A genome-wide association study identifies EYA2 as a contributing gene for diabetic retinopathy in type 2 diabetes
Our study demonstrates a genomic risk locus in gene EYA2 associated with DR in type 2 diabetes, which offers deeper insights into broader trait architecture on DR.
Authors
- Tania Dottorini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7733-906X)
- Yongqing Shao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1319-8521)
- Weihua Meng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5388-8494)
- Charvi Nangia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3984-2603)
- Aravind Lathika Rajendrakumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4286-7265)
- Yiwen Tao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0102-4205)
- Yunyan Ye (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2325-1405)
- Qi Pan
- Colin NA Palmer
- Mainul Haque
Institutions
- Queen's University Belfast (GB)
- University of Nottingham Ningbo China (CN)
- University of Dundee (GB)
- King's College London (GB)
- Wenzhou Medical University (CN)
- Affiliated Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical College (CN)
- Ningbo Medical Center Lihuili Hospital (CN)
- King's College School (GB)
- Genomics (United Kingdom) (GB)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Medicine
- Published
- 2026-02-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-026-01465-1
- Primary Topic
- Retinal Diseases and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00