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Emma Ahlqvist

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Genome-Wide Association Study of Diabetic Kidney Disease Highlights Biology Involved in Glomerular Basement Membrane Collagen

2019

BACKGROUND: Although diabetic kidney disease demonstrates both familial clustering and single nucleotide polymorphism heritability, the specific genetic factors influencing risk remain largely unknown.METHODS: To identify genetic variants predisposing to diabetic kidney disease, we performed genome-wide association study (GWAS) analyses. Through collaboration with the Diabetes Nephropathy Collaborative Research Initiative, we assembled a large collection of type 1 diabetes cohorts with harmonized diabetic kidney disease phenotypes. We used a spectrum of ten diabetic kidney disease definitions based on albuminuria and renal function.RESULTS: Our GWAS meta-analysis included association result…

Collagen Type IVMale0301 basic medicineEXPRESSIONNEPHROPATHY030232 urology & nephrologyPROTEINGenome-wide association studyRECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASESBiologySUSCEPTIBILITYBioinformaticsurologic and male genital diseasesAutoantigensNephropathyEnd stage renal diseaseCohort StudiesDiabetic nephropathy03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingDiabetes mellitusGlomerular Basement MembranemedicineHumansDiabetic NephropathiesAlport syndromeLetter to the EditorCOMPLICATIONSNITRIC-OXIDEMUTATIONS1184 Genetics developmental biology physiologyGeneral Medicinemedicine.diseaseGENE3. Good healthDiabetes Mellitus Type 1030104 developmental biologyNephrology3121 General medicine internal medicine and other clinical medicineMutationAlbuminuria/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_beingFemale3111 Biomedicinemedicine.symptomCOLLECTIN 11 CL-11Genome-Wide Association StudyKidney disease
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Epigenetic markers associated with metformin response and intolerance in drug-naïve patients with type 2 diabetes

2020

Metformin is the first-line pharmacotherapy for managing type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, many patients with T2D do not respond to or tolerate metformin well. Currently, there are no phenotypes that successfully predict glycemic response to, or tolerance of, metformin. We explored whether blood-based epigenetic markers could discriminate metformin response and tolerance by analyzing genome-wide DNA methylation in drug-naïve patients with T2D at the time of their diagnosis. DNA methylation of 11 and 4 sites differed between glycemic responders/nonresponders and metformin-tolerant/intolerant patients, respectively, in discovery and replication cohorts. Greater methylation at these sites associ…

Blood Glucose0301 basic medicineOncologymedicine.medical_specialtyendocrine system diseases030209 endocrinology & metabolismType 2 diabetesEpigenesis Genetic03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineInternal medicineDiabetes mellitusmedicineHumansHypoglycemic AgentsEpigeneticsGlycemicbusiness.industrynutritional and metabolic diseasesGeneral MedicineOdds ratioDNA Methylationmedicine.diseaseMetformin3. Good healthMetforminDrug-naïve030104 developmental biologyDiabetes Mellitus Type 2Pharmaceutical PreparationsDNA methylationbusinessmedicine.drugScience Translational Medicine
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Genome-wide association study of diabetic kidney disease highlights biology involved in renal basement membrane collagen

2018

Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a heritable but poorly understood complication of diabetes. To identify genetic variants predisposing to DKD, we performed genome-wide association analyses in 19,406 individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1D) using a spectrum of DKD definitions basedon albuminuria and renal function. We identified 16 genome-wide significant loci. The variant with the strongest association (rs55703767) is a common missense mutation in the collagen type IV alpha 3 chain(COL4A3)gene, which encodes a major structural component of the glomerular basement membrane (GBM) implicated in heritable nephropathies. The rs55703767 minor allele (Asp326Tyr) is protective against several definit…

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