Common Genetic Variation in the 3 '-BCL11B Gene Desert Is Associated With Carotid-Femoral Pulse Wave Velocity and Excess Cardiovascular Disease Risk The AortaGen Consortium

GF Mitchell, Germaine Verwoert, KV Tarasov, Aaron Isaacs, AV Smith, Yasmin, ER Rietzschel, T Tanaka, YM Liu, A Parsa, SS Najjar, KM O'Shaughnessy, S Sigurdsson, ML De Buyzere, MG Larson, MPS Sie, JS Andrews, WS Post, F.U.S. Mattace Raso, CM McEnieryG Eiriksdottir, P Segers, RS Vasan, MJE van Rijn, TD Howard, PF McArdle, Abbas Dehghan, ES Jewell, SJ Newhouse, S Bekaert, NM Hamburg, AB Newman, Bert Hofman, A Scuteri, D De Bacquer, Arfan Ikram, BM Psaty, C Fuchsberger, M Olden, LV Wain, P Elliott, NL Smith, Janine Felix, J Erdmann, JA Vita, K Sutton-Tyrrell, E.J.G. Sijbrands, S Sanna, LJ (Lenore) Launer, T Meyer, AD Johnson, Anna Schut, DM Herrington, Fernando Rivadeneira, M Uda, IB Wilkinson, T Aspelund, TC Gillebert, L Van Bortel, EJ Benjamin, Ben Oostra, JZ (Jing Zhong) Ding, Q Gibson, André Uitterlinden, GR Abecasis, JR Cockcroft, V Gudnason, GG De Backer, L Ferrucci, TB Harris, AR Shuldiner, Cornelia Duijn, D Levy, EG Lakatta, JCM Witteman

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Abstract

Background-Carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (CFPWV) is a heritable measure of aortic stiffness that is strongly associated with increased risk for major cardiovascular disease events. Methods and Results-We conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide association data in 9 community-based European ancestry cohorts consisting of 20 634 participants. Results were replicated in 2 additional European ancestry cohorts involving 5306 participants. Based on a preliminary analysis of 6 cohorts, we identified a locus on chromosome 14 in the 3'-BCL11B gene desert that is associated with CFPWV (rs7152623, minor allele frequency=0.42, beta=-0.075 +/- 0.012 SD/allele, P=2.8x10(-10); replicati Conclusions-Common genetic variation in a locus in the BCL11B gene desert that is thought to harbor 1 or more gene enhancers is associated with higher CFPWV and increased risk for cardiovascular disease. Elucidation of the role this novel locus plays in aortic stiffness may facilitate development of therapeutic interventions that limit aortic stiffening and related cardiovascular disease events. (Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2012;5:81-90.)
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Pages (from-to)81-90
Number of pages10
JournalCirculation-cardiovascular genetics
Volume5
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

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  • EMC COEUR-09
  • EMC MGC-02-96-01
  • EMC MM-01-39-09-A
  • EMC NIHES-01-64-01
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