Citation
Mahajan, Anubha; Wessel, Jennifer; Willems, Sara M.; Zhao, Wei; Robertson, Neil R.; Chu, Audrey Y.; Gan, Wei; Kitajima, Hidetoshi; Taliun, Daniel; & Rayner, Nigel W., et al. (2018). Refining the Accuracy of Validated Target Identification through Coding Variant Fine-Mapping in Type 2 Diabetes. Nature Genetics, 50(4), 559-571. PMCID: PMC5898373Abstract
We aggregated coding variant data for 81,412 type 2 diabetes cases and 370,832 controls of diverse ancestry, identifying 40 coding variant association signals (P < 2.2 x 10(-7)); of these, 16 map outside known risk-associated loci. We make two important observations. First, only five of these signals are driven by low-frequency variants: even for these, effect sizes are modest (odds ratio =1.29). Second, when we used large-scale genome-wide association data to fine-map the associated variants in their regional context, accounting for the global enrichment of complex trait associations in coding sequence, compelling evidence for coding variant causality was obtained for only 16 signals. At 13 others, the associated coding variants clearly represent 'false leads' with potential to generate erroneous mechanistic inference. Coding variant associations offer a direct route to biological insight for complex diseases and identification of validated therapeutic targets; however, appropriate mechanistic inference requires careful specification of their causal contribution to disease predisposition.URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41588-018-0084-1Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2018Journal Title
Nature GeneticsAuthor(s)
Mahajan, AnubhaWessel, Jennifer
Willems, Sara M.
Zhao, Wei
Robertson, Neil R.
Chu, Audrey Y.
Gan, Wei
Kitajima, Hidetoshi
Taliun, Daniel
Rayner, Nigel W.
Guo, Xiuqing
Lu, Yingchang
Li, Man
Jensen, Richard A.
Hu, Yao
Huo, Shaofeng
Lohman, Kurt K.
Zhang, Weihua
Cook, James P.
Prins, Bram Peter
Flannick, Jason
Grarup, Niels
Trubetskoy, Vassily Vladimirovich
Kravic, Jasmina
Kim, Young Jin
Rybin, Denis
Yaghootkar, Hanieh
Muller-Nurasyid, Martina
Meidtner, Karina
Li-Gao, Ruifang
Varga, Tibor V.
Marten, Jonathan
Li, Jin
Smith, Albert V.
An, Ping
Ligthart, Symen
Gustafsson, Stefan
Malerba, Giovanni
Demirkan, Ayse
Tajes, Juan Fernandez
Steinthorsdottir, Valgerdur
Wuttke, Matthias
Lecoeur, Cecile
Preuss, Michael H.
Bielak, Lawrence F.
Graff, Mariaelisa
Highland, Heather M.
Justice, Anne E.
Liu, Dajiang J.
Marouli, Eirini
Peloso, Gina M.
Warren, Helen R.
ExomeBP Consortium,
MAGIC Consortium,
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Afzal, Shoaib
Ahlqvist, Emma
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Jorgensen, Marit E.
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Lall, Kristi
Lange, Leslie A.
Lee, Jung-Jin
Lehne, Benjamin
Li, Huaixing
Lin, Keng-Hung
Linneberg, Allan
Liu, Ching-Ti
Liu, Jun
Loh, Marie
Magi, Reedik
Mamakou, Vasiliki
McKean-Cowdin, Roberta
Nadkarni, Girish
Neville, Matt
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Rathmann, Wolfgang
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Kathiresan, Sekar
Kee, Frank
Kuusisto, Johanna
Langenberg, Claudia
Launer, Lenore J.
Lindgren, Cecilia M.
Mannisto, Satu
Meitinger, Thomas
Melander, Olle
Mohlke, Karen L.
Moitry, Marie
Morris, Andrew D.
Murray, Alison D.
de Mutsert, Renee
Orho-Melander, Marju
Owen, Katharine R.
Perola, Markus
Peters, Annette
Province, Michael A.
Rasheed, Asif
Ridker, Paul M.
Rivadeneira, Fernando
Rosendaal, Frits R.
Rosengren, Anders H.
Salomaa, Veikko
Sheu, Wayne Huey-Herng
Sladek, Rob
Smith, Blair H.
Strauch, Konstantin
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Varma, Rohit
Willer, Cristen J.
Bluher, Matthias
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Chambers, John C.
Chasman, Daniel I.
Danesh, John
van Duijn, Cornelia M.
Dupuis, Josee
Franco, Oscar H.
Franks, Paul W.
Froguel, Philippe
Grallert, Harald
Groop, Leif C.
Han, Bok-Ghee
Hansen, Torben
Hattersley, Andrew T.
Hayward, Caroline
Ingelsson, Erik
Kardia, Sharon L. R.
Karpe, Fredrik
Kooner, Jaspal Singh S.
Kottgen, Anna
Kuulasmaa, Kari
Laakso, Markku
Lin, Xu
Lind, Lars
Liu, Yongmei
Loos, Ruth J. F.
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Metspalu, Andres
Mook-Kanamori, Dennis O.
Nordestgaard, Borge G.
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Pankow, James S.
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Psaty, Bruce M.
Rauramaa, Rainer
Sattar, Naveed
Schulze, Matthias B.
Soranzo, Nicole
Spector, Timothy D.
Stefansson, Kari
Stumvoll, Michael
Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur
Tuomi, Tiinamaija
Tuomilehto, Jaakko
Wareham, Nicholas J.
Wilson, James G.
Zeggini, Eleftheria
Scott, Robert A.
Barroso, Ines
Frayling, Timothy M.
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