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MOVEMENT DISORDERS
Volume 21, Issue 10, Pages 1765-1768Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21064
Keywords
Parkinson's disease; UCHL1; polymorphism; survival
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A recent meta-analysis observed a greater significant inverse association of the ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCHL1) S18Y variant with Parkinson's disease (PD) for Asian (predominantly Japanese) populations compared with Caucasian populations. We performed an independent case-control study in 335 PD and 341 control subjects with data from a Chinese population to investigate the age-of-onset effect of the UCHL1 variant in PD. The Y/Y and Y/S genotypes were less frequent in the PD young-onset group than in controls and the frequency of the Y alleles was higher in young controls compared to young-onset PD (age at examination <= 65 years; P = 0.003). Multivariate analysis revealed the Y/Y genotype was significantly lower (P = 0.008) in the young-onset PD (Y/Y vs. S/S: odds ratio [OR]: 0.42; 95% confidence interval [Cl]: 0.24,0.74; S/Y vs. S/S: OR: 0.66, 95% Cl: 0.41, 1.08) compared with controls, but this difference was not seen for the late-onset PD. Kaplan-Meier analysis carried out on PD subjects demonstrated that the Y/Y genotype was associated with a later onset of PD than Y/S plus S/S genotypes (P = 0.05). We provided an independent confirmation of the protective effect of the UCHL1S18Y variant (Y/Y genotype) against PD in young Chinese subjects. Further functional studies of the S18Y variant in both cell and animal models will be of interest. (C) 2006 Movement Disorder Society.
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