Trio-based GWAS identifies novel associations and subtype-specific risk factors for cleft palate

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Cleft palate (CP) is one of the most common craniofacial birth defects; however, there are relatively few established genetic risk factors associated with its occurrence despite high heritability. Historically, CP has been studied as a single phenotype, although it manifests across a spectrum of defects involving the hard and/or soft palate. We performed a genome-wide association study using transmission disequilibrium tests of 435 case-parent trios to evaluate broad risks for any cleft palate (ACP) (n = 435), and subtype-specific risks for any cleft soft palate (CSP), (n = 259) and any cleft hard palate (CHP) (n = 125). We identified a single genome-wide significant locus at 9q33.3 (lead SNP rs7035976, p = 4.24 × 10-8) associated with CHP. One gene at this locus, angiopoietin-like 2 (ANGPTL2), plays a role in osteoblast differentiation. It is expressed both in craniofacial tissue of human embryos and developing mouse palatal shelves. We found 19 additional loci reaching suggestive significance (p < 5 × 10-6), of which only one overlapped between groups (chromosome 17q24.2, ACP and CSP). Odds ratios for the 20 loci were most similar across all 3 groups for SNPs associated with the ACP group, but more distinct when comparing SNPs associated with either subtype. We also found nominal evidence of replication (p < 0.05) for 22 SNPs previously associated with orofacial clefts. Our study to evaluate CP risks in the context of its subtypes and we provide newly reported associations affecting the broad risk for CP as well as evidence of subtype-specific risks.

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UpdateOf: medRxiv. 2023 Apr 06;:. - PMID 37066311

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:4

Enthalten in:

HGG advances - 4(2023), 4 vom: 12. Okt., Seite 100234

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Robinson, Kelsey [VerfasserIn]
Mosley, Trenell J [VerfasserIn]
Rivera-González, Kenneth S [VerfasserIn]
Jabbarpour, Christopher R [VerfasserIn]
Curtis, Sarah W [VerfasserIn]
Adeyemo, Wasiu Lanre [VerfasserIn]
Beaty, Terri H [VerfasserIn]
Butali, Azeez [VerfasserIn]
Buxó, Carmen J [VerfasserIn]
Cutler, David J [VerfasserIn]
Epstein, Michael P [VerfasserIn]
Gowans, Lord J J [VerfasserIn]
Hecht, Jacqueline T [VerfasserIn]
Murray, Jeffrey C [VerfasserIn]
Shaw, Gary M [VerfasserIn]
Uribe, Lina Moreno [VerfasserIn]
Weinberg, Seth M [VerfasserIn]
Brand, Harrison [VerfasserIn]
Marazita, Mary L [VerfasserIn]
Lipinski, Robert J [VerfasserIn]
Leslie, Elizabeth J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ANGPTL2 protein, human
Angiopoietin-Like Protein 2
GWAS
Genome sequencing
Hard palate
Journal Article
Osteogenesis
Palate
Palatogenesis
Phenotypic heterogeneity
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Soft palate
Subtype

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Date Completed 19.09.2023

Date Revised 06.04.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

UpdateOf: medRxiv. 2023 Apr 06;:. - PMID 37066311

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.xhgg.2023.100234

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362165343