Single-cell Mendelian randomisation identifies cell-type specific genetic effects on human brain disease and behaviour
Single-cell Mendelian randomisation identifies cell-type specific genetic effects on human brain disease and behaviour
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10.1101/2022.11.28.517913
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2022-11
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Alexander Haglund;V. Zuber;Yi-Fei Yang;Maya Abouzeid;Rahel Feleke;Jeong-Hun Ko;A. Nott;A. Babtie;J. D. Mills;L. Muhammed;L. Laaniste;D. Gveric;Daniel Clode;Susan Pagni;Ravishankara Bellampalli;Alyma Somani;K. McDade;J. Anink;L. Mesarosova;E. Aronica;M. Thom;S. Sisodiya;P. Srivastava;D. Malhotra;J. Bryois;L. Bottolo;Michael R. Johnson
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Alexander Haglund;V. Zuber;Yi-Fei Yang;Maya Abouzeid;Rahel Feleke;Jeong-Hun Ko;A. Nott;A. Babtie;J. D. Mills;L. Muhammed;L. Laaniste;D. Gveric;Daniel Clode;Susan Pagni;Ravishankara Bellampalli;Alyma Somani;K. McDade;J. Anink;L. Mesarosova;E. Aronica;M. Thom;S. Sisodiya;P. Srivastava;D. Malhotra;J. Bryois;L. Bottolo;Michael R. Johnson
Translating genome-wide association loci to therapies requires knowledge of the causal genes, their directionality of effect and the cell-types in which they act. To infer these relationships in the human brain, we implemented Mendelian randomisation using single cell-type expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) as genetic anchors. Expression QTLs were mapped across 8 major cell-types in brain tissue exclusively ascertained from donors with no history of brain disease. We report evidence for a causal association between the change in expression of 118 genes and one or more of 16 brain phenotypes, revealing candidate targets for risk mitigation and opportunities for shared preventative therapeutic strategies. We highlight key causal genes for neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disease and for each, we report its cellular context and the therapeutic directionality required for risk mitigation. Our use of control samples establishes a new resource for the causal interpretation of GWAS risk alleles for human brain phenotypes.
