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Meta-analysis of gene-environment-wide association scans accounting for education level identifies additional loci for refractive error.

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Fan, Q; Verhoeven, VJM; Wojciechowski, R; Barathi, VA; Hysi, PG; Guggenheim, JA; Höhn, R; Vitart, V; Khawaja, AP; Yamashiro, K; Hosseini, SM ...
Published in: Nat Commun
March 29, 2016

Myopia is the most common human eye disorder and it results from complex genetic and environmental causes. The rapidly increasing prevalence of myopia poses a major public health challenge. Here, the CREAM consortium performs a joint meta-analysis to test single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) main effects and SNP × education interaction effects on refractive error in 40,036 adults from 25 studies of European ancestry and 10,315 adults from 9 studies of Asian ancestry. In European ancestry individuals, we identify six novel loci (FAM150B-ACP1, LINC00340, FBN1, DIS3L-MAP2K1, ARID2-SNAT1 and SLC14A2) associated with refractive error. In Asian populations, three genome-wide significant loci AREG, GABRR1 and PDE10A also exhibit strong interactions with education (P<8.5 × 10(-5)), whereas the interactions are less evident in Europeans. The discovery of these loci represents an important advance in understanding how gene and environment interactions contribute to the heterogeneity of myopia.

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Nat Commun

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2041-1723

Publication Date

March 29, 2016

Volume

7

Start / End Page

11008

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • White People
  • Refractive Errors
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Humans
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Genetic Loci
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Environment
  • Educational Status
 

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Fan, Q., Verhoeven, V. J. M., Wojciechowski, R., Barathi, V. A., Hysi, P. G., Guggenheim, J. A., … Mäkelä, K. M. (2016). Meta-analysis of gene-environment-wide association scans accounting for education level identifies additional loci for refractive error. Nat Commun, 7, 11008. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11008
Fan, Qiao, Virginie J. M. Verhoeven, Robert Wojciechowski, Veluchamy A. Barathi, Pirro G. Hysi, Jeremy A. Guggenheim, René Höhn, et al. “Meta-analysis of gene-environment-wide association scans accounting for education level identifies additional loci for refractive error.Nat Commun 7 (March 29, 2016): 11008. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11008.
Fan Q, Verhoeven VJM, Wojciechowski R, Barathi VA, Hysi PG, Guggenheim JA, et al. Meta-analysis of gene-environment-wide association scans accounting for education level identifies additional loci for refractive error. Nat Commun. 2016 Mar 29;7:11008.
Fan, Qiao, et al. “Meta-analysis of gene-environment-wide association scans accounting for education level identifies additional loci for refractive error.Nat Commun, vol. 7, Mar. 2016, p. 11008. Pubmed, doi:10.1038/ncomms11008.
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Published In

Nat Commun

DOI

EISSN

2041-1723

Publication Date

March 29, 2016

Volume

7

Start / End Page

11008

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • White People
  • Refractive Errors
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
  • Humans
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Genetic Loci
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Environment
  • Educational Status