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Genome-wide meta-analysis of myopia and hyperopia provides evidence for replication of 11 loci

  • Claire L. Simpson
  • , Robert Wojciechowski
  • , Konrad Oexle
  • , Federico Murgia
  • , Laura Portas
  • , Xiaohui Li
  • , J. M.Verhoeven Virginie
  • , Veronique Vitart
  • , Maria Schache
  • , S. Mohsen Hosseini
  • , Pirro G. Hysi
  • , Leslie J. Raffel
  • , Mary Frances Cotch
  • , Emily Chew
  • , Barbara E.K. Klein
  • , Ronald Klein
  • , Tien Yin Wong
  • , Cornelia M. Van Duijn
  • , Paul Mitchell
  • , Seang Mei Saw
  • Maurizio Fossarello, Jie Jin Wang, Ozren Polašek, Harry Campbell, Igor Rudan, Ben A. Oostra, André G. Uitterlinden, Albert Hofman, Fernando Rivadeneira, Najaf Amin, Lennart C. Karssen, Johannes R. Vingerling, Angela Döring, Thomas Bettecken, Goran Bencic, Christian Gieger, H. Erich Wichmann, James F. Wilson, Cristina Venturini, Brian Fleck, Phillippa M. Cumberland, Jugnoo S. Rahi, Chris J. Hammond, Caroline Hayward, Alan F. Wright, Andrew D. Paterson, Paul N. Baird, Caroline C.W. Klaver, Jerome I. Rotter, Mario Pirastu, Thomas Meitinger, Joan E. Bailey-Wilson, Dwight Stambolian, S. Genuth, D. M. Nathan, B. Zinman, O. Crofford, J. Crandall, M. Reid, J. Brown-Friday, S. Engel, J. Sheindlin, H. Martinez, H. Shamoon, H. Engel, M. Phillips, R. Gubitosi-Klug, L. Mayer, S. Pendegast, H. Zegarra, D. Miller, L. Singerman, S. Smith-Brewer, M. Novak, J. Quin, W. Dahms, Saul Genuth, M. Palmert, D. Brillon, M. E. Lackaye, S. Kiss, R. Chan, V. Reppucci, T. Lee, M. Heinemann, F. Whitehouse, D. Kruger, J. K. Jones, M. McLellan, J. D. Carey, E. Angus, A. Thomas, A. Galprin, R. Bergenstal, M. Johnson, M. Spencer, K. Morgan, D. Etzwiler, D. Kendall, L. P. Aiello, E. Golden, A. Jacobson, R. Beaser, O. Ganda, O. Hamdy, H. Wolpert, G. Sharuk, P. Arrigg, D. Schlossman, J. Rosenzwieg, L. Rand, D. M. Nathan, M. Larkin, M. Ong, J. Godine, E. Cagliero, P. Lou, K. Folino, S. Fritz, S. Crowell, K. Hansen, C. Gauthier-Kelly, J. Service, G. Ziegler, L. Luttrell, S. Caulder, M. Lopes-Virella, J. Colwell, J. Soule, J. Fernandes, K. Hermayer, S. Kwon, M. Brabham, A. Blevins, J. Parker, D. Lee, N. Patel, C. Pittman, P. Lindsey, M. Bracey, K. Lee, M. Nutaitis, A. Farr, S. Elsing, T. Thompson, J. Selby, T. Lyons, S. Yacoub-Wasef, M. Szpiech, D. Wood, R. Mayfield, M. Molitch, B. Schaefer, L. Jampol, A. Lyon, M. Gill, Z. Strugula, L. Kaminski, R. Mirza, E. Simjanoski, D. Ryan, O. Kolterman, G. Lorenzi, M. Goldbaum, W. Sivitz, M. Bayless, D. Counts, S. Johnsonbaugh, M. Hebdon, P. Salemi, R. Liss, T. Donner, J. Gordon, R. Hemady, A. Kowarski, D. Ostrowski, S. Steidl, B. Jones, W. H. Herman, C. L. Martin, R. Pop-Busui, A. Sarma, J. Albers, E. Feldman, K. Kim, S. Elner, G. Comer, T. Gardner, R. Hackel, R. Prusak, L. Goings, A. Smith, J. Gothrup, P. Titus, J. Lee, M. Brandle, L. Prosser, D. A. Greene, M. J. Stevens, A. K. Vine, J. Bantle, N. Wimmergren, A. Cochrane, T. Olsen, E. Steuer, P. Rath, B. Rogness, D. Hainsworth, D. Goldstein, S. Hitt, J. Giangiacomo, D. S. Schade, L. H. Ketai, J. E. Chapin, S. Braunstein, P. A. Bourne, S. Schwartz, A. Brucker, B. J. Maschak-Carey, L. Baker, T. Orchard, N. Silvers, C. Ryan, T. Songer, B. Doft, S. Olson, R. L. Bergren, L. Lobes, P. Paczan Rath, D. Becker, D. Rubinstein, P. W. Conrad, S. Yalamanchi, A. Drash, A. Morrison, M. L. Bernal, J. Vaccaro-Kish, J. Malone, P. R. Pavan, N. Grove, M. N. Iyer, A. F. Burrows, E. A. Tanaka, R. Gstalder, S. Dagogo-Jack, C. Wigley, H. Ricks, A. Kitabchi, M. B. Murphy, S. Moser, D. Meyer, A. Iannacone, E. Chaum, S. Yoser, M. Bryer-Ash, S. Schussler, H. Lambeth, P. Raskin, S. Strowig, B. Zinman, A. Barnie, R. Devenyi, M. Mandelcorn, M. Brent, S. Rogers, A. Gordon, J. Palmer, S. Catton, J. Brunzell, H. Wessells, I. H. de Boer, J. Hokanson, J. Purnell, J. Ginsberg, J. Kinyoun, S. Deeb, M. Weiss, G. Meekins, J. Distad, L. Van Ottingham, J. Dupre, J. Harth, D. Nicolle, M. Driscoll, J. Mahon, C. Canny, M. May, J. Lipps, A. Agarwal, T. Adkins, L. Survant, R. L. Pate, G. E. Munn, R. Lorenz, S. Feman, N. White, L. Levandoski, I. Boniuk, G. Grand, M. Thomas, D. D. Joseph, K. Blinder, G. Shah, Boniuk Burgess, J. Santiago, W. Tamborlane, P. Gatcomb, K. Stoessel, K. Taylor, J. Goldstein, S. Novella, H. Mojibian, D. Cornfeld, J. Quin, P. Gaston, M. Palmert, R. Trail, W. Dahms, J. Lachin, P. Cleary, J. Backlund, W. Sun, B. Braffett, K. Klumpp, K. Chan, L. Diminick, D. Rosenberg, B. Petty, A. Determan, D. Kenny, B. Rutledge, Naji Younes, Williams L. Dews, M. Hawkins, C. Cowie, J. Fradkin, C. Siebert, R. Eastman, R. Danis, S. Gangaputra, S. Neill, M. Davis, L. Hubbard, H. Wabers, M. Burger, J. Dingledine, V. Gama, R. Sussman, M. Steffes, J. Bucksa, M. Nowicki, B. Chavers, J. Polak, A. Harrington, L. Funk, R. Crow, B. Gloeb, S. Thomas, C. O′Donnell, E. Soliman, Z. M. Zhang, R. Prineas, C. Campbell, C. Ryan, D. Sandstrom, T. Williams, M. Geckle, E. Cupelli, F. Thoma, B. Burzuk, T. Woodfill, P. Low, C. Sommer, K. Nickander, M. Budoff, R. Detrano, N. Wong, M. Fox, L. Kim, R. Oudiz, J. Lima, D. Bluemke, E. Turkbey, R. J. van der Geest, C. Liu, A. Malayeri, A. Jain, C. Miao, H. Chahal, R. Jarboe, G. Weir, M. Espeland, T. Manolio, L. Rand, D. Singer, M. Stern, A. E. Boulton, C. Clark, R. D′Agostino, M. Lopes-Virella, W. T. Garvey, T. J. Lyons, A. Jenkins, G. Virella, A. Jaffa, Rickey Carter, D. Lackland, M. Brabham, D. McGee, D. Zheng, R. K. Mayfield, A. Boright, S. Bull, L. Sun, S. Scherer, B. Zinman, J. Maynard
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI)
  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Technical University of Munich
  • IMM-CNR
  • Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
  • Erasmus University Medical Center
  • MRC Human Genetics Unit
  • University of Melbourne
  • Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto
  • George Washington University and Complex Systems Institute
  • St Thomas' Hospital
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
  • National Eye Institute (NEI)
  • University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
  • National University of Singapore
  • University of Sydney
  • National University of Singapore
  • University of Cagliari
  • University of Split Medical School
  • University of Edinburgh
  • Netherlands Consortium for Healthy Aging Sponsored by Netherlands Genomics Initiative
  • Helmholtz Zentrum München German Research Center for Environmental Health
  • University Hospital ‘Sestre Milosrdnice’
  • Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion
  • University College London
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University
  • Case Western Reserve University
  • Cornell University
  • Henry Ford Health System
  • International Diabetes Center
  • Joslin Diabetes Center
  • Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Mayo Clinic
  • Medical University of South Carolina
  • Northwestern University
  • University of California, San Diego
  • Iowa University
  • University of Maryland School of Medicine
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  • University of Missouri
  • University of New Mexico
  • University of Pittsburgh
  • University of South Florida, Tampa
  • University of Tennessee
  • UT Southwestern Medical Center
  • University of Toronto
  • University of Washington
  • Western University
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Washington University in St. Louis
  • Yale University Medical School
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease Program Office
  • Central Fundus Photograph Reading Center (University of Wisconsin)
  • Central Biochemistry Laboratory (University of Minnesota)
  • Central Carotid Ultrasound Unit (New England Medical Center)
  • Central ECG Reading Unit (University of Minnesota)
  • Wake Forest University
  • Central Neuropsychological Coding Unit
  • Computed Tomography Reading Center (Harbor UCLA Research and Education Institute)
  • Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions
  • External Evaluation Committee
  • Genetic Studies Group (Hospital for Sick Children)
  • SCOUT (Veralight)

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Abstract

Refractive error (RE) is a complex, multifactorial disorder characterized by a mismatch between the optical power of the eye and its axial length that causes object images to be focused off the retina. The two major subtypes of RE are myopia (nearsightedness) and hyperopia (farsightedness), which represent opposite ends of the distribution of the quantitative measure of spherical refraction. We performed a fixed effects meta-analysis of genome-wide association results of myopia and hyperopia from 9 studies of European-derived populations: AREDS, KORA, FES, OGP-Talana, MESA, RSI, RSII, RSIII and ERF. One genome-wide significant region was observed for myopia, corresponding to a previously identified myopia locus on 8q12 (p = 1.25610-8), which has been reported by Kiefer et al. as significantly associated with myopia age at onset and Verhoeven et al. as significantly associated to mean spherical-equivalent (MSE) refractive error. We observed two genomewide significant associations with hyperopia. These regions overlapped with loci on 15q14 (minimum p value = 9.11610-11) and 8q12 (minimum p value 1.82610-11) previously reported for MSE and myopia age at onset. We also used an intermarker linkage-disequilibrium-based method for calculating the effective number of tests in targeted regional replication analyses. We analyzed myopia (which represents the closest phenotype in our data to the one used by Kiefer et al.) and showed replication of 10 additional loci associated with myopia previously reported by Kiefer et al. This is the first replication of these loci using myopia as the trait under analysis. "Replication-level" association was also seen between hyperopia and 12 of Kiefer et al.'s published loci. For the loci that show evidence of association to both myopia and hyperopia, the estimated effect of the risk alleles were in opposite directions for the two traits. This suggests that these loci are important contributors to variation of refractive error across the distribution.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere107110
JournalPLoS ONE
Volume9
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 18 Sep 2014

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