GWAS and colocalization analyses implicate carotid intima-media thickness and carotid plaque loci in cardiovascular outcomes.

Franceschini, N. et al. (2018) GWAS and colocalization analyses implicate carotid intima-media thickness and carotid plaque loci in cardiovascular outcomes. Nature Communications, 9, 5141. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-07340-5) (PMID:30510157) (PMCID:PMC6277418)

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Abstract

Carotid artery intima media thickness (cIMT) and carotid plaque are measures of subclinical atherosclerosis associated with ischemic stroke and coronary heart disease (CHD). Here, we undertake meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in 71,128 individuals for cIMT, and 48,434 individuals for carotid plaque traits. We identify eight novel susceptibility loci for cIMT, one independent association at the previously-identified PINX1 locus, and one novel locus for carotid plaque. Colocalization analysis with nearby vascular expression quantitative loci (cis-eQTLs) derived from arterial wall and metabolic tissues obtained from patients with CHD identifies candidate genes at two potentially additional loci, ADAMTS9 and LOXL4. LD score regression reveals significant genetic correlations between cIMT and plaque traits, and both cIMT and plaque with CHD, any stroke subtype and ischemic stroke. Our study provides insights into genes and tissue-specific regulatory mechanisms linking atherosclerosis both to its functional genomic origins and its clinical consequences in humans.

Item Type:Articles
Additional Information:The work was supported by the following grants: National Institute of Health grants: R21HL123677, R21-HL140385, DK104806-01A1, R01-MD012765-01A1 (NF), National Institutes of Health awards R01HG009120, R01HG006399, U01CA194393, T32NS048004 (CG), the American Heart Association Grant #17POST33350042 (PV), the British Heart Foundation (RG/13/5/30112) and the National Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre (RCL and RPH), the British Heart Foundation FS/14/55/30806 (JCH), the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in the context of the e:Med program (e:AtheroSysMed), the DFG as part of the CRC 1123 (B3), and the FP7/2007-2103 European Union project CVgenes@target (grant agreement number Health-F2-2013-601456).
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Strawbridge, Dr Rona and Walters, Professor Matthew
Authors: Franceschini, N., Giambartolomei, C., de Vries, P. S., Finan, C., Bis, J. C., Huntley, R. P., Lovering, R. C., Tajuddin, S. M., Winkler, T. W., Graff, M., Kavousi, M., Dale, C., Smith, A. V., Hofer, E., van Leeuwen, E. M., Nolte, I. M., Lu, L., Scholz, M., Sargurupremraj, M., Pitkänen, N., Franzén, O., Joshi, P. K., Noordam, R., Marioni, R. E., Hwang, S.-J., Musani, S. K., Schminke, U., Palmas, W., Isaacs, A., Correa, A., Zonderman, A. B., Hofman, A., Teumer, A., Cox, A. J., Uitterlinden, A. G., Wong, A., Smit, A. J., Newman, A. B., Britton, A., Ruusalepp, A., Sennblad, B., Hedblad, B., Pasaniuc, B., Penninx, B. W., Langefeld, C. D., Wassel, C. L., Tzourio, C., Fava, C., Baldassarre, D., O'Leary, D. H., Teupser, D., Kuh, D., Tremoli, E., Mannarino, E., Grossi, E., Boerwinkle, E., Schadt, E. E., Ingelsson, E., Veglia, F., Rivadeneira, F., Beutner, F., Chauhan, G., Heiss, G., Snieder, H., Campbell, H., Völzke, H., Markus, H. S., Deary, I. J., Jukema, J. W., de Graaf, J., Price, J., Pott, J., Hopewell, J. C., Liang, J., Thiery, J., Engmann, J., Gertow, K., Rice, K., Taylor, K. D., Dhana, K., Kiemeney, L. A. L. M., Lind, L., Raffield, L. M., Launer, L. J., Holdt, L. M., Dörr, M., Dichgans, M., Traylor, M., Sitzer, M., Kumari, M., Kivimaki, M., Nalls, M. A., Melander, O., Raitakari, O., Franco, O. H., Rueda-Ochoa, O. L., Roussos, P., Whincup, P. H., Amouyel, P., Giral, P., Anugu, P., Wong, Q., Malik, R., Rauramaa, R., Burkhardt, R., Hardy, R., Schmidt, R., de Mutsert, R., Morris, R. W., Strawbridge, R. J., Wannamethee, S. G., Hägg, S., Shah, S., McLachlan, S., Trompet, S., Seshadri, S., Kurl, S., Heckbert, S. R., Ring, S., Harris, T. B., Lehtimäki, T., Galesloot, T. E., Shah, T., de Faire, U., Plagnol, V., Rosamond, W. D., Post, W., Zhu, X., Zhang, X., Guo, X., Saba, Y., Dehghan, A., Seldenrijk, A., Morrison, A. C., Hamsten, A., Psaty, B. M., van Duijn, C. M., Lawlor, D. A., Mook-Kanamori, D. O., Bowden, D. W., Schmidt, H., Wilson, J. F., Wilson, J. G., Rotter, J. I., Wardlaw, J. M., Deanfield, J., Halcox, J., Lyytikäinen, L.-P., Loeffler, M., Evans, M. K., Debette, S., Humphries, S. E., Völker, U., Gudnason, V., Hingorani, A. D., Björkegren, J. L. M., Casas, J. P., O'Donnell, C. J., and MEGASTROKE Consortium,
College/School:College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Health & Wellbeing > Mental Health and Wellbeing
College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Health
College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing
Journal Name:Nature Communications
Publisher:Nature Research
ISSN:2041-1723
ISSN (Online):2041-1723
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2018 The Authors
First Published:First published in Nature Communications 9: 5141
Publisher Policy:Reproduced under a Creative Commons License

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