title: Glutathione-S-transferase-1 and interleukin-1beta gene polymorphisms in Japanese patients with Parkinson's disease.
abstract: We studied genetic polymorphisms in the glutathione-S-transferase-1 (GST-1) gene region and the interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) promoter region in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD, n = 361), as well as controls (n = 257). Although we have confirmed the previous results, in a larger sample, that the IL-1beta genotype has affected the age at onset of PD patients, no contribution of the GST-1 gene polymorphism was observed in the allele frequency or the onset age of the disease in Japanese persons.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Center, Konan Hospital, Shiga, Japan. ma-nishi@vmail.plala.or.jp
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: Sadako
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuno
authors.forename: Ryuji
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaji
authors.forename: Katsuhito
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yasuno
authors.forename: Hideshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kawakami
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007375:Interleukin-1 / Q000235:genetics*; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D007375:Interleukin-1; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D005982:Glutathione Transferase