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Meta-Analysis
. 2013 Dec;45(12):1452-8.
doi: 10.1038/ng.2802. Epub 2013 Oct 27.

Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease

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Meta-Analysis

Meta-analysis of 74,046 individuals identifies 11 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease

J C Lambert et al. Nat Genet. 2013 Dec.

Abstract

Eleven susceptibility loci for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) were identified by previous studies; however, a large portion of the genetic risk for this disease remains unexplained. We conducted a large, two-stage meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) in individuals of European ancestry. In stage 1, we used genotyped and imputed data (7,055,881 SNPs) to perform meta-analysis on 4 previously published GWAS data sets consisting of 17,008 Alzheimer's disease cases and 37,154 controls. In stage 2, 11,632 SNPs were genotyped and tested for association in an independent set of 8,572 Alzheimer's disease cases and 11,312 controls. In addition to the APOE locus (encoding apolipoprotein E), 19 loci reached genome-wide significance (P < 5 × 10(-8)) in the combined stage 1 and stage 2 analysis, of which 11 are newly associated with Alzheimer's disease.

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Figure 1
Figure 1
Manhattan plot of stage 1 for genome-wide association with Alzheimer’s disease (17,008 cases and 37,154 controls). The threshold for genome-wide significance (P < 5 × 10−8) is indicated by the red line. Genes previously identified by GWAS are shown in black, and newly associated genes are shown in red. Red diamonds represent SNPs with the smallest P values in the overall analysis.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Regional plot for the PTK2B-CLU locus (17,008 cases and 37,154 controls).

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