Journal
HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS
Volume 18, Issue 23, Pages 4662-4668Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddp423
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- Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Research at the University of Leipzig [B27, N06, Z03]
- German Diabetes Association
- BIF
- DFG [KFO 152, GK1208]
- BMBF (Molecular Nutrition),
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG [SP716/2-1]
- Medical Research Council [G0000934]
- Wellcome Trust [068545/Z/02]
- MRC [G0000934] Funding Source: UKRI
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Recently, associations of several common genetic variants with height have been reported in different populations. We attempted to identify further variants associated with adult height in a self-contained population (the Sorbs in Eastern Germany) as discovery set. We performed a genome wide association study (GWAS) (similar to 390 000 genetic polymorphisms, Affymetrix gene arrays) on adult height in 929 Sorbian individuals. Subsequently, the best SNPs (P < 0.001) were taken forward to a meta-analysis together with two independent cohorts [Diabetes Genetics Initiative, British 1958 Birth Cohort, (58BC, publicly available)]. Furthermore, we genotyped our best signal for replication in two additional German cohorts (Leipzig, n = 1044 and Berlin, n = 1728). In the primary Sorbian GWAS, we identified 5 loci with a P-value < 10(-5) and 455 SNPs with P-value < 0.001. In the meta-analysis on those 455 SNPs, only two variants in GPR133 (rs1569019 and rs1976930; in LD with each other) retained a P-value at or below 10(-6) and were associated with height in the three cohorts individually. Upon replication, the SNP rs1569019 showed significant effects on height in the Leipzig cohort (P = 0.004, beta = 1.166) and in 577 men of the Berlin cohort (P = 0.049, beta = 1.127) though not in women. The combined analysis of all five cohorts (n = 6,687) resulted in a P-value of 4.7 x 10(-8) (beta = 0.949). In conclusion, our GWAS suggests novel loci influencing height. In view of the robust replication in five different cohorts, we propose GPR133 to be a novel gene associated with adult height.
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