ArticleEuropean journal of human genetics : EJHG2016
Genetic variants in RBFOX3 are associated with sleep latency.
Article in European journal of human genetics : EJHG, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Sleep quality assessment in hospitalized postoperative surgical patients: a COSMIN-based systematic review.Frontiers in sleep · 2025Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Organ-specific proteomic aging clocks predict disease and longevity across diverse populations.Nature aging · 2026Article
- Overexpression of Hspa1b in the mouse hippocampus may be associated with major depressive disorder.Behavioral and brain functions : BBF · 2025Article
- Causal relations of trace elements and nutrients with insomnia: A Mendelian randomization study.Medicine · 2025Article
- Genome-wide association in Drosophila identifies a role for Piezo and Proc-R in sleep latency.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Genetics of circadian rhythms and sleep in human health and disease.Nature reviews. Genetics · 2023Review
- Article
- Visual Function and Survival of Injured Retinal Ganglion Cells in Aged Rbfox1 Knockout Animals.Cells · 2022Article
- Rbfox1 expression in amacrine cells is restricted to GABAergic and VGlut3 glycinergic cells.Bioscience reports · 2022Article
- Daytime sleepiness might increase the risk of ALS: a 2-sample Mendelian randomization study.Journal of neurology · 2021Article
- The Genetics of Sleep Disorders in Children: A Narrative Review.Brain sciences · 2021Review
- Loss of Rbfox1 Does Not Affect Survival of Retinal Ganglion Cells Injured by Optic Nerve Crush.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
- Genome-wide association analysis of insomnia using data from Partners Biobank.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Genome-Wide CpG Island Methylation Profiles of Cutaneous Skin with and without HPV Infection.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019Article
- DNA methylation and inflammation marker profiles associated with a history of depression.Human molecular genetics · 2018Article
- RBFOX3/NeuN is dispensable for visual function.PloS one · 2018Article
- Genetic Influences on Evening Preference Overlap with Those for Bipolar Disorder in a Sample of Mexican Americans and American Indians.Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies · 2017Article
- Genome-wide association analysis of insomnia complaints identifies risk genes and genetic overlap with psychiatric and metabolic traits.Nature genetics · 2017Article
- Pleiotropic genetic effects influencing sleep and neurological disorders.The Lancet. Neurology · 2017Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
74 authors.
Funding
Abstract
Time to fall asleep (sleep latency) is a major determinant of sleep quality. Chronic, long sleep latency is a major characteristic of sleep-onset insomnia and/or delayed sleep phase syndrome. In this study we aimed to discover common polymorphisms that contribute to the genetics of sleep latency. We performed a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) including 2 572 737 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) established in seven European cohorts including 4242 individuals. We found a cluster of three highly correlated variants (rs9900428, rs9907432 and rs7211029) in the RNA-binding protein fox-1 homolog 3 gene (RBFOX3) associated with sleep latency (P-values=5.77 × 10(-08), 6.59 × 10(-)(08) and 9.17 × 10(-)(08)). These SNPs were replicated in up to 12 independent populations including 30 377 individuals (P-values=1.5 × 10(-)(02), 7.0 × 10(-)(03) and 2.5 × 10(-)(03); combined meta-analysis P-values=5.5 × 10(-07), 5.4 × 10(-07) and 1.0 × 10(-07)). A functional prediction of RBFOX3 based on co-expression with other genes shows that this gene is predominantly expressed in brain (P-value=1.4 × 10(-316)) and the central nervous system (P-value=7.5 × 10(-)(321)). The predicted function of RBFOX3 based on co-expression analysis with other genes shows that this gene is significantly involved in the release cycle of neurotransmitters including gamma-aminobutyric acid and various monoamines (P-values<2.9 × 10(-11)) that are crucial in triggering the onset of sleep. To conclude, in this first large-scale GWAS of sleep latency we report a novel association of variants in RBFOX3 gene. Further, a functional prediction of RBFOX3 supports the involvement of RBFOX3 with sleep latency.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.