Variants in the fetal genome near pro-inflammatory cytokine genes on 2q13 associate with gestational duration

Gestational duration depends on both maternal and fetal genetic influences. Here, the authors perform a fetal genome-wide association meta-analysis and find that a locus on 2q13 is associated with pregnancy duration and further show that the lead SNP rs7594852 changes the binding properties of trans...

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Main Authors: Xueping Liu, Dorte Helenius, Line Skotte, Robin N. Beaumont, Matthias Wielscher, Frank Geller, Julius Juodakis, Anubha Mahajan, Jonathan P. Bradfield, Frederick T. J. Lin, Suzanne Vogelezang, Mariona Bustamante, Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia, Niina Pitkänen, Carol A. Wang, Jonas Bacelis, Maria C. Borges, Ge Zhang, Bruce A. Bedell, Robert M. Rossi, Kristin Skogstrand, Shouneng Peng, Wesley K. Thompson, Vivek Appadurai, Debbie A. Lawlor, Ilkka Kalliala, Christine Power, Mark I. McCarthy, Heather A. Boyd, Mary L. Marazita, Hakon Hakonarson, M. Geoffrey Hayes, Denise M. Scholtens, Fernando Rivadeneira, Vincent W. V. Jaddoe, Rebecca K. Vinding, Hans Bisgaard, Bridget A. Knight, Katja Pahkala, Olli Raitakari, Øyvind Helgeland, Stefan Johansson, Pål R. Njølstad, João Fadista, Andrew J. Schork, Ron Nudel, Daniel E. Miller, Xiaoting Chen, Matthew T. Weirauch, Preben Bo Mortensen, Anders D. Børglum, Merete Nordentoft, Ole Mors, Ke Hao, Kelli K. Ryckman, David M. Hougaard, Leah C. Kottyan, Craig E. Pennell, Leo-Pekka Lyytikainen, Klaus Bønnelykke, Martine Vrijheid, Janine F. Felix, William L. Lowe, Struan F. A. Grant, Elina Hyppönen, Bo Jacobsson, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, Louis J. Muglia, Jeffrey C. Murray, Rachel M. Freathy, Thomas M. Werge, Mads Melbye, Alfonso Buil, Bjarke Feenstra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11881-8