Table 3. Association between DHEAS-associated SNPs and related gene expression levels in different human tissues.
Gene | Chr | SNP (effect allele) | Position | LCL* (n = 777) | Adipose tissue* (n = 776) | Skin tissue* (n = 667) | Liver tissue¶ (n = 427) | |||
Beta (SE) | P value | Beta (SE) | P value | Beta (SE) | P value | P value | ||||
BCL2L11 | 2 | rs6738028 (G) | 111665798 | 0.07 (0.02) | 0.0003 | 0.02 (0.005) | 0.001 | −0.00004 (0.005) | 0.99 | Not available |
TRIM4 | 7 | rs17277546 (A) | 99327507 | 0.15 (0.04) | 0.0001 | 0.13(0.04) | 0.002 | 0.10(0.04) | 0.01 | Not available |
SULT2A1 | 19 | rs2637125 (A)/rs2547231** | 53093705 | 0.0006 (0.007) | 0.93 | −0.009(0.007) | 0.19 | 0.02(0.007) | 0.01 | 2.16×10−11 |
*from MuTHER consortium and beta (SE) were from linear regression modelling; LCL – lymphoblastoid cell lines.
¶: from reference 27 and effect size was not reported.
**p value in liver expression is for rs2547231, data is not available for rs2637125, but two SNPs are in strong LD (r2 = 0.658).