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Shared genetic pathways contribute to risk of hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathies with opposite directions of effect

Tadros, R; Francis, C; Xu, X; Vermeer, AMC; Harper, AR; Huurman, R; Kelu Bisabu, K; ... Bezzina, CR; + view all (2021) Shared genetic pathways contribute to risk of hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathies with opposite directions of effect. Nature Genetics , 53 pp. 128-134. 10.1038/s41588-020-00762-2. Green open access

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Abstract

The heart muscle diseases hypertrophic (HCM) and dilated (DCM) cardiomyopathies are leading causes of sudden death and heart failure in young, otherwise healthy, individuals. We conducted genome-wide association studies and multi-trait analyses in HCM (1,733 cases), DCM (5,521 cases) and nine left ventricular (LV) traits (19,260 UK Biobank participants with structurally normal hearts). We identified 16 loci associated with HCM, 13 with DCM and 23 with LV traits. We show strong genetic correlations between LV traits and cardiomyopathies, with opposing effects in HCM and DCM. Two-sample Mendelian randomization supports a causal association linking increased LV contractility with HCM risk. A polygenic risk score explains a significant portion of phenotypic variability in carriers of HCM-causing rare variants. Our findings thus provide evidence that polygenic risk score may account for variability in Mendelian diseases. More broadly, we provide insights into how genetic pathways may lead to distinct disorders through opposing genetic effects.

Type: Article
Title: Shared genetic pathways contribute to risk of hypertrophic and dilated cardiomyopathies with opposite directions of effect
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1038/s41588-020-00762-2
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-020-00762-2
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions.
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 Population Health Sciences > Institute of Health Informatics
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Health Informatics > Infectious Disease Informatics
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10122729
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