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Association between an interleukin-6 promoter and 3' flanking region haplotype and reduced Alzheimer's disease risk in a German population
Journal
Neuroscience letters
Volume
283
Number
2
Pages / Article-Number
109-12
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease, interleukin-6, promoter, variable number of tandem repeat, polymorphism, linkage disequilibrium, gene-gene interaction
Abstract
Several studies have demonstrated that interleukin-6 (IL-6) is involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We previously reported on an association between the C allele of a variable number of tandem repeat polymorphism in the 3' flanking region of IL-6 gene (IL-6vntr) and delayed initial onset and reduced AD risk. A novel G/C polymorphism at position -174 in the IL-6 gene promoter (IL-6prom) has recently been identified and appears to influence the regulation of IL-6 expression. We examined this functional polymorphism in 102 AD patients and two control groups of 191 healthy subjects and 160 depressed patients. There was no evidence for an allelic association between IL-6prom polymorphism and earlier age of onset or risk of AD. However, haplotype analysis showed a strong linkage disequilibrium between IL-6vntr and IL-6prom and demonstrated an interaction between IL-6vntr and IL-6prom which modifies AD risk.
