Variations in the APP gene promoter region and risk of Alzheimer disease.

Guyant-Maréchal, L; Rovelet-Lecrux, A; Goumidi, L; Cousin, E; Hannequin, D; Raux, G; Penet, C; Ricard, S et al. · Neurology · 2007

case_control · Level III

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Abstract

We genotyped five polymorphisms, including two polymorphisms with known effects on transcriptional activity, in a large cohort of 427 Alzheimer disease (AD) cases and 472 control subjects. An association between rs463946 (-3102 G/C) and AD was found and was confirmed in a replication sample of a similar size. By contrast, analysis of three recently described rare mutations influencing APP transcription did not confirm their association with AD risk.

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