https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 Genome-wide association and functional follow-up reveals new loci for kidney function https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:15141 Wed 11 Apr 2018 13:54:12 AEST ]]> Comparison of HapMap and 1000 genomes reference panels in a large-scale genome-wide association study https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:30590 Wed 11 Apr 2018 10:46:14 AEST ]]> 1000 genomes-based meta-analysis identifies 10 novel loci for kidney function https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:30822 50 loci at which common variants with minor allele frequency >5% are associated with kidney function. GWAS using more complete reference sets for imputation, such as those from The 1000 Genomes project, promise to identify novel loci that have been missed by previous efforts. To investigate the value of such a more complete variant catalog, we conducted a GWAS meta-analysis of kidney function based on the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in 110,517 European ancestry participants using 1000 Genomes imputed data. We identified 10 novel loci with p-value < 5 × 10−8 previously missed by HapMap-based GWAS. Six of these loci (HOXD8, ARL15, PIK3R1, EYA4, ASTN2, and EPB41L3) are tagged by common SNPs unique to the 1000 Genomes reference panel. Using pathway analysis, we identified 39 significant (FDR < 0.05) genes and 127 significantly (FDR < 0.05) enriched gene sets, which were missed by our previous analyses. Among those, the 10 identified novel genes are part of pathways of kidney development, carbohydrate metabolism, cardiac septum development and glucose metabolism. These results highlight the utility of re-imputing from denser reference panels, until whole-genome sequencing becomes feasible in large samples.]]> Tue 04 Apr 2023 19:09:51 AEST ]]> Common variants in mendelian kidney disease genes and their association with renal function https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:23785 5%) within these genes for association with the estimated GFR in 74,354 European-ancestry participants from the CKDGen Consortium. However, the top four candidate SNPs (rs6433115 at LRP2, rs1050700 at TSC1, rs249942 at PALB2, and rs9827843 at ROBO2) did not achieve significance in a stage 2meta-analysis performed in 56,246 additional independent individuals, indicating that these common SNPs are not associated with estimated GFR. The effect of less common or rare variants in these genes on kidney function in the general population and disease-specific cohorts requires further research.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:16:26 AEDT ]]> Integration of genome-wide association studies with biological knowledge identifies six novel genes related to kidney function https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:22322 FBXL20 (P = 5.6 × 10−9) in meta-analysis of all available data, and additional SNPs at the INHBC, LRP2, PLEKHA1, SLC3A2 and SLC7A6 genes meeting multiple-testing corrected significance for replication and overall P-values of 4.5 × 10−4–2.2 × 10−7. Neither the novel PLEKHA1 nor FBXL20 associations, both further supported by association with eGFR among African Americans and with transcript abundance, would have been implicated by eGFR candidate gene approaches. LRP2, encoding the megalin receptor, was identified through connection with the previously known eGFR gene DAB2 and extends understanding of the megalin system in kidney function. These findings highlight integration of existing genome-wide association data with independent biological knowledge to uncover novel candidate eGFR associations, including candidates lacking known connections to kidney-specific pathways. The strategy may also be applicable to other clinical phenotypes, although more testing will be needed to assess its potential for discovery in general.]]> Sat 24 Mar 2018 07:14:43 AEDT ]]> Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:30005 Mon 17 Oct 2022 12:06:14 AEDT ]]>