A. B. Newman

Publications (2)6.28 Total impact

• Article: Association of heat shock proteins with all-cause mortality.

  L Broer, E W Demerath, M E Garcia, G Homuth, R C Kaplan, K L Lunetta, T Tanaka, G J Tranah, S Walter, A M Arnold, [......], N Franceschini, V Gudnason, A Hofman, Y Liu, J M Murabito, A B Newman, B A Oostra, B M Psaty, A V Smith, C M van Duijn
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  ABSTRACT: Experimental mild heat shock is widely known as an intervention that results in extended longevity in various models along the evolutionary lineage. Heat shock proteins (HSPs) are highly upregulated immediately after a heat shock. The elevation in HSP levels was shown to inhibit stress-mediated cell death, and recent experiments indicate a highly versatile role for these proteins as inhibitors of programmed cell death. In this study, we examined common genetic variations in 31 genes encoding all members of the HSP70, small HSP, and heat shock factor (HSF) families for their association with all-cause mortality. Our discovery cohort was the Rotterdam study (RS1) containing 5,974 participants aged 55 years and older (3,174 deaths). We assessed 4,430 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) using the HumanHap550K Genotyping BeadChip from Illumina. After adjusting for multiple testing by permutation analysis, three SNPs showed evidence for association with all-cause mortality in RS1. These findings were followed in eight independent population-based cohorts, leading to a total of 25,007 participants (8,444 deaths). In the replication phase, only HSF2 (rs1416733) remained significantly associated with all-cause mortality. Rs1416733 is a known cis-eQTL for HSF2. Our findings suggest a role of HSF2 in all-cause mortality.
  Age 05/2012; · 6.28 Impact Factor
• Article: Genome-wide association study for coronary artery calcification with follow-up in myocardial infarction

  C. J. O'Donnell, M. Kavousi, A. V. Smith, S. L. Kardia, M. F. Feitosa, S. J. Hwang, Y. V. Sun, M. A. Province, T. Aspelund, A. Dehghan, [......], A. G. Uitterlinden, J. M. Massaro, J. Cunningham, T. B. Harris, A. Hofman, P. A. Peyser, I. B. Borecki, L. A. Cupples, V. Gudnason, J. C. Witteman
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  ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Coronary artery calcification (CAC) detected by computed tomography is a noninvasive measure of coronary atherosclerosis, which underlies most cases of myocardial infarction (MI). We sought to identify common genetic variants associated with CAC and further investigate their associations with MI. METHODS AND RESULTS: Computed tomography was used to assess quantity of CAC. A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for CAC was performed in 9961 men and women from 5 independent community-based cohorts, with replication in 3 additional independent cohorts (n=6032). We examined the top single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with CAC quantity for association with MI in multiple large genome-wide association studies of MI. Genome-wide significant associations with CAC for SNPs on chromosome 9p21 near CDKN2A and CDKN2B (top SNP: rs1333049; P=7.58x10(-19)) and 6p24 (top SNP: rs9349379, within the PHACTR1 gene; P=2.65x10(-11)) replicated for CAC and for MI. Additionally, there is evidence for concordance of SNP associations with both CAC and MI at a number of other loci, including 3q22 (MRAS gene), 13q34 (COL4A1/COL4A2 genes), and 1p13 (SORT1 gene). CONCLUSIONS: SNPs in the 9p21 and PHACTR1 gene loci were strongly associated with CAC and MI, and there are suggestive associations with both CAC and MI of SNPs in additional loci. Multiple genetic loci are associated with development of both underlying coronary atherosclerosis and clinical events.
  Circulation. 124(25):2855-64.