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Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture

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Estrada, Karol, Styrkarsdottir, Unnur, Evangelou, Evangelos, Hsu, Yi-Hsiang, Duncan, Emma L, Ntzani, Evangelia E, Oei, Ling, Albagha, Omar M E, Amin, Najaf, Kemp, John P, Koller, Daniel L, Li, Guo, Liu, Ching-Ti, Minster, Ryan L, Moayyeri, Alireza, Vandenput, Liesbeth, Willner, Dana, Xiao, Su-Mei, Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M, Zheng, Hou-Feng, Alonso, Nerea, Eriksson, Joel, Kammerer, Candace M, Kaptoge, Stephen K, Leo, Paul J, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Wilson, Scott G, Wilson, James F, Aalto, Ville, Alen, Markku, Aragaki, Aaron K, Aspelund, Thor, Center, Jacqueline R, Dailiana, Zoe, Duggan, David J, Garcia, Melissa, Garcia-Giralt, Natàlia, Giroux, Sylvie, Hallmans, Göran, Hocking, Lynne J, Husted, Lise Bjerre, Jameson, Karen A, Khusainova, Rita, Kim, Ghi Su, Kooperberg, Charles, Koromila, Theodora, Kruk, Marcin, Laaksonen, Marika, Lacroix, Andrea Z, Lee, Seung Hun, Leung, Ping C, Lewis, Joshua R, Masi, Laura, Mencej-Bedrac, Simona, Nguyen, Tuan V, Nogues, Xavier, Patel, Millan S, Prezelj, Janez, Rose, Lynda M, Scollen, Serena, Siggeirsdottir, Kristin, Smith, Albert V, Svensson, Olle, Trompet, Stella, Trummer, Olivia, van Schoor, Natasja M, Woo, Jean, Zhu, Kun, Balcells, Susana, Brandi, Maria Luisa, Buckley, Brendan M, Cheng, Sulin, Christiansen, Claus, Cooper, Cyrus, Dedoussis, George, Ford, Ian, Frost, Morten, Goltzman, David, González-Macías, Jesús, Kähönen, Mika, Karlsson, Magnus, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Koh, Jung-Min, Kollia, Panagoula, Langdahl, Bente Lomholt, Leslie, William D, Lips, Paul, Ljunggren, Östen, Lorenc, Roman S, Marc, Janja, Mellström, Dan, Obermayer-Pietsch, Barbara, Olmos, José M, Pettersson-Kymmer, Ulrika, Reid, David M, Riancho, José A, Ridker, Paul M, Rousseau, François, lagboom, P Eline S, Tang, Nelson L S, Urreizti, Roser, Van Hul, Wim, Viikari, Jorma, Zarrabeitia, María T, Aulchenko, Yurii S, Castano-Betancourt, Martha, Grundberg, Elin, Herrera, Lizbeth, Ingvarsson, Thorvaldur, Johannsdottir, Hrefna, Kwan, Tony, Li, Rui, Luben, Robert, Medina-Gómez, Carolina, Th Palsson, Stefan, Reppe, Sjur, Rotter, Jerome I, Sigurdsson, Gunnar, van Meurs, Joyce B J, Verlaan, Dominique, Williams, Frances M K, Wood, Andrew R, Zhou, Yanhua, Gautvik, Kaare M, Pastinen, Tomi, Raychaudhuri, Soumya, Cauley, Jane A, Chasman, Daniel I, Clark, Graeme R, Cummings, Steven R, Danoy, Patrick, Dennison, Elaine M, Eastell, Richard, Eisman, John A, Gudnason, Vilmundur, Hofman, Albert, Jackson, Rebecca D, Jones, Graeme, Jukema, J Wouter, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Lehtimäki, Terho, Liu, Yongmei, Lorentzon, Mattias, McCloskey, Eugene, Mitchell, Braxton D, Nandakumar, Kannabiran, Nicholson, Geoffrey C, Oostra, Ben A, Peacock, Munro, Pols, Huibert A P, Prince, Richard L, Raitakari, Olli, Reid, Ian R, Robbins, John, Sambrook, Philip N, Sham, Pak Chung, Shuldiner, Alan R, Tylavsky, Frances A, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Wareham, Nick J, Cupples, L Adrienne, Econs, Michael J, Evans, David M, Harris, Tamara B, Kung, Annie Wai Chee, Psaty, Bruce M, Reeve, Jonathan, Spector, Timothy D, Streeten, Elizabeth A, Zillikens, M Carola, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Ohlsson, Claes, Karasik, David, Richards, J Brent, Brown, Matthew A, Stefansson, Kari, Uitterlinden, André G, Ralston, Stuart H, Ioannidis, John P A, Kiel, Douglas P, Rivadeneira, Fernando·2012·Nature Genetics
DOI 10.1038/ng.2249
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Bone mineral density (BMD) is the most widely used predictor of fracture risk. We performed the largest meta-analysis to date on lumbar spine and femoral neck BMD, including 17 genome-wide association studies and 32,961 individuals of European and east Asian ancestry. We tested the top BMD-associated markers for replication in 50,933 independent subjects and for association with risk of low-trauma fracture in 31,016 individuals with a history of fracture (cases) and 102,444 controls. We identified 56 loci (32 new) associated with BMD at genome-wide significance (P < 5 × 10−8). Several of these factors cluster within the RANK-RANKL-OPG, mesenchymal stem cell differentiation, endochondral ossification and Wnt signaling pathways. However, we also discovered loci that were localized to genes not known to have a role in bone biology. Fourteen BMD-associated loci were also associated with fracture risk (P < 5 × 10−4, Bonferroni corrected), of which six reached P < 5 × 10−8, including at 18p11.21 (FAM210A), 7q21.3 (SLC25A13), 11q13.2 (LRP5), 4q22.1 (MEPE), 2p16.2 (SPTBN1) and 10q21.1 (DKK1). These findings shed light on the genetic architecture and pathophysiological mechanisms underlying BMD variation and fracture susceptibility.

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Estrada, K., Styrkarsdottir, U., Evangelou, E., Hsu, Y.-H., Duncan, E. L., Ntzani, E. E., Oei, L., Albagha, O. M. E., Amin, N., Kemp, J. P., Koller, D. L., Li, G., Liu, C.-T., Minster, R. L., Moayyeri, A., Vandenput, L., Willner, D., Xiao, S.-M., Yerges-Armstrong, L. M., Zheng, H.-F., Alonso, N., Eriksson, J., Kammerer, C. M., Kaptoge, S. K., Leo, P. J., Thorleifsson, G., Wilson, S. G., Wilson, J. F., Aalto, V., Alen, M., Aragaki, A. K., Aspelund, T., Center, J. R., Dailiana, Z., Duggan, D. J., Garcia, M., Garcia-Giralt, N., Giroux, S., Hallmans, G., Hocking, L. J., Husted, L. B., Jameson, K. A., Khusainova, R., Kim, G. S., Kooperberg, C., Koromila, T., Kruk, M., Laaksonen, M., Lacroix, A. Z., Lee, S. H., Leung, P. C., Lewis, J. R., Masi, L., Mencej-Bedrac, S., Nguyen, T. V., Nogues, X., Patel, M. S., Prezelj, J., Rose, L. M., Scollen, S., Siggeirsdottir, K., Smith, A. V., Svensson, O., Trompet, S., Trummer, O., van Schoor, N. M., Woo, J., Zhu, K., Balcells, S., Brandi, M. L., Buckley, B. M., Cheng, S., Christiansen, C., Cooper, C., Dedoussis, G., Ford, I., Frost, M., Goltzman, D., González-Macías, J., Kähönen, M., Karlsson, M., Khusnutdinova, E., Koh, J.-M., Kollia, P., Langdahl, B. L., Leslie, W. D., Lips, P., Ljunggren, Ö., Lorenc, R. S., Marc, J., Mellström, D., Obermayer-Pietsch, B., Olmos, J. M., Pettersson-Kymmer, U., Reid, D. M., Riancho, J. A., Ridker, P. M., Rousseau, F., lagboom, P. E. S., Tang, N. L. S., Urreizti, R., Van Hul, W., Viikari, J., Zarrabeitia, M. T., Aulchenko, Y. S., Castano-Betancourt, M., Grundberg, E., Herrera, L., Ingvarsson, T., Johannsdottir, H., Kwan, T., Li, R., Luben, R., Medina-Gómez, C., Th Palsson, S., Reppe, S., Rotter, J. I., Sigurdsson, G., van Meurs, J. B. J., Verlaan, D., Williams, F. M. K., Wood, A. R., Zhou, Y., Gautvik, K. M., Pastinen, T., Raychaudhuri, S., Cauley, J. A., Chasman, D. I., Clark, G. R., Cummings, S. R., Danoy, P., Dennison, E. M., Eastell, R., Eisman, J. A., Gudnason, V., Hofman, A., Jackson, R. D., Jones, G., Jukema, J. W., Khaw, K.-T., Lehtimäki, T., Liu, Y., Lorentzon, M., McCloskey, E., Mitchell, B. D., Nandakumar, K., Nicholson, G. C., Oostra, B. A., Peacock, M., Pols, H. A. P., Prince, R. L., Raitakari, O., Reid, I. R., Robbins, J., Sambrook, P. N., Sham, P. C., Shuldiner, A. R., Tylavsky, F. A., van Duijn, C. M., Wareham, N. J., Cupples, L. A., Econs, M. J., Evans, D. M., Harris, T. B., Kung, A. W. C., Psaty, B. M., Reeve, J., Spector, T. D., Streeten, E. A., Zillikens, M. C., Thorsteinsdottir, U., Ohlsson, C., Karasik, D., Richards, J. B., Brown, M. A., Stefansson, K., Uitterlinden, A. G., Ralston, S. H., Ioannidis, J. P. A., Kiel, D. P., & Rivadeneira, F.
Venue
Nature Genetics
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2012-04-15
Volume
44
Issue
5
Pages
491-501
ISSN
  • 1061-4036 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1718
DOI
10.1038/ng.2249
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W2065766094
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1,174
References
10
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102.73
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Estrada, K., Styrkarsdottir, U., Evangelou, E., Hsu, Y.-H., Duncan, E. L., Ntzani, E. E., Oei, L., Albagha, O. M. E., Amin, N., Kemp, J. P., Koller, D. L., Li, G., Liu, C.-T., Minster, R. L., Moayyeri, A., Vandenput, L., Willner, D., Xiao, S.-M., Yerges-Armstrong, L. M., . . . Rivadeneira, F. (2012). Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture. Nature Genetics. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2249

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