A genome-wide association study of monozygotic twin-pairs suggests a locus related to variability of serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol

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  • Ida Surakka
  • John B Whitfield
  • Markus Perola
  • Peter M Visscher
  • Grant W Montgomery
  • Mario Falchi
  • Gonneke Willemsen
  • Eco J C de Geus
  • Patrik K E Magnusson
  • Kaare Christensen
  • Sørensen, Thorkild I.A.
  • Kirsi H Pietiläinen
  • Taina Rantanen
  • Kaisa Silander
  • Elisabeth Widén
  • Juha Muilu
  • Iffat Rahman
  • Ulrika Liljedahl
  • Ann-Christine Syvänen
  • Aarno Palotie
  • Jaakko Kaprio
  • Kirsten Ohm Kyvik
  • Nancy L Pedersen
  • Dorret I Boomsma
  • Tim Spector
  • Nicholas G Martin
  • Samuli Ripatti
  • Leena Peltonen
  • GenomEUtwin Project
Genome-wide association analysis on monozygotic twin-pairs offers a route to discovery of gene environment interactions through testing for variability loci associated with sensitivity to individual environment/lifestyle. We present a genome-wide scan of loci associated with intra-pair differences in serum lipid and apolipoprotein levels. We report data for 1,720 monozygotic female twin-pairs from GenomEUtwin project with 2.5 million SNPs, imputed or genotyped, and measured serum lipid fractions for both twins. We found one locus associated with intra-pair differences in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, rs2483058 in an intron of SRGAP2, where twins carrying the C allele are more sensitive to environmental factors(P=3.98 x 10-8). We followed up the association in further genotyped monozygotic twins (N= 1,261),which showed a moderate association for the variant (P= 0.200, same direction of an effect). In addition,we report a new association on the level of apolipoprotein A-ll (P= 4.03 x 1 o-8).
Original languageEnglish
JournalTwin Research and Human Genetics
Volume15
Issue number6
Pages (from-to)691-9
Number of pages9
ISSN1832-4274
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012

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