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- Title
Shared genetic regulatory networks for cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes in multiple populations of diverse ethnicities in the United States.
- Authors
null, null; Shu, Le; Zhang, Guanglin; Kurt, Zeyneb; Zhao, Yuqi; Yang, Xia; Luo, Xi; Lusis, Aldons J.; Liu, Simin; Chan, Kei Hang K.; Huan, Tianxiao; Levy, Daniel; Codoni, Veronica; Trégouët, David-Alexandre; Yang, Jun; Wilson, James G.
- Abstract
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) are closely interrelated complex diseases likely sharing overlapping pathogenesis driven by aberrant activities in gene networks. However, the molecular circuitries underlying the pathogenic commonalities remain poorly understood. We sought to identify the shared gene networks and their key intervening drivers for both CVD and T2D by conducting a comprehensive integrative analysis driven by five multi-ethnic genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for CVD and T2D, expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs), ENCODE, and tissue-specific gene network models (both co-expression and graphical models) from CVD and T2D relevant tissues. We identified pathways regulating the metabolism of lipids, glucose, and branched-chain amino acids, along with those governing oxidation, extracellular matrix, immune response, and neuronal system as shared pathogenic processes for both diseases. Further, we uncovered 15 key drivers including HMGCR, CAV1, IGF1 and PCOLCE, whose network neighbors collectively account for approximately 35% of known GWAS hits for CVD and 22% for T2D. Finally, we cross-validated the regulatory role of the top key drivers using in vitro siRNA knockdown, in vivo gene knockout, and two Hybrid Mouse Diversity Panels each comprised of >100 strains. Findings from this in-depth assessment of genetic and functional data from multiple human cohorts provide strong support that common sets of tissue-specific molecular networks drive the pathogenesis of both CVD and T2D across ethnicities and help prioritize new therapeutic avenues for both CVD and T2D.
- Subjects
UNITED States; GENE regulatory networks; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; TYPE 2 diabetes; HEALTH care reform; ETHNIC groups; HEALTH care reform -- Social aspects; HEALTH
- Publication
PLoS Genetics, 2017, Vol 13, Issue 9, p1
- ISSN
1553-7390
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pgen.1007040