A common variant mapping to CACNA1A is associated with susceptibility to exfoliation syndrome

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A common variant mapping to CACNA1A is associated with susceptibility to exfoliation syndrome. / Aung, Tin; Ozaki, Mineo; Mizoguchi, Takanori; Allingham, R. Rand; Li, Zheng; Haripriya, Aravind; Nakano, Satoko; Uebe, Steffen; Harder, Jeffrey M.; Chan, Anita S. Y.; Lee, Mei Chin; Burdon, Kathryn P.; Astakhov, Yury S.; Abu-Amero, Khaled K.; Zenteno, Juan C.; Nilguen, Yildirim; Zarnowski, Tomasz; Pakravan, Mohammad; Abu Safieh, Leen; Jia, Liyun; Wang, Ya Xing; Williams, Susan; Paoli, Daniela; Schlottmann, Patricio G.; Huang, Lulin; Sim, Kar Seng; Foo, Jia Nee; Nakano, Masakazu; Ikeda, Yoko; Kumar, Rajesh S.; Ueno, Morio; Manabe, Shin-Ichi; Hayashi, Ken; Kazama, Shigeyasu; Ideta, Ryuichi; Mori, Yosai; Miyata, Kazunori; Sugiyama, Kazuhisa; Higashide, Tomomi; Chihara, Etsuo; Inoue, Kenji; Ishiko, Satoshi; Yoshida, Akitoshi; Yanagi, Masahide; Kiuchi, Yoshiaki; Aihara, Makoto; Ohashi, Tsutomu; Sakurai, Toshiya; Sugimoto, Takako; Chuman, Hideki; Matsuda, Fumihiko; Yamashiro, Kenji; Gotoh, Norimoto; Miyake, Masahiro; Astakhov, Sergei Y.; Osman, Essam A.; Al-Obeidan, Saleh A.; Owaidhah, Ohoud; Al-Jasim, Leyla; Al Shahwan, Sami; Fogarty, Rhys A.; Leo, Paul; Yetkin, Yaz; Oguz, Cilingir; Kanavi, Mozhgan Rezaei; Beni, Afsaneh Nederi; Yazdani, Shahin; Akopov, Evgeny L.; Toh, Kai-Yee; Howell, Gareth R.; Orr, Andrew C.; Goh, Yufen; Meah, Wee Yang; Peh, Su Qin; Kosior-Jarecka, Ewa; Lukasik, Urszula; Krumbiegel, Mandy; Vithana, Eranga N.; Wong, Tien Yin; Liu, Yutao; Koch, Allison E. Ashley; Challa, Pratap; Rautenbach, Robyn M.; Mackey, David A.; Hewitt, Alex W.; Mitchell, Paul; Wang, Jie Jin; Ziskind, Ari; Carmichael, Trevor; Ramakrishnan, Rangappa; Narendran, Kalpana; Venkatesh, Rangaraj; Vijayan, Saravanan; Zhao, Peiquan; Chen, Xueyi; Guadarrama-Vallejo, Dalia; Cheng, Ching Yu; Perera, Shamira A.; Husain, Rahat; Ho, Su-Ling; Welge-Luessen, Ulrich-Christoph; Mardin, Christian; Schloetzer-Schrehardt, Ursula; Hillmer, Axel M.; Herms, Stefan; Moebus, Susanne; Noethen, Markus M.; Weisschuh, Nicole; Shetty, Rohit; Ghosh, Arkasubhra; Teo, Yik Ying; Brown, Matthew A.; Lischinsky, Ignacio; Crowston, Jonathan G.; Coote, Michael; Zhao, Bowen; Sang, Jinghong; Zhang, Nihong; You, Qisheng; Vysochinskaya, Vera; Founti, Panayiota; Chatzikyriakidou, Anthoula; Lambropoulos, Alexandros; Anastasopoulos, Eleftherios; Coleman, Anne L.; Wilson, M. Roy; Rhee, Douglas J.; Kang, Jae Hee; May-Bolchakova, Inna; Heegaard, Steffen; Mori, Kazuhiko; Alward, Wallace L. M.; Jonas, Jost B.; Xu, Liang; Liebmann, Jeffrey M.; Chowbay, Balram; Schaeffeler, Elke; Schwab, Matthias; Lerner, Fabian; Wang, Ningli; Yang, Zhenglin; Frezzotti, Paolo; Kinoshita, Shigeru; Fingert, John H.; Inatani, Masaru; Tashiro, Kei; Reis, Andre; Edward, Deepak P.; Pasquale, Louis R.; Kubota, Toshiaki; Wiggs, Janey L.; Pasutto, Francesca; Topouzis, Fotis; Dubina, Michael; Craig, Jamie E.; Yoshimura, Nagahisa; Sundaresan, Periasamy; John, Simon W. M.; Ritch, Robert; Hauser, Michael A.; Khor, Chiea-Chuen.

In: Nature Genetics, Vol. 47, No. 4, 04.2015, p. 387-392.

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Aung, T, Ozaki, M, Mizoguchi, T, Allingham, RR, Li, Z, Haripriya, A, Nakano, S, Uebe, S, Harder, JM, Chan, ASY, Lee, MC, Burdon, KP, Astakhov, YS, Abu-Amero, KK, Zenteno, JC, Nilguen, Y, Zarnowski, T, Pakravan, M, Abu Safieh, L, Jia, L, Wang, YX, Williams, S, Paoli, D, Schlottmann, PG, Huang, L, Sim, KS, Foo, JN, Nakano, M, Ikeda, Y, Kumar, RS, Ueno, M, Manabe, S-I, Hayashi, K, Kazama, S, Ideta, R, Mori, Y, Miyata, K, Sugiyama, K, Higashide, T, Chihara, E, Inoue, K, Ishiko, S, Yoshida, A, Yanagi, M, Kiuchi, Y, Aihara, M, Ohashi, T, Sakurai, T, Sugimoto, T, Chuman, H, Matsuda, F, Yamashiro, K, Gotoh, N, Miyake, M, Astakhov, SY, Osman, EA, Al-Obeidan, SA, Owaidhah, O, Al-Jasim, L, Al Shahwan, S, Fogarty, RA, Leo, P, Yetkin, Y, Oguz, C, Kanavi, MR, Beni, AN, Yazdani, S, Akopov, EL, Toh, K-Y, Howell, GR, Orr, AC, Goh, Y, Meah, WY, Peh, SQ, Kosior-Jarecka, E, Lukasik, U, Krumbiegel, M, Vithana, EN, Wong, TY, Liu, Y, Koch, AEA, Challa, P, Rautenbach, RM, Mackey, DA, Hewitt, AW, Mitchell, P, Wang, JJ, Ziskind, A, Carmichael, T, Ramakrishnan, R, Narendran, K, Venkatesh, R, Vijayan, S, Zhao, P, Chen, X, Guadarrama-Vallejo, D, Cheng, CY, Perera, SA, Husain, R, Ho, S-L, Welge-Luessen, U-C, Mardin, C, Schloetzer-Schrehardt, U, Hillmer, AM, Herms, S, Moebus, S, Noethen, MM, Weisschuh, N, Shetty, R, Ghosh, A, Teo, YY, Brown, MA, Lischinsky, I, Crowston, JG, Coote, M, Zhao, B, Sang, J, Zhang, N, You, Q, Vysochinskaya, V, Founti, P, Chatzikyriakidou, A, Lambropoulos, A, Anastasopoulos, E, Coleman, AL, Wilson, MR, Rhee, DJ, Kang, JH, May-Bolchakova, I, Heegaard, S, Mori, K, Alward, WLM, Jonas, JB, Xu, L, Liebmann, JM, Chowbay, B, Schaeffeler, E, Schwab, M, Lerner, F, Wang, N, Yang, Z, Frezzotti, P, Kinoshita, S, Fingert, JH, Inatani, M, Tashiro, K, Reis, A, Edward, DP, Pasquale, LR, Kubota, T, Wiggs, JL, Pasutto, F, Topouzis, F, Dubina, M, Craig, JE, Yoshimura, N, Sundaresan, P, John, SWM, Ritch, R, Hauser, MA & Khor, C-C 2015, 'A common variant mapping to CACNA1A is associated with susceptibility to exfoliation syndrome', Nature Genetics, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 387-392. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3226

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Aung, T., Ozaki, M., Mizoguchi, T., Allingham, R. R., Li, Z., Haripriya, A., Nakano, S., Uebe, S., Harder, J. M., Chan, A. S. Y., Lee, M. C., Burdon, K. P., Astakhov, Y. S., Abu-Amero, K. K., Zenteno, J. C., Nilguen, Y., Zarnowski, T., Pakravan, M., Abu Safieh, L., ... Khor, C-C. (2015). A common variant mapping to CACNA1A is associated with susceptibility to exfoliation syndrome. Nature Genetics, 47(4), 387-392. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3226

Vancouver

Aung T, Ozaki M, Mizoguchi T, Allingham RR, Li Z, Haripriya A et al. A common variant mapping to CACNA1A is associated with susceptibility to exfoliation syndrome. Nature Genetics. 2015 Apr;47(4):387-392. https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3226

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Aung, Tin ; Ozaki, Mineo ; Mizoguchi, Takanori ; Allingham, R. Rand ; Li, Zheng ; Haripriya, Aravind ; Nakano, Satoko ; Uebe, Steffen ; Harder, Jeffrey M. ; Chan, Anita S. Y. ; Lee, Mei Chin ; Burdon, Kathryn P. ; Astakhov, Yury S. ; Abu-Amero, Khaled K. ; Zenteno, Juan C. ; Nilguen, Yildirim ; Zarnowski, Tomasz ; Pakravan, Mohammad ; Abu Safieh, Leen ; Jia, Liyun ; Wang, Ya Xing ; Williams, Susan ; Paoli, Daniela ; Schlottmann, Patricio G. ; Huang, Lulin ; Sim, Kar Seng ; Foo, Jia Nee ; Nakano, Masakazu ; Ikeda, Yoko ; Kumar, Rajesh S. ; Ueno, Morio ; Manabe, Shin-Ichi ; Hayashi, Ken ; Kazama, Shigeyasu ; Ideta, Ryuichi ; Mori, Yosai ; Miyata, Kazunori ; Sugiyama, Kazuhisa ; Higashide, Tomomi ; Chihara, Etsuo ; Inoue, Kenji ; Ishiko, Satoshi ; Yoshida, Akitoshi ; Yanagi, Masahide ; Kiuchi, Yoshiaki ; Aihara, Makoto ; Ohashi, Tsutomu ; Sakurai, Toshiya ; Sugimoto, Takako ; Chuman, Hideki ; Matsuda, Fumihiko ; Yamashiro, Kenji ; Gotoh, Norimoto ; Miyake, Masahiro ; Astakhov, Sergei Y. ; Osman, Essam A. ; Al-Obeidan, Saleh A. ; Owaidhah, Ohoud ; Al-Jasim, Leyla ; Al Shahwan, Sami ; Fogarty, Rhys A. ; Leo, Paul ; Yetkin, Yaz ; Oguz, Cilingir ; Kanavi, Mozhgan Rezaei ; Beni, Afsaneh Nederi ; Yazdani, Shahin ; Akopov, Evgeny L. ; Toh, Kai-Yee ; Howell, Gareth R. ; Orr, Andrew C. ; Goh, Yufen ; Meah, Wee Yang ; Peh, Su Qin ; Kosior-Jarecka, Ewa ; Lukasik, Urszula ; Krumbiegel, Mandy ; Vithana, Eranga N. ; Wong, Tien Yin ; Liu, Yutao ; Koch, Allison E. Ashley ; Challa, Pratap ; Rautenbach, Robyn M. ; Mackey, David A. ; Hewitt, Alex W. ; Mitchell, Paul ; Wang, Jie Jin ; Ziskind, Ari ; Carmichael, Trevor ; Ramakrishnan, Rangappa ; Narendran, Kalpana ; Venkatesh, Rangaraj ; Vijayan, Saravanan ; Zhao, Peiquan ; Chen, Xueyi ; Guadarrama-Vallejo, Dalia ; Cheng, Ching Yu ; Perera, Shamira A. ; Husain, Rahat ; Ho, Su-Ling ; Welge-Luessen, Ulrich-Christoph ; Mardin, Christian ; Schloetzer-Schrehardt, Ursula ; Hillmer, Axel M. ; Herms, Stefan ; Moebus, Susanne ; Noethen, Markus M. ; Weisschuh, Nicole ; Shetty, Rohit ; Ghosh, Arkasubhra ; Teo, Yik Ying ; Brown, Matthew A. ; Lischinsky, Ignacio ; Crowston, Jonathan G. ; Coote, Michael ; Zhao, Bowen ; Sang, Jinghong ; Zhang, Nihong ; You, Qisheng ; Vysochinskaya, Vera ; Founti, Panayiota ; Chatzikyriakidou, Anthoula ; Lambropoulos, Alexandros ; Anastasopoulos, Eleftherios ; Coleman, Anne L. ; Wilson, M. Roy ; Rhee, Douglas J. ; Kang, Jae Hee ; May-Bolchakova, Inna ; Heegaard, Steffen ; Mori, Kazuhiko ; Alward, Wallace L. M. ; Jonas, Jost B. ; Xu, Liang ; Liebmann, Jeffrey M. ; Chowbay, Balram ; Schaeffeler, Elke ; Schwab, Matthias ; Lerner, Fabian ; Wang, Ningli ; Yang, Zhenglin ; Frezzotti, Paolo ; Kinoshita, Shigeru ; Fingert, John H. ; Inatani, Masaru ; Tashiro, Kei ; Reis, Andre ; Edward, Deepak P. ; Pasquale, Louis R. ; Kubota, Toshiaki ; Wiggs, Janey L. ; Pasutto, Francesca ; Topouzis, Fotis ; Dubina, Michael ; Craig, Jamie E. ; Yoshimura, Nagahisa ; Sundaresan, Periasamy ; John, Simon W. M. ; Ritch, Robert ; Hauser, Michael A. ; Khor, Chiea-Chuen. / A common variant mapping to CACNA1A is associated with susceptibility to exfoliation syndrome. In: Nature Genetics. 2015 ; Vol. 47, No. 4. pp. 387-392.

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title = "A common variant mapping to CACNA1A is associated with susceptibility to exfoliation syndrome",
abstract = "Exfoliation syndrome (XFS) is the most common recognizable cause of open-angle glaucoma worldwide. To better understand the etiology of XFS, we conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 1,484 cases and 1,188 controls from Japan and followed up the most significant findings in a further 6,901 cases and 20,727 controls from 17 countries across 6 continents. We discovered a genome-wide significant association between a new locus (CACNA1A rs4926244) and increased susceptibility to XFS (odds ratio (OR) = 1.16, P = 3.36 × 10−11). Although we also confirmed overwhelming association at the LOXL1 locus, the key SNP marker (LOXL1 rs4886776) demonstrated allelic reversal depending on the ancestry group (Japanese: ORA allele = 9.87, P = 2.13 × 10−217; non-Japanese: ORA allele = 0.49, P = 2.35 × 10−31). Our findings represent the first genetic locus outside of LOXL1 surpassing genome-wide significance for XFS and provide insight into the biology and pathogenesis of the disease.",
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T1 - A common variant mapping to CACNA1A is associated with susceptibility to exfoliation syndrome

AU - Aung, Tin

AU - Ozaki, Mineo

AU - Mizoguchi, Takanori

AU - Allingham, R. Rand

AU - Li, Zheng

AU - Haripriya, Aravind

AU - Nakano, Satoko

AU - Uebe, Steffen

AU - Harder, Jeffrey M.

AU - Chan, Anita S. Y.

AU - Lee, Mei Chin

AU - Burdon, Kathryn P.

AU - Astakhov, Yury S.

AU - Abu-Amero, Khaled K.

AU - Zenteno, Juan C.

AU - Nilguen, Yildirim

AU - Zarnowski, Tomasz

AU - Pakravan, Mohammad

AU - Abu Safieh, Leen

AU - Jia, Liyun

AU - Wang, Ya Xing

AU - Williams, Susan

AU - Paoli, Daniela

AU - Schlottmann, Patricio G.

AU - Huang, Lulin

AU - Sim, Kar Seng

AU - Foo, Jia Nee

AU - Nakano, Masakazu

AU - Ikeda, Yoko

AU - Kumar, Rajesh S.

AU - Ueno, Morio

AU - Manabe, Shin-Ichi

AU - Hayashi, Ken

AU - Kazama, Shigeyasu

AU - Ideta, Ryuichi

AU - Mori, Yosai

AU - Miyata, Kazunori

AU - Sugiyama, Kazuhisa

AU - Higashide, Tomomi

AU - Chihara, Etsuo

AU - Inoue, Kenji

AU - Ishiko, Satoshi

AU - Yoshida, Akitoshi

AU - Yanagi, Masahide

AU - Kiuchi, Yoshiaki

AU - Aihara, Makoto

AU - Ohashi, Tsutomu

AU - Sakurai, Toshiya

AU - Sugimoto, Takako

AU - Chuman, Hideki

AU - Matsuda, Fumihiko

AU - Yamashiro, Kenji

AU - Gotoh, Norimoto

AU - Miyake, Masahiro

AU - Astakhov, Sergei Y.

AU - Osman, Essam A.

AU - Al-Obeidan, Saleh A.

AU - Owaidhah, Ohoud

AU - Al-Jasim, Leyla

AU - Al Shahwan, Sami

AU - Fogarty, Rhys A.

AU - Leo, Paul

AU - Yetkin, Yaz

AU - Oguz, Cilingir

AU - Kanavi, Mozhgan Rezaei

AU - Beni, Afsaneh Nederi

AU - Yazdani, Shahin

AU - Akopov, Evgeny L.

AU - Toh, Kai-Yee

AU - Howell, Gareth R.

AU - Orr, Andrew C.

AU - Goh, Yufen

AU - Meah, Wee Yang

AU - Peh, Su Qin

AU - Kosior-Jarecka, Ewa

AU - Lukasik, Urszula

AU - Krumbiegel, Mandy

AU - Vithana, Eranga N.

AU - Wong, Tien Yin

AU - Liu, Yutao

AU - Koch, Allison E. Ashley

AU - Challa, Pratap

AU - Rautenbach, Robyn M.

AU - Mackey, David A.

AU - Hewitt, Alex W.

AU - Mitchell, Paul

AU - Wang, Jie Jin

AU - Ziskind, Ari

AU - Carmichael, Trevor

AU - Ramakrishnan, Rangappa

AU - Narendran, Kalpana

AU - Venkatesh, Rangaraj

AU - Vijayan, Saravanan

AU - Zhao, Peiquan

AU - Chen, Xueyi

AU - Guadarrama-Vallejo, Dalia

AU - Cheng, Ching Yu

AU - Perera, Shamira A.

AU - Husain, Rahat

AU - Ho, Su-Ling

AU - Welge-Luessen, Ulrich-Christoph

AU - Mardin, Christian

AU - Schloetzer-Schrehardt, Ursula

AU - Hillmer, Axel M.

AU - Herms, Stefan

AU - Moebus, Susanne

AU - Noethen, Markus M.

AU - Weisschuh, Nicole

AU - Shetty, Rohit

AU - Ghosh, Arkasubhra

AU - Teo, Yik Ying

AU - Brown, Matthew A.

AU - Lischinsky, Ignacio

AU - Crowston, Jonathan G.

AU - Coote, Michael

AU - Zhao, Bowen

AU - Sang, Jinghong

AU - Zhang, Nihong

AU - You, Qisheng

AU - Vysochinskaya, Vera

AU - Founti, Panayiota

AU - Chatzikyriakidou, Anthoula

AU - Lambropoulos, Alexandros

AU - Anastasopoulos, Eleftherios

AU - Coleman, Anne L.

AU - Wilson, M. Roy

AU - Rhee, Douglas J.

AU - Kang, Jae Hee

AU - May-Bolchakova, Inna

AU - Heegaard, Steffen

AU - Mori, Kazuhiko

AU - Alward, Wallace L. M.

AU - Jonas, Jost B.

AU - Xu, Liang

AU - Liebmann, Jeffrey M.

AU - Chowbay, Balram

AU - Schaeffeler, Elke

AU - Schwab, Matthias

AU - Lerner, Fabian

AU - Wang, Ningli

AU - Yang, Zhenglin

AU - Frezzotti, Paolo

AU - Kinoshita, Shigeru

AU - Fingert, John H.

AU - Inatani, Masaru

AU - Tashiro, Kei

AU - Reis, Andre

AU - Edward, Deepak P.

AU - Pasquale, Louis R.

AU - Kubota, Toshiaki

AU - Wiggs, Janey L.

AU - Pasutto, Francesca

AU - Topouzis, Fotis

AU - Dubina, Michael

AU - Craig, Jamie E.

AU - Yoshimura, Nagahisa

AU - Sundaresan, Periasamy

AU - John, Simon W. M.

AU - Ritch, Robert

AU - Hauser, Michael A.

AU - Khor, Chiea-Chuen

PY - 2015/4

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N2 - Exfoliation syndrome (XFS) is the most common recognizable cause of open-angle glaucoma worldwide. To better understand the etiology of XFS, we conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 1,484 cases and 1,188 controls from Japan and followed up the most significant findings in a further 6,901 cases and 20,727 controls from 17 countries across 6 continents. We discovered a genome-wide significant association between a new locus (CACNA1A rs4926244) and increased susceptibility to XFS (odds ratio (OR) = 1.16, P = 3.36 × 10−11). Although we also confirmed overwhelming association at the LOXL1 locus, the key SNP marker (LOXL1 rs4886776) demonstrated allelic reversal depending on the ancestry group (Japanese: ORA allele = 9.87, P = 2.13 × 10−217; non-Japanese: ORA allele = 0.49, P = 2.35 × 10−31). Our findings represent the first genetic locus outside of LOXL1 surpassing genome-wide significance for XFS and provide insight into the biology and pathogenesis of the disease.

AB - Exfoliation syndrome (XFS) is the most common recognizable cause of open-angle glaucoma worldwide. To better understand the etiology of XFS, we conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 1,484 cases and 1,188 controls from Japan and followed up the most significant findings in a further 6,901 cases and 20,727 controls from 17 countries across 6 continents. We discovered a genome-wide significant association between a new locus (CACNA1A rs4926244) and increased susceptibility to XFS (odds ratio (OR) = 1.16, P = 3.36 × 10−11). Although we also confirmed overwhelming association at the LOXL1 locus, the key SNP marker (LOXL1 rs4886776) demonstrated allelic reversal depending on the ancestry group (Japanese: ORA allele = 9.87, P = 2.13 × 10−217; non-Japanese: ORA allele = 0.49, P = 2.35 × 10−31). Our findings represent the first genetic locus outside of LOXL1 surpassing genome-wide significance for XFS and provide insight into the biology and pathogenesis of the disease.

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DO - 10.1038/ng.3226

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VL - 47

SP - 387

EP - 392

JO - Nature Genetics

JF - Nature Genetics

SN - 1061-4036

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