SORL1 is genetically associated with Alzheimer disease in a Japanese population - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2009 Sep 18;461(2):177-80.

doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.06.014. Epub 2009 Jun 17.

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SORL1 is genetically associated with Alzheimer disease in a Japanese population

Ryo Kimura et al. Neurosci Lett. 2009.

Abstract

A recent study reported that variants of the neuronal sortilin-related receptor gene (SORL1) increased the risk of late-onset Alzheimer disease (AD) in several populations. Here, we examined the risk effect in a large, well-characterized group of 437 late-onset AD patients and 451 control subjects in a Japanese population. Among eight single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of the SORL1 gene for which association has been reported, we found a significant association for four of them, located between exon 24 and intron 37. This risk was evident in non-carriers of the apolipoprotein E-epsilon 4 allele, but not in its carriers. Our results support the evidence that genetic variants of SORL1 affect susceptibility to late-onset AD.

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