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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology
Replication of association between ELAVL4 and Parkinson disease: The Gene PD study
Human Genetics, Volume 124, No. 1, Year 2008
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Description
Genetic variants in embryonic lethal, abnormal vision, Drosophila-like 4 (ELAVL4) have been reported to be associated with onset age of Parkinson disease (PD) or risk for PD affection in Caucasian populations. In the current study we genotyped three single nucleotide polymorphisms in ELAVL4 in a Caucasian study sample consisting of 712 PD patients and 312 unrelated controls from the Gene PD study. The minor allele of rs967582 was associated with increased risk of PD (odds ratio = 1.46, nominal P value = 0.011) in the Gene PD population. The minor allele of rs967582 was also the risk allele for PD affection or earlier onset age in the previously studied populations. This replication of association with rs967582 in a third cohort further implicates ELAVL4 as a PD susceptibility gene. © Springer-Verlag 2008.
Authors & Co-Authors
DeStefano, Anita L.
United States, Boston
School of Public Health
United States, Boston
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Latourelle, Jeanne C.
United States, Boston
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Suchowersky, Oksana
Canada, Calgary
University of Calgary
Klein, Christine
Germany, Lubeck
Universität zu Lübeck
Watts, Ray L.
United States, Birmingham
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Guttman, Mark
Canada, Toronto
University of Toronto
Racette, Brad A.
United States, St. Louis
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Perlmutter, Joel S.
United States, St. Louis
Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Goldwurm, S.
Italy, Milan
Istituti Clinici Di Perfezionamento
PEZZOLI, GIANNI
Italy, Milan
Istituti Clinici Di Perfezionamento
Hendricks, Audrey E.
United States, Boston
School of Public Health
Nagle, Michael W.
United States, Boston
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Itin, Ilia
United States, Cleveland
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Nicholson, Garth A.
Australia, Sydney
Concord Repatriation General Hospital
Nance, Martha A.
United States, Minneapolis
Struthers Parkinson's Center
Burn, David J.
United Kingdom, Newcastle
Newcastle University
Chinnery, Patrick Francis
United Kingdom, Newcastle
Newcastle University
Pramstaller, Peter P.
Italy, Bolzano
Regional Hospital of Bolzano
Roxburgh, Richard H.S.R.
United States, Tucson
The University of Arizona
Cambi, Franca
United States, Lexington
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Gusella, James F.
United States, Boston
Harvard Medical School
Myers, Richard H.M.
United States, Boston
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Statistics
Citations: 33
Authors: 22
Affiliations: 28
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1007/s00439-008-0526-4
ISSN:
03406717
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study
Case-Control Study