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Gene-centric approach identifies new and known loci for FVIII activity and VWF antigen levels in European Americans and African Americans

  • Weihong Tang
  • , Mary Cushman
  • , David Green
  • , Stephen S. Rich
  • , Leslie A. Lange
  • , Qiong Yang
  • , Russell P. Tracy
  • , Geoffrey H. Tofler
  • , Saonli Basu
  • , James G. Wilson
  • , Brendan J. Keating
  • , Lu Chen Weng
  • , Herman A. Taylor
  • , David R. Jacobs
  • , Joseph A. Delaney
  • , Cameron D. Palmer
  • , Taylor Young
  • , James S. Pankow
  • , Christopher J. O'Donnell
  • , Nicholas L. Smith
  • Alexander P. Reiner, Aaron R. Folsom

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Abstract

Coagulation factor VIII and von Willebrand factor (VWF) are key proteins in procoagulant activation. Higher FVIII coagulant activity (FVIII:C) and VWF antigen (VWF:Ag) are risk factors for cardiovascular disease and venous thromboembolism. Beyond associations with ABO blood group, genetic determinants of FVIII and VWF are not well understood, especially in non European-American populations. We performed a genetic association study of FVIII:C and VWF:Ag that assessed 50,000 gene-centric single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 18,556 European Americans (EAs) and 5,047 African Americans (AAs) from five population-based cohorts. Previously unreported associations for FVIII:C were identified in both AAs and EAs with KNG1 (most significantly associated SNP rs710446, Ile581Thr, P=5.10 × 10-7 in EAs and P=3.88 × 10-3 in AAs) and VWF rs7962217 (Gly2705Arg, P=6.30 × 10-9 in EAs and P=2.98 × 10-2 in AAs). Significant associations for FVIII:C were also observed with F8/TMLHE region SNP rs12557310 in EAs (P=8.02 × 10-10), with VWF rs1800380 in AAs (P=5.62 × 10-11), and with MAT1A rs2236568 in AAs (P=1.69 × 10-6). We replicated previously reported associations of FVIII:C and VWF:Ag with the ABO blood group, VWF rs1063856 (Thr789Ala), rs216321 (Ala852Gln), and VWF rs2229446 (Arg2185Gln). Findings from this study expand our understanding of genetic influences for FVIII:C and VWF:Ag in both EAs and AAs.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)534-540
Number of pages7
JournalAmerican Journal of Hematology
Volume90
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 1 2015

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