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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-8-27
pubmed:abstractText
An association was recently reported between an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease and an intron 2 AA genotype of CYP46, the enzyme hydroxylating cholesterol to 24S-hydroxycholesterol. Moreover, CYP46 AA-carriers were found to have increased levels of amyloid-beta and tau in brain and cerebrospinal fluid. We determined the CYP46 intron 2 genotype in a cohort of 178 AD and 105 non-demented control subjects, but found no significant association with AD for any of the individual genotypes or alleles. Further, in an autopsy confirmed subset of this cohort, the proposed CYP46 risk genotype was not associated with any increase in the brain levels of amyloid-beta40, amyloid-beta42 or in the levels of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. Despite growing evidence implicating cholesterol metabolism in AD risk and Abeta generation, our data does not support a robust genetic relationship between the CYP46 intron 2 polymorphism and AD risk or neuropathology.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0304-3940
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
2
pubmed:volume
367
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
228-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15331159-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15331159-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:15331159-Alzheimer Disease, pubmed-meshheading:15331159-Amyloid beta-Peptides, pubmed-meshheading:15331159-Apolipoprotein E4, pubmed-meshheading:15331159-Apolipoproteins E, pubmed-meshheading:15331159-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:15331159-Female, pubmed-meshheading:15331159-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:15331159-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15331159-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:15331159-Introns, pubmed-meshheading:15331159-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15331159-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:15331159-Neocortex, pubmed-meshheading:15331159-Neurofibrillary Tangles, pubmed-meshheading:15331159-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:15331159-Polymorphism, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:15331159-Postmortem Changes, pubmed-meshheading:15331159-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:15331159-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:15331159-Steroid Hydroxylases
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Lack of association of the cholesterol 24-hydroxylase (CYP46) intron 2 polymorphism with Alzheimer's disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, 114 16th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't