Transethnic genome-wide scan identifies novel Alzheimer's disease loci

Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Consortium

doi:10.1016/j.jalz.2016.12.012

Transethnic genome-wide scan identifies novel Alzheimer's disease loci

Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Consortium

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Introduction Genetic loci for Alzheimer's disease (AD) have been identified in whites of European ancestry, but the genetic architecture of AD among other populations is less understood. Methods We conducted a transethnic genome-wide association study (GWAS) for late-onset AD in Stage 1 sample including whites of European Ancestry, African-Americans, Japanese, and Israeli-Arabs assembled by the Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Consortium. Suggestive results from Stage 1 from novel loci were followed up using summarized results in the International Genomics Alzheimer's Project GWAS dataset. Results Genome-wide significant (GWS) associations in single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)–based tests (P < 5 × 10⁻⁸) were identified for SNPs in PFDN1/HBEGF, USP6NL/ECHDC3, and BZRAP1-AS1 and for the interaction of the (apolipoprotein E) APOE ε4 allele with NFIC SNP. We also obtained GWS evidence (P < 2.7 × 10⁻⁶) for gene-based association in the total sample with a novel locus, TPBG (P = 1.8 × 10⁻⁶). Discussion Our findings highlight the value of transethnic studies for identifying novel AD susceptibility loci.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	727-738
Number of pages	12
Journal	Alzheimer's and Dementia
Volume	13
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2016.12.012
State	Published - Jul 2017

Keywords

APOE interaction
Alzheimer's disease
Genome-wide association
Transethnic

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Epidemiology
Health Policy
Developmental Neuroscience
Clinical Neurology
Geriatrics and Gerontology
Psychiatry and Mental health
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

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