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Common variants in SOX-2 and congenital cataract genes contribute to age-related nuclear cataract.


ABSTRACT: Nuclear cataract is the most common type of age-related cataract and a leading cause of blindness worldwide. Age-related nuclear cataract is heritable (h2?=?0.48), but little is known about specific genetic factors underlying this condition. Here we report findings from the largest to date multi-ethnic meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (discovery cohort N?=?14,151 and replication N?=?5299) of the International Cataract Genetics Consortium. We confirmed the known genetic association of CRYAA (rs7278468, P?=?2.8?×?10-16) with nuclear cataract and identified five new loci associated with this disease: SOX2-OT (rs9842371, P?=?1.7?×?10-19), TMPRSS5 (rs4936279, P?=?2.5?×?10-10), LINC01412 (rs16823886, P?=?1.3?×?10-9), GLTSCR1 (rs1005911, P?=?9.8?×?10-9), and COMMD1 (rs62149908, P?=?1.2?×?10-8). The results suggest a strong link of age-related nuclear cataract with congenital cataract and eye development genes, and the importance of common genetic variants in maintaining crystalline lens integrity in the aging eye.

SUBMITTER: Yonova-Doing E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7733496 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Common variants in SOX-2 and congenital cataract genes contribute to age-related nuclear cataract.

Yonova-Doing Ekaterina E   Zhao Wanting W   Igo Robert P RP   Wang Chaolong C   Sundaresan Periasamy P   Lee Kristine E KE   Jun Gyungah R GR   Alves Alexessander Couto AC   Chai Xiaoran X   Chan Anita S Y ASY   Lee Mei Chin MC   Fong Allan A   Tan Ava G AG   Khor Chiea Chuen CC   Chew Emily Y EY   Hysi Pirro G PG   Fan Qiao Q   Chua Jacqueline J   Chung Jaeyoon J   Liao Jiemin J   Colijn Johanna M JM   Burdon Kathryn P KP   Fritsche Lars G LG   Swift Maria K MK   Hilmy Maryam H MH   Chee Miao Ling ML   Tedja Milly M   Bonnemaijer Pieter W M PWM   Gupta Preeti P   Tan Queenie S QS   Li Zheng Z   Vithana Eranga N EN   Ravindran Ravilla D RD   Chee Soon-Phaik SP   Shi Yuan Y   Liu Wenting W   Su Xinyi X   Sim Xueling X   Shen Yang Y   Wang Ya Xing YX   Li Hengtong H   Tham Yih-Chung YC   Teo Yik Ying YY   Aung Tin T   Small Kerrin S KS   Mitchell Paul P   Jonas Jost B JB   Wong Tien Yin TY   Fletcher Astrid E AE   Klaver Caroline C W CCW   Klein Barbara E K BEK   Wang Jie Jin JJ   Iyengar Sudha K SK   Hammond Christopher J CJ   Cheng Ching-Yu CY  

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Nuclear cataract is the most common type of age-related cataract and a leading cause of blindness worldwide. Age-related nuclear cataract is heritable (h<sup>2</sup> = 0.48), but little is known about specific genetic factors underlying this condition. Here we report findings from the largest to date multi-ethnic meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (discovery cohort N = 14,151 and replication N = 5299) of the International Cataract Genetics Consortium. We confirmed the known genetic  ...[more]

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