Malcolm B. Dick

TL;DR: The Alzheimer Disease Genetics Consortium performed a genome-wide association study of late-onset Alzheimer disease using a three-stage design consisting of a discovery stage (stage 1), two replication stages (stages 2 and 3), and both joint analysis and meta-analysis approaches were used.

TL;DR: Three new genome-wide significant nonsynonymous variants associated with Alzheimer's disease are observed, providing additional evidence that the microglia-mediated innate immune response contributes directly to the development of Alzheimer's Disease.

TL;DR: Two associations at genome-wide significance identified and replicated at PRSS1-PRSS2 and X-linked CLDN2 are reported and could partially explain the high frequency of alcohol-related pancreatitis in men.

TL;DR: The authors' APOE-stratified GWAS is the first to show GWS association for AD with SNPs in the chromosome 17q21.31 region, and the finding in the stage 1 sample that AD risk is significantly influenced by the interaction of APOE with TMEM106B (P=1·6 × 10−7) is noteworthy, because TMEM 106B variants have previously been associated with risk of frontotemporal dementia.

TL;DR: The results showed that more animal names were produced by younger people and those with more education, while language background was an important factor: the Vietnamese produced the most animal names and the Spanish speakers produced the fewest.