Table 1.

Genes of interest, selected from previous genome-wide studies.

Gene	Name	Disease association
A2m	Alpha-2-macroglobulin	Alzheimer’s disease, alpha-2-macroglobulin deficiency
Acyp2	Acylphosphatase 2	Cancer
App	Amyloid beta precursor protein	Alzheimer’s disease (dominant)
Bag3	BCL2-binding athanogene 3	Myopathy, cardiomyopathy, neuropathy (dominant)
Cnrip1	Cannabinoid receptor-interacting protein 1
Eya1	Eyes absent homologue 1	Branchio-otic & branchio-oto-renal syndromes (dominant)
Eya2	Eyes absent homologue 2
Eya3	Eyes absent homologue 3	(biallelic control)
Eya4	Eyes absent homologue 4	Cardiomyopathy, deafness (dominant)
Grik2	Glutamate receptor GluR6	Mental retardation, epilepsy (recessive)
Kcnq2	Potassium channel Kv7.2	Epilepsy, myokymia (dominant)
Ptk2b	Protein-tyrosine kinase 2 Beta	Osteoporosis, Alzheimer’s disease
Snca	Alpha-synuclein	Parkinson’s disease (dominant)