Recent association studies investigating polymorphisms in the alpha2-macroglobulin (A2M) gene provided evidence for an involvement of this protease inhibitor in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The partially overlapping pathology between AD and Parkinson's disease (PD) led us to investigate the role of A2M in PD. We performed association studies in a large sample of 328 German PD patients and 322 closely matched healthy controls. Analyzing the Val1000Ile polymorphism and a pentanucleotide deletion in the 5' splice site of exon 18 of the A2M gene we found an excess of homozygosity for the A2M deletion in early-onset PD (EOPD) patients (age at onset 50 years; p = 0.008, p(p)c = 0.064, chi2 = 7.017). Therefore our data might indi...
We investigated the genetic overlap between Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s dis...
We investigated the genetic overlap between Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). U...
Many individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) develop cognitive deficits, and a phenotypic and mole...
peer reviewedRecent association studies investigating polymorphisms in the alpha2-macroglobulin (A2M...
α2-Macroglobulin (A2M) is a proteinase inhibitor found in association with senile plaques (SP) in Al...
A 5-bp deletion and a Val1000 polymorphism at the alpha(2)-macroglobulin (A2M) gene have recently be...
The acute-phase "panproteinase" inhibitor "2-macroglobulin (alpha2M), a protein involved in inflamma...
A polymorphism consisting of a deletion near the 5' splice site of exon 18 on the alpha2-macroglobul...
.Importance Despite Alzheimer disease (AD) and Parkinson disease (PD) being clinically distinct enti...
We recently reported that a linkage disequilibrium (LD) block on chromosome 10q encompassing the gen...
Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders affecting about 1% of...
BACKGROUND: Age at onset in Parkinson disease (PD) is a highly heritable quantitative trait for whic...
Background: Whereas several authors recently reported a positive association between the alpha 2-mac...
peer reviewedAspartyl protease Cathepsin D (CTSD) has been suggested to play a role in the pathogene...
Recent reports have suggested that variability in the alpha2-macroglobulin gene is a genetic risk fa...
We investigated the genetic overlap between Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s dis...
We investigated the genetic overlap between Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). U...
Many individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) develop cognitive deficits, and a phenotypic and mole...
peer reviewedRecent association studies investigating polymorphisms in the alpha2-macroglobulin (A2M...
α2-Macroglobulin (A2M) is a proteinase inhibitor found in association with senile plaques (SP) in Al...
A 5-bp deletion and a Val1000 polymorphism at the alpha(2)-macroglobulin (A2M) gene have recently be...
The acute-phase "panproteinase" inhibitor "2-macroglobulin (alpha2M), a protein involved in inflamma...
A polymorphism consisting of a deletion near the 5' splice site of exon 18 on the alpha2-macroglobul...
.Importance Despite Alzheimer disease (AD) and Parkinson disease (PD) being clinically distinct enti...
We recently reported that a linkage disequilibrium (LD) block on chromosome 10q encompassing the gen...
Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders affecting about 1% of...
BACKGROUND: Age at onset in Parkinson disease (PD) is a highly heritable quantitative trait for whic...
Background: Whereas several authors recently reported a positive association between the alpha 2-mac...
peer reviewedAspartyl protease Cathepsin D (CTSD) has been suggested to play a role in the pathogene...
Recent reports have suggested that variability in the alpha2-macroglobulin gene is a genetic risk fa...
We investigated the genetic overlap between Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s dis...
We investigated the genetic overlap between Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD). U...
Many individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) develop cognitive deficits, and a phenotypic and mole...