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SynthesisOncotarget2016

MEF2C rs190982 polymorphism with late-onset Alzheimer's disease in Han Chinese: A replication study and meta-analyses.

Shan-Shan Tang, Hui-Fu Wang, Wei Zhang, Ling-Li Kong, Zhan-Jie Zheng, Meng-Shan Tan, Chen-Chen Tan, Zi-Xuan Wang, Lin Tan, Teng Jiang and 2 more

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Synthesis in Oncotarget, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. The relationship of early- and late-onset Alzheimer's disease genes with COVID-19.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Shan-Shan TangDepartment of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, School of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, PR China.
Hui-Fu WangDepartment of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, School of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, PR China.
Wei ZhangDepartment of Emergency, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, School of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, PR China.
Ling-Li KongDepartment of Geriatric, Qingdao Mental Health Center, Qingdao, PR China.
Zhan-Jie ZhengDepartment of Geriatric, Qingdao Mental Health Center, Qingdao, PR China.
Meng-Shan TanDepartment of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, School of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, PR China.
Chen-Chen TanDepartment of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, School of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, PR China.
Zi-Xuan WangDepartment of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, School of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, PR China.
Lin TanCollege of Medicine and Pharmaceutics, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, PR China.
Teng JiangDepartment of Neurology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, PR China.
Jin-Tai YuDepartment of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, School of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, PR China.
Lan TanDepartment of Neurology, Qingdao Municipal Hospital, School of Medicine, Qingdao University, Qingdao, PR China.
Qingdao Municipal Hospital · CNQingdao University · CNQingdao Mental Health Center · CNNanjing Medical University · CNOcean University of China · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The myocyte enhancer factor (MEF2) family of transcription factors plays a vital role in memory and learning due to its functions in regulating synapse number and reducing dendritic spines. Myocyte enhancer factor 2 C (MEF2C) is regarded as modulator of amyloid-protein precursor (APP) proteolytic processing, in which amyloid-β (Aβ) is produced. A common single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP, rs190982) in MEF2C gene was identified to be related to late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) in Caucasians in a large meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS). Here, we recruited unrelated 984 LOAD patients and 1348 healthy controls matched for gender and age to ascertain whether the rs190982 polymorphism is related to LOAD in Han Chinese. No difference in the genotype and allele distributions of the MEF2C rs190982 polymorphism was found between LOAD cases and healthy controls (genotype: P = 0.861; allele: P = 0.862), even after stratification for APOE ε4 allele as well as statistical adjustment for age, gender and APOE ε4 status. Furthermore, the meta-analysis in 4089 Chinese individuals did not detect the association of rs190982 within MEF2C with the risk for LOAD (OR = 1.03, 95%CI = 0.90-1.18). Overall, the current evidence did not support the relation between rs190982 polymorphism within MEF2C and the LOAD risk in Northern Han Chinese.

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MutationAgedAllelesAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsApolipoproteins EAsian PeopleCase-Control StudiesChinaFemaleGenetic Association StudiesGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyGenotypeHumansMaleApolipoproteins EMEF2C protein, humanMEF2 Transcription FactorsAlzheimer’s diseaseassociation studyGerotargetMEF2Cmeta-analysisrs190982

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