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Genome-wide association study in individuals of South Asian ancestry identifies six new type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci.

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Kooner, JS; Saleheen, D; Sim, X; Sehmi, J; Zhang, W; Frossard, P; Been, LF; Chia, K-S; Dimas, AS; Hassanali, N; Jafar, T; Jowett, JBM; Li, X ...
Published in: Nat Genet
August 28, 2011

We carried out a genome-wide association study of type-2 diabetes (T2D) in individuals of South Asian ancestry. Our discovery set included 5,561 individuals with T2D (cases) and 14,458 controls drawn from studies in London, Pakistan and Singapore. We identified 20 independent SNPs associated with T2D at P < 10(-4) for testing in a replication sample of 13,170 cases and 25,398 controls, also all of South Asian ancestry. In the combined analysis, we identified common genetic variants at six loci (GRB14, ST6GAL1, VPS26A, HMG20A, AP3S2 and HNF4A) newly associated with T2D (P = 4.1 × 10(-8) to P = 1.9 × 10(-11)). SNPs at GRB14 were also associated with insulin sensitivity (P = 5.0 × 10(-4)), and SNPs at ST6GAL1 and HNF4A were also associated with pancreatic beta-cell function (P = 0.02 and P = 0.001, respectively). Our findings provide additional insight into mechanisms underlying T2D and show the potential for new discovery from genetic association studies in South Asians, a population with increased susceptibility to T2D.

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1546-1718

Publication Date

August 28, 2011

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43

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10

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984 / 989

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United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Singapore
  • Quantitative Trait Loci
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Pakistan
  • Male
  • London
  • Linkage Disequilibrium
  • Humans
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
  • Genome, Human
 

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Kooner, J. S., Saleheen, D., Sim, X., Sehmi, J., Zhang, W., Frossard, P., … Chambers, J. C. (2011). Genome-wide association study in individuals of South Asian ancestry identifies six new type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci. Nat Genet, 43(10), 984–989. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.921
Kooner, Jaspal S., Danish Saleheen, Xueling Sim, Joban Sehmi, Weihua Zhang, Philippe Frossard, Latonya F. Been, et al. “Genome-wide association study in individuals of South Asian ancestry identifies six new type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci.Nat Genet 43, no. 10 (August 28, 2011): 984–89. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.921.
Kooner JS, Saleheen D, Sim X, Sehmi J, Zhang W, Frossard P, et al. Genome-wide association study in individuals of South Asian ancestry identifies six new type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci. Nat Genet. 2011 Aug 28;43(10):984–9.
Kooner, Jaspal S., et al. “Genome-wide association study in individuals of South Asian ancestry identifies six new type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci.Nat Genet, vol. 43, no. 10, Aug. 2011, pp. 984–89. Pubmed, doi:10.1038/ng.921.
Kooner JS, Saleheen D, Sim X, Sehmi J, Zhang W, Frossard P, Been LF, Chia K-S, Dimas AS, Hassanali N, Jafar T, Jowett JBM, Li X, Radha V, Rees SD, Takeuchi F, Young R, Aung T, Basit A, Chidambaram M, Das D, Grundberg E, Hedman AK, Hydrie ZI, Islam M, Khor C-C, Kowlessur S, Kristensen MM, Liju S, Lim W-Y, Matthews DR, Liu J, Morris AP, Nica AC, Pinidiyapathirage JM, Prokopenko I, Rasheed A, Samuel M, Shah N, Shera AS, Small KS, Suo C, Wickremasinghe AR, Wong TY, Yang M, Zhang F, DIAGRAM, MuTHER, Abecasis GR, Barnett AH, Caulfield M, Deloukas P, Frayling TM, Froguel P, Kato N, Katulanda P, Kelly MA, Liang J, Mohan V, Sanghera DK, Scott J, Seielstad M, Zimmet PZ, Elliott P, Teo YY, McCarthy MI, Danesh J, Tai ES, Chambers JC. Genome-wide association study in individuals of South Asian ancestry identifies six new type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci. Nat Genet. 2011 Aug 28;43(10):984–989.

Published In

Nat Genet

DOI

EISSN

1546-1718

Publication Date

August 28, 2011

Volume

43

Issue

10

Start / End Page

984 / 989

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Singapore
  • Quantitative Trait Loci
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Pakistan
  • Male
  • London
  • Linkage Disequilibrium
  • Humans
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
  • Genome, Human