Mendelian Randomisation Finds No Causal Association between Urate and Parkinson's Disease Progression

© 2021 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society..

BACKGROUND: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative movement disorder. Observational studies suggest higher levels of plasma urate may protect against Parkinson's risk and progression; however, causality cannot be established.

OBJECTIVES: This study set out to determine whether there is a true causal association between urate levels and PD age at onset (AAO) and progression severity using recently released PD AAO and progression genome-wide association study (GWAS) data.

METHODS: A large two-sample Mendelian randomization design was employed, using genetic variants underlying urate levels and the latest GWAS data for PD outcomes.

RESULTS: This study found no causal association between urate levels and Parkinson's risk, AAO, or progression severity.

CONCLUSIONS: Our results predict increasing urate levels as a therapeutic strategy is unlikely to benefit PD patients. © 2021 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:36

Enthalten in:

Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 36(2021), 9 vom: 15. Sept., Seite 2182-2187

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Coneys, Rachel [VerfasserIn]
Storm, Catherine S [VerfasserIn]
Kia, Demis A [VerfasserIn]
Almramhi, Mona [VerfasserIn]
Wood, Nicholas W [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

268B43MJ25
Genome-wide association-study
Journal Article
Mendelian randomization
Parkinson's disease
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Urate
Uric Acid

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Date Completed 13.10.2021

Date Revised 13.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/mds.28662

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM32605376X