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Analysis with the exome array identifies multiple new independent variants in lipid loci
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review - 27.07.2016
Deloukas Panos, Escher Stefan A, Dedoussis George, Blakemore Alexandra I F, Waldenberger Melanie, Tsafantakis Emmanouil, Tomaszewski Maciej, Strauch Konstantin, Stanton Alice V, Silveira Angela, Shields Denis, Sever Peter, Sennblad Bengt, Sabater-Lleal Maria, Kooner Jaspal S, McCarthy Mark I, Palmer Colin N A, Samani Nilesh J, Franks Paul W, Munroe Patricia B, Wareham Nick J, Chambers John C, Gieger Christian, Zeggini Eleftheria, Jarvelin Marjo-Riitta, Tobin Martin D, Frayling Timothy M, Caulfield Mark J, Hamsten Anders, Rolandsson Olov, Renström Frida, An Hashim Nikman, Lataniotis Lazaros, Strawbridge Rona J, Couto Alves Alexessander, Müller-Nurasyid Martina, Yaghootkar Hanieh, Zhang Weihua, Southam Lorraine, Scott Robert A, Warren Helen R, Varga Tibor V, Stirrups Kathleen E, Masca Nicholas G D, Besse Céline, Boland Anne, Braund Peter S, Rayner Nigel W, Poulter Neil, Peters Annette, Pasko Dorota, Matchan Angela, Keinänen-Kiukaanniemi Sirkka, Karaleftheri Maria, Jansson Jan-Håkan, Grallert Harald, Franks Stephen, Farmaki Aliki-Eleni, Dominiczak Anna, Connell John M, Kanoni Stavroula
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It has been hypothesized that low frequency (1-5% minor allele frequency (MAF)) and rare (<1% MAF) variants with large effect sizes may contribute to the missing heritability in complex traits. Here, we report an association analysis of lipid traits (total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol triglycerides) in up to 27 312 individuals with a comprehensive set of low frequency coding variants (ExomeChip), combined with conditional analysis in the known lipid loci. No new locus reached genome-wide significance. However, we found a new lead variant in 26 known lipid association regions of which 16 were >1000-fold more significant than the previous sentinel variant and not in close LD (six had MAF <5%). Furthermore, conditional analysis revealed multiple independent signals (ranging from 1 to 5) in a third of the 98 lipid loci tested, including rare variants. Addition of our novel associations resulted in between 1.5- and 2.5-fold increase in the proportion of heritability explained for the different lipid traits. Our findings suggest that rare coding variants contribute to the genetic architecture of lipid traits.