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Genetic association studies, GWAS,
polygenic risk scores and Mendelian
randomisationDr Alastair Noyce
Reader in Neurology and Neuro-epidemiology
Preventive Neurology Unit, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine
Consultant Neurologist, Barts Health NHS Trust
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Objectives
• Discuss genetic association studies and genome wide association studies of PD risk and progression.
• Discuss the creation, uses and limitations of polygenic risk scores.
• Explain the rationale for Mendelian randomization, show some applications and discuss limitations.
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Is it genetic, doctor???
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Genetic association studies
• Collection of methods to identify genetic risk factors for complex diseases.
• Correlates the presence of genetic variation with case status.
• Genetic variation identified using single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), or other markers.
Lewis & Knight. Cold Spring Harbour Protocols 2012
A single nucleotide polymorphism
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Genetic association studies
• Significant’ associations for a genotyped SNP can be:– Directly associated – SNP is the causal variant conferring susceptibility.
– Indirectly associated – SNP is in linkage disequilibrium with a causal variant.
– False positive – arising due to bias (such as population stratification).
Lewis & Knight. Cold Spring Harbour Protocols 2012
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Genome wide association studies (GWAS)
• Common method in complex trait genetics.
• Extends the principles of genetic association to a genome-wide approach.
• Evaluates genetic associations with apparently sporadic disease.
• Has the potential to: – identify disease mechanisms and pathways.
– yield actionable targets.
https://www.ebi.ac.uk/training-beta/online/courses/gwas-catalogue-exploring-snp-trait-associations/what-is-gwas-catalog/what-are-genome-wide-association-studies-gwas/
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GWAS• Requires:
– Large number of unrelated cases & controls.
– Practically, this means multi-site or global collaboration.
– Bioinformatics expertise• Next Generation Sequencing
• Quality control
• Imputation
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• 37.7K cases, 18.6K ‘proxy-cases’
• 1.4M controls
• 90 independent GWAS hits
• 11-15% of PD risk heritability
(out of total heritability 20-30%)
Nalls et al, Lancet Neurol 2019;18(12):1091-1102
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1 SD deviation in the PRS associated with lower AAO by 0.8 years
Blauwendraat et al, Mov Disord 2019;34(6):866-875
• ~28.8K cases
• 2 GWAS hits– SNCA and TMEM 175
– Both PD risk hits
• 11% of PD AAO heritability
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• ~4000 cases (22k observations)
• Average follow up 3.8 years
• 25 phenotypes investigated
• 1 hit for HY3 rate, 1 for insomnia
• 9 risk variants associated
• 2 GBA SNPs assoc. with motor/cognitive
• 1 APOE SNPs assoc. with cognitive
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After GWAS
Not specific follow-up of GWAS hits using fine mapping and deep resequencing etc.
Using GWAS summary data:– Polygenic scores
– [Linkage Disequilibrium Score Regression (LDSC)]
– Mendelian randomization
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Polygenic scores
• GWAS hits are independent & generally have small effect sizes.
• Effects can be combined to produce a weighted score according to the number of risk alleles in an individual.
• Polygenic scores may relate to a binary (e.g. risk) or continuous (AAO) outcome.
Misconception – polygenic scores include only GWAS significant hitsCan in fact create polygenic scores according to a broad range of parameters
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Polygenic scores
• Calculations
– At each risk locus• 0 – no risk alleles, 1 – single risk allele, 2 – two risk alleles
– Weight scores by effect size per risk allele.
– Z score transformation to normalize scores (mean 0, SD 1).
– Binary outcome (e.g. risk) use logistic regression & continuous outcome (e.g. AAO) use linear regression.
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Polygenic scores• Uses
– Investigating shared genetic architecture.
– Investigate G*G and G*E interactions.
– Personalized medicine – stratification & sub-phenotyping.
– Mendelian randomization.
• Limitations– [Prediction and Diagnosis]
• Risk distributions for cases & controls overlap significantly.
– Focus on European ancestry (like GWAS in general)
Nalls et al, Lancet Neurol 2019;18(12):1091-1102
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Undertaken using PPMI dataPRS aloneIntegrated model AUC 0.92
Integrated model included:• PRS• Family history• Age• Gender
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Risk factors
PRS * environmental/comorbid risk factors
Risk algorithm – AUC 0.75PRS + risk algorithm – AUC 0.76
Nagelkerke pseudo-R2 improved model fit compared to null modelP = 2.11x10-9
Jacobs et al. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2020 [In Press]
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Nature’s RCT
Mendelian randomization - origins
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Many observational studies evaluate associations between risk factors and disease
Disease
p<0.05
Risk factor
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Sometimes associations between risk factors and disease arise from reverse
causation rather than causation
Disease
p<0.05
Risk factor
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Another explanation is confounding, that is another factor explains an apparent
association between a risk factor and disease
Confounding
DiseaseRisk factor
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Associations between behavioural, socioeconomic and physiological factors
assumed to be independent occur more frequently than expected by chance.
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C
YX
Z is an instrumental variable if:
1. It is robustly associated with X
2. Independent of C
3. Given X and C, independent of Y (exclusion restriction criterion)
Z
Z
C
MR assumptions
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C
CancerChol
Z is an instrumental variable if:
1. It is robustly associated with X
2. Independent of C
3. Given X and C, independent of Y (exclusion restriction criterion)
APOE
Z
C
MR assumptions
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C
YX
Z used for causal inference about effect of X on Y
1. Use the association between Z and Y & Z and X (ratio) to determine magnitude of effect of X on Y
2. In MR, Z is a SNP (or many SNPs) associated with a given exposure/risk factor
Z
MR assumptions
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Confounding factors
Parkinson’s diseaseRisk factor (e.g. BMI)Z
Confounding factors
Parkinson’s diseaseRisk factor (e.g. BMI)
z1z2zn
Z
Multiple SNPs comprise Z and capture
maximum variance in BMI (X)
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Sample 1
BMI GIANT consortium
Sample 2
PD IPDGC consortium
Wald ratio
Z
Z
XZ
X
Y
Y
Log odds ratio
Log odds ratio
β
β
Adapted from Philip Haycock
XZ1XZ2 XZn
MR - instruments
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Advantages of multiple variants
• Maximum variation in exposure trait capture which in turn increases
statistical power
• Similar analogy to multiple RCTs being conducted
• Can pool effects using standard meta-analysis methods
• Can explore effects/influence of horizontal pleiotropy
MR - instruments
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Bowden J, et al. Int J Epidemiol. 2015; 44: 512–525.
Exposure
(ZX)
Outcome
(ZY)
If MR assumptions are upheld, each SNP represents an independent experiment
Effect estimates can be pooled together to ascertain the overall causal effect
Use standard meta-analysis methods weighted by inverse variance
MR - instruments
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The problem is, these assumptions are rarely upheld.
Hemani et al. HMG 2018
MR – handling pleiotropy
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Horizontal pleiotropy can be identified using methods for heterogeneity
Cochran’s Q - used in meta-analysis to assess heterogeneity between studies
I2 statistic and p-value
‘Significant’ heterogeneity in Wald ratios could indicate a variety of problems
• One (or several or all) of the SNPs is exhibiting horizontal pleiotropy
• Non-collapsibility of binary trait, different covariate distribution, different
causal relationship
Hemani et al. HMG 2018
MR – handling pleiotropy
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After clumping, there were 78 independent SNPs:• Associated with BMI (p<5x10-8) • Together these explained 2.2% of the
variance in BMI (R2=0.022)
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Causal estimate of the effect that 5 kg/m2
higher BMI has on PD
Suggests 18% lowering of PD risk
Noyce et al, PLoS Medicine 2017
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R2 7%
80% power OR <0.9 or >1.1
Kia et al, Ann Neurology 2018;84(2):191-199Williams et al, Ann Neurology 2020 [early view]
Results suggest modulation of urate should not be prioritized for neuroprotection in PD
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Good practice
• Strong instrument (F stat)
• Sufficient sample sizes
• Clumping thresholds
• Multi-variant
• Sensitivity analyses
• Steiger filtering
What/Why?
Weak instrument bias
Power calcs, low power nulls
Prevents double counting
Single variant pitfalls
Consistency across these
Avoids reverse causation
MR pitfalls
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Is it genetic, doctor???
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Objectives
• Discuss genetic association studies and genome wide association studies of PD risk and progression.
• Discuss the creation, uses and limitations of polygenic risk scores.
• Explain the rationale for Mendelian randomization, show some applications and discuss limitations.
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Extra viewing/reading
• parkinsonsroadmap.org/gp2/
– Training and Development page• Introduction to complex trait genetics
• GWAS and secondary analysis
• Beginner Bioinformatics for Parkinson’s disease Genetics
• Genetics for non-geneticists [coming soon]
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Acknowledgements
• Include IPDGC
• GP2
• 23andMe
• QMUL
• UCL