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Tumour necrosis factor-?gene polymorphisms and Alzheimer's disease

Tumour necrosis factor-?gene polymorphisms and Alzheimer's disease
Tumour necrosis factor-?gene polymorphisms and Alzheimer's disease
Recent findings suggest that production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-?), is increased in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease (AD). We used direct sequencing methods on a section of the enhancer/promoter region and on a smaller fragment located 10.5 kb upstream of the TNF-? gene to respectively examine TNF-? polymorphisms and TNF-a and -b microsatellite alleles in a cohort of 235 post-mortem confirmed AD and 130 control cases. None of the TNF-? point mutations or microsatellite alleles investigated proved to be independent risk factors for AD. However, when ?308/A, ?238/G and TNF-a2 were examined as a 2-1-2 haplotype, we observed that the absence of that haplotype was significantly associated with AD (P=0.014, Fisher's exact test) suggesting that the 2-1-2 haplotype may be protective against AD.
alzheimer's disease, tumour necrosis factor-alpha, polymorphisms, hla-drb1*03
0304-3940
61-65
Culpan, Doris
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MacGowan, Sian H.
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Ford, Julia M.
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Nicoll, James A.
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Griffin, W. Sue
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Dewar, Deborah
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Cairns, Nigel J.
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Hughes, Anthony
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Kehoe, Patrick G.
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Wilcock, Gordon K.
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Culpan, Doris
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MacGowan, Sian H.
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Ford, Julia M.
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Nicoll, James A.
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Dewar, Deborah
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Cairns, Nigel J.
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Hughes, Anthony
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Kehoe, Patrick G.
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Culpan, Doris, MacGowan, Sian H., Ford, Julia M., Nicoll, James A., Griffin, W. Sue, Dewar, Deborah, Cairns, Nigel J., Hughes, Anthony, Kehoe, Patrick G. and Wilcock, Gordon K. (2003) Tumour necrosis factor-?gene polymorphisms and Alzheimer's disease. Neuroscience Letters, 350 (1), 61-65. (doi:10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00854-1).

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Abstract

Recent findings suggest that production of pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-?), is increased in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease (AD). We used direct sequencing methods on a section of the enhancer/promoter region and on a smaller fragment located 10.5 kb upstream of the TNF-? gene to respectively examine TNF-? polymorphisms and TNF-a and -b microsatellite alleles in a cohort of 235 post-mortem confirmed AD and 130 control cases. None of the TNF-? point mutations or microsatellite alleles investigated proved to be independent risk factors for AD. However, when ?308/A, ?238/G and TNF-a2 were examined as a 2-1-2 haplotype, we observed that the absence of that haplotype was significantly associated with AD (P=0.014, Fisher's exact test) suggesting that the 2-1-2 haplotype may be protective against AD.

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Published date: 2003
Keywords: alzheimer's disease, tumour necrosis factor-alpha, polymorphisms, hla-drb1*03

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Local EPrints ID: 27554
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/27554
ISSN: 0304-3940
PURE UUID: 97ff7876-3cd9-4482-a991-5ad007c8dac1
ORCID for James A. Nicoll: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9444-7246

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Date deposited: 25 Apr 2006
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 03:26

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Author: Doris Culpan
Author: Sian H. MacGowan
Author: Julia M. Ford
Author: James A. Nicoll ORCID iD
Author: W. Sue Griffin
Author: Deborah Dewar
Author: Nigel J. Cairns
Author: Anthony Hughes
Author: Patrick G. Kehoe
Author: Gordon K. Wilcock

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