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Identical distribution of the alpha 2-macroglobulin pentanucleotide deletion in subjects with Alzheimer disease and controls in a German population

Bagli, M. and Papassotiropoulos, A. and Jessen, F. and Schmitz, S. and Rao, M. L. and Maier, W. and Heun, R.. (2000) Identical distribution of the alpha 2-macroglobulin pentanucleotide deletion in subjects with Alzheimer disease and controls in a German population. American journal of medical genetics, Vol. 96, no. 6. pp. 775-777.

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Abstract

Recently, an association between a deletion polymorphism in the alpha 2-macroglobulin gene (A2M) and Alzheimer disease (AD) has been reported. The aim of the present study was to corroborate this association in a German population of 102 AD patients and two control samples of 191 healthy subject and 160 depressed patients. The frequency of the A2M genotype in AD patients was almost identical to that in both control samples. Logistic regression analysis revealed an effect of age and the APOE genotype on AD risk, but no effect of the A2M genotype. Our findings do not support the fact that the previously reported positive association between A2M deletion polymorphism and AD modifies the disease risk in the studied population. Am. J. Med. Genet. (Neuropsychiatr. Genet.) 96:775-777, 2000.
Faculties and Departments:05 Faculty of Science > Departement Biozentrum > Services Biozentrum > Life Sciences Training Facility (Papassotiropoulos)
07 Faculty of Psychology > Departement Psychologie > Ehemalige Einheiten Psychologie > Molecular Neuroscience (Papassotiropoulos)
UniBasel Contributors:Papassotiropoulos, Andreas
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Wiley-Liss
ISSN:0148-7299
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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