1. Genome-wide association study confirms extant PD risk loci among the Dutch.
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Simón-Sánchez J, van Hilten JJ, van de Warrenburg B, Post B, Berendse HW, Arepalli S, Hernandez DG, de Bie RM, Velseboer D, Scheffer H, Bloem B, van Dijk KD, Rivadeneira F, Hofman A, Uitterlinden AG, Rizzu P, Bochdanovits Z, Singleton AB, and Heutink P
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- ADP-ribosyl Cyclase biosynthesis, Adolescent, Adult, Age of Onset, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Antigens, CD biosynthesis, Case-Control Studies, DNA Fingerprinting, Female, GPI-Linked Proteins biosynthesis, GPI-Linked Proteins genetics, Gene Frequency, Genetic Loci, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genotype, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Netherlands, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases biosynthesis, Risk Factors, alpha-Synuclein biosynthesis, tau Proteins biosynthesis, ADP-ribosyl Cyclase genetics, Antigens, CD genetics, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins genetics, Parkinson Disease genetics, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases genetics, alpha-Synuclein genetics, tau Proteins genetics
- Abstract
In view of the population-specific heterogeneity in reported genetic risk factors for Parkinson's disease (PD), we conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) in a large sample of PD cases and controls from the Netherlands. After quality control (QC), a total of 514,799 SNPs genotyped in 772 PD cases and 2024 controls were included in our analyses. Direct replication of SNPs within SNCA and BST1 confirmed these two genes to be associated with PD in the Netherlands (SNCA, rs2736990: P = 1.63 × 10(-5), OR = 1.325 and BST1, rs12502586: P = 1.63 × 10(-3), OR = 1.337). Within SNCA, two independent signals in two different linkage disequilibrium (LD) blocks in the 3' and 5' ends of the gene were detected. Besides, post-hoc analysis confirmed GAK/DGKQ, HLA and MAPT as PD risk loci among the Dutch (GAK/DGKQ, rs2242235: P = 1.22 × 10(-4), OR = 1.51; HLA, rs4248166: P = 4.39 × 10(-5), OR = 1.36; and MAPT, rs3785880: P = 1.9 × 10(-3), OR = 1.19).
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- 2011
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