Article
The 4,752 C/T polymorphism in the presenilin 1 gene increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease in apolipoprotein E4 carriers.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Oct 2002
Matsubara-Tsutsui Miho, Yamagata Hidehisa, Morishima Atsuyuki, Nakura Jun, Mitsuda Noriaki, Kamino Kouzin, Kondo Ikuko, Miki Tetsuro
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: We sought to establish an association between sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) and presenilin 1 (PSEN1) gene polymorphisms in the Japanese population. METHODS: A 5 kb fragment containing the putative promoter of the PSEN1 gene for randomly selected control subjects was subcloned into plasmid and sequenced to screen novel polymorphisms in this region. Patients and controls were genotyped for five...
Topics
- Alleles
- Alzheimer Disease
- Apolipoprotein E4
- Apolipoproteins E
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Gene Frequency
- Genotype
- Humans
- Membrane Proteins
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
