Telomere length and risk of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a mendelian randomisation study
dc.contributor.author | Duckworth, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Gibbons, MA | |
dc.contributor.author | Allen, RJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Almond, H | |
dc.contributor.author | Beaumont, RN | |
dc.contributor.author | Wood, AR | |
dc.contributor.author | Lunnon, K | |
dc.contributor.author | Lindsay, MA | |
dc.contributor.author | Wain, LV | |
dc.contributor.author | Tyrrell, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Scotton, CJ | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-02T12:56:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-11-13 | |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a fatal lung disease accounting for 1% of UK deaths. In the familial form of pulmonary fibrosis, causal genes have been identified in about 30% of cases, and a majority of these causal genes are associated with telomere maintenance. Prematurely shortened leukocyte telomere length is associated with IPF and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a disease with similar demographics and shared risk factors. Using mendelian randomisation, we investigated evidence supporting a causal role for short telomeres in IPF and COPD. METHODS: Mendelian randomisation inference of telomere length causality was done for IPF (up to 1369 cases) and COPD (13 538 cases) against 435 866 controls of European ancestry in UK Biobank. Polygenic risk scores were calculated and two-sample mendelian randomisation analyses were done using seven genetic variants previously associated with telomere length, with replication analysis in an IPF cohort (2668 cases vs 8591 controls) and COPD cohort (15 256 cases vs 47 936 controls). FINDINGS: In the UK Biobank, a genetically instrumented one-SD shorter telomere length was associated with higher odds of IPF (odds ratio [OR] 4·19, 95% CI 2·33-7·55; p=0·0031) but not COPD (1·07, 0·88-1·30; p=0·51). Similarly, an association was found in the IPF replication cohort (12·3, 5·05-30·1; p=0·0015) and not in the COPD replication cohort (1·04, 0·71-1·53; p=0·83). Meta-analysis of the two-sample mendelian randomisation results provided evidence inferring that shorter telomeres cause IPF (5·81 higher odds of IPF, 95% CI 3·56-9·50; p=2·19 × 10-12). There was no evidence to infer that telomere length caused COPD (OR 1·07, 95% CI 0·90-1·27; p=0·46). INTERPRETATION: Cellular senescence is hypothesised as a major driving force in IPF and COPD; telomere shortening might be a contributory factor in IPF, suggesting divergent mechanisms in COPD. Defining a key role for telomere shortening enables greater focus in telomere-related diagnostics, treatments, and the search for a cure in IPF. Investigation of therapies that improve telomere length is warranted. FUNDING: Medical Research Council. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 13 November 2020 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/S2213-2600(20)30364-7 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/123867 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_GB |
dc.relation.url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33197388 | en_GB |
dc.rights.embargoreason | Under embargo until 13 May 2021 in compliance with publisher policy | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2020. This version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_GB |
dc.subject | idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis | en_GB |
dc.subject | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | en_GB |
dc.subject | Mendelian randomisation | en_GB |
dc.subject | telomeres | en_GB |
dc.subject | genetics | en_GB |
dc.title | Telomere length and risk of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a mendelian randomisation study | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2020-12-02T12:56:24Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2213-2600 | |
exeter.place-of-publication | England | en_GB |
dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Elsevier via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Lancet Respiratory Medicine | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2020-07-27 | |
rioxxterms.version | AM | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2020-11-13 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2020-12-02T12:50:20Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | AM | |
refterms.panel | A | en_GB |
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