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Day, Felix R.; Thompson, Deborah J.; Helgason, Hannes; Chasman, Daniel I.; Finucane, Hilary; Sulem, Patrick; Ruth, Katherine S.; Whalen, Sean; Sarkar, Abhishek K.; & Albrecht, Eva, et al. (2017). Genomic Analyses Identify Hundreds of Variants Associated with Age at Menarche and Support a Role for Puberty Timing in Cancer Risk. Nature Genetics, 49(6), 834-841. PMCID: PMC5841952Abstract
The timing of puberty is a highly polygenic childhood trait that is epidemiologically associated with various adult diseases. Using 1000 Genomes Project-imputed genotype data in up to approximately 370,000 women, we identify 389 independent signals (P < 5 x 10(-8)) for age at menarche, a milestone in female pubertal development. In Icelandic data, these signals explain approximately 7.4% of the population variance in age at menarche, corresponding to approximately 25% of the estimated heritability. We implicate approximately 250 genes via coding variation or associated expression, demonstrating significant enrichment in neural tissues. Rare variants near the imprinted genes MKRN3 and DLK1 were identified, exhibiting large effects when paternally inherited. Mendelian randomization analyses suggest causal inverse associations, independent of body mass index (BMI), between puberty timing and risks for breast and endometrial cancers in women and prostate cancer in men. In aggregate, our findings highlight the complexity of the genetic regulation of puberty timing and support causal links with cancer susceptibility.URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ng.3841Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2017Journal Title
Nature GeneticsAuthor(s)
Day, Felix R.Thompson, Deborah J.
Helgason, Hannes
Chasman, Daniel I.
Finucane, Hilary
Sulem, Patrick
Ruth, Katherine S.
Whalen, Sean
Sarkar, Abhishek K.
Albrecht, Eva
Altmaier, Elisabeth
Amini, Marzyeh
Barbieri, Caterina M.
Boutin, Thibaud S.
Campbell, Archie
Demerath, Ellen W.
Giri, Ayush
He, Chunyan
Hottenga, Jouke-Jan
Karlsson, Robert
Kolcic, Ivana
Loh, Po-Ru
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Mangino, Massimo
Marco, Brumat
McMahon, George
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