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Multi-trait genome-wide association study identifies new loci associated with optic disc parameters

Bonnemaijer, PWM; Leeuwen, EMV; Iglesias, AI; Gharahkhani, P; Vitart, V; Khawaja, AP; Simcoe, M; ... Duijn, CMV; + view all (2019) Multi-trait genome-wide association study identifies new loci associated with optic disc parameters. Communications Biology , 2 , Article 435. 10.1038/s42003-019-0634-9. Green open access

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Abstract

A new avenue of mining published genome-wide association studies includes the joint analysis of related traits. The power of this approach depends on the genetic correlation of traits, which reflects the number of pleiotropic loci, i.e. genetic loci influencing multiple traits. Here, we applied new meta-analyses of optic nerve head (ONH) related traits implicated in primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG); intraocular pressure and central corneal thickness using Haplotype reference consortium imputations. We performed a multi-trait analysis of ONH parameters cup area, disc area and vertical cup-disc ratio. We uncover new variants; rs11158547 in PPP1R36-PLEKHG3 and rs1028727 near SERPINE3 at genome-wide significance that replicate in independent Asian cohorts imputed to 1000 Genomes. At this point, validation of these variants in POAG cohorts is hampered by the high degree of heterogeneity. Our results show that multi-trait analysis is a valid approach to identify novel pleiotropic variants for ONH.

Type: Article
Title: Multi-trait genome-wide association study identifies new loci associated with optic disc parameters
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-019-0634-9
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-019-0634-9
Language: English
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Keywords: Genome-wide association studies, Optic nerve diseases
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Institute of Ophthalmology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Population, Policy and Practice Dept
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10087136
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