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Lack of association of CR1, PICALM and CLU gene polymorphisms with Alzheimer disease in a Polish population
Affiliations- 1 Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland
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Abstract
Recent genome-wide association studies have indicated 3 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer disease (AD): complement receptor 1 (CR1), clusterin (CLU), and the phosphatidylinositol-binding clathrin assembly protein (PICALM). We investigated the influence of the rs6656401 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) of the CR1 gene, the rs3851179 SNP of the PICALM gene, and the rs11136000 SNP of the CLU gene on risk of AD in a Polish population.
Material and methodsIn 253 Caucasian AD patients and 240 controls, analyses identifying the rs6656401, rs3851179 and rs11136000 SNPs and APOE common polymorphisms were performed.
ResultsNo significant differences were observed in the distribution of the rs6656401 of CR1, rs3851179 of PICALM and rs11136000 of CLU SNPs between AD patients and controls. The APOE ɛ4 common polymorphism was strongly related to the risk of AD.
ConclusionOur results suggest that investigated SNPs are not associated with AD in a Polish population.
Abstract
Recent genome-wide association studies have indicated 3 new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer disease (AD): complement receptor 1 (CR1), clusterin (CLU), and the phosphatidylinositol-binding clathrin assembly protein (PICALM). We investigated the influence of the rs6656401 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) of the CR1 gene, the rs3851179 SNP of the PICALM gene, and the rs11136000 SNP of the CLU gene on risk of AD in a Polish population.
Material and methodsIn 253 Caucasian AD patients and 240 controls, analyses identifying the rs6656401, rs3851179 and rs11136000 SNPs and APOE common polymorphisms were performed.
ResultsNo significant differences were observed in the distribution of the rs6656401 of CR1, rs3851179 of PICALM and rs11136000 of CLU SNPs between AD patients and controls. The APOE ɛ4 common polymorphism was strongly related to the risk of AD.
ConclusionOur results suggest that investigated SNPs are not associated with AD in a Polish population.
Keywords
Alzheimer disease, CR1, PICALM, CLU, single nucleotide polymorphism
About this articleTitle
Lack of association of CR1, PICALM and CLU gene polymorphisms with Alzheimer disease in a Polish population
Journal
Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska
Issue
Pages
157-160
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DOI
10.5114/ninp.2013.33825
Bibliographic record
Neurol Neurochir Pol 2013;47(2):157-160.
Keywords
Alzheimer disease
CR1
PICALM
CLU
single nucleotide polymorphism
Authors
Aleksandra Klimkowicz-Mrowiec
Małgorzata Sado
Anna Dziubek
Tomasz Dziedzic
Joanna Pera
Andrzej Szczudlik
Agnieszka Słowik
