Article
Molecular genetics of Alzheimer's disease.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Feb 2000
St George-Hyslop P H
Abstract excerpt
Application of genetic paradigms to Alzheimer's disease (AD) has led to confirmation that genetic factors play a role in this disease. Additionally, researchers now understand that AD is genetically heterogeneous and that some genetic isoforms appear to have similar or related biochemical consequences. Genetic epidemiologic studies indicate that first-degree relatives of AD probands have an age-dependent risk for...
Topics
- Aged
- Alzheimer Disease
- Amyloid beta-Peptides
- Amyloid beta-Protein Precursor
- Animals
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosome Disorders
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21
- Disease Models, Animal
- Genes, Dominant
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Membrane Proteins
- Mutation, Missense
- Peptide Fragments
- Presenilin-1
