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11290389

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2-3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-4-6
pubmed:abstractText
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a multifactorial disorder with possible involvement of several genetic and environmental factors. For late-onset AD (LOAD), the epsilon4 allele of apolipoprotein E (APOE) has been identified as a major susceptible gene. However, the observation that APOE epsilon4 accounted for approximately one half of the genetic variance of LOAD prompted many researchers to undertake genome surveys to identify other susceptible genes. Recently, several candidate genes such as alpha-1 antichymotrypsin (ACT) and alpha-2 macroglobulin (A2M) were reported to be associated with LOAD. To evaluate the possible association between these genes and LOAD in Korean population, we genotyped ACT A/T and A2M 5-bp deletion (exon 18) polymorphisms in 89 LOAD cases and 50 age-matched healthy controls. The frequencies of ACT A and A2M 5-bp deletion alleles in LOAD and controls were 0.39 vs. 0.37, and 0.05 vs. 0.05, respectively. Although APOE epsilon4 clearly showed higher frequency in LOAD (0.34) than that in controls (0.09), giving an odds ratio of 5.14 (95% confidence interval, 2.31-11.76), neither ACT nor A2M showed statistically significant difference between LOAD and controls regardless of APOE carrier status. Our results do not support previously reported association of ACT and A2M with LOAD, at least in Korean population.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0304-3940
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
302
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
69-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Alpha-1 antichymotrypsin and alpha-2 macroglobulin gene polymorphisms are not associated with Korean late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Pathology, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, 50 Ilwon-Dong, Kangnam-Gu, 135-710, Seoul, South Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't