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Query: UMLS:C0030567 (Parkinson's disease)
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Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), and cognitive impairment in PD have overlapping clinical and pathological features. To examine whether there is a genetic link for these diseases, we performed a case-control study in Chinese population to evaluate the association of AD genome-wide association studies top hits with both PD and cognitive function in PD, investigating 13 single-nucleotide polymorphisms in 9 genes (BIN1, CLU, ABCA7, CR1, PICALM, MS4A6A, CD33, MS4A4E, and CD2AP). A total of 454 controls and 442 PD patients were genotyped, including 75 mild cognitive impairment and 99 dementia. As a result, no significant association of the AD-susceptibility loci was identified in PD cases, PD-dementia, or PD-mild cognitive impairment. Our findings imply that the 13 single-nucleotide polymorphisms from AD genome-wide association studies may not play major role in the genetic predisposition with PD and cognitive function in PD in a Chinese population.
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PMID:Relationship between Alzheimer's disease GWAS-linked top hits and risk of Parkinson's disease with or without cognitive decline: a Chinese population-based study. 2672 62

Parkinson's disease (PD) is known as the most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease (AD). The precise pathogenic mechanism of PD remains unclear, but genetic and environmental factors are widely recognized to be associated with it. Although many associated genes have been discovered, they account for only a few PD patients. Recently, there are growing evidences indicating that patients with PD and AD share similarities in clinical features, pathology and genetic risks. However, no study has been conducted on the relations between AD associated genes and age at onset (AAO) of PD. In this study, we have detected 14 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 9 AD genome wide association studies top hit genes and 4 SNPs in 4 PD-cognitive impairment related genes among 297 Chinese PD patients. Through the linear regression analysis, we identified the significant associations of the GBA L444P mutation and DYRK1A rs8126696 T allele with the earlier AAO in PD patients, and the A allele at MS4A6A rs610932 with the delayed AAO of PD. This is the first report of significant associations of DYRK1A and MS4A6A SNPs and the AAO of PD. On account of their effects both in AD and PD, it is indicated that AD and PD possibly share some common pathways.
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PMID:The GBA, DYRK1A and MS4A6A polymorphisms influence the age at onset of Chinese Parkinson patients. 2708 34