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 |
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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
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ISSN: | 1359-4184 1476-5578 |
DOI: | 10.1038/mp.2011.24 |