis, GR, McCarthy, MI, Hirschhorn, JN, Qi, L, Loos, RJF, Lindgren, CM, North, KE, and Heid, IM
Published: 2013

24. Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution.

Author: Heid, I.M., Jackson, A.U., Randall, J.C., Winkler, T.W., Qi, L., Steinthorsdottir, V., Thorleifsson, G., Zillikens, M.C., Speliotes, E.K., Mägi, R., Workalemahu, T., White, C.C., Bouatia-Naji, N., Harris, T.B., Berndt, S.I., Ingelsson, E., Willer, C.J., Weedon, M.N., Luan, J., Vedantam, S., Esko, T., Kilpeläinen, T.O., Kutalik, Z., Li, S., Monda, K.L., Dixon, A.L., Holmes, C.C., Kaplan, L.M., Liang, L., Min, J.L., Moffatt, M.F., Molony, C., Nicholson, G., Schadt, E.E., Zondervan, K.T., Feitosa, M.F., Ferreira, T., Allen, H.L., Weyant, R.J., Wheeler, E., Wood, A.R., MAGIC, Estrada, K., Goddard, M.E., Lettre, G., Mangino, M., Nyholt, D.R., Purcell, S., Smith, A.V., Visscher, P.M., Yang, J., McCarroll, S.A., Nemesh, J., Voight, B.F., Absher, D., Amin, N., Aspelund, T., Coin, L., Glazer, N.L., Hayward, C., Heard-Costa, N.L., Hottenga, J.J., Johansson, A., Johnson, T., Kaakinen, M., Kapur, K., Ketkar, S., Knowles, J.W., Kraft, P., Kraja, A.T., Lamina, C., Leitzmann, M.F., McKnight, B., Morris, A.P., Ong, K.K., Perry, J.R., Peters, M.J., Polasek, O., Prokopenko, I., Rayner, N.W., Ripatti, S., Rivadeneira, F., Robertson, N.R., Sanna, S., Sovio, U., Surakka, I., Teumer, A., van Wingerden, S., Vitart, V., Zhao, J.H., Cavalcanti-Proença, C., Chines, P.S., Fisher, E., Kulzer, J.R., Lecoeur, C., Narisu, N., Sandholt, C., Scott, L.J., Silander, K., Stark, K., Tammesoo, M.L., Teslovich, T.M., Timpson, N.J., Watanabe, R.M., Welch, R., Chasman, D.I., Cooper, M.N., Jansson, J.O., Kettunen, J., Lawrence, R.W., Pellikka, N., Perola, M., Vandenput, L., Alavere, H., Almgren, P., Atwood, L.D., Bennett, A.J., Biffar, R., Bonnycastle, L.L., Bornstein, S.R., Buchanan, T.A., Campbell, H., Day, I.N., Dei, M., Dörr, M., Elliott, P., Erdos, M.R., Eriksson, J.G., Freimer, N.B., Fu, M., Gaget, S., Geus, E.J., Gjesing, A.P., Grallert, H., Grässler, J., Groves, C.J., Guiducci, C., Hartikainen, A.L., Hassanali, N., Havulinna, A.S., Herzig, K.H., Hicks, A.A., Hui, J., Igl, W., Jousilahti, P., Jula, A., Kajantie, E., Kinnunen, L., Kolcic, I., Koskinen, S., Kovacs, P., Kroemer, H.K., Krzelj, V., Kuusisto, J., Kvaloy, K., Laitinen, J., Lantieri, O., Lathrop, G.M., Lokki, M.L., Luben, R.N., Ludwig, B., McArdle, W.L., McCarthy, A., Morken, M.A., Nelis, M., Neville, M.J., Paré, G., Parker, A.N., Peden, J.F., Pichler, I., Pietiläinen, K.H., Platou, C.G., Pouta, A., Ridderstråle, M., Samani, N.J., Saramies, J., Sinisalo, J., Smit, J.H., Strawbridge, R.J., Stringham, H.M., Swift, A.J., Teder-Laving, M., Thomson, B., Usala, G., van Meurs, J.B., van Ommen, G.J., Vatin, V., Volpato, C.B., Wallaschofski, H., Walters, G.B., Widen, E., Wild, S.H., Willemsen, G., Witte, D.R., Zgaga, L., Zitting, P., Beilby, J.P., James, A.L., Kähönen, M., Lehtimäki, T., Nieminen, M.S., Ohlsson, C., Palmer, L.J., Raitakari, O., Ridker, P.M., Stumvoll, M., Tönjes, A., Viikari, J., Balkau, B., Ben-Shlomo, Y., Bergman, R.N., Boeing, H., Smith, G.D., Ebrahim, S., Froguel, P., Hansen, T., Hengstenberg, C., Hveem, K., Isomaa, B., Jørgensen, T., Karpe, F., Khaw, K.T., Laakso, M., Lawlor, D.A., Marre, M., Meitinger, T., Metspalu, A., Midthjell, K., Pedersen, O., Salomaa, V., Schwarz, P.E., Tuomi, T., Tuomilehto, J., Valle, T.T., Wareham, N.J., Arnold, A.M., Beckmann, J.S., Bergmann, S., Boerwinkle, E., Boomsma, D.I., Caulfield, M.J., Collins, F.S., Eiriksdottir, G., Gudnason, V., Gyllensten, U., Hamsten, A., Hattersley, A.T., Hofman, A., Hu, F.B., Illig, T., Iribarren, C., Jarvelin, M.R., Kao, W.H., Kaprio, J., Launer, L.J., Munroe, P.B., Oostra, B., Penninx, B.W., Pramstaller, P.P., Psaty, B.M., Quertermous, T., Rissanen, A., Rudan, I., Shuldiner, A.R., Soranzo, N., Spector, T.D., Syvanen, A.C., Uda, M., Uitterlinden, A., Völzke, H., Vollenweider, P., Wilson, J.F., Witteman, J.C., Wright, A.F., Abecasis, G.R., Boehnke, M., Borecki, I.B., Deloukas, P., Frayling, T.M., Groop, L.C., Haritunians, T., Hunter, D.J., Kaplan, R.C., North, K.E., O'Connell, J.R., Peltonen, L., Schlessinger, D., Strachan, D.P., Hirschhorn, J.N., Assimes, T.L., Wichmann, H.E., Thorsteinsdottir, U., van Duijn, C.M., Stefansson, K., Cupples, L.A., Loos, R.J., Barroso, I., McCarthy, M.I., Fox, C.S., Mohlke, K.L., Lindgren, C.M., Heid, I.M., Jackson, A.U., Randall, J.C., Winkler, T.W., Qi, L., Steinthorsdottir, V., Thorleifsson, G., Zillikens, M.C., Speliotes, E.K., Mägi, R., Workalemahu, T., White, C.C., Bouatia-Naji, N., Harris, T.B., Berndt, S.I., Ingelsson, E., Willer, C.J., Weedon, M.N., Luan, J., Vedantam, S., Esko, T., Kilpeläinen, T.O., Kutalik, Z., Li, S., Monda, K.L., Dixon, A.L., Holmes, C.C., Kaplan, L.M., Liang, L., Min, J.L., Moffatt, M.F., Molony, C., Nicholson, G., Schadt, E.E., Zondervan, K.T., Feitosa, M.F., Ferreira, T., Allen, H.L., Weyant, R.J., Wheeler, E., Wood, A.R., MAGIC, Estrada, K., Goddard, M.E., Lettre, G., Mangino, M., Nyholt, D.R., Purcell, S., Smith, A.V., Visscher, P.M., Yang, J., McCarroll, S.A., Nemesh, J., Voight, B.F., Absher, D., Amin, N., Aspelund, T., Coin, L., Glazer, N.L., Hayward, C., Heard-Costa, N.L., Hottenga, J.J., Johansson, A., Johnson, T., Kaakinen, M., Kapur, K., Ketkar, S., Knowles, J.W., Kraft, P., Kraja, A.T., Lamina, C., Leitzmann, M.F., McKnight, B., Morris, A.P., Ong, K.K., Perry, J.R., Peters, M.J., Polasek, O., Prokopenko, I., Rayner, N.W., Ripatti, S., Rivadeneira, F., Robertson, N.R., Sanna, S., Sovio, U., Surakka, I., Teumer, A., van Wingerden, S., Vitart, V., Zhao, J.H., Cavalcanti-Proença, C., Chines, P.S., Fisher, E., Kulzer, J.R., Lecoeur, C., Narisu, N., Sandholt, C., Scott, L.J., Silander, K., Stark, K., Tammesoo, M.L., Teslovich, T.M., Timpson, N.J., Watanabe, R.M., Welch, R., Chasman, D.I., Cooper, M.N., Jansson, J.O., Kettunen, J., Lawrence, R.W., Pellikka, N., Perola, M., Vandenput, L., Alavere, H., Almgren, P., Atwood, L.D., Bennett, A.J., Biffar, R., Bonnycastle, L.L., Bornstein, S.R., Buchanan, T.A., Campbell, H., Day, I.N., Dei, M., Dörr, M., Elliott, P., Erdos, M.R., Eriksson, J.G., Freimer, N.B., Fu, M., Gaget, S., Geus, E.J., Gjesing, A.P., Grallert, H., Grässler, J., Groves, C.J., Guiducci, C., Hartikainen, A.L., Hassanali, N., Havulinna, A.S., Herzig, K.H., Hicks, A.A., Hui, J., Igl, W., Jousilahti, P., Jula, A., Kajantie, E., Kinnunen, L., Kolcic, I., Koskinen, S., Kovacs, P., Kroemer, H.K., Krzelj, V., Kuusisto, J., Kvaloy, K., Laitinen, J., Lantieri, O., Lathrop, G.M., Lokki, M.L., Luben, R.N., Ludwig, B., McArdle, W.L., McCarthy, A., Morken, M.A., Nelis, M., Neville, M.J., Paré, G., Parker, A.N., Peden, J.F., Pichler, I., Pietiläinen, K.H., Platou, C.G., Pouta, A., Ridderstråle, M., Samani, N.J., Saramies, J., Sinisalo, J., Smit, J.H., Strawbridge, R.J., Stringham, H.M., Swift, A.J., Teder-Laving, M., Thomson, B., Usala, G., van Meurs, J.B., van Ommen, G.J., Vatin, V., Volpato, C.B., Wallaschofski, H., Walters, G.B., Widen, E., Wild, S.H., Willemsen, G., Witte, D.R., Zgaga, L., Zitting, P., Beilby, J.P., James, A.L., Kähönen, M., Lehtimäki, T., Nieminen, M.S., Ohlsson, C., Palmer, L.J., Raitakari, O., Ridker, P.M., Stumvoll, M., Tönjes, A., Viikari, J., Balkau, B., Ben-Shlomo, Y., Bergman, R.N., Boeing, H., Smith, G.D., Ebrahim, S., Froguel, P., Hansen, T., Hengstenberg, C., Hveem, K., Isomaa, B., Jørgensen, T., Karpe, F., Khaw, K.T., Laakso, M., Lawlor, D.A., Marre, M., Meitinger, T., Metspalu, A., Midthjell, K., Pedersen, O., Salomaa, V., Schwarz, P.E., Tuomi, T., Tuomilehto, J., Valle, T.T., Wareham, N.J., Arnold, A.M., Beckmann, J.S., Bergmann, S., Boerwinkle, E., Boomsma, D.I., Caulfield, M.J., Collins, F.S., Eiriksdottir, G., Gudnason, V., Gyllensten, U., Hamsten, A., Hattersley, A.T., Hofman, A., Hu, F.B., Illig, T., Iribarren, C., Jarvelin, M.R., Kao, W.H., Kaprio, J., Launer, L.J., Munroe, P.B., Oostra, B., Penninx, B.W., Pramstaller, P.P., Psaty, B.M., Quertermous, T., Rissanen, A., Rudan, I., Shuldiner, A.R., Soranzo, N., Spector, T.D., Syvanen, A.C., Uda, M., Uitterlinden, A., Völzke, H., Vollenweider, P., Wilson, J.F., Witteman, J.C., Wright, A.F., Abecasis, G.R., Boehnke, M., Borecki, I.B., Deloukas, P., Frayling, T.M., Groop, L.C., Haritunians, T., Hunter, D.J., Kaplan, R.C., North, K.E., O'Connell, J.R., Peltonen, L., Schlessinger, D., Strachan, D.P., Hirschhorn, J.N., Assimes, T.L., Wichmann, H.E., Thorsteinsdottir, U., van Duijn, C.M., Stefansson, K., Cupples, L.A., Loos, R.J., Barroso, I., McCarthy, M.I., Fox, C.S., Mohlke, K.L., and Lindgren, C.M.
Abstract: Waist-hip ratio (WHR) is a measure of body fat distribution and a predictor of metabolic consequences independent of overall adiposity. WHR is heritable, but few genetic variants influencing this trait have been identified. We conducted a meta-analysis of 32 genome-wide association studies for WHR adjusted for body mass index (comprising up to 77,167 participants), following up 16 loci in an additional 29 studies (comprising up to 113,636 subjects). We identified 13 new loci in or near RSPO3, VEGFA, TBX15-WARS2, NFE2L3, GRB14, DNM3-PIGC, ITPR2-SSPN, LY86, HOXC13, ADAMTS9, ZNRF3-KREMEN1, NISCH-STAB1 and CPEB4 (P = 1.9 × 10⁻⁹ to P = 1.8 × 10⁻⁴⁰) and the known signal at LYPLAL1. Seven of these loci exhibited marked sexual dimorphism, all with a stronger effect on WHR in women than men (P for sex difference = 1.9 × 10⁻³ to P = 1.2 × 10⁻³). These findings provide evidence for multiple loci that modulate body fat distribution independent of overall adiposity and reveal strong gene-by-sex interactions.
Published: 2010

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

Author: Speliotes, E.K. (Elizabeth), Willer, C.J. (Cristen), Berndt, S.I. (Sonja), Monda, K.L. (Keri), Thorleifsson, G. (Gudmar), Jackson, A.U. (Anne), Allen, H.L., Lindgren, C.M. (Cecilia), Luan, J., Mägi, R. (Reedik), Randall, J.C. (Joshua), Vedantam, S. (Sailaja), Winkler, T.W. (Thomas), Qi, L. (Lu), Workalemahu, T. (Tsegaselassie), Heid, I.M. (Iris), Steinthorsdottir, V. (Valgerdur), Stringham, H.M. (Heather), Wheeler, E. (Eleanor), Wood, A.R. (Andrew), Ferreira, T. (Teresa), Weyant, R.J. (Robert), Segrè, A.V. (Ayellet), Eestrada, K. (Karol), Liang, L. (Liming), Nemesh, J. (James), Park, J.H., Gustafsson, S. (Stefan), Kilpeläinen, T.O. (Tuomas), Yang, J. (Joanna), Bouatia-Naji, N. (Nabila), Eesko, T. (Tõnu), Feitosa, M.F. (Mary Furlan), Kutalik, Z. (Zoltán), Mangino, M. (Massimo), Raychaudhuri, S. (Soumya), Scherag, A. (Andre), Smith, A.V. (Albert Vernon), Welch, R.P. (Ryan), Zhao, J.H. (Jing Hua), Aben, K.K.H. (Katja), Absher, D. (Devin), Amin, N. (Najaf), Dixon, A.L. (Anna), Fisher, E. (Eeva), Glazer, N.L. (Nicole), Goddard, M.E. (Michael), Heard-Costa, N.L. (Nancy), Hoesel, V. (Volker), Hottenga, J.J. (Jouke Jan), Johansson, A. (Åsa), Johnson, T. (Toby), Ketkar, S. (Shamika), Lamina, C. (Claudia), Li, S. (Shengxu), Moffatt, M.F. (Miriam), Myers, R.H. (Richard), Narisu, N. (Narisu), Perry, J.R.B. (John), Peters, M.J. (Marjolein), Preuss, M. (Michael), Ripatti, S. (Samuli), Rivadeneira Ramirez, F. (Fernando), Sandholt, C. (Camilla), Scott, L.J. (Laura), Timpson, N.J. (Nicholas), Tyrer, J.P. (Jonathan), Wingerden, S. (Sophie) van, White, C.C. (Charles), Wiklund, F. (Fredrik), Barlassina, C. (Christina), Chasman, D.I. (Daniel), Cooper, M.N. (Matthew), Jansson, J.O., Lawrence, R.W. (Robert), Pellikka, N. (Niina), Prokopenko, I. (Inga), Shi, J. (Jianxin), Thiering, E. (Eelisabeth), Alavere, H. (Helene), Alibrandi, M.T.S. (Maria), Almgren, P. (Peter), Arnold, A.M. (Alice), Aspelund, T. (Thor), Atwood, L.D. (Larry), Balkau, B. (Beverley), Balmforth, A.J. (Anthony), Bennett, A.J. (Amanda), Ben-Shlomo, Y., Bergman, R.N. (Richard), Bergmann, S.M. (Sven), Biebermann, H. (Heike), Blakemore, A.I.F. (Alexandra), Boes, T. (Tanja), Bonnycastle, L.L. (Lori), Bornstein, S.R. (Stefan), Brown, M.J. (Morris), Buchanan, T.A. (Thomas), Busonero, F., Campbell, H. (Harry), Cappuccio, F.P. (Francesco), Cavalcanti-Proença, C. (Christine), Chen, Y.D.I. (Yii-Der Ida), Chen, C.-M. (Chih-Mei), Chines, P.S. (Peter), Clarke, R., Coin, L. (Lachlan), Connell, J. (John), Day, I.N.M. (Ian), Heijer, M. (Martin) den, Duan, J. (Jubao), Eebrahim, S. (Shah), Eelliott, P. (Paul), Eelosua, R. (Roberto), Eeiriksdottir, G. (Gudny), Eerdos, M.R. (Micheal), Eeriksson, J.G. (Johan), Facheris, M.F. (Maurizio), Felix, S.B. (Stephan), Fischer-Posovszky, P. (Pamela), Folsom, A.R. (Aaron), Friedrich, N. (Nele), Freimer, N.B. (Nelson), Fu, M. (Mao), Gaget, S. (Stefan), Gejman, P.V. (Pablo), Geus, E.J.C. (Eco) de, Gieger, C. (Christian), Gjesing, A.P. (Anette), Goel, A. (Anuj), Goyette, P. (Philippe), Grallert, H. (Harald), Gräßler, J. (Jürgen), Greenawalt, D. (Danielle), Groves, C.J. (Christopher), Gudnason, V. (Vilmundur), Guiducci, C. (Candace), Hartikainen, A.L., Hassanali, N. (Neelam), Hall, A.S. (Alistair), Havulinna, A.S. (Aki), Hayward, C. (Caroline), Heath, A.C. (Andrew), Hengstenberg, C. (Christian), Hicks, A.A. (Andrew), Hinney, A. (Anke), Hofman, A. (Albert), Homuth, G. (Georg), Hui, J. (Jennie), Igl, W. (Wilmar), Iribarren, C. (Carlos), Isomaa, B. (Bo), Jacobs, K.B. (Kevin), Jarick, I. (Ivonne), Jewell, E. (Eelizabeth), John, U. (Ulrich), Jørgensen, T. (Torben), Jousilahti, P. (Pekka), Jula, A. (Antti), Kaakinen, M. (Marika), Kajantie, E. (Eero), Kaplan, R.C. (Robert), Kathiresan, S. (Sekar), Kettunen, J. (Johannes), Kinnunen, L. (Leena), Knowles, J.W. (Joshua), Kolcic, I. (Ivana), König, I.R. (Inke), Koskinen, S. (Seppo), Kovacs, P. (Peter), Kusisto, J. (Johanna), Kraft, P. (Peter), Kvaløy, K. 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(Leif), Haritunians, T. (Talin), Hunter, D.J. (David), Mohlke, K.L. (Karen), O'ConneL, J.R. (Jeffrey), Peltonen, L. (Leena Johanna), SchleSinger, D. (David), Strachan, D.P. (David), Watanabe, R.M. (Richard), Duijn, C.M. (Cornelia) van, Wichmann, H.E. (Heinz Erich), Frayling, T.M. (Timothy), Thorsteinsdottir, U. (Unnur), Abecasis, G.R. (Gonçalo), Boehnke, M. (Michael), StefanSon, K. (Kari), North, K.E. (Kari), McArthy, M.I. (Mark), Hirschhorn, J.N. (Joel), IngelSon, E. (Erik), Loos, R.J.F. (Ruth), Weedon, M.N. (Michael), Speliotes, E.K. (Elizabeth), Willer, C.J. (Cristen), Berndt, S.I. (Sonja), Monda, K.L. (Keri), Thorleifsson, G. (Gudmar), Jackson, A.U. (Anne), Allen, H.L., Lindgren, C.M. (Cecilia), Luan, J., Mägi, R. (Reedik), Randall, J.C. (Joshua), Vedantam, S. (Sailaja), Winkler, T.W. (Thomas), Qi, L. (Lu), Workalemahu, T. (Tsegaselassie), Heid, I.M. (Iris), Steinthorsdottir, V. (Valgerdur), Stringham, H.M. (Heather), Wheeler, E. (Eleanor), Wood, A.R. (Andrew), Ferreira, T. 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(Camilla), Scott, L.J. (Laura), Timpson, N.J. (Nicholas), Tyrer, J.P. (Jonathan), Wingerden, S. (Sophie) van, White, C.C. (Charles), Wiklund, F. (Fredrik), Barlassina, C. (Christina), Chasman, D.I. (Daniel), Cooper, M.N. (Matthew), Jansson, J.O., Lawrence, R.W. (Robert), Pellikka, N. (Niina), Prokopenko, I. (Inga), Shi, J. (Jianxin), Thiering, E. (Eelisabeth), Alavere, H. (Helene), Alibrandi, M.T.S. (Maria), Almgren, P. (Peter), Arnold, A.M. (Alice), Aspelund, T. (Thor), Atwood, L.D. (Larry), Balkau, B. (Beverley), Balmforth, A.J. (Anthony), Bennett, A.J. (Amanda), Ben-Shlomo, Y., Bergman, R.N. (Richard), Bergmann, S.M. (Sven), Biebermann, H. (Heike), Blakemore, A.I.F. (Alexandra), Boes, T. (Tanja), Bonnycastle, L.L. (Lori), Bornstein, S.R. (Stefan), Brown, M.J. (Morris), Buchanan, T.A. (Thomas), Busonero, F., Campbell, H. (Harry), Cappuccio, F.P. (Francesco), Cavalcanti-Proença, C. (Christine), Chen, Y.D.I. (Yii-Der Ida), Chen, C.-M. (Chih-Mei), Chines, P.S. (Peter), Clarke, R., Coin, L. (Lachlan), Connell, J. (John), Day, I.N.M. (Ian), Heijer, M. (Martin) den, Duan, J. (Jubao), Eebrahim, S. (Shah), Eelliott, P. (Paul), Eelosua, R. (Roberto), Eeiriksdottir, G. (Gudny), Eerdos, M.R. (Micheal), Eeriksson, J.G. (Johan), Facheris, M.F. (Maurizio), Felix, S.B. (Stephan), Fischer-Posovszky, P. (Pamela), Folsom, A.R. (Aaron), Friedrich, N. (Nele), Freimer, N.B. (Nelson), Fu, M. (Mao), Gaget, S. (Stefan), Gejman, P.V. (Pablo), Geus, E.J.C. (Eco) de, Gieger, C. (Christian), Gjesing, A.P. (Anette), Goel, A. (Anuj), Goyette, P. (Philippe), Grallert, H. (Harald), Gräßler, J. (Jürgen), Greenawalt, D. (Danielle), Groves, C.J. (Christopher), Gudnason, V. (Vilmundur), Guiducci, C. (Candace), Hartikainen, A.L., Hassanali, N. (Neelam), Hall, A.S. (Alistair), Havulinna, A.S. (Aki), Hayward, C. (Caroline), Heath, A.C. (Andrew), Hengstenberg, C. (Christian), Hicks, A.A. (Andrew), Hinney, A. (Anke), Hofman, A. (Albert), Homuth, G. (Georg), Hui, J. (Jennie), Igl, W. (Wilmar), Iribarren, C. (Carlos), Isomaa, B. (Bo), Jacobs, K.B. (Kevin), Jarick, I. (Ivonne), Jewell, E. (Eelizabeth), John, U. (Ulrich), Jørgensen, T. (Torben), Jousilahti, P. (Pekka), Jula, A. (Antti), Kaakinen, M. (Marika), Kajantie, E. (Eero), Kaplan, R.C. (Robert), Kathiresan, S. (Sekar), Kettunen, J. (Johannes), Kinnunen, L. (Leena), Knowles, J.W. (Joshua), Kolcic, I. (Ivana), König, I.R. (Inke), Koskinen, S. (Seppo), Kovacs, P. (Peter), Kusisto, J. (Johanna), Kraft, P. (Peter), Kvaløy, K. (Kirsti), Laitinen, J. (Jaana), Lantieri, O. (Olivier), Lanzani, C. (Chiara), Launer, L.J. (Lenore), Lecoeur, C. (Cécile), Lehtimäki, T. (Terho), Lettre, G. (Guillaume), Liu, J. (Jianjun), Lokki, M.L., Lorentzon, M. (Mattias), Luben, R.N. (Robert), Ludwig, B. (Barbara), Manunta, P. (Paolo), Marek, D. (Diana), Marre, M. (Michel), Martin, N.G. (Nicholas), McArdle, W.L. (Wendy), McCarthy, M.I. (Mark), McKnight, B. (Barbara), Meitinger, T. (Thomas), Melander, O. (Olle), Meyre, D. (David), Midthjell, K. (Kristian), Montgomery, G.W. (Grant), Morken, M.A. (Mario), Morris, A.D. (Andrew), Mulic, R. (Rosanda), Ngwa, J.S., Nelis, M. (Mari), Neville, M.J. (Matthew), Nyholt, D.R. (Dale), O'Ddonnell, C.J. (Christopher), O'Rahilly, S. (Stephen), Ong, K. (Ken), Oostra, B.A. (Ben), Paré, G. (Guillaume), Parker, A.N. (Alex), Perola, M. (Markus), Pichler, I. (Irene), Pietilainen, K.H. (Kirsi Hannele), Platou, C.P. (Carl), Polasek, O. (Ozren), Pouta, A. (Anneli), Rafelt, S. (Suzanne), Raitakari, O. (Olli), Rayner, N.W. (Nigel William), Ridderstråle, M. (Martin), Rief, W. (Winfried), Ruokonen, A. (Aimo), Robertson, N.R. (Neil), Rzehak, P. (Peter), Salomaa, V. (Veikko), Sanders, A.R. (Alan), Sandhu, M.S. (Manjinder), Sanna, S. (Serena), Saramies, J. (Jouko), Savolainen, M.J. (Markku), Schipf, S. (Sabine), Schreiber, S. (Stefan), Schunkert, H. (Heribert), Silander, K. (Kaisa), Sinisalo, J. (Juha), Siscovick, D.S. (David), Smit, J.H. (Jan), Soranzo, N. (Nicole), Sovio, U. (Ulla), Stephens, J. (Jonathan), Surakka, I. (Ida), Swift, A.J. (Amy), Tammesoo, M.L., Tardif, J.-C. (Jean-Claude), Teder-Laving, M. (Maris), Teslovich, T.M. (Tanya), Thompson, J.R. (John), Thomson, B. (Brian), Tönjes, A. (Anke), Tuomi, T. (Tiinamaija), Meurs, J.B.J. (Joyce) van, OMen, G.J. van, Vatin, V. (Vincent), Viikari, J. (Jorma), Visvikis-Siest, S. (Sophie), Vitart, V. (Veronique), Vogel, C.I. (Carla), Voight, B.F. (Benjamin), Waite, L. (Lindsay), Wallaschofski, H. (Henri), Walters, G.B. (Bragi), Widen, E. (Elisabeth), Wiegand, S. (Susanna), Wild, S.H. (Sarah), Willemsen, G.A.H.M. (Gonneke), Witte, D.R. (Deniel), Witteman, J.C.M. (Jacqueline), Xu, J. (Jianfeng), Zhang, Q. (Qunyuan), Zgaga, L. (Lina), Ziegler, A. (Andreas), Zitting, P. (Paavo), Beilby, J.P. (John), FarOqi, I.S. (Ssadaf), Hebebrand, J. (Johannes), Huikuri, H.V. (Heikki), James, A. (Alan), Kähönen, M. (Mika), Levinson, D.F. (Douglas), MacCiardi, F. (Fabio), Nieminen, M.S. (Markku), Ohlsson, C. (Claes), Palmer, C. (Cameron), Ridker, P.M. (Paul), Stumvoll, M. (Michael), Beckmann, J.S. (Jacques), Boeing, H. (Heiner), Boerwinkle, E.A. (Eric), Boomsma, D.I. (Dorret), Caulfield, M. (Mark), Chanock, S.J. (Stephen), Collins, F.S. (Francis), Cupples, L.A. (Adrienne), Eerdmann, J. (Jeanette), Frogue, P. (Philippe), Grönberg, H. (Henrik), Gyllensten, U. (Ulf), Hansen, T. (Torben), Harris, T.B. (Tamara), Hattersley, A.T. (Andrew), Hayes, R.B. (Richard), Heinrich, J. (Joachim), Hu, F.B. (Frank), Hveem, K. (Kristian), Illig, T. (Thomas), Järvelin, M.R., Kaprio, J. (Jaakko), Karpe, F. (Fredrik), Khaw, K-T. (Kay-Tee), Kiemeney, L.A.L.M. (Bart), Krude, H., Laakso, M. (Markku), Lawlor, D.A. (Debbie), Metspalu, A. (Andres), Munroe, P. (Patricia), Ouwehand, W.H. (Willem), Pedersen, O. (Oluf), Penninx, B.W.J.H. (Brenda), Pramstaller, P.P. (Peter Paul), Quertermous, T. (Thomas), Reinehr, T. (Thomas), Rissanen, A. (Aila), Rudan, I. (Igor), Samani, N.J. (Nilesh), Schwarz, P.E.H. (Peter), Shuldiner, A.R. (Alan), Spector, T.D. (Timothy), Tuomilehto, J. (Jaakko), Uda, M. (Manuela), Uitterlinden, A.G. (André), Valle, T.T. (Timo), Wabitsch, M. (Martin), Waeber, G. (Gérard), Wareham, N.J. (Nick), Watkins, H. (Hugh), Wilson, J.F. (James), Wright, A.F. (Alan), Zillikens, M.C. (Carola), ChatterjE, N. (Nilanjan), McCarroll, S.A. (Steve), Purcell, S. (Shaun), Schadt, E.E. (Eric), Visscher, P.M. (Peter), Assimes, T.L. (Themistocles), Borecki, I.B. (Ingrid), Deloukas, P. (Panagiotis), Fox, C.S. (Caroline), Groop, L. (Leif), Haritunians, T. (Talin), Hunter, D.J. (David), Mohlke, K.L. (Karen), O'ConneL, J.R. (Jeffrey), Peltonen, L. (Leena Johanna), SchleSinger, D. (David), Strachan, D.P. (David), Watanabe, R.M. (Richard), Duijn, C.M. (Cornelia) van, Wichmann, H.E. (Heinz Erich), Frayling, T.M. (Timothy), Thorsteinsdottir, U. (Unnur), Abecasis, G.R. (Gonçalo), Boehnke, M. (Michael), StefanSon, K. (Kari), North, K.E. (Kari), McArthy, M.I. (Mark), Hirschhorn, J.N. (Joel), IngelSon, E. (Erik), Loos, R.J.F. (Ruth), and Weedon, M.N. (Michael)
Abstract: Obesity is globaLy prevalent and highly heritable, but its underlying genetic factors remain largely elusive. To identify genetic loci for obesity susceptibility, we examined aSociations betwEn body maS index and ĝ̂1/42.8 miLion SNPs in up to 123,865 individuals with targeted foLow up of 42 SNPs in up to 125,931 aDitional individuals. We confirmed 14 known obesity susceptibility loci and identified 18 new loci aSociated with body maS 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 aSociated loci may provide new insights into human body weight regulation.
Published: 2010
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26. Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

Author: Speliotes, EK, Willer, CJ, Berndt, SI, Monda, KL, Thorleifsson, G, Jackson, AU, Allen, HL, Lindgren, CM, Luan, J, Maegi, R, Randall, JC, Vedantam, S, Winkler, TW, Qi, L, Workalemahu, T, Heid, IM, Steinthorsdottir, V, Stringham, HM, Weedon, MN, Wheeler, E, Wood, AR, Ferreira, T, Weyant, RJ, Segre, AV, Estrada, K, Liang, L, Nemesh, J, Park, J-H, Gustafsson, S, Kilpelaenen, TO, Yang, J, Bouatia-Naji, N, Esko, T, Feitosa, MF, Kutalik, Z, Mangino, M, Raychaudhuri, S, Scherag, A, Smith, AV, Welch, R, Zhao, JH, Aben, KK, Absher, DM, Amin, N, Dixon, AL, Fisher, E, Glazer, NL, Goddard, ME, Heard-Costa, NL, Hoesel, V, Hottenga, J-J, Johansson, A, Johnson, T, Ketkar, S, Lamina, C, Li, S, Moffatt, MF, Myers, RH, Narisu, N, Perry, JRB, Peters, MJ, Preuss, M, Ripatti, S, Rivadeneira, F, Sandholt, C, Scott, LJ, Timpson, NJ, Tyrer, JP, van Wingerden, S, Watanabe, RM, White, CC, Wiklund, F, Barlassina, C, Chasman, DI, Cooper, MN, Jansson, J-O, Lawrence, RW, Pellikka, N, Prokopenko, I, Shi, J, Thiering, E, Alavere, H, Alibrandi, MTS, Almgren, P, Arnold, AM, Aspelund, T, Atwood, LD, Balkau, B, Balmforth, AJ, Bennett, AJ, Ben-Shlomo, Y, Bergman, RN, Bergmann, S, Biebermann, H, Blakemore, AIF, Boes, T, Bonnycastle, LL, Bornstein, SR, Brown, MJ, Buchanan, TA, Busonero, F, Campbell, H, Cappuccio, FP, Cavalcanti-Proenca, C, Chen, Y-DI, Chen, C-M, Chines, PS, Clarke, R, Coin, L, Connell, J, Day, INM, den Heijer, M, Duan, J, Ebrahim, S, Elliott, P, Elosua, R, Eiriksdottir, G, Erdos, MR, Eriksson, JG, Facheris, MF, Felix, SB, Fischer-Posovszky, P, Folsom, AR, Friedrich, N, Freimer, NB, Fu, M, Gaget, S, Gejman, PV, Geus, EJC, Gieger, C, Gjesing, AP, Goel, A, Goyette, P, Grallert, H, Graessler, J, Greenawalt, DM, Groves, CJ, Gudnason, V, Guiducci, C, Hartikainen, A-L, Hassanali, N, Hall, AS, Havulinna, AS, Hayward, C, Heath, AC, Hengstenberg, C, Hicks, AA, Hinney, A, Hofman, A, Homuth, G, Hui, J, Igl, W, Iribarren, C, Isomaa, B, Jacobs, KB, Jarick, I, Jewell, E, John, U, Jorgensen, T, Jousilahti, P, Jula, A, Kaakinen, M, Kajantie, E, Kaplan, LM, Kathiresan, S, Kettunen, J, Kinnunen, L, Knowles, JW, Kolcic, I, Koenig, IR, Koskinen, S, Kovacs, P, Kuusisto, J, Kraft, P, Kvaloy, K, Laitinen, J, Lantieri, O, Lanzani, C, Launer, LJ, Lecoeur, C, Lehtimaeki, T, Lettre, G, Liu, J, Lokki, M-L, Lorentzon, M, Luben, RN, Ludwig, B, Manunta, P, Marek, D, Marre, M, Martin, NG, McArdle, WL, McCarthy, A, McKnight, B, Meitinger, T, Melander, O, Meyre, D, Midthjell, K, Montgomery, GW, Morken, MA, Morris, AP, Mulic, R, Ngwa, JS, Nelis, M, Neville, MJ, Nyholt, DR, O'Donnell, CJ, O'Rahilly, S, Ong, KK, Oostra, B, Pare, G, Parker, AN, Perola, M, Pichler, I, Pietilaeinen, KH, Platou, CGP, Polasek, O, Pouta, A, Rafelt, S, Raitakari, O, Rayner, NW, Ridderstrale, M, Rief, W, Ruokonen, A, Robertson, NR, Rzehak, P, Salomaa, V, Sanders, AR, Sandhu, MS, Sanna, S, Saramies, J, Savolainen, MJ, Scherag, S, Schipf, S, Schreiber, S, Schunkert, H, Silander, K, Sinisalo, J, Siscovick, DS, Smit, JH, Soranzo, N, Sovio, U, Stephens, J, Surakka, I, Swift, AJ, Tammesoo, M-L, Tardif, J-C, Teder-Laving, M, Teslovich, TM, Thompson, JR, Thomson, B, Toenjes, A, Tuomi, T, van Meurs, JBJ, van Ommen, G-J, Vatin, V, Viikari, J, Visvikis-Siest, S, Vitart, V, Vogel, CIG, Voight, BF, Waite, LL, Wallaschofski, H, Walters, GB, Widen, E, Wiegand, S, Wild, SH, Willemsen, G, Witte, DR, Witteman, JC, Xu, J, Zhang, Q, Zgaga, L, Ziegler, A, Zitting, P, Beilby, JP, Farooqi, IS, Hebebrand, J, Huikuri, HV, James, AL, Kaehoenen, M, Levinson, DF, Macciardi, F, Nieminen, MS, Ohlsson, C, Palmer, LJ, Ridker, PM, Stumvoll, M, Beckmann, JS, Boeing, H, Boerwinkle, E, Boomsma, DI, Caulfield, MJ, Chanock, SJ, Collins, FS, Cupples, LA, Smith, GD, Erdmann, J, Froguel, P, Greonberg, H, Gyllensten, U, Hall, P, Hansen, T, Harris, TB, Hattersley, AT, Hayes, RB, Heinrich, J, Hu, FB, Hveem, K, Illig, T, Jarvelin, M-R, Kaprio, J, Karpe, F, Khaw, K-T, Kiemeney, LA, Krude, H, Laakso, M, Lawlor, DA, Metspalu, A, Munroe, PB, Ouwehand, WH, Pedersen, O, Penninx, BW, Peters, A, Pramstaller, PP, Quertermous, T, Reinehr, T, Rissanen, A, Rudan, I, Samani, NJ, Schwarz, PEH, Shuldiner, AR, Spector, TD, Tuomilehto, J, Uda, M, Uitterlinden, A, Valle, TT, Wabitsch, M, Waeber, G, Wareham, NJ, Watkins, H, Wilson, JF, Wright, AF, Zillikens, MC, Chatterjee, N, McCarroll, SA, Purcell, S, Schadt, EE, Visscher, PM, Assimes, TL, Borecki, IB, Deloukas, P, Fox, CS, Groop, LC, Haritunians, T, Hunter, DJ, Kaplan, RC, Mohlke, KL, O'Connell, JR, Peltonen, L, Schlessinger, D, Strachan, DP, van Duijn, CM, Wichmann, H-E, Frayling, TM, Thorsteinsdottir, U, Abecasis, GR, Barroso, I, Boehnke, M, Stefansson, K, North, KE, McCarthy, MI, Hirschhorn, JN, Ingelsson, E, Loos, RJF, Speliotes, EK, Willer, CJ, Berndt, SI, Monda, KL, Thorleifsson, G, Jackson, AU, Allen, HL, Lindgren, CM, Luan, J, Maegi, R, Randall, JC, Vedantam, S, Winkler, TW, Qi, L, Workalemahu, T, Heid, IM, Steinthorsdottir, V, Stringham, HM, Weedon, MN, Wheeler, E, Wood, AR, Ferreira, T, Weyant, RJ, Segre, AV, Estrada, K, Liang, L, Nemesh, J, Park, J-H, Gustafsson, S, Kilpelaenen, TO, Yang, J, Bouatia-Naji, N, Esko, T, Feitosa, MF, Kutalik, Z, Mangino, M, Raychaudhuri, S, Scherag, A, Smith, AV, Welch, R, Zhao, JH, Aben, KK, Absher, DM, Amin, N, Dixon, AL, Fisher, E, Glazer, NL, Goddard, ME, Heard-Costa, NL, Hoesel, V, Hottenga, J-J, Johansson, A, Johnson, T, Ketkar, S, Lamina, C, Li, S, Moffatt, MF, Myers, RH, Narisu, N, Perry, JRB, Peters, MJ, Preuss, M, Ripatti, S, Rivadeneira, F, Sandholt, C, Scott, LJ, Timpson, NJ, Tyrer, JP, van Wingerden, S, Watanabe, RM, White, CC, Wiklund, F, Barlassina, C, Chasman, DI, Cooper, MN, Jansson, J-O, Lawrence, RW, Pellikka, N, Prokopenko, I, Shi, J, Thiering, E, Alavere, H, Alibrandi, MTS, Almgren, P, Arnold, AM, Aspelund, T, Atwood, LD, Balkau, B, Balmforth, AJ, Bennett, AJ, Ben-Shlomo, Y, Bergman, RN, Bergmann, S, Biebermann, H, Blakemore, AIF, Boes, T, Bonnycastle, LL, Bornstein, SR, Brown, MJ, Buchanan, TA, Busonero, F, Campbell, H, Cappuccio, FP, Cavalcanti-Proenca, C, Chen, Y-DI, Chen, C-M, Chines, PS, Clarke, R, Coin, L, Connell, J, Day, INM, den Heijer, M, Duan, J, Ebrahim, S, Elliott, P, Elosua, R, Eiriksdottir, G, Erdos, MR, Eriksson, JG, Facheris, MF, Felix, SB, Fischer-Posovszky, P, Folsom, AR, Friedrich, N, Freimer, NB, Fu, M, Gaget, S, Gejman, PV, Geus, EJC, Gieger, C, Gjesing, AP, Goel, A, Goyette, P, Grallert, H, Graessler, J, Greenawalt, DM, Groves, CJ, Gudnason, V, Guiducci, C, Hartikainen, A-L, Hassanali, N, Hall, AS, Havulinna, AS, Hayward, C, Heath, AC, Hengstenberg, C, Hicks, AA, Hinney, A, Hofman, A, Homuth, G, Hui, J, Igl, W, Iribarren, C, Isomaa, B, Jacobs, KB, Jarick, I, Jewell, E, John, U, Jorgensen, T, Jousilahti, P, Jula, A, Kaakinen, M, Kajantie, E, Kaplan, LM, Kathiresan, S, Kettunen, J, Kinnunen, L, Knowles, JW, Kolcic, I, Koenig, IR, Koskinen, S, Kovacs, P, Kuusisto, J, Kraft, P, Kvaloy, K, Laitinen, J, Lantieri, O, Lanzani, C, Launer, LJ, Lecoeur, C, Lehtimaeki, T, Lettre, G, Liu, J, Lokki, M-L, Lorentzon, M, Luben, RN, Ludwig, B, Manunta, P, Marek, D, Marre, M, Martin, NG, McArdle, WL, McCarthy, A, McKnight, B, Meitinger, T, Melander, O, Meyre, D, Midthjell, K, Montgomery, GW, Morken, MA, Morris, AP, Mulic, R, Ngwa, JS, Nelis, M, Neville, MJ, Nyholt, DR, O'Donnell, CJ, O'Rahilly, S, Ong, KK, Oostra, B, Pare, G, Parker, AN, Perola, M, Pichler, I, Pietilaeinen, KH, Platou, CGP, Polasek, O, Pouta, A, Rafelt, S, Raitakari, O, Rayner, NW, Ridderstrale, M, Rief, W, Ruokonen, A, Robertson, NR, Rzehak, P, Salomaa, V, Sanders, AR, Sandhu, MS, Sanna, S, Saramies, J, Savolainen, MJ, Scherag, S, Schipf, S, Schreiber, S, Schunkert, H, Silander, K, Sinisalo, J, Siscovick, DS, Smit, JH, Soranzo, N, Sovio, U, Stephens, J, Surakka, I, Swift, AJ, Tammesoo, M-L, Tardif, J-C, Teder-Laving, M, Teslovich, TM, Thompson, JR, Thomson, B, Toenjes, A, Tuomi, T, van Meurs, JBJ, van Ommen, G-J, Vatin, V, Viikari, J, Visvikis-Siest, S, Vitart, V, Vogel, CIG, Voight, BF, Waite, LL, Wallaschofski, H, Walters, GB, Widen, E, Wiegand, S, Wild, SH, Willemsen, G, Witte, DR, Witteman, JC, Xu, J, Zhang, Q, Zgaga, L, Ziegler, A, Zitting, P, Beilby, JP, Farooqi, IS, Hebebrand, J, Huikuri, HV, James, AL, Kaehoenen, M, Levinson, DF, Macciardi, F, Nieminen, MS, Ohlsson, C, Palmer, LJ, Ridker, PM, Stumvoll, M, Beckmann, JS, Boeing, H, Boerwinkle, E, Boomsma, DI, Caulfield, MJ, Chanock, SJ, Collins, FS, Cupples, LA, Smith, GD, Erdmann, J, Froguel, P, Greonberg, H, Gyllensten, U, Hall, P, Hansen, T, Harris, TB, Hattersley, AT, Hayes, RB, Heinrich, J, Hu, FB, Hveem, K, Illig, T, Jarvelin, M-R, Kaprio, J, Karpe, F, Khaw, K-T, Kiemeney, LA, Krude, H, Laakso, M, Lawlor, DA, Metspalu, A, Munroe, PB, Ouwehand, WH, Pedersen, O, Penninx, BW, Peters, A, Pramstaller, PP, Quertermous, T, Reinehr, T, Rissanen, A, Rudan, I, Samani, NJ, Schwarz, PEH, Shuldiner, AR, Spector, TD, Tuomilehto, J, Uda, M, Uitterlinden, A, Valle, TT, Wabitsch, M, Waeber, G, Wareham, NJ, Watkins, H, Wilson, JF, Wright, AF, Zillikens, MC, Chatterjee, N, McCarroll, SA, Purcell, S, Schadt, EE, Visscher, PM, Assimes, TL, Borecki, IB, Deloukas, P, Fox, CS, Groop, LC, Haritunians, T, Hunter, DJ, Kaplan, RC, Mohlke, KL, O'Connell, JR, Peltonen, L, Schlessinger, D, Strachan, DP, van Duijn, CM, Wichmann, H-E, Frayling, TM, Thorsteinsdottir, U, Abecasis, GR, Barroso, I, Boehnke, M, Stefansson, K, North, KE, McCarthy, MI, Hirschhorn, JN, Ingelsson, E, and Loos, RJF
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

27. A KATP channel gene effect on sleep duration: from genome-wide association studies to function in Drosophila

Author: Allebrandt, K V, primary, Amin, N, additional, Müller-Myhsok, B, additional, Esko, T, additional, Teder-Laving, M, additional, Azevedo, R V D M, additional, Hayward, C, additional, van Mill, J, additional, Vogelzangs, N, additional, Green, E W, additional, Melville, S A, additional, Lichtner, P, additional, Wichmann, H-E, additional, Oostra, B A, additional, Janssens, A C J W, additional, Campbell, H, additional, Wilson, J F, additional, Hicks, A A, additional, Pramstaller, P P, additional, Dogas, Z, additional, Rudan, I, additional, Merrow, M, additional, Penninx, B, additional, Kyriacou, C P, additional, Metspalu, A, additional, van Duijn, C M, additional, Meitinger, T, additional, and Roenneberg, T, additional
Published: 2011
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28. A KATP channel gene effect on sleep duration: from genome-wide association studies to function in Drosophila.

Author: Allebrandt, K V, Amin, N, Müller-Myhsok, B, Esko, T, Teder-Laving, M, Azevedo, R V D M, Hayward, C, van Mill, J, Vogelzangs, N, Green, E W, Melville, S A, Lichtner, P, Wichmann, H-E, Oostra, B A, Janssens, A C J W, Campbell, H, Wilson, J F, Hicks, A A, Pramstaller, P P, and Dogas, Z
Subjects: SLEEP, SLEEP deprivation, SLEEP disorders, METABOLIC syndrome, MENTAL illness, GENOMES, DROSOPHILA, RNA
Abstract: Humans sleep approximately a third of their lifetime. The observation that individuals with either long or short sleep duration show associations with metabolic syndrome and psychiatric disorders suggests that the length of sleep is adaptive. Although sleep duration can be influenced by photoperiod (season) and phase of entrainment (chronotype), human familial sleep disorders indicate that there is a strong genetic modulation of sleep. Therefore, we conducted high-density genome-wide association studies for sleep duration in seven European populations (N=4251). We identified an intronic variant (rs11046205; P=3.99 × 10−8) in the ABCC9 gene that explains ≈5% of the variation in sleep duration. An influence of season and chronotype on sleep duration was solely observed in the replication sample (N=5949). Meta-analysis of the associations found in a subgroup of the replication sample, chosen for season of entry and chronotype, together with the discovery results showed genome-wide significance. RNA interference knockdown experiments of the conserved ABCC9 homologue in Drosophila neurons renders flies sleepless during the first 3 h of the night. ABCC9 encodes an ATP-sensitive potassium channel subunit (SUR2), serving as a sensor of intracellular energy metabolism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2013
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29. Genome-wide analysis of 53,400 people with irritable bowel syndrome highlights shared genetic pathways with mood and anxiety disorders

Author: Eijsbouts, Chris, Zheng, Tenghao, Kennedy, Nicholas A., Bonfiglio, Ferdinando, Anderson, Carl A., Moutsianas, Loukas, Holliday, Joanne, Shi, Jingchunzi, Shringarpure, Suyash, Voda, Alexandru-Ioan, Farrugia, Gianrico, Franke, Andre, H��benthal, Matthias, Abecasis, Gon��alo, Zawistowski, Matthew, Skogholt, Anne Heidi, Ness-Jensen, Eivind, Hveem, Kristian, Esko, T��nu, Teder-Laving, Maris, Zhernakova, Alexandra, Camilleri, Michael, Boeckxstaens, Guy, Whorwell, Peter J., Spiller, Robin, McVean, Gil, D��Amato, Mauro, Jostins, Luke, Parkes, Miles, Agee, Michelle, Aslibekyan, Stella, Auton, Adam, Bell, Robert K., Bryc, Katarzyna, Clark, Sarah K., Elson, Sarah L., Fletez-Brant, Kipper, Fontanillas, Pierre, Furlotte, Nicholas A., Gandhi, Pooja M., Heilbron, Karl, Hicks, Barry, Hinds, David A., Huber, Karen E., Jewett, Ethan M., Jiang, Yunxuan, Kleinman, Aaron, Lin, Keng-Han, Litterman, Nadia K., Luff, Marie K., McCreight, Jey C., McIntyre, Matthew H., McManus, Kimberly F., Mountain, Joanna L., Mozaffari, Sahar V., Nandakumar, Priyanka, Noblin, Elizabeth S., Northover, Carrie A. M., O��Connell, Jared, Petrakovitz, Aaron A., Pitts, Steven J., Poznik, G. David, Sathirapongsasuti, J. Fah, Shastri, Anjali J., Shelton, Janie F., Tian, Chao, Tung, Joyce Y., Tunney, Robert J., Vacic, Vladimir, Wang, Xin, Zare, Amir S., Kashyap, Purna, Chang, Lin, Mayer, Emeran, Heitkemper, Margaret, Sayuk, Gregory S., Ringel-Kulka, Tamar, Ringel, Yehuda, Chey, William D., Eswaran, Shanti, Merchant, Juanita L., Shulman, Robert J., Bujanda, Luis, Garcia-Etxebarria, Koldo, Dlugosz, Aldona, Lindberg, Greger, Schmidt, Peter T., Karling, Pontus, Ohlsson, Bodil, Walter, Susanna, Faresj��, ��shild O., Simren, Magnus, Halfvarson, Jonas, Portincasa, Piero, Barbara, Giovanni, Usai-Satta, Paolo, Neri, Matteo, Nardone, Gerardo, Cuomo, Rosario, Galeazzi, Francesca, Bellini, Massimo, Latiano, Anna, Houghton, Lesley, Jonkers, Daisy, Kurilshikov, Alexander, Weersma, Rinse K., Netea, Mihai, Tesarz, Jonas, Gauss, Annika, Goebel-Stengel, Miriam, Andresen, Viola, Frieling, Thomas, Pehl, Christian, Schaefert, Rainer, Niesler, Beate, Lieb, Wolfgang, Hanevik, Kurt, Langeland, Nina, Wensaas, Knut-Arne, Litleskare, Sverre, Gabrielsen, Maiken E., Thomas, Laurent, Thijs, Vincent, Lemmens, Robin, Van Oudenhove, Lukas, Wouters, Mira, Eijsbouts C., Zheng T., Kennedy N.A., Bonfiglio F., Anderson C.A., Moutsianas L., Holliday J., Shi J., Shringarpure S., Agee M., Aslibekyan S., Auton A., Bell R.K., Bryc K., Clark S.K., Elson S.L., Fletez-Brant K., Fontanillas P., Furlotte N.A., Gandhi P.M., Heilbron K., Hicks B., Hinds D.A., Huber K.E., Jewett E.M., Jiang Y., Kleinman A., Lin K.-H., Litterman N.K., Luff M.K., McCreight J.C., McIntyre M.H., McManus K.F., Mountain J.L., Mozaffari S.V., Nandakumar P., Noblin E.S., Northover C.A.M., O'Connell J., Petrakovitz A.A., Pitts S.J., Poznik G.D., Sathirapongsasuti J.F., Shastri A.J., Shelton J.F., Tian C., Tung J.Y., Tunney R.J., Vacic V., Wang X., Zare A.S., Voda A.-I., Kashyap P., Chang L., Mayer E., Heitkemper M., Sayuk G.S., Ringel-Kulka T., Ringel Y., Chey W.D., Eswaran S., Merchant J.L., Shulman R.J., Bujanda L., Garcia-Etxebarria K., Dlugosz A., Lindberg G., Schmidt P.T., Karling P., Ohlsson B., Walter S., Faresjo A.O., Simren M., Halfvarson J., Portincasa P., Barbara G., Usai-Satta P., Neri M., Nardone G., Cuomo R., Galeazzi F., Bellini M., Latiano A., Houghton L., Jonkers D., Kurilshikov A., Weersma R.K., Netea M., Tesarz J., Gauss A., Goebel-Stengel M., Andresen V., Frieling T., Pehl C., Schaefert R., Niesler B., Lieb W., Hanevik K., Langeland N., Wensaas K.-A., Litleskare S., Gabrielsen M.E., Thomas L., Thijs V., Lemmens R., Van Oudenhove L., Wouters M., Farrugia G., Franke A., Hubenthal M., Abecasis G., Zawistowski M., Skogholt A.H., Ness-Jensen E., Hveem K., Esko T., Teder-Laving M., Zhernakova A., Camilleri M., Boeckxstaens G., Whorwell P.J., Spiller R., McVean G., D'Amato M., Jostins L., Parkes M., Eijsbouts, Chris [0000-0001-5179-0653], Anderson, Carl A. [0000-0003-1719-7009], Moutsianas, Loukas [0000-0001-5453-345X], Holliday, Joanne [0000-0003-4568-7320], Shringarpure, Suyash [0000-0001-6464-2668], Voda, Alexandru-Ioan [0000-0003-2974-6992], Farrugia, Gianrico [0000-0003-3473-5235], Hübenthal, Matthias [0000-0002-5956-3006], Abecasis, Gonçalo [0000-0003-1509-1825], Zawistowski, Matthew [0000-0002-3005-083X], Ness-Jensen, Eivind [0000-0001-6005-0729], Teder-Laving, Maris [0000-0002-5872-1850], Camilleri, Michael [0000-0001-6472-7514], Whorwell, Peter J. [0000-0002-5220-8474], Spiller, Robin [0000-0001-6371-4500], McVean, Gil [0000-0002-5012-4162], D’Amato, Mauro [0000-0003-2743-5197], Jostins, Luke [0000-0002-2475-3969], Parkes, Miles [0000-0002-6467-0631], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Groningen Institute for Gastro Intestinal Genetics and Immunology (3GI), Translational Immunology Groningen (TRIGR), Eijsbouts, C., Zheng, T., Kennedy, N. A., Bonfiglio, F., Anderson, C. A., Moutsianas, L., Holliday, J., Shi, J., Shringarpure, S., Agee, M., Aslibekyan, S., Auton, A., Bell, R. K., Bryc, K., Clark, S. K., Elson, S. L., Fletez-Brant, K., Fontanillas, P., Furlotte, N. A., Gandhi, P. M., Heilbron, K., Hicks, B., Hinds, D. A., Huber, K. E., Jewett, E. M., Jiang, Y., Kleinman, A., Lin, K. -H., Litterman, N. K., Luff, M. K., Mccreight, J. C., Mcintyre, M. H., Mcmanus, K. F., Mountain, J. L., Mozaffari, S. V., Nandakumar, P., Noblin, E. S., Northover, C. A. M., O'Connell, J., Petrakovitz, A. A., Pitts, S. J., Poznik, G. D., Sathirapongsasuti, J. F., Shastri, A. J., Shelton, J. F., Tian, C., Tung, J. Y., Tunney, R. J., Vacic, V., Wang, X., Zare, A. S., Voda, A. -I., Kashyap, P., Chang, L., Mayer, E., Heitkemper, M., Sayuk, G. S., Ringel-Kulka, T., Ringel, Y., Chey, W. D., Eswaran, S., Merchant, J. L., Shulman, R. J., Bujanda, L., Garcia-Etxebarria, K., Dlugosz, A., Lindberg, G., Schmidt, P. T., Karling, P., Ohlsson, B., Walter, S., Faresjo, A. O., Simren, M., Halfvarson, J., Portincasa, P., Barbara, G., Usai-Satta, P., Neri, M., Nardone, G., Cuomo, R., Galeazzi, F., Bellini, M., Latiano, A., Houghton, L., Jonkers, D., Kurilshikov, A., Weersma, R. K., Netea, M., Tesarz, J., Gauss, A., Goebel-Stengel, M., Andresen, V., Frieling, T., Pehl, C., Schaefert, R., Niesler, B., Lieb, W., Hanevik, K., Langeland, N., Wensaas, K. -A., Litleskare, S., Gabrielsen, M. E., Thomas, L., Thijs, V., Lemmens, R., Van Oudenhove, L., Wouters, M., Farrugia, G., Franke, A., Hubenthal, M., Abecasis, G., Zawistowski, M., Skogholt, A. H., Ness-Jensen, E., Hveem, K., Esko, T., Teder-Laving, M., Zhernakova, A., Camilleri, M., Boeckxstaens, G., Whorwell, P. J., Spiller, R., Mcvean, G., D'Amato, M., Jostins, L., and Parkes, M.
Subjects: Male, Molecular Chaperone, Mood Disorder, 631/208/205/2138, Biology, 692/699/1503/1502/2071, Bioinformatics, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Genetic pathways, 38/43, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Cytoskeletal Protein, Genetics, medicine, Genetic predisposition, Aged, Anxiety Disorders, CD56 Antigen, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Cytoskeletal Proteins, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors, Homeodomain Proteins, Humans, Middle Aged, Molecular Chaperones, Mood Disorders, United Kingdom, Polymorphism, 692/699/476, Irritable bowel syndrome, Depression (differential diagnoses), article, Homeodomain Protein, Single Nucleotide, Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor, medicine.disease, Neuroticism, Biobank, Mood, Cell Adhesion Molecule, Anxiety, medicine.symptom, Anxiety Disorder, Human
Abstract: Funder: Kennedy Trust Rheumatology Research Prize Studentship, Funder: DFG Cluster of Excellence ��Precision Medicine in Chronic In-flammation�� (PMI; ID: EXC2167), Funder: EC | EC Seventh Framework Programm | FP7 Ideas: European Research Council (FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific Programme: ��Ideas�� Implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities (2007 to 2013)); doi: https://doi.org/10.13039/100011199; Grant(s): 715772, Funder: NWO-VIDI grant 016.178.056, the Netherlands Heart Foundation CVON grant 2018-27, and NWO Gravitation grant ExposomeNL, Funder: Li Ka Shing Foundation (Li Ka Shing Foundation Limited); doi: https://doi.org/10.13039/100007421, Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) results from disordered brain��gut interactions. Identifying susceptibility genes could highlight the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms. We designed a digestive health questionnaire for UK Biobank and combined identified cases with IBS with independent cohorts. We conducted a genome-wide association study with 53,400 cases and 433,201 controls and replicated significant associations in a 23andMe panel (205,252 cases and 1,384,055 controls). Our study identified and confirmed six genetic susceptibility loci for IBS. Implicated genes included NCAM1, CADM2, PHF2/FAM120A, DOCK9, CKAP2/TPTE2P3 and BAG6. The first four are associated with mood and anxiety disorders, expressed in the nervous system, or both. Mirroring this, we also found strong genome-wide correlation between the risk of IBS and anxiety, neuroticism and depression (rg > 0.5). Additional analyses suggested this arises due to shared pathogenic pathways rather than, for example, anxiety causing abdominal symptoms. Implicated mechanisms require further exploration to help understand the altered brain��gut interactions underlying IBS.
Published: 2021
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30. Causal relationship between obesity and vitamin D status: bi-directional Mendelian randomization analysis of multiple cohorts

Author: Benjamin Voight, Guillaume Pare, Ruth Loos, Michael Preuss, Åsa Johansson, Eco De Geus, Michael Weedon, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Joyce Van Meurs, Torben Jørgensen, Kirsi Pietiläinen, Nicole Glazer, Mattias Lorentzon, Braxton Mitchell, Nicole Soranzo, Patricia Munroe, Ozren Polasek, Elisabeth Thiering, Marika Kaakinen, Carla Vogel, Jennie Hui, Elina Hypponen, ROBERTO ELOSUA, Amanda Bennett, Michael Stumvoll, Andrew Hattersley, Peter P Pramstaller, Lambertus Kiemeney, Sophie Visvikis-Siest, Vilmundur Gudnason, John Whittaker, Aroon Hingorani, Thor Aspelund, Dale Nyholt, Mary Feitosa, Vimal Karani, Mika Kähönen, Lachlan Coin, Malcolm Dunlop, Josee Dupuis, Terho Lehtimäki, Peter Visscher, Katja Aben, Daniel Witte, Cyrus Cooper, Stefan Pilz, Willem Ouwehand, Eleanor Wheeler, Peter Kovacs, Debbie A Lawlor, Kevin Jacobs, Evropi Theodoratou, Hana Lango Allen, Rosanda Mulic, Rui Li, Stephen Kritchevsky, Philippe Froguel, Soumya Raychaudhuri, Cornelia Van Duijn, Andrew Wood, Chiara Lanzani, Tonu Esko, Sadaf Farooqi, Reedik Mägi, Gerard Waeber, Claes Ohlsson, André Scherag, Marcus Kleber, Thomas Meitinger, Lina Zgaga, Denise Houston, Karl Michaëlsson, Robert Weyant, Thomas Wang, Paul Elliott, Robert Luben, Albert Vernon Smith, MANUELA UDA, Gonneke Willemsen, Mark McCarthy, Cecilia Lindgren, Olle Melander, Igor Rudan, Maris Teder-Laving, Liesbeth Vandenput, Vimaleswaran, K, Berry, Dj, Lu, C, Tikkanen, E, Pilz, S, Hiraki, Lt, Cooper, Jd, Dastani, Z, Li, R, Houston, Dk, Wood, Ar, Michaëlsson, K, Vandenput, L, Zgaga, L, YERGES ARMSTRONG, Lm, Mccarthy, Mi, Dupuis, J, Kaakinen, M, Kleber, Me, Jameson, K, Arden, N, Raitakari, O, Viikari, J, Lohman, Kk, Ferrucci, L, Melhus, H, Ingelsson, E, Byberg, L, Lind, L, Lorentzon, M, Salomaa, V, Campbell, H, Dunlop, M, Mitchell, Bd, Herzig, Kh, Pouta, A, Hartikainen, Al, Manunta, Paolo, Streeten, Ea, Theodoratou, E, Jula, A, Wareham, Nj, Ohlsson, C, Frayling, Tm, Kritchevsky, Sb, Spector, Td, Richards, Jb, Lehtimäki, T, Ouwehand, Wh, Kraft, P, Cooper, C, März, W, Power, C, Loos, Rj, Wang, Tj, Järvelin, Mr, Whittaker, Jc, Hingorani, Ad, Hyppönen, E., Council, Medical Research, Biological Psychology, EMGO+ - Lifestyle, Overweight and Diabetes, Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, Haartman Institute (-2014), Transplantation Laboratory, Vimaleswaran, Karani S, Berry, Diane J, Lu, Chen, Tikkanen, Emmi, Hyppönen, Elina, Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits (GIANT) Consortium, Hinney, Anke (Beitragende*r), Scherag, Susann (Beitragende*r), Hebebrand, Johannes (Beitragende*r), Epidemiology and Data Science, Psychiatry, EMGO - Lifestyle, overweight and diabetes, Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits-GIANT Consortium, Speliotes, E.K., Willer, C.J., Berndt, S.I., Monda, K.L., Thorleifsson, G., Jackson, A.U., Allen, H.L., Lindgren, C.M., Jian'an, L., Mägi, R., Randall, J.C., Vedantam, S., Winkler, T.W., Qi, L., Workalemahu, T., Heid, I.M., Steinthorsdottir, V., Stringham, H.M., Weedon, M.N., Wheeler, E., Wood, A.R., Ferreira, T., Weyant, R.J., Segrè, A.V., Estrada, K., Liang, L., Nemesh, J., Park, J.H., Gustafsson, S., Kilpeläinen, T.O., Yang, J., Bouatia-Naji, N., Tõnu, E., Feitosa, M.F., Kutalik, Z., Mangino, M., Raychaudhuri, S., Scherag, A., Smith, A.V., Welch, R., Zhao, J.H., Aben, K.K., Absher, D.M., Amin, N., Dixon, A.L., Fisher, E., Glazer, N.L., Goddard, M.E., Heard-Costa, N.L., Hoesel, V., Hottenga, J.J., Johansson, Å., Johnson, T., Ketkar, S., Lamina, C., Li, S., Moffatt, M.F., Myers, R.H., Narisu, N., Perry, J.R., Peters, M.J., Preuss, M., Ripatti, S., Rivadeneira, F., Sandholt, C., Scott, L.J., Timpson, N.J., Tyrer, J.P., van Wingerden, S., Watanabe, R.M., White, C.C., Wiklund, F., Barlassina, C., Chasman, D.I., Cooper, M.N., Jansson, J.O., Lawrence, R.W., Pellikka, N., Prokopenko, I., Shi, J., Thiering, E., Alavere, H., Alibrandi, M.T., Almgren, P., Arnold, A.M., Aspelund, T., Atwood, L.D., Balkau, B., Balmforth, A.J., Bennett, A.J., Ben-Shlomo, Y., Bergman, R.N., Bergmann, S., Biebermann, H., Blakemore, A.I., Boes, T., Bonnycastle, L.L., Bornstein, S.R., Brown, M.J., Buchanan, T.A., Busonero, F., Campbell, H., Cappuccio, F.P., Cavalcanti-Proença, C., Chen, Y.D., Chen, C.M., Chines, P.S., Clarke, R., Coin, L., Connell, J., Day, I.N., Heijer, M., Duan, J., Ebrahim, S., Elliott, P., Elosua, R., Eiriksdottir, G., Erdos, M.R., Eriksson, J.G., Facheris, M.F., Felix, S.B., Fischer-Posovszky, P., Folsom, A.R., Friedrich, N., Freimer, N.B., Fu, M., Gaget, S., Gejman, P.V., Geus, E.J., Gieger, C., Gjesing, A.P., Goel, A., Goyette, P., Grallert, H., Gräßler, J., Greenawalt, D.M., Groves, C.J., Gudnason, V., Guiducci, C., Hartikainen, A.L., Hassanali, N., Hall, A.S., Havulinna, A.S., Hayward, C., Heath, A.C., Hengstenberg, C., Hicks, A.A., Hinney, A., Hofman, A., Homuth, G., Hui, J., Igl, W., Iribarren, C., Isomaa, B., Jacobs, K.B., Jarick, I., Jewell, E., John, U., Jørgensen, T., Jousilahti, P., Jula, A., Kaakinen, M., Kajantie, E., Kaplan, L.M., Kathiresan, S., Kettunen, J., Kinnunen, L., Knowles, J.W., Kolcic, I., König, I.R., Koskinen, S., Kovacs, P., Kuusisto, J., Kraft, P., Kvaløy, K., Laitinen, J., Lantieri, O., Lanzani, C., Launer, L.J., Lecoeur, C., Lehtimäki, T., Lettre, G., Liu, J., Lokki, M.L., Lorentzon, M., Luben, R.N., Ludwig, B., Manunta, P., Marek, D., Marre, M., Martin, N.G., McArdle, W.L., McCarthy, A., McKnight, B., Meitinger, T., Melander, O., Meyre, D., Midthjell, K., Montgomery, G.W., Morken, M.A., Morris, A.P., Mulic, R., Ngwa, J.S., Nelis, M., Neville, M.J., Nyholt, D.R., O'Donnell, C.J., O'Rahilly, S., Ong, K.K., Oostra, B., Paré, G., Parker, A.N., Perola, M., Pichler, I., Pietiläinen, K.H., Platou, C.G., Polasek, O., Pouta, A., Rafelt, S., Raitakari, O., Rayner, N.W., Ridderstråle, M., Rief, W., Ruokonen, A., Robertson, N.R., Rzehak, P., Salomaa, V., Sanders, A.R., Sandhu, M.S., Sanna, S., Saramies, J., Savolainen, M.J., Scherag, S., Schipf, S., Schreiber, S., Schunkert, H., Silander, K., Sinisalo, J., Siscovick, D.S., Smit, J.H., Soranzo, N., Sovio, U., Stephens, J., Surakka, I., Swift, AJ., Tammesoo, M.L., Tardif, J.C., Teder-Laving, M., Teslovich, T.M., Thompson, J.R., Thomson, B., Tönjes, A., Tuomi, T., van Meurs, J.B., van Ommen, G.J., Vatin, V., Viikari, J., Visvikis-Siest, S., Vitart, V., Vogel, C.I., Voight, B.F., Waite, L.L., Wallaschofski, H., Walters, G.B., Widen, E., Wiegand, S., Wild, S.H., Willemsen, G., Witte, D.R., Witteman, J.C., Xu, J., Zhang, Q., Zgaga, L., Ziegler, A., Zitting, P., Beilby, J.P., Farooqi, I.S., Hebebrand, J., Huikuri, H.V., James, AL., Kähönen, M., Levinson, D.F., Macciardi, F., Nieminen, M.S., Ohlsson, C., Palmer, L.J., Ridker, P.M., Stumvoll, M., Beckmann, J.S., Boeing, H., Boerwinkle, E., Boomsma, D.I., Caulfield, M.J., Chanock, S.J., Collins, F.S., Cupples, L.A., Smith, G.D., Erdmann, J., Froguel, P., Grönberg, H., Gyllensten, U., Hall, P., Hansen, T., Harris, T.B., Hattersley, A.T., Hayes, R.B., Heinrich, J., Hu, F.B., Hveem, K., Illig, T., 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Institute for Health Research
Subjects: Male, Netherlands Twin Register (NTR), Medicin och hälsovetenskap, obesity, 25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D, D INSUFFICIENCY, Epidemiology, Medizin, vitamin D, Aetiology, screening and detection [ONCOL 5], Medical and Health Sciences, Gastroenterology, Body Mass Index, chemistry.chemical_compound, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk Factors, GENETIC-VARIANTS, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, Vitamin D, 2. Zero hunger, Genetics, Aged, 80 and over, Evidence-Based Medicine, Confounding, 11 Medical And Health Sciences, General Medicine, Middle Aged, 3. Good health, PREVALENCE, Europe, Phenotype, Genetic Epidemiology, Biological Markers, Female, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Research Article, Vitamin, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, vitamin D deficiency, genetic variants, Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits-GIANT Consortium, European Continental Ancestry Group, 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, body mass index, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Risk Assessment, White People, COMMON OBESITY, 03 medical and health sciences, D DEFICIENCY, Medicine, General & Internal, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, General & Internal Medicine, Internal medicine, Mendelian randomization, Vitamin D and neurology, INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Obesity, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, Biology, Molecular epidemiology Aetiology, screening and detection [NCEBP 1], Aged, Science & Technology, Population Biology, business.industry, CARDIOVASCULAR-DISEASE RISK, ta3121, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, medicine.disease, Vitamin D Deficiency, BODY-MASS INDEX, chemistry, Genetic epidemiology, 3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine, Multivariate Analysis, North America, Genetic Polymorphism, Linear Models, business, Body mass index, Population Genetics, Biomarkers
Abstract: A mendelian randomization study based on data from multiple cohorts conducted by Karani Santhanakrishnan Vimaleswaran and colleagues re-examines the causal nature of the relationship between vitamin D levels and obesity., Background Obesity is associated with vitamin D deficiency, and both are areas of active public health concern. We explored the causality and direction of the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] using genetic markers as instrumental variables (IVs) in bi-directional Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis. Methods and Findings We used information from 21 adult cohorts (up to 42,024 participants) with 12 BMI-related SNPs (combined in an allelic score) to produce an instrument for BMI and four SNPs associated with 25(OH)D (combined in two allelic scores, separately for genes encoding its synthesis or metabolism) as an instrument for vitamin D. Regression estimates for the IVs (allele scores) were generated within-study and pooled by meta-analysis to generate summary effects. Associations between vitamin D scores and BMI were confirmed in the Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits (GIANT) consortium (n = 123,864). Each 1 kg/m2 higher BMI was associated with 1.15% lower 25(OH)D (p = 6.52×10−27). The BMI allele score was associated both with BMI (p = 6.30×10−62) and 25(OH)D (−0.06% [95% CI −0.10 to −0.02], p = 0.004) in the cohorts that underwent meta-analysis. The two vitamin D allele scores were strongly associated with 25(OH)D (p≤8.07×10−57 for both scores) but not with BMI (synthesis score, p = 0.88; metabolism score, p = 0.08) in the meta-analysis. A 10% higher genetically instrumented BMI was associated with 4.2% lower 25(OH)D concentrations (IV ratio: −4.2 [95% CI −7.1 to −1.3], p = 0.005). No association was seen for genetically instrumented 25(OH)D with BMI, a finding that was confirmed using data from the GIANT consortium (p≥0.57 for both vitamin D scores). Conclusions On the basis of a bi-directional genetic approach that limits confounding, our study suggests that a higher BMI leads to lower 25(OH)D, while any effects of lower 25(OH)D increasing BMI are likely to be small. Population level interventions to reduce BMI are expected to decrease the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency. Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary, Editors' Summary Background Obesity—having an unhealthy amount of body fat—is increasing worldwide. In the US, for example, a third of the adult population is now obese. Obesity is defined as having a body mass index (BMI, an indicator of body fat calculated by dividing a person's weight in kilograms by their height in meters squared) of more than 30.0 kg/m2. Although there is a genetic contribution to obesity, people generally become obese by consuming food and drink that contains more energy than they need for their daily activities. Thus, obesity can be prevented by having a healthy diet and exercising regularly. Compared to people with a healthy weight, obese individuals have an increased risk of developing diabetes, heart disease and stroke, and tend to die younger. They also have a higher risk of vitamin D deficiency, another increasingly common public health concern. Vitamin D, which is essential for healthy bones as well as other functions, is made in the skin after exposure to sunlight but can also be obtained through the diet and through supplements. Why Was This Study Done? Observational studies cannot prove that obesity causes vitamin D deficiency because obese individuals may share other characteristics that reduce their circulating 25-hydroxy vitamin D [25(OH)D] levels (referred to as confounding). Moreover, observational studies cannot indicate whether the larger vitamin D storage capacity of obese individuals (vitamin D is stored in fatty tissues) lowers their 25(OH)D levels or whether 25(OH)D levels influence fat accumulation (reverse causation). If obesity causes vitamin D deficiency, monitoring and treating vitamin D deficiency might alleviate some of the adverse health effects of obesity. Conversely, if low vitamin D levels cause obesity, encouraging people to take vitamin D supplements might help to control the obesity epidemic. Here, the researchers use bi-directional “Mendelian randomization” to examine the direction and causality of the relationship between BMI and 25(OH)D. In Mendelian randomization, causality is inferred from associations between genetic variants that mimic the influence of a modifiable environmental exposure and the outcome of interest. Because gene variants do not change over time and are inherited randomly, they are not prone to confounding and are free from reverse causation. Thus, if a lower vitamin D status leads to obesity, genetic variants associated with lower 25(OH)D concentrations should be associated with higher BMI, and if obesity leads to a lower vitamin D status, then genetic variants associated with higher BMI should be associated with lower 25(OH)D concentrations. What Did the Researchers Do and Find? The researchers created a “BMI allele score” based on 12 BMI-related gene variants and two “25(OH)D allele scores,” which are based on gene variants that affect either 25(OH)D synthesis or breakdown. Using information on up to 42,024 participants from 21 studies, the researchers showed that the BMI allele score was associated with both BMI and with 25(OH)D levels among the study participants. Based on this information, they calculated that each 10% increase in BMI will lead to a 4.2% decrease in 25(OH)D concentrations. By contrast, although both 25(OH)D allele scores were strongly associated with 25(OH)D levels, neither score was associated with BMI. This lack of an association between 25(OH)D allele scores and obesity was confirmed using data from more than 100,000 individuals involved in 46 studies that has been collected by the GIANT (Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits) consortium. What Do These Findings Mean? These findings suggest that a higher BMI leads to a lower vitamin D status whereas any effects of low vitamin D status on BMI are likely to be small. That is, these findings provide evidence for obesity as a causal factor in the development of vitamin D deficiency but not for vitamin D deficiency as a causal factor in the development of obesity. These findings suggest that population-level interventions to reduce obesity should lead to a reduction in the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and highlight the importance of monitoring and treating vitamin D deficiency as a means of alleviating the adverse influences of obesity on health. Additional Information Please access these Web sites via the online version of this summary at http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001383. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides information on all aspects of overweight and obesity (in English and Spanish); a data brief provides information about the vitamin D status of the US population The World Health Organization provides information on obesity (in several languages) The UK National Health Service Choices website provides detailed information about obesity and a link to a personal story about losing weight; it also provides information about vitamin D The International Obesity Taskforce provides information about the global obesity epidemic The US Department of Agriculture's ChooseMyPlate.gov website provides a personal healthy eating plan; the Weight-control Information Network is an information service provided for the general public and health professionals by the US National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (in English and Spanish) The US Office of Dietary Supplements provides information about vitamin D (in English and Spanish) MedlinePlus has links to further information about obesity and about vitamin D (in English and Spanish) Wikipedia has a page on Mendelian randomization (note: Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia that anyone can edit; available in several languages) Overview and details of the collaborative large-scale genetic association study (D-CarDia) provide information about vitamin D and the risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes and related traits
Published: 2013
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31. Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index

Author: Fredrik Karpe, Ivonne Jarick, Julius S. Ngwa, Alan F. Wright, Robert Luben, Aaron R. Folsom, Sailaja Vedantam, Veikko Salomaa, Markku J. Savolainen, Robert Clarke, Shah Ebrahim, Thomas A. Buchanan, Mao Fu, Albert Hofman, Philippe Goyette, Camilla H. Sandholt, Fabio Macciardi, Elizabeth K. Speliotes, Barbara McKnight, Anne McCarthy, Mika Kaehoenen, Christian Gieger, Jorma S. A. Viikari, Nicholas J. Timpson, Kirsti Kvaløy, Douglas F. Levinson, Toby Johnson, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Samuli Ripatti, Andrew A. Hicks, Niina Pellikka, Charles C. White, Leena Peltonen, Reedik Maegi, John-Olov Jansson, Qunyuan Zhang, Claudia Lamina, Robert C. Kaplan, Peter M. Visscher, Laura J. Scott, Claes Ohlsson, Brian Thomson, Jubao Duan, Heikki V. Huikuri, Stephen O'Rahilly, Anette P. Gjesing, David P. Strachan, Caroline S. Fox, Sekar Kathiresan, Anna-Liisa Hartikainen, Johannes Kettunen, Maris Teder-Laving, Erik Ingelsson, Mario A. Morken, Peter Kovacs, Elisabeth Widen, Caroline Hayward, Eleanor Wheeler, Jing Hua Zhao, Vilmundur Gudnason, Panos Deloukas, Jacqueline C. M. Witteman, Gert-Jan B. van Ommen, Eric Boerwinkle, Martin Wabitsch, Christian Hengstenberg, Beverley Balkau, Thor Aspelund, Neelam Hassanali, Paul M. Ridker, Nicole L. Glazer, Joyce B. J. van Meurs, Michel Marre, Alan James, Ben A. Oostra, David Meyre, Ida Surakka, Stefan Schreiber, Nigel W. Rayner, Heribert Schunkert, Thomas Quertermous, Stefan Gustafsson, Peter Kraft, Benjamin F. Voight, Irene Pichler, Olle Melander, Ozren Polasek, Antti Jula, Alan R. Sanders, Andrew R. Wood, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Thomas Illig, Jianjun Liu, Gerard Waeber, André G. Uitterlinden, Torben Hansen, Helene Alavere, André Scherag, Paolo Manunta, Johannes Hebebrand, Themistocles L. Assimes, Stefan R. Bornstein, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Morris Brown, Jianfeng Xu, Yii-Der Ida Chen, Nancy L. Heard-Costa, Cristen J. Willer, Henrik Greonberg, Guillaume Lettre, John R. Thompson, Inês Barroso, John R. B. Perry, Andreas Ziegler, James F. Wilson, Christopher J. O'Donnell, Maurizio F. Facheris, Robert Lawrence, Jan Smit, Lyle J. Palmer, Ulf Gyllensten, Richard B. Hayes, Shengxu Li, Barbara Ludwig, Larry D. Atwood, Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir, Sabine Schipf, Jouko Saramies, Tanja Boes, Martin Ridderstråle, Jennie Hui, Lina Zgaga, Susann Scherag, Alexandra I. F. Blakemore, Marjolein Peters, Timo T. Valle, Nelson B. Freimer, Kay-Tee Khaw, Amy J. Swift, Michael Stumvoll, Miriam F. Moffatt, Cecilia M. Lindgren, Ayellet V. Segrè, Neil Robertson, Richard N. Bergman, Francis S. Collins, Ryan P. Welch, Mari-Liis Tammesoo, Devin Absher, Tamara B. Harris, Kari E. North, Manuela Uda, Karen L. Mohlke, Inga Prokopenko, Per Hall, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Marjo-Riitta Järvelin, Guillaume Paré, Stefan Gaget, G. Bragi Walters, Michael N. Weedon, Jean-Claude Tardif, Mary F. Feitosa, Anke Toenjes, Ken K. Ong, Cécile Lecoeur, Paavo Zitting, David S. Siscovick, Chih-Mei Chen, Peter Almgren, Anneli Pouta, Philippe Froguel, Pekka Jousilahti, Jaakko Kaprio, Maria Teresa Sciarrone Alibrandi, Sophie van Wingerden, Steven A. McCarroll, Oluf Pedersen, Shaun Purcell, Veronique Vitart, Leena Kinnunen, Markus Perola, Jacques S. Beckmann, Vincent Vatin, Christopher J. Groves, Zoltán Kutalik, Lu Qi, Volker Hoesel, Seppo Koskinen, Suzanne Rafelt, Anke Hinney, Annette Peters, David Schlessinger, Eero Kajantie, Jian Yang, Nicholas G. Martin, Joshua W. Knowles, Kristian Midthjell, Olivier Lantieri, Dorret I. Boomsma, Harry Campbell, Ulrich John, Kirsi H. Pietilaeinen, George Davey Smith, Carl G. P. Platou, Sarah H. Wild, Patricia B. Munroe, Iris M. Heid, Diana Marek, Michael Boehnke, Andres Metspalu, Hana Lango Allen, Peter Rzehak, Christine Cavalcanti-Proença, M. Carola Zillikens, Åsa Johansson, Anuj Goel, Andrew T. Hattersley, Massimo Mangino, Michael E. Goddard, Tim D. Spector, Winfried Rief, Jonathan Tyrer, Lachlan J. M. Coin, Peter P. Pramstaller, Narisu Narisu, John Beilby, Jonathan Stephens, Christina Barlassina, Pamela Fischer-Posovszky, Brenda W.J.H. Penninx, Kaisa Silander, Richard H. Myers, Jouke-Jan Hottenga, Eric E. Schadt, Francesco P. Cappuccio, Martin den Heijer, Fernando Rivadeneira, Lindsay L. Waite, Wilmar Igl, Igor Rudan, Manjinder S. Sandhu, Debbie A Lawlor, Kristian Hveem, Susanna Wiegand, Mari Nelis, Thomas Reinehr, Elisabeth Thiering, Inke R. Koenig, Stephan B. Felix, Fredrik Wiklund, Ian N. M. Day, Willem H. Ouwehand, Peter Schwarz, Richard M. Watanabe, Keri L. Monda, Kari Stefansson, Gudny Eiriksdottir, H-Erich Wichmann, Jianxin Shi, Najaf Amin, Carlos Iribarren, Heiko Krude, Dale R. Nyholt, Lenore J. Launer, Stephen J. Chanock, Harald Grallert, Hugh Watkins, Juergen Graessler, Tsegaselassie Workalemahu, Jeanette Erdmann, Mattias Lorentzon, Leif Groop, Teresa Ferreira, Chiara Lanzani, Johanna Kuusisto, Johan G. Eriksson, Tõnu Esko, Torben Jørgensen, Robert J. 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North, Ke, Mccarthy, Mi, Hirschhorn, Jn, Ingelsson, E, and Loos, Rj
Subjects: Netherlands Twin Register (NTR), Medizin, Genome-wide association study, Aetiology, screening and detection [ONCOL 5], FTO gene, Body Mass Index, 0302 clinical medicine, SH2B1, GASTRIC-INHIBITORY POLYPEPTIDE, ADULT OBESITY, Glucose homeostasis, Body Size, GENETICS & HEREDITY, 2. Zero hunger, Genetics, Genetics & Heredity, RISK, 0303 health sciences, Neuronal growth regulator 1, Genetics of obesity, COMMON VARIANTS, Chromosome Mapping, 11 Medical And Health Sciences, Body Height/genetics, Body Size/genetics, Body Weight/genetics, European Continental Ancestry Group/genetics, Genetic Predisposition to Disease/genetics, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Obesity/genetics, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, FAT MASS, Body Height/*genetics *Body Mass Index Body Size/genetics Body Weight/*genetics *Chromosome Mapping European Continental Ancestry Group/genetics Genetic Predisposition to Disease/genetics Genome-Wide Association Study Humans Obesity/genetics Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING, MELANOCORTIN-4 RECEPTOR GENE, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, European Continental Ancestry Group, EARLY-ONSET, 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, Locus (genetics), Biology, Article, White People, Molecular epidemiology [NCEBP 1], 03 medical and health sciences, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, body mass index, genome-wide association, meta-analysis, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Obesity, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, FTO GENE, 030304 developmental biology, Science & Technology, genome-wide association gastric-inhibitory polypeptide melanocortin-4 receptor gene glucose-homeostasis common variants adult obesity early-onset fat mass risk metaanalysis, Body Weight, 06 Biological Sciences, MAGIC, Body Height, GLUCOSE-HOMEOSTASIS, Procardis Consortium, Body mass index, Developmental Biology
Abstract: Obesity is globaLy prevalent and highly heritable, but its underlying genetic factors remain largely elusive. To identify genetic loci for obesity susceptibility, we examined aSociations betwEn body maS index and ĝ̂1/42.8 miLion SNPs in up to 123,865 individuals with targeted foLow up of 42 SNPs in up to 125,931 aDitional individuals. We confirmed 14 known obesity susceptibility loci and identified 18 new loci aSociated with body maS 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 aSociated loci may provide new insights into human body weight regulation. © 2010 Nature America, Inc. All rights reserved.
Published: 2010
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32. Genetic Study of Psoriasis Highlights its Close Link with Socioeconomic Status and Affective Symptoms.

Author: Heikkilä A, Sliz E, Huilaja L, Reis K, Palta P, Elnahas AG, Reigo A, Esko T, Laisk T, Teder-Laving M, Tasanen K, and Kettunen J
Subjects: Humans, Estonia epidemiology, Genome-Wide Association Study, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Risk Factors, United Kingdom epidemiology, UK Biobank statistics & numerical data, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Psoriasis genetics, Psoriasis epidemiology, Psoriasis psychology, Social Class, Affect
Abstract: Psoriasis is an inflammatory skin disease with an estimated heritability of around 70%. Previous GWASs have detected several risk loci for psoriasis. To further improve the understanding of the genetic risk factors impacting the disease, we conducted a discovery GWAS in FinnGen and a subsequent replication and meta-analysis with data from the Estonian Biobank and the UK Biobank; the study sample included 925,649 individuals (22,659 cases and 902,990 controls), the largest sample for psoriasis yet. In addition, we conducted downstream analyses to find out more about psoriasis' cross-trait genetic correlations and causal relationships. We report 6 risk loci, which, to our knowledge, are previously unreported, most of which harbor genes related to NF-κB signaling pathway and overall immunity. Genetic correlations highlight the relationship between psoriasis and smoking, higher body weight, and lower education level. In addition, we report causal relationships between psoriasis and mood symptoms as well as 2-directioned causal relationship between psoriasis and lower education level. Our results provide further knowledge on psoriasis risk factors, which may be useful in the development of future treatment strategies., (Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Published: 2024
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33. Genome-wide association analysis provides insights into the molecular etiology of dilated cardiomyopathy.

Author: Zheng SL, Henry A, Cannie D, Lee M, Miller D, McGurk KA, Bond I, Xu X, Issa H, Francis C, De Marvao A, Theotokis PI, Buchan RJ, Speed D, Abner E, Adams L, Aragam KG, Ärnlöv J, Raja AA, Backman JD, Baksi J, Barton PJR, Biddinger KJ, Boersma E, Brandimarto J, Brunak S, Bundgaard H, Carey DJ, Charron P, Cook JP, Cook SA, Denaxas S, Deleuze JF, Doney AS, Elliott P, Erikstrup C, Esko T, Farber-Eger EH, Finan C, Garnier S, Ghouse J, Giedraitis V, Guðbjartsson DF, Haggerty CM, Halliday BP, Helgadottir A, Hemingway H, Hillege HL, Kardys I, Lind L, Lindgren CM, Lowery BD, Manisty C, Margulies KB, Moon JC, Mordi IR, Morley MP, Morris AD, Morris AP, Morton L, Noursadeghi M, Ostrowski SR, Owens AT, Palmer CNA, Pantazis A, Pedersen OBV, Prasad SK, Shekhar A, Smelser DT, Srinivasan S, Stefansson K, Sveinbjörnsson G, Syrris P, Tammesoo ML, Tayal U, Teder-Laving M, Thorgeirsson G, Thorsteinsdottir U, Tragante V, Trégouët DA, Treibel TA, Ullum H, Valdes AM, van Setten J, van Vugt M, Veluchamy A, Verschuren WMM, Villard E, Yang Y, Asselbergs FW, Cappola TP, Dube MP, Dunn ME, Ellinor PT, Hingorani AD, Lang CC, Samani NJ, Shah SH, Smith JG, Vasan RS, O'Regan DP, Holm H, Noseda M, Wells Q, Ware JS, and Lumbers RT
Subjects: Humans, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Multifactorial Inheritance genetics, Male, Female, Quantitative Trait Loci, Cardiomyopathy, Dilated genetics, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Nedd4 Ubiquitin Protein Ligases genetics
Abstract: Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a leading cause of heart failure and cardiac transplantation. We report a genome-wide association study and multi-trait analysis of DCM (14,256 cases) and three left ventricular traits (36,203 UK Biobank participants). We identified 80 genomic risk loci and prioritized 62 putative effector genes, including several with rare variant DCM associations (MAP3K7, NEDD4L and SSPN). Using single-nucleus transcriptomics, we identify cellular states, biological pathways, and intracellular communications that drive pathogenesis. We demonstrate that polygenic scores predict DCM in the general population and modify penetrance in carriers of rare DCM variants. Our findings may inform the design of genetic testing strategies that incorporate polygenic background. They also provide insights into the molecular etiology of DCM that may facilitate the development of targeted therapeutics., Competing Interests: Competing interests: S.L.Z. has acted as a consultant for Health Lumen. A.H. and R.T.L. have received funding from Pfizer Inc. R.T.L. has performed paid consultancy for Health Lumen and Fitfile Ltd. J.S.W. has acted as a consultant for MyoKardia, Pfizer, Foresite Labs and Health Lumen and received institutional support from Bristol Myers Squibb and Pfizer Inc. P.C. has received personal fees for consultancies, outside the present work, for Amicus, Pfizer Inc., Owkin and Bristol Myers Squibb. M.-P.D. declares holding equity in Dalcor Pharmaceuticals, unrelated to this work. The authors who are affiliated with deCODE genetics/Amgen Inc. and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals declare competing financial interests as employees. The other authors declare no competing interests., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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34. Distinct Genetic Risk Profile in Aortic Stenosis Compared With Coronary Artery Disease.

Author: Trenkwalder T, Maj C, Al-Kassou B, Debiec R, Doppler SA, Musameh MD, Nelson CP, Dasmeh P, Grover S, Knoll K, Naamanka J, Mordi IR, Braund PS, Dreßen M, Lahm H, Wirth F, Baldus S, Kelm M, von Scheidt M, Krefting J, Ellinghaus D, Small AM, Peloso GM, Natarajan P, Thanassoulis G, Engert JC, Dufresne L, Franke A, Görg S, Laudes M, Nowak-Göttl U, Vaht M, Metspalu A, Stoll M, Berger K, Pellegrini C, Kastrati A, Hengstenberg C, Lang CC, Kessler T, Hovatta I, Nickenig G, Nöthen MM, Krane M, Schunkert H, Samani NJ, Schumacher J, Kals M, Reigo A, Teder-Laving M, Gehlen J, Webb TR, Giel AS, Koebbe LL, Feirer N, Billmann M, Srinivasan S, Zimmer S, Palmer CNA, Li L, Yang C, Borisov O, Adam M, Veulemans V, Joner M, and Xhepa E
Abstract: Importance: Aortic stenosis (AS) and coronary artery disease (CAD) frequently coexist. However, it is unknown which genetic and cardiovascular risk factors might be AS-specific and which could be shared between AS and CAD., Objective: To identify genetic risk loci and cardiovascular risk factors with AS-specific associations., Design, Setting, and Participants: This was a genomewide association study (GWAS) of AS adjusted for CAD with participants from the European Consortium for the Genetics of Aortic Stenosis (EGAS) (recruited 2000-2020), UK Biobank (recruited 2006-2010), Estonian Biobank (recruited 1997-2019), and FinnGen (recruited 1964-2019). EGAS participants were collected from 7 sites across Europe. All participants were of European ancestry, and information on comorbid CAD was available for all participants. Follow-up analyses with GWAS data on cardiovascular traits and tissue transcriptome data were also performed. Data were analyzed from October 2022 to July 2023., Exposures: Genetic variants., Main Outcomes and Measures: Cardiovascular traits associated with AS adjusted for CAD. Replication was performed in 2 independent AS GWAS cohorts., Results: A total of 18 792 participants with AS and 434 249 control participants were included in this GWAS adjusted for CAD. The analysis found 17 AS risk loci, including 5 loci with novel and independently replicated associations (RNF114A, AFAP1, PDGFRA, ADAMTS7, HAO1). Of all 17 associated loci, 11 were associated with risk specifically for AS and were not associated with CAD (ALPL, PALMD, PRRX1, RNF144A, MECOM, AFAP1, PDGFRA, IL6, TPCN2, NLRP6, HAO1). Concordantly, this study revealed only a moderate genetic correlation of 0.15 (SE, 0.05) between AS and CAD (P = 1.60 × 10-3). Mendelian randomization revealed that serum phosphate was an AS-specific risk factor that was absent in CAD (AS: odds ratio [OR], 1.20; 95% CI, 1.11-1.31; P = 1.27 × 10-5; CAD: OR, 0.97; 95% CI 0.94-1.00; P = .04). Mendelian randomization also found that blood pressure, body mass index, and cholesterol metabolism had substantially lesser associations with AS compared with CAD. Pathway and transcriptome enrichment analyses revealed biological processes and tissues relevant for AS development., Conclusions and Relevance: This GWAS adjusted for CAD found a distinct genetic risk profile for AS at the single-marker and polygenic level. These findings provide new targets for future AS research.
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35. Large-scale genome-wide interaction analyses on multiple cardiometabolic risk factors to identify age-specific genetic risk factors.

Author: Ao L, van Heemst D, Luo J, Teder-Laving M, Mägi R, Frikke-Schmidt R, Willems van Dijk K, and Noordam R
Abstract: The genetic landscape of cardiometabolic risk factors has been explored extensively. However, insight in the effects of genetic variation on these risk factors over the life course is sparse. Here, we performed genome-wide interaction studies (GWIS) on different cardiometabolic risk factors to identify age-specific genetic risks. This study included 270,276 unrelated European-ancestry participants from the UK Biobank (54.2% women, a median age of 58 [interquartile range (IQR): 50, 63] years). GWIS models with interaction terms between genetic variants and age were performed on apolipoprotein B (ApoB), low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C), log-transformed triglycerides (TG), body mass index (BMI) and systolic blood pressure (SBP). Replication was subsequently performed in the Copenhagen General Population Study (CGPS) and the Estonian Biobank (EstBB). Multiple lead variants were identified to have genome-wide significant interactions with age (P interaction < 1e - 08). In detail, rs429358 (tagging APOE4) was identified for ApoB (P interaction = 9.0e - 14) and TG (P interaction = 5.4e - 16). Three additional lead variants were identified for ApoB: rs11591147 (R46L in PCSK9, P interaction = 3.9e - 09), rs34601365 (near APOB, P interaction = 8.4e - 09) and rs17248720 (near LDLR, P interaction = 2.0e - 09). Effect sizes of the identified lead variants were generally closer to the null with increasing age. No variant-age interactions were identified for LDL-C, SBP and BMI. The significant interactions of rs429358 with age on ApoB and TG were replicated in both CGPS and EstBB. The majority of genetic effects on cardiometabolic risk factors remain relatively constant over age, with the noted exceptions of specific genetic effects on ApoB and TG., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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36. A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Gene-Sleep Interaction Study in 732,564 Participants Identifies Lipid Loci Explaining Sleep-Associated Lipid Disturbances.

Author: Noordam R, Wang W, Nagarajan P, Wang H, Brown MR, Bentley AR, Hui Q, Kraja AT, Morrison JL, O'Connel JR, Lee S, Schwander K, Bartz TM, de las Fuentes L, Feitosa MF, Guo X, Hanfei X, Harris SE, Huang Z, Kals M, Lefevre C, Mangino M, Milaneschi Y, van der Most P, Pacheco NL, Palmer ND, Rao V, Rauramaa R, Sun Q, Tabara Y, Vojinovic D, Wang Y, Weiss S, Yang Q, Zhao W, Zhu W, Abu Yusuf Ansari M, Aschard H, Anugu P, Assimes TL, Attia J, Baker LD, Ballantyne C, Bazzano L, Boerwinkle E, Cade B, Chen HH, Chen W, Ida Chen YD, Chen Z, Cho K, De Anda-Duran I, Dimitrov L, Do A, Edwards T, Faquih T, Hingorani A, Fisher-Hoch SP, Gaziano JM, Gharib SA, Giri A, Ghanbari M, Grabe HJ, Graff M, Gu CC, He J, Heikkinen S, Hixson J, Ho YL, Hood MM, Houghton SC, Karvonen-Gutierrez CA, Kawaguchi T, Kilpeläinen TO, Komulainen P, Lin HJ, Linchangco GV, Luik AI, Ma J, Meigs JB, McCormick JB, Menni C, Nolte IM, Norris JM, Petty LE, Polikowsky HG, Raffield LM, Rich SS, Riha RL, Russ TC, Ruiz-Narvaez EA, Sitlani CM, Smith JA, Snieder H, Sofer T, Shen B, Tang J, Taylor KD, Teder-Laving M, Triatin R, Tsai MY, Völzke H, Westerman KE, Xia R, Yao J, Young KL, Zhang R, Zonderman AB, Zhu X, Below JE, Cox SR, Evans M, Fornage M, Fox ER, Franceschini N, Harlow SD, Holliday E, Ikram MA, Kelly T, Lakka TA, Lawlor DA, Li C, Liu CT, Mägi R, Manning AK, Matsuda F, Morrison AC, Nauck M, North KE, Penninx BW, Province MA, Psaty BM, Rotter JI, Spector TD, Wagenknecht LE, Willems van Dijk K, Study LC, Jaquish CE, Wilson PW, Peyser PA, Munroe PB, de Vries PS, Gauderman WJ, Sun YV, Chen H, Miller CL, Winkler TW, Rao DC, Redline S, and van Heemst D
Abstract: We performed large-scale genome-wide gene-sleep interaction analyses of lipid levels to identify novel genetic variants underpinning the biomolecular pathways of sleep-associated lipid disturbances and to suggest possible druggable targets. We collected data from 55 cohorts with a combined sample size of 732,564 participants (87% European ancestry) with data on lipid traits (high-density lipoprotein [HDL-c] and low-density lipoprotein [LDL-c] cholesterol and triglycerides [TG]). Short (STST) and long (LTST) total sleep time were defined by the extreme 20% of the age- and sex-standardized values within each cohort. Based on cohort-level summary statistics data, we performed meta-analyses for the one-degree of freedom tests of interaction and two-degree of freedom joint tests of the main and interaction effect. In the cross-population meta-analyses, the one-degree of freedom variant-sleep interaction test identified 10 loci (P int <5.0e-9) not previously observed for lipids. Of interest, the ASPH locus (TG, LTST) is a target for aspartic and succinic acid metabolism previously shown to improve sleep and cardiovascular risk. The two-degree of freedom analyses identified an additional 7 loci that showed evidence for variant-sleep interaction (P joint <5.0e-9 in combination with P int <6.6e-6). Of these, the SLC8A1 locus (TG, STST) has been considered a potential treatment target for reduction of ischemic damage after acute myocardial infarction. Collectively, the 17 (9 with STST; 8 with LTST) loci identified in this large-scale initiative provides evidence into the biomolecular mechanisms underpinning sleep-duration-associated changes in lipid levels. The identified druggable targets may contribute to the development of novel therapies for dyslipidemia in people with sleep disturbances.
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37. Correction: Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies novel loci conferring risk of acne vulgaris.

Author: Teder-Laving M, Kals M, Reigo A, Ehin R, Objärtel T, Vaht M, Nikopensius T, Metspalu A, and Kingo K
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38. Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies novel loci conferring risk of acne vulgaris.

Author: Teder-Laving M, Kals M, Reigo A, Ehin R, Objärtel T, Vaht M, Nikopensius T, Metspalu A, and Kingo K
Subjects: Humans, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Genetic Loci, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Male, Multifactorial Inheritance, Female, Acne Vulgaris genetics, Acne Vulgaris pathology, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Acne vulgaris is a common chronic skin disorder presenting with comedones, cystic structures forming within the distal hair follicle, and in most cases additionally with inflammatory skin lesions on the face and upper torso. We performed a genome-wide association study and meta-analysis of data from 34,422 individuals with acne and 364,991 controls from three independent European-ancestry cohorts. We replicated 19 previously implicated genome-wide significant risk loci and identified four novel loci [11q12.2 (FADS2), 12q21.1 (LGR5), 17q25.3 (FASN), and 22q12.1 (ZNRF3-KREMEN1)], bringing the total number of reported acne risk loci to 50. Our meta-analysis results explain 9.4% of the phenotypic variance of acne. A polygenic model of acne risk variants showed that individuals in the top 5% of the risk percentiles had a 1.62-fold (95% CI 1.47-1.78) increased acne risk relative to individuals with average risk (20-80% on the polygenic risk score distribution). Our findings highlight the Wnt and MAPK pathways as key factors in the genetic predisposition to acne vulgaris, together with the effects of genetic variation on the structure and maintenance of the hair follicle and pilosebaceous unit. Two novel loci, 11q12.2 and 17q25.3, contain genes encoding key enzymes involved in lipid biosynthesis pathways., (© 2023. The Author(s).)
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39. Genome-wide investigation of exogenous female hormones, genetic variation, and venous thromboembolism risk.

Author: Hasser EK, Brody JA, Bartz TM, Thibord F, Li-Gao R, Kauko A, Wiggins KL, Teder-Laving M, Kim J, Munsch G, Haile HG, Deleuze JF, van Hylckama Vlieg A, Wolberg AS, Boland A, Morange PE, Kraft P, Lowenstein CJ, Emmerich J, Sitlani CM, Suchon P, Rosendaal FR, Niiranen T, Kabrhel C, Trégouët DA, and Smith NL
Subjects: Female, Humans, Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal adverse effects, Contraceptives, Oral, Hormonal administration & dosage, Estrogen Replacement Therapy adverse effects, Gene-Environment Interaction, Genetic Variation, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Venous Thromboembolism genetics, Venous Thromboembolism epidemiology, Venous Thromboembolism chemically induced
Abstract: Background: Increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a life-threatening side effect for users of oral contraceptives (OCs) or hormone therapy (HT)., Objectives: To investigate the potential for genetic predisposition to VTE in OC or HT users, we conducted a gene-by-environment case-only meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS)., Methods: Use or nonuse of OCs (7 studies) or HT (8 studies) at the time of the VTE event was determined by pharmacy records or self-report. A synergy index (SI) was modeled for each variant in each study and submultiplicative/supramultiplicative gene-by-environment interactions were estimated. The SI parameters were first meta-analyzed across OC and HT studies and subsequently meta-analyzed to obtain an overall estimate. The primary analysis was agnostic GWAS and interrogated all imputed genotypes using a P value threshold of <5.0 × 10 -8 ; secondary analyses were candidate-based., Results: The VTE case-only OC meta-analysis included 2895 OC users and 6607 nonusers; the case-only HT meta-analysis included 2434 HT users and 12 793 nonusers. In primary GWAS meta-analyses, no variant reached genome-wide significance, but the smallest P value approached statistical significance: rs9386463 (P = 5.03 × 10 -8 ). We tested associations for 138 candidate variants and identified 2 that exceeded statistical significance (0.05/138 = 3.62 × 10 -4 ): F5 rs6025 (P = 1.87 × 10 -5 ; SI, 1.29; previously observed) and F11 rs2036914 (P = 2.0 × 10 -4 ; SI, 0.91; new observation)., Conclusion: The candidate variant approach to identify submultiplictive/supramultiplicative associations between genetic variation and OC and HT use identified a new association with common genetic variation in F11, while the agnostic interrogations did not yield new discoveries., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interests T.N. receives speaking honoraria from Servier Finland and AstraZeneca. All other authors have no relevant disclosures., (Copyright © 2024 International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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40. A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Study of Gene-Sleep Duration Interactions for Blood Pressure in 811,405 Individuals from Diverse Populations.

Author: Wang H, Nagarajan P, Winkler T, Bentley A, Miller C, Kraja A, Schwander K, Lee S, Wang W, Brown M, Morrison J, Giri A, O'Connell J, Bartz T, de las Fuentes L, Gudmundsdottir V, Guo X, Harris S, Huang Z, Kals M, Kho M, Lefevre C, Luan J, Lyytikäinen LP, Mangino M, Milaneschi Y, Palmer N, Rao V, Rauramaa R, Shen B, Stadler S, Sun Q, Tang J, Thériault S, van der Graaf A, van der Most P, Wang Y, Weiss S, Westerman K, Yang Q, Yasuharu T, Zhao W, Zhu W, Altschul D, Ansari MAY, Anugu P, Argoty-Pantoja A, Arzt M, Aschard H, Attia J, Bazzano L, Breyer M, Brody J, Cade B, Chen HH, Chen YI, Chen Z, de Vries P, Dimitrov L, Do A, Du J, Dupont C, Edwards T, Evans M, Faquih T, Felix S, Fisher-Hoch S, Floyd J, Graff M, Charles Gu C, Gu D, Hairston K, Hanley A, Heid I, Heikkinen S, Highland H, Hood M, Kähönen M, Karvonen-Gutierrez C, Kawaguchi T, Kazuya S, Tanika K, Komulainen P, Levy D, Lin H, Liu P, Marques-Vidal P, McCormick J, Mei H, Meigs J, Menni C, Nam K, Nolte I, Pacheco N, Petty L, Polikowsky H, Province M, Psaty B, Raffield L, Raitakari O, Rich S, Riha R, Risch L, Risch M, Ruiz-Narvaez E, Scott R, Sitlani C, Smith J, Sofer T, Teder-Laving M, Völker U, Vollenweider P, Wang G, van Dijk KW, Wilson O, Xia R, Yao J, Young K, Zhang R, Zhu X, Below J, Böger C, Conen D, Cox S, Dörr M, Feitosa M, Fox E, Franceschini N, Gharib S, Gudnason V, Harlow S, He J, Holliday E, Kutalik Z, Lakka T, Lawlor D, Lee S, Lehtimäki T, Li C, Liu CT, Mägi R, Matsuda F, Morrison A, Penninx BWJH, Peyser P, Rotter J, Snieder H, Spector T, Wagenknecht L, Wareham N, Zonderman A, North K, Fornage M, Hung A, Manning A, Gauderman W, Chen H, Munroe P, Rao D, van Heemst D, Redline S, and Noordam R
Abstract: Although both short and long sleep duration are associated with elevated hypertension risk, our understanding of their interplay with biological pathways governing blood pressure remains limited. To address this, we carried out genome-wide cross-population gene-by-short-sleep and long-sleep duration interaction analyses for three blood pressure traits (systolic, diastolic, and pulse pressure) in 811,405 individuals from diverse population groups. We discover 22 novel gene-sleep duration interaction loci for blood pressure, mapped to 23 genes. Investigating these genes' functional implications shed light on neurological, thyroidal, bone metabolism, and hematopoietic pathways that necessitate future investigation for blood pressure management that caters to sleep health lifestyle. Non-overlap between short sleep (12) and long sleep (10) interactions underscores the plausible nature of distinct influences of both sleep duration extremes in cardiovascular health. Several of our loci are specific towards a particular population background or sex, emphasizing the importance of addressing heterogeneity entangled in gene-environment interactions, when considering precision medicine design approaches for blood pressure management., Competing Interests: Declarations CONFLICT OF INTEREST C.L.M. has received funding from AstraZeneca not related to the current study. B.M.P. serves on the steering committee of the Yale Open Data Access Project funded by Johnson & Johnson. D.C. receives consultancy fees from Roche Diagnostics and Trimedics and speaker fees from Servier. D.A.L. has received support from Medtronic LTD and Roche Diagnostics for biomarker research not related to the current study. The remaining authors declare no competing interests.
Published: 2024
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41. Genome-wide meta-analyses of restless legs syndrome yield insights into genetic architecture, disease biology and risk prediction.

Author: Schormair B, Zhao C, Bell S, Didriksen M, Nawaz MS, Schandra N, Stefani A, Högl B, Dauvilliers Y, Bachmann CG, Kemlink D, Sonka K, Paulus W, Trenkwalder C, Oertel WH, Hornyak M, Teder-Laving M, Metspalu A, Hadjigeorgiou GM, Polo O, Fietze I, Ross OA, Wszolek ZK, Ibrahim A, Bergmann M, Kittke V, Harrer P, Dowsett J, Chenini S, Ostrowski SR, Sørensen E, Erikstrup C, Pedersen OB, Topholm Bruun M, Nielsen KR, Butterworth AS, Soranzo N, Ouwehand WH, Roberts DJ, Danesh J, Burchell B, Furlotte NA, Nandakumar P, Earley CJ, Ondo WG, Xiong L, Desautels A, Perola M, Vodicka P, Dina C, Stoll M, Franke A, Lieb W, Stewart AFR, Shah SH, Gieger C, Peters A, Rye DB, Rouleau GA, Berger K, Stefansson H, Ullum H, Stefansson K, Hinds DA, Di Angelantonio E, Oexle K, and Winkelmann J
Subjects: Humans, Risk Factors, Female, Male, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Machine Learning, Restless Legs Syndrome genetics, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Abstract: Restless legs syndrome (RLS) affects up to 10% of older adults. Their healthcare is impeded by delayed diagnosis and insufficient treatment. To advance disease prediction and find new entry points for therapy, we performed meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies in 116,647 individuals with RLS (cases) and 1,546,466 controls of European ancestry. The pooled analysis increased the number of risk loci eightfold to 164, including three on chromosome X. Sex-specific meta-analyses revealed largely overlapping genetic predispositions of the sexes (r g = 0.96). Locus annotation prioritized druggable genes such as glutamate receptors 1 and 4, and Mendelian randomization indicated RLS as a causal risk factor for diabetes. Machine learning approaches combining genetic and nongenetic information performed best in risk prediction (area under the curve (AUC) = 0.82-0.91). In summary, we identified targets for drug development and repurposing, prioritized potential causal relationships between RLS and relevant comorbidities and risk factors for follow-up and provided evidence that nonlinear interactions are likely relevant to RLS risk prediction., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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42. A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Study of Gene-Sleep Duration Interactions for Blood Pressure in 811,405 Individuals from Diverse Populations.

Author: Nagarajan P, Winkler TW, Bentley AR, Miller CL, Kraja AT, Schwander K, Lee S, Wang W, Brown MR, Morrison JL, Giri A, O'Connell JR, Bartz TM, de las Fuentes L, Gudmundsdottir V, Guo X, Harris SE, Huang Z, Kals M, Kho M, Lefevre C, Luan J, Lyytikäinen LP, Mangino M, Milaneschi Y, Palmer ND, Rao V, Rauramaa R, Shen B, Stadler S, Sun Q, Tang J, Thériault S, van der Graaf A, van der Most PJ, Wang Y, Weiss S, Westerman KE, Yang Q, Yasuharu T, Zhao W, Zhu W, Altschul D, Ansari MAY, Anugu P, Argoty-Pantoja AD, Arzt M, Aschard H, Attia JR, Bazzanno L, Breyer MA, Brody JA, Cade BE, Chen HH, Ida Chen YD, Chen Z, de Vries PS, Dimitrov LM, Do A, Du J, Dupont CT, Edwards TL, Evans MK, Faquih T, Felix SB, Fisher-Hoch SP, Floyd JS, Graff M, Gu C, Gu D, Hairston KG, Hanley AJ, Heid IM, Heikkinen S, Highland HM, Hood MM, Kähönen M, Karvonen-Gutierrez CA, Kawaguchi T, Kazuya S, Kelly TN, Komulainen P, Levy D, Lin HJ, Liu PY, Marques-Vidal P, McCormick JB, Mei H, Meigs JB, Menni C, Nam K, Nolte IM, Pacheco NL, Petty LE, Polikowsky HG, Province MA, Psaty BM, Raffield LM, Raitakari OT, Rich SS, Riha RL, Risch L, Risch M, Ruiz-Narvaez EA, Scott RJ, Sitlani CM, Smith JA, Sofer T, Teder-Laving M, Völker U, Vollenweider P, Wang G, van Dijk KW, Wilson OD, Xia R, Yao J, Young KL, Zhang R, Zhu X, Below JE, Böger CA, Conen D, Cox SR, Dörr M, Feitosa MF, Fox ER, Franceschini N, Gharib SA, Gudnason V, Harlow SD, He J, Holliday EG, Kutalik Z, Lakka TA, Lawlor DA, Lee S, Lehtimäki T, Li C, Liu CT, Mägi R, Matsuda F, Morrison AC, Penninx BW, Peyser PA, Rotter JI, Snieder H, Spector TD, Wagenknecht LE, Wareham NJ, Zonderman AB, North KE, Fornage M, Hung AM, Manning AK, Gauderman J, Chen H, Munroe PB, Rao DC, van Heemst D, Redline S, Noordam R, and Wang H
Abstract: Although both short and long sleep duration are associated with elevated hypertension risk, our understanding of their interplay with biological pathways governing blood pressure remains limited. To address this, we carried out genome-wide cross-population gene-by-short-sleep and long-sleep duration interaction analyses for three blood pressure traits (systolic, diastolic, and pulse pressure) in 811,405 individuals from diverse population groups. We discover 22 novel gene-sleep duration interaction loci for blood pressure, mapped to genes involved in neurological, thyroidal, bone metabolism, and hematopoietic pathways. Non-overlap between short sleep (12) and long sleep (10) interactions underscores the plausibility of distinct influences of both sleep duration extremes in cardiovascular health. With several of our loci reflecting specificity towards population background or sex, our discovery sheds light on the importance of embracing granularity when addressing heterogeneity entangled in gene-environment interactions, and in therapeutic design approaches for blood pressure management., Competing Interests: Conflict of Interest/Disclosures: C.L.M. has received funding from AstraZeneca not related to the current study. B.M.P. serves on the steering committee of the Yale Open Data Access Project funded by Johnson & Johnson. D.C. receives consultancy fees from Roche Diagnostics and Trimedics and speaker fees from Servier. D.A.L. has received support from Medtronic LTD and Roche Diagnostics for biomarker research not related to the current study. The remaining authors declare no competing interests.
Published: 2024
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43. GWAS meta-analysis of psoriasis identifies new susceptibility alleles impacting disease mechanisms and therapeutic targets.

Author: Dand N, Stuart PE, Bowes J, Ellinghaus D, Nititham J, Saklatvala JR, Teder-Laving M, Thomas LF, Traks T, Uebe S, Assmann G, Baudry D, Behrens F, Billi AC, Brown MA, Burkhardt H, Capon F, Chung R, Curtis CJ, Duckworth M, Ellinghaus E, FitzGerald O, Gerdes S, Griffiths CEM, Gulliver S, Helliwell P, Ho P, Hoffmann P, Holmen OL, Huang ZM, Hveem K, Jadon D, Köhm M, Kraus C, Lamacchia C, Lee SH, Ma F, Mahil SK, McHugh N, McManus R, Modalsli EH, Nissen MJ, Nöthen M, Oji V, Oksenberg JR, Patrick MT, Perez-White BE, Ramming A, Rech J, Rosen C, Sarkar MK, Schett G, Schmidt B, Tejasvi T, Traupe H, Voorhees JJ, Wacker EM, Warren RB, Wasikowski R, Weidinger S, Wen X, Zhang Z, Barton A, Chandran V, Esko T, Foerster J, Franke A, Gladman DD, Gudjonsson JE, Gulliver W, Hüffmeier U, Kingo K, Kõks S, Liao W, Løset M, Mägi R, Nair RP, Rahman P, Reis A, Smith CH, Di Meglio P, Barker JN, Tsoi LC, Simpson MA, and Elder JT
Abstract: Psoriasis is a common, debilitating immune-mediated skin disease. Genetic studies have identified biological mechanisms of psoriasis risk, including those targeted by effective therapies. However, the genetic liability to psoriasis is not fully explained by variation at robustly identified risk loci. To move towards a saturation map of psoriasis susceptibility we meta-analysed 18 GWAS comprising 36,466 cases and 458,078 controls and identified 109 distinct psoriasis susceptibility loci, including 45 that have not been previously reported. These include susceptibility variants at loci in which the therapeutic targets IL17RA and AHR are encoded, and deleterious coding variants supporting potential new drug targets (including in STAP2 , CPVL and POU2F3 ). We conducted a transcriptome-wide association study to identify regulatory effects of psoriasis susceptibility variants and cross-referenced these against single cell expression profiles in psoriasis-affected skin, highlighting roles for the transcriptional regulation of haematopoietic cell development and epigenetic modulation of interferon signalling in psoriasis pathobiology., Competing Interests: Conflicts of Interest FC reports grants and consultancy fees from Boehringer Ingelheim. SKM reports departmental income from Abbvie, Almirall, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Leo Pharma, Novartis, Pfizer, Sanofi and UCB, outside the submitted work. MJN has received consultancy fees and/or research funding from Abbvie, Amgen, Celgene, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Pfizer, Novartis and UCB. T.Tejasvi is a member of an advisory board for L’Oreal Teledermatology. VC has received research grants from AbbVie, Amgen, and Eli Lilly and has received honoraria for advisory board member roles from AbbVie, Amgen, BMS, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Novartis, Pfizer, and UCB. His spouse is an employee of AstraZeneca. JEG received research support from Eli Lilly, Kyowa Kirin, Janssen, Almirall, Celgene/BMS, Prometheus, Novartis, Galderma and AnaptysBio, and is a member of an advisory board for Novartis, AbbVie, Eli Lilly, Almirall, Galderma, Boehringer Ingelehim, Celgene/BMS, Sanofi, Janssen and AnaptysBio. SK is a founder of Prion OÜ, Geneto OÜ, Sportsgene OÜ and Genomic Therapeutics Pty Ltd. WL has received research grant funding from Abbvie, Amgen, Janssen, Leo, Novartis, Pfizer, Regeneron, and TRex Bio. PDM reports consultancy fees from Unilever and speaker’s fees from Sanofi and BMS. LCT reports support from Janssen, Galderma, and Novartis. The remaining authors report no conflicts of interest.
Published: 2023
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44. A pilot genome-wide association study meta-analysis of gastroparesis.

Author: Tavares LC, Zheng T, Kwicklis M, Mitchell E, Pandit A, Pullapantula S, Bernard C, Teder-Laving M, Marques FZ, Esko T, Kuo B, Shulman RJ, Chumpitazi BP, Koch KL, Sarosiek I, Abell TL, McCallum RW, Parkman HP, Pasricha PJ, Hamilton FA, Tonascia J, Zawistowski M, Farrugia G, Grover M, and D'Amato M
Subjects: Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Abdominal Pain, Genome-Wide Association Study, Gastroparesis genetics
Abstract: Background: Gastroparesis (GP) is characterized by delayed gastric emptying in the absence of mechanical obstruction., Objective: Genetic predisposition may play a role; however, investigation at the genome-wide level has not been performed., Methods: We carried out a genome-wide association study (GWAS) meta-analysis on (i) 478 GP patients from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Gastroparesis Clinical Research Consortium (GpCRC) compared to 9931 population-based controls from the University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study; and (ii) 402 GP cases compared to 48,340 non-gastroparesis controls from the Michigan Genomics Initiative. Associations for 5,811,784 high-quality SNPs were tested on a total of 880 GP patients and 58,271 controls, using logistic mixed models adjusted for age, sex, and principal components. Gene mapping was obtained based on genomic position and expression quantitative trait loci, and a gene-set network enrichment analysis was performed. Genetic associations with clinical data were tested in GpCRC patients. Protein expression of selected candidate genes was determined in full thickness gastric biopsies from GpCRC patients and controls., Results: While no SNP associations were detected at strict significance (p ≤ 5 × 10 -8 ), nine independent genomic loci were associated at suggestive significance (p ≤ 1 × 10 -5 ), with the strongest signal (rs9273363, odds ratio = 1.4, p = 1 × 10 -7 ) mapped to the human leukocyte antigen region. Computational annotation of suggestive risk loci identified 14 protein-coding candidate genes. Gene-set network enrichment analysis revealed pathways potentially involved in immune and motor dysregulation (p FDR ≤ 0.05). The GP risk allele rs6984536A (Peroxidasin-Like; PXDNL) was associated with increased abdominal pain severity scores (Beta = 0.13, p = 0.03). Gastric muscularis expression of PXDNL also positively correlated with abdominal pain in GP patients (r = 0.8, p = 0.02). Dickkopf WNT Signaling Pathway Inhibitor 1 showed decreased expression in diabetic GP patients (p = 0.005 vs. controls)., Conclusion: We report preliminary GWAS findings for GP, which highlight candidate genes and pathways related to immune and sensory-motor dysregulation. Larger studies are needed to validate and expand these findings in independent datasets., (© 2023 The Authors. United European Gastroenterology Journal published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of United European Gastroenterology.)
Published: 2023
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45. Corrigendum to "Dissecting the genetic heterogeneity of gastric cancer".

Author: Hess T, Maj C, Gehlen J, Borisov O, Haas SL, Gockel I, Vieth M, Piessen G, Alakus H, Vashist Y, Pereira C, Knapp M, Schüller V, Quaas A, Grabsch HI, Trautmann J, Malecka-Wojciesko E, Mokrowiecka A, Speller J, Mayr A, Schröder J, Hillmer AM, Heider D, Lordick F, Pérez-Aísa Á, Campo R, Espinel J, Geijo F, Thomson C, Bujanda L, Sopeña F, Lanas Á, Pellisé M, Pauligk C, Goetze TO, Zelck C, Reingruber J, Hassanin E, Elbe P, Alsabeah S, Lindblad M, Nilsson M, Kreuser N, Thieme R, Tavano F, Pastorino R, Arzani D, Persiani R, Jung JO, Nienhüser H, Ott K, Schumann RR, Kumpf O, Burock S, Arndt V, Jakubowska A, Ławniczak M, Moreno V, Martín V, Kogevinas M, Pollán M, Dąbrowska J, Salas A, Cussenot O, Boland-Auge A, Daian D, Deleuze JF, Salvi E, Teder-Laving M, Tomasello G, Ratti M, Senti C, De Re V, Steffan A, Hölscher AH, Messerle K, Bruns CJ, Sīviņš A, Bogdanova I, Skieceviciene J, Arstikyte J, Moehler M, Lang H, Grimminger PP, Kruschewski M, Vassos N, Schildberg C, Lingohr P, Ridwelski K, Lippert H, Fricker N, Krawitz P, Hoffmann P, Nöthen MM, Veits L, Izbicki JR, Mostowska A, Martinón-Torres F, Cusi D, Adolfsson R, Cancel-Tassin G, Höblinger A, Rodermann E, Ludwig M, Keller G, Metspalu A, Brenner H, Heller J, Neef M, Schepke M, Dumoulin FL, Hamann L, Cannizzaro R, Ghidini M, Plaßmann D, Geppert M, Malfertheiner P, Glehen O, Skoczylas T, Majewski M, Lubiński J, Palmieri O, Boccia S, Latiano A, Aragones N, Schmidt T, Dinis-Ribeiro M, Medeiros R, Al-Batran SE, Leja M, Kupcinskas J, García-González MA, Venerito M, and Schumacher J
Published: 2023
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46. Dissecting the genetic heterogeneity of gastric cancer.

Author: Hess T, Maj C, Gehlen J, Borisov O, Haas SL, Gockel I, Vieth M, Piessen G, Alakus H, Vashist Y, Pereira C, Knapp M, Schüller V, Quaas A, Grabsch HI, Trautmann J, Malecka-Wojciesko E, Mokrowiecka A, Speller J, Mayr A, Schröder J, Hillmer AM, Heider D, Lordick F, Pérez-Aísa Á, Campo R, Espinel J, Geijo F, Thomson C, Bujanda L, Sopeña F, Lanas Á, Pellisé M, Pauligk C, Goetze TO, Zelck C, Reingruber J, Hassanin E, Elbe P, Alsabeah S, Lindblad M, Nilsson M, Kreuser N, Thieme R, Tavano F, Pastorino R, Arzani D, Persiani R, Jung JO, Nienhüser H, Ott K, Schumann RR, Kumpf O, Burock S, Arndt V, Jakubowska A, Ławniczak M, Moreno V, Martín V, Kogevinas M, Pollán M, Dąbrowska J, Salas A, Cussenot O, Boland-Auge A, Daian D, Deleuze JF, Salvi E, Teder-Laving M, Tomasello G, Ratti M, Senti C, De Re V, Steffan A, Hölscher AH, Messerle K, Bruns CJ, Sīviņš A, Bogdanova I, Skieceviciene J, Arstikyte J, Moehler M, Lang H, Grimminger PP, Kruschewski M, Vassos N, Schildberg C, Lingohr P, Ridwelski K, Lippert H, Fricker N, Krawitz P, Hoffmann P, Nöthen MM, Veits L, Izbicki JR, Mostowska A, Martinón-Torres F, Cusi D, Adolfsson R, Cancel-Tassin G, Höblinger A, Rodermann E, Ludwig M, Keller G, Metspalu A, Brenner H, Heller J, Neef M, Schepke M, Dumoulin FL, Hamann L, Cannizzaro R, Ghidini M, Plaßmann D, Geppert M, Malfertheiner P, Gehlen O, Skoczylas T, Majewski M, Lubiński J, Palmieri O, Boccia S, Latiano A, Aragones N, Schmidt T, Dinis-Ribeiro M, Medeiros R, Al-Batran SE, Leja M, Kupcinskas J, García-González MA, Venerito M, and Schumacher J
Subjects: Humans, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genetic Heterogeneity, Risk Factors, Stomach Neoplasms genetics, Barrett Esophagus genetics, Adenocarcinoma pathology, Esophageal Neoplasms genetics
Abstract: Background: Gastric cancer (GC) is clinically heterogenous according to location (cardia/non-cardia) and histopathology (diffuse/intestinal). We aimed to characterize the genetic risk architecture of GC according to its subtypes. Another aim was to examine whether cardia GC and oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC) and its precursor lesion Barrett's oesophagus (BO), which are all located at the gastro-oesophageal junction (GOJ), share polygenic risk architecture., Methods: We did a meta-analysis of ten European genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of GC and its subtypes. All patients had a histopathologically confirmed diagnosis of gastric adenocarcinoma. For the identification of risk genes among GWAS loci we did a transcriptome-wide association study (TWAS) and expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) study from gastric corpus and antrum mucosa. To test whether cardia GC and OAC/BO share genetic aetiology we also used a European GWAS sample with OAC/BO., Findings: Our GWAS consisting of 5816 patients and 10,999 controls highlights the genetic heterogeneity of GC according to its subtypes. We newly identified two and replicated five GC risk loci, all of them with subtype-specific association. The gastric transcriptome data consisting of 361 corpus and 342 antrum mucosa samples revealed that an upregulated expression of MUC1, ANKRD50, PTGER4, and PSCA are plausible GC-pathomechanisms at four GWAS loci. At another risk locus, we found that the blood-group 0 exerts protective effects for non-cardia and diffuse GC, while blood-group A increases risk for both GC subtypes. Furthermore, our GWAS on cardia GC and OAC/BO (10,279 patients, 16,527 controls) showed that both cancer entities share genetic aetiology at the polygenic level and identified two new risk loci on the single-marker level., Interpretation: Our findings show that the pathophysiology of GC is genetically heterogenous according to location and histopathology. Moreover, our findings point to common molecular mechanisms underlying cardia GC and OAC/BO., Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG)., Competing Interests: Declaration of interests MDR reports consulting fees from Roche Diagnostics and Medtronic; leadership or fiduciary role in the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) and World Endoscopy Organization (WEO). All other authors report no conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
Published: 2023
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47. Cross-Ancestry Investigation of Venous Thromboembolism Genomic Predictors.

Author: Thibord F, Klarin D, Brody JA, Chen MH, Levin MG, Chasman DI, Goode EL, Hveem K, Teder-Laving M, Martinez-Perez A, Aïssi D, Daian-Bacq D, Ito K, Natarajan P, Lutsey PL, Nadkarni GN, de Vries PS, Cuellar-Partida G, Wolford BN, Pattee JW, Kooperberg C, Braekkan SK, Li-Gao R, Saut N, Sept C, Germain M, Judy RL, Wiggins KL, Ko D, O'Donnell CJ, Taylor KD, Giulianini F, De Andrade M, Nøst TH, Boland A, Empana JP, Koyama S, Gilliland T, Do R, Huffman JE, Wang X, Zhou W, Manuel Soria J, Carlos Souto J, Pankratz N, Haessler J, Hindberg K, Rosendaal FR, Turman C, Olaso R, Kember RL, Bartz TM, Lynch JA, Heckbert SR, Armasu SM, Brumpton B, Smadja DM, Jouven X, Komuro I, Clapham KR, Loos RJF, Willer CJ, Sabater-Lleal M, Pankow JS, Reiner AP, Morelli VM, Ridker PM, Vlieg AVH, Deleuze JF, Kraft P, Rader DJ, Min Lee K, Psaty BM, Heidi Skogholt A, Emmerich J, Suchon P, Rich SS, Vy HMT, Tang W, Jackson RD, Hansen JB, Morange PE, Kabrhel C, Trégouët DA, Damrauer SM, Johnson AD, and Smith NL
Subjects: Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genomics, Humans, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Quantitative Trait Loci, Thrombosis genetics, Venous Thromboembolism diagnosis, Venous Thromboembolism genetics
Abstract: Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a life-threatening vascular event with environmental and genetic determinants. Recent VTE genome-wide association studies (GWAS) meta-analyses involved nearly 30 000 VTE cases and identified up to 40 genetic loci associated with VTE risk, including loci not previously suspected to play a role in hemostasis. The aim of our research was to expand discovery of new genetic loci associated with VTE by using cross-ancestry genomic resources., Methods: We present new cross-ancestry meta-analyzed GWAS results involving up to 81 669 VTE cases from 30 studies, with replication of novel loci in independent populations and loci characterization through in silico genomic interrogations., Results: In our genetic discovery effort that included 55 330 participants with VTE (47 822 European, 6320 African, and 1188 Hispanic ancestry), we identified 48 novel associations, of which 34 were replicated after correction for multiple testing. In our combined discovery-replication analysis (81 669 VTE participants) and ancestry-stratified meta-analyses (European, African, and Hispanic), we identified another 44 novel associations, which are new candidate VTE-associated loci requiring replication. In total, across all GWAS meta-analyses, we identified 135 independent genomic loci significantly associated with VTE risk. A genetic risk score of the significantly associated loci in Europeans identified a 6-fold increase in risk for those in the top 1% of scores compared with those with average scores. We also identified 31 novel transcript associations in transcriptome-wide association studies and 8 novel candidate genes with protein quantitative-trait locus Mendelian randomization analyses. In silico interrogations of hemostasis and hematology traits and a large phenome-wide association analysis of the 135 GWAS loci provided insights to biological pathways contributing to VTE, with some loci contributing to VTE through well-characterized coagulation pathways and others providing new data on the role of hematology traits, particularly platelet function. Many of the replicated loci are outside of known or currently hypothesized pathways to thrombosis., Conclusions: Our cross-ancestry GWAS meta-analyses identified new loci associated with VTE. These findings highlight new pathways to thrombosis and provide novel molecules that may be useful in the development of improved antithrombosis treatments.
Published: 2022
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48. A survey of functional dyspepsia in 361,360 individuals: Phenotypic and genetic cross-disease analyses.

Author: Garcia-Etxebarria K, Carbone F, Teder-Laving M, Pandit A, Holvoet L, Thijs V, Lemmens R, Bujanda L, Franke A, Zöllner S, Boehnke M, Zawistowski M, Esko T, Jan T, and D'Amato M
Subjects: Crosses, Genetic, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Surveys and Questionnaires, Dyspepsia diagnosis, Dyspepsia epidemiology, Dyspepsia genetics, Gastrointestinal Diseases
Abstract: Background: Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a common gastrointestinal condition of poorly understood pathophysiology. While symptoms' overlap with other conditions may indicate common pathogenetic mechanisms, genetic predisposition is suspected but has not been adequately investigated., Methods: Using healthcare, questionnaire, and genetic data from three large population-based biobanks (UK Biobank, EGCUT, and MGI), we surveyed FD comorbidities, heritability, and genetic correlations across a wide spectrum of conditions and traits in 10,078 cases and 351,282 non-FD controls of European ancestry., Key Results: In UK Biobank, 281 diagnoses were detected at increased prevalence in FD, based on healthcare records. Among these, gastrointestinal conditions (OR = 4.0, p < 1.0 × 10 -300 ), anxiety disorders (OR = 2.3, p < 1.4 × 10 -27 ), ischemic heart disease (OR = 2.2, p < 2.3 × 10 -76 ), and infectious and parasitic diseases (OR = 2.1, p = 1.5 × 10 -73 ) showed strongest association with FD. Similar results were obtained in an analysis of self-reported conditions and use of medications from questionnaire data. Based on a genome-wide association meta-analysis of genotypes across all cohorts, FD heritability was estimated close to 5% ( h SNP 2 = 0.047, p = 0.014). Genetic correlations indicate FD predisposition is shared with several other diseases and traits (r g > 0.344), mostly overlapping with those also enriched in FD patients. Suggestive (p < 5.0 × 10 -6 ) association with FD risk was detected for 13 loci, with 2 showing nominal replication (p < 0.05) in an independent cohort of 192 FD patients., Conclusions & Inferences: FD has a weak heritable component that shows commonalities with multiple conditions across a wide spectrum of pathophysiological domains. This new knowledge contributes to a better understanding of FD etiology and may have implications for improving its treatment., (© 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
Published: 2022
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49. Personality traits relate to chronotype at both the phenotypic and genetic level.

Author: Lenneis A, Vainik U, Teder-Laving M, Ausmees L, Lemola S, Allik J, and Realo A
Subjects: Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Personality genetics, Sleep genetics, Surveys and Questionnaires, Circadian Rhythm genetics, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Introduction: Diurnal preferences have been linked to personality but often with mixed results. The present study examines the relationships between sleep timing (chronotype), diurnal preferences, and the Five-Factor Model of personality traits at the phenotypic and genetic level., Methods: Self- and informant-reports of the NEO Personality Inventory-3, self-reports of the Munich Chronotype Questionnaire, and DNA samples were available for 2,515 Estonian adults (M age = 45.76 years; 59% females). Genetic correlations were obtained through summary statistics of genome-wide association studies., Results: Results showed that higher Conscientiousness and lower Openness to Experience were significant predictors of earlier chronotype. At the level of facets, we found that more straightforward (A2) and excitement-seeking (E5), yet less self-disciplined (C5) people were more likely to have later chronotypes. The nuance-level Polypersonality score was correlated with chronotype at r = .28 (p < .001). Conscientiousness and Openness were genetically related with diurnal preferences. The polygenic score for morningness-eveningness significantly predicted the Polypersonality score., Conclusion: Phenotypic measures of chronotype and personality showed significant associations at all three of levels of the personality hierarchy. Our findings indicate that the relationship between personality and morningness-eveningness is partly due to genetic factors. Future studies are necessary to further refine the relationship., (© 2021 The Authors. Journal of Personality published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.)
Published: 2021
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50. The genomics of heart failure: design and rationale of the HERMES consortium.

Author: Lumbers RT, Shah S, Lin H, Czuba T, Henry A, Swerdlow DI, Mälarstig A, Andersson C, Verweij N, Holmes MV, Ärnlöv J, Svensson P, Hemingway H, Sallah N, Almgren P, Aragam KG, Asselin G, Backman JD, Biggs ML, Bloom HL, Boersma E, Brandimarto J, Brown MR, Brunner-La Rocca HP, Carey DJ, Chaffin MD, Chasman DI, Chazara O, Chen X, Chen X, Chung JH, Chutkow W, Cleland JGF, Cook JP, de Denus S, Dehghan A, Delgado GE, Denaxas S, Doney AS, Dörr M, Dudley SC, Engström G, Esko T, Fatemifar G, Felix SB, Finan C, Ford I, Fougerousse F, Fouodjio R, Ghanbari M, Ghasemi S, Giedraitis V, Giulianini F, Gottdiener JS, Gross S, Guðbjartsson DF, Gui H, Gutmann R, Haggerty CM, van der Harst P, Hedman ÅK, Helgadottir A, Hillege H, Hyde CL, Jacob J, Jukema JW, Kamanu F, Kardys I, Kavousi M, Khaw KT, Kleber ME, Køber L, Koekemoer A, Kraus B, Kuchenbaecker K, Langenberg C, Lind L, Lindgren CM, London B, Lotta LA, Lovering RC, Luan J, Magnusson P, Mahajan A, Mann D, Margulies KB, Marston NA, März W, McMurray JJV, Melander O, Melloni G, Mordi IR, Morley MP, Morris AD, Morris AP, Morrison AC, Nagle MW, Nelson CP, Newton-Cheh C, Niessner A, Niiranen T, Nowak C, O'Donoghue ML, Owens AT, Palmer CNA, Paré G, Perola M, Perreault LL, Portilla-Fernandez E, Psaty BM, Rice KM, Ridker PM, Romaine SPR, Roselli C, Rotter JI, Ruff CT, Sabatine MS, Salo P, Salomaa V, van Setten J, Shalaby AA, Smelser DT, Smith NL, Stefansson K, Stender S, Stott DJ, Sveinbjörnsson G, Tammesoo ML, Tardif JC, Taylor KD, Teder-Laving M, Teumer A, Thorgeirsson G, Thorsteinsdottir U, Torp-Pedersen C, Trompet S, Tuckwell D, Tyl B, Uitterlinden AG, Vaura F, Veluchamy A, Visscher PM, Völker U, Voors AA, Wang X, Wareham NJ, Weeke PE, Weiss R, White HD, Wiggins KL, Xing H, Yang J, Yang Y, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Yu B, Zannad F, Zhao F, Wilk JB, Holm H, Sattar N, Lubitz SA, Lanfear DE, Shah S, Dunn ME, Wells QS, Asselbergs FW, Hingorani AD, Dubé MP, Samani NJ, Lang CC, Cappola TP, Ellinor PT, Vasan RS, and Smith JG
Subjects: Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Genomics, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prognosis, Genome-Wide Association Study, Heart Failure genetics
Abstract: Aims: The HERMES (HEart failure Molecular Epidemiology for Therapeutic targetS) consortium aims to identify the genomic and molecular basis of heart failure., Methods and Results: The consortium currently includes 51 studies from 11 countries, including 68 157 heart failure cases and 949 888 controls, with data on heart failure events and prognosis. All studies collected biological samples and performed genome-wide genotyping of common genetic variants. The enrolment of subjects into participating studies ranged from 1948 to the present day, and the median follow-up following heart failure diagnosis ranged from 2 to 116 months. Forty-nine of 51 individual studies enrolled participants of both sexes; in these studies, participants with heart failure were predominantly male (34-90%). The mean age at diagnosis or ascertainment across all studies ranged from 54 to 84 years. Based on the aggregate sample, we estimated 80% power to genetic variant associations with risk of heart failure with an odds ratio of ≥1.10 for common variants (allele frequency ≥ 0.05) and ≥1.20 for low-frequency variants (allele frequency 0.01-0.05) at P < 5 × 10 -8 under an additive genetic model., Conclusions: HERMES is a global collaboration aiming to (i) identify the genetic determinants of heart failure; (ii) generate insights into the causal pathways leading to heart failure and enable genetic approaches to target prioritization; and (iii) develop genomic tools for disease stratification and risk prediction., (© 2021 The Authors. ESC Heart Failure published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of European Society of Cardiology.)
Published: 2021
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