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Retinal transcriptome and eQTL analyses identify genes associated with age-related macular degeneration
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Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified genetic variants at 34 loci contributing to age-related macular degeneration (AMD)1-3. We generated transcriptional profiles of postmortem retinas from 453 controls and cases at distinct stages of AMD and integrated retinal transcriptomes, covering 13,662 protein-coding and 1,462 noncoding genes, with genotypes at more than 9 million common SNPs for expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) analysis of a tissue not included in Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) and other large datasets 4,5. Cis-eQTL analysis identified 10,474 genes under genetic regulation, including 4,541 eQTLs detected only in the retina. Integrated analysis of AMD-GWAS with eQTLs ascertained likely target genes at six reported loci. Using transcriptome-wide association analysis (TWAS), we identified three additional genes, RLBP1, HIC1 and PARP12, after Bonferroni correction. Our studies expand the genetic landscape of AMD and establish the Eye Genotype Expression (EyeGEx) database as a resource for post-GWAS interpretation of multifactorial ocular traits.
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- Authors
- Ratnapriya, R., Sosina, O. A., Starostik, M. R., Kwicklis, M., Kapphahn, R. J., Fritsche, L. G., Walton, A., Arvanitis, M., Gieser, L., Pietraszkiewicz, A., Montezuma, S. R., Chew, E. Y., Battle, A., Abecasis, G. R., Ferrington, D. A., Chatterjee, N., & Swaroop, A.
- Affiliations
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Ferrington, Deborah A.
- Chatterjee, Nilanjan
- Swaroop, Anand
- ORCID
- Venue
- Nature Genetics
- Published
- 2019-02-11
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 606-610
- ISSN
- 1061-4036 (ISSN-L)
- 1546-1718
- PMC
- PMC6441365
- OpenAlex
- W2914762802
- Cited by
- 312
- References
- 56
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- 31.89
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- en
- Update notices
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- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- Minnesota Lions Eye Bank
- University of Minnesota
- National Institutes of Health
- National Human Genome Research Institute (T32HG000040)
- National Eye Institute (ZIAEY000475, Z01EY000450, R01EY026012, ZIAEY000474, ZIAEY000450, R01EY028554)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Ophthalmology › Retinal Diseases and Treatments
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Ophthalmology › Retinal Development and Disorders
- Keywords
- age-related macular degeneration, retinal transcriptome, expression quantitative trait loci, transcriptome-wide association study, cis-eQTL, RLBP1, HIC1, PARP12, non-coding RNA, ocular genetics
- MeSH terms
- Gene Expression Regulation, Genotype, Humans, Macular Degeneration, Phenotype, Retina, Case-Control Studies, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Gene Expression Profiling, Quantitative Trait Loci, Genome-Wide Association Study, Transcriptome
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