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- Title
Genome-wide association study of serum liver enzymes implicates diverse metabolic and liver pathology.
- Authors
Chen, Vincent L.; Du, Xiaomeng; Chen, Yanhua; Kuppa, Annapurna; Handelman, Samuel K.; Vohnoutka, Rishel B.; Peyser, Patricia A.; Palmer, Nicholette D.; Bielak, Lawrence F.; Halligan, Brian; Speliotes, Elizabeth K.
- Abstract
Serum liver enzyme concentrations are the most frequently-used laboratory markers of liver disease, a major cause of mortality. We conduct a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of liver enzymes from UK BioBank and BioBank Japan. We identified 160 previously-unreported independent alanine aminotransferase, 190 aspartate aminotransferase, and 199 alkaline phosphatase genome-wide significant associations, with some affecting multiple different enzymes. Associated variants implicate genes that demonstrate diverse liver cell type expression and promote a range of metabolic and liver diseases. These findings provide insight into the pathophysiology of liver and other metabolic diseases that are associated with serum liver enzyme concentrations. Serum liver enzymes are used as markers of liver disease, their concentration influenced in part by genetic factors. Here the authors meta-analyse genome-wide association studies on the UK Biobank and BioBank Japan to evaluate the association of three liver enzymes with liver and other metabolic diseases.
- Subjects
UNITED Kingdom; LIVER enzymes; BIOMARKERS; LIVER cells; ALKALINE phosphatase; LIVER; ASPARTATE aminotransferase
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2021, Vol 12, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-020-20870-1