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Title
Genetic correlation between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and schizophrenia
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Institution/Organisation
Project MinE GWAS Consortium
Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortiumz
Abstract
We have previously shown higher-than-expected rates of schizophrenia in relatives of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), suggesting an aetiological relationship between the diseases. Here, we investigate the genetic relationship between ALS and schizophrenia using genome-wide association study data from over 100,000 unique individuals. Using linkage disequilibrium score regression, we estimate the genetic correlation between ALS and schizophrenia to be 14.3% (7.0521.6; P=1 × 10−4) with schizophrenia polygenic risk scores explaining up to 0.12% of the variance in ALS (P=8.4 × 10−7). A modest increase in comorbidity of ALS and schizophrenia is expected given these findings (odds ratio 1.081.26) but this would require very large studies to observe epidemiologically. We identify five potential novel ALS-associated loci using conditional false discovery rate analysis. It is likely that shared neurobiological mechanisms between these two disorders will engender novel hypotheses in future preclinical and clinical studies.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Nature communications
Publication
2017
ISSN
2041-1723
DOI
10.1038/NCOMMS14774
Volume/pages
8 (2017) , 12 p.
Article Reference
14774
ISI
000396857400001
Medium
E-only publicatie
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