1. Association of LRRK2 exonic variants with susceptibility to Parkinson's disease: a case-control study
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Ross, O, Soto Ortolaza, A, Heckman, M, Aasly, J, Abahuni, N, Annesi, G, Bacon, J, Bardien, S, Bozi, M, Brice, A, Brighina, L, Van Broeckhoven, C, Carr, J, Chartier Harlin, M, Dardiotis, E, Dickson, D, Diehl, N, Elbaz, A, Ferrarese, C, Ferraris, A, Fiske, B, Gibson, J, Gibson, R, Hadjigeorgiou, G, Hattori, N, Ioannidis, J, Jasinska Myga, B, Jeon, B, Kim, Y, Klein, C, Kruger, R, Kyratzi, E, Lesage, S, Lin, C, Lynch, T, Maraganore, D, Mellick, G, Mutez, E, Nilsson, C, Opala, G, Park, S, Puschmann, A, Quattrone, A, Sharma, M, Silburn, P, Sohn, Y, Stefanis, L, Tadic, V, Theuns, J, Tomiyama, H, Uitti, R, Valente, E, van de Loo, S, Vassilatis, D, Vilariño Güell, C, White, L, Wirdefeldt, K, Wszolek, Z, Wu, R, Farrer, M, FERRARESE, CARLO, Farrer, M., Ross, O, Soto Ortolaza, A, Heckman, M, Aasly, J, Abahuni, N, Annesi, G, Bacon, J, Bardien, S, Bozi, M, Brice, A, Brighina, L, Van Broeckhoven, C, Carr, J, Chartier Harlin, M, Dardiotis, E, Dickson, D, Diehl, N, Elbaz, A, Ferrarese, C, Ferraris, A, Fiske, B, Gibson, J, Gibson, R, Hadjigeorgiou, G, Hattori, N, Ioannidis, J, Jasinska Myga, B, Jeon, B, Kim, Y, Klein, C, Kruger, R, Kyratzi, E, Lesage, S, Lin, C, Lynch, T, Maraganore, D, Mellick, G, Mutez, E, Nilsson, C, Opala, G, Park, S, Puschmann, A, Quattrone, A, Sharma, M, Silburn, P, Sohn, Y, Stefanis, L, Tadic, V, Theuns, J, Tomiyama, H, Uitti, R, Valente, E, van de Loo, S, Vassilatis, D, Vilariño Güell, C, White, L, Wirdefeldt, K, Wszolek, Z, Wu, R, Farrer, M, FERRARESE, CARLO, and Farrer, M.
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Background The leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 gene (LRRK2) harbours highly penetrant mutations that are linked to familial parkinsonism. However, the extent of its polymorphic variability in relation to risk of Parkinson's disease (PD) has not been assessed systematically. We therefore assessed the frequency of LRRK2 exonic variants in individuals with and without PD, to investigate the role of the variants in PD susceptibility. Methods LRRK2 was genotyped in patients with PD and controls from three series (white, Asian, and Arab-Berber) from sites participating in the Genetic Epidemiology of Parkinson's Disease Consortium. Genotyping was done for exonic variants of LRRK2 that were identified through searches of literature and the personal communications of consortium members. Associations with PD were assessed by use of logistic regression models. For variants that had a minor allele frequency of 0.5% or greater, single variant associations were assessed, whereas for rarer variants information was collapsed across variants. Findings 121 exonic LRRK2 variants were assessed in 15 540 individuals: 6995 white patients with PD and 5595 controls, 1376 Asian patients and 962 controls, and 240 Arab-Berber patients and 372 controls. After exclusion of carriers of known pathogenic mutations, new independent risk associations were identified for polymorphic variants in white individuals (M1646T, odds ratio 1.43, 95% CI 1.15-1.78; p=0.0012) and Asian individuals (A419V, 2.27, 1.35-3.83; p=0.0011). A protective haplotype (N551K-R1398H-K1423K) was noted at a frequency greater than 5% in the white and Asian series, with a similar finding in the Arab-Berber series (combined odds ratio 0.82, 0.72-0.94; p=0.0043). Of the two previously reported Asian risk variants, G2385R was associated with disease (1.73, 1.20-2.49; p=0.0026), but no association was noted for R1628P (0.62, 0.36-1.07; p=0.087). In the Arab-Berber series, Y2189C showed potential evidence of risk association with PD (4.
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- 2011