
The kidney is an organ of key relevance to blood pressure (BP) regulation, hypertension and antihypertensive treatment. However, genetically mediated renal mechanisms underlying susceptibility to hypertension remain poorly understood. We integrated genotype, gene expression, alternative splicing and DNA methylation profiles of up to 430 human kidneys to characterize the effects of BP index variants from genome-wide association studies (GWASs) on renal transcriptome and epigenome. We uncovered kidney targets for 479 (58.3%) BP-GWAS variants and paired 49 BP-GWAS kidney genes with 210 licensed drugs. Our colocalization and Mendelian randomization analyses identified 179 unique kidney genes with evidence of putatively causal effects on BP. Through Mendelian randomization, we also uncovered effects of BP on renal outcomes commonly affecting patients with hypertension. Collectively, our studies identified genetic variants, kidney genes, molecular mechanisms and biological pathways of key relevance to the genetic regulation of BP and inherited susceptibility to hypertension.
Quantitative Trait Loci, 610, Genetic Variation, Blood Pressure, Single Nucleotide, Genomics, DNA Methylation, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Kidney, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Alternative Splicing, Alternative Splicing; Blood Pressure; DNA Methylation; Genetic Variation; Genome-Wide Association Study; Humans; Hypertension; Kidney; Mendelian Randomization Analysis; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Quantitative Trait Loci; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Genomics, 616, Hypertension, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Polymorphism, Genome-Wide Association Study
Quantitative Trait Loci, 610, Genetic Variation, Blood Pressure, Single Nucleotide, Genomics, DNA Methylation, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Kidney, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Alternative Splicing, Alternative Splicing; Blood Pressure; DNA Methylation; Genetic Variation; Genome-Wide Association Study; Humans; Hypertension; Kidney; Mendelian Randomization Analysis; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Quantitative Trait Loci; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Genomics, 616, Hypertension, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Polymorphism, Genome-Wide Association Study
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