2023
Genome-wide association study of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection in the Million Veteran Program
Klarin D, Devineni P, Sendamarai A, Angueira A, Graham S, Shen Y, Levin M, Pirruccello J, Surakka I, Karnam P, Roychowdhury T, Li Y, Wang M, Aragam K, Paruchuri K, Zuber V, Shakt G, Tsao N, Judy R, Vy H, Verma S, Rader D, Do R, Bavaria J, Nadkarni G, Ritchie M, Burgess S, Guo D, Ellinor P, LeMaire S, Milewicz D, Willer C, Natarajan P, Tsao P, Pyarajan S, Damrauer S. Genome-wide association study of thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection in the Million Veteran Program. Nature Genetics 2023, 55: 1106-1115. PMID: 37308786, PMCID: PMC10335930, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-023-01420-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesAssociation studiesMillion Veteran ProgramProtein-altering variantsHuman genetic evidenceGenetic architectureComplex traitsGenetic evidenceDNA sequencesRisk lociMendelian formsRisk genesCell typesGenetic determinantsVeteran ProgramCurrent understandingGenesLociTraitsTAADReplicationSequenceVariants
2021
Regulatory variants in TCF7L2 are associated with thoracic aortic aneurysm
Roychowdhury T, Lu H, Hornsby WE, Crone B, Wang GT, Guo DC, Sendamarai AK, Devineni P, Lin M, Zhou W, Graham SE, Wolford BN, Surakka I, Wang Z, Chang L, Zhang J, Mathis M, Brummett CM, Melendez TL, Shea MJ, Kim KM, Deeb GM, Patel HJ, Eliason J, Eagle KA, Yang B, Ganesh SK, Brumpton B, Åsvold BO, Skogholt AH, Hveem K, Program V, Pyarajan S, Klarin D, Tsao PS, Damrauer SM, Leal SM, Milewicz DM, Chen YE, Garcia-Barrio MT, Willer CJ. Regulatory variants in TCF7L2 are associated with thoracic aortic aneurysm. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2021, 108: 1578-1589. PMID: 34265237, PMCID: PMC8456156, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.06.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAortaAortic Aneurysm, ThoracicBcl-2-Associated X ProteinCase-Control StudiesCaspase 3Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Endothelial CellsGene Expression RegulationGenome, HumanGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansIntronsMichiganMuscle, Smooth, VascularMutationProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2Quantitative Trait LociTranscription Factor 7-Like 2 ProteinConceptsGenome-wide significant associationDifferent causal variantsGenome-wide scanCommon variantsVascular smooth muscle cell apoptosisSmooth muscle cell apoptosisMuscle cell apoptosisRegulatory variantsGenomics initiativesSingle geneThird intronCausal variantsMichigan Genomics InitiativeHeritable diseaseType 2 diabetesCell apoptosisGenetic associationAdditional independent cohortsTCF7L2Aortic aneurysmLociHigh expressionTAAGenetic risk factorsFunctional relationship
2020
GWAS of thyroid stimulating hormone highlights pleiotropic effects and inverse association with thyroid cancer
Zhou W, Brumpton B, Kabil O, Gudmundsson J, Thorleifsson G, Weinstock J, Zawistowski M, Nielsen JB, Chaker L, Medici M, Teumer A, Naitza S, Sanna S, Schultheiss UT, Cappola A, Karjalainen J, Kurki M, Oneka M, Taylor P, Fritsche LG, Graham SE, Wolford BN, Overton W, Rasheed H, Haug EB, Gabrielsen ME, Skogholt AH, Surakka I, Davey Smith G, Pandit A, Roychowdhury T, Hornsby WE, Jonasson JG, Senter L, Liyanarachchi S, Ringel MD, Xu L, Kiemeney LA, He H, Netea-Maier RT, Mayordomo JI, Plantinga TS, Hrafnkelsson J, Hjartarson H, Sturgis EM, Palotie A, Daly M, Citterio CE, Arvan P, Brummett CM, Boehnke M, de la Chapelle A, Stefansson K, Hveem K, Willer CJ, Åsvold BO. GWAS of thyroid stimulating hormone highlights pleiotropic effects and inverse association with thyroid cancer. Nature Communications 2020, 11: 3981. PMID: 32769997, PMCID: PMC7414135, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17718-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPleiotropic effectsGenome-wide significant lociPhenome-wide association analysisSignificant lociGenetic markersAssociation analysisUK BiobankNormal developmentFunctional experimentsIndex variantsGenetic contributionGWASTwo-sample Mendelian randomizationPolygenic scoresVariantsMendelian randomizationLociG67Independent studiesThyroid cancerMetabolismBiobankHormoneThyroglobulin secretion