• Chest · May 2022

    Meta Analysis

    Genetic associations and architecture of asthma-chronic obstructive pulmonary disease overlap.

    • Catherine John, Anna L Guyatt, Nick Shrine, Richard Packer, Thorunn A Olafsdottir, Jiangyuan Liu, Lystra P Hayden, Su H Chu, Jukka T Koskela, Jian'an Luan, Xingnan Li, Natalie Terzikhan, Hanfei Xu, Traci M Bartz, Hans Petersen, Shuguang Leng, Steven A Belinsky, Aivaras Cepelis, Ana I Hernández Cordero, Ma'en Obeidat, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Deborah A Meyers, Eugene R Bleecker, Lori C Sakoda, Carlos Iribarren, Yohannes Tesfaigzi, Sina A Gharib, Josée Dupuis, Guy Brusselle, Lies Lahousse, Victor E Ortega, Ingileif Jonsdottir, Don D Sin, Yohan Bossé, Maarten van den Berge, David Nickle, Jennifer K Quint, Ian Sayers, Ian P Hall, Claudia Langenberg, Samuli Ripatti, Tarja Laitinen, Ann C Wu, Jessica Lasky-Su, Per Bakke, Amund Gulsvik, Craig P Hersh, Caroline Hayward, Arnulf Langhammer, Ben Brumpton, Kari Stefansson, Michael H Cho, Louise V Wain, and Martin D Tobin.
    • Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, England. Electronic address: cj153@leicester.ac.uk.
    • Chest. 2022 May 1; 161 (5): 115511661155-1166.

    BackgroundSome people have characteristics of both asthma and COPD (asthma-COPD overlap), and evidence suggests they experience worse outcomes than those with either condition alone.Research QuestionWhat is the genetic architecture of asthma-COPD overlap, and do the determinants of risk for asthma-COPD overlap differ from those for COPD or asthma?Study Design And MethodsWe conducted a genome-wide association study in 8,068 asthma-COPD overlap case subjects and 40,360 control subjects without asthma or COPD of European ancestry in UK Biobank (stage 1). We followed up promising signals (P < 5 × 10-6) that remained associated in analyses comparing (1) asthma-COPD overlap vs asthma-only control subjects, and (2) asthma-COPD overlap vs COPD-only control subjects. These variants were analyzed in 12 independent cohorts (stage 2).ResultsWe selected 31 independent variants for further investigation in stage 2, and discovered eight novel signals (P < 5 × 10-8) for asthma-COPD overlap (meta-analysis of stage 1 and 2 studies). These signals suggest a spectrum of shared genetic influences, some predominantly influencing asthma (FAM105A, GLB1, PHB, TSLP), others predominantly influencing fixed airflow obstruction (IL17RD, C5orf56, HLA-DQB1). One intergenic signal on chromosome 5 had not been previously associated with asthma, COPD, or lung function. Subgroup analyses suggested that associations at these eight signals were not driven by smoking or age at asthma diagnosis, and in phenome-wide scans, eosinophil counts, atopy, and asthma traits were prominent.InterpretationWe identified eight signals for asthma-COPD overlap, which may represent loci that predispose to type 2 inflammation, and serious long-term consequences of asthma.Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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