Role of ethnicity on the association of MAPT H1 haplotypes and subhaplotypes in Parkinson's disease

Susan Winkler, Inke R. König, Katja Lohmann-Hedrich, Peter Vieregge, Vladimir Kostic, Christine Klein*

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Abstract

An association of the H1 haplotype and subhaplotypes in the microtubule-associated protein Tau (MAPT) gene with Parkinson's disease (PD) has been reported. To further evaluate their role in PD, we genotyped a sample set of 765 cases and controls consisting of two large European subgroups of German (n = 418) and Serbian (n = 347) origin for the MAPT haplotypes H1 and H2. The H1/H1 carriers were tested for three additional MAPT polymorphisms. In the Serbian sample, there was significant evidence (P = 0.0108) of an association of the H1/H1 genotype and PD. Surprisingly, in the German sample, we did not find significant differences in genotype or haplotype frequencies between patients and controls. These results suggest that the role of H1 haplotypes in the etiology of PD may be ethnically dependent.

Original languageEnglish
JournalEuropean Journal of Human Genetics
Volume15
Issue number11
Pages (from-to)1163-1168
Number of pages6
ISSN1018-4813
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01.11.2007

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