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Genetic diversity fuels gene discovery for tobacco and alcohol use.

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Saunders, GRB; Wang, X; Chen, F; Jang, S-K; Liu, M; Wang, C; Gao, S; Jiang, Y; Khunsriraksakul, C; Otto, JM; Addison, C; Akiyama, M; Aliev, F ...
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December 2022

Tobacco and alcohol use are heritable behaviours associated with 15% and 5.3% of worldwide deaths, respectively, due largely to broad increased risk for disease and injury1-4. These substances are used across the globe, yet genome-wide association studies have focused largely on individuals of European ancestries5. Here we leveraged global genetic diversity across 3.4 million individuals from four major clines of global ancestry (approximately 21% non-European) to power the discovery and fine-mapping of genomic loci associated with tobacco and alcohol use, to inform function of these loci via ancestry-aware transcriptome-wide association studies, and to evaluate the genetic architecture and predictive power of polygenic risk within and across populations. We found that increases in sample size and genetic diversity improved locus identification and fine-mapping resolution, and that a large majority of the 3,823 associated variants (from 2,143 loci) showed consistent effect sizes across ancestry dimensions. However, polygenic risk scores developed in one ancestry performed poorly in others, highlighting the continued need to increase sample sizes of diverse ancestries to realize any potential benefit of polygenic prediction.

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1476-4687

Publication Date

December 2022

Volume

612

Issue

7941

Start / End Page

720 / 724

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Transcriptome
  • Tobacco Use
  • Sample Size
  • Risk Factors
  • Multifactorial Inheritance
  • Internationality
  • Humans
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
  • Genetic Variation
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
 

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Saunders, G. R. B., Wang, X., Chen, F., Jang, S.-K., Liu, M., Wang, C., … Vrieze, S. (2022). Genetic diversity fuels gene discovery for tobacco and alcohol use. Nature, 612(7941), 720–724. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05477-4
Saunders, Gretchen R. B., Xingyan Wang, Fang Chen, Seon-Kyeong Jang, Mengzhen Liu, Chen Wang, Shuang Gao, et al. “Genetic diversity fuels gene discovery for tobacco and alcohol use.Nature 612, no. 7941 (December 2022): 720–24. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05477-4.
Saunders GRB, Wang X, Chen F, Jang S-K, Liu M, Wang C, et al. Genetic diversity fuels gene discovery for tobacco and alcohol use. Nature. 2022 Dec;612(7941):720–4.
Saunders, Gretchen R. B., et al. “Genetic diversity fuels gene discovery for tobacco and alcohol use.Nature, vol. 612, no. 7941, Dec. 2022, pp. 720–24. Pubmed, doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05477-4.
Saunders GRB, Wang X, Chen F, Jang S-K, Liu M, Wang C, Gao S, Jiang Y, Khunsriraksakul C, Otto JM, Addison C, Akiyama M, Albert CM, Aliev F, Alonso A, Arnett DK, Ashley-Koch AE, Ashrani AA, Barnes KC, Barr RG, Bartz TM, Becker DM, Bielak LF, Benjamin EJ, Bis JC, Bjornsdottir G, Blangero J, Bleecker ER, Boardman JD, Boerwinkle E, Boomsma DI, Boorgula MP, Bowden DW, Brody JA, Cade BE, Chasman DI, Chavan S, Chen Y-DI, Chen Z, Cheng I, Cho MH, Choquet H, Cole JW, Cornelis MC, Cucca F, Curran JE, de Andrade M, Dick DM, Docherty AR, Duggirala R, Eaton CB, Ehringer MA, Esko T, Faul JD, Fernandes Silva L, Fiorillo E, Fornage M, Freedman BI, Gabrielsen ME, Garrett ME, Gharib SA, Gieger C, Gillespie N, Glahn DC, Gordon SD, Gu CC, Gu D, Gudbjartsson DF, Guo X, Haessler J, Hall ME, Haller T, Harris KM, He J, Herd P, Hewitt JK, Hickie I, Hidalgo B, Hokanson JE, Hopfer C, Hottenga J, Hou L, Huang H, Hung Y-J, Hunter DJ, Hveem K, Hwang S-J, Hwu C-M, Iacono W, Irvin MR, Jee YH, Johnson EO, Joo YY, Jorgenson E, Justice AE, Kamatani Y, Kaplan RC, Kaprio J, Kardia SLR, Keller MC, Kelly TN, Kooperberg C, Korhonen T, Kraft P, Krauter K, Kuusisto J, Laakso M, Lasky-Su J, Lee W-J, Lee JJ, Levy D, Li L, Li K, Li Y, Lin K, Lind PA, Liu C, Lloyd-Jones DM, Lutz SM, Ma J, Mägi R, Manichaikul A, Martin NG, Mathur R, Matoba N, McArdle PF, McGue M, McQueen MB, Medland SE, Metspalu A, Meyers DA, Millwood IY, Mitchell BD, Mohlke KL, Moll M, Montasser ME, Morrison AC, Mulas A, Nielsen JB, North KE, Oelsner EC, Okada Y, Orrù V, Palmer ND, Palviainen T, Pandit A, Park SL, Peters U, Peters A, Peyser PA, Polderman TJC, Rafaels N, Redline S, Reed RM, Reiner AP, Rice JP, Rich SS, Richmond NE, Roan C, Rotter JI, Rueschman MN, Runarsdottir V, Saccone NL, Schwartz DA, Shadyab AH, Shi J, Shringarpure SS, Sicinski K, Skogholt AH, Smith JA, Smith NL, Sotoodehnia N, Stallings MC, Stefansson H, Stefansson K, Stitzel JA, Sun X, Syed M, Tal-Singer R, Taylor AE, Taylor KD, Telen MJ, Thai KK, Tiwari H, Turman C, Tyrfingsson T, Wall TL, Walters RG, Weir DR, Weiss ST, White WB, Whitfield JB, Wiggins KL, Willemsen G, Willer CJ, Winsvold BS, Xu H, Yanek LR, Yin J, Young KL, Young KA, Yu B, Zhao W, Zhou W, Zöllner S, Zuccolo L, 23andMe Research Team, Biobank Japan Project, Batini C, Bergen AW, Bierut LJ, David SP, Gagliano Taliun SA, Hancock DB, Jiang B, Munafò MR, Thorgeirsson TE, Liu DJ, Vrieze S. Genetic diversity fuels gene discovery for tobacco and alcohol use. Nature. 2022 Dec;612(7941):720–724.
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Published In

Nature

DOI

EISSN

1476-4687

Publication Date

December 2022

Volume

612

Issue

7941

Start / End Page

720 / 724

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Transcriptome
  • Tobacco Use
  • Sample Size
  • Risk Factors
  • Multifactorial Inheritance
  • Internationality
  • Humans
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
  • Genetic Variation
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease