Authors
Alexander Teumer, Layal Chaker, Stefan Groeneweg, Yong Li, Celia Di Munno, Caterina Barbieri, Ulla T Schultheiss, Michela Traglia, Tarunveer S Ahluwalia, Masato Akiyama, Emil Vincent R Appel, Dan E Arking, Alice Arnold, Arne Astrup, Marian Beekman, John P Beilby, Sofie Bekaert, Eric Boerwinkle, Suzanne J Brown, Marc De Buyzere, Purdey J Campbell, Graziano Ceresini, Charlotte Cerqueira, Francesco Cucca, Ian J Deary, Joris Deelen, Kai-Uwe Eckardt, Arif B Ekici, Johan G Eriksson, Luigi Ferrrucci, Tom Fiers, Edoardo Fiorillo, Ian Ford, Caroline S Fox, Christian Fuchsberger, Tessel E Galesloot, Christian Gieger, Martin Gögele, Alessandro De Grandi, Niels Grarup, Karin Halina Greiser, Kadri Haljas, Torben Hansen, Sarah E Harris, Diana van Heemst, Martin den Heijer, Andrew A Hicks, Wouter den Hollander, Georg Homuth, Jennie Hui, M Arfan Ikram, Till Ittermann, Richard A Jensen, Jiaojiao Jing, J Wouter Jukema, Eero Kajantie, Yoichiro Kamatani, Elisa Kasbohm, Jean-Marc Kaufman, Lambertus A Kiemeney, Margreet Kloppenburg, Florian Kronenberg, Michiaki Kubo, Jari Lahti, Bruno Lapauw, Shuo Li, David CM Liewald, Ee Mun Lim, Allan Linneberg, Michela Marina, Deborah Mascalzoni, Koichi Matsuda, Daniel Medenwald, Christa Meisinger, Ingrid Meulenbelt, Tim De Meyer, Henriette E Meyer zu Schwabedissen, Rafael Mikolajczyk, Matthijs Moed, Romana T Netea-Maier, Ilja M Nolte, Yukinori Okada, Mauro Pala, Cristian Pattaro, Oluf Pedersen, Astrid Petersmann, Eleonora Porcu, Iris Postmus, Peter P Pramstaller, Bruce M Psaty, Yolande FM Ramos, Rajesh Rawal, Paul Redmond, J Brent Richards, Ernst R Rietzschel, Fernando Rivadeneira, Greet Roef, Jerome I Rotter, Cinzia F Sala, David Schlessinger, Elizabeth Selvin, P Eline Slagboom, Nicole Soranzo, Thorkild IA Sørensen, Timothy D Spector, John M Starr, David J Stott, Youri Taes, Daniel Taliun, Toshiko Tanaka, Betina Thuesen, Daniel Tiller, Daniela Toniolo, Andre G Uitterlinden, W Edward Visser, John P Walsh, Scott G Wilson, Bruce HR Wolffenbuttel, Qiong Yang, Hou-Feng Zheng, Anne Cappola, Robin P Peeters, Silvia Naitza, Henry Völzke, Serena Sanna, Anna Köttgen, Theo J Visser, Marco Medici
Publication date
2018/10/26
Journal
Nature communications
Volume
9
Issue
1
Pages
4455
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK
Description
Thyroid dysfunction is an important public health problem, which affects 10% of the general population and increases the risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Many aspects of thyroid hormone regulation have only partly been elucidated, including its transport, metabolism, and genetic determinants. Here we report a large meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for thyroid function and dysfunction, testing 8 million genetic variants in up to 72,167 individuals. One-hundred-and-nine independent genetic variants are associated with these traits. A genetic risk score, calculated to assess their combined effects on clinical end points, shows significant associations with increased risk of both overt (Graves’ disease) and subclinical thyroid disease, as well as clinical complications. By functional follow-up on selected signals, we identify a novel thyroid hormone transporter (SLC17A4) and a metabolizing …
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A Teumer, L Chaker, S Groeneweg, Y Li, C Di Munno… - Nature communications, 2018