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De Lillo A, D'Antona S, Pathak GA, Wendt FR, De Angelis F, Fuciarelli M, Polimanti R. Cross-ancestry genome-wide association studies identified heterogeneous loci associated with differences of allele frequency and regulome tagging between participants of European descent and other ancestry groups from the UK Biobank. Hum Mol Genet 2021; 30:1457-1467. [PMID: 33890984 PMCID: PMC8283210 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddab114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2021] [Revised: 04/14/2021] [Accepted: 01/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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To investigate cross-ancestry genetics of complex traits, we conducted a phenome-wide analysis of loci with heterogeneous effects across African, Admixed-American, Central/South Asian, East Asian, European and Middle Eastern participants of the UK Biobank (N = 441 331). Testing 843 phenotypes, we identified 82 independent genomic regions mapping variants showing genome-wide significant (GWS) associations (P < 5 × 10-8) in the trans-ancestry meta-analysis and GWS heterogeneity among the ancestry-specific effects. These included (i) loci with GWS association in one ancestry and concordant but heterogeneous effects among the other ancestries and (ii) loci with a GWS association in one ancestry group and an experiment-wide significant discordant effect (P < 6.1 × 10-4) in at least another ancestry. Since the trans-ancestry GWS associations were mostly driven by the European ancestry sample size, we investigated the differences of the allele frequency (ΔAF) and linkage disequilibrium regulome tagging (ΔLD) between European populations and the other ancestries. Within loci with concordant effects, the degree of heterogeneity was associated with European-Middle Eastern ΔAF (P = 9.04 × 10-6) and ΔLD of European populations with respect to African, Admixed-American and Central/South Asian groups (P = 8.21 × 10-4, P = 7.17 × 10-4 and P = 2.16 × 10-3, respectively). Within loci with discordant effects, ΔAF and ΔLD of European populations with respect to African and Central/South Asian ancestries were associated with the degree of heterogeneity (ΔAF: P = 7.69 × 10-3 and P = 5.31 × 10-3, ΔLD: P = 0.016 and P = 2.65 × 10-4, respectively). Considering the traits associated with cross-ancestry heterogeneous loci, we observed enrichments for blood biomarkers (P = 5.7 × 10-35) and physical appearance (P = 1.38 × 10-4). This suggests that these specific phenotypic classes may present considerable cross-ancestry heterogeneity owing to large allele frequency and LD variation among worldwide populations.
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Affiliation(s)
- Antonella De Lillo
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
- Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome 00133, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome 00133, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
- VA CT Healthcare Center, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
- VA CT Healthcare Center, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
- Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome 00133, Italy
- VA CT Healthcare Center, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome 00133, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
- VA CT Healthcare Center, West Haven, CT 06516, USA
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Women with prolonged nausea in pregnancy have increased risk for depressive symptoms postpartum. Sci Rep 2018; 8:15796. [PMID: 30361517 PMCID: PMC6202412 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-33197-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2018] [Accepted: 09/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The aim of this population-based, longitudinal study was to assess the association between nausea and vomiting in pregnancy (NVP) and perinatal depressive symptoms. Pregnant women (N = 4239) undergoing routine ultrasound at gestational week (GW) 17 self-reported on NVP and were divided into those without nausea (G0), early (≤17 GW) nausea without medication (G1), early nausea with medication (G2), and prolonged (>17 GW) nausea (G3). The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale at GW 17 and 32 (cut-off ≥13) and at six weeks postpartum (cut-off ≥12) was used to assess depressive symptoms. Main outcome measures were depressive symptoms at GW 32 and at six weeks postpartum. NVP was experienced by 80.7%. The unadjusted logistic regression showed a positive association between all three nausea groups and depressive symptoms at all time-points. After adjustment, significant associations with postpartum depressive symptoms remained for G3, compared to G0 (aOR = 1.66; 95% CI 1.1–2.52). After excluding women with history of depression, only the G3 group was at higher odds for postpartum depressive symptoms (aOR = 2.26; 95% CI 1.04–4.92). In conclusion, women with prolonged nausea have increased risk of depressive symptoms at six weeks postpartum, regardless of history of depression.
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Mitsuda N, Eitoku M, Yamasaki K, Sakaguchi M, Yasumitsu-Lovell K, Maeda N, Fujieda M, Suganuma N. Nausea and vomiting during pregnancy associated with lower incidence of preterm births: the Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS). BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2018; 18:268. [PMID: 29945561 PMCID: PMC6020391 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-018-1911-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2017] [Accepted: 06/21/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background Nausea and vomiting during pregnancy (NVP) is considered to be associated with favorable fetal outcomes, such as a decreased risk for spontaneous abortion. However, the relationship between NVP and preterm births remains unknown. This study was conducted to evaluate the association between NVP and the risk of preterm births. Methods The dataset of a birth cohort study, the Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS), was retrospectively reviewed. Participants’ experience of NVP prior to 12 gestational weeks were evaluated by a questionnaire administered from 22 weeks of pregnancy to 1 month before delivery. NVP responses were elicited against four choices based on which the study population was divided into four subcohorts. Preterm birth was the main study outcome. Logistic regression analysis was used to quantify an association between NVP and risk of preterm birth. Results Of 96,056 women, 79,460 (82.7%) experienced some symptoms of NVP and 10,518 (10.9%) experienced severe NVP. Compared to those who did not experience NVP, women with severe NVP had lower odds for preterm birth [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 0.84, 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 0.74–0.95]. An even lower OR was found among very preterm birth and extremely preterm birth (aOR 0.44, 95% CI 0.29–0.65). Conclusion An inverse association exists between NVP and preterm births, especially, very preterm births and extremely preterm births.
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- Naomi Mitsuda
- Department of Environmental Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kohasu, Oko-cho, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan.
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kohasu, Oko-cho, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan
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- Integrated Center for Advanced Medical Technologies, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
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- Integrated Center for Advanced Medical Technologies, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan.,Cancer Prevention and Control Division, Kanagawa Cancer Center Research Institute, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kohasu, Oko-cho, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kochi, Japan
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, Kochi Medical School, Kochi University, Kohasu, Oko-cho, Nankoku, Kochi, 783-8505, Japan
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Petry CJ, Ong KK, Beardsall K, Hughes IA, Acerini CL, Dunger DB. Vomiting in pregnancy is associated with a higher risk of low birth weight: a cohort study. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2018; 18:133. [PMID: 29728080 PMCID: PMC5935997 DOI: 10.1186/s12884-018-1786-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2017] [Accepted: 04/26/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Low birth weight has important short- and long-term health implications. Previously it has been shown that pregnancies affected by hyperemesis gravidarum in the mother are at higher risk of having low birth weight offspring. In this study we tested whether such risks are also evident with less severe nausea and vomiting in pregnancy. METHODS One thousand two hundred thirty-eight women in the prospective Cambridge Baby Growth Study filled in pregnancy questionnaires which included questions relating to adverse effects of pregnancy and drugs taken during that time. Ordinal logistic regression models, adjusted for parity, ethnicity, marital and smoking status were used to relate the risk of giving birth to low birth weight (< 2.5 kg) babies to nausea and/or vomiting in pregnancy that were not treated with anti-emetics and did not report suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum. RESULTS Only three women in the cohort reported having had hyperemesis gravidarum although a further 17 women reported taking anti-emetics during pregnancy. Of those 1218 women who did not take anti-emetics 286 (23.5%) did not experience nausea or vomiting, 467 (38.3%) experienced nausea but not vomiting and 465 experienced vomiting (38.2%). Vomiting during pregnancy was associated with higher risk of having a low birth weight baby (odds ratio 3.5 (1.2, 10.8), p = 0.03). The risk associated with vomiting was found in the first (p = 0.01) and second (p = 0.01) trimesters but not the third (p = 1.0). The higher risk was not evident in those women who only experienced nausea (odds ratio 1.0 (0.3, 4.0), p = 1.0). CONCLUSIONS Vomiting in early pregnancy, even when not perceived to be sufficiently severe to merit treatment, is associated with a higher risk of delivering a low birth weight baby. Early pregnancy vomiting might therefore be usable as a marker of higher risk of low birth weight in pregnancy. This may be of benefit in situations where routine ultrasound is not available to distinguish prematurity from fetal growth restriction, so low birth weight is used as an alternative.
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- Clive J. Petry
- 0000000121885934grid.5335.0Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Box 116, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ UK
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- 0000000121885934grid.5335.0Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Box 116, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ UK ,0000000121885934grid.5335.0Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ UK ,0000000121885934grid.5335.0The Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ UK
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- 0000000121885934grid.5335.0Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Box 116, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ UK
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- 0000000121885934grid.5335.0Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Box 116, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ UK
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- 0000000121885934grid.5335.0Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Box 116, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ UK
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- 0000000121885934grid.5335.0Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge, Box 116, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ UK ,0000000121885934grid.5335.0The Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ UK
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Fejzo MS, Myhre R, Colodro-Conde L, MacGibbon KW, Sinsheimer JS, Reddy MVPL, Pajukanta P, Nyholt DR, Wright MJ, Martin NG, Engel SM, Medland SE, Magnus P, Mullin PM. Genetic analysis of hyperemesis gravidarum reveals association with intracellular calcium release channel (RYR2). Mol Cell Endocrinol 2017; 439:308-316. [PMID: 27663074 PMCID: PMC6464816 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2016.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2016] [Revised: 08/19/2016] [Accepted: 09/19/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG), severe nausea/vomiting in pregnancy (NVP), can cause poor maternal/fetal outcomes. Genetic predisposition suggests the genetic component is essential in discovering an etiology. We performed whole-exome sequencing of 5 families followed by analysis of variants in 584 cases/431 controls. Variants in RYR2 segregated with disease in 2 families. The novel variant L3277R was not found in any case/control. The rare variant, G1886S was more common in cases (p = 0.046) and extreme cases (p = 0.023). Replication of G1886S using Norwegian/Australian data was supportive. Common variants rs790899 and rs1891246 were significantly associated with HG and weight loss. Copy-number analysis revealed a deletion in a patient. RYR2 encodes an intracellular calcium release channel involved in vomiting, cyclic-vomiting syndrome, and is a thyroid hormone target gene. Additionally, RYR2 is a downstream drug target of Inderal, used to treat HG and CVS. Thus, herein we provide genetic evidence for a pathway and therapy for HG.
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- Marlena Schoenberg Fejzo
- Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo Norway
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- Psychiatric Genetics Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Departments of Biostatistics, Biomathematics, & Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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- Queensland Brain Institute and Centre for Advanced Imaging, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Psychiatric Genetics Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo Norway
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- Department of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Nausea and Vomiting During Pregnancy is Highly Heritable. Behav Genet 2016; 46:481-91. [PMID: 26801654 DOI: 10.1007/s10519-016-9781-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2015] [Accepted: 01/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Nausea and vomiting during pregnancy (NVP) affects about 70 % of all expectant mothers and commonly impacts their physical health and psychosocial functioning. The aim of this study was to estimate the heritability of the presence, duration and severity of NVP. The sample consisted of 1723 women (M age = 41.78, SD = 11.67) including twins in both complete and incomplete pairs and their sisters from two cohorts participating in the NVP Genetics Consortium. The sample comprised 159 monozygotic and 140 dizygotic complete twin pairs, and 69 twin-sister pairs. We applied an extended twin design using OpenMx and Mx for secondary analysis. Individual differences in NVP were best explained by additive genetic and unique environmental effects. Heritability estimates were 73 % (95 % CIs = 57-84 %) for presence, 51 % (95 % CIs = 36-63 %) for duration and 53 % (95 % CIs = 38-65 %) for severity of NVP. The genetic correlation between duration and severity was almost perfect. Our results show that genes play an important role in different aspects of NVP and justify the importance of searching for genetic variants.
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