GWAS meta-analysis of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy implicates multiple hepatic genes and regulatory elements

Investigation of variation in three cohorts has identified multiple genetic signals associated with the pregnancy-specific liver disorder, intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, giving insight into the disease which can cause preterm birth and stillbirth.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Peter H. Dixon, Adam P. Levine, Inês Cebola, Melanie M. Y. Chan, Aliya S. Amin, Anshul Aich, Monika Mozere, Hannah Maude, Alice L. Mitchell, Jun Zhang, NIHR BioResource, Genomics England Research Consortium Collaborators, Jenny Chambers, Argyro Syngelaki, Jennifer Donnelly, Sharon Cooley, Michael Geary, Kypros Nicolaides, Malin Thorsell, William M. Hague, Maria Cecilia Estiu, Hanns-Ulrich Marschall, Daniel P. Gale, Catherine Williamson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29931-z