Diagram, Consortium and AGEN-T2D, Consortium and SAT2D, Consortium and MAT2D, Consortium and T2D-GENES, Consortium and Pinidiyapathirage, Janani M. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2947-3015
(2014)
Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility.
Nature Genetics, 46 (3).
pp. 234-244.
ISSN 1061-4036
Abstract
To further understanding of the genetic basis of type 2 diabetes (T2D) susceptibility, we aggregated published meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) including 26,488 cases and 83,964 controls of European, East Asian, South Asian, and Mexican and Mexican American ancestry. We observed significant excess in directional consistency of T2D risk alleles across ancestry groups, even at SNPs demonstrating only weak evidence of association. By following up the strongest signals of association from the trans-ethnic meta-analysis in an additional 21,491 cases and 55,647 controls of European ancestry, we identified seven novel T2D susceptibility loci. Furthermore, we observed considerable improvements in fine-mapping resolution of common variant association signals at several T2D susceptibility loci. These observations highlight the benefits of trans-ethnic GWAS for the discovery and characterisation of complex trait loci, and emphasize an exciting opportunity to extend insight into the genetic architecture and pathogenesis of human diseases across populations of diverse ancestry.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Institute for Agriculture and the Environment |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Institute for Agriculture and the Environment |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Aug 2016 01:57 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Mar 2017 04:36 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Type 2 diabetes, Genome-wide,high density lipoprotein cholesterol; triacylglycerol |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 06 Biological Sciences > 0604 Genetics > 060405 Gene Expression (incl. Microarray and other genome-wide approaches) |
| Socio-Economic Objectives (2008): | C Society > 92 Health > 9201 Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) > 920104 Diabetes |
| Identification Number or DOI: | 10.1038/ng.2897 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/28842 |
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