RESEARCH ARTICLE
No Association Between rs7077361 in ITGA8 and Parkinson’s Disease in Sweden
Caroline Ran1, *, Rawand Naiel Mehdi1, Camilla Fardell2, Fengqing Xiang3, Hans Nissbrandt2, Olof Sydow4, Karin Wirdefeldt5, 6, Andrea Carmine Belin1
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2016Volume: 10
First Page: 25
Last Page: 29
Publisher ID: TONEUJ-10-25
DOI: 10.2174/1874205X01610010025
Article History:
Received Date: 13/3/2016Revision Received Date: 10/5/2016
Acceptance Date: 15/5/2016
Electronic publication date: 30/06/2016
Collection year: 2016

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Abstract
Background:
Integrin alpha 8 (ITGA8) encodes the alpha 8 subunit of the integrin alpha8beta1 protein and has recently been suggested as a new candidate gene for Parkinson’s disease, an age related neurodegenerative disease with unknown etiology. ITGA8 is a transmembrane protein involved in several cellular processes, such as cell adhesion, migration and cytoskeletal rearrangement.
Objective:
Screen a Swedish case control material for rs7077361, a genetic variant in ITGA8, in order to investigate its possible implication in Parkinson’s disease in Sweden.
Method:
Rs7077361 was genotyped using TaqMan quantitative Real-time PCR and tested for association using appropriate statistical methods.
Results:
We have screened 502 Swedish Parkinson patients and 599 healthy control individuals for rs7077361 in ITGA8. This genetic variant was in Hardy Weinberg equilibrium in the Swedish population. Allele and genotype frequencies were highly similar between the patients and controls and statistical testing showed that this genetic maker did not associate with Parkinson’s disease (p=0.67).
Conclusion:
Our results do not support the hypothesis of ITGA8 as a candidate gene for Parkinson’s disease in Sweden.