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Are rare heterozygous SYNJ1 variants associated with Parkinson's disease?

Senkevich, K.; Parlar, S. C.; Chantereault, C.; Yu, E.; Ahmad, J.; Ruskey, J. A.; Asayesh, F.; Spiegelman, D.; Waters, C.; Monchi, O.; Dauvilliers, Y.; Dupre, N.; Miliukhina, I.; Timofeeva, A.; Emelyanov, A.; Pchelina, S.; Greenbaum, L.; Hassin-Baer, S.; Alcalay, R. N.; Gan-Or, Z.

2024-06-01 genetic and genomic medicine
10.1101/2024.05.29.24307986 medRxiv
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Previous studies have suggested that rare biallelic SYNJ1 mutations may cause autosomal recessive parkinsonism and Parkinsons disease (PD). Our study explored the impact of rare SYNJ1 variants in non-familial settings, including 8,165 PD cases, 818 early-onset PD (EOPD, <50 years) and 70,363 controls. Burden meta-analysis using optimized sequence Kernel association test (SKAT-O) revealed an association between rare nonsynonymous variants in the Sac1 SYNJ1 domain and PD (Pfdr=0.040). Additionally, a meta-analysis focusing on patients with EOPD demonstrated an association between all rare SYNJ1 variants and PD (Pfdr=0.029). Rare SYNJ1 variants may be associated with sporadic PD, and more specifically with EOPD.

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