Four susceptibility loci for gallstone disease identified in a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

AD Joshi, C Andersson, S Buch, S Stender, R Noordam… - Gastroenterology, 2016 - Elsevier
… In this large-scale GWAS of gallstone disease, we identified 4 loci in genes that have
putative functions in cholesterol metabolism and transport, and sulfonylation of bile acids or …

Cholesterol gallstone susceptibility loci: a mouse map, candidate gene evaluation, and guide to human LITH genes

MA Lyons, H Wittenburg - Gastroenterology, 2006 - Elsevier
… Two loci on chromosome 1p were linked significantly to symptomatic gallstone disease within
the cohort … In addition, a number of loci were linked above the suggestive threshold with …

[PDF][PDF] Genome‐wide analysis identifies gallstonesusceptibility loci including genes regulating gastrointestinal motility

CJ Fairfield, TM Drake, R Pius, AD Bretherick… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
… GWA meta- analysis with FinnGen data revealed a total of 63 loci associated with gallstone
disease (p < 5 × 10−8). Of these, 43 of 63 were identified in the UKB GWAS, 1 of 63 was …

Genetics of gallstone disease

C Rebholz, M Krawczyk… - European journal of clinical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… , indicating that cholelithiasis is a polygenic complex disease. Quantitative trait locus analysis
… The disease susceptibility loci were mapped by identifying the genomic regions where the …

Mechanisms of disease: the genetic epidemiology of gallbladder stones

F Lammert, T Sauerbruch - Nature clinical practice Gastroenterology & …, 2005 - nature.com
gallstone-susceptibility loci in inbred mice provide the basis for studies of the corresponding
genes in patients with gallstones. … to complications of cholelithiasis and gallbladder disease. …

[PDF][PDF] Identification and replication of six loci associated with gallstone disease

H Gellert‐Kristensen, N Dalila… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
… In this study, we used these publicly available summary results from the UK Biobank to
identify genetic susceptibility loci for gallstone disease. The genetic associations identified were …

Obesity, adiposity, and risk of symptomatic gallstone disease according to genetic susceptibility

J Lim, J Wirth, K Wu, E Giovannucci, P Kraft… - Clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
… strongest risk factors of gallstone disease. Body mass index (… The role of cholesterol
supersaturation in gallstone formation … ) associated with gallstone disease susceptibility

[PDF][PDF] Investigation of the Lith1 candidate genes ABCB11 and LXRA in human gallstone disease

C Schafmayer, J Tepel, A Franke, S Buch, S Lieb… - …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
susceptibility in the causation of gallbladder diseases was recognized as early as 1937.
A major gallstone susceptibility locus (Lith1) was identified in 1995 by quantitative trait locus

Genetics of gallstone disease

SC Chuang, E Hsi, KT Lee - Advances in clinical chemistry, 2013 - Elsevier
… of the concordance rates of symptomatic gallstone disease (GSD) between … locus (QTL)
analysis have identified and localized genomic regions associated with gallstone susceptibility

[PDF][PDF] Genetic and functional identification of the likely causative variant for cholesterol gallstone disease at the ABCG5/8 lithogenic locus

O Von Kampen, S Buch, M Nothnagel, L Azocar… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
… There is compelling evidence for familial clustering of the disease, and an increased con…
ABCG5/8 locus was initially identified as a susceptibility factor for gallstone disease in a genome…