1. Association of Genetic Variants With Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma Among Individuals With African Ancestry
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Consortium, The Genetics of Glaucoma in People of African Descent, Hauser, Michael A, Allingham, R Rand, Aung, Tin, Van Der Heide, Carly J, Taylor, Kent D, Rotter, Jerome I, Wang, Shih-Hsiu J, Bonnemaijer, Pieter WM, Williams, Susan E, Abdullahi, Sadiq M, Abu-Amero, Khaled K, Anderson, Michael G, Akafo, Stephen, Alhassan, Mahmoud B, Asimadu, Ifeoma, Ayyagari, Radha, Bakayoko, Saydou, Nyamsi, Prisca Biangoup, Bowden, Donald W, Bromley, William C, Budenz, Donald L, Carmichael, Trevor R, Challa, Pratap, Chen, Yii-Der Ida, Chuka-Okosa, Chimdi M, Bailey, Jessica N Cooke, Costa, Vital Paulino, Cruz, Dianne A, DuBiner, Harvey, Ervin, John F, Feldman, Robert M, Flamme-Wiese, Miles, Gaasterland, Douglas E, Garnai, Sarah J, Girkin, Christopher A, Guirou, Nouhoum, Guo, Xiuqing, Haines, Jonathan L, Hammond, Christopher J, Herndon, Leon, Hoffmann, Thomas J, Hulette, Christine M, Hydara, Abba, Igo, Robert P, Jorgenson, Eric, Kabwe, Joyce, Kilangalanga, Ngoy Janvier, Kizor-Akaraiwe, Nkiru, Kuchtey, Rachel W, Lamari, Hasnaa, Li, Zheng, Liebmann, Jeffrey M, Liu, Yutao, Loos, Ruth JF, Melo, Monica B, Moroi, Sayoko E, Msosa, Joseph M, Mullins, Robert F, Nadkarni, Girish, Napo, Abdoulaye, Ng, Maggie CY, Nunes, Hugo Freire, Obeng-Nyarkoh, Ebenezer, Okeke, Anthony, Okeke, Suhanya, Olaniyi, Olusegun, Olawoye, Olusola, Oliveira, Mariana Borges, Pasquale, Louise R, Perez-Grossmann, Rodolfo A, Pericak-Vance, Margaret A, Qin, Xue, Ramsay, Michele, Resnikoff, Serge, Richards, Julia E, Schimiti, Rui Barroso, Sim, Kar Seng, Sponsel, William E, Svidnicki, Paulo Vinicius, Thiadens, Alberta AHJ, Uche, Nkechinyere J, van Duijn, Cornelia M, de Vasconcellos, José Paulo Cabral, Wiggs, Janey L, Zangwill, Linda M, Risch, Neil, Milea, Dan, Ashaye, Adeyinka, Klaver, Caroline CW, Weinreb, Robert N, Koch, Allison E Ashley, Fingert, John H, and Khor, Chiea Chuen
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Neurosciences ,Human Genome ,Aging ,Genetics ,Eye Disease and Disorders of Vision ,Clinical Research ,Neurodegenerative ,2.1 Biological and endogenous factors ,Aetiology ,Adaptor Proteins ,Signal Transducing ,Aged ,Amyloid beta-Peptides ,Black People ,Case-Control Studies ,Female ,Genetic Predisposition to Disease ,Genome-Wide Association Study ,Genotype ,Glaucoma ,Open-Angle ,Humans ,Immunohistochemistry ,Male ,Meta-Analysis as Topic ,Middle Aged ,Polymorphism ,Single Nucleotide ,Risk Factors ,Genetics of Glaucoma in People of African Descent (GGLAD) Consortium ,Medical and Health Sciences ,General & Internal Medicine - Abstract
ImportancePrimary open-angle glaucoma presents with increased prevalence and a higher degree of clinical severity in populations of African ancestry compared with European or Asian ancestry. Despite this, individuals of African ancestry remain understudied in genomic research for blinding disorders.ObjectivesTo perform a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of African ancestry populations and evaluate potential mechanisms of pathogenesis for loci associated with primary open-angle glaucoma.Design, settings, and participantsA 2-stage GWAS with a discovery data set of 2320 individuals with primary open-angle glaucoma and 2121 control individuals without primary open-angle glaucoma. The validation stage included an additional 6937 affected individuals and 14 917 unaffected individuals using multicenter clinic- and population-based participant recruitment approaches. Study participants were recruited from Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, the United States, Tanzania, Britain, Cameroon, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Morocco, Peru, and Mali from 2003 to 2018. Individuals with primary open-angle glaucoma had open iridocorneal angles and displayed glaucomatous optic neuropathy with visual field defects. Elevated intraocular pressure was not included in the case definition. Control individuals had no elevated intraocular pressure and no signs of glaucoma.ExposuresGenetic variants associated with primary open-angle glaucoma.Main outcomes and measuresPresence of primary open-angle glaucoma. Genome-wide significance was defined as P C) with primary open-angle glaucoma (odds ratio [OR], 1.32 [95% CI, 1.20-1.46]; P = 2 × 10-8). The association was validated in an analysis of an additional 6937 affected individuals and 14 917 unaffected individuals (OR, 1.15 [95% CI, 1.09-1.21]; P
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- 2019