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Trans-ancestry meta-analyses identify rare and common variants associated with blood pressure and hypertension
- Source :
- Surendran, P., F. Drenos, R. Young, H. Warren, J. P. Cook, A. K. Manning, N. Grarup, et al. 2016. “Trans-ancestry meta-analyses identify rare and common variants associated with blood pressure and hypertension.” Nature genetics 48 (10): 1151-1161. doi:10.1038/ng.3654. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ng.3654.
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- High blood pressure is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and premature death. However, there is limited knowledge on specific causal genes and pathways. To better understand the genetics of blood pressure, we genotyped 242,296 rare, low-frequency and common genetic variants in up to ~192,000 individuals, and used ~155,063 samples for independent replication. We identified 31 novel blood pressure or hypertension associated genetic regions in the general population, including three rare missense variants in RBM47, COL21A1 and RRAS with larger effects (>1.5mmHg/allele) than common variants. Multiple rare, nonsense and missense variant associations were found in A2ML1 and a low-frequency nonsense variant in ENPEP was identified. Our data extend the spectrum of allelic variation underlying blood pressure traits and hypertension, provide new insights into the pathophysiology of hypertension and indicate new targets for clinical intervention.
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH)
- Journal :
- Surendran, P., F. Drenos, R. Young, H. Warren, J. P. Cook, A. K. Manning, N. Grarup, et al. 2016. “Trans-ancestry meta-analyses identify rare and common variants associated with blood pressure and hypertension.” Nature genetics 48 (10): 1151-1161. doi:10.1038/ng.3654. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ng.3654.
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edshld.1.32072248
- Document Type :
- Journal Article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3654