title: Genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies new endometriosis risk loci.
abstract: We conducted a genome-wide association meta-analysis of 4,604 endometriosis cases and 9,393 controls of Japanese and European ancestry. We show that rs12700667 on chromosome 7p15.2, previously found to associate with disease in Europeans, replicates in Japanese (P = 3.6 × 10(-3)), and we confirm association of rs7521902 at 1p36.12 near WNT4. In addition, we establish an association of rs13394619 in GREB1 at 2p25.1 with endometriosis and identify a newly associated locus at 12q22 near VEZT (rs10859871). Excluding cases of European ancestry of minimal or unknown severity, we identified additional previously unknown loci at 2p14 (rs4141819), 6p22.3 (rs7739264) and 9p21.3 (rs1537377). All seven SNP effects were replicated in an independent cohort and associated at P <5 × 10(-8) in a combined analysis. Finally, we found a significant overlap in polygenic risk for endometriosis between the genome-wide association cohorts of European and Japanese descent (P = 8.8 × 10(-11)), indicating that many weakly associated SNPs represent true endometriosis risk loci and that risk prediction and future targeted disease therapy may be transferred across these populations.
authors.affiliation: Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. dale.nyholt@qimr.edu.au
authors.forename: Dale R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Nyholt
authors.forename: Siew-Kee
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Low
authors.forename: Carl A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Jodie N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Painter
authors.forename: Satoko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uno
authors.forename: Andrew P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: MacGregor
authors.forename: Scott D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: Anjali K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Henders
authors.forename: Nicholas G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: John
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authors.lastname: Attia
authors.forename: Elizabeth G
authors.initials: EG
authors.lastname: Holliday
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: McEvoy
authors.forename: Rodney J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Stephen H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: Susan A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Treloar
authors.forename: Stacey A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Missmer
authors.forename: Sosuke
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Krina T
authors.initials: KT
authors.lastname: Zondervan
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zembutsu
authors.forename: Grant W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Montgomery
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D002878:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1 / Q000235:genetics; D002889:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2 / Q000235:genetics; D002896:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6 / Q000235:genetics; D002897:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7 / Q000235:genetics; D002899:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9 / Q000235:genetics; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004715:Endometriosis / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D056426:Genetic Loci; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D055106:Genome-Wide Association Study; D006801:Humans; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D012306:Risk; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D044465:White People / Q000235:genetics; D060528:Wnt4 Protein / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; C416830:GREB1 protein, human; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; C494547:VEZT protein, human; C555581:WNT4 protein, human; D060528:Wnt4 Protein