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Large-scale meta-analysis of genome-wide association data identifies six new risk loci for Parkinson's disease

  • Greek Parkinson’s Disease Consortium
  • , Alzheimer Genetic Analysis Group
  • , International Parkinson’s Disease Genomics Consortium (IPDGC)
  • , Parkinson’s Study Group (PSG) Parkinson’s Research: The Organized GENetics Initiative (PROGENI)
  • , 23andMe
  • , GenePD
  • , NeuroGenetics Research Consortium (NGRC)
  • , Hussman Institute of Human Genomics (HIHG)
  • , The Ashkenazi Jewish Dataset Investigator
  • , Cohorts for Health and Aging Research in Genetic Epidemiology (CHARGE)
  • , North American Brain Expression Consortium (NABEC)
  • , United Kingdom Brain Expression Consortium (UKBEC)
  • National Institutes of Health
  • University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  • Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
  • Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
  • 23andMe Inc.
  • University College London
  • Washington University St. Louis
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  • Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale
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  • National Heart Lung and Blood Institute’s and Boston University’s Framingham Heart Study
  • University of Tübingen
  • German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • deCODE Genetics
  • Columbia University
  • Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • Stanford University
  • University of Thessaly
  • Paul Sabatier University
  • Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
  • Papageorgiou General Hospital
  • VU University Medical Center
  • Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research
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  • National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
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  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • General Hospital of Syros
  • Academy of Athens
  • King's College London

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Abstract

We conducted a meta-analysis of Parkinson's disease genome-wide association studies using a common set of 7,893,274 variants across 13,708 cases and 95,282 controls. Twenty-six loci were identified as having genome-wide significant association; these and 6 additional previously reported loci were then tested in an independent set of 5,353 cases and 5,551 controls. Of the 32 tested SNPs, 24 replicated, including 6 newly identified loci. Conditional analyses within loci showed that four loci, including GBA, GAK-DGKQ, SNCA and the HLA region, contain a secondary independent risk variant. In total, we identified and replicated 28 independent risk variants for Parkinson's disease across 24 loci. Although the effect of each individual locus was small, risk profile analysis showed substantial cumulative risk in a comparison of the highest and lowest quintiles of genetic risk (odds ratio (OR) = 3.31, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 2.55-4.30; P = 2 × 10-16). We also show six risk loci associated with proximal gene expression or DNA methylation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)989-993
Number of pages5
JournalNature Genetics
Volume46
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2014
Externally publishedYes

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