ArticleNPJ Parkinson's disease2024
Bidirectional relationship between olfaction and Parkinson's disease.
Article in NPJ Parkinson's disease, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Associations between olfactory dysfunction and structural MRI findings in Parkinson's disease: a systematic review.Brain imaging and behavior · 2026Pooled it
- The Global Parkinson's Genetics Program (GP2): Advancing genetic discovery and capacity building worldwide.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2026Review
- Bridging global diversity gaps in Parkinson disease research.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2026Review
- Calbindin 2 as a Novel Biomarker and Therapeutic Target for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Integrative Analysis of Human Proteomes and Genetics.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Article
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Abstract
Hyposmia (decreased smell function) is a common early symptom of Parkinson's disease (PD). The shared genetic architecture between hyposmia and PD is unknown. We leveraged genome-wide association study (GWAS) results for self-assessment of 'ability to smell' and PD diagnosis to determine shared genetic architecture between the two traits. Linkage disequilibrium score (LDSC) regression found that the sense of smell negatively correlated at a genome-wide level with PD. Local Analysis of [co]Variant Association (LAVA) found negative correlations in four genetic loci near GBA1, ANAPC4, SNCA, and MAPT, indicating shared genetic liability only within a subset of prominent PD risk genes. Using Mendelian randomization, we found evidence for a strong causal relationship between PD and liability towards poorer sense of smell, but weaker evidence for the reverse direction. This work highlights the heritability of olfactory function and its relationship with PD heritability and provides further insight into the association between PD and hyposmia.
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