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Cifello J, Kuksa PP, Saravanan N, Valladares O, Wang LS, Leung YY. hipFG: high-throughput harmonization and integration pipeline for functional genomics data. Bioinformatics 2023; 39:btad673. [PMID: 37947320 PMCID: PMC10660288 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btad673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 09/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023] Open
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SUMMARY Preparing functional genomic (FG) data with diverse assay types and file formats for integration into analysis workflows that interpret genome-wide association and other studies is a significant and time-consuming challenge. Here we introduce hipFG (Harmonization and Integration Pipeline for Functional Genomics), an automatically customized pipeline for efficient and scalable normalization of heterogenous FG data collections into standardized, indexed, rapidly searchable analysis-ready datasets while accounting for FG datatypes (e.g. chromatin interactions, genomic intervals, quantitative trait loci). AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION hipFG is freely available at https://bitbucket.org/wanglab-upenn/hipFG. A Docker container is available at https://hub.docker.com/r/wanglab/hipfg.
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- Jeffrey Cifello
- Penn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
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- Penn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
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- Penn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
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- Penn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
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- Penn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
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- Penn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States
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Zhang F, Yan Y, Zhang LM, Li DX, Li L, Lian WW, Xia CY, He J, Xu JK, Zhang WK. Pharmacological activities and therapeutic potential of galangin, a promising natural flavone, in age-related diseases. PHYTOMEDICINE : INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYTOTHERAPY AND PHYTOPHARMACOLOGY 2023; 120:155061. [PMID: 37689035 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2023.155061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 09/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND The extension of average life expectancy and the aggravation of population aging have become the inevitable trend of human development. In an aging society, various problems related to medical care for the elderly have become increasingly prominent. However, most of the age-related diseases have the characteristics of multiple diseases at the same time, prone to complications, and atypical clinical manifestations, which bring great difficulties to its treatment. Galangin (3,5,7-trihydroxyflavone) is a natural active compound extracted from the root of Alpinia officinarum Hance (Zingiberaceae). Recently, many studies have shown that galangin has potential advantages in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, which are common in the elderly. In addition, it also showed that galangin had prospective activities in the treatment of tumor, diabetes, liver injury, asthma and arthritis. PURPOSE This review aims to systematically summarize and discuss the effects and the underlying mechanism of galangin in the treatment of age-related diseases. METHODS We searched PubMed, SciFinder, Web of Science and CNKI literature database resources, combined with the keywords "galangin", "neurodegenerative disease", "tumor", "diabetes", "pharmacological activity", "drug combination", "pharmacokinetics", "drug delivery system" and "safety", and comprehensively reviewed the pharmacological activities and mechanism of galangin in treating age-related diseases. RESULTS According to the previous studies on galangin, the anti-neurodegenerative activity, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular protective activity, anti-tumor activity, anti-diabetes activity, anti-arthritis activity, hepatoprotective activity and antiasthmatic activity of galangin were discussed, and the related mechanisms were classified and summarized in detail. In addition, the drug combination, pharmacokinetics, drug delivery system and safety of galangin were furtherly discussed. CONCLUSIONS This review will provide reference for galangin in the treatment of age-related diseases. Meanwhile, further experimental research and long-term clinical trials are needed to determine the therapeutic safety and efficacy of galangin.
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- Fan Zhang
- Department of Pharmacy & Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China; School of Chinese Materia Medica & School of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Pharmacy & Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica & School of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Pharmacy & Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cosmetic, China National Light Industry, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China
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- Department of Pharmacy & Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Pharmacy & Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China
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- Department of Pharmacy & Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China.
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- School of Chinese Materia Medica & School of Life Sciences, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100029, China.
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- Department of Pharmacy & Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing 100029, China.
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Cifello J, Kuksa PP, Saravanan N, Valladares O, Leung YY, Wang LS. hipFG: High-throughput harmonization and integration pipeline for functional genomics data. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.04.21.537695. [PMID: 37162864 PMCID: PMC10168270 DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.21.537695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Preparing functional genomic (FG) data with diverse assay types and file formats for integration into analysis workflows that interpret genome-wide association and other studies is a significant and time-consuming challenge. Here we introduce hipFG, an automatically customized pipeline for efficient and scalable normalization of heterogenous FG data collections into standardized, indexed, rapidly searchable analysis-ready datasets while accounting for FG datatypes (e.g., chromatin interactions, genomic intervals, quantitative trait loci).
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- Jeffrey Cifello
- Penn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
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- Penn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
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- Penn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
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- Penn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
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- Penn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
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- Penn Neurodegeneration Genomics Center, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
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Roy D, Kundu S, Mukherjee S. Development of Computational Correlations among Known Drug Scaffolds and their Target-Specific Non-Coding RNA Scaffolds of Alzheimer's Disease. Curr Alzheimer Res 2023; 20:539-556. [PMID: 37870052 DOI: 10.2174/0115672050261526231013095933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/24/2023]
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BACKGROUND Alzheimer's disease is the most common neurodegenerative disorder. Recent development in sciences has also identified the pivotal role of microRNAs (miRNAs) in AD pathogenesis. OBJECTIVES We proposed a novel method to identify AD pathway-specific statistically significant miRNAs from the targets of known AD drugs. Moreover, microRNA scaffolds and corresponding drug scaffolds of different pathways were also discovered. MATERIAL AND METHODS A Wilcoxon signed-rank test was performed to identify pathway-specific significant miRNAs. We generated feed-forward loop regulations of microRNA-TF-gene-based networks, studied the minimum free energy structures of pre-microRNA sequences, and clustered those microRNAs with their corresponding structural motifs of robust transcription factors. Conservation analyses of significant microRNAs were done, and the phylogenetic trees were constructed. We identified 3'UTR binding sites and chromosome locations of these significant microRNAs. RESULTS In this study, hsa-miR-4261, hsa-miR-153-5p, hsa-miR-6766, and hsa-miR-4319 were identified as key miRNAs for the ACHE pathway and hsa-miR-326, hsa-miR-6133, hsa-miR-4251, hsa-miR-3148, hsa-miR-10527-5p, hsa-miR-527, and hsa-miR-518a were identified as regulatory miRNAs for the NMDA pathway. These miRNAs were regulated by several AD-specific TFs, namely RAD21, FOXA1, and ESR1. It has been observed that anisole and adamantane are important chemical scaffolds to regulate these significant miRNAs. CONCLUSION This is the first study that developed a detailed correlation between known AD drug scaffolds and their AD target-specific miRNA scaffolds. This study identified chromosomal locations of microRNAs and corresponding structural scaffolds of transcription factors that may be responsible for miRNA co-regulation for Alzheimer's disease. Our study provides hope for therapeutic improvements in the existing microRNAs by regulating pathways and targets.
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- Debjani Roy
- Department of Biological Sciences Bose Institute, Unified Academic Campus. EN-80, Sector V, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata- 700091, West Bengal, India
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, Nadia, Haringhata, 741249, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, St. Xavier's College, 30, Mother Teresa Sarani, Kolkata, 700016, West Bengal, India
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Arena G, Sharma K, Agyeah G, Krüger R, Grünewald A, Fitzgerald JC. Neurodegeneration and Neuroinflammation in Parkinson's Disease: a Self-Sustained Loop. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2022; 22:427-440. [PMID: 35674870 PMCID: PMC9174445 DOI: 10.1007/s11910-022-01207-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Purpose of Review Neuroinflammation plays a significant role in Parkinson’s disease (PD) etiology along with mitochondrial dysfunction and impaired proteostasis. In this context, mechanisms related to immune response can act as modifiers at different steps of the neurodegenerative process and justify the growing interest in anti-inflammatory agents as potential disease-modifying treatments in PD. The discovery of inherited gene mutations in PD has allowed researchers to develop cellular and animal models to study the mechanisms of the underlying biology, but the original cause of neuroinflammation in PD is still debated to date. Recent Findings Cell autonomous alterations in neuronal cells, including mitochondrial damage and protein aggregation, could play a role, but recent findings also highlighted the importance of intercellular communication at both local and systemic level. This has given rise to debate about the role of non-neuronal cells in PD and reignited intense research into the gut-brain axis and other non-neuronal interactions in the development of the disease. Whatever the original trigger of neuroinflammation in PD, what appears quite clear is that the aberrant activation of glial cells and other components of the immune system creates a vicious circle in which neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation nourish each other. Summary In this review, we will provide an up-to-date summary of the main cellular alterations underlying neuroinflammation in PD, including those induced by environmental factors (e.g. the gut microbiome) and those related to the genetic background of affected patients. Starting from the lesson provided by familial forms of PD, we will discuss pathophysiological mechanisms linked to inflammation that could also play a role in idiopathic forms. Finally, we will comment on the potential clinical translatability of immunobiomarkers identified in PD patient cohorts and provide an update on current therapeutic strategies aimed at overcoming or preventing inflammation in PD.
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- G Arena
- Luxembourg Center for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
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- Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Luxembourg Center for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
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- Luxembourg Center for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.,Transversal Translational Medicine, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Strassen, Luxembourg.,Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg (CHL), Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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- Luxembourg Center for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB), University of Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.,Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Bocharova A, Vagaitseva K, Marusin A, Zhukova N, Zhukova I, Minaycheva L, Makeeva O, Stepanov V. Association and Gene-Gene Interactions Study of Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease in the Russian Population. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:genes12101647. [PMID: 34681041 PMCID: PMC8535278 DOI: 10.3390/genes12101647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Revised: 10/11/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder, and represents the most common cause of dementia. In this study, we performed several different analyses to detect loci involved in development of the late onset AD in the Russian population. DNA samples from 472 unrelated subjects were genotyped for 63 SNPs using iPLEX Assay and real-time PCR. We identified five genetic loci that were significantly associated with LOAD risk for the Russian population (TOMM40 rs2075650, APOE rs429358 and rs769449, NECTIN rs6857, APOE ε4). The results of the analysis based on comparison of the haplotype frequencies showed two risk haplotypes and one protective haplotype. The GMDR analysis demonstrated three significant models as a result: a one-factor, a two-factor and a three-factor model. A protein-protein interaction network with three subnetworks was formed for the 24 proteins. Eight proteins with a large number of interactions are identified: APOE, SORL1, APOC1, CD33, CLU, TOMM40, CNTNAP2 and CACNA1C. The present study confirms the importance of the APOE-TOMM40 locus as the main risk locus of development and progress of LOAD in the Russian population. Association analysis and bioinformatics approaches detected interactions both at the association level of single SNPs and at the level of genes and proteins.
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- Anna Bocharova
- Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Research Institute of Medical Genetics, 634050 Tomsk, Russia; (K.V.); (A.M.); (L.M.); (V.S.)
- Correspondence:
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- Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Research Institute of Medical Genetics, 634050 Tomsk, Russia; (K.V.); (A.M.); (L.M.); (V.S.)
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- Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Research Institute of Medical Genetics, 634050 Tomsk, Russia; (K.V.); (A.M.); (L.M.); (V.S.)
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Faculty of General Medicine, Siberian State Medical University, 634050 Tomsk, Russia; (N.Z.); (I.Z.)
- Nebbiolo Center for Clinical Trials, 634009 Tomsk, Russia;
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Faculty of General Medicine, Siberian State Medical University, 634050 Tomsk, Russia; (N.Z.); (I.Z.)
- Nebbiolo Center for Clinical Trials, 634009 Tomsk, Russia;
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- Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Research Institute of Medical Genetics, 634050 Tomsk, Russia; (K.V.); (A.M.); (L.M.); (V.S.)
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- Nebbiolo Center for Clinical Trials, 634009 Tomsk, Russia;
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- Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Research Institute of Medical Genetics, 634050 Tomsk, Russia; (K.V.); (A.M.); (L.M.); (V.S.)
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Liu H, Zhang Y, Zhang H, Wang L, Wang T, Han Z, Wu L, Liu G. Effect of plasma vitamin C levels on Parkinson's disease and age at onset: a Mendelian randomization study. J Transl Med 2021; 19:221. [PMID: 34030714 PMCID: PMC8142636 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-021-02892-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Until now, epidemiological evidence regarding the association between vitamin C intake (both diet and supplements) and Parkinson's disease (PD) remains inconsistent. Hence, it is necessary to establish the causal link between vitamin C levels and PD, and further develop effective therapies or prevention. METHODS We selected 11 newly identified plasma vitamin C genetic variants from a large-scale plasma vitamin C GWAS dataset (n = 52,018) as the effective instrumental variables, and extracted their corresponding GWAS summary statistics from PD (33,674 PD cases and 449,056 controls) and PD age at onset (AAO) (n = 28,568). We then performed a Mendelian randomization (MR) study to evaluate the causal association of plasma vitamin C levels with PD and PD AAO using inverse-variance weighted (IVW), the weighted median, MR-Egger, and MR-PRESSO test. RESULTS We did not observe any significant association between genetically increased vitamin C levels and PD. Interestingly, we found a reduced trend of PD AAO (1.134 years) with 1 SD genetically increased vitamin C levels using IVW (beta = - 1.134, 95% CI: [- 2.515, 0.248], P = 0.108). Importantly, this trend was further successfully verified using both weighted median and MR-Egger. Each 1 SD genetically increased vitamin C levels could reduce PD AAO 1.75 and 2.592 years using weighted median (beta = - 1.750, 95% CI: [- 3.396, - 0.105], P = 0.037) and MR-Egger (beta = - 2.592, 95% CI: [- 4.623, - 0.560], P = 0.012). CONCLUSIONS We demonstrated the causal association between genetically increased plasma vitamin C levels and reduced PD AAO in people of European descent. Randomized controlled trials are required to clarify whether diet intake or supplement, or both could reduce the AAO of PD.
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- Haijie Liu
- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100053, China
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- Department of Pathology, The Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University, Weifang, 261053, China
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- Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Ministry of Science and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University, Weifang, 261053, China
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- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China.,Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, China
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- School of Medicine, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, THU-PKU Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100053, China.
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- Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Ministry of Science and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China. .,Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, China. .,Beijing Key Laboratory of Hypoxia Translational Medicine, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100053, China. .,National Engineering Laboratory of Internet Medical Diagnosis and Treatment TechnologyXuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100053, China.
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Chen F, Zhang Y, Wang L, Wang T, Han Z, Zhang H, Gao S, Hu Y, Liu G. PLCG2 rs72824905 Variant Reduces the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease and Multiple Sclerosis. J Alzheimers Dis 2021; 80:71-77. [PMID: 33523007 DOI: 10.3233/jad-201140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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We aimed to evaluate the association of PLCG2 rs72824905 variant with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and multiple sclerosis (MS) using large-scale genetic association study datasets. We selected 50,024 AD cases and 467,330 controls, and 32,367 MS cases and 36,012 controls. We found moderate heterogeneity of rs72824905 in different studies. We found significant association between rs72824905 G allele and reduced AD risk (OR = 0.66, 95% CI 0.59-0.74, p = 5.91E-14). Importantly, rs72824905 G allele could also significantly reduce the risk of MS with OR = 0.94, p = 3.63E-05. Hence, the effects of rs72824905 on AD and MS are consistent.
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- Fan Chen
- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pathology, The Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China
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- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China.,Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, China
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- School of Medicine, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, THU-PKU Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.,State Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.,Department of Pathophysiology, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Ministry of Science and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Ministry of Science and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Ministry of Science and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Ministry of Science and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,National Engineering Laboratory of Internet Medical Diagnosis and Treatment Technology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Hu Y, Sun JY, Zhang Y, Zhang H, Gao S, Wang T, Han Z, Wang L, Sun BL, Liu G. rs1990622 variant associates with Alzheimer's disease and regulates TMEM106B expression in human brain tissues. BMC Med 2021; 19:11. [PMID: 33461566 PMCID: PMC7814705 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-020-01883-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND It has been well established that the TMEM106B gene rs1990622 variant was a frontotemporal dementia (FTD) risk factor. Until recently, growing evidence highlights the role of TMEM106B in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, it remains largely unclear about the role of rs1990622 variant in AD. METHODS Here, we conducted comprehensive analyses including genetic association study, gene expression analysis, eQTLs analysis, and colocalization analysis. In stage 1, we conducted a genetic association analysis of rs1990622 using large-scale genome-wide association study (GWAS) datasets from International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project (21,982 AD and 41,944 cognitively normal controls) and UK Biobank (314,278 participants). In stage 2, we performed a gene expression analysis of TMEM106B in 49 different human tissues using the gene expression data in GTEx. In stage 3, we performed an expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) analysis using multiple datasets from UKBEC, GTEx, and Mayo RNAseq Study. In stage 4, we performed a colocalization analysis to provide evidence of the AD GWAS and eQTLs pair influencing both AD and the TMEM106B expression at a particular region. RESULTS We found (1) rs1990622 variant T allele contributed to AD risk. A sex-specific analysis in UK Biobank further indicated that rs1990622 T allele only contributed to increased AD risk in females, but not in males; (2) TMEM106B showed different expression in different human brain tissues especially high expression in cerebellum; (3) rs1990622 variant could regulate the expression of TMEM106B in human brain tissues, which vary considerably in different disease statuses, the mean ages at death, the percents of females, and the different descents of the selected donors; (4) colocalization analysis provided suggestive evidence that the same variant contributed to AD risk and TMEM106B expression in cerebellum. CONCLUSION Our comprehensive analyses highlighted the role of FTD rs1990622 variant in AD risk. This cross-disease approach may delineate disease-specific and common features, which will be important for both diagnostic and therapeutic development purposes. Meanwhile, these findings highlight the importance to better understand TMEM106B function and dysfunction in the context of normal aging and neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Yang Hu
- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150080, China
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- Shandong Provincial Hospital, Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, 250021, China
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- Department of Pathology, The Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University, Weifang, 261053, China
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- Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Ministry of Science and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Ministry of Science and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China
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- Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Peking University, Beijing, China.,Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, China
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- School of Medicine, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, THU-PKU Center for Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.,State Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.,Department of Pathophysiology, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University, Weifang, 261053, China
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- Key Laboratory of Cerebral Microcirculation in Universities of Shandong; Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital; Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Taian, 271000, Shandong, China
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- Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Ministry of Science and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100069, China. .,Chinese Institute for Brain Research, Beijing, China. .,Key Laboratory of Cerebral Microcirculation in Universities of Shandong; Department of Neurology, Second Affiliated Hospital; Shandong First Medical University & Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Taian, 271000, Shandong, China. .,National Engineering Laboratory of Internet Medical Diagnosis and Treatment Technology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100053, China. .,Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100053, China.
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Wang Y, Gao L, Lang W, Li H, Cui P, Zhang N, Jiang W. Serum Calcium Levels and Parkinson's Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study. Front Genet 2020; 11:824. [PMID: 32849817 PMCID: PMC7431982 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2020.00824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 07/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Though increasing epidemiological studies have evaluated the correlation between serum calcium contents and Parkinson's disease (PD), the results are inconsistent. At present, whether there is a causal association between serum calcium content and PD remains undetermined. OBJECTIVE AND METHODS This study was designed to explore the relationship between increased serum calcium contents and PD risk. In this present study, a Mendelian randomization trial was carried out using a large-scale serum calcium genome-wide association study (GWAS) dataset (N = 61,079, Europeans) and a large-scale PD GWAS dataset (N = 8,477, Europeans including 4,238 PD patients and 4,239 controls). Here, a total of four Mendelian randomization methods comprising weighted median, inverse-variance weighted meta-analysis (IVW), MR-Egger, and MR-PRESSO were used. RESULTS Our data concluded that genetically higher serum calcium contents were not significantly related to PD. CONCLUSION In conclusion, we provided genetic evidence that there was no direct causal relationship between serum calcium contents and PD. Hence, calcium supplementation may not result in reduced PD risk.
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- Yanchao Wang
- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Chifeng University, Chifeng, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Fourth Central Clinical College of Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Tianjin Neurological Institute, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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Beheshti I, Mishra S, Sone D, Khanna P, Matsuda H. T1-weighted MRI-driven Brain Age Estimation in Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinson's Disease. Aging Dis 2020; 11:618-628. [PMID: 32489706 PMCID: PMC7220281 DOI: 10.14336/ad.2019.0617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Neuroimaging-driven brain age estimation has introduced a robust (reliable and heritable) biomarker for detecting and monitoring neurodegenerative diseases. Here, we computed and compared brain age in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) patients using an advanced machine learning procedure involving T1-weighted MRI scans and gray matter (GM) and white matter (WM) models. Brain age estimation frameworks were built using 839 healthy individuals and then the brain estimated age difference (Brain-EAD: chronological age subtracted from brain estimated age) was assessed in a large sample of PD patients (n = 160) and AD patients (n = 129), respectively. The mean Brain-EADs for GM were +9.29 ± 6.43 years for AD patients versus +1.50 ± 6.03 years for PD patients. For WM, the mean Brain-EADs were +8.85 ± 6.62 years for AD patients versus +2.47 ± 5.85 years for PD patients. In addition, PD patients showed a significantly higher WM Brain-EAD than GM Brain-EAD. In a direct comparison between PD and AD patients, we observed significantly higher Brain-EAD values in AD patients for both GM and WM. A comparison of the Brain-EAD between PD and AD patients revealed that AD patients may have a significantly "older-appearing" brain than PD patients.
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- Iman Beheshti
- Integrative Brain Imaging Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan.
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- PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur, India.
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- Integrative Brain Imaging Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan.
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- PDPM Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur, India.
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- Integrative Brain Imaging Center, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan.
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Liu G, Zhang Y, Wang L, Xu J, Chen X, Bao Y, Hu Y, Jin S, Tian R, Bai W, Zhou W, Wang T, Han Z, Zong J, Jiang Q. Alzheimer's Disease rs11767557 Variant Regulates EPHA1 Gene Expression Specifically in Human Whole Blood. J Alzheimers Dis 2019; 61:1077-1088. [PMID: 29332039 DOI: 10.3233/jad-170468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Large-scale genome-wide association studies have reported EPHA1 rs11767557 variant to be associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk in the European population. However, it is still unclear how this variant functionally contributes to the underlying disease pathogenesis. The rs11767557 variant is located approximately 3 kb upstream of EPHA1 gene. We think that rs11767557 may modify the expression of nearby genes such as EPHA1 and further cause AD risk. Until now, the potential association between rs11767557 and the expression of nearby genes has not been reported in previous studies. Here, we evaluate the potential expression association between rs11767557 and EPHA1 using multiple large-scale eQTLs datasets in human brain tissues and the whole blood. The results show that rs11767557 variant could significantly regulate EPHA1 gene expression specifically in human whole blood. These findings may further provide important supplementary information about the regulating mechanisms of rs11767557 variant in AD risk.
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- Guiyou Liu
- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- Department of Pathology, The Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University, Weifang, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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- Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- Department of Mathematics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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Wang ZT, Tan CC, Tan L, Yu JT. Systems biology and gene networks in Alzheimer’s disease. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2019; 96:31-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2018.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2017] [Revised: 11/18/2018] [Accepted: 11/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Han Z, Tian R, Ren P, Zhou W, Wang P, Luo M, Jin S, Jiang Q. Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease: a Mendelian randomization study. BMC MEDICAL GENETICS 2018; 19:215. [PMID: 30598082 PMCID: PMC6311900 DOI: 10.1186/s12881-018-0721-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) are the top two common neurodegenerative diseases in elderly. Recent studies found the α-synuclein have a key role in AD. Although many clinical and pathological features between AD and PD are shared, the genetic association between them remains unclear, especially whether α-synuclein in PD genetically alters AD risk. RESULTS We did not obtain any significant result (OR = 0.918, 95% CI: 0.782-1.076, P = 0.291) in MR analysis between PD and AD risk. In MR between α-synuclein in PD with AD risk, we only extracted rs356182 as the IV through a strict screening process. The result indicated a significant association based on IVW method (OR = 0.638, 95% CI: 0.485-0.838, P = 1.20E-03). In order to examine the robustness of the IVW method, we used other three complementary analytical methods and also obtained consistent results. CONCLUSION The overall PD genetic risk factors did not predict AD risk, but the α-synuclein susceptibility genetic variants in PD reduce the AD risk. We believe that our findings may help to understand the association between them, which may be useful for future genetic studies for both diseases.
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- Zhifa Han
- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- Department of Mathematics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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Lee RG, Sedghi M, Salari M, Shearwood AMJ, Stentenbach M, Kariminejad A, Goullee H, Rackham O, Laing NG, Tajsharghi H, Filipovska A. Early-onset Parkinson disease caused by a mutation in CHCHD2 and mitochondrial dysfunction. NEUROLOGY-GENETICS 2018; 4:e276. [PMID: 30338296 PMCID: PMC6186023 DOI: 10.1212/nxg.0000000000000276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Accepted: 06/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Objective Our goal was to identify the gene(s) associated with an early-onset form of Parkinson disease (PD) and the molecular defects associated with this mutation. Methods We combined whole-exome sequencing and functional genomics to identify the genes associated with early-onset PD. We used fluorescence microscopy, cell, and mitochondrial biology measurements to identify the molecular defects resulting from the identified mutation. Results Here, we report an association of a homozygous variant in CHCHD2, encoding coiled-coil-helix-coiled-coil-helix domain containing protein 2, a mitochondrial protein of unknown function, with an early-onset form of PD in a 26-year-old Caucasian woman. The CHCHD2 mutation in PD patient fibroblasts causes fragmentation of the mitochondrial reticular morphology and results in reduced oxidative phosphorylation at complex I and complex IV. Although patient cells could maintain a proton motive force, reactive oxygen species production was increased, which correlated with an increased metabolic rate. Conclusions Our findings implicate CHCHD2 in the pathogenesis of recessive early-onset PD, expanding the repertoire of mitochondrial proteins that play a direct role in this disease.
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- Richard G Lee
- Centre for Medical Research (R.G.L., A.-M.J.S., M. Stentenbach, H.G., O.R., N.G.L., H.T., A.F.), University of Western Australia and the Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Research, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; Department of Genetics (M. Sedghi), University of Isfahan, Isfahan; Functional Neurosurgery Research Center (M. Salari), Shohada Tajrish Neurosurgical Center of Excellence, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Kariminejad-Najmabadi Pathology and Genetics Center (A.K.), Tehran, Iran; School of Molecular Sciences (O.R., A.F.), The University of Western Australia, Crawley; Department of Diagnostic Genomics (N.G.L.), PathWest, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; and Division Biomedicine and Public Health (H.T.), School of Health and Education, University of Skovde, Sweden
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- Centre for Medical Research (R.G.L., A.-M.J.S., M. Stentenbach, H.G., O.R., N.G.L., H.T., A.F.), University of Western Australia and the Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Research, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; Department of Genetics (M. Sedghi), University of Isfahan, Isfahan; Functional Neurosurgery Research Center (M. Salari), Shohada Tajrish Neurosurgical Center of Excellence, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Kariminejad-Najmabadi Pathology and Genetics Center (A.K.), Tehran, Iran; School of Molecular Sciences (O.R., A.F.), The University of Western Australia, Crawley; Department of Diagnostic Genomics (N.G.L.), PathWest, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; and Division Biomedicine and Public Health (H.T.), School of Health and Education, University of Skovde, Sweden
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- Centre for Medical Research (R.G.L., A.-M.J.S., M. Stentenbach, H.G., O.R., N.G.L., H.T., A.F.), University of Western Australia and the Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Research, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; Department of Genetics (M. Sedghi), University of Isfahan, Isfahan; Functional Neurosurgery Research Center (M. Salari), Shohada Tajrish Neurosurgical Center of Excellence, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Kariminejad-Najmabadi Pathology and Genetics Center (A.K.), Tehran, Iran; School of Molecular Sciences (O.R., A.F.), The University of Western Australia, Crawley; Department of Diagnostic Genomics (N.G.L.), PathWest, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; and Division Biomedicine and Public Health (H.T.), School of Health and Education, University of Skovde, Sweden
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- Centre for Medical Research (R.G.L., A.-M.J.S., M. Stentenbach, H.G., O.R., N.G.L., H.T., A.F.), University of Western Australia and the Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Research, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; Department of Genetics (M. Sedghi), University of Isfahan, Isfahan; Functional Neurosurgery Research Center (M. Salari), Shohada Tajrish Neurosurgical Center of Excellence, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Kariminejad-Najmabadi Pathology and Genetics Center (A.K.), Tehran, Iran; School of Molecular Sciences (O.R., A.F.), The University of Western Australia, Crawley; Department of Diagnostic Genomics (N.G.L.), PathWest, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; and Division Biomedicine and Public Health (H.T.), School of Health and Education, University of Skovde, Sweden
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- Centre for Medical Research (R.G.L., A.-M.J.S., M. Stentenbach, H.G., O.R., N.G.L., H.T., A.F.), University of Western Australia and the Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Research, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; Department of Genetics (M. Sedghi), University of Isfahan, Isfahan; Functional Neurosurgery Research Center (M. Salari), Shohada Tajrish Neurosurgical Center of Excellence, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Kariminejad-Najmabadi Pathology and Genetics Center (A.K.), Tehran, Iran; School of Molecular Sciences (O.R., A.F.), The University of Western Australia, Crawley; Department of Diagnostic Genomics (N.G.L.), PathWest, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; and Division Biomedicine and Public Health (H.T.), School of Health and Education, University of Skovde, Sweden
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- Centre for Medical Research (R.G.L., A.-M.J.S., M. Stentenbach, H.G., O.R., N.G.L., H.T., A.F.), University of Western Australia and the Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Research, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; Department of Genetics (M. Sedghi), University of Isfahan, Isfahan; Functional Neurosurgery Research Center (M. Salari), Shohada Tajrish Neurosurgical Center of Excellence, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Kariminejad-Najmabadi Pathology and Genetics Center (A.K.), Tehran, Iran; School of Molecular Sciences (O.R., A.F.), The University of Western Australia, Crawley; Department of Diagnostic Genomics (N.G.L.), PathWest, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; and Division Biomedicine and Public Health (H.T.), School of Health and Education, University of Skovde, Sweden
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- Centre for Medical Research (R.G.L., A.-M.J.S., M. Stentenbach, H.G., O.R., N.G.L., H.T., A.F.), University of Western Australia and the Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Research, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; Department of Genetics (M. Sedghi), University of Isfahan, Isfahan; Functional Neurosurgery Research Center (M. Salari), Shohada Tajrish Neurosurgical Center of Excellence, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Kariminejad-Najmabadi Pathology and Genetics Center (A.K.), Tehran, Iran; School of Molecular Sciences (O.R., A.F.), The University of Western Australia, Crawley; Department of Diagnostic Genomics (N.G.L.), PathWest, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; and Division Biomedicine and Public Health (H.T.), School of Health and Education, University of Skovde, Sweden
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- Centre for Medical Research (R.G.L., A.-M.J.S., M. Stentenbach, H.G., O.R., N.G.L., H.T., A.F.), University of Western Australia and the Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Research, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; Department of Genetics (M. Sedghi), University of Isfahan, Isfahan; Functional Neurosurgery Research Center (M. Salari), Shohada Tajrish Neurosurgical Center of Excellence, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Kariminejad-Najmabadi Pathology and Genetics Center (A.K.), Tehran, Iran; School of Molecular Sciences (O.R., A.F.), The University of Western Australia, Crawley; Department of Diagnostic Genomics (N.G.L.), PathWest, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; and Division Biomedicine and Public Health (H.T.), School of Health and Education, University of Skovde, Sweden
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- Centre for Medical Research (R.G.L., A.-M.J.S., M. Stentenbach, H.G., O.R., N.G.L., H.T., A.F.), University of Western Australia and the Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Research, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; Department of Genetics (M. Sedghi), University of Isfahan, Isfahan; Functional Neurosurgery Research Center (M. Salari), Shohada Tajrish Neurosurgical Center of Excellence, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Kariminejad-Najmabadi Pathology and Genetics Center (A.K.), Tehran, Iran; School of Molecular Sciences (O.R., A.F.), The University of Western Australia, Crawley; Department of Diagnostic Genomics (N.G.L.), PathWest, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; and Division Biomedicine and Public Health (H.T.), School of Health and Education, University of Skovde, Sweden
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- Centre for Medical Research (R.G.L., A.-M.J.S., M. Stentenbach, H.G., O.R., N.G.L., H.T., A.F.), University of Western Australia and the Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Research, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; Department of Genetics (M. Sedghi), University of Isfahan, Isfahan; Functional Neurosurgery Research Center (M. Salari), Shohada Tajrish Neurosurgical Center of Excellence, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Kariminejad-Najmabadi Pathology and Genetics Center (A.K.), Tehran, Iran; School of Molecular Sciences (O.R., A.F.), The University of Western Australia, Crawley; Department of Diagnostic Genomics (N.G.L.), PathWest, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; and Division Biomedicine and Public Health (H.T.), School of Health and Education, University of Skovde, Sweden
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- Centre for Medical Research (R.G.L., A.-M.J.S., M. Stentenbach, H.G., O.R., N.G.L., H.T., A.F.), University of Western Australia and the Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Research, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; Department of Genetics (M. Sedghi), University of Isfahan, Isfahan; Functional Neurosurgery Research Center (M. Salari), Shohada Tajrish Neurosurgical Center of Excellence, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Kariminejad-Najmabadi Pathology and Genetics Center (A.K.), Tehran, Iran; School of Molecular Sciences (O.R., A.F.), The University of Western Australia, Crawley; Department of Diagnostic Genomics (N.G.L.), PathWest, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; and Division Biomedicine and Public Health (H.T.), School of Health and Education, University of Skovde, Sweden
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Liu G, Zhao Y, Sun JY, Sun BL. Parkinson's Disease Risk Variant rs1109303 Regulates the Expression of INPP5K and CRK in Human Brain. Neurosci Bull 2018; 35:365-368. [PMID: 30225765 DOI: 10.1007/s12264-018-0289-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2018] [Accepted: 07/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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- Guiyou Liu
- Key Laboratory of Cerebral Microcirculation in Universities of Shandong, Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Taishan Medical College, Taian, 271016, China.,School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China
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- Affiliated Hospital, Taishan Medical University, Taian, 271000, China
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- Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Wonju College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Wonju, Gangwon, 220-701, Korea
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- Key Laboratory of Cerebral Microcirculation in Universities of Shandong, Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Taishan Medical College, Taian, 271016, China.
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Cai Q, Xin Z, Zuo L, Li F, Liu B. Alzheimer's Disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Mendelian Randomization Study. Front Neurosci 2018; 12:627. [PMID: 30258348 PMCID: PMC6143656 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2018.00627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2018] [Accepted: 08/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease. In recent years, multiple pathway analyses of AD genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been conducted, and provided strong support for immune pathways in AD. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease. It is reported that antirheumatic drugs had protective effect on dementia in RA patients. However, observational studies have reported a controversial inverse relationship between AD and RA. In addition, Mendelian randomization studies have also been performed to evaluate the association of RA with AD. However, these studies reported inconsistent association of RA with AD. Until now, it is still unclear that AD is a causally associated with RA. Here, we performed a Mendelian randomization study to investigate the causal association of AD with RA. We analyzed the large-scale AD GWAS dataset (74,046 individuals) and RA GWAS dataset (58,284 individuals) from the European descent. However, we did not identify any significant association of AD with RA using inverse-variance weighted meta-analysis (IVW), weighted median regression and MR-Egger regression.
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- Qixuan Cai
- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, College of Basic Medical Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, College of Basic Medical Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, China-Japan Union Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Key Laboratory of Zoonosis Research, Ministry of Education, College of Basic Medical Science, Jilin University, Changchun, China
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- Center of Cardiovascular Disease, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China
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Liu G, Sun JY, Xu M, Yang XY, Sun BL. SORL1 Variants Show Different Association with Early-Onset and Late-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease Risk. J Alzheimers Dis 2017; 58:1121-1128. [PMID: 28527213 DOI: 10.3233/jad-170005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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- Guiyou Liu
- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Taishan Medical College, Key Laboratory of Cerebral Microcirculation in Universities of Shandong, Taian, Shandong, China
- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- Wonju Severance Christian Hospital, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Gangwon, Korea
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- Department of Neurology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Taishan Medical College, Key Laboratory of Cerebral Microcirculation in Universities of Shandong, Taian, Shandong, China
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- Department of Neurology, Affiliated Hospital of Taishan Medical College, Key Laboratory of Cerebral Microcirculation in Universities of Shandong, Taian, Shandong, China
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Santiago JA, Bottero V, Potashkin JA. Dissecting the Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegenerative Diseases through Network Biology. Front Aging Neurosci 2017; 9:166. [PMID: 28611656 PMCID: PMC5446999 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2017.00166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2016] [Accepted: 05/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Neurodegenerative diseases are rarely caused by a mutation in a single gene but rather influenced by a combination of genetic, epigenetic and environmental factors. Emerging high-throughput technologies such as RNA sequencing have been instrumental in deciphering the molecular landscape of neurodegenerative diseases, however, the interpretation of such large amounts of data remains a challenge. Network biology has become a powerful platform to integrate multiple omics data to comprehensively explore the molecular networks in the context of health and disease. In this review article, we highlight recent advances in network biology approaches with an emphasis in brain-networks that have provided insights into the molecular mechanisms leading to the most prevalent neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s (AD), Parkinson’s (PD) and Huntington’s diseases (HD). We discuss how integrative approaches using multi-omics data from different tissues have been valuable for identifying biomarkers and therapeutic targets. In addition, we discuss the challenges the field of network medicine faces toward the translation of network-based findings into clinically actionable tools for personalized medicine applications.
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- Jose A Santiago
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, The Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and ScienceNorth Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, The Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and ScienceNorth Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, The Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and ScienceNorth Chicago, IL, United States
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Rs4878104 contributes to Alzheimer’s disease risk and regulates DAPK1 gene expression. Neurol Sci 2017; 38:1255-1262. [DOI: 10.1007/s10072-017-2959-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2017] [Accepted: 04/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Hu Y, Zheng L, Cheng L, Zhang Y, Bai W, Zhou W, Wang T, Han Z, Zong J, Jin S, Zhang J, Liu G, Jiang Q. GAB2 rs2373115 variant contributes to Alzheimer's disease risk specifically in European population. J Neurol Sci 2017; 375:18-22. [PMID: 28320126 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2017.01.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2016] [Revised: 01/02/2017] [Accepted: 01/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A genome-wide association study identified GAB2 rs2373115 to be associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk in European population. However, inconsistent results are reported in East Asian population. Here, we performed an updated analysis using 65,704 samples including 20,982 AD cases and 44,722 controls. First, we investigated the GAB2 rs2373115 variant in Asian population using 3974 AD cases and 7568 controls. To further evaluate the effect of rs2373115 in different populations, we selected 17,008 AD cases and 37,154 controls in European population. We used three genetic models, and found no significant heterogeneity in Asian population. A fixed effect model analysis showed no significant association between rs2373115 and AD in Asian population. There was no significant heterogeneity in the pooled East Asian and European populations. The fixed effect model analysis again showed no significant association between rs2373115 and AD in these pooled populations. Taken together, these findings suggest that GAB2 rs2373115 may contribute to AD susceptibility only in European population but not in East Asian population.
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- Yang Hu
- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- School of Computer and Information Engineering, Harbin University of Commerce, Harbin, China
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- School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- Department of pharmacy, Heilongjiang Province Land Reclamation Headquarters General Hospital, Harbin, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- Department of Mathematics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
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- Department of pharmacy, Heilongjiang Province Land Reclamation Headquarters General Hospital, Harbin, China.
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China.
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de Pedro-Cuesta J, Martínez-Martín P, Rábano A, Alcalde-Cabero E, José García López F, Almazán-Isla J, Ruiz-Tovar M, Medrano MJ, Avellanal F, Calero O, Calero M. Drivers: A Biologically Contextualized, Cross-Inferential View of the Epidemiology of Neurodegenerative Disorders. J Alzheimers Dis 2016; 51:1003-22. [PMID: 26923014 PMCID: PMC4927850 DOI: 10.3233/jad-150884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Background: Sutherland et al. (2011) suggested that, instead of risk factors for single neurodegenerative disorders (NDDs), there was a need to identify specific “drivers”, i.e., risk factors with impact on specific deposits, such as amyloid-β, tau, or α-synuclein, acting across entities. Objectives and Methods: Redefining drivers as “neither protein/gene- nor entity-specific features identifiable in the clinical and general epidemiology of conformational NDDs (CNDDs) as potential footprints of templating/spread/transfer mechanisms”, we conducted an analysis of the epidemiology of ten CNDDs, searching for patterns. Results: We identified seven potential drivers, each of which was shared by at least two CNDDs: 1) an age-at-exposure-related susceptibility to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and several late-life CNDDs; 2) a relationship between age at onset, survival, and incidence; 3) shared genetic risk factors for CJD and late-life CNNDs; 4) partly shared personal (diagnostic, educational, behavioral, and social risk factors) predating clinical onset of late-life CNDDs; 5) two environmental risk factors, namely, surgery for sporadic CJD and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and Bordetella pertussis infection for Parkinson’s disease; 6) reticulo-endothelial system stressors or general drivers (andropause or premenopausal estrogen deficiency, APOEɛ4, and vascular risk factors) for late-life CNDDs such as dementia/Alzheimer’s disease, type-2 diabetes mellitus, and some sporadic cardiac and vascular degenerative diseases; and 7) a high, invariant incidence ratio of sporadic to genetic forms of mid- and late-life CNDDs, and type-2 diabetes mellitus. Conclusion: There might be a systematic epidemiologic pattern induced by specific proteins (PrP, TDP-43, SOD1, α-synuclein, amyloid-β, tau, Langerhans islet peptide, and transthyretin) or established combinations of these.
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- Jesús de Pedro-Cuesta
- Department of Applied Epidemiology, National Center for Epidemiology, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain.,Consortium for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Applied Epidemiology, National Center for Epidemiology, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain.,Consortium for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain
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- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain.,Alzheimer Disease Research Unit, CIEN Foundation, Queen Sofia Foundation Alzheimer Center, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Applied Epidemiology, National Center for Epidemiology, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain.,Consortium for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Applied Epidemiology, National Center for Epidemiology, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain.,Consortium for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Applied Epidemiology, National Center for Epidemiology, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain.,Consortium for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Applied Epidemiology, National Center for Epidemiology, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain.,Consortium for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Applied Epidemiology, National Center for Epidemiology, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Applied Epidemiology, National Center for Epidemiology, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain.,Consortium for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain
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- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain.,Chronic Disease Programme, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (CIBERNED), Madrid, Spain.,Alzheimer Disease Research Unit, CIEN Foundation, Queen Sofia Foundation Alzheimer Center, Madrid, Spain.,Chronic Disease Programme, Carlos III Institute of Health, Madrid, Spain
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Zhang M, Mu H, Shang Z, Kang K, Lv H, Duan L, Li J, Chen X, Teng Y, Jiang Y, Zhang R. Genome-wide pathway-based association analysis identifies risk pathways associated with Parkinson's disease. Neuroscience 2016; 340:398-410. [PMID: 27840232 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2016] [Revised: 11/03/2016] [Accepted: 11/03/2016] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease. It is generally believed that it is influenced by both genetic and environmental factors, but the precise pathogenesis of PD is unknown to date. In this study, we performed a pathway analysis based on genome-wide association study (GWAS) to detect risk pathways of PD in three GWAS datasets. We first mapped all SNP markers to autosomal genes in each GWAS dataset. Then, we evaluated gene risk values using the minimum P-value of the tagSNPs. We took a pathway as a unit to identify the risk pathways based on the cumulative risks of the genes in the pathway. Finally, we combine the analysis results of the three datasets to detect the high risk pathways associated with PD. We found there were five same pathways in the three datasets. Besides, we also found there were five pathways which were shared in two datasets. Most of these pathways are associated with nervoussystem. Five pathways had been reported to be PD-related pathways in the previous literature. Our findings also implied that there was a close association between immune response and PD. Continued investigation of these pathways will further help us explain the pathogenesis of PD.
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- Mingming Zhang
- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- College of Science, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
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- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, China
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- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
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- College of Bioinformatics Science and Technology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China.
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eSNPO: An eQTL-based SNP Ontology and SNP functional enrichment analysis platform. Sci Rep 2016; 6:30595. [PMID: 27470167 PMCID: PMC4965794 DOI: 10.1038/srep30595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2016] [Accepted: 07/04/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have mined many common genetic variants associated with human complex traits like diseases. After that, the functional annotation and enrichment analysis of significant SNPs are important tasks. Classic methods are always based on physical positions of SNPs and genes. Expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) are genomic loci that contribute to variation in gene expression levels and have been proven efficient to connect SNPs and genes. In this work, we integrated the eQTL data and Gene Ontology (GO), constructed associations between SNPs and GO terms, then performed functional enrichment analysis. Finally, we constructed an eQTL-based SNP Ontology and SNP functional enrichment analysis platform. Taking Parkinson Disease (PD) as an example, the proposed platform and method are efficient. We believe eSNPO will be a useful resource for SNP functional annotation and enrichment analysis after we have got significant disease related SNPs.
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Liu G, Xu Y, Jiang Y, Zhang L, Feng R, Jiang Q. PICALM rs3851179 Variant Confers Susceptibility to Alzheimer’s Disease in Chinese Population. Mol Neurobiol 2016; 54:3131-3136. [DOI: 10.1007/s12035-016-9886-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2016] [Accepted: 03/28/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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He ZX, Chen XW, Zhou ZW, Zhou SF. Impact of physiological, pathological and environmental factors on the expression and activity of human cytochrome P450 2D6 and implications in precision medicine. Drug Metab Rev 2015; 47:470-519. [PMID: 26574146 DOI: 10.3109/03602532.2015.1101131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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With only 1.3-4.3% in total hepatic CYP content, human CYP2D6 can metabolize more than 160 drugs. It is a highly polymorphic enzyme and subject to marked inhibition by a number of drugs, causing a large interindividual variability in drug clearance and drug response and drug-drug interactions. The expression and activity of CYP2D6 are regulated by a number of physiological, pathological and environmental factors at transcriptional, post-transcriptional, translational and epigenetic levels. DNA hypermethylation and histone modifications can repress the expression of CYP2D6. Hepatocyte nuclear factor-4α binds to a directly repeated element in the promoter of CYP2D6 and thus regulates the expression of CYP2D6. Small heterodimer partner represses hepatocyte nuclear factor-4α-mediated transactivation of CYP2D6. GW4064, a farnesoid X receptor agonist, decreases hepatic CYP2D6 expression and activity while increasing small heterodimer partner expression and its recruitment to the CYP2D6 promoter. The genotypes are key determinants of interindividual variability in CYP2D6 expression and activity. Recent genome-wide association studies have identified a large number of genes that can regulate CYP2D6. Pregnancy induces CYP2D6 via unknown mechanisms. Renal or liver diseases, smoking and alcohol use have minor to moderate effects only on CYP2D6 activity. Unlike CYP1 and 3 and other CYP2 members, CYP2D6 is resistant to typical inducers such as rifampin, phenobarbital and dexamethasone. Post-translational modifications such as phosphorylation of CYP2D6 Ser135 have been observed, but the functional impact is unknown. Further functional and validation studies are needed to clarify the role of nuclear receptors, epigenetic factors and other factors in the regulation of CYP2D6.
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- Zhi-Xu He
- a Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Research Center & Sino-US Joint Laboratory for Medical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University , Guiyang , Guizhou , China
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- b Department of General Surgery , The First People's Hospital of Shunde, Southern Medical University , Shunde , Foshan , Guangdong , China , and
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- c Department of Pharmaceutical Science , College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida , Tampa , FL , USA
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- a Guizhou Provincial Key Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering Research Center & Sino-US Joint Laboratory for Medical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University , Guiyang , Guizhou , China .,c Department of Pharmaceutical Science , College of Pharmacy, University of South Florida , Tampa , FL , USA
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