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PLCG2 rs72824905 Variant Reduces the Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease and Multiple Sclerosis

  • Fan Chen
  • , Yan Zhang
  • , Longcai Wang
  • , Tao Wang
  • , Zhifa Han
  • , Haihua Zhang
  • , Shan Gao
  • , Yang Hu*
  • , Guiyou Liu*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Capital Medical University
  • Weifang Medical University
  • Peking University
  • Chinese Institute for Brain Research
  • Tsinghua University
  • Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
  • School of Life Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

We aimed to evaluate the association of PLCG2 rs72824905 variant with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and multiple sclerosis (MS) using large-scale genetic association study datasets. We selected 50,024 AD cases and 467,330 controls, and 32,367 MS cases and 36,012 controls. We found moderate heterogeneity of rs72824905 in different studies. We found significant association between rs72824905 G allele and reduced AD risk (OR = 0.66, 95% CI 0.59–0.74, p = 5.91E-14). Importantly, rs72824905 G allele could also significantly reduce the risk of MS with OR = 0.94, p = 3.63E-05. Hence, the effects of rs72824905 on AD and MS are consistent.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)71-77
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Alzheimer's Disease
Volume80
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 9 Mar 2021
Externally publishedYes

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  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
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Keywords

  • Alzheimer’s disease
  • PLCG2
  • genome-wide association study
  • multiple sclerosis
  • rs72824905 variant

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