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Genome-wide association study identifies a locus at 7p15.2 associated with endometriosis

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Painter, Jodie N, Anderson, Carl A, Nyholt, Dale R, Macgregor, Stuart, Lin, Jianghai, Lee, Sang Hong, Lambert, Ann, Zhao, Zhen Z +14 more·2011·Nature Genetics

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Endometriosis is a common gynecological disease associated with pelvic pain and subfertility. We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) in 3,194 individuals with surgically confirmed endometriosis (cases) and 7,060 controls from Australia and the UK. Polygenic predictive modeling showed significantly increased genetic loading among 1,364 cases with moderate to severe endometriosis. The strongest association signal was on 7p15.2 (rs12700667) for 'all' endometriosis (P = 2.6 × 10⁻⁷, odds ratio (OR) = 1.22, 95% CI 1.13-1.32) and for moderate to severe disease (P = 1.5 × 10⁻⁹, OR = 1.38, 95% CI 1.24-1.53). We replicated rs12700667 in an independent cohort from the United States of 2,392 self-reported, surgically confirmed endometriosis cases and 2,271 controls (P = 1.2 × 10⁻³, OR = 1.17, 95% CI 1.06-1.28), resulting in a genome-wide significant P value of 1.4 × 10⁻⁹ (OR = 1.20, 95% CI 1.13-1.27) for 'all' endometriosis in our combined datasets of 5,586 cases and 9,331 controls. rs12700667 is located in an intergenic region upstream of the plausible candidate genes NFE2L3 and HOXA10.

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Painter, J. N., Anderson, C. A., Nyholt, D. R., Macgregor, S., Lin, J., Lee, S. H., Lambert, A., Zhao, Z. Z., Roseman, F., Guo, Q., Gordon, S. D., Wallace, L., Henders, A. K., Visscher, P. M., Kraft, P., Martin, N. G., Morris, A. P., Treloar, S. A., Kennedy, S. H., Missmer, S. A., Montgomery, G. W., & Zondervan, K. T.
Affiliations
  • QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute (AU)
  • Centre for Human Genetics (GB)
  • John Radcliffe Hospital (GB)
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • The University of Queensland (AU)
Corresponding author
  • Painter, Jodie N
  • Zondervan, Krina T
Venue
Nature Genetics
Published
2010-12-12
Volume
43
Issue
1
Pages
51-54
ISSN
  • 1061-4036 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1718
OpenAlex
W2004442355
Cited by
308
References
47
Citations by year
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FWCI
33.15
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Genetics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • Wellcome Trust (085475, 085235, 081682, 064890, WT91745/Z/10/Z, 084766, WT085235/Z/08/Z, WT084766/Z/08/Z, 076113)
  • National Institutes of Health (5r01ca049449-18, 5p01dk070756-05)
  • National Cancer Institute (P01CA087969, R01‐CA049449, U01CA098233, R01CA050385, R01CA067262)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P01-DK-070756)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD057210, R01HD052473)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Reproductive Medicine › Endometriosis Research and Treatment
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Plant and fungal interactions
Keywords
endometriosis, genetic susceptibility, polygenic risk prediction, NFE2L3, HOXA10, intergenic regions, disease severity, pelvic pain, subfertility
MeSH terms
Homeobox A10 Proteins, Australia, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 15, Endometriosis, Female, United Kingdom, Humans, Risk Factors, United States, Cohort Studies, Genome, Human, Odds Ratio, Homeodomain Proteins, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genetic Loci

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