@article{WentSudSpeedyetal.2018, author = {Went, Molly and Sud, Amit and Speedy, Helen and Sunter, Nicola J. and F{\"o}rsti, Asta and Law, Philip J. and Johnson, David C. and Mirabella, Fabio and Holroyd, Amy and Li, Ni and Orlando, Giulia and Weinhold, Niels and van Duin, Mark and Chen, Bowang and Mitchell, Jonathan S. and Mansouri, Larry and Juliusson, Gunnar and Smedby, Karin E and Jayne, Sandrine and Majid, Aneela and Dearden, Claire and Allsup, David J. and Bailey, James R. and Pratt, Guy and Pepper, Chris and Fegan, Chris and Rosenquist, Richard and Kuiper, Rowan and Stephens, Owen W. and Bertsch, Uta and Broderick, Peter and Einsele, Hermann and Gregory, Walter M. and Hillengass, Jens and Hoffmann, Per and Jackson, Graham H. and J{\"o}ckel, Karl-Heinz and Nickel, Jolanta and N{\"o}then, Markus M. and da Silva Filho, Miguel Inacio and Thomsen, Hauke and Walker, Brian A. and Broyl, Annemiek and Davies, Faith E. and Hansson, Markus and Goldschmidt, Hartmut and Dyer, Martin J. S. and Kaiser, Martin and Sonneveld, Pieter and Morgan, Gareth J. and Hemminki, Kari and Nilsson, Bj{\"o}rn and Catovsky, Daniel and Allan, James M. and Houlston, Richard S.}, title = {Genetic correlation between multiple myeloma and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia provides evidence for shared aetiology}, series = {Blood Cancer Journal}, volume = {9}, journal = {Blood Cancer Journal}, doi = {10.1038/s41408-018-0162-8}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-233627}, year = {2018}, abstract = {The clustering of different types of B-cell malignancies in families raises the possibility of shared aetiology. To examine this, we performed cross-trait linkage disequilibrium (LD)-score regression of multiple myeloma (MM) and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) genome-wide association study (GWAS) data sets, totalling 11,734 cases and 29,468 controls. A significant genetic correlation between these two B-cell malignancies was shown (Rg = 0.4, P = 0.0046). Furthermore, four of the 45 known CLL risk loci were shown to associate with MM risk and five of the 23 known MM risk loci associate with CLL risk. By integrating eQTL, Hi-C and ChIP-seq data, we show that these pleiotropic risk loci are enriched for B-cell regulatory elements and implicate B-cell developmental genes. These data identify shared biological pathways influencing the development of CLL and, MM and further our understanding of the aetiological basis of these B-cell malignancies.}, language = {en} } @article{MunzRichterLoosetal.2018, author = {Munz, Matthias and Richter, Gesa M. and Loos, Bruno G. and Jepsen, S{\o}ren and Divaris, Kimon and Offenbacher, Steven and Teumer, Alexander and Holtfreter, Birte and Kocher, Thomas and Bruckmann, Corinna and Jockel-Schneider, Yvonne and Graetz, Christian and Munoz, Loreto and Bhandari, Anita and Tennstedt, Stephanie and Staufenbiel, Ingmar and van der Velde, Nathalie and Uitterlinden, Andr{\´e} G. and de Groot, Lisette C. P. G. M. and Wellmann, J{\"u}rgen and Berger, Klaus and Krone, Bastian and Hoffmann, Per and Laudes, Matthias and Lieb, Wolfgang and Andre, Franke and Dommisch, Henrik and Erdmann, Jeanette and Schaefer, Arne S.}, title = {Genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease and periodontitis reveals a novel shared risk locus}, series = {Scientific Reports}, volume = {8}, journal = {Scientific Reports}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-018-31980-8}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-231647}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Evidence for a shared genetic basis of association between coronary artery disease (CAD) and periodontitis (PD) exists. To explore the joint genetic basis, we performed a GWAS meta-analysis. In the discovery stage, we used a German aggressive periodontitis sample (AgP-Ger; 680 cases vs 3,973 controls) and the CARDIoGRAMplusC4D CAD meta-analysis dataset (60,801 cases vs 123,504 controls). Two SNPs at the known CAD risk loci ADAMTS7 (rs11634042) and VAMP8 (rs1561198) passed the pre-assigned selection criteria (PAgP-Ger < 0.05; PCAD < 5 × 10-8; concordant effect direction) and were replicated in an independent GWAS meta-analysis dataset of PD (4,415 cases vs 5,935 controls). SNP rs1561198 showed significant association (PD[Replication]: P = 0.008 OR = 1.09, 95\% CI = [1.02-1.16]; PD [Discovery + Replication]: P = 0.0002, OR = 1.11, 95\% CI = [1.05-1.17]). For the associated haplotype block, allele specific cis-effects on VAMP8 expression were reported. Our data adds to the shared genetic basis of CAD and PD and indicate that the observed association of the two disease conditions cannot be solely explained by shared environmental risk factors. We conclude that the molecular pathway shared by CAD and PD involves VAMP8 function, which has a role in membrane vesicular trafficking, and is manipulated by pathogens to corrupt host immune defense.}, language = {en} } @article{PalladinoChiocchettiFranketal.2020, author = {Palladino, Viola Stella and Chiocchetti, Andreas G. and Frank, Lukas and Haslinger, Denise and McNeill, Rhiannon and Radtke, Franziska and Till, Andreas and Haupt, Simone and Br{\"u}stle, Oliver and G{\"u}nther, Katharina and Edenhofer, Frank and Hoffmann, Per and Reif, Andreas and Kittel-Schneider, Sarah}, title = {Energy metabolism disturbances in cell models of PARK2 CNV carriers with ADHD}, series = {Journal of Clinical Medicine}, volume = {9}, journal = {Journal of Clinical Medicine}, number = {12}, issn = {2077-0383}, doi = {10.3390/jcm9124092}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-220074}, year = {2020}, abstract = {The main goal of the present study was the identification of cellular phenotypes in attention-deficit-/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) patient-derived cellular models from carriers of rare copy number variants (CNVs) in the PARK2 locus that have been previously associated with ADHD. Human-derived fibroblasts (HDF) were cultured and human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC) were reprogrammed and differentiated into dopaminergic neuronal cells (mDANs). A series of assays in baseline condition and in different stress paradigms (nutrient deprivation, carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenyl hydrazine (CCCP)) focusing on mitochondrial function and energy metabolism (ATP production, basal oxygen consumption rates, reactive oxygen species (ROS) abundance) were performed and changes in mitochondrial network morphology evaluated. We found changes in PARK2 CNV deletion and duplication carriers with ADHD in PARK2 gene and protein expression, ATP production and basal oxygen consumption rates compared to healthy and ADHD wildtype control cell lines, partly differing between HDF and mDANs and to some extent enhanced in stress paradigms. The generation of ROS was not influenced by the genotype. Our preliminary work suggests an energy impairment in HDF and mDAN cells of PARK2 CNV deletion and duplication carriers with ADHD. The energy impairment could be associated with the role of PARK2 dysregulation in mitochondrial dynamics.}, language = {en} } @article{SchulzRuppertHermsetal.2017, author = {Schulz, Herbert and Ruppert, Ann-Kathrin and Herms, Stefan and Wolf, Christiane and Mirza-Schreiber, Nazanin and Stegle, Oliver and Czamara, Darina and Forstner, Andreas J. and Sivalingam, Sugirthan and Schoch, Susanne and Moebus, Susanne and P{\"u}tz, Benno and Hillmer, Axel and Fricker, Nadine and Vatter, Hartmut and M{\"u}ller-Myhsok, Bertram and N{\"o}then, Markus M. and Becker, Albert J. and Hoffmann, Per and Sander, Thomas and Cichon, Sven}, title = {Genome-wide mapping of genetic determinants influencing DNA methylation and gene expression in human hippocampus}, series = {Nature Communications}, volume = {8}, journal = {Nature Communications}, doi = {10.1038/s41467-017-01818-4}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-173168}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Emerging evidence emphasizes the strong impact of regulatory genomic elements in neurodevelopmental processes and the complex pathways of brain disorders. The present genome-wide quantitative trait loci analyses explore the \(cis\)-regulatory effects of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) on DNA methylation (meQTL) and gene expression (eQTL) in 110 human hippocampal biopsies. We identify \(cis\)-meQTLs at 14,118 CpG methylation sites and \(cis\)-eQTLs for 302 3′-mRNA transcripts of 288 genes. Hippocampal \(cis\)-meQTL-CpGs are enriched in flanking regions of active promoters, CpG island shores, binding sites of the transcription factor CTCF and brain eQTLs. \(Cis\)-acting SNPs of hippocampal meQTLs and eQTLs significantly overlap schizophrenia-associated SNPs. Correlations of CpG methylation and RNA expression are found for 34 genes. Our comprehensive maps of \(cis\)-acting hippocampal meQTLs and eQTLs provide a link between disease-associated SNPs and the regulatory genome that will improve the functional interpretation of non-coding genetic variants in the molecular genetic dissection of brain disorders.}, language = {en} } @article{MitchellLiWeinholdetal.2016, author = {Mitchell, Jonathan S. and Li, Ni and Weinhold, Niels and F{\"o}rsti, Asta and Ali, Mina and van Duin, Mark and Thorleifsson, Gudmar and Johnson, David C. and Chen, Bowang and Halvarsson, Britt-Marie and Gudbjartsson, Daniel F. and Kuiper, Rowan and Stephens, Owen W. and Bertsch, Uta and Broderick, Peter and Campo, Chiara and Einsele, Hermann and Gregory, Walter A. and Gullberg, Urban and Henrion, Marc and Hillengass, Jens and Hoffmann, Per and Jackson, Graham H. and Johnsson, Ellinor and J{\"o}ud, Magnus and Kristinsson, Sigurdur Y. and Lenhoff, Stig and Lenive, Oleg and Mellqvist, Ulf-Henrik and Migliorini, Gabriele and Nahi, Hareth and Nelander, Sven and Nickel, Jolanta and N{\"o}then, Markus M. and Rafnar, Thorunn and Ross, Fiona M. and da Silva Filho, Miguel Inacio and Swaminathan, Bhairavi and Thomsen, Hauke and Turesson, Ingemar and Vangsted, Annette and Vogel, Ulla and Waage, Anders and Walker, Brian A. and Wihlborg, Anna-Karin and Broyl, Annemiek and Davies, Faith E. and Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur and Langer, Christian and Hansson, Markus and Kaiser, Martin and Sonneveld, Pieter and Stefansson, Kari and Morgan, Gareth J. and Goldschmidt, Hartmut and Hemminki, Kari and Nilsson, Bj{\"o}rn and Houlston, Richard S.}, title = {Genome-wide association study identifies multiple susceptibility loci for multiple myeloma}, series = {Nature Communications}, volume = {7}, journal = {Nature Communications}, doi = {10.1038/ncomms12050}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-165983}, pages = {12050}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Multiple myeloma (MM) is a plasma cell malignancy with a significant heritable basis. Genome-wide association studies have transformed our understanding of MM predisposition, but individual studies have had limited power to discover risk loci. Here we perform a meta-analysis of these GWAS, add a new GWAS and perform replication analyses resulting in 9,866 cases and 239,188 controls. We confirm all nine known risk loci and discover eight new loci at 6p22.3 (rs34229995, P=1.31 × 10-8), 6q21 (rs9372120, P=9.09 × 10-15), 7q36.1 (rs7781265, P=9.71 × 10-9), 8q24.21 (rs1948915, P=4.20 × 10-11), 9p21.3 (rs2811710, P=1.72 × 10-13), 10p12.1 (rs2790457, P=1.77 × 10-8), 16q23.1 (rs7193541, P=5.00 × 10-12) and 20q13.13 (rs6066835, P=1.36 × 10-13), which localize in or near to JARID2, ATG5, SMARCD3, CCAT1, CDKN2A, WAC, RFWD3 and PREX1. These findings provide additional support for a polygenic model of MM and insight into the biological basis of tumour development.}, language = {en} }