APO E polymorphism in Spanish and Moroccan populations

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 354-356

  Valveny, N ^a   Esteban, E ^a   Kandil, M ^b   Moral, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E polymorphism; Morocco; Population genetics; Spanish regions

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOROCCO; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

EID: 0030976387     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1997.tb02488.x     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Adroer R, Santacruz P, Blesa R, López-Pousa S, Ascaso C, Oliva R. Apolipoprotein E4 allele frequency in Spanish Alzheimer and control cases. Neurosci Lett 1995: 189: 182-186.
2. Bertranpetit J, Cavalli-Sforza LL. A genetic reconstruction of the history of the population of the Iberian Peninsula. Ann Hum Genet 1991: 55: 51-67.
3. Cariolou MA, Kokkofitou A, Manoli P, Christou S, Karagrigoriou A, Middleton L. Underexpression of the apolipoprotein E2 and E4 alleles in the Greek Cypriot population of Cyprus. Genet Epidemiol 1995: 12: 489-497.
4. Corbo RM, Scacchi R, Mureddu L, Mulas G, Alfano G. Apolipoprotein E polymorphism in Italy investigated in native plasma by a simple polyacrylamide gel isoelectric focusing technique. Comparison with frequency data of other European populations. Ann Hum Genet 1995: 59: 197-209.
5. Fiol-Castaño C, Sala XP, Vilanova PS. Predisposition to hereditary atherosclerosis and genetic polymorphism of apo E. In: Abstract Book of the Eight International Symposium on Atherosclerosis, Rome, Italy, 1988: 254.
6. Gerdes LU, Klausen IC, Sihm I, Faergeman O. Apolipoprotein E polymorphism in a Danish population compared to findings in other study populations around the world. Genet Epidemiol 1992: 9: 155-167.
7. Hixson JE, Vernier DT. Restriction isotyping of human apolipoprotein E by gene amplification and cleavage with HhaI. J Lipid Res 1990: 31: 545-548.
8. Malle E, Pfeiffer KP, Dugi K, Pfeiffer C, Glaum M, Oezcueruemez M, Kloer HU, Steinmetz A. Polymorphisms of apolipoproteins AIV and E in a Turkish population living in Germany. Hum Genet 1996: 98: 285-290.
9. Moral P, Esteban E, Vives S, Valveny N, Toja DI and Gonzalez-Reimers E. Genetic study of the population of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain): protein markers and review of classical polymorphisms. Am J Phys Anthropol 1996: in press.
10. Muros M, Rodríguez-Ferrer C. Apolipoprotein E polymorphism influence on lipids, apolipoproteins and Lp(a) in a Spanish population underexpressing apo E4. Atherosclerosis 1996: 121: 13-21.
11. Senti M, Nogués X, Pedro-Botet J, Rubiés-Prat J, Vidal-Barraquer F. Lipoprotein profile in men with peripheral vascular disease. Role of intermediate density lipoproteins and apolipoprotein E phenotypes. Circulation 1992: 85: 30-36.
12. Siest G, Pillot T, Régis-Bailly A, Leininger-Muller B, Steinmetz J, Galteau M-M, Visvikis S. Apolipoprotein E: an important gene and protein to follow in laboratory medicine. Clin Chem 1995: 41: 1068-1086.
13. Tsai M-S, Tangalos EG, Petersen RC, Smith GE, Schaid DJ, Kokmen E, Ivnik RJ, Thibodeau SN. Apolipoprotein E: risk factor for Alzheimer disease. Am J Hum Genet 1994: 54: 643-649.
14. Tsukamoto K, Watanabe T, Matsushima T, Kinoshita M, Kato H, Hashimoto Y, Kurokawa H, Teramoto T. Determination by PCR-RFLP of apo E genotype in a Japanese population. J Lab Clin Med 1993: 121: 598-602.
15. Valdivielso P, Abarca M, García-Arias C, Díaz F, Escolar JL, González-Santos P. Apolipoprotein E polymorphism in type II diabetes mellitus. In: Abstract book of the Ninth International Symposium on Atherosclerosis, Rosemont, Illinois, USA, 1991: 275.
16. Wardell MR, Brennan SO, Janus ED, Fraser R, Carrell RW. Apolipoprotein E2-Christchurch (136Arg→Ser). New variant of human apolipoprotein E in a patient with type III hyperlipoproteinemia. J Clin Invest 1987: 80: 483-490.