Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Identifies Four New Disease-Specific Risk Loci
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2017-01-20
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Jones, Gregory T
Tromp, Gerard
Kuivaniemi, Helena
Gretarsdottir, Solveig
Baas, Annette F.
Giusti, Betti
Strauss, Ewa
Van't Hof, Femke N G
Webb, Thomas R
Erdman, Robert
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RATIONALE: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a complex disease with both genetic and environmental risk factors. Together, 6 previously identified risk loci only explain a small proportion of the heritability of AAA. OBJECTIVE: To identify additional AAA risk loci using data from all available genome-wide association studies. METHODS AND RESULTS: Through a meta-analysis of 6 genome-wide association study data sets and a validation study totaling 10 204 cases and 107 766 controls, we identified 4 new AAA risk loci: 1q32.3 (SMYD2), 13q12.11 (LINC00540), 20q13.12 (near PCIF1/MMP9/ZNF335), and 21q22.2 (ERG). In various database searches, we observed no new associations between the lead AAA single nucleotide polymorphisms and coronary artery disease, blood pressure, lipids, or diabetes mellitus. Network analyses identified ERG, IL6R, and LDLR as modifiers of MMP9, with a direct interaction between ERG and MMP9. CONCLUSIONS: The 4 new risk loci for AAA seem to be specific for AAA compared with other cardiovascular diseases and related traits suggesting that traditional cardiovascular risk factor management may only have limited value in preventing the progression of aneurysmal disease.
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aortic aneurysm, abdominal, computational biology, genetics, genome-wide association study ■ matrix metalloproteinases, matrix metalloproteinases, meta-analysis, Journal Article, Meta-Analysis
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Jones, G T, Tromp, G, Kuivaniemi, H, Gretarsdottir, S, Baas, A F, Giusti, B, Strauss, E, Van't Hof, F N G, Webb, T R, Erdman, R, Ritchie, M D, Elmore, J R, Verma, A, Pendergrass, S, Kullo, I J, Ye, Z, Peissig, P L, Gottesman, O, Verma, S S, Malinowski, J, Rasmussen-Torvik, L J, Borthwick, K M, Smelser, D T, Crosslin, D R, de Andrade, M, Ryer, E J, McCarty, C A, Böttinger, E P, Pacheco, J A, Crawford, D C, Carrell, D S, Gerhard, G S, Franklin, D P, Carey, D J, Phillips, V L, Williams, M J A, Wei, W, Blair, R, Hill, A A, Vasudevan, T M, Lewis, D R, Thomson, I A, Krysa, J, Hill, G B, Roake, J, Merriman, T R, Oszkinis, G, Galora, S, Saracini, C, Abbate, R, Pulli, R, Pratesi, C, Saratzis, A, Verissimo, A R, Bumpstead, S, Badger, S A, Clough, R E, Cockerill, G, Hafez, H, Scott, D J A, Futers, T S, Romaine, S P R, Bridge, K, Griffin, K J, Bailey, M A, Smith, A, Thompson, M M, van Bockxmeer, F M, Matthiasson, S E, Thorleifsson, G, Thorsteinsdottir, U, Blankensteijn, J D, Teijink, J A W, Wijmenga, C, de Graaf, J, Kiemeney, L A, Lindholt, J S, Hughes, A, Bradley, D T, Stirrups, K, Golledge, J, Norman, P E, Powell, J T, Humphries, S E, Hamby, S E, Goodall, A H, Nelson, C P, Sakalihasan, N, Courtois, A, Ferrell, R E, Eriksson, P, Folkersen, L, Franco-Cereceda, A, Eicher, J D, Johnson, A D, Betsholtz, C, Ruusalepp, A, Franzén, O, Schadt, E E, Björkegren, J L M, Lipovich, L, Drolet, A M, Verhoeven, E L, Zeebregts, C J, Geelkerken, R H, van Sambeek, M R, van Sterkenburg, S M, de Vries, J-P, Stefansson, K, Thompson, J R, de Bakker, P I W, Deloukas, P, Sayers, R D, Harrison, S C, van Rij, A M, Samani, N J & Bown, M J 2017, 'Meta-Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Identifies Four New Disease-Specific Risk Loci', Circulation Research, vol. 120, no. 2, pp. 341-353. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.116.308765