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BACKGROUND:Non-pathological cognitive ageing is a distressing condition affecting an increasing number of people in our 'ageing society'. Oxidative stress is hypothesised to have a major role in cellular ageing, including brain ageing. RESULTS:Associations between cognitive ageing and 325 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), located in 109 genes implicated in oxidative stress and/or cognition, were examined in a unique cohort of relatively healthy older people, on whom we have cognitive ability scores at ages 11 and 79 years (LBC1921). SNPs showing a significant positive association were then genotyped in a second cohort for whom we have cognitive ability scores at the ages of 11 and 64 years (ABC1936). An intronic SNP in the APP gene (rs2830102) was significantly associated with cognitive ageing in both LBC1921 and a combined LBC1921/ABC1936 analysis (p < 0.01), but not in ABC1936 alone. CONCLUSION:This study suggests a possible role for APP in normal cognitive ageing, in addition to its role in Alzheimer's disease.
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BMC Genetjournal_title
BMC geneticsauthors
Harris SE,Fox H,Wright AF,Hayward C,Starr JM,Whalley LJ,Deary IJdoi
10.1186/1471-2156-8-43subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-07-02 00:00:00pages
43issn
1471-2156pii
1471-2156-8-43journal_volume
8pub_type
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