A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies KNG1 as a Genetic Determinant of Plasma Factor XI Level and Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time
2012
Objective—Elevated plasma levels of coagulation factor XI (FXI) are implicated in the pathogenesis of venous thromboembolism and ischemic stroke, and polymorphisms in the F11 gene are associated both with risk of venous thromboembolism and an elevated plasma FXI level. Methods and Results—Here, we report the first hypothesis-free genome-wide genetic analysis of plasma FXI levels. Two genome-wide significant loci were detected in the family-based Genetic Analysis of Idiopathic Thrombophilia 1 cohort: one located in the kininogen 1 gene (KNG1) (rs710446; P=7.98×10−10) and one located in the structural F11 gene (rs4241824; P=1.16×10−8). Both associations were replicated in a second population-based Swedish cohort. A significant effect on KNG1 mRNA expression was also seen for the 2 most robustly FXI-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms located in KNG1. Furthermore, both KNG1 single nucleotide polymorphisms were associated with activated partial thromboplastin time, suggesting that FXI may be the main m...
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