title: Interleukin-1A polymorphism is not associated with late onset Alzheimer's disease.
abstract: Over the past few years, association studies have proposed a number of potential genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease (AD). With the exception of the varepsilon4 allele of the apolipoprotein E gene, whose association with the late onset type of AD (LOAD) has been confirmed, the relative significance of most of these associations is still in question. A polymorphism in the interleukin-1A gene (IL-1A2) has been suggested as a risk factor for the early onset as well as for LOAD. In this study, the distribution of IL-1A alleles was examined in a cohort of predominantly LOAD patients and in control individuals. No significant difference was detected in genotype or allele frequencies (odds ratios of 0.929 and 0.743, respectively; P>0.5). We conclude that IL-1A genotype is not a major risk factor for LOAD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Aristotle University, 540 06, Thessaloniki, Greece. lfidani@aneslab.med.auth.gr
authors.forename: Liana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fidani
authors.forename: Antonis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Goulas
authors.forename: Vassiliki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mirtsou
authors.forename: Ronald C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tangalos
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Crook
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hardy
mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D001057:Apolipoproteins E / Q000235:genetics; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000235:genetics*; D016017:Odds Ratio; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D001057:Apolipoproteins E; D007375:Interleukin-1