Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks

Florence Demenais*, Patricia Margaritte-Jeannin, Hans Bisgaard, Klaus Bønnelykke, Mads Melbye, et al., Dan L Nicolae

*Corresponding author af dette arbejde
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Abstract

We examined common variation in asthma risk by conducting a meta-analysis of worldwide asthma genome-wide association studies (23,948 asthma cases, 118,538 controls) of individuals from ethnically diverse populations. We identified five new asthma loci, found two new associations at two known asthma loci, established asthma associations at two loci previously implicated in the comorbidity of asthma plus hay fever, and confirmed nine known loci. Investigation of pleiotropy showed large overlaps in genetic variants with autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The enrichment in enhancer marks at asthma risk loci, especially in immune cells, suggested a major role of these loci in the regulation of immunologically related mechanisms.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftNature Genetics
Vol/bind50
Udgave nummer1
Sider (fra-til)42-50
Antal sider9
ISSN1061-4036
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2018

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