Genome-wide association study identified ATP6V1H locus influencing cerebrospinal fluid BACE activity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The activity of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) β-site APP cleaving enzyme (BACE) is a potential diagnostic biomarker for Alzheimer disease (AD).

Methods

A total of 340 non-Hispanic Caucasian participants from the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative cohort (ADNI) database were included in this study with quality-controlled CSF BACE and genotype data. Association of CSF BACE with the genetic variants of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) was assessed using PLINK under the additive genetic model. The P values of all SNPs for CSF BACE were adjusted for multiple comparisons.

Results

One SNP (rs1481950) in the ATP6V1H gene reached genome-wide significance for associations with CSF BACE (P = 4.88 × 10^- 9). The minor allele (G) of rs1481950 was as

SUBMITTER: Hu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5948839 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature