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Shared genetic origin of asthma, hay fever and eczema elucidates allergic disease biology

Item Type:Letter
Title:Shared genetic origin of asthma, hay fever and eczema elucidates allergic disease biology
Creators Name:Ferreira, M.A. and Vonk, J.M. and Baurecht, H. and Marenholz, I. and Tian, C. and Hoffman, J.D. and Helmer, Q. and Tillander, A. and Ullemar, V. and van Dongen, J. and Lu, Yi and Rueschendorf, F. and Esparza-Gordillo, J. and Medway, C.W. and Mountjoy, E. and Burrows, K. and Hummel, O. and Grosche, S. and Brumpton, B.M. and Witte, J.S. and Hottenga, J.J. and Willemsen, G. and Zheng, J. and Rodriguez, E. and Hotze, M. and Franke, A. and Revez, J.A. and Beesley, J. and Matheson, M.C. and Dharmage, S.C. and Bain, L.M. and Fritsche, L.G. and Gabrielsen, M.E. and Balliu, B. and Nielsen, J.B. and Zhou, W. and Hveem, K. and Langhammer, A. and Holmen, O.L. and Løset, M. and Abecasis, G.R. and Willer, C.J. and Arnold, A. and Homuth, G. and Schmidt, C.O. and Thompson, P.J. and Martin, N.G. and Duffy, D.L. and Novak, N. and Schulz, H. and Karrasch, S. and Gieger, C. and Strauch, K. and Melles, R.B. and Hinds, D.A. and Hübner, N. and Weidinger, S. and Magnusson, P.K.E. and Jansen, R. and Jorgenson, E. and Lee, Y.A. and Boomsma, D.I. and Almqvist, C. and Karlsson, R. and Koppelman, G.H. and Paternoster, L.
Abstract:Asthma, hay fever (or allergic rhinitis) and eczema (or atopic dermatitis) often coexist in the same individuals, partly because of a shared genetic origin. To identify shared risk variants, we performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS; n = 360,838) of a broad allergic disease phenotype that considers the presence of any one of these three diseases. We identified 136 independent risk variants (P < 3 x 10(-8)), including 73 not previously reported, which implicate 132 nearby genes in allergic disease pathophysiology. Disease-specific effects were detected for only six variants, confirming that most represent shared risk factors. Tissue-specific heritability and biological process enrichment analyses suggest that shared risk variants influence lymphocyte-mediated immunity. Six target genes provide an opportunity for drug repositioning, while for 36 genes CpG methylation was found to influence transcription independently of genetic effects. Asthma, hay fever and eczema partly coexist because they share many genetic risk variants that dysregulate the expression of immune-related genes.
Keywords:Asthma, Eczema, Genetic Predisposition To Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Hypersensitivity, Phenotype, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal, Risk Factors
Source:Nature Genetics
ISSN:1061-4036
Publisher:Nature Publishing Group
Volume:49
Number:12
Page Range:1752-1757
Date:December 2017
Official Publication:https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3985
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