Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

Genome-wide association study of REM sleep behavior disorder identifies polygenic risk and brain expression effects

  • Lynne Krohn,
  • Karl Heilbron,
  • Cornelis Blauwendraat,
  • Regina H. Reynolds,
  • Eric Yu,
  • Konstantin Senkevich,
  • Uladzislau Rudakou,
  • Mehrdad A. Estiar,
  • Emil K. Gustavsson,
  • Kajsa Brolin,
  • Jennifer A. Ruskey,
  • Kathryn Freeman,
  • Farnaz Asayesh,
  • Ruth Chia,
  • Isabelle Arnulf,
  • Michele T. M. Hu,
  • Jacques Y. Montplaisir,
  • Jean-François Gagnon,
  • Alex Desautels,
  • Yves Dauvilliers,
  • Gian Luigi Gigli,
  • Mariarosaria Valente,
  • Francesco Janes,
  • Andrea Bernardini,
  • Birgit Högl,
  • Ambra Stefani,
  • Abubaker Ibrahim,
  • Karel Šonka,
  • David Kemlink,
  • Wolfgang Oertel,
  • Annette Janzen,
  • Giuseppe Plazzi,
  • Francesco Biscarini,
  • Elena Antelmi,
  • Michela Figorilli,
  • Monica Puligheddu,
  • Brit Mollenhauer,
  • Claudia Trenkwalder,
  • Friederike Sixel-Döring,
  • Valérie Cochen De Cock,
  • Christelle Charley Monaca,
  • Anna Heidbreder,
  • Luigi Ferini-Strambi,
  • Femke Dijkstra,
  • Mineke Viaene,
  • Beatriz Abril,
  • Bradley F. Boeve,
  • 23andMe Research Team,
  • Sonja W. Scholz,
  • Mina Ryten,
  • Sara Bandres-Ciga,
  • Alastair Noyce,
  • Paul Cannon,
  • Lasse Pihlstrøm,
  • Mike A. Nalls,
  • Andrew B. Singleton,
  • Guy A. Rouleau,
  • Ronald B. Postuma,
  • Ziv Gan-Or

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34732-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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REM-sleep behavior disorder often precedes Parkinson’s disease or dementia. Here, the authors perform a genome-wide association study for REM-sleep behavior disorder, and discover how it potentially affects gene expression in the brain.