| Title: | A global overview of genetically interpretable multimorbidities among common diseases in the UK Biobank |
| Journal: | Genome Medicine |
| Published: | 5 Jul 2021 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34225788/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13073-021-00927-6 |
| URL: | https://genomemedicine.biomedcentral.com/counter/pdf/10.1186/s13073-021-00927-6 |
Publication 3896
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Abstract
BackgroundMultimorbidities greatly increase the global health burdens, but the landscapes of their genetic risks have not been systematically investigated.MethodsWe used the hospital inpatient data of 385,335 patients in the UK Biobank to investigate the multimorbid relations among 439 common diseases. Post-GWAS analyses were performed to identify multimorbidity shared genetic risks at the genomic loci, network, as well as overall genetic architecture levels. We conducted network decomposition for the networks of genetically interpretable multimorbidities to detect the hub diseases and the involved molecules and functions in each module.ResultsIn total, 11,285 multimorbidities among 439 common diseases were identified, and 46% of them were genetically interpretable at the loci, network, or overall genetic architecture levels. Multimorbidities affecting the same and different physiological systems displayed different patterns of the shared genetic components, with the former more likely to share loci-level genetic components while the latter more likely to share network-level genetic components. Moreover, both the loci- and network-level genetic components shared by multimorbidities converged on cell immunity, protein metabolism, and gene silencing. Furthermore, we found that the genetically interpretable multimorbidities tend to form network modules, mediated by hub diseases and featuring physiological categories. Finally, we showcased how hub diseases mediating the multimorbidity modules could help provide useful insights for the genetic contributors of multimorbidities.ConclusionsOur results provide a systematic resource for understanding the genetic predispositions of multimorbidities and indicate that hub diseases and converged molecules and functions may be the key for treating multimorbidities. We have created an online database that facilitates researchers and physicians to browse, search, or download these multimorbidities (https://multimorbidity.comp-sysbio.org).5 Authors
- Guiying Dong
- Jianfeng Feng
- Fengzhu Sun
- Jingqi Chen
- Xing-Ming Zhao
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