Interleukin-1alpha -889 C/T polymorphism in Turkish patients with late-onset Alzheimer's disease

The polymorphism (rs1800587) in the 5'-flanking regulatory region at -889 of the interleukin-1alpha gene has been shown to be associated with inflammatory diseases and Alzheimer's disease (AD). The aim of the current study is to determine whether there is an association between the promote...

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Published in:Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders 2009, Vol.27 (1), p.82-87
Main Authors: Dursun, Erdinç, Gezen-Ak, Duygu, Ertan, Turan, Bilgiç, Başar, Gürvit, Hakan, Emre, Murat, Eker, Engin, Engin, Funda, Uysal, Omer, Yilmazer, Selma
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alleles
Alzheimer Disease - epidemiology
Alzheimer Disease - genetics
DNA - genetics
DNA Primers
Female
Gene Frequency
Genotype
Humans
Interleukin-1alpha - genetics
Male
Polymorphism, Genetic - genetics
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Turkey - epidemiology
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Summary:The polymorphism (rs1800587) in the 5'-flanking regulatory region at -889 of the interleukin-1alpha gene has been shown to be associated with inflammatory diseases and Alzheimer's disease (AD). The aim of the current study is to determine whether there is an association between the promoter region polymorphism of the interleukin-1alpha gene and late-onset AD in a cohort of Turkish patients. One hundred and four subjects with dementia of the Alzheimer type and 103 age-matched controls were genotyped according to the PCR with confronting two-pair primers method. Although the distribution of genotypes did not significantly differ (p = 0.107), the difference between allelic frequency was nearly significant according to a chi(2) test (p = 0.05) when the controls and patients were compared. Our results showed that there is no association between the -889 C/T transition on the interleukin-1alpha gene and late-onset AD in the Turkish population.
ISSN:1421-9824
DOI:10.1159/000193627