PURPOSE To investigate the association between Apolipoprotein E (APOE), tumor suppressor protein p53 (p53), and cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1A (p21) genes and primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) in a cohort of Turkish subjects. METHODS Seventy-five POAG patients (49 women, 26 men) and 119 healthy subjects (67 women, 52 men) were genotyped with polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragme...

A polymerase chain reaction-gold magnetic nanoparticles lateral flow assay (PCR-GoldMag LFA) has been developed via integrating multiplex amplification refractory mutation system PCR (multi‑ARMS‑PCR) with GoldMag‑based LFA for the visual detection of single‑nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). This assay was applied to genotype Apolipoprotein E (ApoE). ApoE genotyping is important due to the predic...

BACKGROUND Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in genes involved in lipoprotein and adipocyte metabolism may explain why dyslipidemia and lipoatrophy occur in some but not all antiretroviral therapy (ART)-treated individuals. METHODS We evaluated the contribution of APOC3 -482C-->T, -455T-->C, and 3238C-->G; epsilon 2 and epsilon 4 alleles of APOE; and TNF -238G-->A to dyslipidemia and lipoatroph...

BACKGROUND Apolipoprotein E (apoE) is an important constituent of several plasma lipoproteins, mainly VLDL, HDL, and chylomicrons. It is involved in the redistribution of lipids in the liver and is implicated in growth and repair of injured neurons in the nervous system. apoE has also been associated with the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and in familial type III hyperlipoproteinem...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association of risk and age at onset (AAO) of Alzheimer disease (AD) with single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the chromosome 19 region including apolipoprotein E (APOE) and a repeat-length polymorphism in TOMM40 (poly-T, rs10524523). DESIGN Conditional logistic regression models and survival analysis. SETTING Fifteen genome-wide association study data sets as...

The 14 haplotype of APOE is the only undisputed genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (LOAD). It has been proposed that at least two other polymorphisms in the promoter of the APOE gene (2219G>T and 2491A>T) might also contribute to disease susceptibility, and modulate the impact of structural changes in the ApoE protein, by altering its expression. In order to assess the exten...

Human memory is a highly heritable polygenic trait with complex inheritance patterns. To study the genetics of memory and memory-related diseases, hippocampal functioning has served as an intermediate phenotype. The importance of investigating gene-gene effects on complex phenotypes has been emphasized, but most imaging studies still focus on single polymorphisms. APOE ε4 and BDNF Met, two of t...

The epsilon4 haplotype of APOE is the only undisputed genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD). It has been proposed that at least two other polymorphisms in the promoter of the APOE gene (-219G>T and -491A>T) might also contribute to disease susceptibility, and modulate the impact of structural changes in the ApoE protein, by altering its expression. In order to assess the...

background: the apolipoprotein e (apoe) polymorphism is known to affect various neurologic disorders with different effects on the immune system and cns repair. however, previous studies on possible modulation of the clinical course of multiple sclerosis (ms) by apoe polymorphism have been inconsistent.   objective: to clarify the issue for ms patients' management and future research.   methods...