A genome-wide association study with 1,126,563 individuals identifies new risk loci for Alzheimer's disease

23andMe Research Team, Douglas P Wightman, Iris E Jansen, Jeanne E Savage, Alexey A Shadrin, Shahram Bahrami, Dominic Holland, Arvid Rongve, Sigrid Børte, Bendik S Winsvold, Ole Kristian Drange, Amy E Martinsen, Anne Heidi Skogholt, Cristen Willer, Geir Bråthen, Ingunn Bosnes, Jonas Bille Nielsen, Lars G Fritsche, Laurent F Thomas, Linda M PedersenMaiken E Gabrielsen, Marianne Bakke Johnsen, Tore Wergeland Meisingset, Wei Zhou, Petroula Proitsi, Angela Hodges, Richard Dobson, Latha Velayudhan, Julia M Sealock, Lea K Davis, Nancy L Pedersen, Chandra A Reynolds, Ida K Karlsson, Sigurdur Magnusson, Hreinn Stefansson, Steinunn Thordardottir, Palmi V Jonsson, Jon Snaedal, Anna Zettergren, Ingmar Skoog, Silke Kern, Margda Waern, Henrik Zetterberg, Kaj Blennow, Eystein Stordal, Kristian Hveem, John-Anker Zwart, Lavinia Athanasiu, Per Selnes, Ingvild Saltvedt, Dag Aarsland

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Abstract

Late-onset Alzheimer's disease is a prevalent age-related polygenic disease that accounts for 50-70% of dementia cases. Currently, only a fraction of the genetic variants underlying Alzheimer's disease have been identified. Here we show that increased sample sizes allowed identification of seven previously unidentified genetic loci contributing to Alzheimer's disease. This study highlights microglia, immune cells and protein catabolism as relevant to late-onset Alzheimer's disease, while identifying and prioritizing previously unidentified genes of potential interest. We anticipate that these results can be included in larger meta-analyses of Alzheimer's disease to identify further genetic variants that contribute to Alzheimer's pathology.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1276-1282
Number of pages7
JournalNature Genetics
Volume53
Issue number9
Early online date7 Sept 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2021

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