Resumen
Macular degeneration is a common cause of blindness in the elderly. To identify rare coding variants associated with a large increase in risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), we sequenced 2,335 cases and 789 controls in 10 candidate loci (57 genes). To increase power, we augmented our control set with ancestry-matched exome-sequenced controls. An analysis of coding variation in 2,268 AMD cases and 2,268 ancestry-matched controls identified 2 large-effect rare variants: previously described p.Arg1210Cys encoded in the CFH gene (case frequency (f case) = 0.51%; control frequency (f control) = 0.02%; odds ratio (OR) = 23.11) and newly identified p.Lys155Gln encoded in the C3 gene (f case = 1.06%; f control = 0.39%; OR = 2.68). The variants suggest decreased inhibition of C3 by complement factor H, resulting in increased activation of the alternative complement pathway, as a key component of disease biology.
Idioma original | English (US) |
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Páginas (desde-hasta) | 1375-1381 |
Número de páginas | 7 |
Publicación | Nature Genetics |
Volumen | 45 |
N.º | 11 |
DOI | |
Estado | Published - nov. 2013 |
Publicado de forma externa | Sí |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Genetics