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ArticleNature communications2021

Systems genetics in diversity outbred mice inform BMD GWAS and identify determinants of bone strength.

Basel M Al-Barghouthi, Larry D Mesner, Gina M Calabrese, Daniel Brooks, Steven M Tommasini, Mary L Bouxsein, Mark C Horowitz, Clifford J Rosen, Kevin Nguyen, Samuel Haddox and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors.

Basel M Al-Barghouthi *Center for Public Health Genomics, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9816-8044
Larry D Mesner *Center for Public Health Genomics, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Gina M Calabrese *Center for Public Health Genomics, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Daniel BrooksCenter for Advanced Orthopedic Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Steven M TommasiniDepartment of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5118-5867
Mary L BouxseinCenter for Advanced Orthopedic Studies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7027-7414
Mark C HorowitzDepartment of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Clifford J RosenMaine Medical Center Research Institute, Scarborough, ME, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3436-8199
Kevin NguyenCenter for Public Health Genomics, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Samuel HaddoxDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Emily A FarberCenter for Public Health Genomics, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Suna Onengut-GumuscuCenter for Public Health Genomics, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6563-8334
Daniel PompDepartment of Genetics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Charles R FarberCenter for Public Health Genomics, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA. crf2s@virginia.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-6748-4711

Funding

Women's Oncology Program - WONP30CA044579 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA CHARLOTTESVILLE · PI Jay William FOX · 1987 to 2026
$72.1M
Genetic analysis of bone strengthR01AR068345 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI FARBER, CHARLES R, HOROWITZ, MARK C · 2016 to 2020
$3.1M
Informing Osteoporosis GWAS Using NetworksR01AR077992 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI FARBER, CHARLES R · 2020 to 2025
$2.8M
Discovery of Bone Formation Genes through Integrative GenomicsR01AR057759 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI FARBER, CHARLES R · 2011 to 2015
$1.7M
Transdisciplinary Big Data Science Training at UVaT32LM012416 · NLM · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI BROWN, DONALD E, LOUGHRAN, THOMAS P. · 2016 to 2020
$1.3M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA044579NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR057759NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR068345NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR077992NLM NIH HHS T32 LM012416
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) for osteoporotic traits have identified over 1000 associations; however, their impact has been limited by the difficulties of causal gene identification and a strict focus on bone mineral density (BMD). Here, we use Diversity Outbred (DO) mice to directly address these limitations by performing a systems genetics analysis of 55 complex skeletal phenotypes. We apply a network approach to cortical bone RNA-seq data to discover 66 genes likely to be causal for human BMD GWAS associations, including the genes SERTAD4 and GLT8D2. We also perform GWAS in the DO for a wide-range of bone traits and identify Qsox1 as a gene influencing cortical bone accrual and bone strength. In this work, we advance our understanding of the genetics of osteoporosis and highlight the ability of the mouse to inform human genetics.

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AnimalsBone DensityCell DifferentiationCollaborative Cross MiceDatasets as TopicFemaleFemurFluoresceinsFluorescent DyesGenome-Wide Association StudyGlycosyltransferasesHumansMaleMesenchymal Stem CellsMiceMice, KnockoutFluoresceinsFluorescent DyesfluorexonGlycosyltransferasesOxidoreductases Acting on Sulfur Group DonorsQSOX1 protein, mouse

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