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Common variants in KCNN3 are associated with lone atrial fibrillation

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Ellinor, Patrick T, Lunetta, Kathryn L, Glazer, Nicole L, Pfeufer, Arne, Alonso, Alvaro, Chung, Mina K, Sinner, Moritz F, de Bakker, Paul I W +54 more·2010·Nature Genetics

Abstract

Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained arrhythmia. Previous studies have identified several genetic loci associated with typical AF. We sought to identify common genetic variants underlying lone AF. This condition affects a subset of individuals without overt heart disease and with an increased heritability of AF. We report a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies conducted using 1,335 individuals with lone AF (cases) and 12,844 unaffected individuals (referents). Cases were obtained from the German AF Network, Heart and Vascular Health Study, the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, the Cleveland Clinic and Massachusetts General Hospital. We identified an association on chromosome 1q21 to lone AF (rs13376333, adjusted odds ratio = 1.56; P = 6.3 x 10(-12)), and we replicated this association in two independent cohorts with lone AF (overall combined odds ratio = 1.52, 95% CI 1.40-1.64; P = 1.83 x 10(-21)). rs13376333 is intronic to KCNN3, which encodes a potassium channel protein involved in atrial repolarization.

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Ellinor, P. T., Lunetta, K. L., Glazer, N. L., Pfeufer, A., Alonso, A., Chung, M. K., Sinner, M. F., de Bakker, P. I. W., Mueller, M., Lubitz, S. A., Fox, E., Darbar, D., Smith, N. L., Smith, J. D., Schnabel, R. B., Soliman, E. Z., Rice, K. M., Van Wagoner, D. R., Beckmann, B.-M., van Noord, C., Wang, K., Ehret, G. B., Rotter, J. I., Hazen, S. L., Steinbeck, G., Smith, A. V., Launer, L. J., Harris, T. B., Makino, S., Nelis, M., Milan, D. J., Perz, S., Esko, T., Köttgen, A., Moebus, S., Newton-Cheh, C., Li, M., Möhlenkamp, S., Wang, T. J., Linda Kao, W. H., Vasan, R. S., Nöthen, M. M., MacRae, C. A., Ch Stricker, B. H., Hofman, A., Uitterlinden, A. G., Levy, D., Boerwinkle, E., Metspalu, A., Topol, E. J., Chakravarti, A., Gudnason, V., Psaty, B. M., Roden, D. M., Meitinger, T., Wichmann, H.-E., Witteman, J. C. M., Barnard, J., Arking, D. E., Benjamin, E. J., Heckbert, S. R., & Kääb, S.
Affiliations
  • Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
  • Boston University (US)
  • University of Washington (US)
  • TUM Klinikum (DE)
  • Cleveland Clinic (US)
  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • University of Mississippi Medical Center (US)
  • Vanderbilt University (US)
  • Framingham Heart Study (US)
  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences (US)
  • Johns Hopkins University (US)
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (US)
  • University of Iceland (IS)
  • National Institutes of Health (US)
  • Estonian Biocentre (EE)
  • Helmholtz Munich (DE)
  • University of Duisburg-Essen (DE)
  • West German Heart and Vascular Center Essen (DE)
  • University of Bonn (DE)
  • Erasmus MC (NL)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (US)
  • The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
  • Scripps Research Institute (US)
  • Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (US)
Corresponding author
  • Ellinor, Patrick T
  • Kääb, Stefan
Venue
Nature Genetics
Published
2010-02-21
Volume
42
Issue
3
Pages
240-244
ISSN
  • 1061-4036 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1718
OpenAlex
W2100414478
Cited by
485
References
37
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FWCI
33.81
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Language
en
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Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (n01hc085082-026, n01hc085081-021, n01hc045133-001, n01ag12100-57-0-2, n01hc085079-024, n01hc015103-009, n01hc085084-005, n01hc55021-47-0-1, n01hc085085-011, n01hc085083-027, n01hc55020-39-0-0, n01hc085080-026, n01hc55016-37-0-0, n01hc055022-024, n01hc085086-022, n01hc55019-35-0-1, n01hc55018-38-0-1, n01hc25195-41-0-1, n01hc55222-0-0-0, n02hl64278-6-0-0, n01hc075150-004, n01hc035129-010, n01hc55015-48-0-1)
  • U.S. Public Health Service (HHSN 268200625226C)
  • National Institute on Aging (N01-AG12100, N01-AG012100, R01AG028321)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (N01-HC-85081, HL-076784, N01-HC55022, N01 HC085086, N01HC-85083, N01 HC055016, N01-HC-55018, U01 HL-65962, N01 HC 55020, N01 HC085079, N01 HC085083, N01‐HC25195, N01 HC 55019, N01HC85082, N01HC‐75150, N01 HC85086, R01 HL-59367, N01 HC085080, R01HL087652, R01HL068986, N01 HC055020, N01 HC035129, N02 HL064278, N01HC85080, N02- HL-64278, R01HL104156, N01 HC055018, N01 HC015103, N01 HC55222, P50HL077107, N01 HC085085, N01-HC-025195, U10HL054512, ­N01-HC55016, R01HL087641, N01 HC055022, P01HL076491, R01HL059367, N01HC085082, R01HL092217, U01HL080295, R01HL076784, N01 HC055019, N01 HC055222, R01HL090620, N01 HC085081, U01HL065962, T32HL007575, N01‐HC‐55015, N01-HC55021, RC1HL101056, N01 HC075150, N01 HC055021, N01 HC085084, N01 HC055015, N01 HC045133, R01HL092577, R01HL086694, N01-HC85079)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (R21DA027021, R21DA026982)
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (U01HG004402)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (DK063491, R01DK033651, P30DK063491)
  • National Center for Research Resources (UL1RR024989, UL1RR025005, M01 RR00069, CTSA 1UL-RR024989, UL1RR025774, M01RR000069, RR 025774)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Keywords
lone atrial fibrillation, KCNN3, chromosome 1q21, atrial repolarization, potassium channels, genetic susceptibility, common genetic variants, atrial arrhythmias
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Atrial Fibrillation, Female, Humans, Introns, Male, Middle Aged, Meta-Analysis as Topic, Cohort Studies, Case-Control Studies, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Small-Conductance Calcium-Activated Potassium Channels, Genome-Wide Association Study, Young Adult

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