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A genomic mutational constraint map using variation in 76,156 human genomes

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Chen, Siwei, Francioli, Laurent C., Goodrich, Julia K., Collins, Ryan L., Kanai, Masahiro, Wang, Qingbo, Alföldi, Jessica, Watts, Nicholas A., Vittal, Christopher, Gauthier, Laura D., Poterba, Timothy, Wilson, Michael W., Tarasova, Yekaterina, Phu, William, Grant, Riley, Yohannes, Mary T., Koenig, Zan, Farjoun, Yossi, Banks, Eric, Donnelly, Stacey, Gabriel, Stacey, Gupta, Namrata, Ferriera, Steven, Tolonen, Charlotte, Novod, Sam, Bergelson, Louis, Roazen, David, Ruano-Rubio, Valentin, Covarrubias, Miguel, Llanwarne, Christopher, Petrillo, Nikelle, Wade, Gordon, Jeandet, Thibault, Munshi, Ruchi, Tibbetts, Kathleen, Genome Aggregation Database Consortium, Abreu, Maria, Aguilar Salinas, Carlos A., Ahmad, Tariq, Albert, Christine M., Ardissino, Diego, Armean, Irina M., Atkinson, Elizabeth G., Atzmon, Gil, Barnard, John, Baxter, Samantha M., Beaugerie, Laurent, Benjamin, Emelia J., Benjamin, David, Boehnke, Michael, Bonnycastle, Lori L., Bottinger, Erwin P., Bowden, Donald W., Bown, Matthew J., Brand, Harrison, Brant, Steven, Brookings, Ted, Bryant, Sam, Calvo, Sarah E., Campos, Hannia, Chambers, John C., Chan, Juliana C., Chao, Katherine R., Chapman, Sinéad, Chasman, Daniel I., Chisholm, Rex, Cho, Judy, Chowdhury, Rajiv, Chung, Mina K., Chung, Wendy K., Cibulskis, Kristian, Cohen, Bruce, Connolly, Kristen M., Correa, Adolfo, Cummings, Beryl B., Dabelea, Dana, Danesh, John, Darbar, Dawood, Darnowsky, Phil, Denny, Joshua, Duggirala, Ravindranath, Dupuis, Josée, Ellinor, Patrick T., Elosua, Roberto, Emery, James, England, Eleina, Erdmann, Jeanette, Esko, Tõnu, Evangelista, Emily, Fatkin, Diane, Florez, Jose, Franke, Andre, Fu, Jack, Färkkilä, Martti, Garimella, Kiran, Gentry, Jeff, Getz, Gad, Glahn, David C., Glaser, Benjamin, Glatt, Stephen J., Goldstein, David, Gonzalez, Clicerio, Groop, Leif, Gudmundsson, Sanna, Haessly, Andrea, Haiman, Christopher, Hall, Ira, Hanis, Craig L., Harms, Matthew, Hiltunen, Mikko, Holi, Matti M., Hultman, Christina M., Jalas, Chaim, Kallela, Mikko, Kaplan, Diane, Kaprio, Jaakko, Kathiresan, Sekar, Kenny, Eimear E., Kim, Bong-Jo, Kim, Young Jin, King, Daniel, Kirov, George, Kooner, Jaspal, Koskinen, Seppo, Krumholz, Harlan M., Kugathasan, Subra, Kwak, Soo Heon, Laakso, Markku, Lake, Nicole, Langsford, Trevyn, Laricchia, Kristen M., Lehtimäki, Terho, Lek, Monkol, Lipscomb, Emily, Loos, Ruth J. F., Lu, Wenhan, Lubitz, Steven A., Luna, Teresa Tusie, Ma, Ronald C. W., Marcus, Gregory M., Marrugat, Jaume, Mattila, Kari M., McCarroll, Steven, McCarthy, Mark I., McCauley, Jacob L., McGovern, Dermot, McPherson, Ruth, Meigs, James B., Melander, Olle, Metspalu, Andres, Meyers, Deborah, Minikel, Eric V., Mitchell, Braxton D., Mootha, Vamsi K., Naheed, Aliya, Nazarian, Saman, Nilsson, Peter M., O’Donovan, Michael C., Okada, Yukinori, Ongur, Dost, Orozco, Lorena, Owen, Michael J., Palmer, Colin, Palmer, Nicholette D., Palotie, Aarno, Park, Kyong Soo, Pato, Carlos, Pulver, Ann E., Rader, Dan, Rahman, Nazneen, Reiner, Alex, Remes, Anne M., Rhodes, Dan, Rich, Stephen, Rioux, John D., Ripatti, Samuli, Roden, Dan M., Rotter, Jerome I., Sahakian, Nareh, Saleheen, Danish, Salomaa, Veikko, Saltzman, Andrea, Samani, Nilesh J., Samocha, Kaitlin E., Sanchis-Juan, Alba, Scharf, Jeremiah, Schleicher, Molly, Schunkert, Heribert, Schönherr, Sebastian, Seaby, Eleanor G., Shah, Svati H., Shand, Megan, Sharpe, Ted, Shoemaker, Moore B., Shyong, Tai, Silverman, Edwin K., Singer-Berk, Moriel, Sklar, Pamela, Smith, Jonathan T., Smith, J. Gustav, Soininen, Hilkka, Sokol, Harry, Son, Rachel G., Soto, Jose, Spector, Tim, Stevens, Christine, Stitziel, Nathan O., Sullivan, Patrick F., Suvisaari, Jaana, Tai, E. Shyong, Taylor, Kent D., Teo, Yik Ying, Tsuang, Ming, Tuomi, Tiinamaija, Turner, Dan, Tusie-Luna, Teresa, Vartiainen, Erkki, Vawter, Marquis, Wang, Lily, Wang, Arcturus, Ware, James S., Watkins, Hugh, Weersma, Rinse K., Weisburd, Ben, Wessman, Maija, Whiffin, Nicola, Wilson, James G., Xavier, Ramnik J., O’Donnell-Luria, Anne, Solomonson, Matthew, Seed, Cotton, Martin, Alicia R., Talkowski, Michael E., Rehm, Heidi L., Daly, Mark J., Tiao, Grace, Neale, Benjamin M., MacArthur, Daniel G., Karczewski, Konrad J.·2024·Nature

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Abstract

The depletion of disruptive variation caused by purifying natural selection (constraint) has been widely used to investigate protein-coding genes underlying human disorders 1-4, but attempts to assess constraint for non-protein-coding regions have proved more difficult. Here we aggregate, process and release a dataset of 76,156 human genomes from the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD)-the largest public open-access human genome allele frequency reference dataset-and use it to build a genomic constraint map for the whole genome (genomic non-coding constraint of haploinsufficient variation (Gnocchi)). We present a refined mutational model that incorporates local sequence context and regional genomic features to detect depletions of variation. As expected, the average constraint for protein-coding sequences is stronger than that for non-coding regions. Within the non-coding genome, constrained regions are enriched for known regulatory elements and variants that are implicated in complex human diseases and traits, facilitating the triangulation of biological annotation, disease association and natural selection to non-coding DNA analysis. More constrained regulatory elements tend to regulate more constrained protein-coding genes, which in turn suggests that non-coding constraint can aid the identification of constrained genes that are as yet unrecognized by current gene constraint metrics. We demonstrate that this genome-wide constraint map improves the identification and interpretation of functional human genetic variation.

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Chen, S., Francioli, L. C., Goodrich, J. K., Collins, R. L., Kanai, M., Wang, Q., Alföldi, J., Watts, N. A., Vittal, C., Gauthier, L. D., Poterba, T., Wilson, M. W., Tarasova, Y., Phu, W., Grant, R., Yohannes, M. T., Koenig, Z., Farjoun, Y., Banks, E., Donnelly, S., Gabriel, S., Gupta, N., Ferriera, S., Tolonen, C., Novod, S., Bergelson, L., Roazen, D., Ruano-Rubio, V., Covarrubias, M., Llanwarne, C., Petrillo, N., Wade, G., Jeandet, T., Munshi, R., Tibbetts, K., Genome Aggregation Database Consortium, Abreu, M., Aguilar Salinas, C. A., Ahmad, T., Albert, C. M., Ardissino, D., Armean, I. M., Atkinson, E. G., Atzmon, G., Barnard, J., Baxter, S. M., Beaugerie, L., Benjamin, E. J., Benjamin, D., Boehnke, M., Bonnycastle, L. L., Bottinger, E. P., Bowden, D. W., Bown, M. J., Brand, H., Brant, S., Brookings, T., Bryant, S., Calvo, S. E., Campos, H., Chambers, J. C., Chan, J. C., Chao, K. R., Chapman, S., Chasman, D. I., Chisholm, R., Cho, J., Chowdhury, R., Chung, M. K., Chung, W. K., Cibulskis, K., Cohen, B., Connolly, K. M., Correa, A., Cummings, B. B., Dabelea, D., Danesh, J., Darbar, D., Darnowsky, P., Denny, J., Duggirala, R., Dupuis, J., Ellinor, P. T., Elosua, R., Emery, J., England, E., Erdmann, J., Esko, T., Evangelista, E., Fatkin, D., Florez, J., Franke, A., Fu, J., Färkkilä, M., Garimella, K., Gentry, J., Getz, G., Glahn, D. C., Glaser, B., Glatt, S. J., Goldstein, D., Gonzalez, C., Groop, L., Gudmundsson, S., Haessly, A., Haiman, C., Hall, I., Hanis, C. L., Harms, M., Hiltunen, M., Holi, M. M., Hultman, C. M., Jalas, C., Kallela, M., Kaplan, D., Kaprio, J., Kathiresan, S., Kenny, E. E., Kim, B.-J., Kim, Y. J., King, D., Kirov, G., Kooner, J., Koskinen, S., Krumholz, H. M., Kugathasan, S., Kwak, S. H., Laakso, M., Lake, N., Langsford, T., Laricchia, K. M., Lehtimäki, T., Lek, M., Lipscomb, E., Loos, R. J. F., Lu, W., Lubitz, S. A., Luna, T. T., Ma, R. C. W., Marcus, G. M., Marrugat, J., Mattila, K. M., McCarroll, S., McCarthy, M. I., McCauley, J. L., McGovern, D., McPherson, R., Meigs, J. B., Melander, O., Metspalu, A., Meyers, D., Minikel, E. V., Mitchell, B. D., Mootha, V. K., Naheed, A., Nazarian, S., Nilsson, P. M., O’Donovan, M. C., Okada, Y., Ongur, D., Orozco, L., Owen, M. J., Palmer, C., Palmer, N. D., Palotie, A., Park, K. S., Pato, C., Pulver, A. E., Rader, D., Rahman, N., Reiner, A., Remes, A. M., Rhodes, D., Rich, S., Rioux, J. D., Ripatti, S., Roden, D. M., Rotter, J. I., Sahakian, N., Saleheen, D., Salomaa, V., Saltzman, A., Samani, N. J., Samocha, K. E., Sanchis-Juan, A., Scharf, J., Schleicher, M., Schunkert, H., Schönherr, S., Seaby, E. G., Shah, S. H., Shand, M., Sharpe, T., Shoemaker, M. B., Shyong, T., Silverman, E. K., Singer-Berk, M., Sklar, P., Smith, J. T., Smith, J. G., Soininen, H., Sokol, H., Son, R. G., Soto, J., Spector, T., Stevens, C., Stitziel, N. O., Sullivan, P. F., Suvisaari, J., Tai, E. S., Taylor, K. D., Teo, Y. Y., Tsuang, M., Tuomi, T., Turner, D., Tusie-Luna, T., Vartiainen, E., Vawter, M., Wang, L., Wang, A., Ware, J. S., Watkins, H., Weersma, R. K., Weisburd, B., Wessman, M., Whiffin, N., Wilson, J. G., Xavier, R. J., O’Donnell-Luria, A., Solomonson, M., Seed, C., Martin, A. R., Talkowski, M. E., Rehm, H. L., Daly, M. J., Tiao, G., Neale, B. M., MacArthur, D. G., & Karczewski, K. J.
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  • Broad Institute (US)
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  • Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry (GB)
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  • University of Parma (IT)
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine (US)
  • Cleveland Clinic (US)
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  • Centre for Human Genetics (GB)
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Corresponding author
  • Chen, Siwei
  • Karczewski, Konrad J.
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Venue
Nature
Published
2023-12-06
Volume
625
Issue
7993
Pages
92-100
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W4389367121
Cited by
1,727
References
90
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2026: 520 · 2025: 642 · 2024: 442 · 2023: 121
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286.54
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en
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Funders
  • Wellcome Trust (107469/Z/15/Z)
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Medical Research Council (MR/L010305/1)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH115957)
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (U24HG011450)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (U54DK105566)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01HD081256)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
Keywords
purifying selection, non-coding DNA, regulatory elements, gnocchi, allele frequency, complex diseases, genetic variants, protein-coding genes, sequence context
MeSH terms
Chromosome Mapping, Gene Frequency, Humans, Models, Genetic, Mutation, Selection, Genetic, Genetic Variation, Genome, Human, Access to Information, Genomics, Databases, Genetic, Datasets as Topic

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