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

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.

SUBMITTER: Bonnemaijer PWM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6881308 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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

Bonnemaijer Pieter W M PWM Leeuwen Elisabeth M van EMV Iglesias Adriana I AI Gharahkhani Puya P Vitart Veronique V Khawaja Anthony P AP Simcoe Mark M Höhn René R Cree Angela J AJ Igo Rob P RP Gerhold-Ay Aslihan A Nickels Stefan S Wilson James F JF Hayward Caroline C Boutin Thibaud S TS Polašek Ozren O Aung Tin T Khor Chiea Chuen CC Amin Najaf N Lotery Andrew J AJ Wiggs Janey L JL Cheng Ching-Yu CY Hysi Pirro G PG Hammond Christopher J CJ Thiadens Alberta A H J AAHJ MacGregor Stuart S Klaver Caroline C W CCW Duijn Cornelia M van CMV

Communications biology 20191127

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 imputat ...[more]

PMID: 31798171

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

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

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