Alzheimer risk associated with a copy number variation in the complement receptor 1 increasing C3b/C4b binding sites

Two multicentre genome-wide association (GWA) studies provided substantial evidence, implicating the complement receptor 1 gene ( CR1 ) in Alzheimer disease (AD) genetic etiology. CR1 encodes a large transmembrane receptor with a crucial role in the immune complement cascade. We performed a genetic...

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Veröffentlicht in:Molecular psychiatry 2012-02, Vol.17 (2), p.223-233
Hauptverfasser: Brouwers, N, Van Cauwenberghe, C, Engelborghs, S, Lambert, J-C, Bettens, K, Le Bastard, N, Pasquier, F, Montoya, A Gil, Peeters, K, Mattheijssens, M, Vandenberghe, R, De Deyn, P P, Cruts, M, Amouyel, P, Sleegers, K, Van Broeckhoven, C
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Zusammenfassung:Two multicentre genome-wide association (GWA) studies provided substantial evidence, implicating the complement receptor 1 gene ( CR1 ) in Alzheimer disease (AD) genetic etiology. CR1 encodes a large transmembrane receptor with a crucial role in the immune complement cascade. We performed a genetic follow-up of the GWA CR1 association in a Flanders–Belgian cohort ( n =1883), and investigated the effect of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located in the CR1 locus on AD risk and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) biomarker levels. We obtained significant association ( P adj
ISSN:1359-4184
1476-5578
DOI:10.1038/mp.2011.24