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Multiple loci influence erythrocyte phenotypes in the CHARGE Consortium.

ABSTRACT: Measurements of erythrocytes within the blood are important clinical traits and can indicate various hematological disorders. We report here genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for six erythrocyte traits, including hemoglobin concentration (Hb), hematocrit (Hct), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and red blood cell count (RBC). We performed an initial GWAS in cohorts of the CHARGE Consortium totaling 24,167 individuals of European ancestry and replication in additional independent cohorts of the HaemGen Consortium totaling 9,456 individuals. We identified 23 loci significantly associated with these traits in a meta-analysis of the discovery and replication cohorts (combined P values ranging from 5 x 10(-8) to 7 x 10(-86)). Our findings include loci previously associated with these traits (HBS1L-MYB, HFE, TMPRSS6, TFR2, SPTA1) as well as new associations (EPO, TFRC, SH2B3 and 15 other loci). This study has identified new determinants of erythrocyte traits, offering insight into common variants underlying variation in erythrocyte measures.

SUBMITTER: Ganesh SK

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2778265 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Multiple loci influence erythrocyte phenotypes in the CHARGE Consortium.

Ganesh Santhi K SK Zakai Neil A NA van Rooij Frank J A FJ Soranzo Nicole N Smith Albert V AV Nalls Michael A MA Chen Ming-Huei MH Kottgen Anna A Glazer Nicole L NL Dehghan Abbas A Kuhnel Brigitte B Aspelund Thor T Yang Qiong Q Tanaka Toshiko T Jaffe Andrew A Bis Joshua C M JC Verwoert Germaine C GC Teumer Alexander A Fox Caroline S CS Guralnik Jack M JM Ehret Georg B GB Rice Kenneth K Felix Janine F JF Rendon Augusto A Eiriksdottir Gudny G Levy Daniel D Patel Kushang V KV Boerwinkle Eric E Rotter Jerome I JI Hofman Albert A Sambrook Jennifer G JG Hernandez Dena G DG Zheng Gang G Bandinelli Stefania S Singleton Andrew B AB Coresh Josef J Lumley Thomas T Uitterlinden André G AG Vangils Janine M JM Launer Lenore J LJ Cupples L Adrienne LA Oostra Ben A BA Zwaginga Jaap-Jan JJ Ouwehand Willem H WH Thein Swee-Lay SL Meisinger Christa C Deloukas Panos P Nauck Matthias M Spector Tim D TD Gieger Christian C Gudnason Vilmundur V van Duijn Cornelia M CM Psaty Bruce M BM Ferrucci Luigi L Chakravarti Aravinda A Greinacher Andreas A O'Donnell Christopher J CJ Witteman Jacqueline C M JC Furth Susan S Cushman Mary M Harris Tamara B TB Lin Jing-Ping JP

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Measurements of erythrocytes within the blood are important clinical traits and can indicate various hematological disorders. We report here genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for six erythrocyte traits, including hemoglobin concentration (Hb), hematocrit (Hct), mean corpuscular volume (MCV), mean corpuscular hemoglobin (MCH), mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and red blood cell count (RBC). We performed an initial GWAS in cohorts of the CHARGE Consortium totaling 24,167 indiv ...[more]

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