A genome-wide association study of hypertension and blood pressure in African Americans.
The evidence for the existence of genetic susceptibility variants for the common form of hypertension ("essential hypertension") remains weak and inconsistent. We sought genetic variants underlying blood pressure (BP) by conducting a genome-wide association study (GWAS) among African Ameri...
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oai:doaj.org-article:20a7da60efcc42948501239fd86c819c2021-11-25T05:53:16ZA genome-wide association study of hypertension and blood pressure in African Americans.1553-73901553-740410.1371/journal.pgen.1000564https://doaj.org/article/20a7da60efcc42948501239fd86c819c2009-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19609347/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1553-7390https://doaj.org/toc/1553-7404The evidence for the existence of genetic susceptibility variants for the common form of hypertension ("essential hypertension") remains weak and inconsistent. We sought genetic variants underlying blood pressure (BP) by conducting a genome-wide association study (GWAS) among African Americans, a population group in the United States that is disproportionately affected by hypertension and associated complications, including stroke and kidney diseases. Using a dense panel of over 800,000 SNPs in a discovery sample of 1,017 African Americans from the Washington, D.C., metropolitan region, we identified multiple SNPs reaching genome-wide significance for systolic BP in or near the genes: PMS1, SLC24A4, YWHA7, IPO7, and CACANA1H. Two of these genes, SLC24A4 (a sodium/potassium/calcium exchanger) and CACNA1H (a voltage-dependent calcium channel), are potential candidate genes for BP regulation and the latter is a drug target for a class of calcium channel blockers. No variant reached genome wide significance for association with diastolic BP (top scoring SNP rs1867226, p = 5.8 x 10(-7)) or with hypertension as a binary trait (top scoring SNP rs9791170, p = 5.1 x 10(-7)). We replicated some of the significant SNPs in a sample of West Africans. Pathway analysis revealed that genes harboring top-scoring variants cluster in pathways and networks of biologic relevance to hypertension and BP regulation. This is the first GWAS for hypertension and BP in an African American population. The findings suggests that, in addition to or in lieu of relying solely on replicated variants of moderate-to-large effect reaching genome-wide significance, pathway and network approaches may be useful in identifying and prioritizing candidate genes/loci for further experiments.Adebowale AdeyemoNorman GerryGuanjie ChenAlan HerbertAyo DoumateyHanxia HuangJie ZhouKerrie LashleyYuanxiu ChenMichael ChristmanCharles RotimiPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleGeneticsQH426-470ENPLoS Genetics, Vol 5, Iss 7, p e1000564 (2009) |
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The evidence for the existence of genetic susceptibility variants for the common form of hypertension ("essential hypertension") remains weak and inconsistent. We sought genetic variants underlying blood pressure (BP) by conducting a genome-wide association study (GWAS) among African Americans, a population group in the United States that is disproportionately affected by hypertension and associated complications, including stroke and kidney diseases. Using a dense panel of over 800,000 SNPs in a discovery sample of 1,017 African Americans from the Washington, D.C., metropolitan region, we identified multiple SNPs reaching genome-wide significance for systolic BP in or near the genes: PMS1, SLC24A4, YWHA7, IPO7, and CACANA1H. Two of these genes, SLC24A4 (a sodium/potassium/calcium exchanger) and CACNA1H (a voltage-dependent calcium channel), are potential candidate genes for BP regulation and the latter is a drug target for a class of calcium channel blockers. No variant reached genome wide significance for association with diastolic BP (top scoring SNP rs1867226, p = 5.8 x 10(-7)) or with hypertension as a binary trait (top scoring SNP rs9791170, p = 5.1 x 10(-7)). We replicated some of the significant SNPs in a sample of West Africans. Pathway analysis revealed that genes harboring top-scoring variants cluster in pathways and networks of biologic relevance to hypertension and BP regulation. This is the first GWAS for hypertension and BP in an African American population. The findings suggests that, in addition to or in lieu of relying solely on replicated variants of moderate-to-large effect reaching genome-wide significance, pathway and network approaches may be useful in identifying and prioritizing candidate genes/loci for further experiments. |
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Adebowale Adeyemo Norman Gerry Guanjie Chen Alan Herbert Ayo Doumatey Hanxia Huang Jie Zhou Kerrie Lashley Yuanxiu Chen Michael Christman Charles Rotimi |
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Adebowale Adeyemo Norman Gerry Guanjie Chen Alan Herbert Ayo Doumatey Hanxia Huang Jie Zhou Kerrie Lashley Yuanxiu Chen Michael Christman Charles Rotimi |
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A genome-wide association study of hypertension and blood pressure in African Americans. |
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A genome-wide association study of hypertension and blood pressure in African Americans. |
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A genome-wide association study of hypertension and blood pressure in African Americans. |
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A genome-wide association study of hypertension and blood pressure in African Americans. |
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A genome-wide association study of hypertension and blood pressure in African Americans. |
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genome-wide association study of hypertension and blood pressure in african americans. |
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