Predicting male pattern baldness from DNA variants in a Eurasian population
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1.1)CAS Key Laboratory of Genomic and Precision Medicine, Beijing Institute of Genomics (China National Center for Bioinformation), Chinses Academy of Science, Life Sciences College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China;2.2)National Engineering Laboratory for Forensic Science, Key Laboratory of Forensic Genetics of Ministry of Public Security, Beijing Engineering Research Center of Crime Scene Evidence Examination, Institute of Forensic Science, Ministry of Public Security, Beijing 100038, China;3.3)Criminal Investigation Department, Public Security Department of Hunan Province, Changsha 410001, China

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National Key R&D Program of China,Open Projects of National Engineering Laboratory for Forensic Science,The National Natural Science Foundation of China,Central Public-Interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund,The Open Project of Key Laboratory of Genomic and Precision Medicine, Chinese Academy of Sciences, National High-level personnel of special support program,Biological samples were provided by the National Science and Technological Resources Platform

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    Male pattern baldness is the most common type of progressive hair loss, which has a considerable negative impact on personal image and mental health. Recently, several large sized genome-wide association studies (GWASs) in European and American populations have reported a large number of MPB-associated genetic susceptibility sites, but the genetic effects of these loci in East Asian populations remain unclear. This study was based on a sample of 684 Eurasian males in China, and conducted a population heterogeneity analysis on 624 MPB-related single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) found in a large GWAS consisting of 205,327 European males in the UK Biobank. Polygenic risk scores (PRS) were used to build predictive models, and the relationship between the number of predictive factors and the predictive performance of the model was investigated. A total of 467 SNPs passed quality control, among which 6.9% showed nominally significant association with MPB (P <0.05). Linear and logistic models established by including the effects of age, body mass index (BMI), and 25 SNPs demonstrated fairly accurate prediction accuracy (R2 = 28.9%, AUC = 0.82). Age had the greatest impact on the model performance (R2 = 22.9%, AUC = 0.77), and the AUC reached the maximum when BMI and 68 SNPs were added cumulatively (about 0.89). This study indicates that MPB has strong genetic heterogeneity in European and East Asian populations. Selecting a subset of SNPs can achieve prediction accuracy close to that of the complete set. The prediction model constructed here may help understand the genetic mechanism, early diagnosis and prevention of MPB in East Asian populations.

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pansiyu, zhaowenting, fengrui, liqiong, jingxiaoxi, gaoxingjian, chenyan, liyi, taoxianming, liutianzi, licaixia. Predicting male pattern baldness from DNA variants in a Eurasian population[J]. Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics,2020,47(10):1069-1079

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  • Received:April 11,2020
  • Revised:June 22,2020
  • Accepted:July 07,2020
  • Online: January 19,2021
  • Published: October 20,2020