Analysis of the causal relationship between five chosen factors and early-onset Alzheimer's disease: A Mendelian randomization study.

J Alzheimers Dis

Shenzhen SaiWen Biotechnology Co., LTD, Shenzhen city, China.

Published: February 2025

Background: This study aims to explore the causal relationship between five selected factors-, , , , and -and early-onset Alzheimer's disease (EOAD) through related genes, providing clues for EOAD research.

Methods: Using genes related to the five selected factors as exposure variables and EOAD as the disease outcome, significant genes were screened through Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis using the inverse-variance weighted (IVW) method, based on the OpenGWAS database. The selected genes were intersected with genes related to the exposure factors to assess the causal relationships between the five factors and EOAD.

Results: MR analysis identified 13 genes in total. Six of these genes were protective factors for EOAD, with LYST being the most significant (OR = 0.4259, 95% CI: 0.2218-0.8178, p = 0.0103). Seven genes were risk factors for EOAD, with NCF4 being the most significant (OR = 2.7207, 95% CI: 1.0229-7.2362, p = 0.0449). A total of 1925 genes related to , , , , and were analyzed. After intersection, 10 lysosome-related genes (NCF4, VIPAS39, LYST, SORT1, ARSB, EPDR1, SYNGR1, ANXA11, PYGB, CLN5) and 3 endothelium cell -related genes (ADM, NFIB, NKTR) were found to have significant causal relationships with EOAD.

Conclusions: There are genes related to and that have significant relationships with EOAD, while no causal relationships were found between , , , and EOAD. This study provides an important basis for further EOAD research.

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