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Genome-wide association analyses identify new risk variants and the genetic architecture of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Overview of attention for article published in Nature Genetics, July 2016
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Title
Genome-wide association analyses identify new risk variants and the genetic architecture of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Published in
Nature Genetics, July 2016
DOI 10.1038/ng.3622
Pubmed ID
Authors

Wouter van Rheenen, Aleksey Shatunov, Annelot M Dekker, Russell L McLaughlin, Frank P Diekstra, Sara L Pulit, Rick A A van der Spek, Urmo Võsa, Simone de Jong, Matthew R Robinson, Jian Yang, Isabella Fogh, Perry TC van Doormaal, Gijs H P Tazelaar, Max Koppers, Anna M Blokhuis, William Sproviero, Ashley R Jones, Kevin P Kenna, Kristel R van Eijk, Oliver Harschnitz, Raymond D Schellevis, William J Brands, Jelena Medic, Androniki Menelaou, Alice Vajda, Nicola Ticozzi, Kuang Lin, Boris Rogelj, Katarina Vrabec, Metka Ravnik-Glavač, Blaž Koritnik, Janez Zidar, Lea Leonardis, Leja Dolenc Grošelj, Stéphanie Millecamps, François Salachas, Vincent Meininger, Mamede de Carvalho, Susana Pinto, Jesus S Mora, Ricardo Rojas-García, Meraida Polak, Siddharthan Chandran, Shuna Colville, Robert Swingler, Karen E Morrison, Pamela J Shaw, John Hardy, Richard W Orrell, Alan Pittman, Katie Sidle, Pietro Fratta, Andrea Malaspina, Simon Topp, Susanne Petri, Susanne Abdulla, Carsten Drepper, Michael Sendtner, Thomas Meyer, Roel A Ophoff, Kim A Staats, Martina Wiedau-Pazos, Catherine Lomen-Hoerth, Vivianna M Van Deerlin, John Q Trojanowski, Lauren Elman, Leo McCluskey, A Nazli Basak, Ceren Tunca, Hamid Hamzeiy, Yesim Parman, Thomas Meitinger, Peter Lichtner, Milena Radivojkov-Blagojevic, Christian R Andres, Cindy Maurel, Gilbert Bensimon, Bernhard Landwehrmeyer, Alexis Brice, Christine A M Payan, Safaa Saker-Delye, Alexandra Dürr, Nicholas W Wood, Lukas Tittmann, Wolfgang Lieb, Andre Franke, Marcella Rietschel, Sven Cichon, Markus M Nöthen, Philippe Amouyel, Christophe Tzourio, Jean-François Dartigues, Andre G Uitterlinden, Fernando Rivadeneira, Karol Estrada, Albert Hofman, Charles Curtis, Hylke M Blauw, Anneke J van der Kooi, Marianne de Visser, An Goris, Markus Weber, Christopher E Shaw, Bradley N Smith, Orietta Pansarasa, Cristina Cereda, Roberto Del Bo, Giacomo P Comi, Sandra D'Alfonso, Cinzia Bertolin, Gianni Sorarù, Letizia Mazzini, Viviana Pensato, Cinzia Gellera, Cinzia Tiloca, Antonia Ratti, Andrea Calvo, Cristina Moglia, Maura Brunetti, Simona Arcuti, Rosa Capozzo, Chiara Zecca, Christian Lunetta, Silvana Penco, Nilo Riva, Alessandro Padovani, Massimiliano Filosto, Bernard Muller, Robbert Jan Stuit, Ian Blair, Katharine Zhang, Emily P McCann, Jennifer A Fifita, Garth A Nicholson, Dominic B Rowe, Roger Pamphlett, Matthew C Kiernan, Julian Grosskreutz, Otto W Witte, Thomas Ringer, Tino Prell, Beatrice Stubendorff, Ingo Kurth, Christian A Hübner, P Nigel Leigh, Federico Casale, Adriano Chio, Ettore Beghi, Elisabetta Pupillo, Rosanna Tortelli, Giancarlo Logroscino, John Powell, Albert C Ludolph, Jochen H Weishaupt, Wim Robberecht, Philip Van Damme, Lude Franke, Tune H Pers, Robert H Brown, Jonathan D Glass, John E Landers, Orla Hardiman, Peter M Andersen, Philippe Corcia, Patrick Vourc'h, Vincenzo Silani, Naomi R Wray, Peter M Visscher, Paul I W de Bakker, Michael A van Es, R Jeroen Pasterkamp, Cathryn M Lewis, Gerome Breen, Ammar Al-Chalabi, Leonard H van den Berg, Jan H Veldink

Abstract

To elucidate the genetic architecture of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and find associated loci, we assembled a custom imputation reference panel from whole-genome-sequenced patients with ALS and matched controls (n = 1,861). Through imputation and mixed-model association analysis in 12,577 cases and 23,475 controls, combined with 2,579 cases and 2,767 controls in an independent replication cohort, we fine-mapped a new risk locus on chromosome 21 and identified C21orf2 as a gene associated with ALS risk. In addition, we identified MOBP and SCFD1 as new associated risk loci. We established evidence of ALS being a complex genetic trait with a polygenic architecture. Furthermore, we estimated the SNP-based heritability at 8.5%, with a distinct and important role for low-frequency variants (frequency 1-10%). This study motivates the interrogation of larger samples with full genome coverage to identify rare causal variants that underpin ALS risk.

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Country Count As %
United Kingdom 3 <1%
Norway 1 <1%
Korea, Republic of 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Belgium 1 <1%
Spain 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Luxembourg 1 <1%
Unknown 695 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 139 20%
Researcher 110 16%
Student > Master 80 11%
Student > Bachelor 79 11%
Other 37 5%
Other 109 15%
Unknown 151 21%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 160 23%
Neuroscience 118 17%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 106 15%
Medicine and Dentistry 74 10%
Computer Science 16 2%
Other 53 8%
Unknown 178 25%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 340. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 October 2022.
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#95,349
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Outputs from Nature Genetics
#143
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Outputs of similar age
#2,037
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Outputs of similar age from Nature Genetics
#9
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