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April 2019; 5 (2) ArticleOpen Access

Genomic variation in educational attainment modifies Alzheimer disease risk

Neha S. Raghavan, Badri Vardarajan, Richard Mayeux
First published February 11, 2019, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/NXG.0000000000000310
Neha S. Raghavan
From the The Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center (N.S.R., B.V.), Columbia University; The Institute for Genomic Medicine (N.S.R.), Columbia University; The Taub Institute for Research in Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.V.), Columbia University; The Department of Neurology (R.M.), Columbia University and The New York Presbyterian Hospital; The Department of Epidemiology (R.M.), Joseph P. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY.
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From the The Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center (N.S.R., B.V.), Columbia University; The Institute for Genomic Medicine (N.S.R.), Columbia University; The Taub Institute for Research in Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.V.), Columbia University; The Department of Neurology (R.M.), Columbia University and The New York Presbyterian Hospital; The Department of Epidemiology (R.M.), Joseph P. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY.
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From the The Gertrude H. Sergievsky Center (N.S.R., B.V.), Columbia University; The Institute for Genomic Medicine (N.S.R.), Columbia University; The Taub Institute for Research in Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain (B.V.), Columbia University; The Department of Neurology (R.M.), Columbia University and The New York Presbyterian Hospital; The Department of Epidemiology (R.M.), Joseph P. Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY.
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Genomic variation in educational attainment modifies Alzheimer disease risk
Neha S. Raghavan, Badri Vardarajan, Richard Mayeux
Neurol Genet Apr 2019, 5 (2) e310; DOI: 10.1212/NXG.0000000000000310

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Abstract

Objective To determine the putative protective relationship of educational attainment on Alzheimer disease (AD) risk using Mendelian randomization and to test the hypothesis that by using genetic regions surrounding individually associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) as the instrumental variable, we can identify genes that contribute to the relationship.

Methods We performed Mendelian randomization using genome-wide association study summary statistics from studies of educational attainment and AD in two stages. Our instrumental variable comprised (1) 1,271 SNPs significantly associated with educational attainment and (2) individual 2-Mb regions surrounding the genome-wide significant SNPs.

Results A causal inverse relationship between educational attainment and AD was identified by the 1,271 SNPs (odds ratio = 0.63; 95% confidence interval, 0.54–0.74; p = 4.08 x 10−8). Analysis of individual loci identified 2 regions that significantly replicated the causal relationship. Genes within these regions included LRRC2, SSBP2, and NEGR1; the latter a regulator of neuronal growth.

Conclusions Educational attainment is an important protective factor for AD. Genomic regions that significantly paralleled the overall causal relationship contain genes expressed in neurons or involved in the regulation of neuronal development.

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AD=
Alzheimer disease;
CI=
confidence interval;
GWAS=
genome-wide association study;
IGAP=
International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project;
IVW=
inverse variance weighted;
LD=
linkage disequilibrium;
OR=
odds ratio;
SNP=
single nucleotide polymorphism

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  • The Article Processing Charge was funded by the authors.

  • Received July 15, 2018.
  • Accepted in final form December 18, 2018.
  • Copyright © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Neurology.

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