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Alpha2-macroglobulin polymorphism is not associated with AD or AD-type neuropathology in the Japanese.
Neurology - 25 Jan 2000
Sodeyama N, Yamada M, Itoh Y, Suematsu N, Matsushita M, Otomo E, Mizusawa H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: alpha2-Macroglobulin (A2M) forms the complex with amyloid beta-protein (Abeta) and is associated with degradation of Abeta. It has been reported that the A2M gene (A2M) exon 18 splice acceptor deletion polymorphism influences the development of AD, regardless of apolipoprotein E-epsilon4 (APOE-epsilon4) status. OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of A2M polymorphism on the development of AD and AD-type...
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