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- Title
Polygenic background modifies penetrance of monogenic variants for tier 1 genomic conditions.
- Authors
Fahed, Akl C.; Wang, Minxian; Homburger, Julian R.; Patel, Aniruddh P.; Bick, Alexander G.; Neben, Cynthia L.; Lai, Carmen; Brockman, Deanna; Philippakis, Anthony; Ellinor, Patrick T.; Cassa, Christopher A.; Lebo, Matthew; Ng, Kenney; Lander, Eric S.; Zhou, Alicia Y.; Kathiresan, Sekar; Khera, Amit V.
- Abstract
Genetic variation can predispose to disease both through (i) monogenic risk variants that disrupt a physiologic pathway with large effect on disease and (ii) polygenic risk that involves many variants of small effect in different pathways. Few studies have explored the interplay between monogenic and polygenic risk. Here, we study 80,928 individuals to examine whether polygenic background can modify penetrance of disease in tier 1 genomic conditions — familial hypercholesterolemia, hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, and Lynch syndrome. Among carriers of a monogenic risk variant, we estimate substantial gradients in disease risk based on polygenic background — the probability of disease by age 75 years ranged from 17% to 78% for coronary artery disease, 13% to 76% for breast cancer, and 11% to 80% for colon cancer. We propose that accounting for polygenic background is likely to increase accuracy of risk estimation for individuals who inherit a monogenic risk variant. Genetic variation predisposes to disease via monogenic and polygenic risk variants. Here, the authors assess the interplay between these types of variation on disease penetrance in 80,928 individuals. In carriers of monogenic variants, they show that disease risk is a gradient influenced by polygenic background.
- Subjects
HEREDITARY nonpolyposis colorectal cancer; COLON cancer; OVARIAN cancer; CORONARY disease; AGE factors in disease
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2020, Vol 11, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-020-17374-3