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. 2016 Dec 28;292(2):251–269. doi: 10.1007/s00438-016-1283-z

Table 2.

Genome-wide significant association with keratoconus (data shown in chronological order)

Gene Population Discovery/replication cohort case/control SNPs p value Meta p value Genotyping methods References
(a) Genes identified in GWAS as associated with keratoconus
 HGF Australian
Northern Ireland
97/216 rs3735520
rs17501108/rs1014091
0.002
0.0002
9.9 × 10−7
9.9 × 10−5
IluminaHumanHap 1 M Burdon et al. (2011)
 HGF Caucasian (US) 222/3324 rs3735520
rs17501108/rs1014091
6.1 × 10−7
0.018
9.9 × 10−7
9.9 × 10−5
Illumina HumanCNV370-Quad BeadChip
Illumina iSelect Infinium
Burdon et al. (2011)
 RAB3GAP1 Caucasian (US) 222/3324 rs4954218 2.6 × 10−4 1.6 × 10−7 Illumina HumanCNV370-Quad BeadChip
Illumina iSelect Infinium
Li et al. (2012)
 LOX Caucasian (US) 222/3324 rs10519694
rs2956540
2.3 × 10−3
7 × 10−3
4.0 × 10−5
7.7 × 10−4
Illumina HumanCNV370-Quad BeadChip
Illumina iSelect Infinium
Bykhovskaya et al. (2012)
 FOXO1 Australian/Caucasian (US) 874/6085 rs2721051 2.7 × 10−10 Sequenom Autoflex MassArray
Illumina HumanHap610-Quad BeadChip
Illumina HumanCNV370-Quad BeadChip
Lu et al. (2013)
 FNDC3B Australian/Caucasian (US) 874/6085 rs4894535 4.9 × 10−9 Sequenom Autoflex MassArray
Illumina HumanHap610-Quad BeadChip
Illumina HumanCNV370-Quad BeadChip
Lu et al. (2013)
 RXRA-COL5A1 Australian/Caucasian (US) 874/6085 rs1536482 2.6 × 10−7  - Sequenom Autoflex MassArray
Illumina HumanHap610-Quad BeadChip
Illumina HumanCNV370-Quad BeadChip
Lu et al. (2013)
 MPDZ-NF1B Australian/Caucasian (US) 874/6085 rs1324183 5.2 × 10−6 Sequenom Autoflex MassArray
Illumina HumanHap610-Quad BeadChip
Illumina HumanCNV370-Quad BeadChip
Lu et al. (2013)
 COL5A1 Australian/Caucasian (US) 874/6085 rs7044529 8 × 10−6 Sequenom Autoflex MassArray
Illumina HumanHap610-Quad BeadChip
Illumina HumanCNV370-Quad BeadChip
Lu et al. (2013)
 BANP-ZNF469 Australian/Caucasian (US) 874/6085 rs9938149 1.9 × 10−4 Sequenom Autoflex MassArray
Illumina HumanHap610-Quad BeadChip
Illumina HumanCNV370-Quad BeadChip
Lu et al. (2013)
 COL5A1 Caucasian (US) 222/3324 rs1536482
rs7044529
6.5 × 10−3
7.4 × 10−3
1.5 × 10−4
2.9 × 10−3
Illumina HumanCNV370-Quad BeadChip
Illumina iSelect Infinium
Li et al. (2013a)
(b) Genes identified in GWAS as associated with keratoconus and replicated in independent studies
 RAB3GAP1 Australian Caucasian 524/2761 rs4954218 9.26 × 10−9 Sequenom Autoflex MassArray
Illumina HumanHap610-Quad BeadChip
Bae et al. (2013)
 MPDZ-NF1B Australian Caucasian 157/673 rs1324183 0.001 Sequenom Autoflex MassArray Sahebjada et al. (2013)
 BANP-ZNF469 Australian Caucasian 157/673 rs9938149 0.010 Sequenom Autoflex MassArray Sahebjada et al. (2013)
 HGF Australian Caucasian 157/673 rs2286194 1.1 × 10−3 Sequenom Autoflex MassArray Sahebjada et al. (2014)
 LOX Iranian 112/150 rs1800449 0.012 Allele-specific PCR Hasanian-Langroudi et al. (2015)