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Rare coding variants in RCN3 are associated with blood pressure

Posted on 2022-02-20 - 04:23
Abstract Background While large genome-wide association studies have identified nearly one thousand loci associated with variation in blood pressure, rare variant identification is still a challenge. In family-based cohorts, genome-wide linkage scans have been successful in identifying rare genetic variants for blood pressure. This study aims to identify low frequency and rare genetic variants within previously reported linkage regions on chromosomes 1 and 19 in African American families from the Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) program. Genetic association analyses weighted by linkage evidence were completed with whole genome sequencing data within and across TOPMed ancestral groups consisting of 60,388 individuals of European, African, East Asian, Hispanic, and Samoan ancestries. Results Associations of low frequency and rare variants in RCN3 and multiple other genes were observed for blood pressure traits in TOPMed samples. The association of low frequency and rare coding variants in RCN3 was further replicated in UK Biobank samples (N = 403,522), and reached genome-wide significance for diastolic blood pressure (p = 2.01 × 10− 7). Conclusions Low frequency and rare variants in RCN3 contributes blood pressure variation. This study demonstrates that focusing association analyses in linkage regions greatly reduces multiple-testing burden and improves power to identify novel rare variants associated with blood pressure traits.

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  • Karen Y. He
    Tanika N. Kelly
    Heming Wang
    Jingjing Liang
    Luke Zhu
    Brian E. Cade
    Themistocles L. Assimes
    Lewis C. Becker
    Amber L. Beitelshees
    Lawrence F. Bielak
    Adam P. Bress
    Jennifer A. Brody
    Yen-Pei Christy Chang
    Yi-Cheng Chang
    Paul S. de Vries
    Ravindranath Duggirala
    Ervin R. Fox
    Nora Franceschini
    Anna L. Furniss
    Yan Gao

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