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ArticleInvestigative ophthalmology & visual science2025

Diverse-Ancestry GWAS of Age-Related Macular Degeneration on 16,108 Examined Cases and 18,038 Controls.

Mathias Gorski, Michelle Grunin, Janina M Herold, Benedikt Fröhlich, Merle Behr, Nicholas Wheeler, William S Bush, Yeunjoo E Song, Xiaofeng Zhu, Susan H Blanton and 4 more

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Article in Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Mathias GorskiDepartment of Genetic Epidemiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany.
Michelle GruninDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
Janina M HeroldDepartment of Genetic Epidemiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany.
Benedikt FröhlichDepartment of Genetic Epidemiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany.
Merle BehrFaculty of Informatics and Data Science, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany.
Nicholas WheelerDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
William S BushDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
Yeunjoo E SongDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
Xiaofeng ZhuDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
Susan H BlantonThe John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States.
Margaret A Pericak-VanceThe John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States.
Iris M HeidDepartment of Genetic Epidemiology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany.
Jonathan L HainesDepartment of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States.
International Age-Related Macular Degeneration Genomics Consortium

Funding

Unifying Genetics Epidemiology of Macular DegenerationR01EY012118 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI AGARWAL, ANITA, HAINES, JONATHAN L · 2006 to 2015
$12.2M
International Advancing genomics through the AMD Genomics Consortium (IAMDGC)R01EY022310 · NEI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI BLANTON, SUSAN HALLORAN, HAINES, JONATHAN L · 2012 to 2024
$4.9M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY012118NEI NIH HHS R01 EY022310
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: In 2016, the International Age-related Macular Degeneration Genomics Consortium analyzed data from approximately 50,000 individuals (IAMDGC 1.0) and identified 52 variants across 34 loci associated with advanced AMD (adAMD) in individuals of European ancestry and did not include diverse ancestries, fine-mapping per ancestry, or a predictive model with/without the contributions of one lead genetic risk locus, CFH. Therefore, we analyzed full cross-ancestry IAMDGC data, utilizing the newest imputation panel, and identified genetic risk loci across and between ancestries contributing to AMD. Methods: In this IAMDGC 2.0 analysis, we included cross-ancestry data via custom exome chip imputed genome-wide via TOPMedv2, in 16,108 ophthalmologically confirmed adAMD cases and 18,038 examined AMD-free controls. We included both male and female subjects and four diverse ancestries. Data were analyzed from June 2021 to May 2024. Results: Utilizing diverse ancestry data (cases/controls = 15,616/16,723 European, 50/357 African, 207/322 Asian, and 235/636 Other), we identified 28 loci at P < 5 × 10-8, including 2 additional AMD loci compared to IAMDGC 1.0 (SERPINA1 and CPN1). Fine-mapping supported one ancestry-shared signal around HTRA1/ARMS2 and nine signals around CFH without African ancestry contribution. The 52-variant genetic risk score with and the 44-variant score without CFH predicted adAMD in all ancestries (area under the curve [AUC] = 0.80/0.75, 0.65/0.64, and 0.80/0.79, respectively). Conclusions: Our results indicate that the genetic underpinning of adAMD is mostly shared between ancestries. We also identify the CFH variant as being less relevant in specific ancestries, indicating a difference in pathogenic burden between ancestries. We increased the available genomic data for AMD over 300-fold with the IAMDGC 2.0 imputation, making it a valuable resource for further AMD genetic analysis.

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Genetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyMacular DegenerationPolymorphism, Single NucleotidePopulation GroupsAgedAged, 80 and overCase-Control StudiesComplement Factor HFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedComplement Factor H

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