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MEDICAL SCIENCE MONITOR
Volume 22, Issue -, Pages 234-243Publisher
INT SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION, INC
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.895622
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Alzheimer Disease; Chromosome Aberrations; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
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Background: Alzheimer disease (AD) has become an epidemic within the growing elderly population and effective therapies of AD have not been discovered. Genetic factors accounted for over 70% of the incidence of AD and the disease-related polymorphisms are located on chromosome 19, which is one of several prominent chromosomes related to the development of AD. Many inconsistent associations between polymorphisms in ABCA7, CD33, and TOMM40 genes and the susceptibility to AD have been suggested by several independent studies. Material/Methods: A comprehensive literature search for studies involving the association between gene polymorphisms and AD was performed, and we finally selected 3 genes 4 polymorphisms) for the meta-analysis: ABCA7 rs3764650), CD33 rs3865444), and TOMM40 rs157580, rs2075650). Results: A total of 25 articles investigating 3 genes 4 polymorphisms) were included in the meta-analysis. The pooled results of 4 polymorphisms were all significantly associated with the susceptibility to AD. The pooled effect of ABCA7 rs3764605 allele G was significantly associated with an increased the risk of AD OR=1.20, 95% CI: 1.14-1.26, P value <0.001). Similarly, our evidence suggested that allele A of TOMM40 rs2075650 polymorphism was a risk factor for AD OR=2.87, 95% CI: 2.46-3.34, P value <0.001). Alleles A of CD33 rs3865444 and A of TOMM40 rs157580 were both protective factors for AD onset OR=0.94, 95% CI: 0.90-0.98, P value=0.003; OR=0.62, 95% CI: 0.57-0.66, P value <0.001). Conclusions: Results from the meta-analysis revealed that the pooled ABCA7 rs376465, CD33 rs3865444, TOMM40 rs157580, and rs2075650 variants were significantly associated with the susceptibility to AD. However, the association differed significantly between Asian and Caucasian groups for SNPs of CD33 rs3865444, TOMM40 rs157580, and rs2075650.
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