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ArticleNature communications2017

Multivariate discovery and replication of five novel loci associated with Immunoglobulin G N-glycosylation.

Xia Shen, Lucija Klarić, Sodbo Sharapov, Massimo Mangino, Zheng Ning, Di Wu, Irena Trbojević-Akmačić, Maja Pučić-Baković, Igor Rudan, Ozren Polašek and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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57citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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57 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 104 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 8 institutions in 7 countries.

Xia ShenCentre for Global Health Research, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, Scotland, UK. xia.shen@ed.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4390-1979
Lucija KlarićCentre for Global Health Research, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, Scotland, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3105-8929
Sodbo SharapovNovosibirsk State University, Pirogova 2, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia.
Massimo ManginoDepartment for Twin Research, King's College London, London, WC2R 2LS, England, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2167-7470
Zheng NingDepartment of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 12 A, SE-17 177, Stockholm, Sweden.
Di WuScience for Life Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Tomtebodavägen 23B, Stockholm, SE-171 65, Sweden.
Irena Trbojević-AkmačićGenos Glycoscience Research Laboratory, Hondlova 2/11, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia.
Maja Pučić-BakovićGenos Glycoscience Research Laboratory, Hondlova 2/11, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia.
Igor RudanCentre for Global Health Research, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, Scotland, UK.
Ozren PolašekFaculty of Medicine, University of Split, Šoltanska ul. 2, Split, 21000, Croatia.
Caroline HaywardMRC Human Genetics Unit, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Crew Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, Scotland, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9405-9550
Timothy D SpectorDepartment for Twin Research, King's College London, London, WC2R 2LS, England, UK.
James F WilsonCentre for Global Health Research, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, Scotland, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5751-9178
Gordan LaucGenos Glycoscience Research Laboratory, Hondlova 2/11, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia.
Yurii S AulchenkoNovosibirsk State University, Pirogova 2, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia. y.s.aulchenko@polyomica.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7899-1575
Western General Hospital · GBGenos (Croatia) · HRKarolinska Institutet · SEKing's College London · GBNovosibirsk State University · RUStockholm University · SEUniversity of Split · HRUniversity of Zagreb · HR

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_U127561128Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Joint modeling of a number of phenotypes using multivariate methods has often been neglected in genome-wide association studies and if used, replication has not been sought. Modern omics technologies allow characterization of functional phenomena using a large number of related phenotype measures, which can benefit from such joint analysis. Here, we report a multivariate genome-wide association studies of 23 immunoglobulin G (IgG) N-glycosylation phenotypes. In the discovery cohort, our multi-phenotype method uncovers ten genome-wide significant loci, of which five are novel (IGH, ELL2, HLA-B-C, AZI1, FUT6-FUT3). We convincingly replicate all novel loci via multivariate tests. We show that IgG N-glycosylation loci are strongly enriched for genes expressed in the immune system, in particular antibody-producing cells and B lymphocytes. We empirically demonstrate the efficacy of multivariate methods to discover novel, reproducible pleiotropic effects.Multivariate analysis methods can uncover the relationship between phenotypic measures characterised by modern omic techniques. Here the authors conduct a multivariate GWAS on IgG N-glycosylation phenotypes and identify 5 novel loci enriched in immune system genes.

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AdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overB-LymphocytesCell Cycle ProteinsCohort StudiesCytoskeletal ProteinsFemaleFucosyltransferasesGenetic LociGenetic PleiotropyGenome-Wide Association StudyGlycosylationHumansImmunoglobulin G3-galactosyl-N-acetylglucosaminide 4-alpha-L-fucosyltransferaseCell Cycle ProteinsCEP131 protein, humanCytoskeletal ProteinsELL2 protein, humanFucosyltransferasesImmunoglobulin GMicrotubule ProteinsTranscriptional Elongation Factors

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PMID28878392
PMCPMC5587582
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