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ABSTRACT: Introduction
We performed linkage analyses in Caribbean Hispanic families with multiple late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) cases to identify regions that may contain disease causative variants.Methods
We selected 67 LOAD families to perform genome-wide linkage scan. Analysis of the linked regions was repeated using the entire sample of 282 families. Validated chromosomal regions were analyzed using joint linkage and association.Results
We identified 26 regions linked to LOAD (HLOD ≥3.6). We validated 13 of the regions (HLOD ≥2.5) using the entire family sample. The strongest signal was at 11q12.3 (rs2232932: HLODmax = 4.7, Pjoint = 6.6 × 10(-6)), a locus located ∼2 Mb upstream of the membrane-spanning 4A gene cluster. We additionally identified a locus at 7p14.3 (rs10255835: HLODmax = 4.9, Pjoint = 1.2 × 10(-5)), a region harboring genes associated with the nervous system (GARS, GHRHR, and NEUROD6).Discussion
Future sequencing efforts should focus on these regions because they may harbor familial LOAD causative mutations.
SUBMITTER: Barral S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4690771 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Barral Sandra S Cheng Rong R Reitz Christiane C Vardarajan Badri B Lee Joseph J Kunkle Brian B Beecham Gary G Cantwell Laura S LS Pericak-Vance Margaret A MA Farrer Lindsay A LA Haines Jonathan L JL Goate Alison M AM Foroud Tatiana T Boerwinkle Eric E Schellenberg Gerard D GD Mayeux Richard R
Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 20151001 12
<h4>Introduction</h4>We performed linkage analyses in Caribbean Hispanic families with multiple late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) cases to identify regions that may contain disease causative variants.<h4>Methods</h4>We selected 67 LOAD families to perform genome-wide linkage scan. Analysis of the linked regions was repeated using the entire sample of 282 families. Validated chromosomal regions were analyzed using joint linkage and association.<h4>Results</h4>We identified 26 regions linked t ...[more]