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Genome sequencing analysis identifies new loci associated with Lewy body dementia and provides insights into its genetic architecture

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Chia, Ruth, Sabir, Marya S., Bandres-Ciga, Sara, Saez-Atienzar, Sara, Reynolds, Regina H., Gustavsson, Emil, Walton, Ronald L., Ahmed, Sarah +161 more·2021·Nature Genetics

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The genetic basis of Lewy body dementia (LBD) is not well understood. Here, we performed whole-genome sequencing in large cohorts of LBD cases and neurologically healthy controls to study the genetic architecture of this understudied form of dementia, and to generate a resource for the scientific community. Genome-wide association analysis identified five independent risk loci, whereas genome-wide gene-aggregation tests implicated mutations in the gene GBA. Genetic risk scores demonstrate that LBD shares risk profiles and pathways with Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, providing a deeper molecular understanding of the complex genetic architecture of this age-related neurodegenerative condition.

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Chia, R., Sabir, M. S., Bandres-Ciga, S., Saez-Atienzar, S., Reynolds, R. H., Gustavsson, E., Walton, R. L., Ahmed, S., Viollet, C., Ding, J., Makarious, M. B., Diez-Fairen, M., Portley, M. K., Shah, Z., Abramzon, Y., Hernandez, D. G., Blauwendraat, C., Stone, D. J., Eicher, J., Parkkinen, L., Ansorge, O., Clark, L., Honig, L. S., Marder, K., Lemstra, A., St George-Hyslop, P., Londos, E., Morgan, K., Lashley, T., Warner, T. T., Jaunmuktane, Z., Galasko, D., Santana, I., Tienari, P. J., Myllykangas, L., Oinas, M., Cairns, N. J., Morris, J. C., Halliday, G. M., Van Deerlin, V. M., Trojanowski, J. Q., Grassano, M., Calvo, A., Mora, G., Canosa, A., Floris, G., Bohannan, R. C., Brett, F., Gan-Or, Z., Geiger, J. T., Moore, A., May, P., Krüger, R., Goldstein, D. S., Lopez, G., Tayebi, N., Sidransky, E., The American Genome Center, Sotis, A. R., Sukumar, G., Alba, C., Lott, N., Martinez, E. M., Tuck, M., Singh, J., Bacikova, D., Zhang, X., Hupalo, D. N., Adeleye, A., Wilkerson, M. D., Pollard, H. B., Norcliffe-Kaufmann, L., Palma, J.-A., Kaufmann, H., Shakkottai, V. G., Perkins, M., Newell, K. L., Gasser, T., Schulte, C., Landi, F., Salvi, E., Cusi, D., Masliah, E., Kim, R. C., Caraway, C. A., Monuki, E. S., Brunetti, M., Dawson, T. M., Rosenthal, L. S., Albert, M. S., Pletnikova, O., Troncoso, J. C., Flanagan, M. E., Mao, Q., Bigio, E. H., Rodríguez-Rodríguez, E., Infante, J., Lage, C., González-Aramburu, I., Sanchez-Juan, P., Ghetti, B., Keith, J., Black, S. E., Masellis, M., Rogaeva, E., Duyckaerts, C., Brice, A., Lesage, S., Xiromerisiou, G., Barrett, M. J., Tilley, B. S., Gentleman, S., Logroscino, G., Serrano, G. E., Beach, T. G., McKeith, I. G., Thomas, A. J., Attems, J., Morris, C. M., Palmer, L., Love, S., Troakes, C., Al-Sarraj, S., Hodges, A. K., Aarsland, D., Klein, G., Kaiser, S. M., Woltjer, R., Pastor, P., Bekris, L. M., Leverenz, J. B., Besser, L. M., Kuzma, A., Renton, A. E., Goate, A., Bennett, D. A., Scherzer, C. R., Morris, H. R., Ferrari, R., Albani, D., Pickering-Brown, S., Faber, K., Kukull, W. A., Morenas-Rodriguez, E., Lleó, A., Fortea, J., Alcolea, D., Clarimon, J., Nalls, M. A., Ferrucci, L., Resnick, S. M., Tanaka, T., Foroud, T. M., Graff-Radford, N. R., Wszolek, Z. K., Ferman, T., Boeve, B. F., Hardy, J. A., Topol, E. J., Torkamani, A., Singleton, A. B., Ryten, M., Dickson, D. W., Chiò, A., Ross, O. A., Gibbs, J. R., Dalgard, C. L., Traynor, B. J., & Scholz, S. W.
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  • National Institutes of Health (US)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (US)
  • NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
  • Mayo Clinic in Florida (US)
  • Henry M. Jackson Foundation (US)
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  • Amsterdam Neuroscience (NL)
  • Lund University (SE)
  • University of Nottingham (GB)
  • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (GB)
  • University of California San Diego (US)
  • Unidade Local de Saúde de Coimbra (PT)
  • University of Helsinki (FI)
  • UiT The Arctic University of Norway (NO)
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
  • The University of Sydney (AU)
  • University of Pennsylvania (US)
  • Azienda Ospedaliera Citta' della Salute e della Scienza di Torino (IT)
  • Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri (IT)
  • Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Cagliari (IT)
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  • Beaumont Hospital (IE)
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  • National Human Genome Research Institute (US)
  • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (US)
  • NYU Langone Health (US)
  • University of Michigan (US)
  • Indiana University School of Medicine (US)
  • German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DE)
  • Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (IT)
  • Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta (IT)
  • Bio4Dreams (Italy) (IT)
  • University of Turin (IT)
  • Johns Hopkins University (US)
  • Northwestern University (US)
  • Biomedical Research Networking Center on Neurodegenerative Diseases (ES)
  • Sunnybrook Health Science Centre (CA)
  • University of Toronto (CA)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
  • University Hospital of Larissa (GR)
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  • University of Bari Aldo Moro (IT)
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  • Oregon Health & Science University (US)
  • Cleveland Clinic (US)
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  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology (GB)
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  • University of Manchester (GB)
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  • Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ES)
  • National Institute on Aging (US)
  • Mayo Clinic (US)
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Corresponding author
Scholz, Sonja W.
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Nature Genetics
Published
2021-02-15
Volume
53
Issue
3
Pages
294-303
ISSN
  • 1061-4036 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1718
OpenAlex
W3128153416
Cited by
438
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65
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Language
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Funders
  • U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (1ZIAAG000935, 1ZIANS003154, 1ZIANS0030033, 1ZIANS003034)
  • Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (1ZIAAG000935)
  • U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | Administration for Children & Families | Administration for Native Americans (1ZIANS003154)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
Keywords
dementia with Lewy bodies, genetic susceptibility loci, genetic architecture, GBA mutations, polygenic risk score, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, neurodegenerative disease genetics, whole genome sequencing
MeSH terms
Alzheimer Disease, Glucosylceramidase, Humans, Nuclear Proteins, Parkinson Disease, Genome, Human, Case-Control Studies, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Gene Expression Profiling, Lewy Body Disease, Tumor Suppressor Proteins, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, alpha-Synuclein, Genome-Wide Association Study

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