Admixture mapping identifies genetic regions associated with blood pressure phenotypes in African Americans.
Hypertension occurs at a higher rate in African Americans than in European Americans. Based on the assumption that causal variants are more frequently found on DNA segments inherited from the ancestral population with higher disease risk, we employed admixture mapping to identify genetic loci with e...
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doaj-5148fe86c9f14437a04f753e6c72684b2021-03-03T21:42:17ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032020-01-01154e023204810.1371/journal.pone.0232048Admixture mapping identifies genetic regions associated with blood pressure phenotypes in African Americans.Zhi LiuDaniel ShrinerNancy F HansenCharles N RotimiJames C MullikinNISC Comparative Sequencing ProgramHypertension occurs at a higher rate in African Americans than in European Americans. Based on the assumption that causal variants are more frequently found on DNA segments inherited from the ancestral population with higher disease risk, we employed admixture mapping to identify genetic loci with excess local African ancestry associated with blood pressure. Chromosomal regions 1q21.2-21.3, 4p15.1, 19q12 and 20p13 were significantly associated with diastolic blood pressure (β = 5.28, -7.94, -6.82 and 5.89, P-value = 6.39E-04, 2.07E-04, 6.56E-05 and 5.04E-04, respectively); 1q21.2-21.3 and 19q12 were also significantly associated with mean arterial pressure (β = 5.86 and -6.40, P-value = 5.32E-04 and 6.37E-04, respectively). We further selected SNPs that had large allele frequency differences within these regions and tested their association with blood pressure. SNP rs4815428 was significantly associated with diastolic blood pressure after Bonferroni correction (β = -2.42, P-value = 9.57E-04), and it partially explained the admixture mapping signal at 20p13. SNPs rs771205 (β = -1.99, P-value = 3.37E-03), rs3126067, rs2184953 and rs58001094 (the latter three exhibit strong linkage disequilibrium, β = -2.3, P-value = 1.4E-03) were identified to be significantly associated with mean arterial pressure, and together they fully explained the admixture signal at 1q21.2-21.3. Although no SNP at 4p15.1 showed large ancestral allele frequency differences in our dataset, we detected association at low-frequency African-specific variants that mapped predominantly to the gene PCDH7, which is most highly expressed in aorta. Our results suggest that these regions may harbor genetic variants that contribute to the different prevalence of hypertension.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232048 |
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Zhi Liu Daniel Shriner Nancy F Hansen Charles N Rotimi James C Mullikin NISC Comparative Sequencing Program |
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Zhi Liu Daniel Shriner Nancy F Hansen Charles N Rotimi James C Mullikin NISC Comparative Sequencing Program Admixture mapping identifies genetic regions associated with blood pressure phenotypes in African Americans. PLoS ONE |
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Zhi Liu Daniel Shriner Nancy F Hansen Charles N Rotimi James C Mullikin NISC Comparative Sequencing Program |
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Admixture mapping identifies genetic regions associated with blood pressure phenotypes in African Americans. |
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Admixture mapping identifies genetic regions associated with blood pressure phenotypes in African Americans. |
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Admixture mapping identifies genetic regions associated with blood pressure phenotypes in African Americans. |
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Admixture mapping identifies genetic regions associated with blood pressure phenotypes in African Americans. |
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Admixture mapping identifies genetic regions associated with blood pressure phenotypes in African Americans. |
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admixture mapping identifies genetic regions associated with blood pressure phenotypes in african americans. |
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Hypertension occurs at a higher rate in African Americans than in European Americans. Based on the assumption that causal variants are more frequently found on DNA segments inherited from the ancestral population with higher disease risk, we employed admixture mapping to identify genetic loci with excess local African ancestry associated with blood pressure. Chromosomal regions 1q21.2-21.3, 4p15.1, 19q12 and 20p13 were significantly associated with diastolic blood pressure (β = 5.28, -7.94, -6.82 and 5.89, P-value = 6.39E-04, 2.07E-04, 6.56E-05 and 5.04E-04, respectively); 1q21.2-21.3 and 19q12 were also significantly associated with mean arterial pressure (β = 5.86 and -6.40, P-value = 5.32E-04 and 6.37E-04, respectively). We further selected SNPs that had large allele frequency differences within these regions and tested their association with blood pressure. SNP rs4815428 was significantly associated with diastolic blood pressure after Bonferroni correction (β = -2.42, P-value = 9.57E-04), and it partially explained the admixture mapping signal at 20p13. SNPs rs771205 (β = -1.99, P-value = 3.37E-03), rs3126067, rs2184953 and rs58001094 (the latter three exhibit strong linkage disequilibrium, β = -2.3, P-value = 1.4E-03) were identified to be significantly associated with mean arterial pressure, and together they fully explained the admixture signal at 1q21.2-21.3. Although no SNP at 4p15.1 showed large ancestral allele frequency differences in our dataset, we detected association at low-frequency African-specific variants that mapped predominantly to the gene PCDH7, which is most highly expressed in aorta. Our results suggest that these regions may harbor genetic variants that contribute to the different prevalence of hypertension. |
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