title: Tumor necrosis factor alpha polymorphism C-850T is not associated with Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia in an Italian population.
abstract: A pathogenic role of inflammatory factors has been proposed both in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VD). A previous report indicated the presence of polymorphism C-850T of tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha as a genetic risk factor for VD and, associated with apolipoprotein E epsilon 4, for AD. We have assessed the association between TNF-alpha polymorphism and dementias in Italian populations of AD, VD and elderly controls. The influence of TNF-alpha polymorphism on dementia has not been confirmed in this segment of the Italian population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Via Eritrea 62, 20157 Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Liana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Terreni
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fogliarino
authors.forename: Pierluigi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Quadri
authors.forename: Rosa Maria
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Ruggieri
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Piccoli
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tettamanti
authors.forename: Ugo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Lucca
authors.forename: Gianluigi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Forloni
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000235:genetics; D003704:Dementia / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012307:Risk Factors; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha