@article{10902/1797,
year = {2009},
month = {8},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10902/1797},
abstract = {BACKGROUND: Chronic inflammation is a characteristic of Alzheimer's disease (AD). An interaction associated with the risk of AD has been reported between polymorphisms in the regulatory regions of the genes for the pro-inflammatory cytokine, interleukin-6 (IL-6, gene: IL6), and the anti-inflammatory cytokine, interleukin-10 (IL-10, gene: IL10).

METHODS: We examined this interaction in the Epistasis Project, a collaboration of 7 AD research groups, contributing DNA samples from 1,757 cases of AD and 6,295 controls.

RESULTS: We replicated the interaction. For IL6 rs2069837 AA x IL10 rs1800871 CC, the synergy factor (SF) was 1.63 (95% confidence interval: 1.10-2.41, p = 0.01), controlling for centre, age, gender and apolipoprotein E epsilon4 (APOEepsilon4) genotype. Our results are consistent between North Europe (SF = 1.7, p = 0.03) and North Spain (SF = 2.0, p = 0.09). Further replication may require a meta-analysis. However, association due to linkage disequilibrium with other polymorphisms in the regulatory regions of these genes cannot be excluded.

CONCLUSION: We suggest that dysregulation of both IL-6 and IL-10 in some elderly people, due in part to genetic variations in the two genes, contributes to the development of AD. Thus, inflammation facilitates the onset of sporadic AD.},
publisher = {BioMed Central},
publisher = {Journal of Neuroinflammation. 2009 Aug 23;6:22},
title = {Replication by the Epistasis Project of the interaction between the genes for IL-6 and IL-10 in the risk of Alzheimer's disease},
author = {Combarros Pascual, Onofre and Duijn, Cornelia M. van and Hammond, Naomi and Belbin, Olivia and Arias Vásquez, Alejandro and Cortina Borja, Mario and Lehmann, Michael G. and Aulchenko, Yurii S. and Schuur, Maaike and Kölsch, Heike and Heun, Reinhard and Wilcock, Gordon K. and Brown, Kristelle and Kehoe, Patrick G. and Harrison, Rachel and Coto García, Eliecer and Álvarez, Victoria and Deloukas, Panos and Mateo Fernández, José Ignacio and Gwilliam, Rhian and Morgan, Kevin and Warden, Donald R. and Smith, A. David and Lehmann, Donald J. and Lehmann, Michael G.},
}