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GWAS meta-analysis reveals novel loci and genetic correlates for general cognitive function: a report from the COGENT consortium

Authors :
Trampush, J. W. Yang, M. L. Z. Yu, J. Knowles, E. and Davies, G. Liewald, D. C. Starr, J. M. Djurovic, S. and Melle, I. Sundet, K. Christoforou, A. Reinvang, I. and DeRosse, P. Lundervold, A. J. Steen, V. M. Espeseth, T. and Raikkonen, K. Widen, E. Palotie, A. Eriksson, J. G. and Giegling, I. Konte, B. Roussos, P. Giakoumaki, S. and Burdick, K. E. Payton, A. Ollier, W. Horan, M. and Chiba-Falek, O. Attix, D. K. Need, A. C. Cirulli, E. T. and Voineskos, A. N. Stefanis, N. C. Avramopoulos, D. and Hatzimanolis, A. Arking, D. E. Smyrnis, N. Bilder, R. M. and Freimer, N. A. Cannon, T. D. London, E. Poldrack, R. A. and Sabb, F. W. Congdon, E. Conley, E. D. Scult, M. A. and Dickinson, D. Straub, R. E. Donohoe, G. Morris, D. and Corvin, A. Gill, M. Hariri, A. R. Weinberger, D. R. and Pendleton, N. Bitsios, P. Rujescu, D. Lahti, J. Le Hellard, S. Keller, M. C. Andreassen, O. A. Deary, I. J. and Glahn, D. C. Malhotra, A. K. Lencz, T.
Publication Year :
2017

Abstract

The complex nature of human cognition has resulted in cognitive genomics lagging behind many other fields in terms of gene discovery using genome-wide association study (GWAS) methods. In an attempt to overcome these barriers, the current study utilized GWAS meta-analysis to examine the association of common genetic variation (similar to 8M single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) with minor allele frequency >= 1%) to general cognitive function in a sample of 35 298 healthy individuals of European ancestry across 24 cohorts in the Cognitive Genomics Consortium (COGENT). In addition, we utilized individual SNP lookups and polygenic score analyses to identify genetic overlap with other relevant neurobehavioral phenotypes. Our primary GWAS meta-analysis identified two novel SNP loci (top SNPs: rs76114856 in the CENPO gene on chromosome 2 and rs6669072 near LOC105378853 on chromosome 1) associated with cognitive performance at the genome-wide significance level (P

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Language :
English
ISSN :
76114856
Database :
OpenAIRE
Accession number :
edsair.od......2127..531d5994ad408209d76b6122983a8f74

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