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Sequence analysis of six blood pressure candidate regions in 4,178 individuals: the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) targeted sequencing study.

TitleSequence analysis of six blood pressure candidate regions in 4,178 individuals: the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) targeted sequencing study.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2014
AuthorsMorrison, AC, Bis, JC, Hwang, S-J, Ehret, GB, Lumley, T, Rice, K, Muzny, D, Gibbs, RA, Boerwinkle, E, Psaty, BM, Chakravarti, A, Levy, D
JournalPLoS One
Volume9
Issue10
Paginatione109155
Date Published2014
ISSN1932-6203
KeywordsAging, Blood Pressure, Cohort Studies, Heart, Humans, Sequence Analysis
Abstract<p><b>BACKGROUND: </b>Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) identified multiple loci for blood pressure (BP) and hypertension. Six genes--ATP2B1, CACNB2, CYP17A1, JAG1, PLEKHA7, and SH2B3--were evaluated for sequence variation with large effects on systolic blood pressure (SBP), diastolic blood pressure (DBP), pulse pressure (PP), and mean arterial pressure (MAP).</p><p><b>METHODS AND RESULTS: </b>Targeted genomic sequence was determined in 4,178 European ancestry participants from the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) Consortium. Common variants (≥50 minor allele copies) were evaluated individually and rare variants (minor allele frequency, MAF≤1%) were aggregated by locus. 464 common variants were identified across the 6 genes. An upstream CYP17A1 variant, rs11191416 (MAF = 0.09), was the most significant association for SBP (P = 0.0005); however the association was attenuated (P = 0.0469) after conditioning on the GWAS index single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP). A PLEKHA7 intronic variant was the strongest DBP association (rs12806040, MAF = 0.007, P = 0.0006) and was not in LD (r² = 0.01) with the GWAS SNP. A CACNB2 intronic SNP, rs1571787, was the most significant association with PP (MAF = 0.27, P = 0.0003), but was not independent from the GWAS SNP (r² = 0.34). Three variants (rs6163 and rs743572 in the CYP17A1 region and rs112467382 in PLEKHA7) were associated with BP traits (P<0.001). Rare variation, aggregately assessed in the 6 regions, was not significantly associated with BP measures.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION: </b>Six targeted gene regions, previously identified by GWAS, did not harbor novel variation with large effects on BP in this sample.</p>
DOI10.1371/journal.pone.0109155
Alternate JournalPLoS ONE
PubMed ID25275628
PubMed Central IDPMC4183565
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