A multi-cohort genome-wide association study in African ancestry individuals reveals risk loci for primary open-angle glaucoma

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Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG), the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide, disproportionately affects individuals of African ancestry. We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for POAG in 11,275 individuals of African ancestry (6,003 cases; 5,272 controls). We detected 46 risk loci associated with POAG at genome-wide significance. Replication and post-GWAS analyses, including functionally informed fine-mapping, multiple trait co-localization, and in silico validation, implicated two previously undescribed variants (rs1666698 mapping to DBF4P2; rs34957764 mapping to ROCK1P1) and one previously associated variant (rs11824032 mapping to ARHGEF12) as likely causal. For individuals of African ancestry, a polygenic risk score (PRS) for POAG from our mega-analysis (African ancestry individuals) outperformed a PRS from summary statistics of a much larger GWAS derived from European ancestry individuals. This study quantifies the genetic architecture similarities and differences between African and non-African ancestry populations for this blinding disease.

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CommentIn: Cell. 2024 Jan 18;187(2):273-275. - PMID 38242084

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:187

Enthalten in:

Cell - 187(2024), 2 vom: 18. Jan., Seite 464-480.e10

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Verma, Shefali S [VerfasserIn]
Gudiseva, Harini V [VerfasserIn]
Chavali, Venkata R M [VerfasserIn]
Salowe, Rebecca J [VerfasserIn]
Bradford, Yuki [VerfasserIn]
Guare, Lindsay [VerfasserIn]
Lucas, Anastasia [VerfasserIn]
Collins, David W [VerfasserIn]
Vrathasha, Vrathasha [VerfasserIn]
Nair, Rohini M [VerfasserIn]
Rathi, Sonika [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Bingxin [VerfasserIn]
He, Jie [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Roy [VerfasserIn]
Zenebe-Gete, Selam [VerfasserIn]
Bowman, Anita S [VerfasserIn]
McHugh, Caitlin P [VerfasserIn]
Zody, Michael C [VerfasserIn]
Pistilli, Maxwell [VerfasserIn]
Khachatryan, Naira [VerfasserIn]
Daniel, Ebenezer [VerfasserIn]
Murphy, Windell [VerfasserIn]
Henderer, Jeffrey [VerfasserIn]
Regeneron Genetics Center [VerfasserIn]
Kinzy, Tyler G [VerfasserIn]
Iyengar, Sudha K [VerfasserIn]
Peachey, Neal S [VerfasserIn]
VA Million Veteran Program [VerfasserIn]
Taylor, Kent D [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Xiuqing [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yii-Der Ida [VerfasserIn]
Zangwill, Linda [VerfasserIn]
Girkin, Christopher [VerfasserIn]
Ayyagari, Radha [VerfasserIn]
Liebmann, Jeffrey [VerfasserIn]
Chuka-Okosa, Chimd M [VerfasserIn]
Williams, Susan E [VerfasserIn]
Akafo, Stephen [VerfasserIn]
Budenz, Donald L [VerfasserIn]
Olawoye, Olusola O [VerfasserIn]
Ramsay, Michele [VerfasserIn]
Ashaye, Adeyinka [VerfasserIn]
Akpa, Onoja M [VerfasserIn]
Aung, Tin [VerfasserIn]
Wiggs, Janey L [VerfasserIn]
Ross, Ahmara G [VerfasserIn]
Cui, Qi N [VerfasserIn]
Addis, Victoria [VerfasserIn]
Lehman, Amanda [VerfasserIn]
Miller-Ellis, Eydie [VerfasserIn]
Sankar, Prithvi S [VerfasserIn]
Williams, Scott M [VerfasserIn]
Ying, Gui-Shuang [VerfasserIn]
Cooke Bailey, Jessica [VerfasserIn]
Rotter, Jerome I [VerfasserIn]
Weinreb, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Khor, Chiea Chuen [VerfasserIn]
Hauser, Michael A [VerfasserIn]
Ritchie, Marylyn D [VerfasserIn]
O'Brien, Joan M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

African ancestry
Black
Genetic risk factors
Genome-wide association study
Glaucoma
Health disparities
Journal Article
Neurodegeneration
Ophthalmology
Optic nerve
Primary open-angle glaucoma
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 22.01.2024

Date Revised 25.01.2024

published: Print

CommentIn: Cell. 2024 Jan 18;187(2):273-275. - PMID 38242084

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cell.2023.12.006

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM367325799