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Common variants in Alzheimer's disease and risk stratification by polygenic risk scores

Publicated to:Nature Communications. 12 (1): 3417- - 2021-06-07 12(1), DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-22491-8

Authors: de Rojas, Itziar; Moreno-Grau, Sonia; Tesi, Niccolo; Grenier-Boley, Benjamin; Andrade, Victor; Jansen, Iris E; Pedersen, Nancy L; Stringa, Najada; Zettergren, Anna; Hernandez, Isabel; Montrreal, Laura; Antunez, Carmen; Antonell, Anna; Tankard, Rick M; Bis, Joshua C; Sims, Rebecca; Bellenguez, Celine; Quintela, Ines; Gonzalez-Perez, Antonio; Calero, Miguel; Franco-Macias, Emilio; Macias, Juan; Blesa, Rafael; Cervera-Carles, Laura; Menendez-Gonzalez, Manuel; Frank-Garcia, Ana; Luis Royo, Jose; Moreno, Fermin; Huerto Vilas, Raquel; Baquero, Miquel; Diez-Fairen, Monica; Lage, Carmen; Garcia-Madrona, Sebastian; Garcia-Gonzalez, Pablo; Alarcon-Martin, Emilio; Valero, Sergi; Sotolongo-Grau, Oscar; Ullgren, Abbe; Naj, Adam C; Lemstra, Afina W; Benaque, Alba; Perez-Cordon, Alba; Benussi, Alberto; Rabano, Alberto; Padovani, Alessandro; Squassina, Alessio; de Mendonca, Alexandre; Arias Pastor, Alfonso; Kok, Almar A L; Meggy, Alun; Belen Pastor, Ana; Espinosa, Ana; Corma-Gomez, Anais; Martin Montes, Angel; Sanabria, Angela; DeStefano, Anita L; Schneider, Anja; Haapasalo, Annakaisa; Stahlbom, Anne Kinhult; Tybjaerg-Hansen, Anne; Hartmann, Annette M; Spottke, Annika; Corbaton-Anchuelo, Arturo; Rongve, Arvid; Borroni, Barbara; Arosio, Beatrice; Nacmias, Benedetta; Nordestgaard, Borge G; Kunkle, Brian W; Charbonnier, Camille; Abdelnour, Carla; Masullo, Carlo; Martinez Rodriguez, Carmen; Munoz-Fernandez, Carmen; Dufouil, Carole; Graff, Caroline; Ferreira, Catarina B; Chillotti, Caterina; Reynolds, Chandra A; Fenoglio, Chiara; Van Broeckhoven, Christine; Clark, Christopher; Pisanu, Claudia; Satizabal, Claudia L; Holmes, Clive; Buiza-Rueda, Dolores; Aarsland, Dag; Rujescu, Dan; Alcolea, Daniel; Galimberti, Daniela; Wallon, David; Seripa, Davide; Gruenblatt, Edna; Dardiotis, Efthimios; Duezel, Emrah; Scarpini, Elio; Conti, Elisa; Rubino, Elisa; Gelpi, Ellen; Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Eloy; Duron, Emmanuelle; Boerwinkle, Eric; Ferri, Evelyn; Tagliavini, Fabrizio; Kucukali, Fahri; Pasquier, Florence; Sanchez-Garcia, Florentino; Mangialasche, Francesca; Jessen, Frank; Nicolas, Gael; Selbaek, Geir; Ortega, Gemma; Chene, Genevieve; Hadjigeorgiou, Georgios; Rossi, Giacomina; Spalletta, Gianfranco; Giaccone, Giorgio; Grande, Giulia; Binetti, Giuliano; Papenberg, Goran; Hampel, Harald; Bailly, Henri; Zetterberg, Henrik; Soininen, Hilkka; Karlsson, Ida K; Alvarez, Ignacio; Appollonio, Ildebrando; Giegling, Ina; Skoog, Ingmar; Saltvedt, Ingvild; Rainero, Innocenzo; Allende, Irene Rosas; Hort, Jakub; Diehl-Schmid, Janine; Van Dongen, Jasper; Vidal, Jean-Sebastien; Lehtisalo, Jenni; Wiltfang, Jens; Thomassen, Jesper Qvist; Kornhuber, Johannes; Haines, Jonathan L; Vogelgsang, Jonathan; Pineda, Juan A; Fortea, Juan; Popp, Julius; Deckert, Juergen; Buerger, Katharina; Morgan, Kevin; Fliessbach, Klaus; Sleegers, Kristel; Molina-Porcel, Laura; Kilander, Lena; Weinhold, Leonie; Farrer, Lindsay A; Wang, Li-San; Kleineidam, Luca; Farotti, Lucia; Parnetti, Lucilla; Tremolizzo, Lucio; Hausner, Lucrezia; Benussi, Luisa; Froelich, Lutz; Ikram, M Arfan; Deniz-Naranjo, M Candida; Tsolaki, Magda; Rosende-Roca, Maitee; Lowenmark, Malin; Hulsman, Marc; Spallazzi, Marco; Pericak-Vance, Margaret A; Esiri, Margaret; Sanchez-Arjona, Maria Bernal; Carolina Dalmasso, Maria; Teresa Martinez-Larrad, Maria; Arcaro, Marina; Noethen, Markus M; Fernandez-Fuertes, Marta; Dichgans, Martin; Ingelsson, Martin; Herrmann, Martin J; Scherer, Martin; Vyhnalek, Martin; Kosmidis, Mary H; Yannakoulia, Mary; Schmid, Matthias; Ewers, Michael; Heneka, Michael T; Wagner, Michael; Scamosci, Michela; Kivipelto, Miia; Hiltunen, Mikko; Zulaica, Miren; Alegret, Montserrat; Fornage, Myriam; Roberto, Natalia; van Schoor, Natasja M; Seidu, Nazib M; Banaj, Nerisa; Armstrong, Nicola J; Scarmeas, Nikolaos; Scherbaum, Norbert; Goldhardt, Oliver; Hanon, Oliver; Peters, Oliver; Skrobot, Olivia Anna; Quenez, Olivier; Lerch, Ondrej; Bossu, Paola; Caffarra, Paolo; Rossi, Paolo Dionigi; Sakka, Paraskevi; Hoffmann, Per; Holmans, Peter A; Fischer, Peter; Riederer, Peter; Yang, Qiong; Marshall, Rachel; Kalaria, Rajesh N; Mayeux, Richard; Vandenberghe, Rik; Cecchetti, Roberta; Ghidoni, Roberta; Frikke-Schmidt, Ruth; Sorbi, Sandro; Hagg, Sara; Engelborghs, Sebastiaan; Helisalmi, Seppo; Sando, Sigrid Botne; Kern, Silke; Archetti, Silvana; Boschi, Silvia; Fostinelli, Silvia; Gil, Silvia; Mendoza, Silvia; Mead, Simon; Ciccone, Simona; Djurovic, Srdjan; Heilmann-Heimbach, Stefanie; Riedel-Heller, Steffi; Kuulasmaa, Teemu; del Ser, Teodoro; Lebouvier, Thibaud; Polak, Thomas; Ngandu, Tiia; Grimmer, Timo; Bessi, Valentina; Escott-Price, Valentina; Giedraitis, Vilmantas; Deramecourt, Vincent; Maier, Wolfgang; Jian, Xueqiu; Pijnenburg, Yolande A L; Kehoe, Patrick Gavin; Garcia-Ribas, Guillermo; Sanchez-Juan, Pascual; Pastor, Pau; Perez-Tur, Jordi; Pinol-Ripoll, Gerard; de Munain, Adolfo Lopez; Maria Garcia-Alberca, Jose; Bullido, Maria J; Alvarez, Victoria; Lleo, Alberto; Real, Luis M; Mir, Pablo; Medina, Miguel; Scheltens, Philip; Holstege, Henne; Marquie, Marta; Eugenia Saez, Maria; Carracedo, Angel; Amouyel, Philippe; Schellenberg, Gerard D; Williams, Julie; Seshadri, Sudha; van Duijn, Cornelia M; Mather, Karen A; Sanchez-Valle, Raquel; Serrano-Rios, Manuel; Orellana, Adelina; Tarraga, Lluis; Blennow, Kaj; Huisman, Martijn; Andreassen, Ole A; Posthuma, Danielle; Clarimon, Jordi; Boada, Merce; van der Flier, Wiesje M; Ramirez, Alfredo; Lambert, Jean-Charles; van der Lee, Sven J; Ruiz, Agustin

Affiliations

Amsterdam UMC Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Amsterdam Publ Hlth Res Inst, Dept Epidemiol & Data Sci, Amsterdam, Netherlands - Author
Azienda Ospedaliera - Universitaria Citta della Salute e della Scienza di Torino - Author
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Cagliari - Author
Biodonostia Health Research Institute - Author
Cardiff Univ, MRC Ctr Neuropsychiat Genet & Genom, Div Psychol Med & Clinial Neurosci, Cardiff, Wales - Author
Cardiff University - Author
Centro de Investigacion Biomedica en Red de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabolicas Asociadas - Author
CIBER Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas - Author
CIEN Fdn, Queen Sofia Fdn, Alzheimer Ctr, Madrid, Spain - Author
Ctr Andaluz Estudios Bioinformat, CAEBI, Seville, Spain - Author
Delft Univ Technol, Delft Bioinformat Lab, Delft, Netherlands - Author
Deutsches Zentrum fur Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen e.V. - Author
Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi - Author
Fundacio Docencia & Recerca MutuaTerrassa, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Goteborg University, Sahlgrenska Academy - Author
Haugesund Hospital - Author
Hosp Clin Univ Virgen de la Arrixaca, Unidad Demencias, Murcia, Spain - Author
Hosp La Paz, IdiPAZ, Inst Hlth Res, Madrid, Spain - Author
Hosp Univ & Politecn La Fe, Serv Neurol, Valencia, Spain - Author
Hosp Univ Cent Asturias, Serv Neurol, Oviedo, Spain - Author
Hosp Univ Donostia, Dept Neurol, San Sebastian, Spain - Author
Hosp Univ La Paz, Inst Invest Sanitaria, Dept Neurol, IdiPAZ,La Paz Univ Hosp, Madrid, Spain - Author
Hosp Univ Mutua Terrassa, Dept Neurol, Memory Disorders Unit, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Hosp Univ Santa Maria Lleida, Unitat Trastorns Cognitius, Lleida, Spain - Author
Hosp Univ Valme, Unidad Clin Enfermedades Infecciosas & Microbiol, Seville, Spain - Author
Hospital Clinico San Carlos de Madrid - Author
Hospital Universitari I Politècnic la Fe - Author
Hospital Universitario de Valme - Author
Hospital Universitario La Paz - Author
HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DEL ROCIO - Author
Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca - Author
Inst Biodonostia, Neurosci Area, San Sebastian, Spain - Author
Inst Invest Sanitaria Principado Asturias ISPA, Oviedo, Spain - Author
Inst Recerca Biomed Lleida IRBLLeida, Lleida, Spain - Author
Inst Salud Carlos III, UFIEC, Madrid, Spain - Author
Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Lleida Fundació Dr. Pifarré - Author
Instituto de Investigacion Hospital Universitario La Paz (IdiPAZ) - Author
Instituut Born-Bunge - Author
IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza - Author
Ita-Suomen yliopisto - Author
Karolinska Inst, Dept Med Epidemiol & Biostat, Stockholm, Sweden - Author
Medizinische Fakultät - Author
Murdoch Univ, Math & Stat, Perth, WA, Australia - Author
Natl Inst Hlth Carlos III, Network Ctr Biomed Res Neurodegenerat Dis, CIBERNED, Madrid, Spain - Author
Panepistimio Thesalias - Author
Stavanger University Hospital - Author
Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Neurol, II B St Pau, Hosp Santa Creu & St Pau, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Univ Autonoma Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Barcelona, Hosp Clin Barcelona, Alzheimers Dis & Other Cognit Disorders Unit, Serv Neurol,Inst Invest Biomed August Pi I Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Univ Cantabria, Neurol Serv, Marques de Valdecilla Univ Hosp, Santander, Spain - Author
Univ Clin Bonn, Dept Neurodegenerat Dis & Geriatr Psychiat, Bonn, Germany - Author
Univ Cologne, Med Fac, Dept Psychiat & Psychotherapy, Div Neurogenet & Mol Psychiat, Cologne, Germany - Author
Univ Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska Acad, Ctr Ageing & Hlth AgeCap,Dept Psychiat & Neuroche, Inst Neurosci & Physiol,Neuropsychiat Epidemiol U, Gothenburg, Sweden - Author
Univ Int Catalunya, Inst Catala Neurociencies Aplicades, Memory Clin Fundacio ACE, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Univ Int Catalunya, Res Ctr, Inst Catala Neurociencies Aplicades, Barcelona, Spain - Author
Univ Lille, INSERM, Inst Pasteur Lille, CHU Lille,U1167 Labex DISTALZ Rid Age Risk Factor, Lille, France - Author
Univ Malaga, Sch Med, Dept Especialidades Quirurg Bioquim & Inmunol, Malaga, Spain - Author
Univ Oviedo, Dept Med, Oviedo, Spain - Author
Univ Santiago de Compostela, Ctr Nacl Genotipado CEGEN PRB3 ISCIII, Grp Med Xenom, Santiago De Compostela, Spain - Author
Univ Seville, Hosp Univ Virgen del Rocio, Serv Neurol & Neurofisiol, Unidad Demencias,CSIC,Inst Biomed Sevilla IBIS, Seville, Spain - Author
Univ Washington, Dept Med, Cardiovasc Hlth Res Unit, Seattle, WA USA - Author
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - Author
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela - Author
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Author
Università degli studi di Cagliari - Author
Università degli Studi di Firenze - Author
UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI MILANO - Author
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - Author
Universitat Internacional de Catalunya - Author
Universitats-Klinikum Bonn und Medizinische Fakultat - Author
Universite de Bordeaux - Author
Universite de Lille - Author
Universite de Rouen Normandie - Author
Universitetet i Bergen - Author
University of California, Riverside - Author
University of Southampton, Faculty of Medicine - Author
University of Washington School of Medicine - Author
Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Alzheimer Ctr Amsterdam, Dept Neurol, Amsterdam UMC,Amsterdam Neurosci, Amsterdam, Netherlands - Author
Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Ctr Neurogen & Cognit Res, Amsterdam Neurosci, Dept Complex Trait Genet, Amsterdam, Netherlands - Author
Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Dept Clin Genet, Sect Genom Neurodegenerat Dis & Aging, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands - Author
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Abstract

Genetic discoveries of Alzheimer's disease are the drivers of our understanding, and together with polygenetic risk stratification can contribute towards planning of feasible and efficient preventive and curative clinical trials. We first perform a large genetic association study by merging all available case-control datasets and by-proxy study results (discovery n = 409,435 and validation size n = 58,190). Here, we add six variants associated with Alzheimer's disease risk (near APP, CHRNE, PRKD3/NDUFAF7, PLCG2 and two exonic variants in the SHARPIN gene). Assessment of the polygenic risk score and stratifying by APOE reveal a 4 to 5.5 years difference in median age at onset of Alzheimer's disease patients in APOE ɛ4 carriers. Because of this study, the underlying mechanisms of APP can be studied to refine the amyloid cascade and the polygenic risk score provides a tool to select individuals at high risk of Alzheimer's disease.

Keywords

agefamily-historyimmunitymetaanalysisAge of onsetAgedAged, 80 and overAlzheimer diseaseAmyloid beta-protein precursorApolipoproteins eApp protein, humanCase-control studiesCohort studiesDatasets as topicFemaleFollow-up studiesGenetic predisposition to diseaseGenome-wide association studyHeterozygoteHumansMaleMiddle agedMultifactorial inheritancePolymorphism, single nucleotideRisk assessmentRisk factorsSusceptibility loci

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Nature Communications due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position 6/74, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Multidisciplinary Sciences. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 10.77. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 14, 2024)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 14.96 (source consulted: FECYT Feb 2024)
  • Field Citation Ratio (FCR) from Dimensions: 57.8 (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-16, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 149
  • Scopus: 172
  • Europe PMC: 92

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-16:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 375.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 344 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 86.1.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 57 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions in news outlets: 6 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Australia; Austria; Belgium; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Italy; Netherlands; Norway; Portugal; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom; United States of America.