Nature Communications (Jan 2016)

Genetic associations at 53 loci highlight cell types and biological pathways relevant for kidney function

  • Cristian Pattaro,
  • Alexander Teumer,
  • Mathias Gorski,
  • Audrey Y. Chu,
  • Man Li,
  • Vladan Mijatovic,
  • Maija Garnaas,
  • Adrienne Tin,
  • Rossella Sorice,
  • Yong Li,
  • Daniel Taliun,
  • Matthias Olden,
  • Meredith Foster,
  • Qiong Yang,
  • Ming-Huei Chen,
  • Tune H. Pers,
  • Andrew D. Johnson,
  • Yi-An Ko,
  • Christian Fuchsberger,
  • Bamidele Tayo,
  • Michael Nalls,
  • Mary F. Feitosa,
  • Aaron Isaacs,
  • Abbas Dehghan,
  • Pio d’Adamo,
  • Adebowale Adeyemo,
  • Aida Karina Dieffenbach,
  • Alan B. Zonderman,
  • Ilja M. Nolte,
  • Peter J. van der Most,
  • Alan F. Wright,
  • Alan R. Shuldiner,
  • Alanna C. Morrison,
  • Albert Hofman,
  • Albert V. Smith,
  • Albert W. Dreisbach,
  • Andre Franke,
  • Andre G. Uitterlinden,
  • Andres Metspalu,
  • Anke Tonjes,
  • Antonio Lupo,
  • Antonietta Robino,
  • Åsa Johansson,
  • Ayse Demirkan,
  • Barbara Kollerits,
  • Barry I. Freedman,
  • Belen Ponte,
  • Ben A. Oostra,
  • Bernhard Paulweber,
  • Bernhard K. Krämer,
  • Braxton D. Mitchell,
  • Brendan M. Buckley,
  • Carmen A. Peralta,
  • Caroline Hayward,
  • Catherine Helmer,
  • Charles N. Rotimi,
  • Christian M. Shaffer,
  • Christian Müller,
  • Cinzia Sala,
  • Cornelia M. van Duijn,
  • Aude Saint-Pierre,
  • Daniel Ackermann,
  • Daniel Shriner,
  • Daniela Ruggiero,
  • Daniela Toniolo,
  • Yingchang Lu,
  • Daniele Cusi,
  • Darina Czamara,
  • David Ellinghaus,
  • David S. Siscovick,
  • Douglas Ruderfer,
  • Christian Gieger,
  • Harald Grallert,
  • Elena Rochtchina,
  • Elizabeth J. Atkinson,
  • Elizabeth G. Holliday,
  • Eric Boerwinkle,
  • Erika Salvi,
  • Erwin P. Bottinger,
  • Federico Murgia,
  • Fernando Rivadeneira,
  • Florian Ernst,
  • Florian Kronenberg,
  • Frank B. Hu,
  • Gerjan J. Navis,
  • Gary C. Curhan,
  • George B. Ehret,
  • Georg Homuth,
  • Stefan Coassin,
  • Gian-Andri Thun,
  • Giorgio Pistis,
  • Giovanni Gambaro,
  • Giovanni Malerba,
  • Grant W. Montgomery,
  • Gudny Eiriksdottir,
  • Gunnar Jacobs,
  • Guo Li,
  • H-Erich Wichmann,
  • Harry Campbell,
  • Helena Schmidt,
  • Henri Wallaschofski,
  • Henry Völzke,
  • Hermann Brenner,
  • Heyo K. Kroemer,
  • Holly Kramer,
  • Honghuang Lin,
  • I. Mateo Leach,
  • Ian Ford,
  • Idris Guessous,
  • Igor Rudan,
  • Inga Prokopenko,
  • Ingrid Borecki,
  • Iris M. Heid,
  • Ivana Kolcic,
  • Ivana Persico,
  • J. Wouter Jukema,
  • James F. Wilson,
  • Janine F. Felix,
  • Jasmin Divers,
  • Jean-Charles Lambert,
  • Jeanette M. Stafford,
  • Jean-Michel Gaspoz,
  • Jennifer A. Smith,
  • Jessica D. Faul,
  • Jie Jin Wang,
  • Jingzhong Ding,
  • Joel N. Hirschhorn,
  • John Attia,
  • John B. Whitfield,
  • John Chalmers,
  • Jorma Viikari,
  • Josef Coresh,
  • Joshua C. Denny,
  • Juha Karjalainen,
  • Jyotika K. Fernandes,
  • Karlhans Endlich,
  • Katja Butterbach,
  • Keith L. Keene,
  • Kurt Lohman,
  • Laura Portas,
  • Lenore J. Launer,
  • Leo-Pekka Lyytikäinen,
  • Loic Yengo,
  • Lude Franke,
  • Luigi Ferrucci,
  • Lynda M. Rose,
  • Lyudmyla Kedenko,
  • Madhumathi Rao,
  • Maksim Struchalin,
  • Marcus E. Kleber,
  • Margherita Cavalieri,
  • Margot Haun,
  • Marilyn C. Cornelis,
  • Marina Ciullo,
  • Mario Pirastu,
  • Mariza de Andrade,
  • Mark A. McEvoy,
  • Mark Woodward,
  • Martin Adam,
  • Massimiliano Cocca,
  • Matthias Nauck,
  • Medea Imboden,
  • Melanie Waldenberger,
  • Menno Pruijm,
  • Marie Metzger,
  • Michael Stumvoll,
  • Michele K. Evans,
  • Michele M. Sale,
  • Mika Kähönen,
  • Mladen Boban,
  • Murielle Bochud,
  • Myriam Rheinberger,
  • Niek Verweij,
  • Nabila Bouatia-Naji,
  • Nicholas G. Martin,
  • Nick Hastie,
  • Nicole Probst-Hensch,
  • Nicole Soranzo,
  • Olivier Devuyst,
  • Olli Raitakari,
  • Omri Gottesman,
  • Oscar H. Franco,
  • Ozren Polasek,
  • Paolo Gasparini,
  • Patricia B. Munroe,
  • Paul M. Ridker,
  • Paul Mitchell,
  • Paul Muntner,
  • Christa Meisinger,
  • Johannes H. Smit,
  • ICBP Consortium,
  • AGEN Consortium,
  • CARDIOGRAM,
  • CHARGe-Heart Failure Group,
  • ECHOGen Consortium,
  • Peter Kovacs,
  • Philipp S. Wild,
  • Philippe Froguel,
  • Rainer Rettig,
  • Reedik Mägi,
  • Reiner Biffar,
  • Reinhold Schmidt,
  • Rita P. S. Middelberg,
  • Robert J. Carroll,
  • Brenda W. Penninx,
  • Rodney J. Scott,
  • Ronit Katz,
  • Sanaz Sedaghat,
  • Sarah H. Wild,
  • Sharon L. R. Kardia,
  • Sheila Ulivi,
  • Shih-Jen Hwang,
  • Stefan Enroth,
  • Stefan Kloiber,
  • Stella Trompet,
  • Benedicte Stengel,
  • Stephen J. Hancock,
  • Stephen T. Turner,
  • Sylvia E. Rosas,
  • Sylvia Stracke,
  • Tamara B. Harris,
  • Tanja Zeller,
  • Tatijana Zemunik,
  • Terho Lehtimäki,
  • Thomas Illig,
  • Thor Aspelund,
  • Tiit Nikopensius,
  • Tonu Esko,
  • Toshiko Tanaka,
  • Ulf Gyllensten,
  • Uwe Völker,
  • Valur Emilsson,
  • Veronique Vitart,
  • Ville Aalto,
  • Vilmundur Gudnason,
  • Vincent Chouraki,
  • Wei-Min Chen,
  • Wilmar Igl,
  • Winfried März,
  • Wolfgang Koenig,
  • Wolfgang Lieb,
  • Ruth J. F. Loos,
  • Yongmei Liu,
  • Harold Snieder,
  • Peter P. Pramstaller,
  • Afshin Parsa,
  • Jeffrey R. O’Connell,
  • Katalin Susztak,
  • Pavel Hamet,
  • Johanne Tremblay,
  • Ian H. de Boer,
  • Carsten A. Böger,
  • Wolfram Goessling,
  • Daniel I. Chasman,
  • Anna Köttgen,
  • W. H. Linda Kao,
  • Caroline S. Fox

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10023
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 19

Abstract

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Reduced glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is a hallmark of chronic kidney disease. Here, Pattaro et al. conduct a meta-analysis to discover several new loci associated with variation in eGFR and find that genes associated with eGFR loci often encode proteins potentially related to kidney development.