Article
No association of five candidate genetic variants with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a Chinese population.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Nov 2012
Chen Yongping, Zeng Yan, Huang Rui, Yang Yuan, Chen Ke, Song Wei, Zhao Bi, Li Jianpeng, Yuan Lixing, Shang Hui-Fang
Abstract excerpt
Recently, 5 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), rs2306677 in the inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptor 2 gene (ITPR2), rs1541160 in the kinesin-association protein 3 gene (KIFAP3), rs6690993 and rs6700125 in the FLJ10986 gene, and rs10260404 in the dipeptidyl-peptidase 6 gene (DPP6) have been reported to be associated with the risk of developing sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (SALS) in Caucasian...
