Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

A genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 50 genetic loci associated with carpal tunnel syndrome

  • Astros Th. Skuladottir,
  • Gyda Bjornsdottir,
  • Egil Ferkingstad,
  • Gudmundur Einarsson,
  • Lilja Stefansdottir,
  • Muhammad Sulaman Nawaz,
  • Asmundur Oddsson,
  • Thorunn A. Olafsdottir,
  • Saedis Saevarsdottir,
  • G. Bragi Walters,
  • Sigurdur H. Magnusson,
  • Anna Bjornsdottir,
  • Olafur A. Sveinsson,
  • Arnor Vikingsson,
  • Thomas Folkmann Hansen,
  • Rikke Louise Jacobsen,
  • Christian Erikstrup,
  • Michael Schwinn,
  • Søren Brunak,
  • Karina Banasik,
  • Sisse Rye Ostrowski,
  • Anders Troelsen,
  • Cecilie Henkel,
  • Ole Birger Pedersen,
  • DBDS Genetic Consortium,
  • Ingileif Jonsdottir,
  • Daniel F. Gudbjartsson,
  • Patrick Sulem,
  • Thorgeir E. Thorgeirsson,
  • Hreinn Stefansson,
  • Kari Stefansson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29133-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The underlying genetics of carpal tunnel syndrome is not well understood. Here, the authors perform a GWAS meta-analysis for carpal tunnel syndrome finding variants at 50 loci with connections to the extracellular matrix discovered through various functional analyses.