title: Microsatellite polymorphism of the alpha 1-antichymotrypsin gene locus associated with sporadic Alzheimer's disease.
abstract: A variant of the apolipoprotein E gene, APOE*4, is associated with both sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) and a subset of familial AD and this association is stronger with early as opposed to late onset AD. Both APOE*4 and alpha 1-antichymotrypsin (ACT) will accelerate the rate of amyloid filament formation and are major constituents of the plaques associated with AD. We now show that a dinucleotide microsatellite allele in the 5'-flanking sequence of the ACT gene, designated A10, in association with APOE*4 significantly increases the risk of developing sporadic AD, which accounts for the majority of AD cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Carpenter
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lowe
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Cave
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xuereb
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wischik
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Harrington
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Kalsheker
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D053327:Apolipoprotein E4; D001057:Apolipoproteins E / Q000235:genetics; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D018900:Dinucleotide Repeats; D006801:Humans; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D008875:Middle Aged; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016017:Odds Ratio; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012016:Reference Values; D018570:Risk Assessment; D000514:alpha 1-Antichymotrypsin / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D053327:Apolipoprotein E4; D001057:Apolipoproteins E; D000514:alpha 1-Antichymotrypsin