Genome-wide association meta-analysis highlights light-induced signaling as a driver for refractive error

Transancestral GWAS meta-analysis in 160,420 individuals identifies 139 loci associated with refractive error, including myopia. Newly identified genes implicate pathways involved in eye growth and light signaling cascades.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Tedja, Milly S. (Author) , Jonas, Jost B. (Author)
Format:	Article (Journal)
Language:	English
Published:	28 May 2018
In:	Nature genetics Year: 2018, Volume: 50, Issue: 6, Pages: 834-848
ISSN:	1546-1718
DOI:	10.1038/s41588-018-0127-7
Online Access:	Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-018-0127-7 Verlag, Volltext: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-018-0127-7
Author Notes:	Milly S. Tedja, Robert Wojciechowski, Pirro G. Hysi, Nicholas Eriksson, Nicholas A. Furlotte, Virginie J. M. Verhoeven, Adriana I. Iglesias, Magda A. Meester-Smoor, Stuart W. Tompson, Qiao Fan, Anthony P. Khawaja, Ching-Yu Cheng, René Höhn, Kenji Yamashiro, Adam Wenocur, Clare Grazal, Toomas Haller, Andres Metspalu, Juho Wedenoja, Jost B. Jonas, Ya Xing Wang, Jing Xie, Paul Mitchell, Paul J. Foster, Barbara E. K. Klein, Ronald Klein, Andrew D. Paterson, S. Mohsen Hosseini, Rupal L. Shah, Cathy Williams, Yik Ying Teo, Yih Chung Tham, Preeti Gupta, Wanting Zhao, Yuan Shi, Woei-Yuh Saw, E.-Shyong Tai, Xue Ling Sim, Jennifer E. Huffman, Ozren Polašek, Caroline Hayward, Goran Bencic, Igor Rudan, James F. Wilson, Peter K. Joshi, Akitaka Tsujikawa, Fumihiko Matsuda, Kristina N. Whisenhunt, Tanja Zeller, Peter J. van der Spek, Roxanna Haak, Hanne Meijers-Heijboer, Elisabeth M. van Leeuwen, Sudha K. Iyengar, Jonathan H. Lass, Albert Hofman, Fernando Rivadeneira, André G. Uitterlinden, Johannes R. Vingerling, Terho Lehtimäki, Olli T. Raitakari, Ginevra Biino, Maria Pina Concas, Tae-Hwi Schwantes-An, Robert P. Igo, Gabriel Cuellar-Partida, Nicholas G. Martin, Jamie E. Craig, Puya Gharahkhani, Katie M. Williams, Abhishek Nag, Jugnoo S. Rahi, Phillippa M. Cumberland, Cécile Delcourt, Céline Bellenguez, Janina S. Ried, Arthur A. Bergen, Thomas Meitinger, Christian Gieger, Tien Yin Wong, Alex W. Hewitt, David A. Mackey, Claire L. Simpson, Norbert Pfeiffer, Olavi Pärssinen, Paul N. Baird, Veronique Vitart, Najaf Amin, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Joan E. Bailey-Wilson, Terri L. Young, Seang-Mei Saw, Dwight Stambolian, Stuart MacGregor, Jeremy A. Guggenheim, Joyce Y. Tung, Christopher J. Hammond, and Caroline C. W. Klaver