Westra, Harm-Jan
Mayo Clinic
University Medical Center Groningen
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Common and rare variant association analyses in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis identify 15 risk loci with distinct genetic architectures and neuron-specific biology
Rheenen, Wouter van , Spek, Rick van der, Berg, Leonard van den, Hop, Paul , Zwamborn, Ramona, Klein, Niek de , Westra, Harm-Jan , Bakker, Olivier, Shireby, Gemma , Dolzhenko, Egor, Dekker, Annelot, Westeneng, Henk-Jan, Tazelaar, Gijs, Eijk, Kristel van , Kooyman, Maarten , Doherty, Mark, Iacoangeli, Alfredo, Cooper‐Knock, Johnathan , Smith, Bradley , Chandran, Siddharthan , Morrison, Karen, Shaw, Pamela, Hardy, John , Orrell, Richard, Basak, Nazli, Ratti, Antonia, Pinter, Guiseppe Lauria, D'Alfonso, Sandra, Soraru, Gianni, Padovani, Alessandro , Moglia, Cristina, Brunetti, Maura, Canosa, Antonio, Grassano, Maurizio, Nefussy, Beatrice, Nordin, Angelica, Lerner, Yossef, Zabari, Michal, Baloh, Robert, Bell, Shaugn, Vourc'h, Patrick, Corcia, Philippe, Couratier, Philippe, Meininger, Vincent, Salachas, Francois, Pardina, Jesús Mora, Assialioui, Abdelilah , Rojas‐García, Ricardo , Dion, Patrick, Ludolph, Albert, Weishaupt, Jochen, Brenner, David, Freischmidt, Axel , Bensimon, Gilbert , Durr, Alexandra, Payan, Christine, Saker-Delye, Safa, Wood, Nicholas , Rademakers, Rosa, Tittmann, Lukas, Lieb, Wolfgang, Braun, Alice, Hofman, Albert, Cichon, Sven , Traynor, Bryan, Singleton, Andrew, Neto, Miguel Mitne, Ophoff, Roel, Wiedau-Pazos, Martina, Lomen-Hoerth, Catherine, Rödiger, Annekathrin, Jörk, Alexander, Barthel, Tabea, Theele, Erik, Ilse, Berjamin, Stubendorff, Beatrice, Witte, Otto W. , Hübner, Christian, Graff, Caroline , Brylev, Lev, Fominykh, Vera, Demeshonok, Vera, Ataulina, Anastasia , Koritnik, Blaž , Zidar, Janez , Ravnik-Glavač, Metka, Glavač, Damjan, Stević, Zorica, Drory, Vivian, Povedano, Mónica, Henderson, Robert , Furlong, Sarah , McCombe, Pamela, Ngo, Shyuan, Steyn, Frederik, Mather, Karen A. , Sachdev, Perminder S. , Henders, Anjali, Carvalho, Mamede de, Petri, Susanne, Weber, Markus , Glass, Jonathan D. , Brown, Robert, Landers, John, Garton, Fleur, McRae, Allan, Mill, Jonathan , Kenna, Kevin, Runz, Heiko, Franke, Lude , Damme, Philip Van , Gaur, Nayana , Steyn, Frederik J. , Landers, John E. , Westra, Harm-Jan , Steyn, F J , Cichon, Sven , Sachdev, Perminder S , Van Damme, Philip , Hardy, John , Padovani, Alessandro , Graff, Caroline , Spek, Rick A. A. van der , Bakker, Mark K. , Veldink, Jan H. , Vugt, Joke J.F.A. van , Zwamborn, Ramona A.J. , Deelen, Patrick , Hannon, Eilís , Moisse, Matthieu , Baird, Denis A. , Restuadi, Restuadi , Gawor, Klara , Westeneng, Henk‐Jan , Byrne, Ross Patrick , Heverin, Mark , Khleifat, Ahmad Al , Iacoangeli, Alfredo , Shatunov, Aleksey , Ticozzi, Nicola , Gromicho, Marta , Pal, Suvankar , Orrell, Richard W., Sendtner, Michael , Meyer, Thomas , Basak, Nazli A., Kooi, Anneke J. van der , Ratti, Antonia , Fogh, Isabella , Gellera, Cinzia , Corti, Stefania Paola , Cereda, Cristina , Sproviero, Daisy , D’Alfonso, Sandra , Siciliano, Gabriele , Filosto, Massimiliano , Chiò, Adriano , Calvo, Andrea , Moglia, Cristina , Brunetti, Maura , Canosa, Antonio , Grassano, Maurizio , Beghi, Ettore , Pupillo, Elisabetta , Logroscino, Giancarlo , Osmanovic, Alma , Nordin, Angelica , Lerner, Yossef, Zabari, Michal, Gotkine, Marc , Vourc’h, Patrick , Corcia, Philippe , Couratier, Philippe , Millecamps, Stéphanie , Meininger, Vincent, Salachas, François, Ross, Jay P. , Ludolph, Albert, Brice, Alexis , Dürr, Alexandra , Saker-Delye, Safaa, Wood, Nicholas , Topp, Simon , Rademakers, Rosa , Tittmann, Lukas , Franke, André , Ripke, Stephan , Braun, Alice , Kraft, Julia , Whiteman, David C. , Olsen, Catherine M. , Uitterlinden, André G. , Hofman, Albert, Rietschel, Marcella , Nöthen, Markus M. , Amouyel, Philippe , Traynor, Bryan J. , Singleton, Andrew, Cauchi, Ruben J. , Ophoff, Roel A. , Lomen‐Hoerth, Catherine , Deerlin, Vivianna M. Van , Großkreutz, Julian , Rödiger, Annekathrin, Jörk, Alexander, Barthel, Tabea, Theele, Erik, Steinbach, Robert , Hübner, Christian, Fominykh, Vera , Demeshonok, Vera, Rogelj, Boris , Drory, Vivian, Blair, Ian P. , Kiernan, Matthew C. , Benyamin, Beben , Mathers, Susan , Needham, Merrilee , Ngo, Shyuan T. , Nicholson, Garth A. , Pamphlett, Roger , Rowe, Dominic B. , Williams, Kelly L. , Wallace, Leanne M. , Carvalho, Mamede A. de , Pinto, Susana , Petri, Susanne , Rouleau, Guy Armand , Silani, Vincenzo , Curtis, Charles J. C. , Breen, Gerome , Brown, Robert, Shaw, Christopher E. , Andersen, Peter Munch , Groen, Ewout J. N. , Es, Michael A. van , Pasterkamp, R. Jeroen , Fan, Dongsheng , Smith, George Davey , Gaunt, Tom R. , Eberle, Michael A. , McLaughlin, Russell L. , Hardiman, Orla , Wray, Naomi , Tsai, Ellen A. , Runz, Heiko , Al‐Chalabi, Ammar
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Abstract Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease with a life-time risk of 1 in 350 people and an unmet need for disease-modifying therapies. We conducted a cross-ancestry GWAS in ALS including 29,612 ALS patients and 122,656 controls which identified 15 risk loci in ALS. When combined with 8,953 whole-genome sequenced individuals (6,538 ALS patients, 2,415 controls) and the largest cortex-derived eQTL dataset (MetaBrain), analyses revealed locus-specific genetic architectures in which we prioritized genes either through rare variants, repeat expansions or regulatory effects. ALS associated risk loci were shared with multiple traits within the neurodegenerative spectrum, but with distinct enrichment patterns across brain regions and cell-types. Of the environmental and life-style risk factors obtained from literature, Mendelian randomization analyses indicated a causal role for high cholesterol levels. All ALS associated signals combined reveal a role for perturbations in vesicle mediated transport and autophagy, and provide evidence for cell-autonomous disease initiation in glutamatergic neurons.
GWAS of 126,559 Individuals Identifies Genetic Variants Associated with Educational Attainment
Rietveld, Cornelius A. , Medland, Sarah E. , Derringer, Jaime , Esko, Tõnu , Martín, Nicolás W., Westra, Harm-Jan , Shakhbazov, Konstantin, Abdellaoui, Abdel , Albrecht, Eva, Alizadeh, Behrooz Z. , Amin, Najaf , Baumeister, Sebastian E. , Benke, Kelly S. , Bielak, Lawrence F. , Boatman, Jeffrey A. , Boyle, Patricia A. , Davies, Gail , Leeuw, Christiaan de , Eklund, Niina, Evans, Daniel S. , Ferhmann, Rudolf, Fischer, Krista , Gieger, Christian , Gjessing, Håkon K. , Hägg, Sara , Harris, Jennifer R. , Hayward, Caroline , Jacobsson, Bo , Joshi, Peter K. , Jugessur, Astanand , Kaakinen, Marika , Kanoni, Stavroula , Karjalainen, Juha, Kolčić, Ivana , Kristiansson, Kati , Kutalik, Zoltán , Lahti, Jari , Lee, Sang , Lin, Peng, Lind, Penelope A. , Lohman, Kurt, Loitfelder, Marisa, McMahon, George, Marques‐Vidal, Pedro , Meirelles, Osorio , Milani, Lili , Myhre, Ronny , Nuotio, Marja-Liisa , Oldmeadow, Christopher , Petrovic, Katja, Peyrot, Wouter J. , Polašek, Ozren , Quaye, Lydia, Reinmaa, Eva, Rice, John P. , Rizzi, Thais S., Schmidt, Helena , Schmidt, Reinhold, Smith, Albert V. , Smith, Jennifer A. , Terracciano, Antonio , Loos, Matthijs J. H. M. van der, Vitart, Véronique , Völzke, Henry , Wellmann, Jürgen , Yu, Lei , Zhao, Wei , Allïk, Jüri , Bandinelli, Stefania , Bastardot, François , Beauchamp, Jonathan , Bennett, David A. , Berger, Klaus, Bültmann, Ute , Campbell, Harry, Chabris, Christopher F., Cherkas, Lynn, Chung, Mina K. , Cucca, Francesco , Jager, Philip L. De , Neve, Jan-Emmanuel De, Deary, Ian J. , Dedoussis, George , Deloukas, Panos , Dimitriou, Maria , Eiríksdóttir, Guðný , Elderson, Martin F., Eriksson, Johan G. , Evans, David M. , Faul, Jessica D. , Ferrucci, Luigi , Garcia, Melissa E., Grönberg, Henrik , Guðnason, Vilmundur , Harris, Tamara B., Hastie, Nicholas D. , Hernández, Dena , Hoffmann, Wolfgang , Hofman, Adriaan, Holle, Rolf , Holliday, Elizabeth G., Hottenga, Jouke‐Jan , Illig, Thomas, Järvelin, Marjo‐Riitta , Kähönen, Mika , Kaprio, Jaakko , Kirkpatrick, Robert M. , Kowgier, Matthew , Latvala, Antti , Lawlor, Debbie A. , Lehtimäki, Terho , Li, Jingmei , Lichtenstein, Paul , Lichtner, Peter , Liewald, David C. , Madden, Pamela A. F., Magnusson, Patrik K. E. , Mäkinen, Tomi E., Masala, Marco , McGue, Matt , Mielck, Andreas, Miller, Michael B., Montgomery, Grant W. , Mukherjee, Sutapa , Nyholt, Dale R. , Oostra, Ben A., Palmer, Lyle J. , Palotie, Aarno , Perola, Markus, Peyser, Patricia A. , Preisig, Martin , Räikkönen, Katri , Rivadeneira, Fernando , Rudan, Igor , Rustichini, Aldo , Sarin, Antti-Pekka, Schlessinger, David, Scott, Rodney J. , Snieder, Harold , Pourcain, Beaté St , Starr, John M. , Sul, Jae Hoon , Surakka, Ida , Svento, Rauli , Teumer, Alexander , Study, The LifeLines Cohort, Tiemeier, Henning , Rooij, Frank J.A. van , Wagoner, David R. Van , Vartiainen, Erkki , Viikari, Jorma , Vollenweider, Péter , Vonk, Judith M. , Waeber, Gérard , Weir, David R. , Wichmann, H.‐Erich , Widén, Elisabeth , Willemsen, Gonneke , Wright, Alan F., Davey-Smith, George, Franke, Lude , Groenen, Patrick J. F. , Hofman, Albert , Johannesson, Magnus , Kardia, Sharon L. R., Krueger, Robert F., Laibson, David, Martin, Nicholas G. , Meyer, Michelle N., Posthuma, Daniëlle , Thurik, Roy , Timpson, Nicholas J. , Uitterlinden, André G. , Duijn, Cornelia M. van , Visscher, Peter M. , Benjamin, Daniel J. , Cesarini, David , Koellinger, Philipp , Bennett, David A. , Smith, George Davey , Meyer, Michelle N. , Westra, Harm-Jan , Yang, Jian , Agrawal, Arpana , Barnard, John , Holzapfel, Christina M. , Ibrahim‐Verbaas, Carla A. , Ingelsson, Erik , Lin, Peng, Liu, Ching‐Ti , Tanaka, Toshiko , Attia, John , Berger, Klaus, Bierut, Laura Jean , Boomsma, Dorret I , Andrade, Mariza de , Hall, Per N , Harris, Juliette , Heath, Andrew C. , Hofman, Adriaan, Holliday, Elizabeth G., Iacono, William G. , Launer, Lenore J. , Mäkinen, Tomi E., Metspalu, Andres , Palotie, Aarno V. , Penninx, Brenda W.J.H. , Raitakari, Olli Tuomas , Realo, Anu , Ring, Susan M. , Ripatti, Samuli , Salomaa, Veikko , Study, The LifeLines Cohort, Wilson, James Fox , Conley, Dalton , Davey-Smith, George, Smith, Jennifer A , Hottenga, Jouke-Jan , Martin, Nicholas G , Posthuma, Danielle , St Pourcain, Beate , Medland, Sarah E , Li, Jingmei , Teumer, Alexander , van Duijn, Cornelia M , Smith, Albert V , Ferrucci, Luigi , Davey Smith, George , Vonk, Judith M , Kanoni, Stavroula , Surakka, Ida
Science | May 31, 2013 | Volume: 340 | Issue: 6139 | Pages: 1467-1471
Genetic College Many genomic elements in humans are associated with behavior, including educational attainment. In a genome-wide association study including more than 100,000 samples, Rietveld et al. (p. 1467 , published online 30 May; see the Perspective by Flint and Munafò ) looked for genes related to educational attainment in Caucasians. Small genetic effects at three loci appeared to impact educational attainment.