GWAS contribution to atrial fibrillation and atrial fibrillation-related stroke: pathophysiological implications

D Cruz, R Pinto, M Freitas-Silva, JP Nunes… - …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
atrial fibrillation and ischemic stroke genome-wide … of ZFHX3 in the atria may be involved
in arrhythmogenesis processes and, subsequently, variants on 16q22 locus may be associated

Association between gene variants and the recurrence of atrial fibrillation: an updated meta-analysis

T Jiang, YN Wang, Q Qu, TT Qi, YD Chen, J Qu - Medicine, 2019 - journals.lww.com
… on chromosome 16q22 (in ZFHX3) were not associated with … [1] AF increases the incidence
of ischemic stroke, heart failure… and common or rare variants associated with AF have been …

Bioinformatic gene analysis for potential biomarkers and therapeutic targets of atrial fibrillation-related stroke

R Zou, D Zhang, L Lv, W Shi, Z Song, B Yi, B Lai… - Journal of translational …, 2019 - Springer
variants and the risk of ischemic stroke, Malik’s group studied PITX2 and ZFHX3 genes
and found a significant association … 4q25 [PITX2], 16q22 [ZFHX3]) and AF recurrence after …

The molecular genetic basis of atrial fibrillation

X Huang, Y Li, J Zhang, X Wang, Z Li, G Li - Human Genetics, 2020 - Springer
… a strong association between two sequence variants (PITX2, … gene on chromosome 16q22
significantly associated with AF … , and rs2106261 in ZFHX3) were associated with methylation …

Loss of the Atrial Fibrillation-Related Gene, Zfhx3, Results in Atrial Dilation and Arrhythmias

HS Jameson, A Hanley, MC Hill, L Xiao, J Ye… - Circulation …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
ZFHX3 as the causative gene at the 16q22 locus for AF, and cardiac abnormalities caused
by loss of cardiac Zfhx3 are due to atrial-… in Zfhx3 deficient atria many genes associated with …

Atrial fibrillation genetics update: toward clinical implementation

SM Kalstø, JE Siland, M Rienstra… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
… In the prospective Malmö Diet and Cancer Study, incident ischemic stroke was associated
variant rs2106216 at the ZFHX3 locus on chromosome 16q22 was independently associated

Genetics of Atrial Fibrilation: In search of novel therapeutic targets

E Lozano-Velasco, C Garcia-Padilla… - … Current Drug Targets …, 2019 - ingentaconnect.com
… Importantly, risk variants associated to KCNN3, ZFHX3 and … those at transcriptional level by
ZFHX3 we investigated in any … , JC Variants in ZFHX3 are associated with atrial fibrillation in …

Association of ZFHX3 Genetic Polymorphisms and Extra-Pulmonary Vein Triggers in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Who Underwent Catheter Ablation

I Hwang, OS Kwon, M Hong, SY Yang, JW Park… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
… : The ZFHX3 gene (16q22) is the second most highly associated gene with atrial fibrillation
(AF) … We hypothesized that ZFHX3 is associated with extra-pulmonary vein (PV) triggers, left …

Genome and atrial fibrillation

Y Nakano - Journal of Arrhythmia, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
… a strong association between AF and two sequence variants … the ZFHX3 SNV rs2106261
minor allele was associated with … at 23% increased risk for ischemic stroke. A 2018 study by …

Genomic approaches to identify and investigate genes associated with atrial fibrillation and heart failure susceptibility

KK Patel, C Venkatesan, H Abdelhalim, S Zeeshan… - Human genomics, 2023 - Springer
… in correspondence with ischemic stroke in the METASTROKE … wide association studies for
AF identified a new locus: ZFHX3. … Located on chromosome 16q22, ZFHX3 is associated with …