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Table 4 Gene-specific cellular proportion analysis for Knight-ADRC and Mount Sinai Brain Bank studies

From: Genetic variants associated with Alzheimer’s disease confer different cerebral cortex cell-type population structure

Variant carriers

Sample size

Neuron

Astrocyte

Oligodendrocyte

Microglia

 

n

Effect

p value

Effect

p value

Effect

p value

Effect

p value

Knight-ADRC

PLD3 vs Control

49

− 0.1

1.6 × 10−04

0.13

2.84 × 10−03

− 0.03

6.17 × 10−02

7.05 × 10−04

7.89 × 10− 01

TREM2 vs Control

36

− 0.07

7.93 × 10−02

0.11

1.05 × 10−02

− 0.03

4.9 × 10−02

1.65 × 10−03

5.84 × 10− 01

 Sporadic AD vs Control

45

− 0.11

5.45 × 10−03

0.13

2.95 × 10−04

− 0.02

4.55 × 10−01

− 3.48 × 10−03

1.13 × 10−01

APOEε4+ vs APOEε4- LOAD cases & controls

100

− 0.06

2.11 × 10−02

0.05

5.35 × 10−02

0.01

3.72 × 10−01

− 8.09 × 10−04

6.31 × 10−01

APOEε4+ vs APOEε4- LOAD cases only

84

− 0.06

2.69 × 10−02

0.03

2 × 10−01

0.03

1.4 × 10−02

− 8.31 × 10−04

6.21 × 10−01

  CDR corrected

84

− 0.06

2.78 × 10−02

0.03

2.05 × 10−01

0.03

1.16 × 10−02

−1.05 × 10−03

5.37 × 10−01

  Braak corrected

73

− 0.06

3.66 × 10−02

0.03

3.72 × 10−01

0.03

4.51 × 10−03

− 1.14 × 10−03

5.93 × 10−01

Mount Sinai Brain Bank - Multi-region

 AD TREM2 carriers vs Control

301

− 0.03

3.57 × 10−01

0.03

3.19 × 10−01

− 2.08 × 10−03

7.87 × 10−01

− 2.68 × 10−03

8.67 × 10−02

 AD non-carriers TREM2 vs Control

882

− 0.07

1.91 × 10−08

0.08

1.25 × 10−08

− 3.36 × 10−03

4.79 × 10−01

− 2.89 × 10−04

7.97 × 10−01

 AD TREM2 vs AD non-TREM2

673

0.05

1.98 × 10−02

− 0.05

1.58 × 10−02

2.12 × 10−03

7.76 × 10−01

− 2.13 × 10−03

1.74 × 10−01

  CDR corrected

673

0.04

5.83 × 10−02

− 0.04

4.46 × 10−02

1.68 × 10−03

8.19 × 10−01

− 1.92 × 10−03

2.22 × 10−01

  Braak corrected

642

0.05

1.3 × 10−02

− 0.05

2.7 × 10−02

− 1.82 × 10−03

8.13 × 10−01

− 2.66 × 10−03

1.28 × 10−01

  Mean plaque counts corrected

673

0.05

2 × 10−02

− 0.05

1.59 × 10−02

1.73 × 10−03

8.15 × 10−01

− 2.2 × 10−03

1.5 × 10−01

APOEε4 counts all samples

556

− 0.04

2.6 × 10−03

0.05

1.31 × 10−03

− 0.01

4.47 × 10−02

−3.58 × 10−04

6.53 × 10−01

APOEε4 counts AD cases

225

− 0.03

4.01 × 10−02

0.03

4.23 × 10−02

− 4.52 × 10−03

3.73 × 10−01

− 5.13 × 10−04

6.78 × 10−01

  CDR corrected

225

− 0.03

2.02 × 10−02

0.03

2.03 × 10−02

− 4.86 × 10−03

3.19 × 10−01

− 4.91 × 10−04

6.93 × 10−01

  Braak corrected

198

− 0.03

7.35 × 10−02

0.04

4.89 × 10−02

− 0.01

8.54 × 10−02

−1.08 × 10−03

4.12 × 10−01

  1. AD Alzheimer’s disease, ADAD autosomal dominant AD, LOAD late-onset AD, CDR Clinical Dementia Rating