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ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2020

Genetic Burden for Late-Life Neurodegenerative Disease and Its Association With Early-Life Lipids, Brain, Behavior, and Cognition.

Sander Lamballais, Ryan L Muetzel, Mohammad Arfan Ikram, Henning Tiemeier, Meike W Vernooij, Tonya White, Hieab H H Adams

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Article in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Sander LamballaisDepartment of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Ryan L MuetzelDepartment of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Mohammad Arfan IkramDepartment of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Henning TiemeierDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Meike W VernooijDepartment of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Tonya WhiteDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Hieab H H AdamsDepartment of Epidemiology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGenetics play a significant role in the etiology of late-life neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and frontotemporal dementia. Part of the individual differences in risk for these diseases can be traced back decades before the onset of disease symptoms. Previous studies have shown evidence for plausible links of apolipoprotein E (APOE), the most important genetic marker for Alzheimer's disease, with early-life cognition and neuroimaging markers. We aimed to assess whether genome-wide genetic burden for the aforementioned neurodegenerative diseases plays a role in early-life processes.

methodsWe studied children from the Generation R Study, a prospective birth cohort. APOE genotypes and polygenic genetic burdens for Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and frontotemporal dementia were obtained through genome-wide genotyping. Non-verbal intelligence was assessed through cognitive tests at the research center around the age of 6 years, and educational attainment through a national school performance test around the age of 11 years. The Child Behavior Checklist was administered around the age of 10 years, and data from the anxious/depressed, withdrawn/depressed, and the internalizing behavior problems scales were used. Children participated in a neuroimaging study when they were 10 years old, in which structural brain metrics were obtained. Lipid serum profiles, which may be influenced by APOE genotype, were assessed from venal blood obtained around the age of 6 years. The sample size per analysis varied between 1,641 and 3,650 children due to completeness of data.

resultsWe did not find evidence that APOE genotype or the polygenic scores impact on childhood nonverbal intelligence, educational attainment, internalizing behavior, and global brain structural measures including total brain volume and whole brain fractional anisotropy (all p > 0.05). Carriership of the APOE ε2 allele was associated with lower and APOE ε4 with higher low-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations when compared to APOE ε3/ε3 carriers.

conclusionWe found no evidence that genetic burden for late-life neurodegenerative diseases associates with early-life cognition, internalizing behavior, or global brain structure.

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Alzheimer’s diseasecognitionfrontotemporal dementiainternalizing behaviorlipid profilesneuroimagingParkinson’s diseasepolygenic risk scores

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