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- Title
Genetic association of the presenilin-1 regulatory region with early-onset Alzheimer's disease in a population-based sample.
- Authors
Duijn, Cornelia M van; Cruts, Marc; Theuns, Jessie; Van Gassen, Geert; Backhovens, Hubert; van den Broeck, Marleen; Wehnert, Anita; Serneels, Sally; Hofman, Albert; Van Broeckhoven, Christine
- Abstract
Genetic association has been reported between a di-allelic polymorphism in intron 8 of presenilin-1 (PSEN1) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) in some studies but not in others. In a population-based series of 102 patients with early onset AD and 118 community controls we examined whether polymorphisms in linkage disequilibrium with intron 8 of PSEN1 may explain the association. In addition to the intron 8 polymorphism (P = 0.05), a promoter polymorphism (P = 0.03) and the simple tandem repeat (STR) polymorphism D14S1028 located upstream of PSEN1 (P = 0.04) were found to be marginally significantly associated to AD. When excluding PSEN1 mutation cases (n = 6), the intron 8 association was explained by linkage disequilibrium to the dominant PSEN1 mutations. In the non-mutation cases, the weak associations between the polymorphisms in the regulatory region remained. Our study suggests that a polymorphism/mutation in the promoter or regulatory region of PSEN1 rather than the polymorphism in intron 8 of PSEN1 is associated with early onset AD.
- Subjects
ALZHEIMER'S disease; GENETIC polymorphisms; LINKAGE (Genetics)
- Publication
European Journal of Human Genetics, 1999, Vol 7, Issue 7, p801
- ISSN
1018-4813
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200373