Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new loci and functional pathways influencing Alzheimer's disease risk

被引:1492
作者
Jansen, Iris E. [1 ,2 ]
Savage, Jeanne E. [1 ]
Watanabe, Kyoko [1 ]
Bryois, Julien [3 ]
Williams, Dylan M. [3 ]
Steinberg, Stacy [4 ]
Sealock, Julia [5 ]
Karlsson, Ida K. [3 ,6 ]
Hagg, Sara [3 ]
Athanasiu, Lavinia [7 ,8 ]
Voyle, Nicola [9 ]
Proitsi, Petroula [9 ]
Witoelar, Aree [7 ,10 ]
Stringer, Sven [1 ]
Aarsland, Dag [9 ,11 ]
Almdahl, Ina S. [12 ,13 ,14 ]
Andersen, Fred [15 ]
Bergh, Sverre [16 ,17 ]
Bettella, Francesco [7 ,10 ]
Bjornsson, Sigurbjorn [18 ]
Braekhus, Anne [16 ,19 ]
Brathen, Geir [20 ,21 ]
de Leeuw, Christiaan [1 ]
Desikan, Rahul S. [22 ]
Djurovic, Srdjan [7 ,23 ]
Dumitrescu, Logan [24 ,25 ]
Fladby, Tormod [12 ,13 ]
Hohman, Timothy J. [24 ,25 ]
Jonsson, Palmi, V [18 ,26 ]
Kiddle, Steven J. [27 ]
Rongve, Arvid [28 ,29 ]
Saltvedt, Ingvild [20 ,30 ]
Sando, Sigrid B. [20 ,21 ]
Selbaek, Geir [16 ,31 ]
Shoai, Maryam [32 ]
Skene, Nathan G. [33 ,34 ]
Snaedal, Jon [18 ]
Stordal, Eystein [35 ,36 ]
Ulstein, Ingun D. [37 ]
Wang, Yunpeng [7 ,10 ]
White, Linda R. [20 ,21 ]
Hardy, John [32 ]
Hjerling-Leffler, Jens [33 ]
Sullivan, Patrick F. [3 ,38 ,39 ]
van der Flier, Wiesje M. [2 ]
Dobson, Richard [9 ,40 ,41 ,42 ,43 ]
Davis, Lea K. [25 ,44 ]
Stefansson, Hreinn [4 ]
Stefansson, Kari [4 ]
Pedersen, Nancy L. [3 ]
机构
[1] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Ctr Neurogen & Cognit Res, Dept Complex Trait Genet, Amsterdam Neurosci, Amsterdam, Netherlands
[2] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Alzheimer Ctr Amsterdam, Dept Neurol, Amsterdam Neurosci,Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
[3] Karolinska Inst, Dept Med Epidemiol & Biostat, Stockholm, Sweden
[4] deCODE Genet Amgen, Reykjavik, Iceland
[5] Vanderbilt Univ, Interdisciplinary Grad Program, 221 Kirkland Hall, Nashville, TN 37235 USA
[6] Jonkoping Univ, Sch Hlth & Welf, Inst Gerontol & Aging Res Network Jonkoping ARN J, Jonkoping, Sweden
[7] Univ Oslo, KG Jebsen Ctr Psychosis Res, Inst Clin Med, NORMENT, Oslo, Norway
[8] Oslo Univ Hosp, Div Mental Hlth & Addict, Oslo, Norway
[9] Kings Coll London, Inst Psychiat Psychol & Neurosci, London, England
[10] Univ Oslo, Inst Clin Med, Oslo, Norway
[11] Stavanger Univ Hosp, Ctr Age Related Dis, Stavanger, Norway
[12] Akershus Univ Hosp, Dept Neurol, Lorenskog, Norway
[13] Univ Oslo, AHUS Campus, Oslo, Norway
[14] Oslo Univ Hosp, Dept Psychiat Old Age, Oslo, Norway
[15] Univ Tromso, Dept Community Med, Tromso, Norway
[16] Vestfold Hosp Trust, Norwegian Natl Advisory Unit Ageing & Hlth, Tonsberg, Norway
[17] Innlandet Hosp Trust, Ctr Old Age Psychiat Res, Ottestad, Norway
[18] Landspitali Univ Hosp, Dept Geriatr Med, Reykjavik, Iceland
[19] Oslo Univ Hosp, Geriatr Dept, Oslo, Norway
[20] Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Neuromed & Movement Sci, Trondheim, Norway
[21] Trondheim Reg & Univ Hosp, St Olavs Hosp, Dept Neurol, Trondheim, Norway
[22] Univ Calif San Francisco, Neuroradiol Sect, Dept Radiol & Biomed Imaging, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA
[23] Oslo Univ Hosp, Dept Med Genet, Oslo, Norway
[24] Vanderbilt Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Neurol, Vanderbilt Memory & Alzheimers Ctr, Nashville, TN USA
[25] Vanderbilt Univ, Med Ctr, Vanderbilt Genet Inst, Nashville, TN USA
[26] Univ Iceland, Fac Med, Reykjavik, Iceland
[27] Univ Cambridge, Cambridge Inst Publ Hlth, MRC Biostat Unit, Cambridge, England
[28] Helse Fonna, Dept Res & Innovat, Haugesund, Norway
[29] Univ Bergen, Dept Clin Med, Bergen, Norway
[30] Trondheim Reg & Univ Hosp, St Olavs Hosp, Dept Geriatr, Trondheim, Norway
[31] Univ Oslo, Inst Hlth & Soc, Oslo, Norway
[32] UCL, Dept Neurodegenerat Disorders, Inst Neurol, London, England
[33] Karolinska Inst, Dept Med Biochem & Biophys, Lab Mol Neurobiol, Stockholm, Sweden
[34] UCL, Inst Neurol, Dept Neuromuscular Dis, London, England
[35] Namsos Hosp, Dept Psychiat, Namsos, Norway
[36] Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Mental Hlth, Trondheim, Norway
[37] Oslo Univ Hosp, Geriatr Dept, Memory Clin, Oslo, Norway
[38] Univ N Carolina, Dept Genet, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 USA
[39] Univ N Carolina, Dept Psychiat, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 USA
[40] South London & Maudsley NHS Fdn Trust, NIHR Biomed Res Ctr, London, England
[41] Kings Coll London, London, England
[42] UCL, Inst Hlth Informat Res, London, England
[43] UCL, Hlth Data Res UK London, London, England
[44] Vanderbilt Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Med, Div Genet Med, Nashville, TN USA
[45] Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Analyt & Translat Genet Unit, Boston, MA 02114 USA
[46] Broad Inst MIT & Harvard, Stanley Ctr Psychiat Res, Cambridge, MA 02142 USA
[47] Charite, Dept Psychiat & Psychotherapy, Berlin, Germany
[48] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Dept Clin Genet, Med Ctr, Amsterdam, Netherlands
关键词
POLYGENIC RISK; MISSENSE MUTATIONS; COGNITIVE RESERVE; GENE-EXPRESSION; VARIANTS; ASSOCIATION; RARE; ANNOTATION; DISCOVERY; DEMENTIA;
D O I
10.1038/s41588-018-0311-9
中图分类号
Q3 [遗传学];
学科分类号
071007 ; 090102 ;
摘要
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is highly heritable and recent studies have identified over 20 disease-associated genomic loci. Yet these only explain a small proportion of the genetic variance, indicating that undiscovered loci remain. Here, we performed a large genome-wide association study of clinically diagnosed AD and AD-by-proxy (71,880 cases, 383,378 controls). AD-by-proxy, based on parental diagnoses, showed strong genetic correlation with AD (r(g) = 0.81). Meta-analysis identified 29 risk loci, implicating 215 potential causative genes. Associated genes are strongly expressed in immune-related tissues and cell types (spleen, liver, and microglia). Gene-set analyses indicate biological mechanisms involved in lipid-related processes and degradation of amyloid precursor proteins. We show strong genetic correlations with multiple health-related outcomes, and Mendelian randomization results suggest a protective effect of cognitive ability on AD risk. These results are a step forward in identifying the genetic factors that contribute to AD risk and add novel insights into the neurobiology of AD.
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