Identification, replication, and fine-mapping of Loci associated with adult height in individuals of african ancestry.

Adult height is a classic polygenic trait of high heritability (h(2) approximately 0.8). More than 180 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), identified mostly in populations of European descent, are associated with height. These variants convey modest effects and explain approximately10% of the va...

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Main Authors: Amidou N'Diaye, Gary K Chen, Cameron D Palmer, Bing Ge, Bamidele Tayo, Rasika A Mathias, Jingzhong Ding, Michael A Nalls, Adebowale Adeyemo, Véronique Adoue, Christine B Ambrosone, Larry Atwood, Elisa V Bandera, Lewis C Becker, Sonja I Berndt, Leslie Bernstein, William J Blot, Eric Boerwinkle, Angela Britton, Graham Casey, Stephen J Chanock, Ellen Demerath, Sandra L Deming, W Ryan Diver, Caroline Fox, Tamara B Harris, Dena G Hernandez, Jennifer J Hu, Sue A Ingles, Esther M John, Craig Johnson, Brendan Keating, Rick A Kittles, Laurence N Kolonel, Stephen B Kritchevsky, Loic Le Marchand, Kurt Lohman, Jiankang Liu, Robert C Millikan, Adam Murphy, Solomon Musani, Christine Neslund-Dudas, Kari E North, Sarah Nyante, Adesola Ogunniyi, Elaine A Ostrander, George Papanicolaou, Sanjay Patel, Curtis A Pettaway, Michael F Press, Susan Redline, Jorge L Rodriguez-Gil, Charles Rotimi, Benjamin A Rybicki, Babatunde Salako, Pamela J Schreiner, Lisa B Signorello, Andrew B Singleton, Janet L Stanford, Alex H Stram, Daniel O Stram, Sara S Strom, Bhoom Suktitipat, Michael J Thun, John S Witte, Lisa R Yanek, Regina G Ziegler, Wei Zheng, Xiaofeng Zhu, Joseph M Zmuda, Alan B Zonderman, Michele K Evans, Yongmei Liu, Diane M Becker, Richard S Cooper, Tomi Pastinen, Brian E Henderson, Joel N Hirschhorn, Guillaume Lettre, Christopher A Haiman
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author Amidou N'Diaye
Gary K Chen
Cameron D Palmer
Bing Ge
Bamidele Tayo
Rasika A Mathias
Jingzhong Ding
Michael A Nalls
Adebowale Adeyemo
Véronique Adoue
Christine B Ambrosone
Larry Atwood
Elisa V Bandera
Lewis C Becker
Sonja I Berndt
Leslie Bernstein
William J Blot
Eric Boerwinkle
Angela Britton
Graham Casey
Stephen J Chanock
Ellen Demerath
Sandra L Deming
W Ryan Diver
Caroline Fox
Tamara B Harris
Dena G Hernandez
Jennifer J Hu
Sue A Ingles
Esther M John
Craig Johnson
Brendan Keating
Rick A Kittles
Laurence N Kolonel
Stephen B Kritchevsky
Loic Le Marchand
Kurt Lohman
Jiankang Liu
Robert C Millikan
Adam Murphy
Solomon Musani
Christine Neslund-Dudas
Kari E North
Sarah Nyante
Adesola Ogunniyi
Elaine A Ostrander
George Papanicolaou
Sanjay Patel
Curtis A Pettaway
Michael F Press
Susan Redline
Jorge L Rodriguez-Gil
Charles Rotimi
Benjamin A Rybicki
Babatunde Salako
Pamela J Schreiner
Lisa B Signorello
Andrew B Singleton
Janet L Stanford
Alex H Stram
Daniel O Stram
Sara S Strom
Bhoom Suktitipat
Michael J Thun
John S Witte
Lisa R Yanek
Regina G Ziegler
Wei Zheng
Xiaofeng Zhu
Joseph M Zmuda
Alan B Zonderman
Michele K Evans
Yongmei Liu
Diane M Becker
Richard S Cooper
Tomi Pastinen
Brian E Henderson
Joel N Hirschhorn
Guillaume Lettre
Christopher A Haiman
author_facet Amidou N'Diaye
Gary K Chen
Cameron D Palmer
Bing Ge
Bamidele Tayo
Rasika A Mathias
Jingzhong Ding
Michael A Nalls
Adebowale Adeyemo
Véronique Adoue
Christine B Ambrosone
Larry Atwood
Elisa V Bandera
Lewis C Becker
Sonja I Berndt
Leslie Bernstein
William J Blot
Eric Boerwinkle
Angela Britton
Graham Casey
Stephen J Chanock
Ellen Demerath
Sandra L Deming
W Ryan Diver
Caroline Fox
Tamara B Harris
Dena G Hernandez
Jennifer J Hu
Sue A Ingles
Esther M John
Craig Johnson
Brendan Keating
Rick A Kittles
Laurence N Kolonel
Stephen B Kritchevsky
Loic Le Marchand
Kurt Lohman
Jiankang Liu
Robert C Millikan
Adam Murphy
Solomon Musani
Christine Neslund-Dudas
Kari E North
Sarah Nyante
Adesola Ogunniyi
Elaine A Ostrander
George Papanicolaou
Sanjay Patel
Curtis A Pettaway
Michael F Press
Susan Redline
Jorge L Rodriguez-Gil
Charles Rotimi
Benjamin A Rybicki
Babatunde Salako
Pamela J Schreiner
Lisa B Signorello
Andrew B Singleton
Janet L Stanford
Alex H Stram
Daniel O Stram
Sara S Strom
Bhoom Suktitipat
Michael J Thun
John S Witte
Lisa R Yanek
Regina G Ziegler
Wei Zheng
Xiaofeng Zhu
Joseph M Zmuda
Alan B Zonderman
Michele K Evans
Yongmei Liu
Diane M Becker
Richard S Cooper
Tomi Pastinen
Brian E Henderson
Joel N Hirschhorn
Guillaume Lettre
Christopher A Haiman
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description Adult height is a classic polygenic trait of high heritability (h(2) approximately 0.8). More than 180 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), identified mostly in populations of European descent, are associated with height. These variants convey modest effects and explain approximately10% of the variance in height. Discovery efforts in other populations, while limited, have revealed loci for height not previously implicated in individuals of European ancestry. Here, we performed a meta-analysis of genome-wide association (GWA) results for adult height in 20,427 individuals of African ancestry with replication in up to 16,436 African Americans. We found two novel height loci (Xp22-rs12393627, P = 3.4×10(-12) and 2p14-rs4315565, P = 1.2×10(-8)). As a group, height associations discovered in European-ancestry samples replicate in individuals of African ancestry (P = 1.7×10(-4) for overall replication). Fine-mapping of the European height loci in African-ancestry individuals showed an enrichment of SNPs that are associated with expression of nearby genes when compared to the index European height SNPs (P<0.01). Our results highlight the utility of genetic studies in non-European populations to understand the etiology of complex human diseases and traits.
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spelling doaj-art-235df6289e8c4e67b0d8cbb11e6a5b1a2025-08-20T02:30:55ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Genetics1553-73901553-74042011-10-01710e100229810.1371/journal.pgen.1002298Identification, replication, and fine-mapping of Loci associated with adult height in individuals of african ancestry.Amidou N'DiayeGary K ChenCameron D PalmerBing GeBamidele TayoRasika A MathiasJingzhong DingMichael A NallsAdebowale AdeyemoVéronique AdoueChristine B AmbrosoneLarry AtwoodElisa V BanderaLewis C BeckerSonja I BerndtLeslie BernsteinWilliam J BlotEric BoerwinkleAngela BrittonGraham CaseyStephen J ChanockEllen DemerathSandra L DemingW Ryan DiverCaroline FoxTamara B HarrisDena G HernandezJennifer J HuSue A InglesEsther M JohnCraig JohnsonBrendan KeatingRick A KittlesLaurence N KolonelStephen B KritchevskyLoic Le MarchandKurt LohmanJiankang LiuRobert C MillikanAdam MurphySolomon MusaniChristine Neslund-DudasKari E NorthSarah NyanteAdesola OgunniyiElaine A OstranderGeorge PapanicolaouSanjay PatelCurtis A PettawayMichael F PressSusan RedlineJorge L Rodriguez-GilCharles RotimiBenjamin A RybickiBabatunde SalakoPamela J SchreinerLisa B SignorelloAndrew B SingletonJanet L StanfordAlex H StramDaniel O StramSara S StromBhoom SuktitipatMichael J ThunJohn S WitteLisa R YanekRegina G ZieglerWei ZhengXiaofeng ZhuJoseph M ZmudaAlan B ZondermanMichele K EvansYongmei LiuDiane M BeckerRichard S CooperTomi PastinenBrian E HendersonJoel N HirschhornGuillaume LettreChristopher A HaimanAdult height is a classic polygenic trait of high heritability (h(2) approximately 0.8). More than 180 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), identified mostly in populations of European descent, are associated with height. These variants convey modest effects and explain approximately10% of the variance in height. Discovery efforts in other populations, while limited, have revealed loci for height not previously implicated in individuals of European ancestry. Here, we performed a meta-analysis of genome-wide association (GWA) results for adult height in 20,427 individuals of African ancestry with replication in up to 16,436 African Americans. We found two novel height loci (Xp22-rs12393627, P = 3.4×10(-12) and 2p14-rs4315565, P = 1.2×10(-8)). As a group, height associations discovered in European-ancestry samples replicate in individuals of African ancestry (P = 1.7×10(-4) for overall replication). Fine-mapping of the European height loci in African-ancestry individuals showed an enrichment of SNPs that are associated with expression of nearby genes when compared to the index European height SNPs (P<0.01). Our results highlight the utility of genetic studies in non-European populations to understand the etiology of complex human diseases and traits.https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1002298&type=printable
spellingShingle Amidou N'Diaye
Gary K Chen
Cameron D Palmer
Bing Ge
Bamidele Tayo
Rasika A Mathias
Jingzhong Ding
Michael A Nalls
Adebowale Adeyemo
Véronique Adoue
Christine B Ambrosone
Larry Atwood
Elisa V Bandera
Lewis C Becker
Sonja I Berndt
Leslie Bernstein
William J Blot
Eric Boerwinkle
Angela Britton
Graham Casey
Stephen J Chanock
Ellen Demerath
Sandra L Deming
W Ryan Diver
Caroline Fox
Tamara B Harris
Dena G Hernandez
Jennifer J Hu
Sue A Ingles
Esther M John
Craig Johnson
Brendan Keating
Rick A Kittles
Laurence N Kolonel
Stephen B Kritchevsky
Loic Le Marchand
Kurt Lohman
Jiankang Liu
Robert C Millikan
Adam Murphy
Solomon Musani
Christine Neslund-Dudas
Kari E North
Sarah Nyante
Adesola Ogunniyi
Elaine A Ostrander
George Papanicolaou
Sanjay Patel
Curtis A Pettaway
Michael F Press
Susan Redline
Jorge L Rodriguez-Gil
Charles Rotimi
Benjamin A Rybicki
Babatunde Salako
Pamela J Schreiner
Lisa B Signorello
Andrew B Singleton
Janet L Stanford
Alex H Stram
Daniel O Stram
Sara S Strom
Bhoom Suktitipat
Michael J Thun
John S Witte
Lisa R Yanek
Regina G Ziegler
Wei Zheng
Xiaofeng Zhu
Joseph M Zmuda
Alan B Zonderman
Michele K Evans
Yongmei Liu
Diane M Becker
Richard S Cooper
Tomi Pastinen
Brian E Henderson
Joel N Hirschhorn
Guillaume Lettre
Christopher A Haiman
Identification, replication, and fine-mapping of Loci associated with adult height in individuals of african ancestry.
PLoS Genetics
title Identification, replication, and fine-mapping of Loci associated with adult height in individuals of african ancestry.
title_full Identification, replication, and fine-mapping of Loci associated with adult height in individuals of african ancestry.
title_fullStr Identification, replication, and fine-mapping of Loci associated with adult height in individuals of african ancestry.
title_full_unstemmed Identification, replication, and fine-mapping of Loci associated with adult height in individuals of african ancestry.
title_short Identification, replication, and fine-mapping of Loci associated with adult height in individuals of african ancestry.
title_sort identification replication and fine mapping of loci associated with adult height in individuals of african ancestry
url https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1002298&type=printable
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