This is the online repository for the manuscript titled "Large-scale genetic characterization of Parkinson’s disease in the African and African admixed populations"
# Large-scale Genetic Characterization of Parkinson’s disease in the African and African admixed Populations
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**Last Updated:** December 2024
## Summary
This repository contains all analyses for the manuscript titled ***"Large-scale genetic characterization of Parkinson’s disease in the African and African admixed populations"***. This study represents the largest sequencing-based characterization of potentially disease-causing protein-altering and splicing mutations in 710 cases and 11,827 controls from genetically predicted African or African admixed populations.
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### Data Statement
* Results were generated using
- GP2 data release 8 (controlled-tier access; DOI 10.5281/zenodo.13755496)
- All of Us (AoU) genomic data release 7 (controlled-tier access)
### Datasets
| Dataset | Release / Version | Resource URL | Notes |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| All of Us | Release 7 |
allofus.nih.gov
workbench.researchallofus.o… | Controlled-tier data used in this study |
| GP2 | Release 8 |
gp2.org | Access-controlled data used in this study |
| BLAACPD | . |
blaacpd.org | Cohort focusing on African / African admixed populations with PD |
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### Repository Orientation
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analyses/
├── 00_Annotation_AFR_PDexome.ipynb
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