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Common Genetic Determinants of Intraocular Pressure and Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma

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  • Intraocular pressure (IOP) is a highly heritable risk factor for primary open-angle glaucoma and is the only target for current glaucoma therapy. The genetic factors which determine IOP are largely unknown. We performed a genome-wide association study for IOP in 11,972 participants from 4 independent population-based studies in The Netherlands. We replicated our findings in 7,482 participants from 4 additional cohorts from the UK, Australia, Canada, and the Wellcome Trust Case-Control Consortium 2/Blue Mountains Eye Study. IOP was significantlyIntraocular pressure (IOP) is a highly heritable risk factor for primary open-angle glaucoma and is the only target for current glaucoma therapy. The genetic factors which determine IOP are largely unknown. We performed a genome-wide association study for IOP in 11,972 participants from 4 independent population-based studies in The Netherlands. We replicated our findings in 7,482 participants from 4 additional cohorts from the UK, Australia, Canada, and the Wellcome Trust Case-Control Consortium 2/Blue Mountains Eye Study. IOP was significantly associated with rs11656696, located in GAS7 at 17p13.1 (p = 1.4 x 10\(^{-8}\)), and with rs7555523, located in TMCO1 at 1q24.1 (p = 1.6 x 10\(^{-8}\)). In a meta-analysis of 4 case-control studies (total N = 1,432 glaucoma cases), both variants also showed evidence for association with glaucoma (p = 2.4 x 10\(^{-2}\) for rs11656696 and p = 9.1 x 10\(^{-4}\) for rs7555523). GAS7 and TMCO1 are highly expressed in the ciliary body and trabecular meshwork as well as in the lamina cribrosa, optic nerve, and retina. Both genes functionally interact with known glaucoma disease genes. These data suggest that we have identified two clinically relevant genes involved in IOP regulation.show moreshow less

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Author: Leonieke M. E. van Koolwijk, Wishal D. Ramdas, M. Kamran Ikram, Nomdo M. Jansonius, Francesca Pasutto, Pirro G. Hys, Stuart Macgregor, Sarah F. Janssen, Alex W. Hewitt, Ananth C. Viswanathan, Jacoline B. ten Brink, S. Mohsen Hosseini, Najaf Amin, Dominiek D. G. Despriet, Jacqueline J. M. Willemse-Assink, Rogier Kramer, Fernando Rivadeneira, Maksim Struchalin, Yurii S. Aulchenko, Nicole Weisschuh, Matthias Zenkel, Christian Y. Mardin, Eugen Gramer, Ulrich Welge-Lüssen, Grant W. Montgomery, Francis Carbonaro, Terri L. Young, Céline Bellenguez, Peter McGuffin, Paul J. Foster, Fotis Topouzis, Paul Mitchell, Jie Jin Wang, Tien Y. Wong, Monika A. Czudowska, Albert Hofman, Andre G. Uitterlinden, Roger C. W. Wolfs, Paulus T. V. M. de Jong, Ben A. Oostra, Andrew D. Paterson, David A. Mackey, Arthur A. B. Bergen, Andre Reis, Christopher J. Hammond, Johannes R. Vingerling, Hans G. Lemij, Caroline C. W. Klaver, Cornelia M. van Duijn
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-131378
Document Type:Journal article
Faculties:Medizinische Fakultät / Augenklinik und Poliklinik
Language:English
Parent Title (English):PLoS Genetics
Year of Completion:2012
Volume:8
Issue:5
Pagenumber:e1002611
Source:PLoS Genetics 8(5): e1002611. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002611
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1002611
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 61 Medizin und Gesundheit / 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
Tag:association; beaver-dam eye; central corneal thickness; expression; genome-wide scan; goldmann applanation tonometer; identification; onset; population; to-disc ratio
Release Date:2016/12/13
Contributing Corporation:DCCT/EDIC Research Group; Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 2
Licence (German):License LogoCC BY: Creative-Commons-Lizenz: Namensnennung