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ArticleBMC medicine2021

A combined genome-wide association and molecular study of age-related hearing loss in H. sapiens.

Wei Liu, Åsa Johansson, Helge Rask-Andersen, Mathias Rask-Andersen

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Article in BMC medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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34citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Cochlear Implantation Outcomes in Genotyped Subjects with Sensorineural Hearing Loss.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2025
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  19. Pharmacological Approaches to Hearing Loss.Pharmacological reviews · 2024
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  20. Genetics of suicide ideation. A role for inflammation and neuroplasticity?European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wei LiuDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Section of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Uppsala University, SE-751 85, Uppsala, Sweden.
Åsa JohanssonDepartment of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
Helge Rask-AndersenDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Section of Otorhinolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, Uppsala University, SE-751 85, Uppsala, Sweden. helge.rask-andersen@surgsci.uu.se.
Mathias Rask-AndersenDepartment of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Science for Life Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. mathias.rask-andersen@igp.uu.se.ORCID 0000-0002-8008-4659
Uppsala University · SE

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_17228Medical Research Council MC_QA137853
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSensorineural hearing loss is one of the most common sensory deficiencies. However, the molecular contribution to age-related hearing loss is not fully elucidated.

methodsWe performed genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for hearing loss-related traits in the UK Biobank (N = 362,396) and selected a high confidence set of ten hearing-associated gene products for staining in human cochlear samples: EYA4, LMX1A, PTK2/FAK, UBE3B, MMP2, SYNJ2, GRM5, TRIOBP, LMO-7, and NOX4.

resultsAll proteins were found to be expressed in human cochlear structures. Our findings illustrate cochlear structures that mediate mechano-electric transduction of auditory stimuli, neuronal conductance, and neuronal plasticity to be involved in age-related hearing loss.

conclusionsOur results suggest common genetic variation to influence structural resilience to damage as well as cochlear recovery after trauma, which protect against accumulated damage to cochlear structures and the development of hearing loss over time.

Indexed as

Hearing LossHearing Loss, SensorineuralCochleaGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansPhenotypeTrans-ActivatorsUbiquitin-Protein LigasesEYA4 protein, humanTrans-ActivatorsUBE3B protein, humanUbiquitin-Protein LigasesAge-related hearing lossGWASHuman gene expressionStructured illumination microscopy

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PMID34847940
PMCPMC8638543
OpenAlexW3215218219

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