title: Polygenic Analysis of Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease from Mainland China.
abstract: Recently, a number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were identified to be associated with late-onset Alzheimer disease (LOAD) through genome-wide association study data. Identification of SNP-SNP interaction played an important role in better understanding genetic basis of LOAD. In this study, fifty-eight SNPs were screened in a cohort of 229 LOAD cases and 318 controls from mainland China, and their interaction was evaluated by a series of analysis methods. Seven risk SNPs and six protective SNPs were identified to be associated with LOAD. Risk SNPs included rs9331888 (CLU), rs6691117 (CR1), rs4938933 (MS4A), rs9349407 (CD2AP), rs1160985 (TOMM40), rs4945261 (GAB2) and rs5984894 (PCDH11X); Protective SNPs consisted of rs744373 (BIN1), rs1562990 (MS4A), rs597668 (EXOC3L2), rs9271192 (HLA-DRB5/DRB1), rs157581 and rs11556505 (TOMM40). Among positive SNPs presented above, we found the interaction between rs4938933 (risk) and rs1562990 (protective) in MS4A weakened their each effect for LOAD; for three significant SNPs in TOMM40, their cumulative interaction induced the two protective SNPs effects lost and made the risk SNP effect aggravate for LOAD. Finally, we found rs6656401-rs3865444 (CR1-CD33) pairs were significantly associated with decreasing LOAD risk, while rs28834970-rs6656401 (PTK2B-CR1), and rs28834970-rs6656401 (PTK2B-CD33) were associated with increasing LOAD risk. In a word, our study indicates that SNP-SNP interaction existed in the same gene or cross different genes, which could weaken or aggravate their initial single effects for LOAD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jiao
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.|Key Laboratory of Hunan Province in Neurodegenerative Disorders, Central South University, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Primary Care, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
authors.forename: Maggie Haitian
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.|Key Laboratory of Hunan Province in Neurodegenerative Disorders, Central South University, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Yafang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Tingting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Weiwei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Primary Care, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: School of Biomedical Sciences, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
authors.forename: Mary Miu Yee
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Waye
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.|State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Changsha, China.|Key Laboratory of Hunan Province in Neurodegenerative Disorders, Central South University, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Beisha
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.|State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Changsha, China.|Key Laboratory of Hunan Province in Neurodegenerative Disorders, Central South University, Changsha, China.
authors.forename: Lu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000235:genetics*; D001057:Apolipoproteins E / Q000235:genetics; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001057:Apolipoproteins E