| Title: | Multivariate proteome-wide association study to identify causal proteins for Alzheimer disease |
| Journal: | American Journal of Human Genetics |
| Published: | 9 Jan 2025 |
| Pubmed: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39793580/ |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.12.010 |
Publication 14882
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Abstract
Alzheimer disease (AD) is a complex and progressive neurodegenerative disorder that accounts for the majority of individuals with dementia. Here, we aim to identify causal plasma proteins for AD, shedding light on the etiology of AD. We utilized the latest large-scale plasma proteomic data from the UK Biobank Pharma Proteomics Project (UKB-PPP) and AD genome-wide association study (GWAS) summary data from the International Genomics of Alzheimer's Project (IGAP). Via a robust univariate instrumental variable (IV) regression method, we identified causal proteins through cis-protein quantitative trait loci (pQTLs) and (both cis- and trans-)pQTLs. To further reduce potential false positives due to high linkage disequilibrium (LD) of some pQTLs and high correlations among some proteins, we developed a robust multivariate IV regression method, called two-stage constrained maximum likelihood (MV-2ScML), to distinguish direct and confounding/mediating effects of proteins; some key features of the method include its robustness to invalid IVs and applicability to GWAS summary data. Our work highlights some differences between using cis-pQTLs and trans-pQTLs and critical values of multivariate analysis for fine-mapping causal proteins, providing insights into plasma protein pathways to AD.</p>
10 Keywords
- Alzheimer Disease
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Humans
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Multivariate Analysis
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Proteome
- Proteomics
- Quantitative Trait Loci
4 Authors
- Lei Fang
- Haoran Xue
- Zhaotong Lin
- Wei Pan
1 Application
| Application ID | Title |
|---|---|
| 35107 | Powerful and novel statistical methods for integrative genetic association and causal analyses |
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