| Title: | Pleiotropic genomic variants at 17q21.31 associated with bone mineral density and body fat mass: a bivariate genome-wide association analysis |
| Journal: | European Journal of Human Genetics |
| Published: | 22 Sep 2020 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32963334/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41431-020-00727-3 |
| URL: | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41431-020-00727-3.pdf |
Publication 5556
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Abstract
Osteoporosis and obesity are two severe complex diseases threatening public health worldwide. Both diseases are under strong genetic determinants as well as genetically correlated. Aiming to identify pleiotropic genes underlying obesity and osteoporosis, we performed a bivariate genome-wide association (GWA) meta-analysis of hip bone mineral density (BMD) and total body fat mass (TBFM) in 12,981 participants from seven samples, and followed by in silico replication in the UK biobank (UKB) cohort sample (N = 217,822). Combining the results from discovery meta-analysis and replication sample, we identified one novel locus, 17q21.31 (lead SNP rs12150327, NC_000017.11:g.44956910G > A, discovery bivariate P = 4.83 × 10−9, replication P = 5.75 × 10−5) at the genome-wide significance level (ɑ = 5.0 × 10−8), which may have pleiotropic effects to both hip BMD and TBFM. Functional annotations highlighted several candidate genes, including KIF18B, C1QL1, and PRPF19 that may exert pleiotropic effects to the development of both body mass and bone mass. Our findings can improve our understanding of the etiology of osteoporosis and obesity, as well as shed light on potential new therapies.</p>
13 Authors
- Xin-Tong Wei
- Gui-Juan Feng
- Hong Zhang
- Qian Xu
- Jing-Jing Ni
- Min Zhao
- Xiao-Lin Yang
- Qing Tian
- Hui Shen
- Rong Hai
- Hong-Wen Deng
- Lei Zhang
- Yu-Fang Pei
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