Genetic variation in DPP6 is associated with susceptibility to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (original) (raw)

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We are indebted to the individuals and their families who participated in this project. This project has been generously supported by The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and the “Prinses Beatrix Fonds” (L.H.vdB.). We would also like to thank H. Kersten and M. Kersten for their generous support (L.H.vdB.) as well as J.R. van Dijk and the Adessium foundation (L.H.vdB.), the US National Institutes of Health grants GM68875 and MH078075 (R.A.O.), the Kempe Foundation (P.M.A.), the Swedish Brain Research Foundation and Bertil Hållsten (P.M.A.), the Björklund Foundation for ALS Research (P.M.A.), the Interuniversity Attraction Pole Programme P6/43 (Belgian Science Policy Office) (W.R., L.V.D.B. and C.V.B.) and the E. von Behring Chair for Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Disorders (W.R.). C.V.B., W.R. and L.V.D.B. are supported by the Fund for Scientific Research Flanders (FWO-F), and K.S. holds a postdoctoral fellowship of the FWO-F. P.M.A. and A.B. are supported by the 'Swedish Brain Power Foundation'. This study used data from the SNP Database at the US National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Human Genetics Resource Center DNA and Cell Line Repository (http://ccr.coriell.org/ninds/). The authors thank E. Strengman, P. Sodaar, H. Veldman, H. Yigittop, W. Scheveneels, A. D'hondt, P. Tilkin and A. Nilsson for assistance with genotyping and DNA preparation. We also thank F.G. Jennekens and G. Hille Ris Lambers for helping with the DNA sample collection.

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1. Michael A van Es, Paul WJ van Vught, Hylke M Blauw and Lude Franke: These authors contributed equally to this work.

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1. Department of Neurology, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584 CX, The Netherlands
   Michael A van Es, Paul WJ van Vught, Hylke M Blauw, Christiaan GJ Saris, Sonja W de Jong, John HJ Wokke, Jan H Veldink & Leonard H van den Berg
2. Department of Biomedical Genetics, Complex Genetics Section, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584 CX, The Netherlands
   Lude Franke, Ruben van't Slot & Cisca Wijmenga
3. Department of Neurology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, B-3000, Belgium
   Ludo Van Den Bosch, Robin Lemmens & Wim Robberecht
4. Department of Neurology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, The Netherlands
   Vianney de Jong
5. Department of Neurogenetics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, The Netherlands
   Frank Baas
6. Department of Neurology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, 6525 GA, The Netherlands
   Helenius J Schelhaas
7. Institute of Clinical Neuroscience, Umeå University Hospital, Umeå, SE-901 85, Sweden
   Anna Birve & Peter M Andersen
8. Department of Molecular Genetics, Neurodegenerative Brain Diseases Group, VIB, Antwerpen, B-2610, Belgium
   Kristel Sleegers & Christine Van Broeckhoven
9. University of Antwerp, Antwerpen, B-2610, Belgium
   Kristel Sleegers & Christine Van Broeckhoven
10. Laboratory of Neurogenetics, National Institute of Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 20892, Maryland, USA
    Jennifer C Schymick
11. Section on Developmental Genetic Epidemiology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, 20892, Maryland, USA
    Bryan J Traynor
12. Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, 9700 RB, The Netherlands
    Cisca Wijmenga
13. Department of Medical Genetics and Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584 CX, The Netherlands
    Roel A Ophoff
14. Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, 90095, California, USA
    Roel A Ophoff

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M.A.vE., P.W.J.vV., H.M.B. and L.F. contributed equally to this study. M.A.vE., P.W.J.vV., H.M.B. and R.vS. participated in the Illumina and TaqMan SNP genotyping and data analysis. M.A.vE., J.H.V. and L.F. were involved in the design of the study, handled genotype data and performed statistical analyses. M.A.vE., H.M.B., C.G.J.S., P.M.A., L.V.D.B., S.W.dJ., A.B., R.L., V.dJ., F.B., H.J.S., K.S., C.V.B., J.H.J.W., C.W. and W.R. were responsible for DNA collection and clinical characterization of affected individuals in the study. J.C.S. and B.J.T. obtained all DNA samples from the United States and performed genotyping experiments and analysis on these samples. M.A.vE. drafted the manuscript. R.A.O. and L.H.vdB. are lead investigators and contributed equally to this work. They designed and supervised the study and contributed in the writing of the manuscript. All authors participated in the critical revisions of the manuscript.

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van Es, M., van Vught, P., Blauw, H. et al. Genetic variation in DPP6 is associated with susceptibility to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Nat Genet 40, 29–31 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2007.52

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• Received: 26 June 2007
• Accepted: 16 October 2007
• Published: 16 December 2007
• Issue Date: January 2008
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2007.52