Discovery of rare variants associated with blood pressure regulation through meta-analysis of 1.3 million individuals
Genetic studies of blood pressure (BP) to date have mainly analyzed common variants (minor allele frequency > 0.05). In a meta-analysis of up to ~1.3 million participants, we discovered 106 new BP-associated genomic regions and 87 rare (minor allele frequency ≤ 0.01) variant BP associations ( P ...
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| Vydáno v: | Nature genetics Ročník 52; číslo 12; s. 1314 - 1332 |
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| Médium: | Journal Article |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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New York
Nature Publishing Group US
01.12.2020
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| ISSN: | 1061-4036, 1546-1718, 1546-1718 |
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| Shrnutí: | Genetic studies of blood pressure (BP) to date have mainly analyzed common variants (minor allele frequency > 0.05). In a meta-analysis of up to ~1.3 million participants, we discovered 106 new BP-associated genomic regions and 87 rare (minor allele frequency ≤ 0.01) variant BP associations (
P
< 5 × 10
−8
), of which 32 were in new BP-associated loci and 55 were independent BP-associated single-nucleotide variants within known BP-associated regions. Average effects of rare variants (44% coding) were ~8 times larger than common variant effects and indicate potential candidate causal genes at new and known loci (for example,
GATA5
and
PLCB3
). BP-associated variants (including rare and common) were enriched in regions of active chromatin in fetal tissues, potentially linking fetal development with BP regulation in later life. Multivariable Mendelian randomization suggested possible inverse effects of elevated systolic and diastolic BP on large artery stroke. Our study demonstrates the utility of rare-variant analyses for identifying candidate genes and the results highlight potential therapeutic targets.
Meta-analyses in up to 1.3 million individuals identify 87 rare-variant associations with blood pressure traits. On average, rare variants exhibit effects ~8 times larger than the mean effects of common variants and implicate candidate causal genes at associated regions. |
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| Bibliografie: | ObjectType-Article-1 ObjectType-Evidence Based Healthcare-3 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 14 content type line 23 PMCID: PMC7610439 These authors jointly supervised the work. Current address (if different to the affiliations), Mark McCarthy: Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, USA. |
| ISSN: | 1061-4036 1546-1718 1546-1718 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41588-020-00713-x |