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Tesi N, van der Lee S, Hulsman M, van Schoor NM, Huisman M, Pijnenburg Y, van der Flier WM, Reinders M, Holstege H. Cognitively healthy centenarians are genetically protected against Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement 2024. [PMID: 38634500 DOI: 10.1002/alz.13810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Revised: 01/24/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Alzheimer's disease (AD) prevalence increases with age, yet a small fraction of the population reaches ages > 100 years without cognitive decline. We studied the genetic factors associated with such resilience against AD. METHODS Genome-wide association studies identified 86 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with AD risk. We estimated SNP frequency in 2281 AD cases, 3165 age-matched controls, and 346 cognitively healthy centenarians. We calculated a polygenic risk score (PRS) for each individual and investigated the functional properties of SNPs enriched/depleted in centenarians. RESULTS Cognitively healthy centenarians were enriched with the protective alleles of the SNPs associated with AD risk. The protective effect concentrated on the alleles in/near ANKH, GRN, TMEM106B, SORT1, PLCG2, RIN3, and APOE genes. This translated to >5-fold lower PRS in centenarians compared to AD cases (P = 7.69 × 10-71), and 2-fold lower compared to age-matched controls (P = 5.83 × 10-17). DISCUSSION Maintaining cognitive health until extreme ages requires complex genetic protection against AD, which concentrates on the genes associated with the endolysosomal and immune systems. HIGHLIGHTS Cognitively healthy cent enarians are enriched with the protective alleles of genetic variants associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The protective effect is concentrated on variants involved in the immune and endolysosomal systems. Combining variants into a polygenic risk score (PRS) translated to > 5-fold lower PRS in centenarians compared to AD cases, and ≈ 2-fold lower compared to middle-aged healthy controls.
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- Niccolo' Tesi
- Delft Bioinformatics Lab, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Section Genomics of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Aging, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Neurology, Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Section Genomics of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Aging, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Neurology, Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Delft Bioinformatics Lab, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Section Genomics of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Aging, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Neurology, Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology and Data Sciences, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Mental Health Program, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology and Data Sciences, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Mental Health Program, Amsterdam Public Health Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Epidemiology and Data Sciences, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Delft Bioinformatics Lab, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Delft Bioinformatics Lab, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Section Genomics of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Aging, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Neurology, Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Tijms BM, Vromen EM, Mjaavatten O, Holstege H, Reus LM, van der Lee S, Wesenhagen KEJ, Lorenzini L, Vermunt L, Venkatraghavan V, Tesi N, Tomassen J, den Braber A, Goossens J, Vanmechelen E, Barkhof F, Pijnenburg YAL, van der Flier WM, Teunissen CE, Berven FS, Visser PJ. Cerebrospinal fluid proteomics in patients with Alzheimer's disease reveals five molecular subtypes with distinct genetic risk profiles. Nat Aging 2024; 4:33-47. [PMID: 38195725 PMCID: PMC10798889 DOI: 10.1038/s43587-023-00550-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2024]
Abstract
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is heterogenous at the molecular level. Understanding this heterogeneity is critical for AD drug development. Here we define AD molecular subtypes using mass spectrometry proteomics in cerebrospinal fluid, based on 1,058 proteins, with different levels in individuals with AD (n = 419) compared to controls (n = 187). These AD subtypes had alterations in protein levels that were associated with distinct molecular processes: subtype 1 was characterized by proteins related to neuronal hyperplasticity; subtype 2 by innate immune activation; subtype 3 by RNA dysregulation; subtype 4 by choroid plexus dysfunction; and subtype 5 by blood-brain barrier impairment. Each subtype was related to specific AD genetic risk variants, for example, subtype 1 was enriched with TREM2 R47H. Subtypes also differed in clinical outcomes, survival times and anatomical patterns of brain atrophy. These results indicate molecular heterogeneity in AD and highlight the need for personalized medicine.
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- Betty M Tijms
- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Proteomics Unit at the University of Bergen, Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Genomics of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Aging, Human Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neuroimaging, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Neurochemistry Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Genomics of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Aging, Human Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Delft Bioinformatics Lab, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands
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- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Biological Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Queen Square Institute of Neurology and Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, UK
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- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Epidemiology & Data Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Neurochemistry Laboratory, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Proteomics Unit at the University of Bergen, Department of Biomedicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Alzheimer Center Limburg, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
- Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Division of Neurogeriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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van der Ende EL, In ‘t Veld SGJG, Hanskamp I, van der Lee S, Dijkstra JIR, Hok-A-Hin YS, Blujdea ER, van Swieten JC, Irwin DJ, Chen-Plotkin A, Hu WT, Lemstra AW, Pijnenburg YAL, van der Flier WM, del Campo M, Teunissen CE, Vermunt L. CSF proteomics in autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease highlights parallels with sporadic disease. Brain 2023; 146:4495-4507. [PMID: 37348871 PMCID: PMC10629764 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awad213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/24/2023] Open
Abstract
Autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease (ADAD) offers a unique opportunity to study pathophysiological changes in a relatively young population with few comorbidities. A comprehensive investigation of proteome changes occurring in ADAD could provide valuable insights into AD-related biological mechanisms and uncover novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets. Furthermore, ADAD might serve as a model for sporadic AD, but in-depth proteome comparisons are lacking. We aimed to identify dysregulated CSF proteins in ADAD and determine the degree of overlap with sporadic AD. We measured 1472 proteins in CSF of PSEN1 or APP mutation carriers (n = 22) and age- and sex-matched controls (n = 20) from the Amsterdam Dementia Cohort using proximity extension-based immunoassays (PEA). We compared protein abundance between groups with two-sided t-tests and identified enriched biological pathways. Using the same protein panels in paired plasma samples, we investigated correlations between CSF proteins and their plasma counterparts. Finally, we compared our results with recently published PEA data from an international cohort of sporadic AD (n = 230) and non-AD dementias (n = 301). All statistical analyses were false discovery rate-corrected. We detected 66 differentially abundant CSF proteins (65 increased, 1 decreased) in ADAD compared to controls (q < 0.05). The most strongly upregulated proteins (fold change >1.8) were related to immunity (CHIT1, ITGB2, SMOC2), cytoskeletal structure (MAPT, NEFL) and tissue remodelling (TMSB10, MMP-10). Significant CSF-plasma correlations were found for the upregulated proteins SMOC2 and LILR1B. Of the 66 differentially expressed proteins, 36 had been measured previously in the sporadic dementias cohort, 34 of which (94%) were also significantly upregulated in sporadic AD, with a strong correlation between the fold changes of these proteins in both cohorts (rs = 0.730, P < 0.001). Twenty-nine of the 36 proteins (81%) were also upregulated among non-AD patients with suspected AD co-pathology. This CSF proteomics study demonstrates substantial biochemical similarities between ADAD and sporadic AD, suggesting involvement of the same biological processes. Besides known AD-related proteins, we identified several relatively novel proteins, such as TMSB10, MMP-10 and SMOC2, which have potential as novel biomarkers. With shared pathophysiological CSF changes, ADAD study findings might be translatable to sporadic AD, which could greatly expedite therapy development.
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- Emma L van der Ende
- Neurochemistry Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Neurochemistry Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Neurochemistry Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Genomics of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Aging, Human Genetics, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Genomics of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Aging, Human Genetics, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Neurochemistry Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Neurochemistry Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Alzheimer Center and Department of Neurology, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 GD Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30307, USA
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- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Neurochemistry Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Departamento de Ciencias Farmacéuticas y de la Salud, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad San Pablo-CEU, CEU Universities, 28003 Madrid, Spain
- Barcelonabeta Brain Research Center (BBRC), Pasqual Maragall Foundation, 08005 Barcelona, Spain
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- Neurochemistry Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Neurochemistry Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Luo J, Thomassen JQ, Bellenguez C, Grenier-Boley B, de Rojas I, Castillo A, Parveen K, Küçükali F, Nicolas A, Peters O, Schneider A, Dichgans M, Rujescu D, Scherbaum N, Jürgen D, Riedel-Heller S, Hausner L, Porcel LM, Düzel E, Grimmer T, Wiltfang J, Heilmann-Heimbach S, Moebus S, Tegos T, Scarmeas N, Clarimon J, Moreno F, Pérez-Tur J, Bullido MJ, Pastor P, Sánchez-Valle R, Álvarez V, Boada M, García-González P, Puerta R, Mir P, Real LM, Piñol-Ripoll G, García-Alberca JM, Royo JL, Rodriguez-Rodriguez E, Soininen H, Kuulasmaa T, de Mendonça A, Mehrabian S, Hort J, Vyhnalek M, van der Lee S, Graff C, Papenberg G, Giedraitis V, Boland A, Bacq-Daian D, Deleuze JF, Nicolas G, Dufouil C, Pasquier F, Hanon O, Debette S, Grünblatt E, Popp J, Benussi L, Galimberti D, Arosio B, Mecocci P, Solfrizzi V, Parnetti L, Squassina A, Tremolizzo L, Borroni B, Nacmias B, Sorbi S, Caffarra P, Seripa D, Rainero I, Daniele A, Masullo C, Spalletta G, Williams J, Amouyel P, Jessen F, Kehoe P, Tsolaki M, Rossi G, Sánchez-Juan P, Sleegers K, Ingelsson M, Andreassen OA, Hiltunen M, Van Duijn C, Sims R, van der Flier W, Ruiz A, Ramirez A, Lambert JC, Frikke-Schmidt R. Genetic Associations Between Modifiable Risk Factors and Alzheimer Disease. JAMA Netw Open 2023; 6:e2313734. [PMID: 37195665 PMCID: PMC10193187 DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.13734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 03/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Importance An estimated 40% of dementia is potentially preventable by modifying 12 risk factors throughout the life course. However, robust evidence for most of these risk factors is lacking. Effective interventions should target risk factors in the causal pathway to dementia. Objective To comprehensively disentangle potentially causal aspects of modifiable risk factors for Alzheimer disease (AD) to inspire new drug targeting and improved prevention. Design, Setting, and Participants This genetic association study was conducted using 2-sample univariable and multivariable mendelian randomization. Independent genetic variants associated with modifiable risk factors were selected as instrumental variables from genomic consortia. Outcome data for AD were obtained from the European Alzheimer & Dementia Biobank (EADB), generated on August 31, 2021. Main analyses were conducted using the EADB clinically diagnosed end point data. All analyses were performed between April 12 and October 27, 2022. Exposures Genetically determined modifiable risk factors. Main Outcomes and Measures Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% CIs for AD were calculated per 1-unit change of genetically determined risk factors. Results The EADB-diagnosed cohort included 39 106 participants with clinically diagnosed AD and 401 577 control participants without AD. The mean age ranged from 72 to 83 years for participants with AD and 51 to 80 years for control participants. Among participants with AD, 54% to 75% were female, and among control participants, 48% to 60% were female. Genetically determined high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol concentrations were associated with increased odds of AD (OR per 1-SD increase, 1.10 [95% CI, 1.05-1.16]). Genetically determined high systolic blood pressure was associated with increased risk of AD after adjusting for diastolic blood pressure (OR per 10-mm Hg increase, 1.22 [95% CI, 1.02-1.46]). In a second analysis to minimize bias due to sample overlap, the entire UK Biobank was excluded from the EADB consortium; odds for AD were similar for HDL cholesterol (OR per 1-SD unit increase, 1.08 [95% CI, 1.02-1.15]) and systolic blood pressure after adjusting for diastolic blood pressure (OR per 10-mm Hg increase, 1.23 [95% CI, 1.01-1.50]). Conclusions and Relevance This genetic association study found novel genetic associations between high HDL cholesterol concentrations and high systolic blood pressure with higher risk of AD. These findings may inspire new drug targeting and improved prevention implementation.
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- Jiao Luo
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Copenhagen University Hospital-Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Copenhagen University Hospital-Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur Lille, U1167-RID-AGE-Facteurs de risque et déterminants moléculaires des maladies liées au vieillissement, Lille, France
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- Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur Lille, U1167-RID-AGE-Facteurs de risque et déterminants moléculaires des maladies liées au vieillissement, Lille, France
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- Research Center and Memory clinic Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
- Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom
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- Division of Neurogenetics and Molecular Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Department of Neurodegenerative diseases and Geriatric Psychiatry, University Hospital Bonn, Medical Faculty, Bonn, Germany
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- Complex Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease Group, VIB Center for Molecular Neurology, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur Lille, U1167-RID-AGE-Facteurs de risque et déterminants moléculaires des maladies liées au vieillissement, Lille, France
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Berlin, Germany
- Institute of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Institute of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Berlin, Germany
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Bonn, Germany
- Department for Neurodegenerative Diseases and Geriatric Psychiatry, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research, University Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Munich, Germany
- Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Comprehensive Centre for Clinical Neurosciences and Mental Health, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- LVR-Hospital Essen, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Medical Faculty, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, Center of Mental Health, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Institute of Social Medicine, Occupational Health and Public Health (ISAP), University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, Central Institute for Mental Health Mannheim, Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Neurological Tissue Bank, Biobanc Hospital Clinic, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain
- Alzheimer's Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Neurology Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
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- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Magdeburg, Germany
- Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Goettingen, Germany
- Medical Science Department, Instituto de Biomedicina, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn, School of Medicine and University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Urban Public Health, University Hospital of University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- First Department of Neurology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- First Department of Neurology, Aiginition Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece
- Taub Institute for Research in Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, The Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Neurology, II B Sant Pau, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitario Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain
- Neurosciences Area, Instituto Biodonostia, San Sebastian, Spain
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- Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Unitat de Genètica Molecular, Institut de Biomedicina de València, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Valencia, Spain
- Unidad Mixta de Neurologia Genètica, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, UAM-CSIC, Madrid, Spain
- Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria Hospital la Paz, Madrid, Spain
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- Unit of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol and The Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) Badalona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Alzheimer's Disease and Other Cognitive Disorders Unit, Service of Neurology, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Genética, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias, Asturias, Spain
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- Research Center and Memory clinic Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
- Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Research Center and Memory clinic Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Research Center and Memory clinic Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Unidad de Trastornos del Movimiento, Servicio de Neurología y Neurofisiología, Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- Unidad Clínica de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Sevilla, Spain
- Depatamento de Especialidades Quirúrgicas, Bioquímica e Inmunología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- Unitat Trastorns Cognitius, Hospital Universitari Santa Maria de Lleida, Lleida, Spain
- Institut de Recerca Biomedica de Lleida, Lleida, Spain
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- Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Alzheimer Research Center & Memory Clinic, Instituto Andaluz de Neurociencia, Málaga, Spain
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- Depatamento de Especialidades Quirúrgicas, Bioquímica e Inmunología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
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- Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Neurology Service, Marqués de Valdecilla University Hospital, University of Cantabria and IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
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- Institute of Clinical Medicine, Neurology, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Institute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Clinic of Neurology, UH "Alexandrovska," Medical University-Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Memory Clinic, Department of Neurology, Charles University, Second Faculty of Medicine and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
- International Clinical Research Center, St Anne's University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Memory Clinic, Department of Neurology, Charles University, Second Faculty of Medicine and Motol University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
- International Clinical Research Center, St Anne's University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Genomics of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Aging, Human Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, locatie VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, locatie VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Unit for Hereditary Dementias, Theme Aging, Karolinska University Hospital-Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Aging Research Center, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences/ and Geriatrics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, Centre National de Recherche en Génomique Humaine, Evry, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, Centre National de Recherche en Génomique Humaine, Evry, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, Centre National de Recherche en Génomique Humaine, Evry, France
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- Normandie Univ, Université de Rouen Normandie, Inserm U1245 and CHU Rouen, Department of Genetics and Centre national de référence pour les malades Alzheimer jeunes, Rouen, France
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- Inserm, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, UMR 1219, University of Bordeaux, ISPED, CIC 1401-EC, Bordeaux, France
- CHU de Bordeaux, Pole santé publique, Bordeaux, France
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- University of Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, UMR1172, Resources and Research Memory Center of Distalz, Licend, Lille, France
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- Université de Paris, EA 4468, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Broca, Paris, France
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- University Bordeaux, Inserm, Bordeaux Population Health Research Center, France
- Department of Neurology, Bordeaux University Hospital, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Neuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Zurich Center for Integrative Human Physiology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Old Age Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Department of Geriatric Psychiatry, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
- Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Molecular Markers Laboratory, IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
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- Neurodegenerative Diseases Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Ospedale Policlinico, Milan, Italy
- Department of Biomedical, Surgical and Dental Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
- Geriatric Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
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- Institute of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
- Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Geriatric Medicine and Memory Unit, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Centre for Memory Disturbances, Lab of Clinical Neurochemistry, Section of Neurology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Neuroscience and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Hospital San Gerardo, Monza and University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
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- Centre for Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health University of Florence, Florence, Italy
- IRCCS Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi, Florence, Italy
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- Laboratory for Advanced Hematological Diagnostics, Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant, Vito Fazzi Hospital, Lecce, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience Rita Levi Montalcini, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
- Neurology Unit, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Neurology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neuropsychiatry, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- UK Dementia Research Institute at Cardiff, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur Lille, U1167-RID-AGE-Facteurs de risque et déterminants moléculaires des maladies liées au vieillissement, Lille, France
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- Division of Neurogenetics and Molecular Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Bonn, Germany
- Cluster of Excellence Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- First Department of Neurology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Unit of Neurology V - Neuropathology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
- Alzheimer's Centre Reina Sofia-CIEN Foundation-ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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- Complex Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease Group, VIB Center for Molecular Neurology, Antwerp, Belgium
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, Centre National de Recherche en Génomique Humaine, Evry, France
- Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
- Department of Medicine and Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- NORMENT Centre, Division of Mental Health and Addiction, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Epidemiology, ErasmusMC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
- Nuffield Department of Population Health, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom
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- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, locatie VUmc, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Research Center and Memory clinic Fundació ACE, Institut Català de Neurociències Aplicades, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
- Network Center for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases, National Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Division of Neurogenetics and Molecular Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Department of Neurodegenerative diseases and Geriatric Psychiatry, University Hospital Bonn, Medical Faculty, Bonn, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Bonn, Germany
- Cluster of Excellence Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Department of Psychiatry and Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases, San Antonio, Texas
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- Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur Lille, U1167-RID-AGE-Facteurs de risque et déterminants moléculaires des maladies liées au vieillissement, Lille, France
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Copenhagen University Hospital-Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Tesi N, van der Lee S, Hulsman M, Holstege H, Reinders M. Bioinformatics Strategies for the Analysis and Integration of Large-Scale Multiomics Data. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2023; 78:659-662. [PMID: 36995007 DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glad005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/31/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Niccolo' Tesi
- Delft Bioinformatics Lab, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
- Section Genomics of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Aging, Department of Clinical Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Section Genomics of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Aging, Department of Clinical Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Section Genomics of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Aging, Department of Clinical Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Section Genomics of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Aging, Department of Clinical Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Delft Bioinformatics Lab, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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Baker E, Leonenko G, Schmidt KM, Hill M, Myers AJ, Shoai M, de Rojas I, Tesi N, Holstege H, van der Flier WM, Pijnenburg YAL, Ruiz A, Hardy J, van der Lee S, Escott-Price V. What does heritability of Alzheimer's disease represent? PLoS One 2023; 18:e0281440. [PMID: 37115753 PMCID: PMC10146480 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Both late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD) and ageing have a strong genetic component. In each case, many associated variants have been discovered, but how much missing heritability remains to be discovered is debated. Variability in the estimation of SNP-based heritability could explain the differences in reported heritability. METHODS We compute heritability in five large independent cohorts (N = 7,396, 1,566, 803, 12,528 and 3,963) to determine whether a consensus for the AD heritability estimate can be reached. These cohorts vary by sample size, age of cases and controls and phenotype definition. We compute heritability a) for all SNPs, b) excluding APOE region, c) excluding both APOE and genome-wide association study hit regions, and d) SNPs overlapping a microglia gene-set. RESULTS SNP-based heritability of late onset Alzheimer's disease is between 38 and 66% when age and genetic disease architecture are correctly accounted for. The heritability estimates decrease by 12% [SD = 8%] on average when the APOE region is excluded and an additional 1% [SD = 3%] when genome-wide significant regions were removed. A microglia gene-set explains 69-84% of our estimates of SNP-based heritability using only 3% of total SNPs in all cohorts. CONCLUSION The heritability of neurodegenerative disorders cannot be represented as a single number, because it is dependent on the ages of cases and controls. Genome-wide association studies pick up a large proportion of total AD heritability when age and genetic architecture are correctly accounted for. Around 13% of SNP-based heritability can be explained by known genetic loci and the remaining heritability likely resides around microglial related genes.
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- Emily Baker
- Division of Neuroscience and Mental Health, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Dementia Research Institute, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Division of Neuroscience and Mental Health, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
- Dementia Research Institute, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Dementia Research Institute, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cell Biology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, United States of America
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- Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic, ACE Alzheimer Center Barcelona, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
- Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Genomics of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Aging, Human Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Delft Bioinformatics Lab, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
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- Genomics of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Aging, Human Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Delft Bioinformatics Lab, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Research Center and Memory Clinic, ACE Alzheimer Center Barcelona, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
- Networking Research Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Genomics of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Aging, Human Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, Neurology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC location VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Neuroscience and Mental Health, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Poleggi A, van der Lee S, Capellari S, Puopolo M, Ladogana A, De Pascali E, Lia D, Formato A, Bartoletti-Stella A, Parchi P, van Duijn C, Pocchiari M. Age at onset of genetic (E200K) and sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseases is modulated by the CYP4X1 gene. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2018; 89:1243-1249. [PMID: 30032116 DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2018-318756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2018] [Revised: 06/13/2018] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES The Glu to Lys change at codon 200 (E200K) of the PRNP gene is the most frequent mutation associated to genetic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and the only one responsible for geographical clusters. Patients carrying this mutation develop disease at different ages and show variable clinical phenotypes that are not affected by the methione/valine polymorphism at codon 129 of the PRNP gene suggesting the influence of other factors. The objective of this study is to look for genes other than PRNP that might be responsible of this variability. METHODS We searched for other genes by performing genome-wide analyses (GWA) on 19 patients with genetic CJD and 18 healthy subjects carrying the E200K mutation of PRNP and belonging to the Calabrian cluster in Italy. We then validate this result in 32 patients with E200K CJD from non-cluster areas and 259 patients with sporadic CJD referred to the Italian CJD national registry. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS We identified two single nucleotide polymorphisms on the CYP4X1 gene locus as candidate disease modifiers in patients with E200K CJD of the cluster area and confirmed this finding in 32 patients with E200K CJD from non-cluster areas and 259 patients with sporadic CJD. Our results indicate that the CYP4X1 gene modulates the onset of disease in patients with E200K genetic and sporadic CJD. This finding improves our understanding on the pathogenesis of CJD, suggests new targets for developing novel therapeutic strategies and might be useful for the stratification of patients in future preventive treatment trials.
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- Anna Poleggi
- Department of Neuroscience, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy
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- Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.,Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma, Italy
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- IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.,Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.,Department of Diagnostic Experimental and Specialty Medicine (DIMES), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Genetic Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.,Translational Epidemiology, Faculty Science, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Huang KL, Marcora E, Pimenova AA, Di Narzo AF, Kapoor M, Jin SC, Harari O, Bertelsen S, Fairfax BP, Czajkowski J, Chouraki V, Grenier-Boley B, Bellenguez C, Deming Y, McKenzie A, Raj T, Renton AE, Budde J, Smith A, Fitzpatrick A, Bis JC, DeStefano A, Adams HHH, Ikram MA, van der Lee S, Del-Aguila JL, Fernandez MV, Ibañez L, Sims R, Escott-Price V, Mayeux R, Haines JL, Farrer LA, Pericak-Vance MA, Lambert JC, van Duijn C, Launer L, Seshadri S, Williams J, Amouyel P, Schellenberg GD, Zhang B, Borecki I, Kauwe JSK, Cruchaga C, Hao K, Goate AM. A common haplotype lowers PU.1 expression in myeloid cells and delays onset of Alzheimer's disease. Nat Neurosci 2017; 20:1052-1061. [PMID: 28628103 PMCID: PMC5759334 DOI: 10.1038/nn.4587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Accepted: 05/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
A genome-wide survival analysis of 14,406 Alzheimer's disease (AD) cases and 25,849 controls identified eight previously reported AD risk loci and 14 novel loci associated with age at onset. Linkage disequilibrium score regression of 220 cell types implicated the regulation of myeloid gene expression in AD risk. The minor allele of rs1057233 (G), within the previously reported CELF1 AD risk locus, showed association with delayed AD onset and lower expression of SPI1 in monocytes and macrophages. SPI1 encodes PU.1, a transcription factor critical for myeloid cell development and function. AD heritability was enriched within the PU.1 cistrome, implicating a myeloid PU.1 target gene network in AD. Finally, experimentally altered PU.1 levels affected the expression of mouse orthologs of many AD risk genes and the phagocytic activity of mouse microglial cells. Our results suggest that lower SPI1 expression reduces AD risk by regulating myeloid gene expression and cell function.
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- Kuan-lin Huang
- Department of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint
Louis, MO, USA
- Department of McDonnell Genome Institute, Washington University in
St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of
Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer’s disease,
Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY,
USA
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- Department of Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer’s disease,
Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY,
USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of
Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of
Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer’s disease,
Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY,
USA
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- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New
Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint
Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer’s disease,
Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY,
USA
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Nuffield Department of
Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Genetics, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint
Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine,
Boston, MA, USA
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- Inserm, U1167, RID-AGE –Risk factors and molecular
determinants of aging-related diseases, F-59000 Lille, France
- Univ. Lille - Excellence laboratory Labex DISTALZ, F-59000 Lille,
France
- Institut Pasteur de Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Inserm, U1167, RID-AGE –Risk factors and molecular
determinants of aging-related diseases, F-59000 Lille, France
- Univ. Lille - Excellence laboratory Labex DISTALZ, F-59000 Lille,
France
- Institut Pasteur de Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint
Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of
Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of
Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer’s disease,
Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY,
USA
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- Department of Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer’s disease,
Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY,
USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint
Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle,
Washington, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle,
Washington, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public
Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint
Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint
Louis, MO, USA
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- Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Medical Research
Council (MRC) Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff University,
Cardiff, UK
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- Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Medical Research
Council (MRC) Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff University,
Cardiff, UK
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- Taub Institute on Alzheimer’s Disease and the Aging Brain,
Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center, Columbia University, New York, NY,
USA
- Department of Neurology, Columbia University, New York, NY,
USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve
University, Cleveland, OH, USA; Department of Ophthalmology, Boston University
School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Institut Pasteur de Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
- Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public
Health, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Medicine (Biomedical Genetics), Boston University
School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public
Health, Boston, MA, USA
- The John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of
Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- The John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of
Miami, Miami, FL, USA
- Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of
Miami, Miami, FL, USA
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- Inserm, U1167, RID-AGE –Risk factors and molecular
determinants of aging-related diseases, F-59000 Lille, France
- Univ. Lille - Excellence laboratory Labex DISTALZ, F-59000 Lille,
France
- Institut Pasteur de Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University Medical Center,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Epidemiology and Population Sciences, National
Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine,
Boston, MA, USA
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- Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, Medical Research
Council (MRC) Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff University,
Cardiff, UK
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- Inserm, U1167, RID-AGE –Risk factors and molecular
determinants of aging-related diseases, F-59000 Lille, France
- Univ. Lille - Excellence laboratory Labex DISTALZ, F-59000 Lille,
France
- Institut Pasteur de Lille, F-59000 Lille, France
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, U1167, F-59000 Lille,
France
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of
Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of
Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah,
USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint
Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of
Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of
Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Ronald M. Loeb Center for Alzheimer’s disease,
Department of Neuroscience, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY,
USA
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Springelkamp H, Mishra A, Hysi PG, Gharahkhani P, Höhn R, Khor CC, Cooke Bailey JN, Luo X, Ramdas WD, Vithana E, Koh V, Yazar S, Xu L, Forward H, Kearns LS, Amin N, Iglesias AI, Sim KS, van Leeuwen EM, Demirkan A, van der Lee S, Loon SC, Rivadeneira F, Nag A, Sanfilippo PG, Schillert A, de Jong PTVM, Oostra BA, Uitterlinden AG, Hofman A, Zhou T, Burdon KP, Spector TD, Lackner KJ, Saw SM, Vingerling JR, Teo YY, Pasquale LR, Wolfs RCW, Lemij HG, Tai ES, Jonas JB, Cheng CY, Aung T, Jansonius NM, Klaver CCW, Craig JE, Young TL, Haines JL, MacGregor S, Mackey DA, Pfeiffer N, Wong TY, Wiggs JL, Hewitt AW, van Duijn CM, Hammond CJ. Meta-analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies Identifies Novel Loci Associated With Optic Disc Morphology. Genet Epidemiol 2015; 39:207-16. [PMID: 25631615 DOI: 10.1002/gepi.21886] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2014] [Revised: 12/05/2014] [Accepted: 12/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
Abstract
Primary open-angle glaucoma is the most common optic neuropathy and an important cause of irreversible blindness worldwide. The optic nerve head or optic disc is divided in two parts: a central cup (without nerve fibers) surrounded by the neuroretinal rim (containing axons of the retinal ganglion cells). The International Glaucoma Genetics Consortium conducted a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies consisting of 17,248 individuals of European ancestry and 6,841 individuals of Asian ancestry. The outcomes of the genome-wide association studies were disc area and cup area. These specific measurements describe optic nerve morphology in another way than the vertical cup-disc ratio, which is a clinically used measurement, and may shed light on new glaucoma mechanisms. We identified 10 new loci associated with disc area (CDC42BPA, F5, DIRC3, RARB, ABI3BP, DCAF4L2, ELP4, TMTC2, NR2F2, and HORMAD2) and another 10 new loci associated with cup area (DHRS3, TRIB2, EFEMP1, FLNB, FAM101, DDHD1, ASB7, KPNB1, BCAS3, and TRIOBP). The new genes participate in a number of pathways and future work is likely to identify more functions related to the pathogenesis of glaucoma.
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Affiliation(s)
- Henriët Springelkamp
- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Ophthalmology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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