Genome-wide analysis of multiethnic cohorts identifies new loci influencing intraocular pressure and susceptibility to glaucoma

Elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is an important risk factor in developing glaucoma and IOP variability may herald glaucomatous development or progression. We report the results of a genome-wide association study meta-analysis of 18 population cohorts from the International Glaucoma Genetics Cons...

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Main Authors: Hysi, Pirro G, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Springelkamp, Henriët, Macgregor, Stuart, Bailey, Jessica N Cooke, Wojciechowski, Robert, Vitart, Veronique, Nag, Abhishek, Hewitt, Alex W, Höhn, René, Venturini, Cristina, Mirshahi, Alireza, Ramdas, Wishal D., Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Vithana, Eranga, Khor, Chiea-Chuen, Stefansson, Arni B, Liao, Jiemin, Haines, Jonathan L, Amin, Najaf, Wang, Ya Xing, Wild, Philipp S, Ozel, Ayse B, Li, Jun Z, Fleck, Brian W, Zeller, Tanja, Staffieri, Sandra E, Teo, Yik-Ying, Cuellar-Partida, Gabriel, Luo, Xiaoyan, Allingham, R Rand, Richards, Julia E, Senft, Andrea, Karssen, Lennart C, Zheng, Yingfeng, Bellenguez, Céline, Xu, Liang, Iglesias, Adriana I, Wilson, James F, Kang, Jae H, van Leeuwen, Elisabeth M, Jonsson, Vesteinn, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Despriet, Dominiek D.G., Ennis, Sarah, Moroi, Sayoko E, Martin, Nicholas G, Jansonius, Nomdo M, Yazar, Seyhan, Tai, E-Shyong, Amouyel, Philippe, Kirwan, James, van Koolwijk, Leonieke M.E., Hauser, Michael A, Jonasson, Fridbert, Leo, Paul, Loomis, Stephanie J, Fogarty, Rhys, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Kearns, Lisa, Lackner, Karl J, de Jong, Paulus T.V.M., Simpson, Claire L, Pennell, Craig E, Oostra, Ben A, Uitterlinden, André G, Saw, Seang-Mei, Lotery, Andrew J, Bailey-Wilson, Joan E, Hofman, Albert, Vingerling, Johannes R, Maubaret, Cécilia, Pfeiffer, Norbert, Wolfs, Roger C.W., Lemij, Hans G, Young, Terri L, Pasquale, Louis R, Delcourt, Cécile, Spector, Timothy D, Klaver, Caroline C.W., Small, Kerrin S, Burdon, Kathryn P, Stefansson, Kari, Wong, Tien-Yin, Viswanathan, Ananth, Mackey, David A, Craig, Jamie E, Wiggs, Janey L, van Duijn, Cornelia M, Hammond, Christopher J, Aung, Tin
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4177225/