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Genome-wide analysis of dental caries and periodontitis combining clinical and self-reported data

Dental caries and periodontitis account for a vast burden of morbidity and healthcare spending, yet their genetic basis remains largely uncharacterized. Here, we identify self-reported dental disease proxies which have similar underlying genetic contributions to clinical disease measures and then co...

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Autores principales: Shungin, Dmitry, Haworth, Simon, Divaris, Kimon, Agler, Cary S., Kamatani, Yoichiro, Keun Lee, Myoung, Grinde, Kelsey, Hindy, George, Alaraudanjoki, Viivi, Pesonen, Paula, Teumer, Alexander, Holtfreter, Birte, Sakaue, Saori, Hirata, Jun, Yu, Yau-Hua, Ridker, Paul M., Giulianini, Franco, Chasman, Daniel I., Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Sudo, Takeaki, Okada, Yukinori, Völker, Uwe, Kocher, Thomas, Anttonen, Vuokko, Laitala, Marja-Liisa, Orho-Melander, Marju, Sofer, Tamar, Shaffer, John R., Vieira, Alexandre, Marazita, Mary L., Kubo, Michiaki, Furuichi, Yasushi, North, Kari E., Offenbacher, Steve, Ingelsson, Erik, Franks, Paul W., Timpson, Nicholas J., Johansson, Ingegerd
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6591304/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31235808
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10630-1
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Sumario:Dental caries and periodontitis account for a vast burden of morbidity and healthcare spending, yet their genetic basis remains largely uncharacterized. Here, we identify self-reported dental disease proxies which have similar underlying genetic contributions to clinical disease measures and then combine these in a genome-wide association study meta-analysis, identifying 47 novel and conditionally-independent risk loci for dental caries. We show that the heritability of dental caries is enriched for conserved genomic regions and partially overlapping with a range of complex traits including smoking, education, personality traits and metabolic measures. Using cardio-metabolic traits as an example in Mendelian randomization analysis, we estimate causal relationships and provide evidence suggesting that the processes contributing to dental caries may have undesirable downstream effects on health.