A non-coding genetic variant associated with abdominal aortic aneurysm alters ERG gene regulation

J Marsman, G Gimenez, RC Day… - Human molecular …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a major cause of sudden death in the elderly. While
AAA has some overlapping genetic and environmental risk factors with atherosclerosis …

Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for abdominal aortic aneurysm identifies four new disease-specific risk loci

GT Jones, G Tromp, H Kuivaniemi… - Circulation …, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a complex disease with both genetic and
environmental risk factors. Together, 6 previously identified risk loci only explain a small …

Genetic architecture of abdominal aortic aneurysm in the million veteran program

D Klarin, SS Verma, R Judy, O Dikilitas, BN Wolford… - Circulation, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is an important cause of cardiovascular
mortality; however, its genetic determinants remain incompletely defined. In total, 10 …

Genetic and epigenetic mechanisms and their possible role in abdominal aortic aneurysm

SM Krishna, AE Dear, PE Norman, J Golledge - Atherosclerosis, 2010 - Elsevier
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a common disease associated with significant
cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The pathogenesis of AAA is poorly defined, making …

Genomic research to identify novel pathways in the development of abdominal aortic aneurysm

SC Harrison, AZ Kalea, MV Holmes… - Cardiology research …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a common disease with a large heritable component.
There is a need to improve our understanding of AAA pathogenesis in order to develop …

Genetic risk factors for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA)

H Kuivaniemi, EJ Ryer, HR Yoon, JR Elmore… - Horizons in World …, 2015 - dc.etsu.edu
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a complex, multifactorial disease with a strong genetic
component. About 20% of AAA patients have at least one relative with this condition. Since …

Systematic review of genome-wide association studies of abdominal aortic aneurysm

TP Singh, MA Field, MJ Bown, GT Jones, J Golledge - Atherosclerosis, 2021 - Elsevier
Background and aims Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is an important cause of death
worldwide and has an estimated heritability between 70 and 77%. Genome-wide …

The transcription factor ERG regulates super-enhancers associated with an endothelial-specific gene expression program

V Kalna, Y Yang, CR Peghaire, K Frudd… - Circulation …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: The ETS (E-26 transformation-specific) transcription factor ERG (ETS-related
gene) is essential for endothelial homeostasis, driving expression of lineage genes and …

Genetic insights into therapeutic targets for aortic aneurysms: A Mendelian randomization study

Y Chen, X Xu, L Wang, K Li, Y Sun, L Xiao, J Dai… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Summary Background As aortic aneurysms (AAs) enlarge, they can become life-threatening
if left undiagnosed or neglected. At present, there is a lack of radical treatments for …

A multi-locus genetic risk score for abdominal aortic aneurysm

Z Ye, E Austin, DJ Schaid, IJ Kullo - Atherosclerosis, 2016 - Elsevier
Background We investigated whether a multi-locus genetic risk scores (GRS) was
associated with presence and progression of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in a case …