Genome-Wide Association and Functional Follow-Up Reveals New Loci for Kidney Function

C Pattaro, A Kottgen, A Teumer, M Garnaas, CA Boger, C Fuchsberger, M Olden, MH Chen, A Tin, D Taliun, M Li, XY Gao, M Gorski, Q Yang, C Hundertmark, MC Foster, CM O'Seaghdha, N Glazer, Aaron Isaacs, CT LiuAV Smith, JR O'Connell, M Struchalin, T Tanaka, G (Guo) Li, AD Johnson, HJ Gierman, M Feitosa, SJ Hwang, EJ Atkinson, K Lohman, MC Cornelis, A Johansson, A Tonjes, Abbas Dehghan, V Chouraki, EG Holliday, R Sorice, Z Kutalik, T Lehtimaki, T Esko, H Deshmukh, S Ulivi, AY Chu, F Murgia, S Trompet, M Imboden, B Kollerits, G Pistis, TB Harris, LJ (Lenore) Launer, T Aspelund, G Eiriksdottir, BD Mitchell, E Boerwinkle, Heléna Schmidt, M Cavalieri, M Rao, FB Hu, Ayse Demirkan, Ben Oostra, M de Andrade, ST Turner, JZ (Jing Zhong) Ding, JS Andrews, BI Freedman, W Koenig, T Illig, A Doring, HE Wichmann, I Kolcic, T Zemunik, M Boban, C Minelli, HE Wheeler, W Igl, G Zaboli, SH Wild, AF Wright, H Campbell, D Ellinghaus, U Nothlings, Gunar Jacobs, R Biffar, K Endlich, F Ernst, G Homuth, HK Kroemer, M Nauck, S Stracke, U Volker, H Volzke, P Kovacs, M Stumvoll, R Magi, Bert Hofman, André Uitterlinden, Fernando Rivadeneira, YS Aulchenko, O Polasek, N Hastie, V Vitart, C Helmer, JJ Wang, D Ruggiero, S Bergmann, M Kahonen, J Viikari, T Nikopensius, M Province, S Ketkar, H Colhoun, A Doney, A Robino, F Giulianini, BK Kramer, L Portas, I Ford, BM Buckley, M Adam, GA Thun, B Paulweber, M Haun, C Sala, M Metzger, P Mitchell, M Ciullo, SK Kim, P Vollenweider, O Raitakari, A Metspalu, C Palmer, P Gasparini, M Pirastu, JW Jukema, NM Probst-Hensch, F Kronenberg, D Toniolo, V Gudnason, AR Shuldiner, J Coresh, R Schmidt, L Ferrucci, DS Siscovick, Cornelia Duijn, I Borecki, SLR Kardia, YM Liu, GC Curhan, I Rudan, U Gyllensten, JF Wilson, A Franke, PP Pramstaller, R Rettig, I Prokopenko, JCM Witteman, C Hayward, P Ridker, A Parsa, M Bochud, IM Heid, W Goessling, DI Chasman, WHL Kao, CS Fox

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Abstract

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an important public health problem with a genetic component. We performed genomewide association studies in up to 130,600 European ancestry participants overall, and stratified for key CKD risk factors. We uncovered 6 new loci in association with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), the primary clinical measure of CKD, in or near MPPED2, DDX1, SLC47A1, CDK12, CASP9, and INO80. Morpholino knockdown of mpped2 and casp9 in zebrafish embryos revealed podocyte and tubular abnormalities with altered dextran clearance, suggesting a role for these genes in renal function. By providing new insights into genes that regulate renal function, these results could further our understanding of the pathogenesis of CKD.
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JournalPLoS Genetics (print)
Volume8
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

Research programs

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

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