Mie Rizig, Sara Bandres-Ciga, Mary B Makarious, Oluwadamilola Omolara Ojo, Peter Wild Crea, Oladunni Victoria Abiodun, Kristin S Levine, Sani Atta Abubakar, Charles Obiora Achoru, Dan Vitale, Olaleye Akinmola Adeniji, Osigwe Paul Agabi, Mathew J Koretsky, Uchechi Agulanna, Deborah A Hall, Rufus Olusola Akinyemi, Tao Xie, Mohammed Wulgo Ali, Ejaz A Shamim, Ifeyinwa Ani-Osheku, Mahesh Padmanaban, Ohwotemu Michael Arigbodi, David G Standaert, Abiodun Hamzat Bello, Marissa N Dean, Cyril Oshomah Erameh, Inas Elsayed, Temitope Hannah Farombi, Olaitan Okunoye, Michael Bimbola Fawale, Kimberley J Billingsley, Frank Aiwansoba Imarhiagbe, Pilar Alvarez Jerez, Emmanuel Uzodinma Iwuozo, Breeana Baker, Morenikeji Adeyoyin Komolafe, Laksh Malik, Paul Osemeke Nwani, Kensuke Daida, Ernest Okwundu Nwazor, Abigail Miano-Burkhardt, Yakub Wilberforce Nyandaiti, Zih-Hua Fang, Yahaya Olugbo Obiabo, Jillian H Kluss, Olanike Adedoyin Odeniyi, Dena G Hernandez, Francis Ehidiamen Odiase, Nahid Tayebi, Francis Ibe Ojini, Ellen Sidranksy, Gerald Awele Onwuegbuzie, Andrea M D'Souza, Godwin Osawaru Osaigbovo, Bahafta Berhe, Nosakhare Osemwegie, Xylena Reed, Olajumoke Olufemi Oshinaike, Hampton L Leonard, Folajimi Morenikeji Otubogun, Chelsea X Alvarado, Shyngle Imiewan Oyakhire, Simon Izuchukwu Ozomma, Sarah Chabiri Samuel, Funmilola Tolulope Taiwo, Kolawole Wasiu Wahab, Yusuf Agboola Zubair, Hirotaka Iwaki, Jonggeol Jeffrey Kim, Huw R Morris, John Hardy, Mike A Nalls, Karl Heilbron, Lucy Norcliffe-Kaufmann, Cornelis Blauwendraat, Henry Houlden, Andrew Singleton, Njideka Ulunma Okubadejo
BACKGROUND: An understanding of the genetic mechanisms underlying diseases in ancestrally diverse populations is an important step towards development of targeted treatments. Research in African and African admixed populations can enable mapping of complex traits, because of their genetic diversity, extensive population substructure, and distinct linkage disequilibrium patterns. We aimed to do a comprehensive genome-wide assessment in African and African admixed individuals to better understand the genetic architecture of Parkinson's disease in these underserved populations...
August 23, 2023: Lancet Neurology