rs111353859 - LMX1A - RXRG

Magnitude 2.2 · 1 study on file

Reported associations

• Genome-wide association analyses identify 139 loci associated with macular thickness in the UK Biobank cohort. - Human molecular genetics (2019) · Gao XR, Huang H, Kim H · PubMed 30535121

  The macula, located near the center of the retina in the human eye, is responsible for providing critical functions, such as central, sharp vision. Structural changes in the macula are associated with many ocular diseases, including age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and glaucoma. Although macular thickness is a highly heritable trait, there are no prior reported genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of it. Here we describe the first GWAS of macular thickness, which was measured by spectral-domain optical coherence tomography using 68 423 participants from the UK Biobank cohort. We identified 139 genetic loci associated with macular thickness at genome-wide significance (P < 5 × 10-8). The most significant loci were LINC00461 (P = 5.1 × 10-120), TSPAN10 (P = 1.2 × 10-

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