Identification of ten loci associated with height highlights new biological pathways in human growth.

Abstract:

:Height is a classic polygenic trait, reflecting the combined influence of multiple as-yet-undiscovered genetic factors. We carried out a meta-analysis of genome-wide association study data of height from 15,821 individuals at 2.2 million SNPs, and followed up the strongest findings in >10,000 subjects. Ten newly identified and two previously reported loci were strongly associated with variation in height (P values from 4 x 10(-7) to 8 x 10(-22)). Together, these 12 loci account for approximately 2% of the population variation in height. Individuals with < or =8 height-increasing alleles and > or =16 height-increasing alleles differ in height by approximately 3.5 cm. The newly identified loci, along with several additional loci with strongly suggestive associations, encompass both strong biological candidates and unexpected genes, and highlight several pathways (let-7 targets, chromatin remodeling proteins and Hedgehog signaling) as important regulators of human stature. These results expand the picture of the biological regulation of human height and of the genetic architecture of this classical complex trait.

journal_name

Nat Genet

journal_title

Nature genetics

authors

Lettre G,Jackson AU,Gieger C,Schumacher FR,Berndt SI,Sanna S,Eyheramendy S,Voight BF,Butler JL,Guiducci C,Illig T,Hackett R,Heid IM,Jacobs KB,Lyssenko V,Uda M,Diabetes Genetics Initiative.,FUSION.,KORA.,Prostate, Lu

doi

10.1038/ng.125

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-05-01 00:00:00

pages

584-91

issue

5

eissn

1061-4036

issn

1546-1718

pii

ng.125

journal_volume

40

pub_type

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