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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2023

Identification of multiple novel susceptibility genes associated with autoimmune thyroid disease.

Xueying Liu, Yahu Miao, Chao Liu, Wan Lu, Qing Feng, Qiu Zhang

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xueying LiuDepartment of Endocrinology, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Yahu MiaoDepartment of Endocrinology, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Chao LiuDepartment of Endocrinology, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Wan LuDepartment of Endocrinology, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Qing FengDepartment of Endocrinology, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Qiu ZhangDepartment of Endocrinology, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Anhui Medical University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) is induced by various factors, including inheritability, which regulates gene expression. Multiple loci correlated with AITD have been discovered utilizing genome-wide association studies (GWASs). Nevertheless, demonstrating the biological relevance and function of these genetic loci is difficult. Methods: The FUSION software was utilized to define genes that were expressed differentially in AITD using a transcriptome-wide association study (TWAS) method in accordance with GWAS summary statistics from the largest genome-wide association study of 755,406 AITD individuals (30,234 cases and 725,172 controls) and levels of gene expression from two tissue datasets (blood and thyroid). Further analyses were performed such as colocalization, conditional, and fine-mapping analyses to extensively characterize the identified associations, using functional mapping and annotation (FUMA) to conduct functional annotation of the summary statistics of 23329 significant risk SNPs ( Results: There were 330 genes with transcriptome-wide significant differences between cases and controls, and the majority of these genes were new. 9 of the 94 unique significant genes had strong, colocalized, and potentially causal correlations with AITD. Such strong associations included Conclusions: The current work provides further insight into widespread changes in AITD at the transcriptomic level, as well as characterized the genetic component of gene expression in AITD by validating identified genes, establishing new correlations, and uncovering novel susceptibility genes. Our findings indicate that the genetic component of gene expression plays a significant part in AITD.

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Genome-Wide Association StudyHashimoto DiseaseBromodomain Containing ProteinsChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneForkhead Transcription FactorsGenetic LociGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansSteroid 21-HydroxylaseTranscriptomeBRD7 protein, humanBromodomain Containing ProteinsChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneCYP21A2 protein, humanForkhead Transcription FactorsFOXK1 protein, humanSteroid 21-Hydroxylaseautoimmune thyroid diseaseFUMAGWASSMRTWAS

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PMID37197658
PMCPMC10183592
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