1. Assessing the association between common functional Nuclear Factor Kappa-b gene polymorphisms (NFKB1, NFKBIZ, NFKBIA) and Alzheimer´s disease.
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Vazquez-Coto D, Perez-Oliveira S, Menéndez-González M, Coto E, and Álvarez V
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- Humans, Female, Male, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, NF-kappa B genetics, Genotype, Genetic Association Studies, I-kappa B Proteins genetics, Spain, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Alzheimer Disease genetics, NF-kappa B p50 Subunit genetics, NF-KappaB Inhibitor alpha genetics, Genetic Predisposition to Disease genetics, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Abstract
The Nuclear Factor Kappa-b (NF-Κb) pathway has been implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer´s disease (AD). We determined whether common variants in the NF-Κb genes were associated with the risk of developing late-onset AD (LOAD). A total of 639 Spanish LOAD and 500 controls were genotyped for the NFKB1 rs28362491/rs7667496, NFKBIA rs696, NFKBIZ rs3217713 and APOE-Ɛ2/3/4 polymorphisms. Rs7667496 C was increased in the patients (p<0.001) with the CC genotype showing a significant risk (CC vs T+, OR= 1.58, 95 %CI=1.25-2.01). The CC genotype was significantly associated with LOAD after correction by APOE-4+ genotypes, age and sex (p=0.0003, OR=1.88, 95 %CI=1.28-2.78). The NFKB1 rs28362491 I - rs7667496 C haplotype was significantly increased in the patients (p=0.02). NFKBIA and NFKBIZ variants were not associated with the risk of LOAD in our population. In conclusion, NFKB1 variants were associated with the risk of LOAD in our population. This finding encourages further studies to determine the involvement of the NF-kB components in LOAD., Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest None of the authors have competing interests related to this work., (Copyright © 2024 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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- 2025
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