The Vascular Cognitive Impairment Genetics Consortium (VCIGC)
The VCIGC was originally formed between 2010-2013 and consisted of a collection of DNA samples from patients with vascular cognitive impairment and elderly people without dementia, from the UK, Italy and Finland. We published a case-control genetic association study that verified two genes we had previously reported (http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-121069) to be associated with a greater risk of VCI. The paper can be accessed on the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease website: http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JAD-150862
The author accepted document can be accessed on the University of Bristol website: Explore Bristol Research
Recently, we have been recruiting more collaborators to the VCIGC to increase the number of VCI samples for a genome wide association study that will look at many genes. We now have over 3000 samples in total from; China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, UK and USA. We are currently preparing the DNA samples for study in the autumn.
The author accepted document can be accessed on the University of Bristol website: Explore Bristol Research
Recently, we have been recruiting more collaborators to the VCIGC to increase the number of VCI samples for a genome wide association study that will look at many genes. We now have over 3000 samples in total from; China, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Italy, Mexico, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, UK and USA. We are currently preparing the DNA samples for study in the autumn.
