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TITLE
Common variants near CAV1 and CAV2 are associated with primary open-angle glaucoma.
ABSTRACT
We conducted a genome-wide association study for primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in 1,263 affected individuals (cases) and 34,877 controls from Iceland. We identified a common sequence variant at 7q31 (rs4236601[A], odds ratio (OR) = 1.36, P = 5.0 × 10⁻¹⁰). We then replicated the association in sample sets of 2,175 POAG cases and 2,064 controls from Sweden, the UK and Australia (combined OR = 1.18, P = 0.0015) and in 299 POAG cases and 580 unaffected controls from Hong Kong and Shantou, China (combined OR = 5.42, P = 0.0021). The risk variant identified here is located close to CAV1 and CAV2, both of which are expressed in the trabecular meshwork and retinal ganglion cells that are involved in the pathogenesis of POAG.
DATE PUBLISHED
2010 Oct
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
received 2010/01/06
accepted 2010/08/18
aheadofprint 2010/09/12
entrez 2010/09/14 06:00
pubmed 2010/09/14 06:00
medline 2010/10/29 06:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Thorleifsson G Thorleifsson Gudmar G deCODE genetics Inc, Reykjavik, Iceland. gudmar.thorleifsson@decode.is
Walters GB Walters G Bragi GB
Hewitt AW Hewitt Alex W AW
Masson G Masson Gisli G
Helgason A Helgason Agnar A
DeWan A DeWan Andrew A
Sigurdsson A Sigurdsson Asgeir A
Jonasdottir A Jonasdottir Adalbjorg A
Gudjonsson SA Gudjonsson Sigurjon A SA
Magnusson KP Magnusson Kristinn P KP
Stefansson H Stefansson Hreinn H
Lam DS Lam Dennis S C DS
Tam PO Tam Pancy O S PO
Gudmundsdottir GJ Gudmundsdottir Gudrun J GJ
Southgate L Southgate Laura L
Burdon KP Burdon Kathryn P KP
Gottfredsdottir MS Gottfredsdottir Maria Soffia MS
Aldred MA Aldred Micheala A MA
Mitchell P Mitchell Paul P
St Clair D St Clair David D
Collier DA Collier David A DA
Tang N Tang Nelson N
Sveinsson O Sveinsson Orn O
Macgregor S Macgregor Stuart S
Martin NG Martin Nicholas G NG
Cree AJ Cree Angela J AJ
Gibson J Gibson Jane J
Macleod A Macleod Alex A
Jacob A Jacob Aby A
Ennis S Ennis Sarah S
Young TL Young Terri L TL
Chan JC Chan Juliana C N JC
Karwatowski WS Karwatowski Wojciech S S WS
Hammond CJ Hammond Christopher J CJ
Thordarson K Thordarson Kristjan K
Zhang M Zhang Mingzhi M
Wadelius C Wadelius Claes C
Lotery AJ Lotery Andrew J AJ
Trembath RC Trembath Richard C RC
Pang CP Pang Chi Pui CP
Hoh J Hoh Josephine J
Craig JE Craig Jamie E JE
Kong A Kong Augustine A
Mackey DA Mackey David A DA
Jonasson F Jonasson Fridbert F
Thorsteinsdottir U Thorsteinsdottir Unnur U
Stefansson K Stefansson Kari K
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 42
ISSUE: 10
TITLE: Nature genetics
ISOABBREVIATION: Nat. Genet.
YEAR: 2010
MONTH: Oct
DAY:
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CITEDMEDIUM: Internet
ISSN: 1546-1718
ISSNTYPE: Electronic
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: Nat Genet
COUNTRY: United States
ISSNLINKING: 1061-4036
NLMUNIQUEID: 9216904
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Comparative Study
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
REFTYPE REFSOURCE REFPMID NOTE
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GRANTS
GRANTID AGENCY COUNTRY
1R01EY018246 NEI NIH HHS United States
R01 EY014685 NEI NIH HHS United States
R01 EY018246 NEI NIH HHS United States
R01 EY018246-03 NEI NIH HHS United States
Wellcome Trust United Kingdom
GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Case-Control Studies
Caveolin 1 genetics
Caveolin 2 genetics
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7 genetics
Female genetics
Genetic Predisposition to Disease genetics
Genome, Human genetics
Genome-Wide Association Study genetics
Genotype genetics
Glaucoma, Open-Angle pathology
Humans pathology
Male pathology
Middle Aged pathology
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide genetics
SUPPLEMENTARY MESH
GENE SYMBOLS
CHEMICALS
REGISTRYNUMBER NAMEOFSUBSTANCE
0 CAV1 protein, human
0 CAV2 protein, human
0 Caveolin 1
0 Caveolin 2
OTHER ID's
OTHERID SOURCE
NIHMS290105 NLM
PMC3222888 NLM