CHRNA7 Gene and Response to Cholinesterase Inhibitors in an Italian Cohort of Alzheimer's Disease Patients
Academic Article
Publication Date:
2016
Short description:
CHRNA7 Gene and Response to Cholinesterase Inhibitors in an Italian Cohort of Alzheimer's Disease Patients / Clarelli, F., Mascia, E., Santangelo, R., Mazzeo, S., Giacalone, G., Galimberti, D., Fusco, F., Zuffi, M., Fenoglio, C., Franceschi, M., Scarpini, E., Forloni, G., Magnani, G., Comi, G., Albani, D., Martinelli Boneschi, F.. - In: JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE. - ISSN 1387-2877. - 52:4(2016), pp. 1203-1208. [10.3233/JAD-160074]
abstract:
Previous studies suggest that genetic variants in CHRNA7, which encodes for the major subunit of the acetylcholine receptor (α7-nAChR), are associated with the clinical response to cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEI) in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. We sought to replicate the association of two SNPs in the CHRNA7 gene, rs6494223 and rs8024987, with response to ChEI treatment in an Italian cohort of 169 AD patients, further extending the study to gene-level analysis. None of the tested variants was associated with clinical response. However, rs6494223 showed a consistent effect direction (OR=1.4; p=0.17), which after meta-analysis with previous study yielded a significant result (OR=1.57, p=0.02, I2=0).
Iris type:
1.1 Articolo in rivista
Keywords:
Alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Alzheimer's disease; biomarkers; cholinesterase inhibitors; pharmacogenetics
List of contributors:
Clarelli, F.; Mascia, E.; Santangelo, R.; Mazzeo, S.; Giacalone, G.; Galimberti, D.; Fusco, F.; Zuffi, M.; Fenoglio, C.; Franceschi, M.; Scarpini, E.; Forloni, G.; Magnani, G.; Comi, G.; Albani, D.; Martinelli Boneschi, F.
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