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NATURE
Volume 478, Issue 7367, Pages 103-109Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nature10405
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- NIH/NHLBI
- MRC [MC_UP_A100_1003, G9521010, MC_U106188470, G0601966, MC_U127561128, G0801056, MC_U123092720, G0501942, G0600331, MC_U137686857, G0700931, G0000934, G0400874, G0701863, G0902037, G0600705, G0902313, MC_PC_U127527180, MC_PC_U127561128, MC_U123092723] Funding Source: UKRI
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P 20545] Funding Source: researchfish
- British Heart Foundation [RG/08/013/25942, RG/08/008/25291, RG/07/008/23674, RG/08/014/24067] Funding Source: researchfish
- Chief Scientist Office [CZB/4/710] Funding Source: researchfish
- Kidney Research UK [RP24/2/2006] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [G9521010, MC_PC_U127527180, MC_U106179471, MC_U106188470, MC_UP_A100_1003, G0600331, G0000934, G0801056B, G0601966, G0701863, G0902313, G0902037, MC_U137686857, MC_U123092720, G1000143, MC_PC_U127561128, MC_U127561128, G0400874, G0801056, G0100222, G0700931, G0600705, G19/35, G0501942, G0401527, MC_U123092723, G8802774] Funding Source: researchfish
- National Institute for Health Research [NF-SI-0507-10315] Funding Source: researchfish
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [21390099, 20390185] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Blood pressure is a heritable trait(1) influenced by several biological pathways and responsive to environmental stimuli. Over one billion people worldwide have hypertension (>= 140 mm Hg systolic blood pressure or >= 90 mm Hg diastolic blood pressure)(2). Even small increments in blood pressure are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events(3). This genome-wide association study of systolic and diastolic blood pressure, which used a multi-stage design in 200,000 individuals of European descent, identified sixteen novel loci: six of these loci contain genes previously known or suspected to regulate blood pressure (GUCY1A3-GUCY1B3, NPR3-C5orf23, ADM, FURIN-FES, GOSR2, GNAS-EDN3); the other ten provide new clues to blood pressure physiology. A genetic risk score based on 29 genome-wide significant variants was associated with hypertension, left ventricular wall thickness, stroke and coronary artery disease, but not kidney disease or kidney function. We also observed associations with blood pressure in East Asian, South Asian and African ancestry individuals. Our findings provide new insights into the genetics and biology of blood pressure, and suggest potential novel therapeutic pathways for cardiovascular disease prevention.
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