Volume 15, Issue 9 pp. 1006-1008

No evidence of association between frontotemporal dementia and major European mtDNA haplogroups

G. Rose

G. Rose

Department of Cell Biology, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy

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T. Longo

T. Longo

Department of Cell Biology, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy

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R. Maletta

R. Maletta

Regional Neurogenetic Centre, ASL 6, Lamezia Terme, CZ, Italy

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G. Passarino

G. Passarino

Department of Cell Biology, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy

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A. C. Bruni

A. C. Bruni

Regional Neurogenetic Centre, ASL 6, Lamezia Terme, CZ, Italy

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G. De Benedictis

G. De Benedictis

Department of Cell Biology, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy

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First published: 11 August 2008
Citations: 8
Prof. Giuseppina Rose, Department of Cell Biology, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy (tel.: +39 984 492931; fax: +39 984 492911; e-mail: [email protected]).

Abstract

Background and purpose: Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) inherited variability (haplogroup/sub-haplogroup) is currently emerging as not being neutral with respect to several complex traits like neurodegenerative diseases. Here we investigated the association of European mtDNA haplogroups/sub-haplogroups with frontotemporal dementia (FTD).

Method and Results: A case-control study was carried out on 114 patients with FTD (68 sporadic and 46 familial) and 180 controls, matched for age, gender and ethnicity. No association was found.

Conclusions: European mtDNA haplogroups/sub-haplogroups are unlikely to play a major role in the risk of developing the disease.

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