New genetic signals for lung function highlight pathways and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease associations across multiple ancestries.

Nature Genetics
Nick ShrineUnderstanding Society Scientific group

Abstract

Reduced lung function predicts mortality and is key to the diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In a genome-wide association study in 400,102 individuals of European ancestry, we define 279 lung function signals, 139 of which are new. In combination, these variants strongly predict COPD in independent populations. Furthermore, the combined effect of these variants showed generalizability across smokers and never smokers, and across ancestral groups. We highlight biological pathways, known and potential drug targets for COPD and, in phenome-wide association studies, autoimmune-related and other pleiotropic effects of lung function-associated variants. This new genetic evidence has potential to improve future preventive and therapeutic strategies for COPD.

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Methods Mentioned

BETA
genotyping

Clinical Trials Mentioned

NCT01371305
NCT03069989

Software Mentioned

ANNOVAR
CADD
NAS
LDSC
Ensembl GRCh37 Variant Effect Predictor
SPIROMICS
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CROATIA
LMM

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