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    The Parkinson's Disease genome-wide association study locus browser

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    Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease with an often complex component identifiable by genome-wide association studies. The most recent large-scale PD genome-wide association studies have identified more than 90 independent risk variants for PD risk and progression across more than 80 genomic regions. One major challenge in current genomics is the identification of the causal gene(s) and variant(s) at each genome-wide association study locus. The objective of the current study was to create a tool that would display data for relevant PD risk loci and provide guidance with the prioritization of causal genes and potential mechanisms at each locus. Methods: We included all significant genome-wide signals from multiple recent PD genome-wide association studies including themost recent PD risk genome-wide association study, age-at-onset genome-wide association study, progression genome-wide association study, and Asian population PD risk genome-wide association study. We gathered data for all genes 1 Mb up and downstream of each variant to allow users to assess which gene(s) are most associated with the variant of interest based on a set of self-ranked criteria. Multiple databases were queried for each gene to collect additional causal data. Results: We created a PD genome-wide association study browser tool (https://pdgenetics.shinyapps.io/GWASBrowser/) to assist the PD research community with the prioritization of genes for follow-up functional studies to identify potential therapeutic targets. Conclusions: Our PD genome-wide association study browser tool provides users with a useful method of identifying potential causal genes at all known PD risk loci from large-scale PD genome-wide association studies. We plan to update this tool with new relevant data as sample sizes increase and new PD risk loci are discovered

    The IPDGC/GP2 Hackathon - an open science event for training in data science, genomics, and collaboration using Parkinson’s disease data

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    Open science and collaboration are necessary to facilitate the advancement of Parkinson's disease (PD) research. Hackathons are collaborative events that bring together people with different skill sets and backgrounds to generate resources and creative solutions to problems. These events can be used as training and networking opportunities, thus we coordinated a virtual 3-day hackathon event, during which 49 early-career scientists from 12 countries built tools and pipelines with a focus on PD. Resources were created with the goal of helping scientists accelerate their own research by having access to the necessary code and tools. Each team was allocated one of nine different projects, each with a different goal. These included developing post-genome-wide association studies (GWAS) analysis pipelines, downstream analysis of genetic variation pipelines, and various visualization tools. Hackathons are a valuable approach to inspire creative thinking, supplement training in data science, and foster collaborative scientific relationships, which are foundational practices for early-career researchers. The resources generated can be used to accelerate research on the genetics of PD

    The IPDGC/GP2 Hackathon - an open science event for training in data science, genomics, and collaboration using Parkinson's disease data

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    Open science and collaboration are necessary to facilitate the advancement of Parkinson's disease (PD) research. Hackathons are collaborative events that bring together people with different skill sets and backgrounds to generate resources and creative solutions to problems. These events can be used as training and networking opportunities, thus we coordinated a virtual 3-day hackathon event, during which 49 early-career scientists from 12 countries built tools and pipelines with a focus on PD. Resources were created with the goal of helping scientists accelerate their own research by having access to the necessary code and tools. Each team was allocated one of nine different projects, each with a different goal. These included developing post-genome-wide association studies (GWAS) analysis pipelines, downstream analysis of genetic variation pipelines, and various visualization tools. Hackathons are a valuable approach to inspire creative thinking, supplement training in data science, and foster collaborative scientific relationships, which are foundational practices for early-career researchers. The resources generated can be used to accelerate research on the genetics of PD.This project was supported by the Global Parkinson’s Genetics Program (GP2). GP2 is funded by the Aligning Science Against Parkinson’s (ASAP) initiative and implemented by The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (https://gp2.org).Open Access funding provided by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).This research was supported in part by the Intramural Research Program of the NIH, National Institute on Aging (NIA), National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; project numbers ZO1 AG000535 and ZO1 AG000949, as well as the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and StrokePeer reviewe

    Investigation of autosomal genetic sex differences in Parkinson's disease

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    Objective: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder. Men are on average 1.5 times more likely to develop PD compared to women with European ancestry. Over the years, genomewide association studies (GWAS) have identified numerous genetic risk factors for PD, however, it is unclear whether genetics contribute to dis ease etiology in a sex-specific manner.Methods: In an effort to study sex-specific genetic factors associated with PD, we explored 2 large genetic datasets from the International Parkinson’s Disease Genomics Consortium and the UK Biobank consisting of 13,020 male PD cases, 7,936 paternal proxy cases, 89,660 male controls, 7,947 female PD cases, 5,473 maternal proxy cases, and 90,662 female controls. We per formed GWAS meta-analyses to identify distinct patterns of genetic risk contributing to disease in male versus female PD cases. Results: In total, 19 genomewide significant regions were identified and no sex-specific effects were observed. A high genetic correlation between the male and female PD GWAS were identified (rg = 0.877) and heritability estimates were identical between male and female PD cases (~ 20%). Interpretation: We did not detect any significant genetic differences between male or female PD cases. Our study does not support the notion that common genetic variation on the autosomes could explain the difference in preva lence of PD between males and females cases at least when considering the current sample size under study. Further studies are warranted to investigate the genetic architecture of PD explained by X and Y chromosomes and further evaluate environmental effects that could potentially contribute to PD etiology in male versus female patients

    Investigation of Autosomal Genetic Sex Differences in Parkinson's Disease

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    Objective: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a complex neurodegenerative disorder. Men are on average similar to 1.5 times more likely to develop PD compared to women with European ancestry. Over the years, genomewide association studies (GWAS) have identified numerous genetic risk factors for PD, however, it is unclear whether genetics contribute to disease etiology in a sex-specific manner. Methods: In an effort to study sex-specific genetic factors associated with PD, we explored 2 large genetic datasets from the International Parkinson's Disease Genomics Consortium and the UK Biobank consisting of 13,020 male PD cases, 7,936 paternal proxy cases, 89,660 male controls, 7,947 female PD cases, 5,473 maternal proxy cases, and 90,662 female controls. We performed GWAS meta-analyses to identify distinct patterns of genetic risk contributing to disease in male versus female PD cases. Results: In total, 19 genomewide significant regions were identified and no sex-specific effects were observed. A high genetic correlation between the male and female PD GWAS were identified (rg = 0.877) and heritability estimates were identical between male and female PD cases (similar to 20%). Interpretation: We did not detect any significant genetic differences between male or female PD cases. Our study does not support the notion that common genetic variation on the autosomes could explain the difference in prevalence of PD between males and females cases at least when considering the current sample size under study. Further studies are warranted to investigate the genetic architecture of PD explained by X and Y chromosomes and further evaluate environmental effects that could potentially contribute to PD etiology in male versus female patients.Peer reviewe

    The Parkinson's Disease Genome‐Wide Association Study Locus Browser

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    International Parkinson's Disease Genomics Consortium (IPDGC).[Background] Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease with an often complex component identifiable by genome‐wide association studies. The most recent large‐scale PD genome‐wide association studies have identified more than 90 independent risk variants for PD risk and progression across more than 80 genomic regions. One major challenge in current genomics is the identification of the causal gene(s) and variant(s) at each genome‐wide association study locus. The objective of the current study was to create a tool that would display data for relevant PD risk loci and provide guidance with the prioritization of causal genes and potential mechanisms at each locus.[Methods] We included all significant genome‐wide signals from multiple recent PD genome‐wide association studies including themost recent PD risk genome‐wide association study, age‐at‐onset genome‐wide association study, progression genome‐wide association study, and Asian population PD risk genome‐wide association study. We gathered data for all genes 1 Mb up and downstream of each variant to allow users to assess which gene(s) are most associated with the variant of interest based on a set of self‐ranked criteria. Multiple databases were queried for each gene to collect additional causal data.[Results] We created a PD genome‐wide association study browser tool (https://pdgenetics.shinyapps.io/GWASBrowser/) to assist the PD research community with the prioritization of genes for follow‐up functional studies to identify potential therapeutic targets.[Conclusions] Our PD genome‐wide association study browser tool provides users with a useful method of identifying potential causal genes at all known PD risk loci from large‐scale PD genome‐wide association studies. We plan to update this tool with new relevant data as sample sizes increase and new PD risk loci are discovered. © 2020 The Authors. Movement Disorders published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society. This article has been contributed to by US Government employees and their work is in the public domain in the USA.This work was supported in part by the Intramural Research Programs of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), the National Institute on Aging (NIA), and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, both part of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services (project numbers 1ZIA‐NS003154, Z01‐AG000949‐02, and Z01‐ES101986). We thank the research participants and employees of 23andMe for making this work possible. C.W. is supported by the UK Dementia Research Institute funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC), Alzheimer's Society and Alzheimer's Research UK. C.S. is supported by the Ser Cymru II program, which is partly funded by Cardiff University and the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Government. Data were generated as part of the PsychENCODE Consortium supported by: U01MH103339, U01MH103365, U01MH103392, U01MH103340, U01MH103346, R01MH105472, R01MH094714, R01MH105898, R21MH102791, R21MH105881, R21MH103877, and P50MH106934 awarded to Schahram Akbarian (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), Gregory Crawford (Duke), Stella Dracheva (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), Peggy Farnham (USC), Mark Gerstein (Yale), Daniel Geschwind (UCLA), Thomas M. Hyde (LIBD), Andrew Jaffe (LIBD), James A. Knowles (USC), Chunyu Liu (UIC), Dalila Pinto (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), Nenad Sestan (Yale), Pamela Sklar (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), Matthew State (UCSF), Patrick Sullivan (UNC), Flora Vaccarino (Yale), Sherman Weissman (Yale), Kevin White (UChicago), and Peter Zandi (JHU). The Genotype‐Tissue Expression (GTEx) Project was supported by the Common Fund of the Office of the Director of the National Institutes of Health, and by NCI, NHGRI, NHLBI, NIDA, NIMH, and NINDS. The data used for the analyses described in this article were obtained from the GTEx Portal on February 12, 2020. Molecular data for the Trans‐Omics in Precision Medicine (TOPMed) program was supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Genome sequencing for “NHLBI TOPMed: Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC)” (phs001211.v2.p2) was performed at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (3R01HL092577‐06S1)and at the Baylor Human Genome Sequencing Center (3U54HG003273‐12S2, HHSN268201500015C). Genome sequencing for the “NHLBI TOPMed: Cleveland Clinic Atrial Fibrillation (CCAF) Study” (phs001189.v1.p1) was performed at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (3R01HL092577‐06S1). Genome sequencing for “NHLBI TOPMed: Trans‐Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) Whole Genome Sequencing Project: Cardiovascular Health Study (phs001368.v1.p1) was performed at the Baylor Human Genome Sequencing Center (3U54HG003273‐12S2, HHSN268201500015C). Genome sequencing for “NHLBI TOPMed: Partners HealthCare Biobank” (phs001024.v3.p1) was performed at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (3R01HL092577‐06S1). Genome sequencing for “NHLBI TOPMed: Whole Genome Sequencing of Venous Thromboembolism (WGS of VTE)” (phs001402.v1.p1) was performed at the Baylor Human Genome Sequencing Center (3U54HG003273‐12S2, HHSN268201500015C). Genome sequencing for “NHLBI TOPMed: Novel Risk Factors for the Development of Atrial Fibrillation in Women” (phs001040.v3.p1) was performed at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (3R01HL092577‐06S1). Genome sequencing for “NHLBI TOPMed: The Genetics and Epidemiology of Asthma in Barbados” (phs001143.v2.p1) was performed by Illumina Genomic Services (3R01HL104608‐04S1). Genome sequencing for “NHLBI TOPMed: The Vanderbilt Genetic Basis of Atrial Fibrillation” (phs001032.v4.p2) was performed at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (3R01HL092577‐06S1). Genome sequencing for “NHLBI TOPMed: Heart and Vascular Health Study (HVH)” (phs000993.v3.p2) was performed at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (3R01HL092577‐06S1) and at the Baylor Human Genome Sequencing Center (3U54HG003273‐12S2, HHSN268201500015C). Genome sequencing for “NHLBI TOPMed: Genetic Epidemiology of COPD (COPDGene)” (phs000951.v3.p3) was performed at the University of Washington Northwest Genomics Center (3R01HL089856‐08S1) and at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (HHSN268201500014C). Genome sequencing for “NHLBI TOPMed: The Vanderbilt Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Registry” (phs000997.v3.p2) was performed at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (3U54HG003067‐12S2, 3U54HG003067‐13S1). Genome sequencing for “NHLBI TOPMed: The Jackson Heart Study” (phs000964.v3.p1) was performed at the University of Washington Northwest Genomics Center (HHSN268201100037C). Genome sequencing for “NHLBI TOPMed: Genetics of Cardiometabolic Health in the Amish” (phs000956.v3.p1) was performed at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (3R01HL121007‐01S1). Genome sequencing for “NHLBI TOPMed: Massachusetts General Hospital Atrial Fibrillation (MGH AF) Study” (phs001062.v3.p2) was performed at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (3R01HL092577‐06S1, 3U54HG003067‐12S2, 3U54HG003067‐13S1, 3UM1HG008895‐01S2). Genome sequencing for “NHLBI TOPMed: The Framingham Heart Study” (phs000974.v3.p2) was performed at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (3U54HG003067‐12S2). Core support including centralized genomic read mapping and genotype calling, along with variant quality metrics and filtering, were provided by the TOPMed Informatics Research Center (3R01HL‐117626‐02S1; contract HHSN268201800002I). Core support including phenotype harmonization, data management, sample‐identity QC, and general program coordination were provided by the TOPMed Data Coordinating Center (R01HL‐120393; U01HL‐120393; contract HHSN268201800001I). We gratefully acknowledge the studies and participants who provided biological samples and data for TOPMed. The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study has been funded in whole or in part with federal funds from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institute of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under contract numbers (HHSN268201700001I, HHSN268201700002I, HHSN268201700003I, HHSN268201700004I, and HHSN268201700005I). The authors thank the staff and participants of the ARIC study for their important contributions. The research reported in this article was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute grants R01 HL090620 and R01 HL111314, the NIH National Center for Research Resources for Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) UL1‐RR024989, the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine philanthropic research fund, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, the Fondation Leducq grant 07‐CVD 03, and the Atrial Fibrillation Innovation Center, state of Ohio. This research was supported by contracts HHSN268201200036C, HHSN268200800007C, N01‐HC85079, N01‐HC‐85080, N01‐HC‐85081, N01‐HC‐85082, N01‐HC‐85083, N01‐HC‐85084, N01‐HC‐85085, N01‐HC‐85086, N01‐HC‐35129, N01‐HC‐15103, N01‐HC‐55222, N01‐HC‐75150, N01‐HC‐45133, and N01‐ HC‐85239; grant numbers U01 HL080295 and U01 HL130014 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and R01 AG023629 from the National Institute on Aging, with additional contribution from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. A full list of principal CHS investigators and institutions can be found at https://chs-nhlbi.org/pi. This article was not prepared in collaboration with CHS investigators and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or views of CHS or the NHLBI. We thank the Broad Institute for generating high‐quality sequence data supported by NHLBI grant 3R01HL092577‐06S1 to Dr. Patrick Ellinor. Funded in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL66216 and HL83141), and the National Human Genome Research Institute (HG04735). The Women's Genome Health Study (WGHS) is supported by HL 043851 and HL099355 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and CA 047988 from the National Cancer Institute, the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation with collaborative scientific support and funding for genotyping provided by Amgen. AF end‐point confirmation was supported by HL‐093613 and a grant from the Harris Family Foundation and Watkin's Foundation. The Genetics and Epidemiology of Asthma in Barbados is supported by National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute TOPMed (R01 HL104608‐S1), and R01 AI20059, K23 HL076322, and RC2 HL101651. The research reported in this article was supported by grants from the American Heart Association to Dr. Darbar (EIA 0940116N), and grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to Dr. Darbar (HL092217), and Dr. Roden (U19 HL65962, and UL1 RR024975). This project was also supported by a CTSA award (UL1TR000445) from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent official views of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences of the NIH. The research reported in this article was supported by grants HL068986, HL085251, HL095080, and HL073410 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. This article was not prepared in collaboration with Heart and Vascular Health (HVH) Study investigators and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or views of the HVH Study or the NHLBI. This research used data generated by the COPDGene study, which was supported by NIH grants U01 HL089856 and U01 HL089897. The COPDGene project is also supported by the COPD Foundation through contributions made by an Industry Advisory Board composed of Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, Novartis, and Sunovion. Centralized read mapping and genotype calling, along with variant quality metrics and filtering were provided by the TOPMed Informatics Research Center (3R01HL‐117626‐02S1; contract HHSN268201800002I). Phenotype harmonization, data management, sample‐identity QC, and general study coordination were provided by the TOPMed Data Coordinating Center (3R01HL‐120393‐02S1; contract HHSN268201800001I). We gratefully acknowledge the studies and participants who provided biological samples and data for TOPMed. This study is part of the Centers for Common Disease Genomics (CCDG) program, a large‐scale genome sequencing effort to identify rare risk and protective alleles that contribute to a range of common disease phenotypes. The CCDG program is funded by the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Sequencing was completed at the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine under NHGRI grant UM1 HG008898. The research reported in this article was supported by grants from the American Heart Association to Dr. Shoemaker (11CRP742009) and Dr. Darbar (EIA 0940116N), and grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to Dr. Darbar (R01 HL092217) and Dr. Roden (U19 HL65962 and UL1 RR024975). The project was also supported by a CTSA award (UL1 TR00045) from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent official views of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences or the NIH. The Jackson Heart Study (JHS) is supported and conducted in collaboration with Jackson State University (HHSN268201800013I), Tougaloo College (HHSN268201800014I), the Mississippi State Department of Health (HHSN268201800015I/HHSN26800001), and the University of Mississippi Medical Center (HHSN268201800010I, HHSN268201800011I, and HHSN268201800012I) contracts from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the National Institute for Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD). The authors also thank the staffs and participants of the JHS. The Amish studies on which these data are based were supported by NIH grants R01 AG18728, U01 HL072515, R01 HL088119, R01 HL121007, and P30 DK072488. See publication PMID: 18440328. The research reported in this article was supported by NIH grants K23HL071632, K23HL114724, R21DA027021, R01HL092577, R01HL092577S1, R01HL104156, K24HL105780, and U01HL65962. The research has also been supported by an Established Investigator Award from the American Heart Association (13EIA14220013) and by support from the Fondation Leducq (14CVD01). This article was not prepared in collaboration with MGH AF Study investigators and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or views of the MGH AF Study investigators or the NHLBI. The Framingham Heart Study is conducted and supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) in collaboration with Boston University (contract nos. N01‐HC‐25195, HHSN268201500001I, and 75N92019D00031). This article was not prepared in collaboration with investigators of the Framingham Heart Study and does not necessarily reflect the opinions or views of the Framingham Heart Study, Boston University, or NHLBI

    The Parkinson's DiseaseGenome-WideAssociation Study Locus Browser

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    Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease with an often complex component identifiable by genome-wide association studies. The most recent large-scale PD genome-wide association studies have identified more than 90 independent risk variants for PD risk and progression across more than 80 genomic regions. One major challenge in current genomics is the identification of the causal gene(s) and variant(s) at each genome-wide association study locus. The objective of the current study was to create a tool that would display data for relevant PD risk loci and provide guidance with the prioritization of causal genes and potential mechanisms at each locus. Methods: We included all significant genome-wide signals from multiple recent PD genome-wide association studies including themost recent PD risk genome-wide association study, age-at-onset genome-wide association study, progression genome-wide association study, and Asian population PD risk genome-wide association study. We gathered data for all genes 1 Mb up and downstream of each variant to allow users to assess which gene(s) are most associated with the variant of interest based on a set of self-ranked criteria. Multiple databases were queried for each gene to collect additional causal data. Results: We created a PD genome-wide association study browser tool (https://pdgenetics.shinyapps.io/GWASBrowser/) to assist the PD research community with the prioritization of genes for follow-up functional studies to identify potential therapeutic targets. Conclusions: Our PD genome-wide association study browser tool provides users with a useful method of identifying potential causal genes at all known PD risk loci from large-scale PD genome-wide association studies. We plan to update this tool with new relevant data as sample sizes increase and new PD risk loci are discovered

    Genome-wide analysis of Structural Variants in Parkinson's Disease.

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    ObjectiveIdentification of genetic risk factors for Parkinson's disease (PD) has to date been primarily limited to the study of single nucleotide variants, which only represent a small fraction of the genetic variation in the human genome. Consequently, causal variants for most PD risk are not known. Here we focused on structural variants (SVs), which represent a major source of genetic variation in the human genome. We aimed to discover SVs associated with PD risk by performing the first large-scale characterization of SVs in PD.MethodsWe leveraged a recently developed computational pipeline to detect and genotype SVs from 7,772 Illumina short-read whole genome sequencing samples. Using this set of SV variants, we performed a genome-wide association study using 2,585 cases and 2,779 controls and identified SVs associated with PD risk. Furthermore, to validate the presence of these variants, we generated a subset of matched whole-genome long-read sequencing data.ResultsWe genotyped and tested 3,154 common SVs, representing over 412 million nucleotides of previously uncatalogued genetic variation. Using long-read sequencing data, we validated the presence of three novel deletion SVs that are associated with risk of PD from our initial association analysis, including a 2kb intronic deletion within the gene LRRN4.InterpretationWe identify three SVs associated with genetic risk of PD. This study represents the most comprehensive assessment of the contribution of SVs to the genetic risk of PD to date. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved
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