TY - JOUR
T1 - Genetic and Environmental Epidemiology of Alzheimer's Disease in Arabs Residing in Israel
AU - Farrer, Lindsay A.
AU - Friedland, Robert P.
AU - Bowirrat, Abdalla
AU - Waraska, Kristin
AU - Korczyn, Amos
AU - Baldwin, Clinton T.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Dr. Y. Chapman for performing DNA extraction and APOE genotyping on many of the samples, and Corey Adams for initiating the genotyping effort in this study. This work was supported in part by the Institute on the Study of Aging, the National Institutes of Health (U01-AG17173), the Fullerton Family Foundation, and the Nickman family.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - We have found an unusually high prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in Wadi Ara, an inbred Arab community in northern Israel. Allele frequencies of 4.5% and 3.5% were found for the apolipoprotein E e4 allele among AD cases and nondemented controls, respectively, showing that other genetic or environmental influences must be responsible. Family studies revealed that more than one-third of the AD cases are members of one hamula (tribal group) within Wadi Ara. We hypothesize that the high risk of AD in this genetic isolate may be attributable to a founder effect enhanced by consanguinity. It is also possible that smoking or high fat diet are responsible. To map chromosomal loci contributing to AD susceptibility, we conducted a genome scan from specific hamulas and followed candidate regions found to be linked to disease. Markers from 18 chromosomal regions showed significant allelic association with AD. Smoking was very common in men but was not linked to the presence of AD in Wadi Ara, The unique characteristics of this community, together with the large amount of human genome data, should allow for the identification of AD genes in candidate regions.
AB - We have found an unusually high prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) in Wadi Ara, an inbred Arab community in northern Israel. Allele frequencies of 4.5% and 3.5% were found for the apolipoprotein E e4 allele among AD cases and nondemented controls, respectively, showing that other genetic or environmental influences must be responsible. Family studies revealed that more than one-third of the AD cases are members of one hamula (tribal group) within Wadi Ara. We hypothesize that the high risk of AD in this genetic isolate may be attributable to a founder effect enhanced by consanguinity. It is also possible that smoking or high fat diet are responsible. To map chromosomal loci contributing to AD susceptibility, we conducted a genome scan from specific hamulas and followed candidate regions found to be linked to disease. Markers from 18 chromosomal regions showed significant allelic association with AD. Smoking was very common in men but was not linked to the presence of AD in Wadi Ara, The unique characteristics of this community, together with the large amount of human genome data, should allow for the identification of AD genes in candidate regions.
KW - Alzheimer's disese
KW - Dementia
KW - Israel genetic epidemiology
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U2 - 10.1385/JMN:20:3:207
DO - 10.1385/JMN:20:3:207
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C2 - 14500999
AN - SCOPUS:0642279883
SN - 0895-8696
VL - 20
SP - 207
EP - 212
JO - Journal of Molecular Neuroscience
JF - Journal of Molecular Neuroscience
IS - 3
ER -