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Lack of association of the cholesterol 24-hydroxylase (CYP46) intron 2 polymorphism with Alzheimer's disease.
Neuroscience letters - 2 Sept 2004
Ingelsson Martin, Jesneck Jennifer, Irizarry Michael C, Hyman Bradley T, Rebeck G William
Abstract excerpt
An association was recently reported between an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease and an intron 2 AA genotype of CYP46, the enzyme hydroxylating cholesterol to 24S-hydroxycholesterol. Moreover, CYP46 AA-carriers were found to have increased levels of amyloid-beta and tau in brain and cerebrospinal fluid. We determined the CYP46 intron 2 genotype in a cohort of 178 AD and 105 non-demented control subjects, but...
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