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Identifying individuals with high risk of Alzheimer’s disease using polygenic risk scores

Authors :
Ganna Leonenko
Emily Baker
Joshua Stevenson-Hoare
Annerieke Sierksma
Mark Fiers
Julie Williams
Bart de Strooper
Valentina Escott-Price
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2021.

Abstract

While polygenic risk scores have been shown to be correlated with disease risk, there is little agreement on how the score should be calculated. Here the authors investigate risk scores for Alzheimer’s disease, finding that the most effective approach includes an APOE score and a polygenic score excluding APOE.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
12
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.4d36e2473d584250a235b7a2b478f9c3
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24082-z