Meta-analysis identifies six new susceptibility loci for atrial fibrillation

PT Ellinor, KL Lunetta, CM Albert, NL Glazer, MD Ritchie, AV Smith, DE Arking, M Muller-Nurasyid, Bouwe Krijthe, SA Lubitz, JC Bis, MK Chung, M Doerr, K Ozaki, JD Roberts, JG Smith, A Pfeufer, MF Sinner, K Lohman, JZ (Jing Zhong) DingNL Smith, JD Smith, M Rienstra, KM Rice, DR Van Wagoner, JW Magnani, R Wakili, S Clauss, JI Rotter, G Steinbeck, LJ (Lenore) Launer, RW Davies, M Borkovich, TB Harris, HH Lin, U Volker, H Volzke, DJ Milan, Bert Hofman, E Boerwinkle, LY Chen, EZ Soliman, BF Voight, G (Guo) Li, A Chakravarti, M Kubo, UB Tedrow, LM Rose, PM Ridker, D Conen, T Tsunoda, T Furukawa, N Sotoodehnia, SY Xu, N Kamatani, D Levy, Y Nakamura, B Parvez, S Mahida, KL Furie, J Rosand, R Muhammad, BM Psaty, T Meitinger, S Perz, HE Wichmann, JCM Witteman, WHL Kao, S Kathiresan, DM Roden, André Uitterlinden, Fernando Rivadeneira, B McKnight, M Sjogren, AB Newman, YM Liu, MH Gollob, O Melander, T Tanaka, Bruno Stricker, SB Felix, A Alonso, D Darbar, J Barnard, DI Chasman, SR Heckbert, EJ Benjamin, V Gudnason, S Kaab

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Abstract

Atrial fibrillation is a highly prevalent arrhythmia and a major risk factor for stroke, heart failure and death(1). We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) in individuals of European ancestry, including 6,707 with and 52,426 without atrial fibrillation. Six new atrial fibrillation susceptibility loci were identified and replicated in an additional sample of individuals of European ancestry, including 5,381 subjects with and 10,030 subjects without atrial fibrillation (P < 5 x 10(-8)). Four of the loci identified in Europeans were further replicated in silico in a GWAS of Japanese individuals, including 843 individuals with and 3,350 individuals without atrial fibrillation. The identified loci implicate candidate genes that encode transcription factors related to cardiopulmonary development, cardiac-expressed ion channels and cell signaling molecules.
Original languageUndefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)670-U88
JournalNature Genetics
Volume44
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

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  • EMC MM-01-39-09-A
  • EMC NIHES-01-64-01
  • EMC NIHES-03-77-02

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