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Multi-ethnic genome-wide association study for atrial fibrillation. / Roselli, Carolina; Chaffin, Mark D; Weng, Lu-Chen; Aeschbacher, Stefanie; Ahlberg, Gustav; Albert, Christine M; Almgren, Peter; Alonso, Alvaro; Anderson, Christopher D; Aragam, Krishna G; Arking, Dan E; Barnard, John; Bartz, Traci M; Benjamin, Emelia J; Bihlmeyer, Nathan A; Bis, Joshua C; Bloom, Heather L; Boerwinkle, Eric; Bottinger, Erwin B; Brody, Jennifer A; Calkins, Hugh; Campbell, Archie; Cappola, Thomas P; Carlquist, John; Chasman, Daniel I; Chen, Lin Y; Chen, Yii-Der Ida; Choi, Eue-Keun; Choi, Seung Hoan; Christophersen, Ingrid E; Chung, Mina K; Cole, John W; Conen, David; Cook, James; Crijns, Harry J; Cutler, Michael J; Damrauer, Scott M; Daniels, Brian R; Darbar, Dawood; Delgado, Graciela; Denny, Joshua C; Dichgans, Martin; Dörr, Marcus; Dudink, Elton A; Dudley, Samuel C; Esa, Nada; Esko, Tonu; Eskola, Markku; Fatkin, Diane; Felix, Stephan B; Ford, Ian; Franco, Oscar H; Geelhoed, Bastiaan; Grewal, Raji P; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Guo, Xiuqing; Gupta, Namrata; Gustafsson, Stefan; Gutmann, Rebecca; Hamsten, Anders; Harris, Tamara B; Hayward, Caroline; Heckbert, Susan R; Hernesniemi, Jussi; Hocking, Lynne J; Hofman, Albert; Horimoto, Andrea R V R; Huang, Jie; Huang, Paul L; Huffman, Jennifer; Ingelsson, Erik; Ipek, Esra Gucuk; Ito, Kaoru; Jimenez-Conde, Jordi; Johnson, Renee; Jukema, J Wouter; Kääb, Stefan; Kähönen, Mika; Kamatani, Yoichiro; Kane, John P; Kastrati, Adnan; Kathiresan, Sekar; Katschnig-Winter, Petra; Kavousi, Maryam; Kessler, Thorsten; Kietselaer, Bas L; Kirchhof, Paulus; Kleber, Marcus E; Knight, Stacey; Krieger, Jose E; Kubo, Michiaki; Launer, Lenore J; Laurikka, Jari; Lehtimäki, Terho; Leineweber, Kirsten; Lemaitre, Rozenn N; Li, Man; Lim, Hong Euy; Lin, Henry J; Lin, Honghuang; Lind, Lars; Lindgren, Cecilia M; Lokki, Marja-Liisa; London, Barry; Loos, Ruth J F; Low, Siew-Kee; Lu, Yingchang; Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka; Macfarlane, Peter W; Magnusson, Patrik K; Mahajan, Anubha; Malik, Rainer; Mansur, Alfredo J; Marcus, Gregory M; Margolin, Lauren; Margulies, Kenneth B; März, Winfried; McManus, David D; Melander, Olle; Mohanty, Sanghamitra; Montgomery, Jay A; Morley, Michael P; Morris, Andrew P; Müller-Nurasyid, Martina; Natale, Andrea; Nazarian, Saman; Neumann, Benjamin; Newton-Cheh, Christopher; Niemeijer, Maartje N; Nikus, Kjell; Nilsson, Peter; Noordam, Raymond; Oellers, Heidi; Olesen, Morten S; Orho-Melander, Marju; Padmanabhan, Sandosh; Pak, Hui-Nam; Paré, Guillaume; Pedersen, Nancy L; Pera, Joanna; Pereira, Alexandre; Porteous, David; Psaty, Bruce M; Pulit, Sara L; Pullinger, Clive R; Rader, Daniel J; Refsgaard, Lena; Ribasés, Marta; Ridker, Paul M; Rienstra, Michiel; Risch, Lorenz; Roden, Dan M; Rosand, Jonathan; Rosenberg, Michael A; Rost, Natalia; Rotter, Jerome I; Saba, Samir; Sandhu, Roopinder K; Schnabel, Renate B; Schramm, Katharina; Schunkert, Heribert; Schurman, Claudia; Scott, Stuart A; Seppälä, Ilkka; Shaffer, Christian; Shah, Svati; Shalaby, Alaa A; Shim, Jaemin; Shoemaker, M Benjamin; Siland, Joylene E; Sinisalo, Juha; Sinner, Moritz F; Slowik, Agnieszka; Smith, Albert V; Smith, Blair H; Smith, J Gustav; Smith, Jonathan D; Smith, Nicholas L; Soliman, Elsayed Z; Sotoodehnia, Nona; Stricker, Bruno H; Sun, Albert; Sun, Han; Svendsen, Jesper H; Tanaka, Toshihiro; Tanriverdi, Kahraman; Taylor, Kent D; Teder-Laving, Maris; Teumer, Alexander; Thériault, Sébastien; Trompet, Stella; Tucker, Nathan R; Tveit, Arnljot; Uitterlinden, Andre G; Van Der Harst, Pim; Van Gelder, Isabelle C; Van Wagoner, David R; Verweij, Niek; Vlachopoulou, Efthymia; Völker, Uwe; Wang, Biqi; Weeke, Peter E; Weijs, Bob; Weiss, Raul; Weiss, Stefan; Wells, Quinn S; Wiggins, Kerri L; Wong, Jorge A; Woo, Daniel; Worrall, Bradford B; Yang, Pil-Sung; Yao, Jie; Yoneda, Zachary T; Zeller, Tanja; Zeng, Lingyao; Lubitz, Steven A; Lunetta, Kathryn L; Ellinor, Patrick T.

In: NAT GENET, Vol. 50, No. 9, 11.06.2018, p. 1225-1233.

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Roselli, C, Chaffin, MD, Weng, L-C, Aeschbacher, S, Ahlberg, G, Albert, CM, Almgren, P, Alonso, A, Anderson, CD, Aragam, KG, Arking, DE, Barnard, J, Bartz, TM, Benjamin, EJ, Bihlmeyer, NA, Bis, JC, Bloom, HL, Boerwinkle, E, Bottinger, EB, Brody, JA, Calkins, H, Campbell, A, Cappola, TP, Carlquist, J, Chasman, DI, Chen, LY, Chen, Y-DI, Choi, E-K, Choi, SH, Christophersen, IE, Chung, MK, Cole, JW, Conen, D, Cook, J, Crijns, HJ, Cutler, MJ, Damrauer, SM, Daniels, BR, Darbar, D, Delgado, G, Denny, JC, Dichgans, M, Dörr, M, Dudink, EA, Dudley, SC, Esa, N, Esko, T, Eskola, M, Fatkin, D, Felix, SB, Ford, I, Franco, OH, Geelhoed, B, Grewal, RP, Gudnason, V, Guo, X, Gupta, N, Gustafsson, S, Gutmann, R, Hamsten, A, Harris, TB, Hayward, C, Heckbert, SR, Hernesniemi, J, Hocking, LJ, Hofman, A, Horimoto, ARVR, Huang, J, Huang, PL, Huffman, J, Ingelsson, E, Ipek, EG, Ito, K, Jimenez-Conde, J, Johnson, R, Jukema, JW, Kääb, S, Kähönen, M, Kamatani, Y, Kane, JP, Kastrati, A, Kathiresan, S, Katschnig-Winter, P, Kavousi, M, Kessler, T, Kietselaer, BL, Kirchhof, P, Kleber, ME, Knight, S, Krieger, JE, Kubo, M, Launer, LJ, Laurikka, J, Lehtimäki, T, Leineweber, K, Lemaitre, RN, Li, M, Lim, HE, Lin, HJ, Lin, H, Lind, L, Lindgren, CM, Lokki, M-L, London, B, Loos, RJF, Low, S-K, Lu, Y, Lyytikäinen, L-P, Macfarlane, PW, Magnusson, PK, Mahajan, A, Malik, R, Mansur, AJ, Marcus, GM, Margolin, L, Margulies, KB, März, W, McManus, DD, Melander, O, Mohanty, S, Montgomery, JA, Morley, MP, Morris, AP, Müller-Nurasyid, M, Natale, A, Nazarian, S, Neumann, B, Newton-Cheh, C, Niemeijer, MN, Nikus, K, Nilsson, P, Noordam, R, Oellers, H, Olesen, MS, Orho-Melander, M, Padmanabhan, S, Pak, H-N, Paré, G, Pedersen, NL, Pera, J, Pereira, A, Porteous, D, Psaty, BM, Pulit, SL, Pullinger, CR, Rader, DJ, Refsgaard, L, Ribasés, M, Ridker, PM, Rienstra, M, Risch, L, Roden, DM, Rosand, J, Rosenberg, MA, Rost, N, Rotter, JI, Saba, S, Sandhu, RK, Schnabel, RB, Schramm, K, Schunkert, H, Schurman, C, Scott, SA, Seppälä, I, Shaffer, C, Shah, S, Shalaby, AA, Shim, J, Shoemaker, MB, Siland, JE, Sinisalo, J, Sinner, MF, Slowik, A, Smith, AV, Smith, BH, Smith, JG, Smith, JD, Smith, NL, Soliman, EZ, Sotoodehnia, N, Stricker, BH, Sun, A, Sun, H, Svendsen, JH, Tanaka, T, Tanriverdi, K, Taylor, KD, Teder-Laving, M, Teumer, A, Thériault, S, Trompet, S, Tucker, NR, Tveit, A, Uitterlinden, AG, Van Der Harst, P, Van Gelder, IC, Van Wagoner, DR, Verweij, N, Vlachopoulou, E, Völker, U, Wang, B, Weeke, PE, Weijs, B, Weiss, R, Weiss, S, Wells, QS, Wiggins, KL, Wong, JA, Woo, D, Worrall, BB, Yang, P-S, Yao, J, Yoneda, ZT, Zeller, T, Zeng, L, Lubitz, SA, Lunetta, KL & Ellinor, PT 2018, 'Multi-ethnic genome-wide association study for atrial fibrillation', NAT GENET, vol. 50, no. 9, pp. 1225-1233. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-018-0133-9

APA

Roselli, C., Chaffin, M. D., Weng, L-C., Aeschbacher, S., Ahlberg, G., Albert, C. M., Almgren, P., Alonso, A., Anderson, C. D., Aragam, K. G., Arking, D. E., Barnard, J., Bartz, T. M., Benjamin, E. J., Bihlmeyer, N. A., Bis, J. C., Bloom, H. L., Boerwinkle, E., Bottinger, E. B., ... Ellinor, P. T. (2018). Multi-ethnic genome-wide association study for atrial fibrillation. NAT GENET, 50(9), 1225-1233. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-018-0133-9

Vancouver

Roselli C, Chaffin MD, Weng L-C, Aeschbacher S, Ahlberg G, Albert CM et al. Multi-ethnic genome-wide association study for atrial fibrillation. NAT GENET. 2018 Jun 11;50(9):1225-1233. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-018-0133-9

Bibtex

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title = "Multi-ethnic genome-wide association study for atrial fibrillation",
abstract = "Atrial fibrillation (AF) affects more than 33 million individuals worldwide1 and has a complex heritability2. We conducted the largest meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for AF to date, consisting of more than half a million individuals, including 65,446 with AF. In total, we identified 97 loci significantly associated with AF, including 67 that were novel in a combined-ancestry analysis, and 3 that were novel in a European-specific analysis. We sought to identify AF-associated genes at the GWAS loci by performing RNA-sequencing and expression quantitative trait locus analyses in 101 left atrial samples, the most relevant tissue for AF. We also performed transcriptome-wide analyses that identified 57 AF-associated genes, 42 of which overlap with GWAS loci. The identified loci implicate genes enriched within cardiac developmental, electrophysiological, contractile and structural pathways. These results extend our understanding of the biological pathways underlying AF and may facilitate the development of therapeutics for AF.",
keywords = "Atrial Fibrillation/ethnology, Case-Control Studies, Ethnic Groups/genetics, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study/methods, Humans, Quantitative Trait Loci, Transcriptome",
author = "Carolina Roselli and Chaffin, {Mark D} and Lu-Chen Weng and Stefanie Aeschbacher and Gustav Ahlberg and Albert, {Christine M} and Peter Almgren and Alvaro Alonso and Anderson, {Christopher D} and Aragam, {Krishna G} and Arking, {Dan E} and John Barnard and Bartz, {Traci M} and Benjamin, {Emelia J} and Bihlmeyer, {Nathan A} and Bis, {Joshua C} and Bloom, {Heather L} and Eric Boerwinkle and Bottinger, {Erwin B} and Brody, {Jennifer A} and Hugh Calkins and Archie Campbell and Cappola, {Thomas P} and John Carlquist and Chasman, {Daniel I} and Chen, {Lin Y} and Chen, {Yii-Der Ida} and Eue-Keun Choi and Choi, {Seung Hoan} and Christophersen, {Ingrid E} and Chung, {Mina K} and Cole, {John W} and David Conen and James Cook and Crijns, {Harry J} and Cutler, {Michael J} and Damrauer, {Scott M} and Daniels, {Brian R} and Dawood Darbar and Graciela Delgado and Denny, {Joshua C} and Martin Dichgans and Marcus D{\"o}rr and Dudink, {Elton A} and Dudley, {Samuel C} and Nada Esa and Tonu Esko and Markku Eskola and Diane Fatkin and Felix, {Stephan B} and Ian Ford and Franco, {Oscar H} and Bastiaan Geelhoed and Grewal, {Raji P} and Vilmundur Gudnason and Xiuqing Guo and Namrata Gupta and Stefan Gustafsson and Rebecca Gutmann and Anders Hamsten and Harris, {Tamara B} and Caroline Hayward and Heckbert, {Susan R} and Jussi Hernesniemi and Hocking, {Lynne J} and Albert Hofman and Horimoto, {Andrea R V R} and Jie Huang and Huang, {Paul L} and Jennifer Huffman and Erik Ingelsson and Ipek, {Esra Gucuk} and Kaoru Ito and Jordi Jimenez-Conde and Renee Johnson and Jukema, {J Wouter} and Stefan K{\"a}{\"a}b and Mika K{\"a}h{\"o}nen and Yoichiro Kamatani and Kane, {John P} and Adnan Kastrati and Sekar Kathiresan and Petra Katschnig-Winter and Maryam Kavousi and Thorsten Kessler and Kietselaer, {Bas L} and Paulus Kirchhof and Kleber, {Marcus E} and Stacey Knight and Krieger, {Jose E} and Michiaki Kubo and Launer, {Lenore J} and Jari Laurikka and Terho Lehtim{\"a}ki and Kirsten Leineweber and Lemaitre, {Rozenn N} and Man Li and Lim, {Hong Euy} and Lin, {Henry J} and Honghuang Lin and Lars Lind and Lindgren, {Cecilia M} and Marja-Liisa Lokki and Barry London and Loos, {Ruth J F} and Siew-Kee Low and Yingchang Lu and Leo-Pekka Lyytik{\"a}inen and Macfarlane, {Peter W} and Magnusson, {Patrik K} and Anubha Mahajan and Rainer Malik and Mansur, {Alfredo J} and Marcus, {Gregory M} and Lauren Margolin and Margulies, {Kenneth B} and Winfried M{\"a}rz and McManus, {David D} and Olle Melander and Sanghamitra Mohanty and Montgomery, {Jay A} and Morley, {Michael P} and Morris, {Andrew P} and Martina M{\"u}ller-Nurasyid and Andrea Natale and Saman Nazarian and Benjamin Neumann and Christopher Newton-Cheh and Niemeijer, {Maartje N} and Kjell Nikus and Peter Nilsson and Raymond Noordam and Heidi Oellers and Olesen, {Morten S} and Marju Orho-Melander and Sandosh Padmanabhan and Hui-Nam Pak and Guillaume Par{\'e} and Pedersen, {Nancy L} and Joanna Pera and Alexandre Pereira and David Porteous and Psaty, {Bruce M} and Pulit, {Sara L} and Pullinger, {Clive R} and Rader, {Daniel J} and Lena Refsgaard and Marta Ribas{\'e}s and Ridker, {Paul M} and Michiel Rienstra and Lorenz Risch and Roden, {Dan M} and Jonathan Rosand and Rosenberg, {Michael A} and Natalia Rost and Rotter, {Jerome I} and Samir Saba and Sandhu, {Roopinder K} and Schnabel, {Renate B} and Katharina Schramm and Heribert Schunkert and Claudia Schurman and Scott, {Stuart A} and Ilkka Sepp{\"a}l{\"a} and Christian Shaffer and Svati Shah and Shalaby, {Alaa A} and Jaemin Shim and Shoemaker, {M Benjamin} and Siland, {Joylene E} and Juha Sinisalo and Sinner, {Moritz F} and Agnieszka Slowik and Smith, {Albert V} and Smith, {Blair H} and Smith, {J Gustav} and Smith, {Jonathan D} and Smith, {Nicholas L} and Soliman, {Elsayed Z} and Nona Sotoodehnia and Stricker, {Bruno H} and Albert Sun and Han Sun and Svendsen, {Jesper H} and Toshihiro Tanaka and Kahraman Tanriverdi and Taylor, {Kent D} and Maris Teder-Laving and Alexander Teumer and S{\'e}bastien Th{\'e}riault and Stella Trompet and Tucker, {Nathan R} and Arnljot Tveit and Uitterlinden, {Andre G} and {Van Der Harst}, Pim and {Van Gelder}, {Isabelle C} and {Van Wagoner}, {David R} and Niek Verweij and Efthymia Vlachopoulou and Uwe V{\"o}lker and Biqi Wang and Weeke, {Peter E} and Bob Weijs and Raul Weiss and Stefan Weiss and Wells, {Quinn S} and Wiggins, {Kerri L} and Wong, {Jorge A} and Daniel Woo and Worrall, {Bradford B} and Pil-Sung Yang and Jie Yao and Yoneda, {Zachary T} and Tanja Zeller and Lingyao Zeng and Lubitz, {Steven A} and Lunetta, {Kathryn L} and Ellinor, {Patrick T}",
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TY - JOUR

T1 - Multi-ethnic genome-wide association study for atrial fibrillation

AU - Roselli, Carolina

AU - Chaffin, Mark D

AU - Weng, Lu-Chen

AU - Aeschbacher, Stefanie

AU - Ahlberg, Gustav

AU - Albert, Christine M

AU - Almgren, Peter

AU - Alonso, Alvaro

AU - Anderson, Christopher D

AU - Aragam, Krishna G

AU - Arking, Dan E

AU - Barnard, John

AU - Bartz, Traci M

AU - Benjamin, Emelia J

AU - Bihlmeyer, Nathan A

AU - Bis, Joshua C

AU - Bloom, Heather L

AU - Boerwinkle, Eric

AU - Bottinger, Erwin B

AU - Brody, Jennifer A

AU - Calkins, Hugh

AU - Campbell, Archie

AU - Cappola, Thomas P

AU - Carlquist, John

AU - Chasman, Daniel I

AU - Chen, Lin Y

AU - Chen, Yii-Der Ida

AU - Choi, Eue-Keun

AU - Choi, Seung Hoan

AU - Christophersen, Ingrid E

AU - Chung, Mina K

AU - Cole, John W

AU - Conen, David

AU - Cook, James

AU - Crijns, Harry J

AU - Cutler, Michael J

AU - Damrauer, Scott M

AU - Daniels, Brian R

AU - Darbar, Dawood

AU - Delgado, Graciela

AU - Denny, Joshua C

AU - Dichgans, Martin

AU - Dörr, Marcus

AU - Dudink, Elton A

AU - Dudley, Samuel C

AU - Esa, Nada

AU - Esko, Tonu

AU - Eskola, Markku

AU - Fatkin, Diane

AU - Felix, Stephan B

AU - Ford, Ian

AU - Franco, Oscar H

AU - Geelhoed, Bastiaan

AU - Grewal, Raji P

AU - Gudnason, Vilmundur

AU - Guo, Xiuqing

AU - Gupta, Namrata

AU - Gustafsson, Stefan

AU - Gutmann, Rebecca

AU - Hamsten, Anders

AU - Harris, Tamara B

AU - Hayward, Caroline

AU - Heckbert, Susan R

AU - Hernesniemi, Jussi

AU - Hocking, Lynne J

AU - Hofman, Albert

AU - Horimoto, Andrea R V R

AU - Huang, Jie

AU - Huang, Paul L

AU - Huffman, Jennifer

AU - Ingelsson, Erik

AU - Ipek, Esra Gucuk

AU - Ito, Kaoru

AU - Jimenez-Conde, Jordi

AU - Johnson, Renee

AU - Jukema, J Wouter

AU - Kääb, Stefan

AU - Kähönen, Mika

AU - Kamatani, Yoichiro

AU - Kane, John P

AU - Kastrati, Adnan

AU - Kathiresan, Sekar

AU - Katschnig-Winter, Petra

AU - Kavousi, Maryam

AU - Kessler, Thorsten

AU - Kietselaer, Bas L

AU - Kirchhof, Paulus

AU - Kleber, Marcus E

AU - Knight, Stacey

AU - Krieger, Jose E

AU - Kubo, Michiaki

AU - Launer, Lenore J

AU - Laurikka, Jari

AU - Lehtimäki, Terho

AU - Leineweber, Kirsten

AU - Lemaitre, Rozenn N

AU - Li, Man

AU - Lim, Hong Euy

AU - Lin, Henry J

AU - Lin, Honghuang

AU - Lind, Lars

AU - Lindgren, Cecilia M

AU - Lokki, Marja-Liisa

AU - London, Barry

AU - Loos, Ruth J F

AU - Low, Siew-Kee

AU - Lu, Yingchang

AU - Lyytikäinen, Leo-Pekka

AU - Macfarlane, Peter W

AU - Magnusson, Patrik K

AU - Mahajan, Anubha

AU - Malik, Rainer

AU - Mansur, Alfredo J

AU - Marcus, Gregory M

AU - Margolin, Lauren

AU - Margulies, Kenneth B

AU - März, Winfried

AU - McManus, David D

AU - Melander, Olle

AU - Mohanty, Sanghamitra

AU - Montgomery, Jay A

AU - Morley, Michael P

AU - Morris, Andrew P

AU - Müller-Nurasyid, Martina

AU - Natale, Andrea

AU - Nazarian, Saman

AU - Neumann, Benjamin

AU - Newton-Cheh, Christopher

AU - Niemeijer, Maartje N

AU - Nikus, Kjell

AU - Nilsson, Peter

AU - Noordam, Raymond

AU - Oellers, Heidi

AU - Olesen, Morten S

AU - Orho-Melander, Marju

AU - Padmanabhan, Sandosh

AU - Pak, Hui-Nam

AU - Paré, Guillaume

AU - Pedersen, Nancy L

AU - Pera, Joanna

AU - Pereira, Alexandre

AU - Porteous, David

AU - Psaty, Bruce M

AU - Pulit, Sara L

AU - Pullinger, Clive R

AU - Rader, Daniel J

AU - Refsgaard, Lena

AU - Ribasés, Marta

AU - Ridker, Paul M

AU - Rienstra, Michiel

AU - Risch, Lorenz

AU - Roden, Dan M

AU - Rosand, Jonathan

AU - Rosenberg, Michael A

AU - Rost, Natalia

AU - Rotter, Jerome I

AU - Saba, Samir

AU - Sandhu, Roopinder K

AU - Schnabel, Renate B

AU - Schramm, Katharina

AU - Schunkert, Heribert

AU - Schurman, Claudia

AU - Scott, Stuart A

AU - Seppälä, Ilkka

AU - Shaffer, Christian

AU - Shah, Svati

AU - Shalaby, Alaa A

AU - Shim, Jaemin

AU - Shoemaker, M Benjamin

AU - Siland, Joylene E

AU - Sinisalo, Juha

AU - Sinner, Moritz F

AU - Slowik, Agnieszka

AU - Smith, Albert V

AU - Smith, Blair H

AU - Smith, J Gustav

AU - Smith, Jonathan D

AU - Smith, Nicholas L

AU - Soliman, Elsayed Z

AU - Sotoodehnia, Nona

AU - Stricker, Bruno H

AU - Sun, Albert

AU - Sun, Han

AU - Svendsen, Jesper H

AU - Tanaka, Toshihiro

AU - Tanriverdi, Kahraman

AU - Taylor, Kent D

AU - Teder-Laving, Maris

AU - Teumer, Alexander

AU - Thériault, Sébastien

AU - Trompet, Stella

AU - Tucker, Nathan R

AU - Tveit, Arnljot

AU - Uitterlinden, Andre G

AU - Van Der Harst, Pim

AU - Van Gelder, Isabelle C

AU - Van Wagoner, David R

AU - Verweij, Niek

AU - Vlachopoulou, Efthymia

AU - Völker, Uwe

AU - Wang, Biqi

AU - Weeke, Peter E

AU - Weijs, Bob

AU - Weiss, Raul

AU - Weiss, Stefan

AU - Wells, Quinn S

AU - Wiggins, Kerri L

AU - Wong, Jorge A

AU - Woo, Daniel

AU - Worrall, Bradford B

AU - Yang, Pil-Sung

AU - Yao, Jie

AU - Yoneda, Zachary T

AU - Zeller, Tanja

AU - Zeng, Lingyao

AU - Lubitz, Steven A

AU - Lunetta, Kathryn L

AU - Ellinor, Patrick T

PY - 2018/6/11

Y1 - 2018/6/11

N2 - Atrial fibrillation (AF) affects more than 33 million individuals worldwide1 and has a complex heritability2. We conducted the largest meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for AF to date, consisting of more than half a million individuals, including 65,446 with AF. In total, we identified 97 loci significantly associated with AF, including 67 that were novel in a combined-ancestry analysis, and 3 that were novel in a European-specific analysis. We sought to identify AF-associated genes at the GWAS loci by performing RNA-sequencing and expression quantitative trait locus analyses in 101 left atrial samples, the most relevant tissue for AF. We also performed transcriptome-wide analyses that identified 57 AF-associated genes, 42 of which overlap with GWAS loci. The identified loci implicate genes enriched within cardiac developmental, electrophysiological, contractile and structural pathways. These results extend our understanding of the biological pathways underlying AF and may facilitate the development of therapeutics for AF.

AB - Atrial fibrillation (AF) affects more than 33 million individuals worldwide1 and has a complex heritability2. We conducted the largest meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for AF to date, consisting of more than half a million individuals, including 65,446 with AF. In total, we identified 97 loci significantly associated with AF, including 67 that were novel in a combined-ancestry analysis, and 3 that were novel in a European-specific analysis. We sought to identify AF-associated genes at the GWAS loci by performing RNA-sequencing and expression quantitative trait locus analyses in 101 left atrial samples, the most relevant tissue for AF. We also performed transcriptome-wide analyses that identified 57 AF-associated genes, 42 of which overlap with GWAS loci. The identified loci implicate genes enriched within cardiac developmental, electrophysiological, contractile and structural pathways. These results extend our understanding of the biological pathways underlying AF and may facilitate the development of therapeutics for AF.

KW - Atrial Fibrillation/ethnology

KW - Case-Control Studies

KW - Ethnic Groups/genetics

KW - Genetic Predisposition to Disease

KW - Genome-Wide Association Study/methods

KW - Humans

KW - Quantitative Trait Loci

KW - Transcriptome

U2 - 10.1038/s41588-018-0133-9

DO - 10.1038/s41588-018-0133-9

M3 - SCORING: Journal article

C2 - 29892015

VL - 50

SP - 1225

EP - 1233

JO - NAT GENET

JF - NAT GENET

SN - 1061-4036

IS - 9

ER -