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LRRK2 A419V is not associated with Parkinson's disease in different Chinese populations.

PLoS One · 2012-07-10

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036123PMID: 22807999

Open accessResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; research-article; Multicenter Study; Journal ArticleOriginal source ↗

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It has been suggested that a common LRRK2 polymorphic variant (A419V (rs34594498 C >T)) may be a risk factor among Asians (especially in Taiwan). In this study, we examined this variant in a larger and independent Taiwan cohort. We found the frequency of the variant (A419V) to be very rare in our Taiwan PD and controls (?0.6%). Further studies were conducted in two other Chinese populations (Singapore and China), comprising of a total of 3004 subjects including 1517 PD patients and 1487 control subjects. However, our multi-center Chinese study revealed that the frequency of the variant was rare (?0.4%) and was not associated with risk of PD, suggesting that the variant is not a major risk factor for PD among Chinese, at least in our study population.

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