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A Genome-Wide Meta-Analysis of Six Type 1 Diabetes Cohorts Identifies Multiple Associated Loci

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  • Jonathan P Bradfield
  • Hui-Qi Qu
  • Kai Wang
  • Haitao Zhang
  • Patrick M Sleiman
  • Cecilia E Kim
  • Frank D Mentch
  • Haijun Qiu
  • Joseph T Glessner
  • Kelly A Thomas
  • Edward C Frackelton
  • Rosetta M Chiavacci
  • Marcin Imielinski
  • Dimitri S Monos
  • Rahul Pandey
  • Marina Bakay
  • Struan F A Grant
  • Constantin Polychronakos
  • Hakon Hakonarson

Abstract

Diabetes impacts approximately 200 million people worldwide, of whom approximately 10% are affected by type 1 diabetes (T1D). The application of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) has robustly revealed dozens of genetic contributors to the pathogenesis of T1D, with the most recent meta-analysis identifying in excess of 40 loci. To identify additional genetic loci for T1D susceptibility, we examined associations in the largest meta-analysis to date between the disease and ∼2.54 million SNPs in a combined cohort of 9,934 cases and 16,956 controls. Targeted follow-up of 53 SNPs in 1,120 affected trios uncovered three new loci associated with T1D that reached genome-wide significance. The most significantly associated SNP (rs539514, P = 5.66×10−11) resides in an intronic region of the LMO7 (LIM domain only 7) gene on 13q22. The second most significantly associated SNP (rs478222, P = 3.50×10−9) resides in an intronic region of the EFR3B (protein EFR3 homolog B) gene on 2p23; however, the region of linkage disequilibrium is approximately 800 kb and harbors additional multiple genes, including NCOA1, C2orf79, CENPO, ADCY3, DNAJC27, POMC, and DNMT3A. The third most significantly associated SNP (rs924043, P = 8.06×10−9) lies in an intergenic region on 6q27, where the region of association is approximately 900 kb and harbors multiple genes including WDR27, C6orf120, PHF10, TCTE3, C6orf208, LOC154449, DLL1, FAM120B, PSMB1, TBP, and PCD2. These latest associated regions add to the growing repertoire of gene networks predisposing to T1D. Author Summary: Despite the fact that there is clearly a large genetic component to type 1 diabetes (T1D), uncovering the genes contributing to this disease has proven challenging. However, in the past three years there has been relatively major progress in this regard, with advances in genetic screening technologies allowing investigators to scan the genome for variants conferring risk for disease without prior hypotheses. Such genome-wide association studies have revealed multiple regions of the genome to be robustly and consistently associated with T1D. More recent findings have been a consequence of combining of multiple datasets from independent investigators in meta-analyses, which have more power to pick up additional variants contributing to the trait. In the current study, we describe the largest meta-analysis of T1D genome-wide genotyped datasets to date, which combines six large studies. As a consequence, we have uncovered three new signals residing at the chromosomal locations 13q22, 2p23, and 6q27, which went on to be replicated in independent sample sets. These latest associated regions add to the growing repertoire of gene networks predisposing to T1D.

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  • Jonathan P Bradfield & Hui-Qi Qu & Kai Wang & Haitao Zhang & Patrick M Sleiman & Cecilia E Kim & Frank D Mentch & Haijun Qiu & Joseph T Glessner & Kelly A Thomas & Edward C Frackelton & Rosetta M Chia, 2011. "A Genome-Wide Meta-Analysis of Six Type 1 Diabetes Cohorts Identifies Multiple Associated Loci," PLOS Genetics, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(9), pages 1-8, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:plo:pgen00:1002293
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002293
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