Genetic association between SORL1 polymorphisms and Alzheimer's disease in a Japanese population
Nobuto Shibata1, Tohru Ohnuma, Hajime Baba
1Department of Psychiatry, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. nobuto.shibata@nifty.ne.jp
Background/Aims:
It has recently been shown that the neuronal sortilin-related receptor (SORL1) plays an important role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Methods:
To investigate whether variations around the SORL1 gene are associated with AD, 7 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were genotyped using TaqMan technology with 180 AD patients and 130 age-matched controls.
Results:
Our results confirmed the strong linkage disequilibrium among the 7 SNPs studied. However, our study failed to detect any association between the SNPs and AD. We could not confirm any synergetic interaction between the SNPs and apolipoprotein E in our AD patients either.
Conclusion:
Further genetic studies are needed to clarify the relationship between the SORL1 gene and AD.
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