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ArticleNature communications2024

Abdominal aortic aneurysm and cardiometabolic traits share strong genetic susceptibility to lipid metabolism and inflammation.

Shufen Zheng, Philip S Tsao, Cuiping Pan

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Shufen ZhengCenter for Intelligent Medicine Research, Greater Bay Area Institute of Precision Medicine (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China.
Philip S TsaoDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA. ptsao@stanford.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-7274-9318
Cuiping PanCenter for Intelligent Medicine Research, Greater Bay Area Institute of Precision Medicine (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China. pancuiping@ipm-gba.org.cn.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32270626
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Abdominal aortic aneurysm has a high heritability and often co-occurs with other cardiometabolic disorders, suggesting shared genetic susceptibility. We investigate this commonality leveraging recent GWAS studies of abdominal aortic aneurysm and 32 cardiometabolic traits. We find significant genetic correlations between abdominal aortic aneurysm and 21 of the cardiometabolic traits investigated, including causal relationships with coronary artery disease, hypertension, lipid traits, and blood pressure. For each trait pair, we identify shared causal variants, genes, and pathways, revealing that cholesterol metabolism and inflammation are shared most prominently. Additionally, we show the tissue and cell type specificity in the shared signals, with strong enrichment across traits in the liver, arteries, adipose tissues, macrophages, adipocytes, and fibroblasts. Finally, we leverage drug-gene databases to identify several lipid-lowering drugs and antioxidants with high potential to treat abdominal aortic aneurysm with comorbidities. Our study provides insight into the shared genetic mechanism between abdominal aortic aneurysm and cardiometabolic traits, and identifies potential targets for pharmacological intervention.

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Aortic Aneurysm, AbdominalGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyInflammationLipid MetabolismCoronary Artery DiseaseHumansHypertensionPolymorphism, Single Nucleotide

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PMID38969659
PMCPMC11226445

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