Genetic correlation between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and schizophrenia



McLaughlin, Russell L, Schijven, Dick, van Rheenen, Wouter, van Eijk, Kristel R, O'Brien, Margaret, Kahn, Rene S, Ophoff, Roel A, Goris, An, Bradley, Daniel G, Al-Chalabi, Ammar
et al (show 4 more authors) (2017) Genetic correlation between amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and schizophrenia. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 8 (1). 14774-.

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Abstract

We have previously shown higher-than-expected rates of schizophrenia in relatives of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), suggesting an aetiological relationship between the diseases. Here, we investigate the genetic relationship between ALS and schizophrenia using genome-wide association study data from over 100,000 unique individuals. Using linkage disequilibrium score regression, we estimate the genetic correlation between ALS and schizophrenia to be 14.3% (7.05-21.6; P=1 × 10<sup>-4</sup>) with schizophrenia polygenic risk scores explaining up to 0.12% of the variance in ALS (P=8.4 × 10<sup>-7</sup>). A modest increase in comorbidity of ALS and schizophrenia is expected given these findings (odds ratio 1.08-1.26) but this would require very large studies to observe epidemiologically. We identify five potential novel ALS-associated loci using conditional false discovery rate analysis. It is likely that shared neurobiological mechanisms between these two disorders will engender novel hypotheses in future preclinical and clinical studies.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Project MinE GWAS Consortium, Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, Humans, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Linear Models, Odds Ratio, Case-Control Studies, Cohort Studies, Family, Schizophrenia, Comorbidity, Multifactorial Inheritance, Linkage Disequilibrium, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Genome-Wide Association Study, White People
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 02 May 2017 06:18
Last Modified: 14 Feb 2023 17:45
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14774
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3007194