Genome-wide analyses identify a role for SLC17A4 and AADAT in thyroid hormone regulation

Thyroid dysfunction is a common public health problem and associated with cardiovascular co-morbidities. Here, the authors carry out genome-wide meta-analysis for thyroid hormone (TH) levels, hyper- and hypothyroidism and identify SLC17A4 as a TH transporter and AADAT as a TH metabolizing enzyme.

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Main Authors: Alexander Teumer, Layal Chaker, Stefan Groeneweg, Yong Li, Celia Di Munno, Caterina Barbieri, Ulla T. Schultheiss, Michela Traglia, Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia, Masato Akiyama, Emil Vincent R. Appel, Dan E. Arking, Alice Arnold, Arne Astrup, Marian Beekman, John P. Beilby, Sofie Bekaert, Eric Boerwinkle, Suzanne J. Brown, Marc De Buyzere, Purdey J. Campbell, Graziano Ceresini, Charlotte Cerqueira, Francesco Cucca, Ian J. Deary, Joris Deelen, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Arif B. Ekici, Johan G. Eriksson, Luigi Ferrrucci, Tom Fiers, Edoardo Fiorillo, Ian Ford, Caroline S. Fox, Christian Fuchsberger, Tessel E. Galesloot, Christian Gieger, Martin Gögele, Alessandro De Grandi, Niels Grarup, Karin Halina Greiser, Kadri Haljas, Torben Hansen, Sarah E. Harris, Diana van Heemst, Martin den Heijer, Andrew A. Hicks, Wouter den Hollander, Georg Homuth, Jennie Hui, M. Arfan Ikram, Till Ittermann, Richard A. Jensen, Jiaojiao Jing, J. Wouter Jukema, Eero Kajantie, Yoichiro Kamatani, Elisa Kasbohm, Jean-Marc Kaufman, Lambertus A. Kiemeney, Margreet Kloppenburg, Florian Kronenberg, Michiaki Kubo, Jari Lahti, Bruno Lapauw, Shuo Li, David C. M. Liewald, Lifelines Cohort Study, Ee Mun Lim, Allan Linneberg, Michela Marina, Deborah Mascalzoni, Koichi Matsuda, Daniel Medenwald, Christa Meisinger, Ingrid Meulenbelt, Tim De Meyer, Henriette E. Meyer zu Schwabedissen, Rafael Mikolajczyk, Matthijs Moed, Romana T. Netea-Maier, Ilja M. Nolte, Yukinori Okada, Mauro Pala, Cristian Pattaro, Oluf Pedersen, Astrid Petersmann, Eleonora Porcu, Iris Postmus, Peter P. Pramstaller, Bruce M. Psaty, Yolande F. M. Ramos, Rajesh Rawal, Paul Redmond, J. Brent Richards, Ernst R. Rietzschel, Fernando Rivadeneira, Greet Roef, Jerome I. Rotter, Cinzia F. Sala, David Schlessinger, Elizabeth Selvin, P. Eline Slagboom, Nicole Soranzo, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, Timothy D. Spector, John M. Starr, David J. Stott, Youri Taes, Daniel Taliun, Toshiko Tanaka, Betina Thuesen, Daniel Tiller, Daniela Toniolo, Andre G. Uitterlinden, W. Edward Visser, John P. Walsh, Scott G. Wilson, Bruce H. R. Wolffenbuttel, Qiong Yang, Hou-Feng Zheng, Anne Cappola, Robin P. Peeters, Silvia Naitza, Henry Völzke, Serena Sanna, Anna Köttgen, Theo J. Visser, Marco Medici
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06356-1