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Association between an interleukin-6 promoter and 3' flanking region haplotype and reduced Alzheimer's disease risk in a German population

Bagli, M. and Papassotiropoulos, A. and Knapp, M. and Jessen, F. and Luise Rao, M. and Maier, W. and Heun, R.. (2000) Association between an interleukin-6 promoter and 3' flanking region haplotype and reduced Alzheimer's disease risk in a German population. Neuroscience letters, Vol. 283, H. 2. pp. 109-112.

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Abstract

Several studies have demonstrated that interleukin-6 (IL-6) is involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We previously reported on an association between the C allele of a variable number of tandem repeat polymorphism in the 3' flanking region of IL-6 gene (IL-6vntr) and delayed initial onset and reduced AD risk. A novel G/C polymorphism at position -174 in the IL-6 gene promoter (IL-6prom) has recently been identified and appears to influence the regulation of IL-6 expression. We examined this functional polymorphism in 102 AD patients and two control groups of 191 healthy subjects and 160 depressed patients. There was no evidence for an allelic association between IL-6prom polymorphism and earlier age of onset or risk of AD. However, haplotype analysis showed a strong linkage disequilibrium between IL-6vntr and IL-6prom and demonstrated an interaction between IL-6vntr and IL-6prom which modifies AD risk.
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:Elsevier/North-Holland
ISSN:0304-3940
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
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