Description

Investigators used association testing on single variants (MAF > 0.5%) and aggregates of rare (MAF < 1%) coding and non-coding variants with the R3 WGS data from the Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Project (ADSP) to uncover common and rare genetic variation that may have been missed by traditional genotyping methods within the pooled samples and population subgroups (Lee et al., 2023; DOI: 10.1101/2023.09.01.23294953).

The study examined pooled samples, N cases=6,519 and N control=6,852) and within the three subgroups: African Americans (AA, N cases=1,137 and N control=1,707), Hispanics (HIS, N cases=1,021 and N control=1,988), and Non-Hispanic White (NHW, N cases=4,230 and N control=3,109) defined by reported race and ethnicity.

Principal Investigators

  • Anita DeStefano — Boston University
  • Eric Boerwinkle — The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  • Philip L. De Jager — Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • Myriam Fornage — The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
  • Ellen M. Wijsman — University of Washington
  • Sudha Seshadri — The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  • Wan-Ping Lee — University of Pennsylvania
  • Jonathan Haines — Case Western Reserve University
  • Gerard Schellenberg — University of Pennsylvania
  • Margaret Pericak-Vance — University of Miami
  • Eden Martin — University of Miami
  • Li-San Wang — University of Pennsylvania
  • Lindsay Farrer — Boston University

Funding Sources

U01AG058589, U01AG058654

Publications

  • Lee WP. Association of common and rare variants with Alzheimer's disease in more than 13,000 diverse individuals with whole-genome sequencing from the Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association. 2024 Dec. PubMed link