PGRN Is Associated with Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease: a Case-Control Replication Study and Meta-analysis
Abstract
Progranulin (PGRN) plays an important role in Alzheimer's disease (AD) through participating in altering neurite outgrowth and neuronal survival. Previous studies identified that rs5848 in the 3'-untranslated region (3'-UTR) of the PGRN gene (GRN) is strongly associated with AD in Caucasians. In order to assess the involvement of the GRN polymorphism in the risk of late-onset AD (LOAD), we analyzed the genotype and allele distributions of rs5848 in 2350 Han Chinese subjects (AD, 992; control, 1358). The minor T allele of rs5848 was significantly associated with an increased risk of LOAD (P = 0.005, odds ratio (OR) = 1.197, 95 % confidence interval (CI) = 1.057-1.355). Moreover, the association was further validated in the multivariate logistic regression analysis (dominant model: OR = 1.195, P = 0.038, recessive model: OR = 1.386, P = 0.025; additive model: OR = 1.187, P = 0.009). Interestingly, we observed that the interaction between apolipoprotein E (APOE) and rs5848 significantly altered the risk for AD. The rs5848 polymorphism was only significantly associated with LOAD in APOE ε4 allele carriers. Then we included five studies (including the present study) and conducted a meta-analysis which consisted of 3236 cases (male, ...Continue Reading
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