Genetic analysis of the X chromosome in people with Lewy body dementia nominates new risk loci

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Title: Genetic analysis of the X chromosome in people with Lewy body dementia nominates new risk loci
Authors: Ece Bayram, Paolo Reho, Irene Litvan, International LBD Genomics Consortium, Jinhui Ding, J. Raphael Gibbs, Clifton L. Dalgard, Bryan J. Traynor, Sonja W. Scholz, Ruth Chia
Source: npj Parkinson's Disease, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2024)
Publisher Information: Nature Portfolio, 2024.
Publication Year: 2024
Collection: LCC:Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system
Subject Terms: Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429
More Details: Abstract Sex influences the prevalence and symptoms of Lewy body dementia (LBD). However, genome-wide association studies typically focus on autosomal variants and exclude sex-specific risk factors. We addressed this gap by performing an X chromosome-wide association study using whole-genome sequence data from 2591 LBD cases and 4391 controls. We identified a significant risk locus within intron 1 of MAP3K15 (rs141773145, odds ratio = 2.42, 95% confidence interval = 1.65–3.56, p-value = 7.0 × 10−6) in female LBD cases conditioned for APOE ε4 dosage. The locus includes an enhancer region that regulates MAP3K15 expression in ganglionic eminence cells derived from primary cultured neurospheres. Rare variant burden testing showed differential enrichment of missense mutations in TEX13A in female LBD cases, that did not reach significance (p-value = 1.34 × 10−4). These findings support the sex-specific effects of genetic factors and a potential role of Alzheimer’s-related risk for females with LBD.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2373-8057
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2373-8057
DOI: 10.1038/s41531-024-00649-7
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/4b0bdd16236c46ffb7fc3ff2e86da758
Accession Number: edsdoj.4b0bdd16236c46ffb7fc3ff2e86da758
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:23738057
DOI:10.1038/s41531-024-00649-7
Published in:npj Parkinson's Disease
Language:English