Article
Association between TNF-α promoter -308 A/G polymorphism and Alzheimer's disease: a meta-analysis.
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Jun 2015
Lee Young Ho, Choi Sung Jae, Ji Jong Dae, Song Gwan Gyu
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to determine whether the tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) promoter -308 A/G polymorphism is associated with susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease (AD) in multi-ethnic populations. MEDLINE and EMBASE databases and manual literature search were used to identify published articles in which TNF-α polymorphism was determined in AD patients and control subjects. Meta-analysis was conducted on...
Topics
- Alzheimer Disease
- Asian People
- Genetic Association Studies
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Risk Factors
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
