Sex-specific genetic architecture of late-life memory performance
dc.contributor.author | Eissman, Jaclyn M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Archer, Derek B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mukherjee, Shubhabrata | |
dc.contributor.author | Lee, Michael L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Choi, Seo-Eun | |
dc.contributor.author | Scollard, Phoebe | |
dc.contributor.author | Trittschuh, Emily H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mez, Jesse B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bush, William S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kunkle, Brian W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Naj, Adam C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Gifford, Katherine A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) | |
dc.contributor.author | Alzheimer's Disease Genetics Consortium (ADGC) | |
dc.contributor.author | The Alzheimer's Disease Sequencing Project (ADSP) | |
dc.contributor.author | Cuccaro, Michael L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Cruchaga, Carlos | |
dc.contributor.author | Pericak-Vance, Margaret A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Farrer, Lindsay A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wang, Li-San | |
dc.contributor.author | Schellenberg, Gerard D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mayeux, Richard P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Haines, Jonathan L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Jefferson, Angela L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kukull, Walter A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Keene, C. Dirk | |
dc.contributor.author | Saykin, Andrew J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Thompson, Paul M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Martin, Eden R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bennett, David A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Barnes, Lisa L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Schneider, Julie A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Crane, Paul K. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hohman, Timothy J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Dumitrescu, Logan | |
dc.contributor.department | Radiology and Imaging Sciences, School of Medicine | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-06-27T09:59:57Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-06-27T09:59:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Women demonstrate a memory advantage when cognitively healthy yet lose this advantage to men in Alzheimer's disease. However, the genetic underpinnings of this sex difference in memory performance remain unclear. Methods: We conducted the largest sex-aware genetic study on late-life memory to date (Nmales = 11,942; Nfemales = 15,641). Leveraging harmonized memory composite scores from four cohorts of cognitive aging and AD, we performed sex-stratified and sex-interaction genome-wide association studies in 24,216 non-Hispanic White and 3367 non-Hispanic Black participants. Results: We identified three sex-specific loci (rs67099044-CBLN2, rs719070-SCHIP1/IQCJ-SCHIP), including an X-chromosome locus (rs5935633-EGL6/TCEANC/OFD1), that associated with memory. Additionally, we identified heparan sulfate signaling as a sex-specific pathway and found sex-specific genetic correlations between memory and cardiovascular, immune, and education traits. Discussion: This study showed memory is highly and comparably heritable across sexes, as well as highlighted novel sex-specific genes, pathways, and genetic correlations that related to late-life memory. Highlights: Demonstrated the heritable component of late-life memory is similar across sexes. Identified two genetic loci with a sex-interaction with baseline memory. Identified an X-chromosome locus associated with memory decline in females. Highlighted sex-specific candidate genes and pathways associated with memory. Revealed sex-specific shared genetic architecture between memory and complex traits. | |
dc.eprint.version | Final published version | |
dc.identifier.citation | Eissman JM, Archer DB, Mukherjee S, et al. Sex-specific genetic architecture of late-life memory performance. Alzheimers Dement. 2024;20(2):1250-1267. doi:10.1002/alz.13507 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1805/41942 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Wiley | |
dc.relation.isversionof | 10.1002/alz.13507 | |
dc.relation.journal | Alzheimer's & Dementia | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
dc.source | PMC | |
dc.subject | Alzheimer's disease | |
dc.subject | GWAS | |
dc.subject | Genomics | |
dc.subject | Aging | |
dc.subject | Cognition | |
dc.subject | Endophenotypes | |
dc.subject | Memory | |
dc.subject | Sex differences | |
dc.subject | Sex-specific | |
dc.title | Sex-specific genetic architecture of late-life memory performance | |
dc.type | Article |