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Genome-wide meta-analyses of smoking behaviors in African Americans.

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David, SP; Hamidovic, A; Chen, GK; Bergen, AW; Wessel, J; Kasberger, JL; Brown, WM; Petruzella, S; Thacker, EL; Kim, Y; Nalls, MA; Tranah, GJ ...
Published in: Transl Psychiatry
May 22, 2012

The identification and exploration of genetic loci that influence smoking behaviors have been conducted primarily in populations of the European ancestry. Here we report results of the first genome-wide association study meta-analysis of smoking behavior in African Americans in the Study of Tobacco in Minority Populations Genetics Consortium (n = 32,389). We identified one non-coding single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP; rs2036527[A]) on chromosome 15q25.1 associated with smoking quantity (cigarettes per day), which exceeded genome-wide significance (β = 0.040, s.e. = 0.007, P = 1.84 × 10(-8)). This variant is present in the 5'-distal enhancer region of the CHRNA5 gene and defines the primary index signal reported in studies of the European ancestry. No other SNP reached genome-wide significance for smoking initiation (SI, ever vs never smoking), age of SI, or smoking cessation (SC, former vs current smoking). Informative associations that approached genome-wide significance included three modestly correlated variants, at 15q25.1 within PSMA4, CHRNA5 and CHRNA3 for smoking quantity, which are associated with a second signal previously reported in studies in European ancestry populations, and a signal represented by three SNPs in the SPOCK2 gene on chr10q22.1. The association at 15q25.1 confirms this region as an important susceptibility locus for smoking quantity in men and women of African ancestry. Larger studies will be needed to validate the suggestive loci that did not reach genome-wide significance and further elucidate the contribution of genetic variation to disparities in cigarette consumption, SC and smoking-attributable disease between African Americans and European Americans.

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Transl Psychiatry

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2158-3188

Publication Date

May 22, 2012

Volume

2

Issue

5

Start / End Page

e119

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United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Statistics as Topic
  • Smoking
  • Receptors, Nicotinic
  • Proteoglycans
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Phenotype
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
 

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David, S. P., Hamidovic, A., Chen, G. K., Bergen, A. W., Wessel, J., Kasberger, J. L., … Furberg, H. (2012). Genome-wide meta-analyses of smoking behaviors in African Americans. Transl Psychiatry, 2(5), e119. https://doi.org/10.1038/tp.2012.41
David, S. P., A. Hamidovic, G. K. Chen, A. W. Bergen, J. Wessel, J. L. Kasberger, W. M. Brown, et al. “Genome-wide meta-analyses of smoking behaviors in African Americans.Transl Psychiatry 2, no. 5 (May 22, 2012): e119. https://doi.org/10.1038/tp.2012.41.
David SP, Hamidovic A, Chen GK, Bergen AW, Wessel J, Kasberger JL, et al. Genome-wide meta-analyses of smoking behaviors in African Americans. Transl Psychiatry. 2012 May 22;2(5):e119.
David, S. P., et al. “Genome-wide meta-analyses of smoking behaviors in African Americans.Transl Psychiatry, vol. 2, no. 5, May 2012, p. e119. Pubmed, doi:10.1038/tp.2012.41.
David SP, Hamidovic A, Chen GK, Bergen AW, Wessel J, Kasberger JL, Brown WM, Petruzella S, Thacker EL, Kim Y, Nalls MA, Tranah GJ, Sung YJ, Ambrosone CB, Arnett D, Bandera EV, Becker DM, Becker L, Berndt SI, Bernstein L, Blot WJ, Broeckel U, Buxbaum SG, Caporaso N, Casey G, Chanock SJ, Deming SL, Diver WR, Eaton CB, Evans DS, Evans MK, Fornage M, Franceschini N, Harris TB, Henderson BE, Hernandez DG, Hitsman B, Hu JJ, Hunt SC, Ingles SA, John EM, Kittles R, Kolb S, Kolonel LN, Le Marchand L, Liu Y, Lohman KK, McKnight B, Millikan RC, Murphy A, Neslund-Dudas C, Nyante S, Press M, Psaty BM, Rao DC, Redline S, Rodriguez-Gil JL, Rybicki BA, Signorello LB, Singleton AB, Smoller J, Snively B, Spring B, Stanford JL, Strom SS, Swan GE, Taylor KD, Thun MJ, Wilson AF, Witte JS, Yamamura Y, Yanek LR, Yu K, Zheng W, Ziegler RG, Zonderman AB, Jorgenson E, Haiman CA, Furberg H. Genome-wide meta-analyses of smoking behaviors in African Americans. Transl Psychiatry. 2012 May 22;2(5):e119.

Published In

Transl Psychiatry

DOI

EISSN

2158-3188

Publication Date

May 22, 2012

Volume

2

Issue

5

Start / End Page

e119

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Statistics as Topic
  • Smoking
  • Receptors, Nicotinic
  • Proteoglycans
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Phenotype
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans