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Genome-wide association study identifies eight loci associated with blood pressure

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Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Newton-Cheh, Christopher, Johnson, Toby, Gateva, Vesela, Tobin, Martin D, Bochud, Murielle, Coin, Lachlan, Najjar, Samer S +151 more·2009·Nature Genetics

Abstract

Elevated blood pressure is a common, heritable cause of cardiovascular disease worldwide. To date, identification of common genetic variants influencing blood pressure has proven challenging. We tested 2.5m genotyped and imputed SNPs for association with systolic and diastolic blood pressure in 34,433 subjects of European ancestry from the Global BPgen consortium and followed up findings with direct genotyping (N≤71,225 European ancestry, N=12,889 Indian Asian ancestry) and in silico comparison (CHARGE consortium, N=29,136). We identified association between systolic or diastolic blood pressure and common variants in 8 regions near the CYP17A1 (P=7×10−24), CYP1A2 (P=1×10−23), FGF5 (P=1×10−21), SH2B3 (P=3×10−18), MTHFR (P=2×10−13), c10orf107 (P=1×10−9), ZNF652 (P=5×10−9) and PLCD3 (P=1×10−8) genes. All variants associated with continuous blood pressure were associated with dichotomous hypertension. These associations between common variants and blood pressure and hypertension offer mechanistic insights into the regulation of blood pressure and may point to novel targets for interventions to prevent cardiovascular disease.

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Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Newton-Cheh, C., Johnson, T., Gateva, V., Tobin, M. D., Bochud, M., Coin, L., Najjar, S. S., Zhao, J. H., Heath, S. C., Eyheramendy, S., Papadakis, K., Voight, B. F., Scott, L. J., Zhang, F., Farrall, M., Tanaka, T., Wallace, C., Chambers, J. C., Khaw, K.-T., Nilsson, P., van der Harst, P., Polidoro, S., Grobbee, D. E., Onland-Moret, N. C., Bots, M. L., Wain, L. V., Elliott, K. S., Teumer, A., Luan, J., Lucas, G., Kuusisto, J., Burton, P. R., Hadley, D., McArdle, W. L., Brown, M., Dominiczak, A., Newhouse, S. J., Samani, N. J., Webster, J., Zeggini, E., Beckmann, J. S., Bergmann, S., Lim, N., Song, K., Vollenweider, P., Waeber, G., Waterworth, D. M., Yuan, X., Groop, L., Orho-Melander, M., Allione, A., Di Gregorio, A., Guarrera, S., Panico, S., Ricceri, F., Romanazzi, V., Sacerdote, C., Vineis, P., Barroso, I., Sandhu, M. S., Luben, R. N., Crawford, G. J., Jousilahti, P., Perola, M., Boehnke, M., Bonnycastle, L. L., Collins, F. S., Jackson, A. U., Mohlke, K. L., Stringham, H. M., Valle, T. T., Willer, C. J., Bergman, R. N., Morken, M. A., Döring, A., Gieger, C., Illig, T., Meitinger, T., Org, E., Pfeufer, A., Wichmann, H. E., Kathiresan, S., Marrugat, J., O'Donnell, C. J., Schwartz, S. M., Siscovick, D. S., Subirana, I., Freimer, N. B., Hartikainen, A.-L., McCarthy, M. I., O'Reilly, P. F., Peltonen, L., Pouta, A., de Jong, P. E., Snieder, H., van Gilst, W. H., Clarke, R., Goel, A., Hamsten, A., Peden, J. F., Seedorf, U., Syvänen, A.-C., Tognoni, G., Lakatta, E. G., Sanna, S., Scheet, P., Schlessinger, D., Scuteri, A., Dörr, M., Ernst, F., Felix, S. B., Homuth, G., Lorbeer, R., Reffelmann, T., Rettig, R., Völker, U., Galan, P., Gut, I. G., Hercberg, S., Lathrop, G. M., Zelenika, D., Deloukas, P., Soranzo, N., Williams, F. M., Zhai, G., Salomaa, V., Laakso, M., Elosua, R., Forouhi, N. G., Völzke, H., Uiterwaal, C. S., van der Schouw, Y. T., Numans, M. E., Matullo, G., Navis, G., Berglund, G., Bingham, S. A., Kooner, J. S., Connell, J. M., Bandinelli, S., Ferrucci, L., Watkins, H., Spector, T. D., Tuomilehto, J., Altshuler, D., Strachan, D. P., Laan, M., Meneton, P., Wareham, N. J., Uda, M., Jarvelin, M.-R., Mooser, V., Melander, O., Loos, R. J., Elliott, P., Abecasis, G. R., Caulfield, M., & Munroe, P. B.
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Corresponding author
  • Abecasis, Gonçalo R
  • Caulfield, Mark
  • Munroe, Patricia B
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Venue
Nature Genetics
Published
2009-05-10
Volume
41
Issue
6
Pages
666-676
ISSN
  • 1061-4036 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1718
OpenAlex
W2129254992
Cited by
1,215
References
85
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90.93
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • National Science Foundation (310030)
  • American Diabetes Association
  • AstraZeneca
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  • Compagnia di San Paolo
  • Foundation for Cardiovascular Research
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  • Cancer Research UK (10589)
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  • British Heart Foundation (LSHM-CT-2007-037273, PG/02/128, FS/05/061/19501, SP/04/002)
  • King's College London
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Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
Keywords
blood pressure, hypertension, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, genetic loci, single nucleotide polymorphisms, CYP17A1, CYP1A2, FGF5, SH2B3, MTHFR, cardiovascular disease, European ancestry
MeSH terms
Blood Pressure, Cardiovascular Diseases, Chromosome Mapping, Diastole, DNA-Binding Proteins, Europe, Humans, India, Proteins, Steroid 17-alpha-Hydroxylase, Systole, Genetic Variation, Open Reading Frames, Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A2, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (NADPH2), White People, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Fibroblast Growth Factor 5, Phospholipase C delta, Genome-Wide Association Study

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