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


ABSTRACT: 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 ?4 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.

SUBMITTER: Jun GR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5496797 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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

Jun Gyungah R GR   Chung Jaeyoon J   Mez Jesse J   Barber Robert R   Beecham Gary W GW   Bennett David A DA   Buxbaum Joseph D JD   Byrd Goldie S GS   Carrasquillo Minerva M MM   Crane Paul K PK   Cruchaga Carlos C   De Jager Philip P   Ertekin-Taner Nilufer N   Evans Denis D   Fallin M Danielle MD   Foroud Tatiana M TM   Friedland Robert P RP   Goate Alison M AM   Graff-Radford Neill R NR   Hendrie Hugh H   Hall Kathleen S KS   Hamilton-Nelson Kara L KL   Inzelberg Rivka R   Kamboh M Ilyas MI   Kauwe John S K JSK   Kukull Walter A WA   Kunkle Brian W BW   Kuwano Ryozo R   Larson Eric B EB   Logue Mark W MW   Manly Jennifer J JJ   Martin Eden R ER   Montine Thomas J TJ   Mukherjee Shubhabrata S   Naj Adam A   Reiman Eric M EM   Reitz Christiane C   Sherva Richard R   St George-Hyslop Peter H PH   Thornton Timothy T   Younkin Steven G SG   Vardarajan Badri N BN   Wang Li-San LS   Wendlund Jens R JR   Winslow Ashley R AR   Haines Jonathan J   Mayeux Richard R   Pericak-Vance Margaret A MA   Schellenberg Gerard G   Lunetta Kathryn L KL   Farrer Lindsay A LA  

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association 20170207 7


<h4>Introduction</h4>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.<h4>Methods</h4>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 loc  ...[more]

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