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Genetic pleiotropy between age-related macular degeneration and 16 complex diseases and traits.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common condition of vision loss with disease development strongly influenced by environmental and genetic factors. Recently, 34 loci were associated with AMD at genome-wide significance. So far, little is known about a genetic overlap between AMD and other complex diseases or disease-relevant traits. METHODS:For each of 60 complex diseases/traits with publicly available genome-wide significant association data, the lead genetic variant per independent locus was extracted and a genetic score was calculated for each disease/trait as the weighted sum of risk alleles. The association with AMD was estimated based on 16,144 AMD cases and 17,832 controls using logistic regression. RESULTS:Of the respective disease/trait variance, the 60 genetic scores explained on average 4.8% (0.27-20.69%) and 16 of them were found to be significantly associated with AMD (Q-values?

SUBMITTER: Grassmann F

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5368911 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genetic pleiotropy between age-related macular degeneration and 16 complex diseases and traits.

Grassmann Felix F Kiel Christina C Zimmermann Martina E ME Gorski Mathias M Grassmann Veronika V Stark Klaus K Heid Iris M IM Weber Bernhard H F BH

Genome medicine 20170327 1

<h4>Background</h4>Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common condition of vision loss with disease development strongly influenced by environmental and genetic factors. Recently, 34 loci were associated with AMD at genome-wide significance. So far, little is known about a genetic overlap between AMD and other complex diseases or disease-relevant traits.<h4>Methods</h4>For each of 60 complex diseases/traits with publicly available genome-wide significant association data, the lead geneti ...[more]

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Project description:PurposeTo determine the contribution of common and rare genetic risk variants in families with age-related macular degeneration (AMD).DesignCase-control study.ParticipantsA family cohort (355 affected and 342 unaffected family members from 144 families with AMD) and an unrelated case-control cohort (1078 patients, 952 controls), recruited from the European Genetic Database.MethodsGenetic data of both cohorts were filtered for carriership of rare genetic variants in the coding and splice-site regions of the complement factor H (CFH) and complement factor I (CFI) genes, and 52 AMD-associated variants were extracted for calculation of genetic risk scores (GRS). To compare GRSs between familial and nonfamilial rare CFH and CFI variant carriers and noncarriers and between AMD disease stages, we performed a 2-way analysis of variance, with Bonferroni correction for multiple testing. Within families with AMD carrying rare CFH and CFI variants, we analyzed segregation patterns by calculating the proportion of affected among carriers.Main outcome measuresGRSs and segregation of rare CFH and CFI variants.ResultsWe observed higher GRSs in familial versus nonfamilial individuals without rare CFH and CFI variants: mean GRS, 1.76 (standard error [SE], 0.08) versus 0.83 (SE, 0.03; P < 0.001). In 51 of 144 families (35.4%), rare CFH and CFI variants were identified. Within the AMD family cohort, carriers of rare CFH and CFI variants showed lower GRSs compared with noncarriers (mean GRS, 1.05 [SE, 0.23] vs. 1.76 [SE, 0.08]; P = 0.02). The proportion of affected family members with a high GRS was 57.3% (176/307). Of the affected family members with a low or intermediate GRS, 40.0% carried rare CFH or CFI variants. Among carriers of 11 rare CFH or CFI variants, the proportion affected by AMD was more than 75%.ConclusionsGenetic risk in families with AMD often is attributed to high GRSs based on common variants. However, in part of the families with a low or intermediate GRS, rare CFH and CFI variants contributed to disease development. We recommend computing GRSs and sequencing the CFH and CFI genes in families with AMD, in particular in the light of ongoing gene-specific clinical trials.

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Genetic pleiotropy between age-related macular degeneration and 16 complex diseases and traits.

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Genetic pleiotropy between age-related macular degeneration and 16 complex diseases and traits.

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