Trans-ethnic and Ancestry-Specific Blood-Cell Genetics in 746,667 Individuals from 5 Global Populations.

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Most loci identified by GWASs have been found in populations of European ancestry (EUR). In trans-ethnic meta-analyses for 15 hematological traits in 746,667 participants, including 184,535 non-EUR individuals, we identified 5,552 trait-variant associations at p < 5 × 10-9, including 71 novel associations not found in EUR populations. We also identified 28 additional novel variants in ancestry-specific, non-EUR meta-analyses, including an IL7 missense variant in South Asians associated with lymphocyte count in vivo and IL-7 secretion levels in vitro. Fine-mapping prioritized variants annotated as functional and generated 95% credible sets that were 30% smaller when using the trans-ethnic as opposed to the EUR-only results. We explored the clinical significance and predictive value of trans-ethnic variants in multiple populations and compared genetic architecture and the effect of natural selection on these blood phenotypes between populations. Altogether, our results for hematological traits highlight the value of a more global representation of populations in genetic studies.

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  • Chen, M-H; Raffield, LM; Mousas, A; Sakaue, S; Huffman, JE; Moscati, A; Trivedi, B; Jiang, T; Akbari, P; Vuckovic, D; Bao, EL; Zhong, X; Manansala, R; Laplante, V; Chen, M; Lo, KS; Qian, H; Lareau, CA; Beaudoin, M; Hunt, KA; Akiyama, M; Bartz, TM; Ben-Shlomo, Y; Beswick, A; Bork-Jensen, J; Bottinger, EP; Brody, JA; van Rooij, FJA; Chitrala, K; Cho, K; Choquet, H; Correa, A; Danesh, J; Di Angelantonio, E; Dimou, N; Ding, J; Elliott, P; Esko, T; Evans, MK; Floyd, JS; Broer, L; Grarup, N; Guo, MH; Greinacher, A; Haessler, J; Hansen, T; Howson, JMM; Huang, QQ; Huang, W; Jorgenson, E; Kacprowski, T; Kähönen, M; Kamatani, Y; Kanai, M; Karthikeyan, S; Koskeridis, F; Lange, LA; Lehtimäki, T; Lerch, MM; Linneberg, A; Liu, Y; Lyytikäinen, L-P; Manichaikul, A; Martin, HC; Matsuda, K; Mohlke, KL; Mononen, N; Murakami, Y; Nadkarni, GN; Nauck, M; Nikus, K; Ouwehand, WH; Pankratz, N; Pedersen, O; Preuss, M; Psaty, BM; Raitakari, OT; Roberts, DJ; Rich, SS; Rodriguez, BAT; Rosen, JD; Rotter, JI; Schubert, P; Spracklen, CN; Surendran, P; Tang, H; Tardif, J-C; Trembath, RC; Ghanbari, M; Völker, U; Völzke, H; Watkins, NA; Zonderman, AB; VA Million Veteran Program, ; Wilson, PWF; Li, Y; Butterworth, AS; Gauchat, J-F; Chiang, CWK; Li, B; Loos, RJF; Astle, WJ; Evangelou, E; van Heel, DA; Sankaran, VG; Okada, Y; Soranzo, N; Johnson, AD; Reiner, AP; Auer, PL; Lettre, G

Published Date

  • September 3, 2020

Published In

Volume / Issue

  • 182 / 5

Start / End Page

  • 1198 - 1213.e14

PubMed ID

  • 32888493

Pubmed Central ID

  • PMC7480402

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1097-4172

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1016/j.cell.2020.06.045

Language

  • eng

Conference Location

  • United States