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Discovery and prioritization of variants and genes for kidney function in >1.2 million individuals
Stanzick, Kira J.
, Li, Yong, Schlosser, Pascal
, Gorski, Mathias, Wuttke, Matthias
, Thomas, Laurent F.
, Rasheed, Humaira
, Rowan, Bryce X., Graham, Sarah E., Vanderweff, Brett R., Patil, Snehal B., Robinson-Cohen, Cassianne, Gaziano, John M., O’Donnell, Christopher J., Willer, Cristen J., Hallan, Stein, Åsvold, Bjørn Olav, Gessner, Andre, Hung, Adriana M., Pattaro, Cristian, Köttgen, Anna, Stark, Klaus J., Heid, Iris M. and Winkler, Thomas W.
(2021)
Discovery and prioritization of variants and genes for kidney function in >1.2 million individuals.
Nature Communications 12 (1), p. 4350.
Date of publication of this fulltext: 18 Jan 2022 16:13
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.51444
Abstract
Genes underneath signals from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for kidney function are promising targets for functional studies, but prioritizing variants and genes is challenging. By GWAS meta-analysis for creatinine-based estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) from the Chronic Kidney Disease Genetics Consortium and UK Biobank (n=1,201,909), we expand the number of eGFRcrea loci (424 ...
Genes underneath signals from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for kidney function are promising targets for functional studies, but prioritizing variants and genes is challenging. By GWAS meta-analysis for creatinine-based estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) from the Chronic Kidney Disease Genetics Consortium and UK Biobank (n=1,201,909), we expand the number of eGFRcrea loci (424 loci, 201 novel; 9.8% eGFRcrea variance explained by 634 independent signal variants). Our increased sample size in fine-mapping (n=1,004,040, European) more than doubles the number of signals with resolved fine-mapping (99% credible sets down to 1 variant for 44 signals, <= 5 variants for 138 signals). Cystatin-based eGFR and/or blood urea nitrogen association support 348 loci (n=460,826 and 852,678, respectively). Our customizable tool for Gene PrioritiSation reveals 23 compelling genes including mechanistic insights and enables navigation through genes and variants likely relevant for kidney function in human to help select targets for experimental follow-up. Identifying causal variants and genes in genome-wide association studies remains a challenge, an issue that is ameliorated with larger sample sizes. Here the authors meta-analyze kidney function genome-wide association studies to identify new loci and fine-map loci to home in on variants and genes involved in kidney function.
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| Item type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | Nature Communications | ||||
| Publisher: | Nature | ||||
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| Open Access Type: | DEAL (Springer Gold) | ||||
| Place of Publication: | BERLIN | ||||
| Volume: | 12 | ||||
| Number of Issue or Book Chapter: | 1 | ||||
| Page Range: | p. 4350 | ||||
| Date | 16 July 2021 | ||||
| Institutions | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene Medicine > Institut für Epidemiologie und Präventivmedizin > Medical Sociology Medicine > Institut für Epidemiologie und Präventivmedizin > Lehrstuhl für Genetische Epidemiologie | ||||
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| Keywords | GLOMERULAR-FILTRATION-RATE; SERUM CYSTATIN-C; FALSE DISCOVERY; ESTIMATING GFR; RARE VARIANTS; ASSOCIATION; CREATININE; STATISTICS; MASS; | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Yes | ||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-514446 | ||||
| Item ID | 51444 |
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