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Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 K469E gene polymorphism and Alzheimer's disease.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Jan 2000
Pola Roberto, Flex Andrea, Gaetani Eleonora, Santoliquido Angelo, Serricchio Michele, Pola Paolo, Bernabei Roberto
Abstract excerpt
Inflammatory processes are considered important in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) is an important mediator of inflammatory response and immune cell activation, is expressed on cerebrovascular endothelium and neuritic plaques in brain of AD patients, and seems to be implicated in the process of neuro-degeneration. A common polymorphism of the ICAM-1 gene...
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