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

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

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

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

Published
2014

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

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Joshi, Peter K., Esko, Tonu, Mattsson, Hannele, Eklund, Niina, Gandin, Ilaria, Nutile, Teresa, Jackson, Anne U., Schurmann, Claudia, Smith, Albert V., Zhang, Weihua, Okada, Yukinori, Stančáková, Alena, Faul, Jessica D., Zhao, Wei, Bartz, Traci M., Concas, Maria Pina, Franceschini, Nora, Enroth, Stefan, Vitart, Veronique, Trompet, Stella, Guo, Xiuqing, Chasman, Daniel I., OʼConnel, Jeffrey R., Corre, Tanguy, Nongmaithem, Suraj S., Chen, Yuning, Mangino, Massimo, Ruggiero, Daniela, Traglia, Michela, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Kacprowski, Tim, Bjonnes, Andrew, van der Spek, Ashley, Wu, Ying, Giri, Anil K., Yanek, Lisa R., Wang, Lihua, Hofer, Edith, Rietveld, Cornelius A., McLeod, Olga, Cornelis, Marilyn C., Pattaro, Cristian, Verweij, Niek, Baumbach, Clemens, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Warren, Helen R., Vuckovic, Dragana, Mei, Hao, Bouchard, Claude, Perry, John R. B., Cappellani, Stefania, Mirza, Saira S., Benton, Miles C., Broeckel, Ulrich, Medland, Sarah E., Lind, Penelope A., Malerba, Giovanni, Drong, Alexander, Yengo, Loic, Bielak, Lawrence F., Zhi, Degui, van der Most, Peter J., Shriner, Daniel, Mägi, Reedik, Hemani, Gibran, Karaderi, Tugce, Wang, Zhaoming, Liu, Tian, Demuth, Ilja, Zhao, Jing Hua, Meng, Weihua, Lataniotis, Lazaros, van der Laan, Sander W., Bradfield, Jonathan P., Wood, Andrew R., Bonnefond, Amelie, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S., Hall, Leanne M., Salvi, Erika, Yazar, Seyhan, Carstensen, Lisbeth, de Haan, Hugoline G., Abney, Mark, Afzal, Uzma, Allison, Matthew A., Amin, Najaf, Asselbergs, Folkert W., Bakker, Stephan J. L., Barr, Graham R., Baumeister, Sebastian E., Benjamin, Daniel J., Bergmann, Sven, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bottinger, Erwin P., Campbell, Archie, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Chan, Yingleong, Chanock, Stephen J., Chen, Constance, Chen, Ida Y.-D., Collins, Francis S., Connell, John, Correa, Adolfo, Cupples, Adrienne L., Smith, George Davey, Davies, Gail, Dörr, Marcus, Ehret, Georg, Ellis, Stephen B., Feenstra, Bjarke, Feitosa, Mary F., Ford, Ian, Fox, Caroline S., Frayling, Timothy M., Friedrich, Nele, Geller, Frank, Scotland, Generation, Gillham-Nasenya, Irina, Gottesman, Omri, Graff, Misa, Grodstein, Francine, Gu, Charles, Haley, Chris, Hammond, Christopher J., Harris, Sarah E., Harris, Tamara B., Hastie, Nicholas D., Heard-Costa, Nancy L., Heikkilä, Kauko, Hocking, Lynne J., Homuth, Georg, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huang, Jinyan, Huffman, Jennifer E., Hysi, Pirro G., Ikram, Arfan M., Ingelsson, Erik, Joensuu, Anni, Johansson, Åsa, Jousilahti, Pekka, Jukema, Wouter J., Kähönen, Mika, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kerr, Shona M., Khan, Nazir M., Koellinger, Philipp, Koistinen, Heikki A., Kooner, Manraj K., Kubo, Michiaki, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lahti, Jari, Launer, Lenore J., Lea, Rodney A., Lehne, Benjamin, Lehtimäki, Terho, Liewald, David C.M., Lind, Lars, Loh, Marie, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, London, Stephanie J., Loomis, Stephanie J., Loukola, Anu, Lu, Yingchang, Lumley, Thomas, Lundqvist, Annamari, Männistö, Satu, Marques-Vidal, Pedro, Masciullo, Corrado, Matchan, Angela, Mathias, Rasika A., Matsuda, Koichi, Meigs, James B., Meisinger, Christa, Meitinger, Thomas, Menni, Cristina, Mentch, Frank D., Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Montasser, May E., Montgomery, Grant W., Morrison, Alanna, Myers, Richard H., Nadukuru, Rajiv, Navarro, Pau, Nelis, Mari, Nieminen, Markku S., Nolte, Ilja M., OʼConnor, George T., Ogunniyi, Adesola, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Palmas, Walter R., Pankow, James S., Patarcic, Inga, Pavani, Francesca, Peyser, Patricia A., Pietilainen, Kirsi, Poulter, Neil, Prokopenko, Inga, Ralhan, Sarju, Redmond, Paul, Rich, Stephen S., Rissanen, Harri, Robino, Antonietta, Rose, Lynda M., Rose, Richard, Sala, Cinzia, Salako, Babatunde, Salomaa, Veikko, Sarin, Antti-Pekka, Saxena, Richa, Schmidt, Helena, Scott, Laura J., Scott, William R., Sennblad, Bengt, Seshadri, Sudha, Sever, Peter, Shrestha, Smeeta, Smith, Blair H., Smith, Jennifer A., Soranzo, Nicole, Sotoodehnia, Nona, Southam, Lorraine, Stanton, Alice V., Stathopoulou, Maria G., Strauch, Konstantin, Strawbridge, Rona J., Suderman, Matthew J., Tandon, Nikhil, Tang, Sian-Tsun, Taylor, Kent D., Tayo, Bamidele O., Töglhofer, Anna Maria, Tomaszewski, Maciej, Tšernikova, Natalia, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G., Vaidya, Dhananjay, van Hylckama Vlieg, Astrid, van Setten, Jessica, Vasankari, Tuula, Vedantam, Sailaja, Vlachopoulou, Efthymia, Vozzi, Diego, Vuoksimaa, Eero, Waldenberger, Melanie, Ware, Erin B., Wentworth-Shields, William, Whitfield, John B., Wild, Sarah, Willemsen, Gonneke, Yajnik, Chittaranjan S., Yao, Jie, Zaza, Gianluigi, Zhu, Xiaofeng, Salem, Rany M., Melbye, Mads, Bisgaard, Hans, Samani, Nilesh J., Cusi, Daniele, Mackey, David A., Cooper, Richard S., Froguel, Philippe, Pasterkamp, Gerard, Grant, Struan F.A., Hakonarson, Hakon, Ferrucci, Luigi, Scott, Robert A., Morris, Andrew D., Palmer, Colin N. A., Dedoussis, George, Deloukas, Panos, Bertram, Lars, Lindenberger, Ulman, Berndt, Sonja I., Lindgren, Cecilia M., Timpson, Nicholas J., Tönjes, Anke, Munroe, Patricia B., Sørensen, Thorkild I. A., Rotimi, Charles N., Arnett, Donna K., Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Kardia, Sharon L. R., Balkau, Beverley, Gambaro, Giovanni, Morris, Andrew P., Eriksson, Johan G., Wright, Margie J., Martin, Nicholas G., Hunt, Steven C., Starr, John M., Deary, Ian J., Griffiths, Lyn R., Tiemeier, Henning, Pirastu, Nicola, Kaprio, Jaakko, Wareham, Nicholas J., Pérusse, Louis, Wilson, James G., Girotto, Giorgia, Caulfield, Mark J., Raitakari, Olli, Boomsma, Dorret I., Gieger, Christian, van der Harst, Pim, Hicks, Andrew A., Kraft, Peter, Sinisalo, Juha, Knekt, Paul, Johannesson, Magnus, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Hamsten, Anders, Schmidt, Reinhold, Borecki, Ingrid B., Vartiainen, Erkki, Becker, Diane M., Bharadwaj, Dwaipayan, Mohlke, Karen L., Boehnke, Michael, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Sanghera, Dharambir K., Teumer, Alexander, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Metspalu, Andres, Gasparini, Paolo, Ulivi, Sheila, Ober, Carole, Toniolo, Daniela, Rudan, Igor, Porteous, David J., Ciullo, Marina, Spector, Tim D., Hayward, Caroline, Dupuis, Josée, Loos, Ruth J. F., Wright, Alan F., Chandak, Giriraj R., Vollenweider, Peter, Shuldiner, Alan R., Ridker, Paul M., Rotter, Jerome I., Sattar, Naveed, Gyllensten, Ulf, North, Kari E., Pirastu, Mario, Psaty, Bruce M., Weir, David R., Laakso, Markku, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Takahashi, Atsushi, Chambers, John C., Kooner, Jaspal S., Strachan, David P., Campbell, Harry, Hirschhorn, Joel N., Perola, Markus, Polašek, Ozren, and Wilson, James F.

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2015
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3. Directional dominance on stature and cognition in diverse human populations

Author

Joshi, Peter K, Esko, Tonu, Mattsson, Hannele, Eklund, Niina, Gandin, Ilaria, Nutile, Teresa, Jackson, Anne U, Schurmann, Claudia, Smith, Albert V, Zhang, Weihua, Okada, Yukinori, Stančáková, Alena, Faul, Jessica D, Zhao, Wei, Bartz, Traci M, Concas, Maria Pina, Franceschini, Nora, Enroth, Stefan, Vitart, Veronique, Trompet, Stella, Guo, Xiuqing, Chasman, Daniel I, O'Connel, Jeffrey R, Corre, Tanguy, Nongmaithem, Suraj S, Chen, Yuning, Mangino, Massimo, Ruggiero, Daniela, Traglia, Michela, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Kacprowski, Tim, Bjonnes, Andrew, van der Spek, Ashley, Wu, Ying, Giri, Anil K, Yanek, Lisa R, Wang, Lihua, Hofer, Edith, Rietveld, Cornelius A, McLeod, Olga, Cornelis, Marilyn C, Pattaro, Cristian, Verweij, Niek, Baumbach, Clemens, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Warren, Helen R, Vuckovic, Dragana, Mei, Hao, Bouchard, Claude, Perry, John R B, Cappellani, Stefania, Mirza, Saira S, Benton, Miles C, Broeckel, Ulrich, Medland, Sarah E, Lind, Penelope A, Malerba, Giovanni, Drong, Alexander, Yengo, Loic, Bielak, Lawrence F, Zhi, Degui, van der Most, Peter J, Shriner, Daniel, Mägi, Reedik, Hemani, Gibran, Karaderi, Tugce, Wang, Zhaoming, Liu, Tian, Demuth, Ilja, Zhao, Jing Hua, Meng, Weihua, Lataniotis, Lazaros, van der Laan, Sander W, Bradfield, Jonathan P, Wood, Andrew R, Bonnefond, Amelie, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Hall, Leanne M, Salvi, Erika, Yazar, Seyhan, Carstensen, Lisbeth, de Haan, Hugoline G, Abney, Mark, Afzal, Uzma, Allison, Matthew A, Amin, Najaf, Asselbergs, Folkert W, Bakker, Stephan J L, Barr, R Graham, Baumeister, Sebastian E, Benjamin, Daniel J, Bergmann, Sven, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bottinger, Erwin P, Campbell, Archie, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Chan, Yingleong, Chanock, Stephen J, Chen, Constance, Chen, Y-D Ida, Collins, Francis S, Connell, John, Correa, Adolfo, Cupples, L Adrienne, Smith, George Davey, Davies, Gail, Dörr, Marcus, Ehret, Georg, Ellis, Stephen B, Feenstra, Bjarke, Feitosa, Mary F, Ford, Ian, Fox, Caroline S, Frayling, Timothy M, Friedrich, Nele, Geller, Frank, Scotland, Generation, Gillham-Nasenya, Irina, Gottesman, Omri, Graff, Misa, Grodstein, Francine, Gu, Charles, Haley, Chris, Hammond, Christopher J, Harris, Sarah E, Harris, Tamara B, Hastie, Nicholas D, Heard-Costa, Nancy L, Heikkilä, Kauko, Hocking, Lynne J, Homuth, Georg, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huang, Jinyan, Huffman, Jennifer E, Hysi, Pirro G, Ikram, M Arfan, Ingelsson, Erik, Joensuu, Anni, Johansson, Åsa, Jousilahti, Pekka, Jukema, J Wouter, Kähönen, Mika, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kerr, Shona M, Khan, Nazir M, Koellinger, Philipp, Koistinen, Heikki A, Kooner, Manraj K, Kubo, Michiaki, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lahti, Jari, Launer, Lenore J, Lea, Rodney A, Lehne, Benjamin, Lehtimäki, Terho, Liewald, David C M, Lind, Lars, Loh, Marie, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, London, Stephanie J, Loomis, Stephanie J, Loukola, Anu, Lu, Yingchang, Lumley, Thomas, Lundqvist, Annamari, Männistö, Satu, Marques-Vidal, Pedro, Masciullo, Corrado, Matchan, Angela, Mathias, Rasika A, Matsuda, Koichi, Meigs, James B, Meisinger, Christa, Meitinger, Thomas, Menni, Cristina, Mentch, Frank D, Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Montasser, May E, Montgomery, Grant W, Morrison, Alanna, Myers, Richard H, Nadukuru, Rajiv, Navarro, Pau, Nelis, Mari, Nieminen, Markku S, Nolte, Ilja M, O'Connor, George T, Ogunniyi, Adesola, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Palmas, Walter R, Pankow, James S, Patarcic, Inga, Pavani, Francesca, Peyser, Patricia A, Pietilainen, Kirsi, Poulter, Neil, Prokopenko, Inga, Ralhan, Sarju, Redmond, Paul, Rich, Stephen S, Rissanen, Harri, Robino, Antonietta, Rose, Lynda M, Rose, Richard, Sala, Cinzia, Salako, Babatunde, Salomaa, Veikko, Sarin, Antti-Pekka, Saxena, Richa, Schmidt, Helena, Scott, Laura J, Scott, William R, Sennblad, Bengt, Seshadri, Sudha, Sever, Peter, Shrestha, Smeeta, Smith, Blair H, Smith, Jennifer A, Soranzo, Nicole, Sotoodehnia, Nona, Southam, Lorraine, Stanton, Alice V, Stathopoulou, Maria G, Strauch, Konstantin, Strawbridge, Rona J, Suderman, Matthew J, Tandon, Nikhil, Tang, Sian-Tsun, Taylor, Kent D, Tayo, Bamidele O, Töglhofer, Anna Maria, Tomaszewski, Maciej, Tšernikova, Natalia, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G, Vaidya, Dhananjay, van Hylckama Vlieg, Astrid, van Setten, Jessica, Vasankari, Tuula, Vedantam, Sailaja, Vlachopoulou, Efthymia, Vozzi, Diego, Vuoksimaa, Eero, Waldenberger, Melanie, Ware, Erin B, Wentworth-Shields, William, Whitfield, John B, Wild, Sarah, Willemsen, Gonneke, Yajnik, Chittaranjan S, Yao, Jie, Zaza, Gianluigi, Zhu, Xiaofeng, Salem, Rany M, Melbye, Mads, Bisgaard, Hans, Samani, Nilesh J, Cusi, Daniele, Mackey, David A, Cooper, Richard S, Froguel, Philippe, Pasterkamp, Gerard, Grant, Struan F A, Hakonarson, Hakon, Ferrucci, Luigi, Scott, Robert A, Morris, Andrew D, Palmer, Colin N A, Dedoussis, George, Deloukas, Panos, Bertram, Lars, Lindenberger, Ulman, Berndt, Sonja I, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Timpson, Nicholas J, Tönjes, Anke, Munroe, Patricia B, Sørensen, Thorkild I A, Rotimi, Charles N, Arnett, Donna K, Oldehinkel, Albertine J, Kardia, Sharon L R, Balkau, Beverley, Gambaro, Giovanni, Morris, Andrew P, Eriksson, Johan G, Wright, Margie J, Martin, Nicholas G, Hunt, Steven C, Starr, John M, Deary, Ian J, Griffiths, Lyn R, Tiemeier, Henning, Pirastu, Nicola, Kaprio, Jaakko, Wareham, Nicholas J, Pérusse, Louis, Wilson, James G, Girotto, Giorgia, Caulfield, Mark J, Raitakari, Olli, Boomsma, Dorret I, Gieger, Christian, van der Harst, Pim, Hicks, Andrew A, Kraft, Peter, Sinisalo, Juha, Knekt, Paul, Johannesson, Magnus, Magnusson, Patrik K E, Hamsten, Anders, Schmidt, Reinhold, Borecki, Ingrid B, Vartiainen, Erkki, Becker, Diane M, Bharadwaj, Dwaipayan, Mohlke, Karen L, Boehnke, Michael, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Sanghera, Dharambir K, Teumer, Alexander, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Metspalu, Andres, Gasparini, Paolo, Ulivi, Sheila, Ober, Carole, Toniolo, Daniela, Rudan, Igor, Porteous, David J, Ciullo, Marina, Spector, Tim D, Hayward, Caroline, Dupuis, Josée, Loos, Ruth J F, Wright, Alan F, Chandak, Giriraj R, Vollenweider, Peter, Shuldiner, Alan R, Ridker, Paul M, Rotter, Jerome I, Sattar, Naveed, Gyllensten, Ulf, North, Kari E, Pirastu, Mario, Psaty, Bruce M, Weir, David R, Laakso, Markku, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Takahashi, Atsushi, Chambers, John C, Kooner, Jaspal S, Strachan, David P, Campbell, Harry, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Perola, Markus, Polašek, Ozren, Wilson, James F, Joshi, Peter K, Esko, Tonu, Mattsson, Hannele, Eklund, Niina, Gandin, Ilaria, Nutile, Teresa, Jackson, Anne U, Schurmann, Claudia, Smith, Albert V, Zhang, Weihua, Okada, Yukinori, Stančáková, Alena, Faul, Jessica D, Zhao, Wei, Bartz, Traci M, Concas, Maria Pina, Franceschini, Nora, Enroth, Stefan, Vitart, Veronique, Trompet, Stella, Guo, Xiuqing, Chasman, Daniel I, O'Connel, Jeffrey R, Corre, Tanguy, Nongmaithem, Suraj S, Chen, Yuning, Mangino, Massimo, Ruggiero, Daniela, Traglia, Michela, Farmaki, Aliki-Eleni, Kacprowski, Tim, Bjonnes, Andrew, van der Spek, Ashley, Wu, Ying, Giri, Anil K, Yanek, Lisa R, Wang, Lihua, Hofer, Edith, Rietveld, Cornelius A, McLeod, Olga, Cornelis, Marilyn C, Pattaro, Cristian, Verweij, Niek, Baumbach, Clemens, Abdellaoui, Abdel, Warren, Helen R, Vuckovic, Dragana, Mei, Hao, Bouchard, Claude, Perry, John R B, Cappellani, Stefania, Mirza, Saira S, Benton, Miles C, Broeckel, Ulrich, Medland, Sarah E, Lind, Penelope A, Malerba, Giovanni, Drong, Alexander, Yengo, Loic, Bielak, Lawrence F, Zhi, Degui, van der Most, Peter J, Shriner, Daniel, Mägi, Reedik, Hemani, Gibran, Karaderi, Tugce, Wang, Zhaoming, Liu, Tian, Demuth, Ilja, Zhao, Jing Hua, Meng, Weihua, Lataniotis, Lazaros, van der Laan, Sander W, Bradfield, Jonathan P, Wood, Andrew R, Bonnefond, Amelie, Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S, Hall, Leanne M, Salvi, Erika, Yazar, Seyhan, Carstensen, Lisbeth, de Haan, Hugoline G, Abney, Mark, Afzal, Uzma, Allison, Matthew A, Amin, Najaf, Asselbergs, Folkert W, Bakker, Stephan J L, Barr, R Graham, Baumeister, Sebastian E, Benjamin, Daniel J, Bergmann, Sven, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bottinger, Erwin P, Campbell, Archie, Chakravarti, Aravinda, Chan, Yingleong, Chanock, Stephen J, Chen, Constance, Chen, Y-D Ida, Collins, Francis S, Connell, John, Correa, Adolfo, Cupples, L Adrienne, Smith, George Davey, Davies, Gail, Dörr, Marcus, Ehret, Georg, Ellis, Stephen B, Feenstra, Bjarke, Feitosa, Mary F, Ford, Ian, Fox, Caroline S, Frayling, Timothy M, Friedrich, Nele, Geller, Frank, Scotland, Generation, Gillham-Nasenya, Irina, Gottesman, Omri, Graff, Misa, Grodstein, Francine, Gu, Charles, Haley, Chris, Hammond, Christopher J, Harris, Sarah E, Harris, Tamara B, Hastie, Nicholas D, Heard-Costa, Nancy L, Heikkilä, Kauko, Hocking, Lynne J, Homuth, Georg, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Huang, Jinyan, Huffman, Jennifer E, Hysi, Pirro G, Ikram, M Arfan, Ingelsson, Erik, Joensuu, Anni, Johansson, Åsa, Jousilahti, Pekka, Jukema, J Wouter, Kähönen, Mika, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Kanoni, Stavroula, Kerr, Shona M, Khan, Nazir M, Koellinger, Philipp, Koistinen, Heikki A, Kooner, Manraj K, Kubo, Michiaki, Kuusisto, Johanna, Lahti, Jari, Launer, Lenore J, Lea, Rodney A, Lehne, Benjamin, Lehtimäki, Terho, Liewald, David C M, Lind, Lars, Loh, Marie, Lokki, Marja-Liisa, London, Stephanie J, Loomis, Stephanie J, Loukola, Anu, Lu, Yingchang, Lumley, Thomas, Lundqvist, Annamari, Männistö, Satu, Marques-Vidal, Pedro, Masciullo, Corrado, Matchan, Angela, Mathias, Rasika A, Matsuda, Koichi, Meigs, James B, Meisinger, Christa, Meitinger, Thomas, Menni, Cristina, Mentch, Frank D, Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Montasser, May E, Montgomery, Grant W, Morrison, Alanna, Myers, Richard H, Nadukuru, Rajiv, Navarro, Pau, Nelis, Mari, Nieminen, Markku S, Nolte, Ilja M, O'Connor, George T, Ogunniyi, Adesola, Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Palmas, Walter R, Pankow, James S, Patarcic, Inga, Pavani, Francesca, Peyser, Patricia A, Pietilainen, Kirsi, Poulter, Neil, Prokopenko, Inga, Ralhan, Sarju, Redmond, Paul, Rich, Stephen S, Rissanen, Harri, Robino, Antonietta, Rose, Lynda M, Rose, Richard, Sala, Cinzia, Salako, Babatunde, Salomaa, Veikko, Sarin, Antti-Pekka, Saxena, Richa, Schmidt, Helena, Scott, Laura J, Scott, William R, Sennblad, Bengt, Seshadri, Sudha, Sever, Peter, Shrestha, Smeeta, Smith, Blair H, Smith, Jennifer A, Soranzo, Nicole, Sotoodehnia, Nona, Southam, Lorraine, Stanton, Alice V, Stathopoulou, Maria G, Strauch, Konstantin, Strawbridge, Rona J, Suderman, Matthew J, Tandon, Nikhil, Tang, Sian-Tsun, Taylor, Kent D, Tayo, Bamidele O, Töglhofer, Anna Maria, Tomaszewski, Maciej, Tšernikova, Natalia, Tuomilehto, Jaakko, Uitterlinden, Andre G, Vaidya, Dhananjay, van Hylckama Vlieg, Astrid, van Setten, Jessica, Vasankari, Tuula, Vedantam, Sailaja, Vlachopoulou, Efthymia, Vozzi, Diego, Vuoksimaa, Eero, Waldenberger, Melanie, Ware, Erin B, Wentworth-Shields, William, Whitfield, John B, Wild, Sarah, Willemsen, Gonneke, Yajnik, Chittaranjan S, Yao, Jie, Zaza, Gianluigi, Zhu, Xiaofeng, Salem, Rany M, Melbye, Mads, Bisgaard, Hans, Samani, Nilesh J, Cusi, Daniele, Mackey, David A, Cooper, Richard S, Froguel, Philippe, Pasterkamp, Gerard, Grant, Struan F A, Hakonarson, Hakon, Ferrucci, Luigi, Scott, Robert A, Morris, Andrew D, Palmer, Colin N A, Dedoussis, George, Deloukas, Panos, Bertram, Lars, Lindenberger, Ulman, Berndt, Sonja I, Lindgren, Cecilia M, Timpson, Nicholas J, Tönjes, Anke, Munroe, Patricia B, Sørensen, Thorkild I A, Rotimi, Charles N, Arnett, Donna K, Oldehinkel, Albertine J, Kardia, Sharon L R, Balkau, Beverley, Gambaro, Giovanni, Morris, Andrew P, Eriksson, Johan G, Wright, Margie J, Martin, Nicholas G, Hunt, Steven C, Starr, John M, Deary, Ian J, Griffiths, Lyn R, Tiemeier, Henning, Pirastu, Nicola, Kaprio, Jaakko, Wareham, Nicholas J, Pérusse, Louis, Wilson, James G, Girotto, Giorgia, Caulfield, Mark J, Raitakari, Olli, Boomsma, Dorret I, Gieger, Christian, van der Harst, Pim, Hicks, Andrew A, Kraft, Peter, Sinisalo, Juha, Knekt, Paul, Johannesson, Magnus, Magnusson, Patrik K E, Hamsten, Anders, Schmidt, Reinhold, Borecki, Ingrid B, Vartiainen, Erkki, Becker, Diane M, Bharadwaj, Dwaipayan, Mohlke, Karen L, Boehnke, Michael, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Sanghera, Dharambir K, Teumer, Alexander, Zeggini, Eleftheria, Metspalu, Andres, Gasparini, Paolo, Ulivi, Sheila, Ober, Carole, Toniolo, Daniela, Rudan, Igor, Porteous, David J, Ciullo, Marina, Spector, Tim D, Hayward, Caroline, Dupuis, Josée, Loos, Ruth J F, Wright, Alan F, Chandak, Giriraj R, Vollenweider, Peter, Shuldiner, Alan R, Ridker, Paul M, Rotter, Jerome I, Sattar, Naveed, Gyllensten, Ulf, North, Kari E, Pirastu, Mario, Psaty, Bruce M, Weir, David R, Laakso, Markku, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Takahashi, Atsushi, Chambers, John C, Kooner, Jaspal S, Strachan, David P, Campbell, Harry, Hirschhorn, Joel N, Perola, Markus, Polašek, Ozren, and Wilson, James F

Abstract

Homozygosity has long been associated with rare, often devastating, Mendelian disorders, and Darwin was one of the first to recognize that inbreeding reduces evolutionary fitness. However, the effect of the more distant parental relatedness that is common in modern human populations is less well understood. Genomic data now allow us to investigate the effects of homozygosity on traits of public health importance by observing contiguous homozygous segments (runs of homozygosity), which are inferred to be homozygous along their complete length. Given the low levels of genome-wide homozygosity prevalent in most human populations, information is required on very large numbers of people to provide sufficient power. Here we use runs of homozygosity to study 16 health-related quantitative traits in 354,224 individuals from 102 cohorts, and find statistically significant associations between summed runs of homozygosity and four complex traits: height, forced expiratory lung volume in one second, general cognitive ability and educational attainment (P < 1 × 10(-300), 2.1 × 10(-6), 2.5 × 10(-10) and 1.8 × 10(-10), respectively). In each case, increased homozygosity was associated with decreased trait value, equivalent to the offspring of first cousins being 1.2 cm shorter and having 10 months' less education. Similar effect sizes were found across four continental groups and populations with different degrees of genome-wide homozygosity, providing evidence that homozygosity, rather than confounding, directly contributes to phenotypic variance. Contrary to earlier reports in substantially smaller samples, no evidence was seen of an influence of genome-wide homozygosity on blood pressure and low density lipoprotein cholesterol, or ten other cardio-metabolic traits. Since directional dominance is predicted for traits under directional evolutionary selection, this study provides evidence that increased stature and cognitive function have been positively selected in human evolu

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2015
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4. Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

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Perry, John R B, Day, Felix, Elks, Cathy E, Sulem, Patrick, Thompson, Deborah J, Ferreira, Teresa, He, Chunyan, Chasman, Daniel I, Esko, Tõnu, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Albrecht, Eva, Ang, Wei Q, Corre, Tanguy, Cousminer, Diana L, Feenstra, Bjarke, Franceschini, Nora, Ganna, Andrea, Johnson, Andrew D, Kjellqvist, Sanela, Lunetta, Kathryn L, McMahon, George, Nolte, Ilja M, Paternoster, Lavinia, Porcu, Eleonora, Smith, Albert V, Stolk, Lisette, Teumer, Alexander, Tšernikova, Natalia, Tikkanen, Emmi, Ulivi, Sheila, Wagner, Erin K, Amin, Najaf, Bierut, Laura J, Byrne, Enda M, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Koller, Daniel L, Mangino, Massimo, Pers, Tune H, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M, Hua Zhao, Jing, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Atsma, Femke, Bandinelli, Stefania, Beckmann, Matthias W, Benitez, Javier, Bojesen, Stig E, Melbye, Mads, Nohr, Ellen A, Sørensen, Thorkild I A, Perry, John R B, Day, Felix, Elks, Cathy E, Sulem, Patrick, Thompson, Deborah J, Ferreira, Teresa, He, Chunyan, Chasman, Daniel I, Esko, Tõnu, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Albrecht, Eva, Ang, Wei Q, Corre, Tanguy, Cousminer, Diana L, Feenstra, Bjarke, Franceschini, Nora, Ganna, Andrea, Johnson, Andrew D, Kjellqvist, Sanela, Lunetta, Kathryn L, McMahon, George, Nolte, Ilja M, Paternoster, Lavinia, Porcu, Eleonora, Smith, Albert V, Stolk, Lisette, Teumer, Alexander, Tšernikova, Natalia, Tikkanen, Emmi, Ulivi, Sheila, Wagner, Erin K, Amin, Najaf, Bierut, Laura J, Byrne, Enda M, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Koller, Daniel L, Mangino, Massimo, Pers, Tune H, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M, Hua Zhao, Jing, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Atsma, Femke, Bandinelli, Stefania, Beckmann, Matthias W, Benitez, Javier, Bojesen, Stig E, Melbye, Mads, Nohr, Ellen A, and Sørensen, Thorkild I A

Abstract

Age at menarche is a marker of timing of puberty in females. It varies widely between individuals, is a heritable trait and is associated with risks for obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, breast cancer and all-cause mortality. Studies of rare human disorders of puberty and animal models point to a complex hypothalamic-pituitary-hormonal regulation, but the mechanisms that determine pubertal timing and underlie its links to disease risk remain unclear. Here, using genome-wide and custom-genotyping arrays in up to 182,416 women of European descent from 57 studies, we found robust evidence (P < 5 × 10(-8)) for 123 signals at 106 genomic loci associated with age at menarche. Many loci were associated with other pubertal traits in both sexes, and there was substantial overlap with genes implicated in body mass index and various diseases, including rare disorders of puberty. Menarche signals were enriched in imprinted regions, with three loci (DLK1-WDR25, MKRN3-MAGEL2 and KCNK9) demonstrating parent-of-origin-specific associations concordant with known parental expression patterns. Pathway analyses implicated nuclear hormone receptors, particularly retinoic acid and γ-aminobutyric acid-B2 receptor signalling, among novel mechanisms that regulate pubertal timing in humans. Our findings suggest a genetic architecture involving at least hundreds of common variants in the coordinated timing of the pubertal transition.

Published
2014

5. Whole-exome sequencing identifies a polymorphism in the BMP5 gene associated with SSRI treatment response in major depression

Author

Tammiste, Anu, primary, Jiang, Tao, additional, Fischer, Krista, additional, Mägi, Reedik, additional, Krjutškov, Kaarel, additional, Pettai, Kristi, additional, Esko, Tõnu, additional, Li, Yingrui, additional, Tansey, Katherine E, additional, Carroll, Liam S, additional, Uher, Rudolf, additional, McGuffin, Peter, additional, Võsa, Urmo, additional, Tšernikova, Natalia, additional, Saria, Alois, additional, Ng, Pauline C, additional, Eller, Triin, additional, Vasar, Veiko, additional, Nutt, David J, additional, Maron, Eduard, additional, Wang, Jun, additional, and Metspalu, Andres, additional

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2013
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6. Novel Approach Identifies SNPs in SLC2A10 and KCNK9 with Evidence for Parent-of-Origin Effect on Body Mass Index.

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Hoggart, Clive J., Venturini, Giulia, Mangino, Massimo, Gomez, Felicia, Ascari, Giulia, Zhao, Jing Hua, Teumer, Alexander, Winkler, Thomas W., Tšernikova, Natalia, Luan, Jian'an, Mihailov, Evelin, Ehret, Georg B., Zhang, Weihua, Lamparter, David, Esko, Tõnu, Macé, Aurelien, Rüeger, Sina, Bochud, Pierre-Yves, Barcella, Matteo, and Dauvilliers, Yves

Subjects
SINGLE nucleotide polymorphisms, HUMAN heredity, BODY mass index, GENOTYPE-environment interaction, OBESITY genetics
Abstract

The phenotypic effect of some single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) depends on their parental origin. We present a novel approach to detect parent-of-origin effects (POEs) in genome-wide genotype data of unrelated individuals. The method exploits increased phenotypic variance in the heterozygous genotype group relative to the homozygous groups. We applied the method to >56,000 unrelated individuals to search for POEs influencing body mass index (BMI). Six lead SNPs were carried forward for replication in five family-based studies (of ∼4,000 trios). Two SNPs replicated: the paternal rs2471083-C allele (located near the imprinted KCNK9 gene) and the paternal rs3091869-T allele (located near the SLC2A10 gene) increased BMI equally (beta = 0.11 (SD), P<0.0027) compared to the respective maternal alleles. Real-time PCR experiments of lymphoblastoid cell lines from the CEPH families showed that expression of both genes was dependent on parental origin of the SNPs alleles (P<0.01). Our scheme opens new opportunities to exploit GWAS data of unrelated individuals to identify POEs and demonstrates that they play an important role in adult obesity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2014
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Hoggart, Clive J., Venturini, Giulia, Mangino, Massimo, Gomez, Felicia, Ascari, Giulia, Zhao, Jing Hua, Teumer, Alexander, Winkler, Thomas W., Tšernikova, Natalia, Luan, Jian'an, Mihailov, Evelin, Ehret, Georg B., Zhang, Weihua, Lamparter, David, Esko, Tõnu, Macé, Aurelien, Rüeger, Sina, Bochud, Pierre-Yves, Barcella, Matteo, Dauvilliers, Yves, Benyamin, Beben, Evans, David M., Hayward, Caroline, Lopez, Mary F., Franke, Lude, Russo, Alessia, Heid, Iris M., Salvi, Erika, Vendantam, Sailaja, Arking, Dan E., Boerwinkle, Eric, Chambers, John C., Fiorito, Giovanni, Grallert, Harald, Guarrera, Simonetta, Homuth, Georg, Huffman, Jennifer E., Porteous, David, Moradpour, Darius, Iranzo, Alex, Hebebrand, Johannes, Kemp, John P., Lammers, Gert J., Aubert, Vincent, Heim, Markus H., Martin, Nicholas G., Montgomery, Grant W., Peraita-Adrados, Rosa, Santamaria, Joan, Negro, Francesco, Schmidt, Carsten O., Scott, Robert A., Spector, Tim D., Strauch, Konstantin, Völzke, Henry, Wareham, Nicholas J., Yuan, Wei, Bell, Jordana T., Chakravarti, Aravinda, Kooner, Jaspal S., Peters, Annette, Matullo, Giuseppe, Wallaschofski, Henri, Whitfield, John B., Paccaud, Fred, Vollenweider, Peter, Bergmann, Sven, Beckmann, Jacques S., Tafti, Mehdi, Hastie, Nicholas D., Cusi, Daniele, Bochud, Murielle, Frayling, Timothy M., Metspalu, Andres, Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Scherag, André, Smith, George Davey, Borecki, Ingrid B., Rousson, Valentin, Hirschhorn, Joel N., Rivolta, Carlo, Loos, Ruth J. F., and Kutalik, Zoltán

Subjects
Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Statistics (Mathematics), Biostatistics, Statistical Methods, Biology and Life Sciences, Computational Biology, Genome Analysis, Genome-Wide Association Studies, Epigenomics, Developmental Biology, Genomic Imprinting, Genetics, Epigenetics, Genomics
Abstract

The phenotypic effect of some single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) depends on their parental origin. We present a novel approach to detect parent-of-origin effects (POEs) in genome-wide genotype data of unrelated individuals. The method exploits increased phenotypic variance in the heterozygous genotype group relative to the homozygous groups. We applied the method to >56,000 unrelated individuals to search for POEs influencing body mass index (BMI). Six lead SNPs were carried forward for replication in five family-based studies (of ∼4,000 trios). Two SNPs replicated: the paternal rs2471083-C allele (located near the imprinted KCNK9 gene) and the paternal rs3091869-T allele (located near the SLC2A10 gene) increased BMI equally (beta = 0.11 (SD), P<0.0027) compared to the respective maternal alleles. Real-time PCR experiments of lymphoblastoid cell lines from the CEPH families showed that expression of both genes was dependent on parental origin of the SNPs alleles (P<0.01). Our scheme opens new opportunities to exploit GWAS data of unrelated individuals to identify POEs and demonstrates that they play an important role in adult obesity.

Published
2014
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8. Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

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Perry, John Rb, Day, Felix, Elks, Cathy E, Sulem, Patrick, Thompson, Deborah J, Ferreira, Teresa, He, Chunyan, Chasman, Daniel I, Esko, Tõnu, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Albrecht, Eva, Ang, Wei Q, Corre, Tanguy, Cousminer, Diana L, Feenstra, Bjarke, Franceschini, Nora, Ganna, Andrea, Johnson, Andrew D, Kjellqvist, Sanela, Lunetta, Kathryn L, McMahon, George, Nolte, Ilja M, Paternoster, Lavinia, Porcu, Eleonora, Smith, Albert V, Stolk, Lisette, Teumer, Alexander, Tšernikova, Natalia, Tikkanen, Emmi, Ulivi, Sheila, Wagner, Erin K, Amin, Najaf, Bierut, Laura J, Byrne, Enda M, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Koller, Daniel L, Mangino, Massimo, Pers, Tune H, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M, Zhao, Jing Hua, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Atsma, Femke, Bandinelli, Stefania, Beckmann, Matthias W, Benitez, Javier, Blomqvist, Carl, Bojesen, Stig E, Bolla, Manjeet K, Bonanni, Bernardo, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Buring, Julie E, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen, Chen, Jinhui, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Collée, J Margriet, Couch, Fergus J, Couper, David, Coveillo, Andrea D, Cox, Angela, Czene, Kamila, D'adamo, Adamo Pio, Smith, George Davey, De Vivo, Immaculata, Demerath, Ellen W, Dennis, Joe, Devilee, Peter, Dieffenbach, Aida K, Dunning, Alison M, Eiriksdottir, Gudny, Eriksson, Johan G, Fasching, Peter A, Ferrucci, Luigi, Flesch-Janys, Dieter, Flyger, Henrik, Foroud, Tatiana, Franke, Lude, Garcia, Melissa E, García-Closas, Montserrat, Geller, Frank, De Geus, Eco Ej, Giles, Graham G, Gudbjartsson, Daniel F, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Guénel, Pascal, Guo, Suiqun, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Haring, Robin, Hartman, Catharina A, Heath, Andrew C, Hofman, Albert, Hooning, Maartje J, Hopper, John L, Hu, Frank B, Hunter, David J, Karasik, David, Kiel, Douglas P, Knight, Julia A, Kosma, Veli-Matti, Kutalik, Zoltan, Lai, Sandra, Lambrechts, Diether, Lindblom, Annika, Mägi, Reedik, Magnusson, Patrik K, Mannermaa, Arto, Martin, Nicholas G, Masson, Gisli, McArdle, Patrick F, McArdle, Wendy L, Melbye, Mads, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Milne, Roger L, Nevanlinna, Heli, Neven, Patrick, Nohr, Ellen A, Oldehinkel, Albertine J, Oostra, Ben A, Palotie, Aarno, Peacock, Munro, Pedersen, Nancy L, Peterlongo, Paolo, Peto, Julian, Pharoah, Paul Dp, Postma, Dirkje S, Pouta, Anneli, Pylkäs, Katri, Radice, Paolo, Ring, Susan, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Robino, Antonietta, Rose, Lynda M, Rudolph, Anja, Salomaa, Veikko, Sanna, Serena, Schlessinger, David, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Southey, Mellissa C, Sovio, Ulla, Stampfer, Meir J, Stöckl, Doris, Storniolo, Anna M, Timpson, Nicholas J, Tyrer, Jonathan, Visser, Jenny A, Vollenweider, Peter, Völzke, Henry, Waeber, Gerard, Waldenberger, Melanie, Wallaschofski, Henri, Wang, Qin, Willemsen, Gonneke, Winqvist, Robert, Wolffenbuttel, Bruce Hr, Wright, Margaret J, Australian Ovarian Cancer Study, GENICA Network, KConFab, LifeLines Cohort Study, InterAct Consortium, Early Growth Genetics (EGG) Consortium, Boomsma, Dorret I, Econs, Michael J, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Loos, Ruth Jf, McCarthy, Mark I, Montgomery, Grant W, Rice, John P, Streeten, Elizabeth A, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Van Duijn, Cornelia M, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z, Bergmann, Sven, Boerwinkle, Eric, Boyd, Heather A, Crisponi, Laura, Gasparini, Paolo, Gieger, Christian, Harris, Tamara B, Ingelsson, Erik, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Kraft, Peter, Lawlor, Debbie, Metspalu, Andres, Pennell, Craig E, Ridker, Paul M, Snieder, Harold, Sørensen, Thorkild Ia, Spector, Tim D, Strachan, David P, Uitterlinden, André G, Wareham, Nicholas J, Widen, Elisabeth, Zygmunt, Marek, Murray, Anna, Easton, Douglas F, Stefansson, Kari, Murabito, Joanne M, and Ong, Ken K

Subjects
Male, Parents, Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System, Adolescent, Receptors, Retinoic Acid, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, Quantitative Trait Loci, Breast Neoplasms, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Body Mass Index, Genomic Imprinting, Potassium Channels, Tandem Pore Domain, Humans, Obesity, Child, Alleles, 2. Zero hunger, Menarche, Calcium-Binding Proteins, Ovary, Age Factors, Membrane Proteins, Proteins, 3. Good health, Europe, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Receptors, GABA-B, Ribonucleoproteins, Cardiovascular Diseases, Genetic Loci, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Female, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract

Age at menarche is a marker of timing of puberty in females. It varies widely between individuals, is a heritable trait and is associated with risks for obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, breast cancer and all-cause mortality. Studies of rare human disorders of puberty and animal models point to a complex hypothalamic-pituitary-hormonal regulation, but the mechanisms that determine pubertal timing and underlie its links to disease risk remain unclear. Here, using genome-wide and custom-genotyping arrays in up to 182,416 women of European descent from 57 studies, we found robust evidence (P < 5 × 10(-8)) for 123 signals at 106 genomic loci associated with age at menarche. Many loci were associated with other pubertal traits in both sexes, and there was substantial overlap with genes implicated in body mass index and various diseases, including rare disorders of puberty. Menarche signals were enriched in imprinted regions, with three loci (DLK1-WDR25, MKRN3-MAGEL2 and KCNK9) demonstrating parent-of-origin-specific associations concordant with known parental expression patterns. Pathway analyses implicated nuclear hormone receptors, particularly retinoic acid and γ-aminobutyric acid-B2 receptor signalling, among novel mechanisms that regulate pubertal timing in humans. Our findings suggest a genetic architecture involving at least hundreds of common variants in the coordinated timing of the pubertal transition.

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

Author

Tšernikova, Natalia, Stolk, Lisette, Ganna, Andrea, McMahon, George, Esko, Tõnu, Amin, Najaf, Perry, John R. B., Corre, Tanguy, Johnson, Andrew D., Porcu, Eleonora, Wagner, Erin K., Day, Felix, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Thompson, Deborah J., Elks, Cathy E., Tikkanen, Emmi, Feenstra, Bjarke, Franceschini, Nora, Ferreira, Teresa, Sulem, Patrick, Nolte, Ilja M., Smith, Albert V., Albrecht, Eva, Ulivi, Sheila, Lunetta, Kathryn L., Chasman, Daniel I., Paternoster, Lavinia, Kjellqvist, Sanela, Cousminer, Diana L., Ang, Wei Q., He, Chunyan, and Teumer, Alexander

Subjects
2. Zero hunger, 10. No inequality, 3. Good health
Abstract

Age at menarche is a marker of timing of puberty in females. It varies widely between individuals, is a heritable trait and is associated with risks for obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, breast cancer and all-cause mortality1. Studies of rare human disorders of puberty and animal models point to a complex hypothalamic-pituitary-hormonal regulation2,3, but the mechanisms that determine pubertal timing and underlie its links to disease risk remain unclear. Here, using genome-wide and custom-genotyping arrays in up to 182,416 women of European descent from 57 studies, we found robust evidence (P

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

Author

Jing Hua Zhao, Vilmundur Gudnason, Robin Haring, Enda M. Byrne, Christian Gieger, Marek Zygmunt, Lude Franke, Peter Kraft, Eric Boerwinkle, Matthias W. Beckmann, Catharina A. Hartman, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, Aida Karina Dieffenbach, André G. Uitterlinden, Grant W. Montgomery, Graham G. Giles, Felix R. Day, Anja Rudolph, Arto Mannermaa, Sven Bergmann, Nora Franceschini, Julian Peto, Ellen W. Demerath, Diana L. Cousminer, Wei Ang, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Patrick F. McArdle, Dieter Flesch-Janys, Albertine J. Oldehinkel, Irene L. Andrulis, Aarno Palotie, Nicholas J. Timpson, Paolo Peterlongo, Johan G. Eriksson, Bernardo Bonanni, Dorret I. Boomsma, J. Margriet Collée, Immaculata De Vivo, Bjarke Feenstra, Teresa Ferreira, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Nancy L. Pedersen, Deborah J. Thompson, Peter Vollenweider, Douglas F. Easton, Pascal Guénel, Anna Maria Storniolo, Erik Ingelsson, Gisli Masson, Annika Lindblom, Stefania Bandinelli, Elisabeth Widen, Doris Stöckl, Veikko Salomaa, Zoltán Kutalik, Nicholas J. Wareham, Joanne M. Murabito, Eleonora Porcu, Fergus J. Couch, Katri Pylkäs, Luigi Ferrucci, Wendy L. McArdle, Frank Geller, Andrea D. Coviello, Lynda M. Rose, Daniel L. Koller, Ute Hamann, Ulla Sovio, Daniel F. Gudbjartsson, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Roger L. Milne, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Paul M. Ridker, Henry Völzke, John R. B. Perry, Stephen J. Chanock, Tanguy Corre, Mads Melbye, Ben A. Oostra, Albert V. Smith, Tõnu Esko, Melissa E. Garcia, Debbie A Lawlor, Meir J. Stampfer, Per Hall, Patrick Sulem, Massimo Mangino, Nicholas G. Martin, David J. Hunter, Laura Crisponi, Tatiana Foroud, Antonietta Robino, Michael J. Econs, Susan M. Ring, Natalia Tšernikova, Dirkje S. Postma, Lavinia Paternoster, Peter A. Fasching, Tamara B. Harris, Ellen A. Nohr, Javier Benitez, Ruth J. F. Loos, Robert Winqvist, Andres Metspalu, Jenny A. Visser, Heather A. Boyd, Jonathan Tyrer, Alexander Teumer, Tim D. Spector, Sandra Lai, Douglas P. Kiel, Kamila Czene, Hiltrud Brauch, George Davey Smith, Julia A. Knight, Erin K. Wagner, Suiqun Guo, Tune H. Pers, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Kathryn L. Lunetta, Hoda Anton-Culver, Marjanka K. Schmidt, George McMahon, Ken K. Ong, Adamo Pio D'Adamo, Veli-Matti Kosma, Jinhui Chen, Paul D.P. Pharoah, Diether Lambrechts, Femke Atsma, Serena Sanna, Ilja M. Nolte, Eco de Geus, Daniel I. Chasman, Emmi Tikkanen, John L. Hopper, Anna Murray, Laura M. Yerges-Armstrong, Sanela Kjellqvist, Eva Albrecht, Hermann Brenner, Paolo Gasparini, Bruce H. R. Wolffenbuttel, Alison M. Dunning, John P. Rice, Craig E. Pennell, Mark I. McCarthy, Andrea Ganna, Henri Wallaschofski, Frank B. Hu, Gérard Waeber, Henrik Flyger, Evelin Mihailov, Peter Devilee, Lisette Stolk, Behrooz Z. 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Netherlands Twin Register (NTR), Male, Parents, CENTRAL PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY, Genome-wide association study, Disease, VARIANTS, DISEASE, Body Mass Index, 0302 clinical medicine, Adolescent, Age Factors, Alleles, Breast Neoplasms/genetics, Cardiovascular Diseases/genetics, Child, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/genetics, Europe/ethnology, Female, Genetic Loci/genetics, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genomic Imprinting/genetics, Humans, Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System/physiology, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics, Membrane Proteins/genetics, Menarche/genetics, Obesity/genetics, Ovary/physiology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide/genetics, Potassium Channels, Tandem Pore Domain/genetics, Proteins/genetics, Quantitative Trait Loci/genetics, Receptors, GABA-B/metabolism, Receptors, Retinoic Acid/metabolism, Ribonucleoproteins/genetics, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Protein, Age Factor, Tandem Pore Domain, GENE-EXPRESSION, 0303 health sciences, BREAST-CANCER RISK, 3. Good health, Ribonucleoproteins, Cardiovascular Diseases, Menarche, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Science & Technology - Other Topics, GENICA Network, Breast Neoplasm, Type 2, Human, Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System, Quantitative Trait Loci, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, REVEALS, Diabetes Mellitus, Polymorphism, METAANALYSIS, Science & Technology, ta1184, Calcium-Binding Proteins, Proteins, HUMAN PREFRONTAL CORTEX, ta3121, ta3123, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Genetic Loci, CELLS, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, LifeLines Cohort Study, Potassium Channels, Receptors, Retinoic Acid, Retinoic Acid, Australian Ovarian Cancer Study, Polymorphism (computer science), Cardiovascular Disease, Receptors, WIDE ASSOCIATION, Membrane Protein, Allele, 2. Zero hunger, Genetics, Multidisciplinary, Single Nucleotide, Europe, Multidisciplinary Sciences, kConFab, Breast Neoplasms, Genomic Imprinting, Membrane Proteins, Obesity, Ovary, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Potassium Channels, Tandem Pore Domain, Receptors, GABA-B, General Science & Technology, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, Quantitative trait locus, Biology, Healthcare improvement science Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 18], Early Growth Genetics (EGG) Consortium, 030304 developmental biology, Protein, GABA-B, Ribonucleoprotein, InterAct Consortium, Genetic architecture, Parent, Genomic imprinting
Abstract

Contains fulltext : 136472.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) Age at menarche is a marker of timing of puberty in females. It varies widely between individuals, is a heritable trait and is associated with risks for obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, breast cancer and all-cause mortality. Studies of rare human disorders of puberty and animal models point to a complex hypothalamic-pituitary-hormonal regulation, but the mechanisms that determine pubertal timing and underlie its links to disease risk remain unclear. Here, using genome-wide and custom-genotyping arrays in up to 182,416 women of European descent from 57 studies, we found robust evidence (P < 5 x 10(-8)) for 123 signals at 106 genomic loci associated with age at menarche. Many loci were associated with other pubertal traits in both sexes, and there was substantial overlap with genes implicated in body mass index and various diseases, including rare disorders of puberty. Menarche signals were enriched in imprinted regions, with three loci (DLK1-WDR25, MKRN3-MAGEL2 and KCNK9) demonstrating parent-of-origin-specific associations concordant with known parental expression patterns. Pathway analyses implicated nuclear hormone receptors, particularly retinoic acid and gamma-aminobutyric acid-B2 receptor signalling, among novel mechanisms that regulate pubertal timing in humans. Our findings suggest a genetic architecture involving at least hundreds of common variants in the coordinated timing of the pubertal transition.

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