Nat Rev Neurol. 2013 Aug;9(8):422-3. doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2013.133. Epub 2013 Jul 16.
A recent study has used whole-exome sequencing, an ‘extreme trait’ design and imaging genetics to identify coding variants associated with hippocampal volume loss in Alzheimer disease. The research highlights the utility of next-generation sequencing and association studies involving quantitative traits for discovery of disease-related variants in neurodegeneration.
最近的一项研究利用全外显子测序、“极端特征”设计和影像遗传学,鉴定了与阿尔茨海默病中海马体积损失相关的编码变异。该研究强调了下一代测序和涉及定量特征的关联研究在神经退行性疾病相关变异发现中的效用。