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- Title
Alzheimer's disease gene signature says: beware of brain viral infections.
- Authors
Porcellini, Elisa; Carbone, Ilaria; Ianni, Manuela; Licastro, Federico
- Abstract
Background: Recent findings from a genome wide association investigation in a large cohort of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and non demented controls (CTR) showed that a limited set of genes was in a strong association (p > l0-5) with the disease. Presentation of the hypothesis: In this report we suggest that the polymorphism association in 8 of these genes is consistent with a non conventional interpretation of AD etiology. Nectin-2 (NC-2), apolipoprotein E (APOE), glycoprotein carcinoembryonic antigen related cell adhesion molecule- 16 (CEACAM-16), B-cell lymphoma-3 (Bcl-3), translocase of outer mitochondrial membrane 40 homolog (T0MM-40), complement receptor-1 (CR-l), APOJ or clusterin and C-type lectin domain A family-16 member (CLEC-16A) result in a genetic signature that might affect individual brain susceptibility to infection by herpes virus family during aging, leading to neuronal loss, inflammation and amyloid deposition. Implications of the hypothesis: We hypothesized that such genetic trait may predispose to AD via complex and diverse mechanisms each contributing to an increase of individual susceptibility to brain viral infections.
- Subjects
ALZHEIMER'S disease; CELL adhesion; VIRUS diseases; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; GLYCOPROTEINS
- Publication
Immunity & Ageing, 2010, Vol 7, p16
- ISSN
1742-4933
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/1742-4933-7-16