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Rare variant analyses across multiethnic cohorts identify novel genes for refractive error
Anthony M. MusolfAnnechien E. G. HaarmanRobert N. LubenJue-sheng OngKarina PatasovaRolando Hernandez TraperoJoseph MarshIshika JainRiya JainPaul Zhiping WangDeyana D. LewisMilly S. TedjaAdriana I. IglesiasHengtong LiCameron S. CowanPaul Nigel BairdAmutha Barathi VeluchamyKathryn P. BurdonHarry CampbellLi Jia ChenChing-yu ChengEmily Y. ChewJamie E. CraigPhillippa M. CumberlandMargaret M. DeangelisCécile DelcourtXiaohu DingDavid M. EvansQiao FanMaurizio FossarelloPaul J. FosterPuya GharahkhaniAdriana I. IglesiasJeremy A. GuggenheimXiaobo GuoXikun HanMingguang HeAlex W. HewittQuan V. HoangSudha K. IyengarJost B. JonasMika KähönenJaakko KaprioBarbara E. KleinJonathan H. LassKris LeeTerho LehtimäkiDeyana LewisQing LiShi-ming LiLeo-pekka LyytikäinenStuart MacgregorDavid A. MackeyNicholas G. MartinAkira MeguroCandace MiddlebrooksMasahiro MiyakeNobuhisa MizukiAnthony MusolfStefan NickelsKonrad OexleChi Pui PangAndrew D. PatersonCraig PennellNorbert PfeifferOzren PolasekJugnoo S. RahiOlli RaitakariIgor RudanSrujana SahebjadaClaire L. SimpsonE-shyong TaiMilly S. TedjaJ. Willem L. TidemanAkitaka TsujikawaNingli WangWei Wen BinCathy WilliamsKatie M. WilliamsJames F. WilsonRobert WojciechowskiYa Xing WangKenji YamashiroJason C. S. YamMaurice K. H. YapSeyhan YazarShea Ping YipTerri L. YoungXiangtian ZhouGinevra BiinoAlison P. KleinPriya DuggalDavid A. MackeyCaroline HaywardToomas HallerAndres MetspaluJuho WedenojaOlavi PärssinenChing-yu ChengSeang-mei SawDwight StambolianPirro G. HysiAnthony P. KhawajaVeronique VitartChristopher J. HammondCornelia M. Van DuijnVirginie J. M. VerhoevenCaroline C. W. KlaverJoan E. Bailey-wilsonsubject
genetic predisposition to diseaseperinnölliset tauditympäristötekijättaittovirheetperinnöllisyyslääketiederiskitekijätquantitative traitperiytyvyysgenome-wide association studiesquantitative trait lociperimäsilmätauditmicroarraysperinnöllisyysdescription
Refractive error, measured here as mean spherical equivalent (SER), is a complex eye condition caused by both genetic and environmental factors. Individuals with strong positive or negative values of SER require spectacles or other approaches for vision correction. Common genetic risk factors have been identified by genome-wide association studies (GWAS), but a great part of the refractive error heritability is still missing. Some of this heritability may be explained by rare variants (minor allele frequency [MAF] ≤ 0.01.). We performed multiple gene-based association tests of mean Spherical Equivalent with rare variants in exome array data from the Consortium for Refractive Error and Myopia (CREAM). The dataset consisted of over 27,000 total subjects from five cohorts of Indo-European and Eastern Asian ethnicity. We identified 129 unique genes associated with refractive error, many of which were replicated in multiple cohorts. Our best novel candidates included the retina expressed PDCD6IP, the circadian rhythm gene PER3, and P4HTM, which affects eye morphology. Future work will include functional studies and validation. Identification of genes contributing to refractive error and future understanding of their function may lead to better treatment and prevention of refractive errors, which themselves are important risk factors for various blinding conditions. peerReviewed
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
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| 2023-01-01 |