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Genetic Association of Apolipoprotein E with Age-Related Macular Degeneration

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Klaver, Caroline C.W., Kliffen, Mike, van Duijn, Cornelia M., Hofman, Albert, Cruts, Marc, Grobbee, Diederick E., van Broeckhoven, Christine, de Jong, Paulus T.V.M.·1998·The American Journal of Human Genetics

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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common geriatric eye disorder leading to blindness and is characterized by degeneration of the neuroepithelium in the macular area of the eye. Apolipoprotein E (apoE), the major apolipoprotein of the CNS and an important regulator of cholesterol and lipid transport, appears to be associated with neurodegeneration. The apoE gene (APOE) polymorphism is a strong risk factor for various neurodegenerative diseases, and the apoE protein has been demonstrated in disease-associated lesions of these disorders. Hypothesizing that variants of APOE act as a potential risk factor for AMD, we performed a genetic-association study among 88 AMD cases and 901 controls derived from the population-based Rotterdam Study in the Netherlands. The APOE polymorphism showed a significant association with the risk for AMD; the APOE epsilon4 allele was associated with a decreased risk (odds ratio 0.43 [95% confidence interval 0.21-0. 88]), and the epsilon2 allele was associated with a slightly increased risk of AMD (odds ratio 1.5 [95% confidence interval 0.8-2. 82]). To investigate whether apoE is directly involved in the pathogenesis of AMD, we studied apoE immunoreactivity in 15 AMD and 10 control maculae and found that apoE staining was consistently present in the disease-associated deposits in AMD-maculae-that is, drusen and basal laminar deposit. Our results suggest that APOE is a susceptibility gene for AMD.

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Klaver, C. C. W., Kliffen, M., van Duijn, C. M., Hofman, A., Cruts, M., Grobbee, D. E., van Broeckhoven, C., & de Jong, P. T. V. M.
Affiliations
  • Erasmus MC (NL)
  • University of Antwerp (BE)
Venue
The American Journal of Human Genetics
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1998-07
Volume
63
Issue
1
Pages
200-206
ISSN
0002-9297 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2137792435
Cited by
498
References
55
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FWCI
11.49
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The American Journal of Human Genetics (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion)
  • EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • RePub (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Pure Amsterdam UMC (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Ministry of Health
  • Ministry of Education
  • Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
  • Landelijke Stichting voor Blinden en Slechtzienden
  • Stichting Blinden-Penning
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Ophthalmology › Retinal Diseases and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Retinal Development and Disorders
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Retinal Imaging and Analysis
Keywords
age-related macular degeneration, apolipoprotein E, APOE polymorphism, genetic susceptibility, APOE ε4, APOE ε2 allele, drusen, basal laminar deposits, macula, Rotterdam Study
MeSH terms
Aged, Alleles, Apolipoproteins E, Genotype, Humans, Immunochemistry, Macula Lutea, Macular Degeneration, Middle Aged, Netherlands, Polymorphism, Genetic, Risk Factors

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