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The genetic association between Cathepsin D and Alzheimer's disease.
Neuroscience letters - 28 Jul 2000
Crawford F C, Freeman M J, Schinka J, Abdullah L I, Richards D, Sevush S, Duara R, Mullan M J
Abstract excerpt
The aspartyl protease Cathepsin D has previously been suggested to play a role in the Alzheimer's disease (AD) process because of its ability to cleave the beta-amyloid precursor protein and the possibility that it may be one of the 'secretase' enzymes. A functional C-->T polymorphism in the Cath...
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