Michael E Belloy, Yann Le Guen, Ilaria Stewart, Joachim Herz, Richard Sherva, Rui Zhang, Victoria Merritt, Matthew S Panizzon, Richard L Hauger, J Michael Gaziano, Mark Logue, Valerio Napolioni, Michael D Greicius
IMPORTANCE: The X chromosome has remained enigmatic in Alzheimer's disease (AD), yet it makes up 5% of the genome and carries a high proportion of genes expressed in the brain, making it particularly appealing as a potential source of unexplored genetic variation in AD. OBJECTIVES: Perform the first large-scale X chromosome-wide association study (XWAS) of AD. Primary analyses are non-stratified, while secondary analyses evaluate sex-stratified effects. DESIGN: Meta-analysis of genetic association studies in case-control, family-based, population-based, and longitudinal AD-related cohorts from the US Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Consortium (ADGC) and Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project (ADSP), the UK Biobank (UKB), the Finnish health registry (FinnGen), and the US Million Veterans Program (MVP)...
April 23, 2024: medRxiv