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The butyrylcholinesterase K variant and susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease

Authors :
Patrick G. Kehoe
Peter Holmans
Nigel J. Cairns
Michael John Owen
Gordon K. Wilcock
Jim Neal
Hywel Williams
Source :
University of Bristol-PURE, Scopus-Elsevier
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

Previous work has shown an association between the K variant of the butyrylcholinesterase (BCHE) gene and Alzheimer's disease (AD) in patients carrying the epsilon4 allele of ApoE. We attempted to replicate this finding in 181 UK white AD cases and 71 controls. No difference was found in BCHE-K genotypes (p=0.75) or alleles (p=0.70) between patients and controls. Moreover, despite a significant excess of ApoE epsilon4 in patients versus controls (p

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
University of Bristol-PURE, Scopus-Elsevier
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....133962c9c11c49d4e0814dadf510b6a2