Multi-ancestral meta-analysis yields novel genetic loci for asthma exacerbations
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Background: Asthma exacerbations (AEs) impact quality of life, productivity, and healthcare costs, and can even be life-threatening. Therefore, identifying potential biomarkers to prevent AEs is a priority in asthma research. Aim: To identify susceptibility loci associated with AEs in individuals from multiple ancestral backgrounds. Methods: AEs were defined based on the presence of asthma-related hospitalizations, acute emergency care, school absences, or oral corticosteroids use in the last 6 to 24 months. A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS), analysing 9.6 million genetic variants, was conducted in 9,392 patients with asthma (4,989 of European-descent, 2,181 Hispanic/Latinos, 1,250 Singaporean Chinese, and 972 African Americans). A total of 36,477 European and 1,078 non-European subjects with asthma were included in the replication stage. Functional effects of genetic variation were investigated in silico and with DNA methylation data from 595 individuals. Results: From the 126 independent variants suggestively associated in the discovery phase (p≤5×10-5), two loci at the vascular cell adhesion molecule-1/exostosin like glycosyltransferase-2 region (VCAM1/EXTL2, rs12091010) and the pantothenate kinase 1 gene (PANK1, rs943126) were consistently replicated: p=5.35x10-3 and p=1.30x10-2, respectively. These were associated with DNA methylation levels and gene expression of nearby genes in whole blood. Conclusions: The largest multi-ancestry meta-analysis of GWAS of AEs identified two regulatory loci at genes involved in host defence and inflammation. Supported by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 (SAF2017-83417R & PID2020-116274RB-I00) & fellowship PRE2018-083837 MINECO/AEI/FEDER, UE.
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- Multi-ancestral meta-analysis yields novel genetic loci for asthma exacerbations
- Date Crossref
- 04/09/2022
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- European Respiratory Society
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- proceedings-article
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