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    A framework for detecting noncoding rare-variant associations of large-scale whole-genome sequencing studies
    (Springer Nature, 2022) Li, Zilin; Li, Xihao; Zhou, Hufeng; Gaynor, Sheila M.; Selvaraj, Margaret Sunitha; Arapoglou, Theodore; Quick, Corbin; Liu, Yaowu; Chen, Han; Sun, Ryan; Dey, Rounak; Arnett, Donna K.; Auer, Paul L.; Bielak, Lawrence F.; Bis, Joshua C.; Blackwell, Thomas W.; Blangero, John; Boerwinkle, Eric; Bowden, Donald W.; Brody, Jennifer A.; Cade, Brian E.; Conomos, Matthew P.; Correa, Adolfo; Cupples, L. Adrienne; Curran, Joanne E.; de Vries, Paul S.; Duggirala, Ravindranath; Franceschini, Nora; Freedman, Barry I.; Göring, Harald H. H.; Guo, Xiuqing; Kalyani, Rita R.; Kooperberg, Charles; Kral, Brian G.; Lange, Leslie A.; Lin, Bridget M.; Manichaikul, Ani; Manning, Alisa K.; Martin, Lisa W.; Mathias, Rasika A.; Meigs, James B.; Mitchell, Braxton D.; Montasser, May E.; Morrison, Alanna C.; Naseri, Take; O'Connell, Jeffrey R.; Palmer, Nicholette D.; Peyser, Patricia A.; Psaty, Bruce M.; Raffield, Laura M.; Redline, Susan; Reiner, Alexander P.; Reupena, Muagututi'a Sefuiva; Rice, Kenneth M.; Rich, Stephen S.; Smith, Jennifer A.; Taylor, Kent D.; Taub, Margaret A.; Vasan, Ramachandran S.; Weeks, Daniel E.; Wilson, James G.; Yanek, Lisa R.; Zhao, Wei; NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Consortium; TOPMed Lipids Working Group; Rotter, Jerome I.; Willer, Cristen J.; Natarajan, Pradeep; Peloso, Gina M.; Lin, Xihong; Biostatistics and Health Data Science, School of Medicine
    Large-scale whole-genome sequencing studies have enabled analysis of noncoding rare-variant (RV) associations with complex human diseases and traits. Variant-set analysis is a powerful approach to study RV association. However, existing methods have limited ability in analyzing the noncoding genome. We propose a computationally efficient and robust noncoding RV association detection framework, STAARpipeline, to automatically annotate a whole-genome sequencing study and perform flexible noncoding RV association analysis, including gene-centric analysis and fixed window-based and dynamic window-based non-gene-centric analysis by incorporating variant functional annotations. In gene-centric analysis, STAARpipeline uses STAAR to group noncoding variants based on functional categories of genes and incorporate multiple functional annotations. In non-gene-centric analysis, STAARpipeline uses SCANG-STAAR to incorporate dynamic window sizes and multiple functional annotations. We apply STAARpipeline to identify noncoding RV sets associated with four lipid traits in 21,015 discovery samples from the Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) program and replicate several of them in an additional 9,123 TOPMed samples. We also analyze five non-lipid TOPMed traits.
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    A genome-wide association study of early menopause and the combined impact of identified variants
    (Oxford University Press, 2013) Perry, John R. B.; Corre, Tanguy; Esko, Tõnu; Chasman, Daniel I.; Fischer, Krista; Franceschini, Nora; He, Chunyan; Kutalik, Zoltan; Mangino, Massimo; Rose, Lynda M.; Smith, Albert Vernon; Stolk, Lisette; Sulem, Patrick; Weedon, Michael N.; Zhuang, Wei V.; Arnold, Alice; Ashworth, Alan; Bergmann, Sven; Buring, Julie E.; Burri, Andrea; Chen, Constance; Cornelis, Marilyn C.; Couper, David J.; Goodarzi, Mark O.; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Harris, Tamara; Hofman, Albert; Jones, Michael; Kraft, Peter; Launer, Lenore; Laven, Joop S. E.; Li, Guo; McKnight, Barbara; Masciullo, Corrado; Milani, Lili; Orr, Nicholas; Psaty, Bruce M.; ReproGen Consortium; Ridker, Paul M.; Rivadeneira, Fernando; Sala, Cinzia; Salumets, Andres; Schoemaker, Minouk; Traglia, Michela; Waeber, Gérard; Chanock, Stephen J.; Demerath, Ellen W.; Garcia, Melissa; Hankinson, Susan E.; Hu, Frank B.; Hunter, David J.; Lunetta, Kathryn L.; Metspalu, Andres; Montgomery, Grant W.; Murabito, Joanne M.; Newman, Anne B.; Ong, Ken K.; Spector, Tim D.; Stefansson, Kari; Swerdlow, Anthony J.; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Van Dam, Rob M.; Uitterlinden, André G.; Visser, Jenny A.; Vollenweider, Peter; Toniolo, Daniela; Murray, Anna; Medicine, School of Medicine
    Early menopause (EM) affects up to 10% of the female population, reducing reproductive lifespan considerably. Currently, it constitutes the leading cause of infertility in the western world, affecting mainly those women who postpone their first pregnancy beyond the age of 30 years. The genetic aetiology of EM is largely unknown in the majority of cases. We have undertaken a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWASs) in 3493 EM cases and 13 598 controls from 10 independent studies. No novel genetic variants were discovered, but the 17 variants previously associated with normal age at natural menopause as a quantitative trait (QT) were also associated with EM and primary ovarian insufficiency (POI). Thus, EM has a genetic aetiology which overlaps variation in normal age at menopause and is at least partly explained by the additive effects of the same polygenic variants. The combined effect of the common variants captured by the single nucleotide polymorphism arrays was estimated to account for ∼30% of the variance in EM. The association between the combined 17 variants and the risk of EM was greater than the best validated non-genetic risk factor, smoking.
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    Convergent genetic and expression data implicate immunity in Alzheimer's disease
    (Elsevier, 2015-06) Jones, Lesley; Lambert, Jean-Charles; Wang, Li-San; Choi, Seung-Hoan; Harold, Denise; Vedernikov, Alexey; Escott-Price, Valentina; Stone, Timothy; Richards, Alexander; Bellenguez, Céline; Ibrahim-Verbaas, Carla A.; Naj, Adam C.; Sims, Rebecca; Gerrish, Amy; Jun, Gyungah; DeStefano, Anita L.; Bis, Joshua C.; Beecham, Gary W.; Grenier-Boley, Benjamin; Russo, Giancarlo; Thornton-Wells, Tricia A.; Jones, Nicola; Smith, Albert V.; Chouraki, Vincent; Thomas, Charlene; Ikram, M. Arfan; Zelenika, Diana; Vardarajan, Badri N.; Kamatani, Yoichiro; Lin, Chiao-Feng; Schmidt, Helena; Kunkle, Brian; Dunstan, Melanie L.; Ruiz, Agustin; Bihoreau, Marie-Thérèse; Reitz, Christiane; Pasquier, Florence; Hollingworth, Paul; Hanon, Olivier; Fitzpatrick, Annette L.; Buxbaum, Joseph D.; Campion, Dominique; Crane, Paul K.; Becker, Tim; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Cruchaga, Carlos; Craig, David; Amin, Najaf; Berr, Claudine; Lopez, Oscar L.; De Jager, Philip L.; Deramecourt, Vincent; Johnston, Janet A.; Evans, Denis; Lovestone, Simon; Letteneur, Luc; Kornhuber, Johanes; Tárraga, Lluís; Rubinsztein, David C.; Eiriksdottir, Gudny; Sleegers, Kristel; Goate, Alison M.; Fiévet, Nathalie; Huentelman, Matthew J.; Gill, Michael; Emilsson, Valur; Brown, Kristelle; Kamboh, M. Ilyas; Keller, Lina; Barberger-Gateau, Pascale; McGuinness, Bernadette; Larson, Eric B.; Myers, Amanda J.; Dufouil, Carole; Todd, Stephen; Wallon, David; Love, Seth; Kehoe, Pat; Rogaeva, Ekaterina; Gallacher, John; George-Hyslop, Peter St; Clarimon, Jordi; Lleὀ, Alberti; Bayer, Anthony; Tsuang, Debby W.; Yu, Lei; Tsolaki, Magda; Bossù, Paola; Spalletta, Gianfranco; Proitsi, Petra; Collinge, John; Sorbi, Sandro; Garcia, Florentino Sanchez; Fox, Nick; Hardy, John; Naranjo, Maria Candida Deniz; Razquin, Cristina; Bosco, Paola; Clarke, Robert; Brayne, Carol; Galimberti, Daniela; Mancuso, Michelangelo; Moebus, Susanne; Mecocci, Patrizia; del Zompo, Maria; Maier, Wolfgang; Hampel, Harald; Pilotto, Alberto; Bullido, Maria; Panza, Francesco; Caffarra, Paolo; Nacmias, Benedetta; Gilbert, John R.; Mayhaus, Manuel; Jessen, Frank; Dichgans, Martin; Lannfelt, Lars; Hakonarson, Hakon; Pichler, Sabrina; Carrasquillo, Minerva M.; Ingelsson, Martin; Beekly, Duane; Alavarez, Victoria; Zou, Fanggeng; Valladares, Otto; Younkin, Steven G.; Coto, Eliecer; Hamilton-Nelson, Kara L.; Mateo, Ignacio; Owen, Michael J.; Faber, Kelley M.; Jonsson, Palmi V.; Combarros, Onofre; O'Donovan, Michael C.; Cantwell, Laura B.; Soininen, Hilkka; Blacker, Deborah; Mead, Simon; Mosley, Thomas H.; Bennett, David A.; Harris, Tamara B.; Fratiglioni, Laura; Holmes, Clive; de Bruijn, Renee FAG; Passmore, Peter; Montine, Thomas J.; Bettens, Karolien; Rotter, Jerome I.; Brice, Alexis; Morgan, Kevin; Foroud, Tatiana M.; Kukull, Walter A.; Hannequin, Didier; Powell, John F.; Nalls, Michael A.; Ritchie, Karen; Lunetta, Kathryn L.; Kauwe, John SK; Boerwinkle, Eric; Riemenschneider, Matthias; Boada, Mercè; Hiltunen, Mikko; Martin, Eden R.; Pastor, Pau; Schmidt, Reinhold; Rujescu, Dan; Dartigues, Jean-François; Mayeux, Richard; Tzourio, Christophe; Hofman, Albert; Nöthen, Markus M.; Graff, Caroline; Psaty, Bruce M.; Haines, Jonathan L.; Lathrop, Mark; Pericak-Vance, Margaret A.; Launer, Lenore J.; Farrer, Lindsay A.; van Duijn, Cornelia M.; Van Broekhoven, Christine; Ramirez, Alfredo; Schellenberg, Gerard D.; Seshadri, Sudha; Amouyel, Philippe; Williams, Julie; Holmans, Peter A.; Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics, IU School of Medicine
    Background Late–onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) is heritable with 20 genes showing genome wide association in the International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project (IGAP). To identify the biology underlying the disease we extended these genetic data in a pathway analysis. Methods The ALIGATOR and GSEA algorithms were used in the IGAP data to identify associated functional pathways and correlated gene expression networks in human brain. Results ALIGATOR identified an excess of curated biological pathways showing enrichment of association. Enriched areas of biology included the immune response (p = 3.27×10-12 after multiple testing correction for pathways), regulation of endocytosis (p = 1.31×10-11), cholesterol transport (p = 2.96 × 10-9) and proteasome-ubiquitin activity (p = 1.34×10-6). Correlated gene expression analysis identified four significant network modules, all related to the immune response (corrected p 0.002 – 0.05). Conclusions The immune response, regulation of endocytosis, cholesterol transport and protein ubiquitination represent prime targets for AD therapeutics.
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    Disentangling the genetics of lean mass
    (Oxford University Press, 2019-02-01) Karasik, David; Zillikens, M. Carola; Hsu, Yi-Hsiang; Aghdassi, Ali; Akesson, Kristina; Amin, Najaf; Barroso, Inês; Bennett, David A.; Bertram, Lars; Bochud, Murielle; Borecki, Ingrid B.; Broer, Linda; Buchman, Aron S.; Byberg, Liisa; Campbell, Harry; Campos-Obando, Natalia; Cauley, Jane A.; Cawthon, Peggy M.; Chambers, John C.; Chen, Zhao; Cho, Nam H.; Choi, Hyung Jin; Chou, Wen-Chi; Cummings, Steven R.; De Groot, Lisette C. P. G. M.; De Jager, Phillip L.; Demuth, Ilja; Diatchenko, Luda; Econs, Michael J.; Eiriksdottir, Gudny; Enneman, Anke W.; Eriksson, Joel; Eriksson, Johan G.; Estrada, Karol; Evans, Daniel S.; Feitosa, Mary F.; Fu, Mao; Gieger, Christian; Grallert, Harald; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Lenore, Launer J.; Hayward, Caroline; Hofman, Albert; Homuth, Georg; Huffman, Kim M.; Husted, Lise B.; Illig, Thomas; Ingelsson, Erik; Ittermann, Till; Jansson, John-Olov; Johnson, Toby; Biffar, Reiner; Jordan, Joanne M.; Jula, Antti; Karlsson, Magnus; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Kilpeläinen, Tuomas O.; Klopp, Norman; Kloth, Jacqueline S. L.; Koller, Daniel L.; Kooner, Jaspal S.; Kraus, William E.; Kritchevsky, Stephen; Kutalik, Zoltán; Kuulasmaa, Teemu; Kuusisto, Johanna; Laakso, Markku; Lahti, Jari; Lang, Thomas; Langdahl, Bente L.; Lerch, Markus M.; Lewis, Joshua R.; Lill, Christina; Lind, Lars; Lindgren, Cecilia; Liu, Yongmei; Livshits, Gregory; Ljunggren, Östen; Loos, Ruth J. F.; Lorentzon, Mattias; Luan, Jian'an; Luben, Robert N.; Malkin, Ida; McGuigan, Fiona E.; Medina-Gomez, Carolina; Meitinger, Thomas; Melhus, Håkan; Mellström, Dan; Michaëlsson, Karl; Mitchell, Braxton D.; Morris, Andrew P.; Mosekilde, Leif; Nethander, Maria; Newman, Anne B.; O'Connell, Jeffery R.; Oostra, Ben A.; Orwoll, Eric S.; Palotie, Aarno; Peacock, Munro; Perola, Markus; Peters, Annette; Prince, Richard L.; Psaty, Bruce M.; Räikkönen, Katri; Ralston, Stuart H.; Ripatti, Samuli; Rivadeneira, Fernando; Robbins, John A.; Rotter, Jerome I.; Rudan, Igor; Salomaa, Veikko; Satterfield, Suzanne; Schipf, Sabine; Shin, Chan Soo; Smith, Albert V.; Smith, Shad B.; Soranzo, Nicole; Spector, Timothy D.; Stančáková, Alena; Stefansson, Kari; Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth; Stolk, Lisette; Streeten, Elizabeth A.; Styrkarsdottir, Unnur; Swart, Karin M. A.; Thompson, Patricia; Thomson, Cynthia A.; Thorleifsson, Gudmar; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Tikkanen, Emmi; Tranah, Gregory J.; Uitterlinden, André G.; Van Duijn, Cornelia M.; Van Schoor, Natasja M.; Vandenput, Liesbeth; Vollenweider, Peter; Völzke, Henry; Wactawski-Wende, Jean; Walker, Mark; Wareham, Nicholas J.; Waterworth, Dawn; Weedon, Michael N.; Wichmann, H-Erich.; Widen, Elisabeth; Williams, Frances M. K.; Wilson, James F.; Wright, Nicole C.; Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M.; Yu, Lei; Zhang, Weihua; Zhao, Jing Hua; Zhou, Yanhua; Nielson, Carrie M.; Harris, Tamara B.; Demissie, Serkalem; Kiel, Douglas P.; Ohlsson, Claes; Medicine, School of Medicine
    Background: Lean body mass (LM) plays an important role in mobility and metabolic function. We previously identified five loci associated with LM adjusted for fat mass in kilograms. Such an adjustment may reduce the power to identify genetic signals having an association with both lean mass and fat mass. Objectives: To determine the impact of different fat mass adjustments on genetic architecture of LM and identify additional LM loci. Methods: We performed genome-wide association analyses for whole-body LM (20 cohorts of European ancestry with n = 38,292) measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) or bioelectrical impedance analysis, adjusted for sex, age, age2, and height with or without fat mass adjustments (Model 1 no fat adjustment; Model 2 adjustment for fat mass as a percentage of body mass; Model 3 adjustment for fat mass in kilograms). Results: Seven single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in separate loci, including one novel LM locus (TNRC6B), were successfully replicated in an additional 47,227 individuals from 29 cohorts. Based on the strengths of the associations in Model 1 vs Model 3, we divided the LM loci into those with an effect on both lean mass and fat mass in the same direction and refer to those as "sumo wrestler" loci (FTO and MC4R). In contrast, loci with an impact specifically on LM were termed "body builder" loci (VCAN and ADAMTSL3). Using existing available genome-wide association study databases, LM increasing alleles of SNPs in sumo wrestler loci were associated with an adverse metabolic profile, whereas LM increasing alleles of SNPs in "body builder" loci were associated with metabolic protection. Conclusions: In conclusion, we identified one novel LM locus (TNRC6B). Our results suggest that a genetically determined increase in lean mass might exert either harmful or protective effects on metabolic traits, depending on its relation to fat mass.
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    Genetic architecture of subcortical brain structures in 38,851 individuals
    (Nature, 2019-11) Satizabal, Claudia L.; Adams, Hieab H. H.; Hibar, Derrek P.; White, Charles C.; Knol, Maria J.; Stein, Jason L.; Scholz, Markus; Sargurupremraj, Muralidharan; Jahanshad, Neda; Roshchupkin, Gennady V.; Smith, Albert V.; Bis, Joshua C.; Jian, Xueqiu; Luciano, Michelle; Hofer, Edith; Teumer, Alexander; van der Lee, Sven J.; Yang, Jingyun; Yanek, Lisa R.; Lee, Tom V.; Li, Shuo; Hu, Yanhui; Koh, Jia Yu; Eicher, John D.; Desrivières, Sylvane; Arias-Vasquez, Alejandro; Chauhan, Ganesh; Athanasiu, Lavinia; Rentería, Miguel E.; Kim, Sungeun; Hoehn, David; Armstrong, Nicola J.; Chen, Qiang; Holmes, Avram J.; den Braber, Anouk; Kloszewska, Iwona; Andersson, Micael; Espeseth, Thomas; Grimm, Oliver; Abramovic, Lucija; Alhusaini, Saud; Milaneschi, Yuri; Papmeyer, Martina; Axelsson, Tomas; Ehrlich, Stefan; Roiz-Santiañez, Roberto; Kraemer, Bernd; Håberg, Asta K.; Jones, Hannah J.; Pike, G. Bruce; Stein, Dan J.; Stevens, Allison; Bralten, Janita; Vernooij, Meike W.; Harris, Tamara B.; Filippi, Irina; Witte, A. Veronica; Guadalupe, Tulio; Wittfeld, Katharina; Mosley, Thomas H.; Becker, James T.; Doan, Nhat Trung; Hagenaars, Saskia P.; Saba, Yasaman; Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel; Amin, Najaf; Hilal, Saima; Nho, Kwangsik; Mirza-Schreiber, Nazanin; Arfanakis, Konstantinos; Becker, Diane M.; Ames, David; Goldman, Aaron L.; Lee, Phil H.; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Lovestone, Simon; Giddaluru, Sudheer; Le Hellard, Stephanie; Mattheisen, Manuel; Bohlken, Marc M.; Kasperaviciute, Dalia; Schmaal, Lianne; Lawrie, Stephen M.; Agartz, Ingrid; Walton, Esther; Tordesillas-Gutierrez, Diana; Davies, Gareth E.; Shin, Jean; Ipser, Jonathan C.; Vinke, Louis N.; Hoogman, Martine; Jia, Tianye; Burkhardt, Ralph; Klein, Marieke; Crivello, Fabrice; Janowitz, Deborah; Carmichael, Owen; Haukvik, Unn K.; Aribisala, Benjamin S.; Schmidt, Helena; Strike, Lachlan T.; Cheng, Ching-Yu; Risacher, Shannon L.; Pütz, Benno; Fleischman, Debra A.; Assareh, Amelia A.; Mattay, Venkata S.; Buckner, Randy L.; Mecocci, Patrizia; Dale, Anders M.; Cichon, Sven; Boks, Marco P.; Matarin, Mar; Penninx, Brenda W. J. H.; Calhoun, Vince D.; Chakravarty, M. Mallar; Marquand, Andre F.; Macare, Christine; Kharabian Masouleh, Shahrzad; Oosterlaan, Jaap; Amouyel, Philippe; Hegenscheid, Katrin; Rotter, Jerome I.; Schork, Andrew J.; Liewald, David C. M.; de Zubicaray, Greig I.; Wong, Tien Yin; Shen, Li; Sämann, Philipp G.; Brodaty, Henry; Roffman, Joshua L.; de Geus, Eco J. C.; Tsolaki, Magda; Erk, Susanne; van Eijk, Kristel R.; Cavalleri, Gianpiero L.; van der Wee, Nic J. A.; McIntosh, Andrew M.; Gollub, Randy L.; Bulayeva, Kazima B.; Bernard, Manon; Richards, Jennifer S.; Himali, Jayandra J.; Loeffler, Markus; Rommelse, Nanda; Hoffmann, Wolfgang; Westlye, Lars T.; Valdés Hernández, Maria C.; Hansell, Narelle K.; van Erp, Theo G. M.; Wolf, Christiane; Kwok, John B. J.; Vellas, Bruno; Heinz, Andreas; Olde Loohuis, Loes M.; Delanty, Norman; Ho, Beng-Choon; Ching, Christopher R. K.; Shumskaya, Elena; Singh, Baljeet; Hofman, Albert; van der Meer, Dennis; Homuth, Georg; Psaty, Bruce M.; Bastin, Mark E.; Montgomery, Grant W.; Foroud, Tatiana M.; Reppermund, Simone; Hottenga, Jouke-Jan; Simmons, Andrew; Meyer-Lindenberg, Andreas; Cahn, Wiepke; Whelan, Christopher D.; van Donkelaar, Marjolein M. J.; Yang, Qiong; Hosten, Norbert; Green, Robert C; Thalamuthu, Anbupalam; Mohnke, Sebastian; Hulshoff Pol, Hilleke E.; Lin, Honghuang; Jack, Clifford R.; Schofield, Peter R.; Mühleisen, Thomas W.; Maillard, Pauline; Potkin, Steven G.; Wen, Wei; Fletcher, Evan; Toga, Arthur W.; Gruber, Oliver; Huentelman, Matthew; Davey Smith, George; Launer, Lenore J.; Nyberg, Lars; Jönsson, Erik G.; Crespo-Facorro, Benedicto; Koen, Nastassja; Greve, Douglas N.; Uitterlinden, André G.; Weinberger, Daniel R.; Steen, Vidar M.; Fedko, Iryna O.; Groenewold, Nynke A.; Niessen, Wiro J.; Toro, Roberto; Tzourio, Christophe; Longstreth, William T.; Ikram, M. Kamran; Smoller, Jordan W.; van Tol, Marie-Jose; Sussmann, Jessika E.; Paus, Tomas; Lemaître, Hervé; Schroeter, Matthias L.; Mazoyer, Bernard; Andreassen, Ole A.; Holsboer, Florian; Depondt, Chantal; Veltman, Dick J.; Turner, Jessica A.; Pausova, Zdenka; Schumann, Gunter; van Rooij, Daan; Djurovic, Srdjan; Deary, Ian J.; McMahon, Katie L.; Müller-Myhsok, Bertram; Brouwer, Rachel M.; Soininen, Hilkka; Pandolfo, Massimo; Wassink, Thomas H.; Cheung, Joshua W.; Wolfers, Thomas; Martinot, Jean-Luc; Zwiers, Marcel P.; Nauck, Matthias; Melle, Ingrid; Martin, Nicholas G.; Kanai, Ryota; Westman, Eric; Kahn, René S.; Sisodiya, Sanjay M.; White, Tonya; Saremi, Arvin; van Bokhoven, Hans; Brunner, Han G.; Völzke, Henry; Wright, Margaret J.; van ‘t Ent, Dennis; Nöthen, Markus M.; Ophoff, Roel A.; Buitelaar, Jan K.; Fernández, Guillén; Sachdev, Perminder S.; Rietschel, Marcella; van Haren, Neeltje E. M.; Fisher, Simon E.; Beiser, Alexa S.; Francks, Clyde; Saykin, Andrew J.; Mather, Karen A.; Romanczuk-Seiferth, Nina; Hartman, Catharina A.; DeStefano, Anita L.; Heslenfeld, Dirk J.; Weiner, Michael W.; Walter, Henrik; Hoekstra, Pieter J.; Nyquist, Paul A.; Franke, Barbara; Bennett, David A.; Grabe, Hans J.; Johnson, Andrew D.; Chen, Christopher; van Duijn, Cornelia M.; Lopez, Oscar L.; Fornage, Myriam; Wardlaw, Joanna M.; Schmidt, Reinhold; DeCarli, Charles; De Jager, Philip L.; Villringer, Arno; Debette, Stéphanie; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Medland, Sarah E.; Shulman, Joshua M.; Thompson, Paul M.; Seshadri, Sudha; Ikram, M. Arfan; Medical and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine
    Subcortical brain structures are integral to motion, consciousness, emotions and learning. We identified common genetic variation related to the volumes of the nucleus accumbens, amygdala, brainstem, caudate nucleus, globus pallidus, putamen and thalamus, using genome-wide association analyses in almost 40,000 individuals from CHARGE, ENIGMA and UK Biobank. We show that variability in subcortical volumes is heritable, and identify 48 significantly associated loci (40 novel at the time of analysis). Annotation of these loci by utilizing gene expression, methylation and neuropathological data identified 199 genes putatively implicated in neurodevelopment, synaptic signaling, axonal transport, apoptosis, inflammation/infection and susceptibility to neurological disorders. This set of genes is significantly enriched for Drosophila orthologs associated with neurodevelopmental phenotypes, suggesting evolutionarily conserved mechanisms. Our findings uncover novel biology and potential drug targets underlying brain development and disease.
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    Genetic meta-analysis of diagnosed Alzheimer's disease identifies new risk loci and implicates Aβ, tau, immunity and lipid processing
    (Springer Nature, 2019-03) Kunkle, Brian W.; Grenier-Boley, Benjamin; Sims, Rebecca; Bis, Joshua C.; Damotte, Vincent; Naj, Adam C.; Boland, Anne; Vronskaya, Maria; van der Lee, Sven J.; Amlie-Wolf, Alexandre; Bellenguez, Céline; Frizatti, Aura; Chouraki, Vincent; Martin, Eden R.; Sleegers, Kristel; Badarinarayan, Nandini; Jakobsdottir, Johanna; Hamilton-Nelson, Kara L.; Moreno-Grau, Sonia; Olaso, Robert; Raybould, Rachel; Chen, Yuning; Kuzma, Amanda B.; Hiltunen, Mikko; Morgan, Taniesha; Ahmad, Shahzad; Vardarajan, Badri N.; Epelbaum, Jacques; Hoffmann, Per; Boada, Merce; Beecham, Gary W.; Garnier, Jean-Guillaume; Harold, Denise; Fitzpatrick, Annette L.; Valladares, Otto; Moutet, Marie-Laure; Gerrish, Amy; Smith, Albert V.; Qu, Liming; Bacq, Delphine; Denning, Nicola; Jian, Xueqiu; Zhao, Yi; Del Zompo, Maria; Fox, Nick C.; Choi, Seung-Hoan; Mateo, Ignacio; Hughes, Joseph T.; Adams, Hieab H.; Malamon, John; Sanchez-Garcia, Florentino; Patel, Yogen; Brody, Jennifer A.; Dombroski, Beth A.; Deniz Naranjo, Maria Candida; Daniilidou, Makrina; Eiriksdottir, Gudny; Mukherjee, Shubhabrata; Wallon, David; Uphill, James; Aspelund, Thor; Cantwell, Laura B.; Garzia, Fabienne; Galimberti, Daniela; Hofer, Edith; Butkiewicz, Mariusz; Fin, Bertrand; Scarpini, Elio; Sarnowski, Chloe; Bush, Will S.; Meslage, Stéphane; Kornhuber, Johannes; White, Charles C.; Song, Yuenjoo; Barber, Robert C.; Engelborghs, Sebastiaan; Sordon, Sabrina; Voijnovic, Dina; Adams, Perrie M.; Vandenberghe, Rik; Mayhaus, Manuel; Cupples, L. Adrienne; Albert, Marilyn S.; De Deyn, Peter P.; Gu, Wei; Himali, Jayanadra J.; Beekly, Duane; Squassina, Alessio; Hartmann, Annette M.; Orellana, Adelina; Blacker, Deborah; Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Eloy; Lovestone, Simon; Garcia, Melissa E.; Doody, Rachelle S.; Munoz-Fernadez, Carmen; Sussams, Rebecca; Lin, Honghuang; Fairchild, Thomas J.; Benit, Yolanda A.; Holmes, Clive; Karamujić-Čomić, Hata; Frosch, Matthew P.; Thonberg, Hakan; Maier, Wolfgang; Roshchupkin, Gennady; Ghetti, Bernardino; Giedraitis, Vilmantas; Kawalia, Amit; Li, Shuo; Huebinger, Ryan M.; Kilander, Lena; Moebus, Susanne; Hernández, Isabel; Kamboh, M. Ilyas; Brundin, RoseMarie; Turton, James; Yang, Qiong; Katz, Mindy J.; Concari, Letizia; Lord, Jenny; Beiser, Alexa S.; Keene, C. Dirk; Helisalmi, Seppo; Kloszewska, Iwona; Kukull, Walter A.; Koivisto, Anne Maria; Lynch, Aoibhinn; Tarraga, Lluís; Larson, Eric B.; Haapasalo, Annakaisa; Lawlor, Brian; Mosley, Thomas H.; Lipton, Richard B.; Solfrizzi, Vincenzo; Gill, Michael; Longstreth, W. T., Jr.; Montine, Thomas J.; Frisardi, Vincenza; Diez-Fairen, Monica; Rivadeneira, Fernando; Petersen, Ronald C.; Deramecourt, Vincent; Alvarez, Ignacio; Salani, Francesca; Ciaramella, Antonio; Boerwinkle, Eric; Reiman, Eric M.; Fievet, Nathalie; Rotter, Jerome I.; Reisch, Joan S.; Hanon, Olivier; Cupidi, Chiara; Uitterlinden, A. G. Andre; Royall, Donald R.; Dufouil, Carole; Maletta, Raffaele Giovanni; de Rojas, Itziar; Sano, Mary; Brice, Alexis; Cecchetti, Roberta; St. George-Hyslop, Peter; Ritchie, Karen; Tsolaki, Magda; Tsuang, Debby W.; Dubois, Bruno; Craig, David; Wu, Chuang-Kuo; Soininen, Hilkka; Avramidou, Despoina; Albin, Roger L.; Fratiglioni, Laura; Germanou, Antonia; Apostolova, Liana G.; Keller, Lina; Koutroumani, Maria; Arnold, Steven E.; Panza, Francesco; Gkatzima, Olymbia; Asthana, Sanjay; Hannequin, Didier; Whitehead, Patrice; Atwood, Craig S.; Caffarra, Paolo; Hampel, Harald; Quintela, Inés; Carracedo, Ángel; Lannfelt, Lars; Rubinsztein, David C.; Barnes, Lisa L.; Pasquier, Florence; Frölich, Lutz; Barral, Sandra; McGuinness, Bernadette; Beach, Thomas G .; Johnston, Janet A.; Becker, James T.; Passmore, Peter; Bigio, Eileen H.; Schott, Jonathan M.; Bird, Thomas D.; Warren, Jason D.; Boeve, Bradley F.; Lupton, Michelle K.; Bowen, James D.; Proitsi, Petra; Boxer, Adam; Powell, John F.; Burke, James R.; Kauwe, John S.K.; Burns, Jeffrey M.; Mancuso, Michelangelo; Buxbaum, Joseph D.; Bonuccelli, Ubaldo; Cairns, Nigel J.; McQuillin, Andrew; Cao, Chuanhai; Livingston, Gill; Carlson, Chris S.; Bass, Nicholas J.; Carlsson, Cynthia M.; Hardy, John; Carney, Regina M.; Bras, Jose; Carrasquillo, Minerva M.; Guerreiro, Rita; Allen, Mariet; Chui, Helena C.; Fisher, Elizabeth; Masullo, Carlo; Crocco, Elizabeth A.; DeCarli, Charles; Bisceglio, Gina; Dick, Malcolm; Ma, Li; Duara, Ranjan; Graff-Radford, Neill R.; Evans, Denis A.; Hodges, Angela; Faber, Kelley M.; Scherer, Martin; Fallon, Kenneth B.; Riemenschneider, Matthias; Fardo, David W.; Heun, Reinhard; Farlow, Martin R.; Kölsch, Heike; Ferris, Steven; Leber, Markus; Foroud, Tatiana M.; Heuser, Isabella; Galasko, Douglas R.; Giegling, Ina; Gearing, Marla; Hüll, Michael; Geschwind, Daniel H.; Gilbert, John R.; Morris, John; Green, Robert C.; Mayo, Kevin; Growdon, John H.; Feulner, Thomas; Hamilton, Ronald L.; Harrell, Lindy E.; Drichel, Dmitriy; Honig, Lawrence S.; Cushion, Thomas D.; Huentelman, Matthew J.; Hollingworth, Paul; Hulette, Christine M.; Hyman, Bradley T.; Marshall, Rachel; Jarvik, Gail P.; Meggy, Alun; Abner, Erin; Menzies, Georgina E.; Jin, Lee-Way; Leonenko, Ganna; Real, Luis M.; Jun, Gyungah R.; Baldwin, Clinton T.; Grozeva, Detelina; Karydas, Anna; Russo, Giancarlo; Kaye, Jeffrey A.; Kim, Ronald; Jessen, Frank; Kowall, Neil W.; Vellas, Bruno; Kramer, Joel H.; Vardy, Emma; LaFerla, Frank M.; Jöckel, Karl-Heinz; Lah, James J.; Dichgans, Martin; Leverenz, James B.; Mann, David; Levey, Allan I.; Pickering-Brown, Stuart; Lieberman, Andrew P.; Klopp, Norman; Lunetta, Kathryn L.; Wichmann, H-Erich; Lyketsos, Constantine G.; Morgan, Kevin; Marson, Daniel C.; Brown, Kristelle; Martiniuk, Frank; Medway, Christopher; Mash, Deborah C.; Nöthen, Markus M.; Masliah, Eliezer; Hooper, Nigel M.; McCormick, Wayne C.; Daniele, Antonio; McCurry, Susan M.; Bayer, Anthony; McDavid, Andrew N.; Gallacher, John; McKee, Ann C.; van den Bussche, Hendrik; Mesulam, Marsel; Brayne, Carol; Miller, Bruce L.; Riedel-Heller, Steffi; Miller, Carol A.; Miller, Joshua W.; Al-Chalabi, Ammar; Morris, John C.; Shaw, Christopher E.; Myers, Amanda J.; Wiltfang, Jens; O'Bryant, Sid; Olichney, John M.; Alvarez, Victoria; Parisi, Joseph E.; Singleton, Andrew B.; Paulson, Henry L.; Collinge, John; Perry, William R.; Mead, Simon; Peskind, Elaine; Cribbs, David H.; Rossor, Martin; Pierce, Aimee; Ryan, Natalie S.; Poon, Wayne W.; Nacmias, Benedetta; Potter, Huntington; Sorbi, Sandro; Quinn, Joseph F.; Sacchinelli, Eleonora; Raj, Ashok; Spalletta, Gianfranco; Raskind, Murray; Caltagirone, Carlo; Bossù, Paola; Orfei, Maria Donata; Reisberg, Barry; Clarke, Robert; Reitz, Christiane; Smith, A. David; Ringman, John M.; Warden, Donald; Roberson, Erik D.; Wilcock, Gordon; Rogaeva, Ekaterina; Bruni, Amalia Cecilia; Rosen, Howard J.; Gallo, Maura; Rosenberg, R.N.; Ben-Shlomo, Yoav; Sager, Mark A.; Mecocci, Patrizia; Saykin, Andrew J.; Pastor, Pau; Cuccaro, Michael L.; Vance, Jeffery M.; Schneider, Julie A.; Schneider, Lori S.; Slifer, Susan; Seeley, William W.; Smith, Amanda G.; Sonnen, Joshua A.; Spina, Salvatore; Stern, Robert A.; Swerdlow, Russell H.; Tang, Mitchell; Tanzi, Rudolph E.; Trojanowski, John Q.; Troncoso, Juan C.; Van Deerlin, Vivianna M.; Van Eldik, Linda J.; Vinters, Harry V.; Vonsattel, Jean Paul; Weintraub, Sandra; Welsh-Bohmer, Kathleen A.; Wilhelmsen, Kirk C.; Williamson, Jennifer; Wingo, Thomas S.; Woltjer, Randall L.; Wright, Clinton B.; Yu, Chang-En; Yu, Lei; Saba, Yasaman; Pilotto, Alberto; Bullido, Maria J.; Peters, Oliver; Crane, Paul K.; Bennett, David; Bosco, Paola; Coto, Eliecer; Boccardi, Virginia; De Jager, Phil L.; Lleo, Alberto; Warner, Nick; Lopez, Oscar L.; Ingelsson, Martin; Deloukas, Panagiotis; Cruchaga, Carlos; Graff, Caroline; Gwilliam, Rhian; Fornage, Myriam; Goate, Alison M.; Sanchez-Juan, Pascual; Kehoe, Patrick G.; Amin, Najaf; Ertekin-Taner, Nilifur; Berr, Claudine; Debette, Stéphanie; Love, Seth; Launer, Lenore J.; Younkin, Steven G.; Dartigues, Jean-Francois; Corcoran, Chris; Ikram, M. Arfan; Dickson, Dennis W.; Nicolas, Gael; Campion, Dominique; Tschanz, JoAnn; Schmidt, Helena; Hakonarson, Hakon; Clarimon, Jordi; Munger, Ron; Schmidt, Reinhold; Farrer, Lindsay A.; Van Broeckhoven, Christine; O'Donovan, Michael C.; DeStefano, Anita L.; Jones, Lesley; Haines, Jonathan L.; Deleuze, Jean-Francois; Owen, Michael J.; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Mayeux, Richard; Escott-Price, Valentina; Psaty, Bruce M.; Ramirez, Alfredo; Wang, Li-San; Ruiz, Agustin; van Duijn, Cornelia M.; Holmans, Peter A.; Seshadri, Sudha; Williams, Julie; Amouyel, Phillippe; Schellenberg, Gerard D.; Lambert, Jean-Charles; Pericak-Vance, Margaret A.; Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine
    Risk for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD), the most prevalent dementia, is partially driven by genetics. To identify LOAD risk loci, we performed a large genome-wide association meta-analysis of clinically diagnosed LOAD (94,437 individuals). We confirm 20 previous LOAD risk loci and identify five new genome-wide loci (IQCK, ACE, ADAM10, ADAMTS1, and WWOX), two of which (ADAM10, ACE) were identified in a recent genome-wide association (GWAS)-by-familial-proxy of Alzheimer's or dementia. Fine-mapping of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region confirms the neurological and immune-mediated disease haplotype HLA-DR15 as a risk factor for LOAD. Pathway analysis implicates immunity, lipid metabolism, tau binding proteins, and amyloid precursor protein (APP) metabolism, showing that genetic variants affecting APP and Aβ processing are associated not only with early-onset autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease but also with LOAD. Analyses of risk genes and pathways show enrichment for rare variants (P = 1.32 × 10-7), indicating that additional rare variants remain to be identified. We also identify important genetic correlations between LOAD and traits such as family history of dementia and education.
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    Genome-wide meta-analyses reveal novel loci for verbal short-term memory and learning
    (Springer Nature, 2022) Lahti, Jari; Tuominen, Samuli; Yang, Qiong; Pergola, Giulio; Ahmad, Shahzad; Amin, Najaf; Armstrong, Nicola J.; Beiser, Alexa; Bey, Katharina; Bis, Joshua C.; Boerwinkle, Eric; Bressler, Jan; Campbell, Archie; Campbell, Harry; Chen, Qiang; Corley, Janie; Cox, Simon R.; Davies, Gail; De Jager, Philip L.; Derks, Eske M.; Faul, Jessica D.; Fitzpatrick, Annette L.; Fohner, Alison E.; Ford, Ian; Fornage, Myriam; Gerring, Zachary; Grabe, Hans J.; Grodstein, Francine; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Simonsick, Eleanor; Holliday, Elizabeth G.; Joshi, Peter K.; Kajantie, Eero; Kaprio, Jaakko; Karell, Pauliina; Kleineidam, Luca; Knol, Maria J.; Kochan, Nicole A.; Kwok, John B.; Leber, Markus; Lam, Max; Lee, Teresa; Li, Shuo; Loukola, Anu; Luck, Tobias; Marioni, Riccardo E.; Mather, Karen A.; Medland, Sarah; Mirza, Saira S.; Nalls, Mike A.; Nho, Kwangsik; O'Donnell, Adrienne; Oldmeadow, Christopher; Painter, Jodie; Pattie, Alison; Reppermund, Simone; Risacher, Shannon L.; Rose, Richard J.; Sadashivaiah, Vijay; Scholz, Markus; Satizabal, Claudia L.; Schofield, Peter W.; Schraut, Katharina E.; Scott, Rodney J.; Simino, Jeannette; Smith, Albert V.; Smith, Jennifer A.; Stott, David J.; Surakka, Ida; Teumer, Alexander; Thalamuthu, Anbupalam; Trompet, Stella; Turner, Stephen T.; van der Lee, Sven J.; Villringer, Arno; Völker, Uwe; Wilson, Robert S.; Wittfeld, Katharina; Vuoksimaa, Eero; Xia, Rui; Yaffe, Kristine; Yu, Lei; Zare, Habil; Zhao, Wei; Ames, David; Attia, John; Bennett, David A.; Brodaty, Henry; Chasman, Daniel I.; Goldman, Aaron L.; Hayward, Caroline; Ikram, M. Arfan; Jukema, J. Wouter; Kardia, Sharon L.R.; Lencz, Todd; Loeffler, Markus; Mattay, Venkata S.; Palotie, Aarno; Psaty, Bruce M.; Ramirez, Alfredo; Ridker, Paul M.; Riedel-Heller, Steffi G.; Sachdev, Perminder S.; Saykin, Andrew J.; Scherer, Martin; Schofield, Peter R.; Sidney, Stephen; Starr, John M.; Trollor, Julian; Ulrich, William; Wagner, Michael; Weir, David R.; Wilson, James F.; Wright, Margaret J.; Weinberger, Daniel R.; Debette, Stephanie; Eriksson, Johan G.; Mosley, Thomas H., Jr.; Launer, Lenore J.; van Duijn, Cornelia M.; Deary, Ian J.; Seshadri, Sudha; Räikkönen, Katri; Radiology and Imaging Sciences, School of Medicine
    Understanding the genomic basis of memory processes may help in combating neurodegenerative disorders. Hence, we examined the associations of common genetic variants with verbal short-term memory and verbal learning in adults without dementia or stroke (N = 53,637). We identified novel loci in the intronic region of CDH18, and at 13q21 and 3p21.1, as well as an expected signal in the APOE/APOC1/TOMM40 region. These results replicated in an independent sample. Functional and bioinformatic analyses supported many of these loci and further implicated POC1. We showed that polygenic score for verbal learning associated with brain activation in right parieto-occipital region during working memory task. Finally, we showed genetic correlations of these memory traits with several neurocognitive and health outcomes. Our findings suggest a role of several genomic loci in verbal memory processes.
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    Impact of Rare and Common Genetic Variants on Diabetes Diagnosis by Hemoglobin A1c in Multi-Ancestry Cohorts: The Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine Program
    (Elsevier, 2019-09-26) Sarnowski, Chloé; Leong, Aaron; Raffield, Laura M.; Wu, Peitao; de Vries, Paul S.; DiCorpo, Daniel; Guo, Xiuqing; Xu, Huichun; Liu, Yongmei; Zheng, Xiuwen; Hu, Yao; Brody, Jennifer A.; Goodarzi, Mark O.; Hidalgo, Bertha A.; Highland, Heather M.; Jain, Deepti; Liu, Ching-Ti; Naik, Rakhi P.; O’Connell, Jeffrey R.; Perry, James A.; Porneala, Bianca C.; Selvin, Elizabeth; Wessel, Jennifer; Psaty, Bruce M.; Curran, Joanne E.; Peralta, Juan M.; Blangero, John; Kooperberg, Charles; Mathias, Rasika; Johnson, Andrew D.; Reiner, Alexander P.; Mitchell, Braxton D.; Cupples, L. Adrienne; Vasan, Ramachandran S.; Correa, Adolfo; Morrison, Alanna C.; Boerwinkle, Eric; Rotter, Jerome I.; Rich, Stephen S.; Manning, Alisa K.; Dupuis, Josée; Meigs, James B.; TOPMed Diabetes Working Group; TOPMed Hematology Working Group; TOPMed Hemostasis Working Group; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute TOPMed Consortium; Epidemiology, School of Public Health
    Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) is widely used to diagnose diabetes and assess glycemic control in individuals with diabetes. However, nonglycemic determinants, including genetic variation, may influence how accurately HbA1c reflects underlying glycemia. Analyzing the NHLBI Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) sequence data in 10,338 individuals from five studies and four ancestries (6,158 Europeans, 3,123 African-Americans, 650 Hispanics, and 407 East Asians), we confirmed five regions associated with HbA1c (GCK in Europeans and African-Americans, HK1 in Europeans and Hispanics, FN3K and/or FN3KRP in Europeans, and G6PD in African-Americans and Hispanics) and we identified an African-ancestry-specific low-frequency variant (rs1039215 in HBG2 and HBE1, minor allele frequency (MAF) = 0.03). The most associated G6PD variant (rs1050828-T, p.Val98Met, MAF = 12% in African-Americans, MAF = 2% in Hispanics) lowered HbA1c (−0.88% in hemizygous males, −0.34% in heterozygous females) and explained 23% of HbA1c variance in African-Americans and 4% in Hispanics. Additionally, we identified a rare distinct G6PD coding variant (rs76723693, p.Leu353Pro, MAF = 0.5%; −0.98% in hemizygous males, −0.46% in heterozygous females) and detected significant association with HbA1c when aggregating rare missense variants in G6PD. We observed similar magnitude and direction of effects for rs1039215 (HBG2) and rs76723693 (G6PD) in the two largest TOPMed African American cohorts, and we replicated the rs76723693 association in the UK Biobank African-ancestry participants. These variants in G6PD and HBG2 were monomorphic in the European and Asian samples. African or Hispanic ancestry individuals carrying G6PD variants may be underdiagnosed for diabetes when screened with HbA1c. Thus, assessment of these variants should be considered for incorporation into precision medicine approaches for diabetes diagnosis.
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    Investigating Gene-Diet Interactions Impacting the Association Between Macronutrient Intake and Glycemic Traits
    (American Diabetes Association, 2023) Westerman, Kenneth E.; Walker, Maura E.; Gaynor, Sheila M.; Wessel, Jennifer; DiCorpo, Daniel; Ma, Jiantao; Alonso, Alvaro; Aslibekyan, Stella; Baldridge, Abigail S.; Bertoni, Alain G.; Biggs, Mary L.; Brody, Jennifer A.; Chen, Yii-Der Ida; Dupuis, Joseé; Goodarzi, Mark O.; Guo, Xiuqing; Hasbani, Natalie R.; Heath, Adam; Hidalgo, Bertha; Irvin, Marguerite R.; Johnson, W. Craig; Kalyani, Rita R.; Lange, Leslie; Lemaitre, Rozenn N.; Liu, Ching-Ti; Liu, Simin; Moon, Jee-Young; Nassir, Rami; Pankow, James S.; Pettinger, Mary; Raffield, Laura M.; Rasmussen-Torvik, Laura J.; Selvin, Elizabeth; Senn, Mackenzie K.; Shadyab, Aladdin H.; Smith, Albert V.; Smith, Nicholas L.; Steffen, Lyn; Talegakwar, Sameera; Taylor, Kent D.; de Vries, Paul S.; Wilson, James G.; Wood, Alexis C.; Yanek, Lisa R.; Yao, Jie; Zheng, Yinan; Boerwinkle, Eric; Morrison, Alanna C.; Fornage, Miriam; Russell, Tracy P.; Psaty, Bruce M.; Levy, Daniel; Heard-Costa, Nancy L.; Ramachandran, Vasan S.; Mathias, Rasika A.; Arnett, Donna K.; Kaplan, Robert; North, Kari E.; Correa, Adolfo; Carson, April; Rotter, Jerome I.; Rich, Stephen S.; Manson, JoAnn E.; Reiner, Alexander P.; Kooperberg, Charles; Florez, Jose C.; Meigs, James B.; Merino, Jordi; Tobias, Deirdre K.; Chen, Han; Manning, Alisa K.; Epidemiology, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health
    Few studies have demonstrated reproducible gene-diet interactions (GDIs) impacting metabolic disease risk factors, likely due in part to measurement error in dietary intake estimation and insufficient capture of rare genetic variation. We aimed to identify GDIs across the genetic frequency spectrum impacting the macronutrient-glycemia relationship in genetically and culturally diverse cohorts. We analyzed 33,187 participants free of diabetes from 10 National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine program cohorts with whole-genome sequencing, self-reported diet, and glycemic trait data. We fit cohort-specific, multivariable-adjusted linear mixed models for the effect of diet, modeled as an isocaloric substitution of carbohydrate for fat, and its interactions with common and rare variants genome-wide. In main effect meta-analyses, participants consuming more carbohydrate had modestly lower glycemic trait values (e.g., for glycated hemoglobin [HbA1c], -0.013% HbA1c/250 kcal substitution). In GDI meta-analyses, a common African ancestry-enriched variant (rs79762542) reached study-wide significance and replicated in the UK Biobank cohort, indicating a negative carbohydrate-HbA1c association among major allele homozygotes only. Simulations revealed that >150,000 samples may be necessary to identify similar macronutrient GDIs under realistic assumptions about effect size and measurement error. These results generate hypotheses for further exploration of modifiable metabolic disease risk in additional cohorts with African ancestry. Article highlights: We aimed to identify genetic modifiers of the dietary macronutrient-glycemia relationship using whole-genome sequence data from 10 Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine program cohorts. Substitution models indicated a modest reduction in glycemia associated with an increase in dietary carbohydrate at the expense of fat. Genome-wide interaction analysis identified one African ancestry-enriched variant near the FRAS1 gene that may interact with macronutrient intake to influence hemoglobin A1c. Simulation-based power calculations accounting for measurement error suggested that substantially larger sample sizes may be necessary to discover further gene-macronutrient interactions.
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    Large-scale genomic analyses link reproductive ageing to hypothalamic signaling, breast cancer susceptibility and BRCA1-mediated DNA repair
    (SpringerNature, 2015-11) Day, Felix R.; Ruth, Katherine S.; Thompson, Deborah J.; Lunetta, Kathryn L.; Pervjakova, Natalia; Chasman, Daniel I.; Stolk, Lisette; Finucane, Hilary K.; Sulem, Patrick; Bulik-Sullivan, Brendan; Esko, Tõnu; Johnson, Andrew D.; Elks, Cathy E.; Franceschini, Nora; He, Chunyan; Altmaier, Elisabeth; Brody, Jennifer A.; Franke, Lude L.; Huffman, Jennifer E.; Keller, Margaux F.; McArdle, Patrick F.; Nutile, Teresa; Porcu, Eleonora; Robino, Antonietta; Rose, Lynda M.; Schick, Ursula M.; Smith, Jennifer A.; Teumer, Alexander; Traglia, Michela; Vuckovic, Dragana; Yao, Jie; Zhao, Wei; Albrecht, Eva; Amin, Najaf; Corre, Tanguy; Hottenga, Jouke-Jan; Mangino, Massimo; Smith, Albert V.; Tanaka, Toshiko; Abecasis, Goncalo; Andrulis, Irene L.; Anton-Culver, Hoda; Antoniou, Antonis C.; Arndt, Volker; Arnold, Alice M.; Barbieri, Caterina; Beckmann, Matthias W.; Beeghly-Fadiel, Alicia; Benitez, Javier; Bernstein, Leslie; Bielinski, Suzette J.; Blomqvist, Carl; Boerwinkle, Eric; Bogdanova, Natalia V.; Bojesen, Stig E.; Bolla, Manjeet K.; Borresen-Dale, Anne-Lise; Boutin, Thibaud S.; Brauch, Hiltrud; Brenner, Hermann; Brüning, Thomas; Burwinkel, Barbara; Campbell, Archie; Campbell, Harry; Chanock, Stephen J.; Chapman, J. Ross; Chen, Yii-Der Ida; Chenevix-Trench, Georgia; Couch, Fergus J.; Coviello, Andrea D.; Cox, Angela; Czene, Kamila; Darabi, Hatef; De Vivo, Immaculata; Demerath, Ellen W.; Dennis, Joe; Devilee, Peter; Dörk, Thilo; dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel; Dunning, Alison M.; Eicher, John D.; Fasching, Peter A.; Faul, Jessica D.; Figueroa, Jonine; Flesch-Janys, Dieter; Gandin, Ilaria; Garcia, Melissa E.; García-Closas, Montserrat; Giles, Graham G.; Girotto, Giorgia G.; Goldberg, Mark S.; González-Neira, Anna; Goodarzi, Mark O.; Grove, Megan L.; Gudbjartsson, Daniel F.; Guénel, Pascal; Guo, Xiuqing; Haiman, Christopher A.; Hall, Per; Hamann, Ute; Henderson, Brian E.; Hocking, Lynne J.; Hofman, Albert; Homuth, Georg; Hooning, Maartje J.; Hopper, John L.; Hu, Frank B.; Huang, Jinyan; Humphreys, Keith; Hunter, David J.; Jakubowska, Anna; Jones, Samuel E.; Kabisch, Maria; Karasia, David; Knight, Julia A.; Kolcic, Ivana; Kooperberg, Charles; Kosma, Veli-Matti; Kriebel, Jennifer; Kristensen, Vessela; Lambrechts, Diether; Langenberg, Claudia; Li, Jingmei; Li, Xin; Lindström, Sara; Liu, Yongmei; Luan, Jian’an; Lubinski, Jan; Mägi, Reedik; Mannermaa, Arto; Manz, Judith; Margolin, Sara; Marten, Jonathan; Martin, Nicholas G.; Masciullo, Corrado; Meindl, Alfons; Michailidou, Kyriaki; Mihailov, Evelin; Milani, Lili; Milne, Roger L.; Müller-Nurasyid, Martina; Nalls, Michael; Neale, Ben M.; Nevanlinna, Heli; Neven, Patrick; Newman, Anne B.; Nordestgaard, Børge G.; Olson, Janet E.; Padmanabhan, Sandosh; Peterlongo, Paolo; Peters, Ulrike; Petersmann, Astrid; Peto, Julian; Pharoah, Paul D.P.; Pirastu, Nicola N.; Pirie, Ailith; Pistis, Giorgio; Polasek, Ozren; Porteous, David; Psaty, Bruce M.; Pylkäs, Katri; Radice, Paolo; Raffel, Leslie J.; Rivadeneira, Fernando; Rudan, Igor; Rudolph, Anja; Anja, Daniela; Sala, Cinzia F.; Sanna, Serena; Sawyer, Elinor J.; Schlessinger, David; Schmidt, Marjanka K.; Schmidt, Frank; Schmutzler, Rita K.; Schoemaker, Minouk J.; Scott, Robert A.; Seynaeve, Caroline M.; Simard, Jacques; Sorice, Rossella; Southey, Melissa C.; Stöckl, Doris; Strauch, Konstantin; Swerdlow, Anthony; Taylor, Kent D.; Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur; Toland, Amanda E.; Tomlinson, Ian; Truong, Thérèse; Tryggvadottir, Laufey; Turner, Stephen T.; Vozzi, Diego; Wang, Qin; Wellons, Melissa; Willemsen, Gonneke; Wilson, James F.; Winqvist, Robert; Wolffenbuttel, Bruce B.H.R.; Wright, Alan F.; Yannoukakos, Drakoulis; Zemunik, Tatijana; Zheng, Wei; Zygmunt, Marek; Bergmann, Sven; Boomsma, Dorret I.; Buring, Julie E.; Ferrucci, Luigi; Montgomery, Grant W.; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Spector, Tim D.; van Duijn, Cornelia M; Alizadeh, Behrooz Z.; Ciullo, Marina; Crisponi, Laura; Easton, Douglas F.; Gasparini, Paolo P.; Gieger, Christian; Harris, Tamara B.; Hayward, Caroline; Kardia, Sharon L.R.; Kraft, Peter; McKnight, Barbara; Metspalu, Andres; Morrison, Alanna C.; Reiner, Alex P.; Ridker, Paul M.; Rotter, Jerome I.; Toniolo, Daniela; Uitterlinden, André G.; Ulivi, Sheila; Völzke, Henry; Wareham, Nicholas J.; Weir, David R.; Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M.; Price, Alkes L.; Stefansson, Kari; Visser, Jenny A.; Ong, Ken K.; Chang-Claude, Jenny; Murabito, Joanne M.; Perry, John R.B.; Murray, Anna; Department of Epidemiology, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health
    Menopause timing has a substantial impact on infertility and risk of disease, including breast cancer, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We report a dual strategy in ∼70,000 women to identify common and low-frequency protein-coding variation associated with age at natural menopause (ANM). We identified 44 regions with common variants, including two regions harboring additional rare missense alleles of large effect. We found enrichment of signals in or near genes involved in delayed puberty, highlighting the first molecular links between the onset and end of reproductive lifespan. Pathway analyses identified major association with DNA damage response (DDR) genes, including the first common coding variant in BRCA1 associated with any complex trait. Mendelian randomization analyses supported a causal effect of later ANM on breast cancer risk (∼6% increase in risk per year; P = 3 × 10(-14)), likely mediated by prolonged sex hormone exposure rather than DDR mechanisms.