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Association of a BACE1 Gene Polymorphism with Parkinson's Disease in a Norwegian Population.


ABSTRACT: Background. Parkinson's disease (PD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) share pathological features, including amyloid-beta pathology. Amyloid-beta peptide is generated by sequential proteolysis of amyloid precursor protein (APP), and genetic variations in the processing pathway genes have been found to increase the risk of AD; however, the contribution in PD is unknown. Methods. The aim of this study was to investigate whether candidate polymorphisms in five genes (ADAM10, BACE1, BACE2, PSEN2, and CLU) involved in the APP processing pathway affect PD risk in a population-based cohort of patients with incident PD and control subjects from the Norwegian ParkWest study. Results. We found an association of rs638405 in BACE1 with increased risk of PD, thus providing a novel link, at the genetic level, between amyloid-beta pathology and PD.

SUBMITTER: Lange J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4691638 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Association of a BACE1 Gene Polymorphism with Parkinson's Disease in a Norwegian Population.

Lange Johannes J   Lunde Kristin Aaser KA   Sletten Camilla C   Møller Simon Geir SG   Tysnes Ole-Bjørn OB   Alves Guido G   Larsen Jan Petter JP   Maple-Grødem Jodi J  

Parkinson's disease 20151214


Background. Parkinson's disease (PD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) share pathological features, including amyloid-beta pathology. Amyloid-beta peptide is generated by sequential proteolysis of amyloid precursor protein (APP), and genetic variations in the processing pathway genes have been found to increase the risk of AD; however, the contribution in PD is unknown. Methods. The aim of this study was to investigate whether candidate polymorphisms in five genes (ADAM10, BACE1, BACE2, PSEN2, and CL  ...[more]

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