Rare variants and loci for age-related macular degeneration in the Ohio and Indiana Amish.

Human Genetics
Andrea R WaksmunskiJonathan L Haines

Abstract

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a leading cause of blindness in the world. While dozens of independent genomic variants are associated with AMD, about one-third of AMD heritability is still unexplained. To identify novel variants and loci for AMD, we analyzed Illumina HumanExome chip data from 87 Amish individuals with early or late AMD, 79 unaffected Amish individuals, and 15 related Amish individuals with unknown AMD affection status. We retained 37,428 polymorphic autosomal variants across 175 samples for association and linkage analyses. After correcting for multiple testing (n = 37,428), we identified four variants significantly associated with AMD: rs200437673 (LCN9, p = 1.50 × 10-11), rs151214675 (RTEL1, p = 3.18 × 10-8), rs140250387 (DLGAP1, p = 4.49 × 10-7), and rs115333865 (CGRRF1, p = 1.05 × 10-6). These variants have not been previously associated with AMD and are not in linkage disequilibrium with the 52 known AMD-associated variants reported by the International AMD Genomics Consortium based on physical distance. Genome-wide significant linkage peaks were observed on chromosomes 8q21.11-q21.13 (maximum recessive HLOD = 4.03) and 18q21.2-21.32 (maximum dominant HLOD = 3.87; maximum recessive HLOD = 4.27)....Continue Reading

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Feb 11, 2021·International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·Andrea R WaksmunskiJessica N Cooke Bailey

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Methods Mentioned

BETA
chip
Genotyping
Assay
Y402H
exome

Software Mentioned

PedCut
RObust Association - Detection Test for ( ROADTRIPS )
VANTAGE
Multi
Ensembl
HLOD
GenTrain
QuantStudio
PLINK
MERLIN

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