Table 4 Rare variants associated with AD in East Asian populations

From: Genetics of Alzheimer’s disease: an East Asian perspective

Gene

dbSNP

Coding DNA

Protein

Minor allele frequency

Association study in East Asians

European (non-Finnish)

South Asian

East Asian

Ethnicity

P value

OR

95% CI

APP

rs63750847a

c.2017G > A

p.Ala673Thr

0.0349%

0.0000%

0.0000%

Chinese

No carriers found

       

Chinese

No carriers found

MLKL

rs763812068

c.142 C > T

p.Gln48Ter

0.0008%

0.0000%

0.1003%

Chinese

0.006

NA

NA

TREM2

rs75932628a

c.140 G > A

p.Arg47His

0.2466%

0.2321%

0.0000%

Japanese

1.00

0.57

0.05–6.30

       

Chinese

No carriers found

       

Chinese

No carriers found

 

rs201280312

c.389 C > T

p.Ala130Val

0.0000%

0.0000%

0.0109%

Chinese

0.13

NA

NA

 

rs2234255

c.469 C > T

p.His157Tyr

0.0294%

0.0719%

0.1805%

Japanese

0.53

1.73

0.49–6.13

       

Chinese

0.005

11.01

1.38–88.05

 

rs200820365

c.547 A > T

p.Ser183Cys

0.0000%

0.0000%

0.8525%

Chinese

0.035

2.75

1.03–7.34

 

rs150277350

c.574 G > A

p.Ala192Thr

0.0080%

0.0294%

0.0401%

Chinese

0.18

NA

NA

 

rs1391283629

c.600 G > C

p.Trp200Cys

0.0000%

0.0000%

0.0056%

Chinese

1.00

NA

NA

 

rs2234256

c.632 T > C

p.Leu211Pro

0.1115%

5.8400%

0.1604%

Japanese

0.30

0.71

0.39–1.28

PLD3

rs145999145a

c.694 G > A

p.Val232Met

0.5325%

0.0851%

0.0150%

Chinese

No carriers found

SHARPIN

rs572750141

c.556 G > A

p.Gly186Arg

0.0018%

0.0065%

0.0558%

Japanese

0.000012

6.1

2.4–15.5

 

rs77359862

c.820 C > T

p.Arg274Trp

0.0086%

0.0818%

3.7530%

Japanese

0.0016

1.43

1.15–1.78

UNC5C

rs137875858a

c.2504 C > T

p.Thr835Met

0.0496%

0.0033%

0.0000%

Chinese

No carriers found

 

NA

c.2508 C > G

p.Val836Val

NA

NA

NA

Chinese

0.36

NA

NA

 

rs368284839

c.2510 C > A

p.Thr837Lys

0.0000%

0.0000%

0.1203%

Chinese

0.13

NA

NA

 

rs779272234

c.2527 A > G

p.Ser843Gly

0.0008%

0.0000%

0.1203%

Chinese

0.36

NA

NA

 

rs372767649

c.2580 G > C

p.Gln860His

0.0000%

0.0294%

0.1253%

Chinese

0.017

NA

NA

  1. Minor allele frequencies were obtained from gnomAD v2.1.1
  2. CI confidence interval, NA not available, OR odds ratio
  3. arare variants proven in Caucasians