title: Association between the 9 repeat allele of the dopamine transporter 40bp variable tandem repeat polymorphism and Alzheimer's disease.
abstract: A case-control study was performed to investigate the association between the dopamine transporter (DAT) gene (SLC6A3) rs28363170 polymorphism and the risk for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Our results indicated a statistically significant correlation between the inheritance of the SLC6A3 9 repeat allele and the genetic susceptibility to AD in a dose-dependent manner.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Szeged, 57 Kálvária Ave, Szeged H-6724, Hungary. Electronic address: feherag@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ágnes
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Fehér
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Szeged, 57 Kálvária Ave, Szeged H-6724, Hungary. Electronic address: juhasz.anna@med.u-szeged.hu.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Juhász
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Szeged, 57 Kálvária Ave, Szeged H-6724, Hungary. Electronic address: babikne.pakaski.magdolna@med.u-szeged.hu.
authors.forename: Magdolna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pákáski
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Szeged, 57 Kálvária Ave, Szeged H-6724, Hungary. Electronic address: kalman.janos@med.u-szeged.hu.
authors.forename: János
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kálmán
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Szeged, 57 Kálvária Ave, Szeged H-6724, Hungary. Electronic address: office.psych@med.u-szeged.hu.
authors.forename: Zoltán
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Janka
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000483:Alleles; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000235:genetics*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D006814:Hungary; D008297:Male; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012306:Risk
chemical_list: D050483:Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins; C493214:SLC6A3 protein, human
keywords: Alzheimer’s disease; Dopamine transporter (DAT); rs28363170