An atlas of genetic variation for linking pathogen-induced cellular traits to human disease

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified thousands of genetic variants associated with disease. To facilitate moving from associations to disease mechanisms, we leveraged the role of pathogens in shaping human evolution with the Hi-HOST Phenome Project (H2P2): a catalog of cellular GWAS comprised of 79 phenotypes in response to 8 pathogens in 528 lymphoblastoid cell lines. Seventeen loci surpass genome-wide significance (p<5×10−8) for phenotypes ranging from pathogen replication to cytokine production. Combining H2P2 with clinical association data from the eMERGE Network and experimental validation revealed evidence for mechanisms of action and connections with diseases. We identified a SNP near CXCL10 as a cis-cytokine-QTL and a new risk factor for inflammatory bowel disease. A SNP in ZBTB20 demonstrated pleiotropy, partially mediated through NFκB signaling, and was associated with viral hepatitis. Data are available in an H2P2 web portal to facilitate further interpreting human genome variation through the lens of cell biology.

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