title: No association between apolipoprotein A-IV codon 360 mutation and late-onset Alzheimer's disease in the Japanese population.
abstract: Human apolipoprotein A-IV (apoA-IV) is genetically polymorphic, the apoA-IV polymorphism being controlled by two alleles, apoA-IV1 and apoA-IV2. The association between the apoA-IV2 allele and late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) has been reported in Caucasian populations. We investigated the codon 360 mutation of the apoA-IV gene allele frequency in 173 LOAD and in 158 age-matched control subjects of the Japanese population, and we found that the allele frequency of apoA-IV2 in the Japanese population was very rare and was extremely lower than in Caucasian populations. We conclude that there was no association between apoA-IV genotype and LOAD in the Japanese population. Copyrightz1999S.KargerAG,Basel
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ji
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Urakami
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakashima
mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D000483:Alleles; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D001054:Apolipoproteins A / Q000235:genetics*; D003062:Codon / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001054:Apolipoproteins A; D003062:Codon; C022205:apolipoprotein A-IV