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Genome-wide association analysis of red blood cell traits in African Americans: the COGENT Network.


ABSTRACT: Laboratory red blood cell (RBC) measurements are clinically important, heritable and differ among ethnic groups. To identify genetic variants that contribute to RBC phenotypes in African Americans (AAs), we conducted a genome-wide association study in up to ~16 500 AAs. The alpha-globin locus on chromosome 16pter [lead SNP rs13335629 in ITFG3 gene; P < 1E-13 for hemoglobin (Hgb), RBC count, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), MCH and MCHC] and the G6PD locus on Xq28 [lead SNP rs1050828; P < 1E - 13 for Hgb, hematocrit (Hct), MCV, RBC count and red cell distribution width (RDW)] were each associated with multiple RBC traits. At the alpha-globin region, both the common African 3.7 kb deletion and common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) appear to contribute independently to RBC phenotypes among AAs. In the 2p21 region, we identified a novel variant of PRKCE distinctly associated with Hct in AAs. In a genome-wide admixture mapping scan, local European ancestry at the 6p22 region containing HFE and LRRC16A was associated with higher Hgb. LRRC16A has been previously associated with the platelet count and mean platelet volume in AAs, but not with Hgb. Finally, we extended to AAs the findings of association of erythrocyte traits with several loci previously reported in Europeans and/or Asians, including CD164 and HBS1L-MYB. In summary, this large-scale genome-wide analysis in AAs has extended the importance of several RBC-associated genetic loci to AAs and identified allelic heterogeneity and pleiotropy at several previously known genetic loci associated with blood cell traits in AAs.

SUBMITTER: Chen Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3658166 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genome-wide association analysis of red blood cell traits in African Americans: the COGENT Network.

Chen Zhao Z   Tang Hua H   Qayyum Rehan R   Schick Ursula M UM   Nalls Michael A MA   Handsaker Robert R   Li Jin J   Lu Yingchang Y   Yanek Lisa R LR   Keating Brendan B   Meng Yan Y   van Rooij Frank J A FJ   Okada Yukinori Y   Kubo Michiaki M   Rasmussen-Torvik Laura L   Keller Margaux F MF   Lange Leslie L   Evans Michele M   Bottinger Erwin P EP   Linderman Michael D MD   Ruderfer Douglas M DM   Hakonarson Hakon H   Papanicolaou George G   Zonderman Alan B AB   Gottesman Omri O   Thomson Cynthia C   Ziv Elad E   Singleton Andrew B AB   Loos Ruth J F RJ   Sleiman Patrick M A PM   Ganesh Santhi S   McCarroll Steven S   Becker Diane M DM   Wilson James G JG   Lettre Guillaume G   Reiner Alexander P AP  

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Laboratory red blood cell (RBC) measurements are clinically important, heritable and differ among ethnic groups. To identify genetic variants that contribute to RBC phenotypes in African Americans (AAs), we conducted a genome-wide association study in up to ~16 500 AAs. The alpha-globin locus on chromosome 16pter [lead SNP rs13335629 in ITFG3 gene; P < 1E-13 for hemoglobin (Hgb), RBC count, mean corpuscular volume (MCV), MCH and MCHC] and the G6PD locus on Xq28 [lead SNP rs1050828; P < 1E - 13 f  ...[more]

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