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The genetic landscape of neuro-related proteins in human plasma

  • Linda Repetto
  • , Jiantao Chen
  • , Zhijian Yang
  • , Ranran Zhai
  • , Paul R.H.J. Timmers
  • , Xiao Feng
  • , Ting Li
  • , Yue Yao
  • , Denis Maslov
  • , Anna Timoshchuk
  • , Fengyu Tu
  • , Emma L. Twait
  • , Sebastian May-Wilson
  • , Marisa D. Muckian
  • , Bram P. Prins
  • , Grace Png
  • , Charles Kooperberg
  • , Åsa Johansson
  • , Robert F. Hillary
  • , Eleanor Wheeler
  • Lu Pan, Yazhou He, Sofia Klasson, Shahzad Ahmad, James E. Peters, Arthur Gilly, Maria Karaleftheri, Emmanouil Tsafantakis, Jeffrey Haessler, Ulf Gyllensten, Sarah E. Harris, Nicholas J. Wareham, Andreas Göteson, Cecilia Lagging, Mohammad Arfan Ikram, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Christina Jern, Mikael Landén, Claudia Langenberg, Ian J. Deary, Riccardo E. Marioni, Stefan Enroth, Alexander P. Reiner, George Dedoussis, Eleftheria Zeggini, Sodbo Sharapov, Yurii S. Aulchenko, Adam S. Butterworth, Anders Mälarstig, James F. Wilson, Pau Navarro, Xia Shen
  • Sun Yat-Sen University
  • Fudan University
  • The University of Edinburgh Medical School
  • Human Technopole
  • School of Life Sciences Fudan University
  • Karolinska Institutet
  • MRC Human Genetics Unit
  • Moscow State University
  • University Medical Center Utrecht
  • University of Cambridge
  • Helmholtz Zentrum München German Research Center for Environmental Health
  • Technical University of Munich
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
  • Uppsala University
  • University of Edinburgh
  • MRC Epidemiology Unit
  • Sichuan University
  • Göteborgs Universitet
  • Erasmus University Medical Center
  • Technology and Medicine
  • Echinos Medical Centre
  • Anogia Medical Centre
  • Sahlgrenska University Hospital
  • Charite Universitätsmedizin Berlin
  • Queen Mary University of London
  • University of Washington
  • Harokopio University
  • Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
  • Pfizer Limited, UK

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Abstract

Understanding the genetic basis of neuro-related proteins is essential for dissecting the molecular basis of human behavioural traits and the disease aetiology of neuropsychiatric disorders. Here the SCALLOP Consortium conducted a genome-wide association meta-analysis of over 12,000 individuals for 184 neuro-related proteins in human plasma. The analysis identified 125 cis-regulatory protein quantitative trait loci (cis-pQTL) and 164 trans-pQTL. The mapped pQTL capture on average 50% of each protein’s heritability. At the cis-pQTL, multiple proteins shared a genetic basis with human behavioural traits such as alcohol and food intake, smoking and educational attainment, as well as neurological conditions and psychiatric disorders such as pain, neuroticism and schizophrenia. Integrating with established drug information, the causal inference analysis validated 52 out of 66 matched combinations of protein targets and diseases or side effects with available drugs while suggesting hundreds of repurposing and new therapeutic targets.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2222-2234
Number of pages13
JournalNature Human Behaviour
Volume8
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2024

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