Quantifying bone marrow adiposity and its genetic architecture from head MRI scans
Kaufmann, T.; Bjornstad, P. M.; Falck, M.; O'Connell, K. S.; Frei, O.; Andreassen, O. A.; Westlye, L. T.; Djurovic, S.; Hughes, T.
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Bone marrow adiposity changes radically through the lifespan, but this phenomenon is poorly characterised and understood in humans. Large datasets of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of the head have been collected to study the human brain, but also contain unexploited information about other organs. We developed an artificial neural network that localises calvarial bone marrow in T1-weighted MRI head scans, enabling us to study its composition in several large MRI datasets, and to model sex-dimorphic age trajectories, including the effect of menopause. We revealed high heritability in single-nucleotide polymorphism and twin data, and identified 41 genetic loci significantly associated with the trait, including six sex-specific loci. Integrating mapped genes with existing bone marrow single-cell RNA-sequencing data revealed patterns of adipogenic lineage differentiation and lipid loading. Finally, we identified significant genetic correlations with several human traits, including cognitive ability and Parkinsons disease, which is intriguing in light of the recently discovered channels that link calvarial bone marrow to the meninges.
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