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The role of -850 tumor necrosis factor-alpha and apolipoprotein E genetic polymorphism in patients with Down's syndrome-related dementia.
Neuroscience letters - 27 Nov 2003
Lucarelli Paola, Piciullo Antonella, Verdecchia Magda, Palmarino Mariella, Arpino Carla, Curatolo Paolo
Abstract excerpt
Down's syndrome (DS) is a disease with a complex etiology. It is likely that other factors besides genes located on chromosome 21 may play a role in clinical features of affected patients. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) (6p21.3) and apolipoprotein E (APOE) (19q13.2) are candidate genes as they interact with the brain deposition of Abeta, one of the neuropathological hallmarks in DS. We examined 136 DS...
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