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Genetic loci associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap with loci for lung function and pulmonary fibrosis
Document Type
article
Source
Nature Genetics. 49(3)
Subject
Biological Sciences
Genetics
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Lung
Human Genome
Clinical Research
Aetiology
2.1 Biological and endogenous factors
Respiratory
Adult
Aged
Aged
80 and over
Alleles
Asthma
Female
Genetic Loci
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Genome-Wide Association Study
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Phenotype
Polymorphism
Single Nucleotide
Pulmonary Disease
Chronic Obstructive
Pulmonary Fibrosis
Risk Factors
Smoking
COPDGene Investigators
ECLIPSE Investigators
LifeLines Investigators
SPIROMICS Research Group
International COPD Genetics Network Investigators
UK BiLEVE Investigators
International COPD Genetics Consortium
Medical and Health Sciences
Developmental Biology
Agricultural biotechnology
Bioinformatics and computational biology
Language
Abstract
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. We performed a genetic association study in 15,256 cases and 47,936 controls, with replication of select top results (P < 5 × 10-6) in 9,498 cases and 9,748 controls. In the combined meta-analysis, we identified 22 loci associated at genome-wide significance, including 13 new associations with COPD. Nine of these 13 loci have been associated with lung function in general population samples, while 4 (EEFSEC, DSP, MTCL1, and SFTPD) are new. We noted two loci shared with pulmonary fibrosis (FAM13A and DSP) but that had opposite risk alleles for COPD. None of our loci overlapped with genome-wide associations for asthma, although one locus has been implicated in joint susceptibility to asthma and obesity. We also identified genetic correlation between COPD and asthma. Our findings highlight new loci associated with COPD, demonstrate the importance of specific loci associated with lung function to COPD, and identify potential regions of genetic overlap between COPD and other respiratory diseases.