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ArticleAnnals of human genetics2022

Study of variants in genes implicated in rare familial migraine syndromes and their association with migraine in 200,000 exome-sequenced UK Biobank participants.

Katherine Alexis Markel, David Curtis

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Article in Annals of human genetics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. Is migraine a common manifestation of CADASIL-Cons.The journal of headache and pain · 2025
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  2. Genetics of migraine: where are we now?The journal of headache and pain · 2023
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Katherine Alexis MarkelUCL Genetics Institute, University College London, London, UK.
David CurtisUCL Genetics Institute, University College London, London, UK.
University College London · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/R01356X/1Medical Research Council MC_PC_17228Medical Research Council MC_QA137853
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundA number of genes have been implicated in rare familial syndromes which have migraine as part of their phenotype but these genes have not previously been implicated in the common form of migraine.

methodsAmong exome-sequenced participants in the UK Biobank, we identified 7194 migraine cases with the remaining 193,433 participants classified as controls. We investigated rare variants in 10 genes previously reported to be implicated in conditions with migraine as a prominent part of the phenotype and carried out gene- and variant-based tests for association.

resultsWe found no evidence for association of these genes or variants with the common form of migraine seen in our subjects. In particular, a frameshift variant in KCNK18, p.(Phe139Trpfs*24), which had been shown to segregate with migraine with aura in a multiply affected pedigree, was found in 196 (0.10%) controls as well as in 10 (0.14%) cases (χ

conclusionsSince there is no other reported evidence to implicate KCNK18, we conclude that this gene and its product, TRESK, should no longer be regarded as being involved in migraine aetiology. Overall, we do not find that rare, functional variants in genes previously implicated to be involved in familial syndromes including migraine as part of the phenotype make a contribution to the commoner forms of migraine observed in this population.

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ExomeMigraine DisordersBiological Specimen BanksGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansPedigreePotassium ChannelsUnited KingdomKCNK18 protein, humanPotassium Channelsexomegenetic variantKCNK18migraineTRESK

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