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Open Access 01-12-2009 | Research article

DYRK1A genetic variants are not linked to Alzheimer's disease in a Spanish case-control cohort

Authors: José Luis Vázquez-Higuera, Pascual Sánchez-Juan, Eloy Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Ignacio Mateo, Ana Pozueta, Ana Frank, Isabel Sastre, Fernando Valdivieso, José Berciano, María J Bullido, Onofre Combarros

Published in: BMC Medical Genetics | Issue 1/2009

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Abstract

Background

As dual-specificity tyrosine phosphorylation-regulated kinase 1A (DYRK1A) has been implicated in the abnormal hyperphosphorylation of tau in Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain, and the development of neurofibrillary tangles, we examined the contribution of this gene to the susceptibility for AD.

Methods

We examined genetic variations of DYRK1A by genotyping haplotype tagging SNPs (htSNPs) (rs11701483, rs2835740, rs1137600, rs2835761, rs2835762, rs2154545 and rs8132976) in a group of 634 Spanish AD cases and 733 controls.

Results

There were no differences in the genotypic, allelic or haplotypic distributions between cases and controls in the overall analysis or after stratification by APOE ε4 allele.

Conclusion

Our negative findings in the Spanish population argue against the hypothesis that DYRK1A genetic variations are causally related to AD risk. Still, additional studies using different sets of patients and control subjects deserve further attention, since supporting evidence for association between DYRK1A gene and AD risk in the Japanese population exists.
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Metadata
Title
DYRK1A genetic variants are not linked to Alzheimer's disease in a Spanish case-control cohort
Authors
José Luis Vázquez-Higuera
Pascual Sánchez-Juan
Eloy Rodríguez-Rodríguez
Ignacio Mateo
Ana Pozueta
Ana Frank
Isabel Sastre
Fernando Valdivieso
José Berciano
María J Bullido
Onofre Combarros
Publication date
01-12-2009
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Medical Genetics / Issue 1/2009
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2350
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-10-129

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