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Automatically associated channels: Kir2.1

Title: Genome-wide association study identifies a susceptibility locus for thyrotoxic periodic paralysis at 17q24.3.

Authors: Ching-Lung Cheung, Kam-Shing Lau, Andrew Y Y Ho, Ka-Kui Lee, Sau-Cheung Tiu, Emmy Y F Lau, Jenny Leung, Man-Wo Tsang, Kin-Wah Chan, Chun-Yip Yeung, Yu-Cho Woo, Elaine Y N Cheung, Victor H F Hung, Ho-Kwong Pang, Chi-Sang Hung, Pak-Chung Sham, Annie W C Kung

Journal, date & volume: Nat. Genet., 2012 Sep , 44, 1026-9

PubMed link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22863731

Abstract
Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) is a potentially life-threatening complication of thyrotoxicosis. We conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) and a replication study with a total of 123 southern Chinese with TPP (cases) and 1,170 healthy controls and identified a susceptibility locus on chromosome 17q24.3 near KCNJ2 (rs312691: odds ratio (OR) = 3.3; P(meta-analysis) = 1.8 × 10(-14)). All subjects with TPP also had Graves' disease, and subsequent TPP versus Graves' disease comparison confirmed that the association at 17q24.3 was specific to TPP. The area under the curve (AUC) of rs312691 genotype for risk prediction of TPP in subjects with Graves' disease was 0.73. Expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) analysis identified SNPs in the region flanking rs312691 (±10 kb) that could potentially affect KCNJ2 expression (P = 0.0001). Our study has identified a susceptibility locus associated with TPP and provides insight into the causes of TPP.