SNPs in CAST are associated with Parkinson disease: a confirmation study

Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2010 Jun 5;153B(4):973-9. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.b.31061.

Abstract

Using data from the National Institutes of Neurological disease and Stroke's (NINDS) study of Parkinson disease (PD), we recently reported that single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a region containing the Calpastatin (CAST) gene were associated with PD. Here we follow up this finding with an analysis of the Center for Inherited Disease Research's (CIDR) genome-wide association study in familial PD. After adjusting for population stratification and multiple testing, we find a significant association (P = 0.0167) between PD and SNP rs1559085 in CAST. These findings confirm CAST/PD associations in a second, independent, dataset and suggest that CAST be prioritized for further investigation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Calcium-Binding Proteins / genetics*
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
  • Humans
  • Parkinson Disease / genetics*
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide*

Substances

  • Calcium-Binding Proteins
  • calpastatin