Nature Communications (Mar 2017)

Genome-wide association study identifies three novel loci in Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy

  • Natalie A. Afshari,
  • Robert P. Igo,
  • Nathan J. Morris,
  • Dwight Stambolian,
  • Shiwani Sharma,
  • V. Lakshmi Pulagam,
  • Steven Dunn,
  • John F. Stamler,
  • Barbara J. Truitt,
  • Jacqueline Rimmler,
  • Abraham Kuot,
  • Christopher R. Croasdale,
  • Xuejun Qin,
  • Kathryn P. Burdon,
  • S. Amer Riazuddin,
  • Richard Mills,
  • Sonja Klebe,
  • Mollie A. Minear,
  • Jiagang Zhao,
  • Elmer Balajonda,
  • George O. Rosenwasser,
  • Keith H Baratz,
  • V. Vinod Mootha,
  • Sanjay V. Patel,
  • Simon G. Gregory,
  • Joan E. Bailey-Wilson,
  • Marianne O. Price,
  • Francis W. Price,
  • Jamie E. Craig,
  • John H. Fingert,
  • John D. Gottsch,
  • Anthony J. Aldave,
  • Gordon K. Klintworth,
  • Jonathan H. Lass,
  • Yi-Ju Li,
  • Sudha K. Iyengar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14898
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) is one of the most common reasons for corneal transplantation, and is known to cluster in families. Here, the authors discover new genetic loci associated with FECD with sex-specific effects and implications for disease mechanism.