title: Low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein gene polymorphisms and risk for late-onset Alzheimer's disease in a Japanese population.
abstract: Low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor-related protein (LRP) gene polymorphisms located in the 5' region and in exon 3, and the apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype were determined in 100 Japanese patients affected by late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD). We matched 246 controls for age and found no association between the polymorphism located in the 5' region of the LRP gene. The distribution of LRP exon 3 genotypes and alleles did not differ between AD and the control groups. However, the frequency of T allele in the Alzheimer's group having APOE-epsilon4 was lower than that in the control group having APOE-epsilon4, but it was only marginally significant (p = 0.022). Age of onset was significantly younger in the patients with CC genotype than those carrying the T allele (p = 0.03), and this trend was more evident among non-APOE-epsilon4 carriers (p = 0.008). These results support the possibility that ApoE and LRP may contribute to the development of AD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatric Medicine, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hatanaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kamino
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukuo
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mitsuda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishiwaki-Ueda
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoneda
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imagawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ogihara
mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000483:Alleles; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D053327:Apolipoprotein E4; D001057:Apolipoproteins E / Q000235:genetics; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005091:Exons; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D026503:Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1; D008875:Middle Aged; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D053327:Apolipoprotein E4; D001057:Apolipoproteins E; D026503:Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic