Authors
Kevin P Kenna, Perry TC Van Doormaal, Annelot M Dekker, Nicola Ticozzi, Brendan J Kenna, Frank P Diekstra, Wouter Van Rheenen, Kristel R Van Eijk, Ashley R Jones, Pamela Keagle, Aleksey Shatunov, William Sproviero, Bradley N Smith, Michael A Van Es, Simon D Topp, Aoife Kenna, Jack W Miller, Claudia Fallini, Cinzia Tiloca, Russell L McLaughlin, Caroline Vance, Claire Troakes, Claudia Colombrita, Gabriele Mora, Andrea Calvo, Federico Verde, Safa Al-Sarraj, Andrew King, Daniela Calini, Jacqueline De Belleroche, Frank Baas, Anneke J Van Der Kooi, Marianne De Visser, Anneloor LMA Ten Asbroek, Peter C Sapp, Diane McKenna-Yasek, Meraida Polak, Seneshaw Asress, José Luis Muñoz-Blanco, Tim M Strom, Thomas Meitinger, Karen E Morrison, Giuseppe Lauria, Kelly L Williams, P Nigel Leigh, Garth A Nicholson, Ian P Blair, Claire S Leblond, Patrick A Dion, Guy A Rouleau, Hardev Pall, Pamela J Shaw, Martin R Turner, Kevin Talbot, Franco Taroni, Kevin B Boylan, Marka Van Blitterswijk, Rosa Rademakers, Jesús Esteban-Pérez, Alberto García-Redondo, Phillip Van Damme, Wim Robberecht, Adriano Chio, Cinzia Gellera, Carsten Drepper, Michael Sendtner, Antonia Ratti, Jonathan D Glass, Jesús S Mora, Nazli A Basak, Orla Hardiman, Albert C Ludolph, Peter M Andersen, Jochen H Weishaupt, Robert H Brown Jr, Ammar Al-Chalabi, Vincenzo Silani, Christopher E Shaw, Leonard H van den Berg, Jan H Veldink, John E Landers
Publication date
2016/9
Journal
Nature genetics
Volume
48
Issue
9
Pages
1037-1042
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group US
Description
To identify genetic factors contributing to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), we conducted whole-exome analyses of 1,022 index familial ALS (FALS) cases and 7,315 controls. In a new screening strategy, we performed gene-burden analyses trained with established ALS genes and identified a significant association between loss-of-function (LOF) NEK1 variants and FALS risk. Independently, autozygosity mapping for an isolated community in the Netherlands identified a NEK1 p.Arg261His variant as a candidate risk factor. Replication analyses of sporadic ALS (SALS) cases and independent control cohorts confirmed significant disease association for both p.Arg261His (10,589 samples analyzed) and NEK1 LOF variants (3,362 samples analyzed). In total, we observed NEK1 risk variants in nearly 3% of ALS cases. NEK1 has been linked to several cellular functions, including cilia formation, DNA-damage …
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