Genetic and phenotypic landscape of the major histocompatibilty complex region in the Japanese population

Jun Hirata, Kazuyoshi Hosomichi, Saori Sakaue, Masahiro Kanai, Hirofumi Nakaoka, Kazuyoshi Ishigaki, Ken Suzuki, Masato Akiyama, Toshihiro Kishikawa, Kotaro Ogawa, Tatsuo Masuda, Kenichi Yamamoto, Makoto Hirata, Koichi Matsuda, Yukihide Momozawa, Ituro Inoue, Michiaki Kubo, Yoichiro Kamatani, Yukinori Okada

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Abstract

To perform detailed fine-mapping of the major-histocompatibility-complex region, we conducted next-generation sequencing (NGS)-based typing of the 33 human leukocyte antigen (HLA) genes in 1,120 individuals of Japanese ancestry, providing a high-resolution allele catalog and linkage-disequilibrium structure of both classical and nonclassical HLA genes. Together with population-specific deep-whole-genome-sequencing data (n = 1,276), we conducted NGS-based HLA, single-nucleotide-variant and indel imputation of large-scale genome-wide-association-study data from 166,190 Japanese individuals. A phenome-wide association study assessing 106 clinical phenotypes identified abundant, significant genotype–phenotype associations across 52 phenotypes. Fine-mapping highlighted multiple association patterns conferring independent risks from classical HLA genes. Region-wide heritability estimates and genetic-correlation network analysis elucidated the polygenic architecture shared across the phenotypes.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)470-480
Number of pages11
JournalNature Genetics
Volume51
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01-03-2019

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Genetics

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