Investigation of Autosomal Genetic Sex Differences in Parkinson's Disease - Sorbonne Université
Article Dans Une Revue Annals of Neurology Année : 2021

Investigation of Autosomal Genetic Sex Differences in Parkinson's Disease

Lasse Pihlstrøm
Mathias Toft

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Objective: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder. Men are on average ~ 1.5 times more likely to develop PD compared to women with European ancestry. Over the years, genomewide association studies (GWAS) have identified numerous genetic risk factors for PD, however, it is unclear whether genetics contribute to disease etiology in a sex-specific manner. Methods: In an effort to study sex-specific genetic factors associated with PD, we explored 2 large genetic datasets from the International Parkinson's Disease Genomics Consortium and the UK Biobank consisting of 13,020 male PD cases, 7,936 paternal proxy cases, 89,660 male controls, 7,947 female PD cases, 5,473 maternal proxy cases, and 90,662 female controls. We performed GWAS meta-analyses to identify distinct patterns of genetic risk contributing to disease in male versus female PD cases. Results: In total, 19 genomewide significant regions were identified and no sex-specific effects were observed. A high genetic correlation between the male and female PD GWAS were identified (rg = 0.877) and heritability estimates were identical between male and female PD cases (~ 20%). Interpretation: We did not detect any significant genetic differences between male or female PD cases. Our study does not support the notion that common genetic variation on the autosomes could explain the difference in prevalence of PD between males and females cases at least when considering the current sample size under study. Further studies are warranted to investigate the genetic architecture of PD explained by X and Y chromosomes and further evaluate environmental effects that could potentially contribute to PD etiology in male versus female patients. ANN NEUROL 2021;90:41-48.
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hal-04538974 , version 1 (09-04-2024)

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Cornelis Blauwendraat, Hirotaka Iwaki, Mary B Makarious, Sara Bandres‐ciga, Hampton L Leonard, et al.. Investigation of Autosomal Genetic Sex Differences in Parkinson's Disease. Annals of Neurology, 2021, 90, pp.35 - 42. ⟨10.1002/ana.26090⟩. ⟨hal-04538974⟩
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