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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20870-1
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- AASLD Foundation Clinical, Translational and Outcomes Research Award
- University of Michigan Training in Basic and Translational Digestive Sciences T32 grant [NIDDK DK094775, R01 DK106621, R01 DK107904]
- University of Michigan Department of Internal Medicine [18120]
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The study conducted a meta-analysis on the UK Biobank and BioBank Japan to evaluate the association of three liver enzymes with liver and other metabolic diseases. It identified multiple previously-unreported genome-wide significant associations and provided new insights into the pathophysiology of liver and metabolic diseases.
Serum liver enzyme concentrations are the most frequently-used laboratory markers of liver disease, a major cause of mortality. We conduct a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of liver enzymes from UK BioBank and BioBank Japan. We identified 160 previously-unreported independent alanine aminotransferase, 190 aspartate aminotransferase, and 199 alkaline phosphatase genome-wide significant associations, with some affecting multiple different enzymes. Associated variants implicate genes that demonstrate diverse liver cell type expression and promote a range of metabolic and liver diseases. These findings provide insight into the pathophysiology of liver and other metabolic diseases that are associated with serum liver enzyme concentrations. Serum liver enzymes are used as markers of liver disease, their concentration influenced in part by genetic factors. Here the authors meta-analyse genome-wide association studies on the UK Biobank and BioBank Japan to evaluate the association of three liver enzymes with liver and other metabolic diseases.
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