Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is considered as a proteinopathy; therefore, it is conceivable that genes encoding for factors involved in protein misfolding and/or degradation could play a role in its pathogenesis. An association study of defective in cullin neddylation 1 (DCN-1)-domain containing 1 (DCUN1D1), which is involved in protein degradation, was carried out in a population of 220 patients with FTLD as compared with 229 age-matched controls. A statistically significant increased frequency of the GG genotype of the DCUN1D1 rs4859146 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) was observed in patients compared with controls (6.9 vs. 1.7%, P = 0.011, adjusted OR: 4.39, 95% CI: 1.40-13.78). Stratifying according to the clinical syndrome, significant differences were observed between the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia and controls (GG frequency: 6.3 vs. 1.7%, P = 0.02, OR:4.0, 95%, CI = 1.24-12.92), as well as between patients with progressive aphasia compared with controls (15.4 vs. 1.7%, P = 0.014, OR = 11.30, 95%, CI = 1.63-78.45), but not in patients with SD versus controls (8.3 vs. 1.7%, P = 0.18, OR = 5.24, 95% C.I. = 0.45-60.63). No significant differences in allelic and genotypic frequencies of the DCUN1D1 rs4859147 SNP were found.
DCUN1D1 is a risk factor for frontotemporal lobar degeneration / C. Villa, E. Venturelli, C. Fenoglio, F. Clerici, A. Marcone, L. Benussi, S. Gallone, D. Scalabrini, F. Cortini, M. Serpente, F. Martinelli Boneschi, S. Cappa, G. Binetti, C. Mariani, I. Rainero, M.T. Giordana, N. Bresolin, E. Scarpini, D. Galimberti. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGY. - ISSN 1351-5101. - 16:7(2009 Jul), pp. 870-873.
Titolo: | DCUN1D1 is a risk factor for frontotemporal lobar degeneration |
Autori: | VILLA, CHIARA (Primo) SCARPINI, ELIO ANGELO (Penultimo) GALIMBERTI, DANIELA (Ultimo) |
Parole Chiave: | DCUN1D1; frontotemporal lobar degeneration; polymorphism; risk factor |
Settore Scientifico Disciplinare: | Settore MED/26 - Neurologia |
Data di pubblicazione: | lug-2009 |
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Tipologia: | Article (author) |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02611.x |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 01 - Articolo su periodico |
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