1. Genome-wide association study of REM sleep behavior disorder identifies polygenic risk and brain expression effects
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Krohn, L., Heilbron, K., Blauwendraat, C., Reynolds, R. H., Yu, E., Senkevich, K., Rudakou, U., Estiar, M. A., Gustavsson, E. K., Brolin, K., Ruskey, J. A., Freeman, K., Asayesh, F., Chia, R., Arnulf, I., M. T. M., Hu, Montplaisir, J. Y., Gagnon, J. -F., Desautels, A., Dauvilliers, Y., Gigli, G. L., Valente, M., Janes, F., Bernardini, A., Hogl, B., Stefani, A., Ibrahim, A., Sonka, K., Kemlink, D., Oertel, W., Janzen, A., Plazzi, G., Biscarini, F., Antelmi, E., Figorilli, M., Puligheddu, M., Mollenhauer, B., Trenkwalder, C., Sixel-Doring, F., Cochen De Cock, V., Monaca, C. C., Heidbreder, A., Ferini-Strambi, L., Dijkstra, F., Viaene, M., Abril, B., Boeve, B. F., Aslibekyan, S., Auton, A., Babalola, E., Bell, R. K., Bielenberg, J., Bryc, K., Bullis, E., Coker, D., Partida, G. C., Dhamija, D., Das, S., Elson, S. L., Filshtein, T., Fletez-Brant, K., Fontanillas, P., Freyman, W., Gandhi, P. M., Hicks, B., Hinds, D. A., Jewett, E. M., Jiang, Y., Kukar, K., Lin, K. -H., Lowe, M., Mccreight, J. C., Mcintyre, M. H., Micheletti, S. J., Moreno, M. E., Mountain, J. L., Nandakumar, P., Noblin, E. S., O'Connell, J., Petrakovitz, A. A., Poznik, G. D., Schumacher, M., Shastri, A. J., Shelton, J. F., Shi, J., Shringarpure, S., Tran, V., Tung, J. Y., Wang, X., Wang, W., Weldon, C. H., Wilton, P., Hernandez, A., Wong, C., Tchakoute, C. T., Scholz, S. W., Ryten, M., Bandres-Ciga, S., Noyce, A., Cannon, P., Pihlstrom, L., Nalls, M. A., Singleton, A. B., Rouleau, G. A., Postuma, R. B., Gan-Or, Z., and 23andMe Research Team
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Multidisciplinary ,Risk factors ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Genomics ,General Chemistry ,Human medicine ,Genome-wide association studies ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology - Abstract
Rapid-eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD), enactment of dreams during REM sleep, is an early clinical symptom of alpha-synucleinopathies and defines a more severe subtype. The genetic background of RBD and its underlying mechanisms are not well understood. Here, we perform a genome-wide association study of RBD, identifying five RBD risk loci near SNCA, GBA, TMEM175, INPP5F, and SCARB2. Expression analyses highlight SNCA-AS1 and potentially SCARB2 differential expression in different brain regions in RBD, with SNCA-AS1 further supported by colocalization analyses. Polygenic risk score, pathway analysis, and genetic correlations provide further insights into RBD genetics, highlighting RBD as a unique alpha-synucleinopathy subpopulation that will allow future early intervention. REM-sleep behavior disorder often precedes Parkinson's disease or dementia. Here, the authors perform a genome-wide association study for REM-sleep behavior disorder, and discover how it potentially affects gene expression in the brain.
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- 2022