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Generalized Psychophysiological Interaction (PPI) Analysis of Memory Related Connectivity in Individuals at Genetic Risk for Alzheimer's Disease
Published on: November 14, 2017
PEN2 is not a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease in a large family sample
1Genetics and Aging Research Unit, Center for Aging, Genetics, and Neurodegeneration, Department of Neurology, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.
Abstract:
PEN2 is a reasonable Alzheimer's disease (AD) candidate gene because it is a necessary component of the gamma-secretase complex that generates beta-amyloid peptide. Moreover, its gene (PEN2) maps to a highly significant linkage region on chromosome 19q13. Four common polymorphisms in PEN2 were tested for genetic association with AD in a large and carefully ascertained AD family sample (789 subjects from 202 nuclear families) using single-locus and haplotype-based analyses. These results do not suggest PEN2 to be a major AD risk factor.
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