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rs1042499 - ANPEP

Magnitude 2.2 · 5 studies on file

Reported associations

  • Genome-wide association analyses identify new loci influencing intraocular pressure. - Human molecular genetics (2019) · Gao XR, Huang H, Nannini DR, Fan F, Kim H · PubMed 29617998

    Elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is a significant risk factor for glaucoma, the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. While previous studies have identified numerous genetic variants associated with IOP, these loci only explain a fraction of IOP heritability. Recently established of biobank repositories have resulted in large amounts of data, enabling the identification of the remaining heritability for complex traits. Here, we describe the largest genome-wide association study of IOP to date using participants of European ancestry from the UK Biobank. We identified 671 directly genotyped variants that are significantly associated with IOP (P < 5 × 10-8). In addition to 103 novel loci, the top ranked novel IOP genes are LMX1B, NR1H3, MADD and SEPT9. We replicated t

  • Fine-mapping and cell-specific enrichment at corneal resistance factor loci prioritize candidate causal regulatory variants - Unknown journal (n.d.) · Unknown authors · PubMed 33311554

    ABSTRACT: Corneal resistance factor (CRF) is altered during corneal diseases progression. Genome-wide-association studies (GWAS) indicated potential CRF and disease genetics overlap. Here, we characterise 135 CRF loci following GWAS in 76029 UK Biobank participants. Enrichment of extra-cellular matrix gene-sets, genetic correlation with corneal thickness (70% (SE = 5%)), reported keratoconus risk variants at 13 loci, all support relevance to corneal stroma biology. Fine-mapping identifies a subset of 55 highly likely causal variants, 91% of which are non-coding. Genomic features enrichments, using all associated variants, also indicate prominent regulatory causal role. We newly established open chromatin landscapes in two widely-used human cornea immortalised cell lines using ATAC-seq.

  • Identifying causal serum protein-cardiometabolic trait relationships using whole genome sequencing - Unknown journal (n.d.) · Unknown authors · PubMed 36349687

    ABSTRACT: Abstract Cardiometabolic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, have a high public health burden. Understanding the genetically determined regulation of proteins that are dysregulated in disease can help to dissect the complex biology underpinning them. Here, we perform a protein quantitative trait locus (pQTL) analysis of 248 serum proteins relevant to cardiometabolic processes in 2893 individuals. Meta-analyzing whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data from two Greek cohorts, MANOLIS (n = 1356; 22.5× WGS) and Pomak (n = 1537; 18.4× WGS), we detect 301 independently associated pQTL variants for 170 proteins, including 12 rare variants (minor allele frequency < 1%). We additionally find 15 pQTL variants that are rare in non-Finnish European populati

  • Principled distillation of UK Biobank phenotype data reveals underlying structure in human variation - Unknown journal (n.d.) · Unknown authors · PubMed 38965376

    ABSTRACT: Data within biobanks capture broad yet detailed indices of human variation, but biobank-wide insights can be difficult to extract due to complexity and scale. Here, using large-scale factor analysis, we distill hundreds of variables (diagnoses, assessments and survey items) into 35 latent constructs, using data from unrelated individuals with predominantly estimated European genetic ancestry in UK Biobank. These factors recapitulate known disease classifications, disentangle elements of socioeconomic status, highlight the relevance of psychiatric constructs to health and improve measurement of pro-health behaviours. We go on to demonstrate the power of this approach to clarify genetic signal, enhance discovery and identify associations between underlying phenotypic structure and

  • Genetic Architecture of Trans-Laminar Cribrosa Pressure Difference and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma - Unknown journal (n.d.) · Unknown authors · PubMed 42017308

    ABSTRACT: Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the genetic architecture of translaminar cribrosa pressure difference (TLCPD) provides genetic insights based on dual-pressure theory beyond intraocular pressure (IOP) and whether a TLCPD-based polygenic risk score (PRS) predicts primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) risk and its pleiotropic effects. Methods The genome-wide association study (GWAS) of TLCPD was conducted in 82,147 individuals of European ancestry from the UK Biobank (UKBB). Functional enrichment analysis and colocalization analysis were performed to identify associated genes, tissues, and pathways. PRS was calculated in an independent set of 268,734 unrelated European-ancestry individuals not included in the TLCPD GWAS. A survival analysis was utilized to

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