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A genome-wide association study confirms PNPLA3 and identifies TM6SF2 and MBOAT7 as risk loci for alcohol-related cirrhosis

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Buch, Stephan, Stickel, Felix, Trépo, Eric, Way, Michael, Herrmann, Alexander, Nischalke, Hans Dieter, Brosch, Mario, Rosendahl, Jonas +40 more·2015·Nature Genetics

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Alcohol misuse is the leading cause of cirrhosis and the second most common indication for liver transplantation in the Western world. We performed a genome-wide association study for alcohol-related cirrhosis in individuals of European descent (712 cases and 1,426 controls) with subsequent validation in two independent European cohorts (1,148 cases and 922 controls). We identified variants in the MBOAT7 (P = 1.03 × 10(-9)) and TM6SF2 (P = 7.89 × 10(-10)) genes as new risk loci and confirmed rs738409 in PNPLA3 as an important risk locus for alcohol-related cirrhosis (P = 1.54 × 10(-48)) at a genome-wide level of significance. These three loci have a role in lipid processing, suggesting that lipid turnover is important in the pathogenesis of alcohol-related cirrhosis.

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Buch, S., Stickel, F., Trépo, E., Way, M., Herrmann, A., Nischalke, H. D., Brosch, M., Rosendahl, J., Berg, T., Ridinger, M., Rietschel, M., McQuillin, A., Frank, J., Kiefer, F., Schreiber, S., Lieb, W., Soyka, M., Semmo, N., Aigner, E., Datz, C., Schmelz, R., Brückner, S., Zeissig, S., Stephan, A.-M., Wodarz, N., Devière, J., Clumeck, N., Sarrazin, C., Lammert, F., Gustot, T., Deltenre, P., Völzke, H., Lerch, M. M., Mayerle, J., Eyer, F., Schafmayer, C., Cichon, S., Nöthen, M. M., Nothnagel, M., Ellinghaus, D., Huse, K., Franke, A., Zopf, S., Hellerbrand, C., Moreno, C., Franchimont, D., Morgan, M. Y., & Hampe, J.
Affiliations
  • University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus (DE)
  • University Hospital Zurich (CH)
  • Université Libre de Bruxelles (BE)
  • The Royal Free Hospital (GB)
  • University of Bonn (DE)
  • University Hospital Leipzig (DE)
  • Kanton Aargau (CH)
  • Heidelberg University (DE)
  • University College London (GB)
  • University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (DE)
  • Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (DE)
  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
  • University Hospital of Bern (CH)
  • University of Salzburg (AT)
  • University of Regensburg (DE)
  • University Hospital Frankfurt (DE)
  • Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes (DE)
  • Universitätsmedizin Greifswald (DE)
  • TUM Klinikum (DE)
  • University Hospital of Basel (CH)
  • University of Cologne (DE)
  • Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) (DE)
  • Universitätsklinikum Erlangen (DE)
  • University Hospital Regensburg (DE)
Corresponding author
Stickel, Felix
Venue
Nature Genetics
Published
2015-10-19
Volume
47
Issue
12
Pages
1443-1448
ISSN
  • 1061-4036 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1718
OpenAlex
W1830916533
Cited by
565
References
49
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2026: 30 · 2025: 38 · 2024: 51 · 2023: 72 · 2022: 54 · 2021: 69 · 2020: 82 · 2019: 57 · 2018: 44 · 2017: 43 · 2016: 21 · 2015: 2
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29.10
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Funders
National Eye Institute (01EY1103)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
Keywords
alcoholic cirrhosis, PNPLA3, MBOAT7, TM6SF2, genetic susceptibility loci, rs738409, lipid metabolism, alcohol abuse
MeSH terms
Acyltransferases, Adult, Aged, Female, Humans, Lipase, Liver Cirrhosis, Alcoholic, Male, Membrane Proteins, Middle Aged, Risk Factors, Case-Control Studies, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Phospholipases A2, Calcium-Independent, Genome-Wide Association Study

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