Whole-genome sequence-based analysis of thyroid function

P.N. Taylor; E. Porcu; S. Chew; P.J. Campbell; M. Traglia; S.J. Brown; Benjamin Mullin; H.A. Shihab; J. Min; K.K.H. Walter; Y. Memari; J. Huang; M.R. Barnes; John Beilby; P. Charoen; P. Danecek; F. Dudbridge; V. Forgetta; C. Greenwood; E. Grundberg; A.D. Johnson; Jennie Hui; E.M. Lim; S. Mccarthy; D. Muddyman; V. Panicker; J.R.B. Perry; J.T. Bell; W. Yuan; C.L. Relton; T.R. Gaunt; D. Schlessinger; G.R. Abecasis; F. Cucca; G.L. Surdulescu; W. Woltersdorf; E. Zeggini; H. Zheng; D. Toniolo; C.M. Dayan; S. Naitza; John Walsh; T.D. Spector; G.D. Smith; R.M. Durbin; J.B. Richards; S. Sanna; N. Soranzo; N.J. Timpson; Scott Wilson; S.A. Turki; C.A. Anderson; R.J.L. Anney; D. Antony; M.S. Artigas; M.K. Ayub; S. Balasubramaniam; J.C. Barrett; I. Barroso; P.L. Beales; J.R. Bentham; S. Bhattacharya; E. Birney; D.H.R. Blackwood; M.N. Bobrow; E.G. Bochukova; P.A. Bolton; R. Bounds; C.R. Boustred; G. Breen; M. Calissano; K.J. Carss; K. Chatterjee; L. Chen; A. Ciampi; S. Cirak; P. Clapham; G. Clement; G. Coates; D.A. Collier; C.L. Cosgrove; T.V. Cox; N.J. Craddock; L. Crooks; S.R. Curran; D. Curtis; A. Daly; A.G. Day-Williams; I.N.M. Day; T.A. Down; Y. Du; I. Dunham; S.J. Edkins; P.D. Ellis; D.M.D. Evans; S. Faroogi; G. Fatemifar; D.R. Fitzpatrick; P. Flicek; J. Flyod; A.R. Foley; C.S. Franklin; M. Futema; L. Gallagher; M. Geihs; D.H. Geschwind; H. Griffin; D. Grozeva; X. Guo; H.M.D. Gurling; D.J. Hart; A.E. Hendricks; P.A. Holmans; B.N. Howie; L. Huang; T.J.P. Hubbard; S.E. Humphries; M.E. Hurles; P.G. Hysi; D.K. Jackson; Y. Jamshidi; T. Jing; C. Joyce; J. Kaye; T.M. Keane; J.M. Keogh; J.P. Kemp; K.L. Kennedy; A. Kolb-Kokocinski; G. Lachance; C. Langford; D.J. Lawson; I. Lee; M. Lek; J. Liang; H. Lin; R. Li; Y. Li; R. Liu; J. Lönnqvist; M.C. Lopes; V. Lotchkova; D.G. Macarthur; J.L. Marchini; J. Maslen; M. Massimo; I. Mathieson; G. Marenne; P.W. Mcguffin; A.M. Mcintosh; A.G. Mckechanie; A. Mcquillin; S.J. Metrustry; H.M. Mitchison; A. Moayyeri; J.A. Morris; F.M. Muntoni; K. Northstone; M. O'Donnovan; A. Onoufriadis; S.P. O'Rahilly; K. Oualkacha; M.J. Owen; A. Palotie; K. Panoutsopoulou; V. Parker; J.R. Parr; L. Paternoster; T. Paunio; F. Payne; O.P.H. Pietiläinen; V. Plagnol; L. Quaye; M.A. Quail; L.F. Raymond; K. Rehnström; B. Richards; S.M. Ring; G.R.S. Ritchie; N.Y. Roberts; D.B. Savage; P.J. Scambler; S. Schiffels; M. Schmidts; N.A. Schoenmakers; R.K. Semple; E. Serra; S.I. Sharp; S. Shin; D.H. Skuse; K.S. Small; L. Southam; O. Spasić-Bǒsković; D.S. Clair; J.W. Stalker; E. Stevens; B.S. Pourcian; J. Sun; J.M. Suvisaari; I. Tachmazidou; M.D. Tobin; A.A. Valdes; M. Van Kogelenberg; P. Vijayarangakannan; P.M. Visscher; L.V. Wain; J.T.R. Walters; G. Wang; J. Wang; Y. Wang; K.J. Ward; E. Wheeler; T. Whyte; H. Williams; K.A. Williamson; C. Wilson; K. Wong; C. Xu; J. Yang; F. Zhang; P. Zhang

doi:10.1038/ncomms6681

Whole-genome sequence-based analysis of thyroid function

P.N. Taylor, E. Porcu, S. Chew, P.J. Campbell, M. Traglia, S.J. Brown, Benjamin Mullin, H.A. Shihab, J. Min, K.K.H. Walter, Y. Memari, J. Huang, M.R. Barnes, John Beilby, P. Charoen, P. Danecek, F. Dudbridge, V. Forgetta, C. Greenwood, E. GrundbergA.D. Johnson, Jennie Hui, E.M. Lim, S. Mccarthy, D. Muddyman, V. Panicker, J.R.B. Perry, J.T. Bell, W. Yuan, C.L. Relton, T.R. Gaunt, D. Schlessinger, G.R. Abecasis, F. Cucca, G.L. Surdulescu, W. Woltersdorf, E. Zeggini, H. Zheng, D. Toniolo, C.M. Dayan, S. Naitza, John Walsh, T.D. Spector, G.D. Smith, R.M. Durbin, J.B. Richards, S. Sanna, N. Soranzo, N.J. Timpson, Scott Wilson, S.A. Turki, C.A. Anderson, R.J.L. Anney, D. Antony, M.S. Artigas, M.K. Ayub, S. Balasubramaniam, J.C. Barrett, I. Barroso, P.L. Beales, J.R. Bentham, S. Bhattacharya, E. Birney, D.H.R. Blackwood, M.N. Bobrow, E.G. Bochukova, P.A. Bolton, R. Bounds, C.R. Boustred, G. Breen, M. Calissano, K.J. Carss, K. Chatterjee, L. Chen, A. Ciampi, S. Cirak, P. Clapham, G. Clement, G. Coates, D.A. Collier, C.L. Cosgrove, T.V. Cox, N.J. Craddock, L. Crooks, S.R. Curran, D. Curtis, A. Daly, A.G. Day-Williams, I.N.M. Day, T.A. Down, Y. Du, I. Dunham, S.J. Edkins, P.D. Ellis, D.M.D. Evans, S. Faroogi, G. Fatemifar, D.R. Fitzpatrick, P. Flicek, J. Flyod, A.R. Foley, C.S. Franklin, M. Futema, L. Gallagher, M. Geihs, D.H. Geschwind, H. Griffin, D. Grozeva, X. Guo, H.M.D. Gurling, D.J. Hart, A.E. Hendricks, P.A. Holmans, B.N. Howie, L. Huang, T.J.P. Hubbard, S.E. Humphries, M.E. Hurles, P.G. Hysi, D.K. Jackson, Y. Jamshidi, T. Jing, C. Joyce, J. Kaye, T.M. Keane, J.M. Keogh, J.P. Kemp, K.L. Kennedy, A. Kolb-Kokocinski, G. Lachance, C. Langford, D.J. Lawson, I. Lee, M. Lek, J. Liang, H. Lin, R. Li, Y. Li, R. Liu, J. Lönnqvist, M.C. Lopes, V. Lotchkova, D.G. Macarthur, J.L. Marchini, J. Maslen, M. Massimo, I. Mathieson, G. Marenne, P.W. Mcguffin, A.M. Mcintosh, A.G. Mckechanie, A. Mcquillin, S.J. Metrustry, H.M. Mitchison, A. Moayyeri, J.A. Morris, F.M. Muntoni, K. Northstone, M. O'Donnovan, A. Onoufriadis, S.P. O'Rahilly, K. Oualkacha, M.J. Owen, A. Palotie, K. Panoutsopoulou, V. Parker, J.R. Parr, L. Paternoster, T. Paunio, F. Payne, O.P.H. Pietiläinen, V. Plagnol, L. Quaye, M.A. Quail, L.F. Raymond, K. Rehnström, B. Richards, S.M. Ring, G.R.S. Ritchie, N.Y. Roberts, D.B. Savage, P.J. Scambler, S. Schiffels, M. Schmidts, N.A. Schoenmakers, R.K. Semple, E. Serra, S.I. Sharp, S. Shin, D.H. Skuse, K.S. Small, L. Southam, O. Spasić-Bǒsković, D.S. Clair, J.W. Stalker, E. Stevens, B.S. Pourcian, J. Sun, J.M. Suvisaari, I. Tachmazidou, M.D. Tobin, A.A. Valdes, M. Van Kogelenberg, P. Vijayarangakannan, P.M. Visscher, L.V. Wain, J.T.R. Walters, G. Wang, J. Wang, Y. Wang, K.J. Ward, E. Wheeler, T. Whyte, H. Williams, K.A. Williamson, C. Wilson, K. Wong, C. Xu, J. Yang, F. Zhang, P. Zhang

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© 2015 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. Normal thyroid function is essential for health, but its genetic architecture remains poorly understood. Here, for the heritable thyroid traits thyrotropin (TSH) and free thyroxine (FT4), we analyse whole-genome sequence data from the UK10K project (N = 2,287). Using additional whole-genome sequence and deeply imputed data sets, we report meta-analysis results for common variants (MAF ≥ 1%) associated with TSH and FT4 (N = 16,335). For TSH, we identify a novel variant in SYN2 (MAF = 23.5%, P = 6.15 × 10-9) and a new independent variant in PDE8B (MAF = 10.4%, P = 5.94 × 10-14). For FT4, we report a low-frequency variant near B4GALT6/SLC25A52 (MAF=3.2%, P = 1.27 × 10-9) tagging a rare TTR variant (MAF = 0.4%, P=2.14 × 10-11). All common variants explain ≥ 20% of the variance in TSH and FT4. Analysis of rare variants (MAF <1%) using sequence kernel association testing reveals a novel association with FT4 in NRG1. Our results demonstrate that increased coverage in whole-genome sequence association studies identifies novel variants associated with thyroid function.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-11
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms6681
Publication status	Published - 2015

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Taylor, P. N., Porcu, E., Chew, S., Campbell, P. J., Traglia, M., Brown, S. J., Mullin, B., Shihab, H. A., Min, J., Walter, K. K. H., Memari, Y., Huang, J., Barnes, M. R., Beilby, J., Charoen, P., Danecek, P., Dudbridge, F., Forgetta, V., Greenwood, C., ... Zhang, P. (2015). Whole-genome sequence-based analysis of thyroid function. Nature Communications, 6, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms6681

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AU - Parr, J.R.

AU - Paternoster, L.

AU - Paunio, T.

AU - Payne, F.

AU - Pietiläinen, O.P.H.

AU - Plagnol, V.

AU - Quaye, L.

AU - Quail, M.A.

AU - Raymond, L.F.

AU - Rehnström, K.

AU - Richards, B.

AU - Ring, S.M.

AU - Ritchie, G.R.S.

AU - Roberts, N.Y.

AU - Savage, D.B.

AU - Scambler, P.J.

AU - Schiffels, S.

AU - Schmidts, M.

AU - Schoenmakers, N.A.

AU - Semple, R.K.

AU - Serra, E.

AU - Sharp, S.I.

AU - Shin, S.

AU - Skuse, D.H.

AU - Small, K.S.

AU - Southam, L.

AU - Spasić-Bǒsković, O.

AU - Clair, D.S.

AU - Stalker, J.W.

AU - Stevens, E.

AU - Pourcian, B.S.

AU - Sun, J.

AU - Suvisaari, J.M.

AU - Tachmazidou, I.

AU - Tobin, M.D.

AU - Valdes, A.A.

AU - Van Kogelenberg, M.

AU - Vijayarangakannan, P.

AU - Visscher, P.M.

AU - Wain, L.V.

AU - Walters, J.T.R.

AU - Wang, G.

AU - Wang, J.

AU - Wang, Y.

AU - Ward, K.J.

AU - Wheeler, E.

AU - Whyte, T.

AU - Williams, H.

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AU - Wilson, C.

AU - Wong, K.

AU - Xu, C.

AU - Yang, J.

AU - Zhang, F.

AU - Zhang, P.

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - © 2015 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. Normal thyroid function is essential for health, but its genetic architecture remains poorly understood. Here, for the heritable thyroid traits thyrotropin (TSH) and free thyroxine (FT4), we analyse whole-genome sequence data from the UK10K project (N = 2,287). Using additional whole-genome sequence and deeply imputed data sets, we report meta-analysis results for common variants (MAF ≥ 1%) associated with TSH and FT4 (N = 16,335). For TSH, we identify a novel variant in SYN2 (MAF = 23.5%, P = 6.15 × 10-9) and a new independent variant in PDE8B (MAF = 10.4%, P = 5.94 × 10-14). For FT4, we report a low-frequency variant near B4GALT6/SLC25A52 (MAF=3.2%, P = 1.27 × 10-9) tagging a rare TTR variant (MAF = 0.4%, P=2.14 × 10-11). All common variants explain ≥ 20% of the variance in TSH and FT4. Analysis of rare variants (MAF <1%) using sequence kernel association testing reveals a novel association with FT4 in NRG1. Our results demonstrate that increased coverage in whole-genome sequence association studies identifies novel variants associated with thyroid function.

AB - © 2015 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. Normal thyroid function is essential for health, but its genetic architecture remains poorly understood. Here, for the heritable thyroid traits thyrotropin (TSH) and free thyroxine (FT4), we analyse whole-genome sequence data from the UK10K project (N = 2,287). Using additional whole-genome sequence and deeply imputed data sets, we report meta-analysis results for common variants (MAF ≥ 1%) associated with TSH and FT4 (N = 16,335). For TSH, we identify a novel variant in SYN2 (MAF = 23.5%, P = 6.15 × 10-9) and a new independent variant in PDE8B (MAF = 10.4%, P = 5.94 × 10-14). For FT4, we report a low-frequency variant near B4GALT6/SLC25A52 (MAF=3.2%, P = 1.27 × 10-9) tagging a rare TTR variant (MAF = 0.4%, P=2.14 × 10-11). All common variants explain ≥ 20% of the variance in TSH and FT4. Analysis of rare variants (MAF <1%) using sequence kernel association testing reveals a novel association with FT4 in NRG1. Our results demonstrate that increased coverage in whole-genome sequence association studies identifies novel variants associated with thyroid function.

U2 - 10.1038/ncomms6681

DO - 10.1038/ncomms6681

M3 - Article

VL - 6

SP - 1

EP - 11

JO - Nature Communications

JF - Nature Communications

SN - 2041-1723

ER -

Whole-genome sequence-based analysis of thyroid function

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