Genome-wide study investigating effector genes and polygenic prediction for kidney function in persons with ancestry from Africa and the Americas
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.xgen.2023.100468
Genome-wide study investigating effector genes and polygenic prediction for kidney function in persons with ancestry from Africa and the Americas
Abstract
Chronic kidney disease is a leading cause of death and disability globally and impacts individuals of African ancestry (AFR) or with ancestry in the Americas (AMS) who are under-represented in genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of kidney function. To address this bias, we conducted a large meta-analysis of GWASs of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in 145,732 AFR and AMS individuals. We identified 41 loci at genome-wide significance (p < 5 × 10-8), of which two have not been previously reported in any ancestry group. We integrated fine-mapped loci with epigenomic and transcriptomic resources to highlight potential effector genes relevant to kidney physiology and disease, and reveal key regulatory elements and pathways involved in renal function and development. We demonstrate the varying but increased predictive power offered by a multi-ancestry polygenic score for eGFR and highlight the importance of population diversity in GWASs and multi-omics resources to enhance opportunities for clinical translation for all.
Keywords: admixed populations; chronic kidney disease; eGFR; expression quantitative trait locus; fine-mapping; genome-wide association study; kidney function; multi-ancestry; polygenic scores.
Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Conflict of interest statement
Declaration of interests P.N. reports investigator-initiated research grants from Allelica, Apple, Amgen, Boston Scientific, Genentech/Roche, and Novartis, personal fees from Allelica, Apple, AstraZeneca, Blackstone Life Sciences, Eli Lilly & Co, Foresite Labs, Genentech/Roche, GV, HeartFlow, Magnet Biomedicine, and Novartis, scientific advisory board membership of Esperion Therapeutics, Preciseli, and TenSixteen Bio, scientific co-founder of TenSixteen Bio, equity in MyOme, Preciseli, and TenSixteen Bio, and spousal employment at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, all unrelated to the present work. M.B.L. has received speaker and advisory fees from Otsuka, Reata, Bayer, and Sanofi Genzyme. G.P. has received speaker and advisory fees from Amgen, Bayer, Novartis, and Sanofi, and has received research grants from Bayer and Sanofi. L.M.R. is a consultant for the TOPMed Administrative Coordinating Center (through Westat).
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