Publication type
Journal Article
Authors
- Phuwanat Sakornsakolpat
- Dmitry Prokopenko
- Maxime Lamontagne
- Nicola F. Reeve
- Anna L. Guyatt
- Victoria E. Jackson
- Nick Shrine
- Dandi Qiao
- Traci M. Bartz
- Deog Kyeom Kim
- Mi Kyeong Lee
- Jeanne C. Latourelle
- Xingnan Li
- Jarrett D. Morrow
- Ma’en Obeidat
- Annah B. Wyss
- Per Bakke
- R. Graham Barr
- Terri H. Beaty
- Steven A. Belinsky
- Guy G. Brusselle
- James D. Crapo
- Kim de Jong
- Dawn L. DeMeo
- Tasha E. Fingerlin
- Sina A. Gharib
- Amund Gulsvik
- Ian P. Hall
- John E. Hokanson
- Woo Jin Kim
- David A. Lomas
- Stephanie J. London
- Deborah A. Meyers
- George T. O’Connor
- Stephen I. Rennard
- David A. Schwartz
- Pawel Sliwinski
- David Sparrow
- David P. Strachan
- Ruth Tal-Singer
- Yohannes Tesfaigzi
- Jørgen Vestbo
- Judith M. Vonk
- Jae-Joon Yim
- Xiaobo Zhou
- Yohan Bossé
- Ani Manichaikul
- Lies Lahousse
- Edwin K. Silverman
- H. Marike Boezen
- Louise V. Wain
- Martin D. Tobin
- Brian D. Hobbs
- Michael H. Cho
Publication date
March 15, 2019
Summary:
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the leading cause of respiratory mortality worldwide. Genetic risk loci provide new insights into disease pathogenesis. We performed a genome-wide association study in 35,735 cases and 222,076 controls from the UK Biobank and additional studies from the International COPD Genetics Consortium. We identified 82 loci associated with P < 5 × 10−8; 47 of these were previously described in association with either COPD or population-based measures of lung function. Of the remaining 35 new loci, 13 were associated with lung function in 79,055 individuals from the SpiroMeta consortium. Using gene expression and regulation data, we identified functional enrichment of COPD risk loci in lung tissue, smooth muscle, and several lung cell types. We found 14 COPD loci shared with either asthma or pulmonary fibrosis. COPD genetic risk loci clustered into groups based on associations with quantitative imaging features and comorbidities. Our analyses provide further support for the genetic susceptibility and heterogeneity of COPD.
Published in
Nature Genetics
Volume and page numbers
Volume: 51 , p.494 -505
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-018-0342-2
ISSN
10614036
Subjects
Notes
University of Essex, Albert Sloman Library *University of Essex registered users - Campus access*
Covered by 7 media outlets
Related Publications
-
Clues behind why smokers and non-smokers develop COPD
Media - 20190226
-
COPD Genome-Wide Association Study reveals numerous risk variants
Media - 20190226
-
Study provides vital clues to why some people have higher COPD risk than others
Media - 20190225
-
New clues about why non-smokers, as well as smokers, develop chronic lung disease revealed
Media - 20190225
#525655