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Analysis of genetic polymorphisms in acetylcholinesterase as reflected in different populations.
Current Alzheimer research - 1 Apr 2005
Hasin Yehudit, Avidan Nili, Bercovich Dani, Korczyn Amos D, Silman Israel, Beckmann Jacques S, Sussman Joel L
Abstract excerpt
Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) plays a crucial physiological role in termination of impulse transmission at cholinergic synapses through rapid hydrolysis of acetylcholine. In addition, it was implicated in amyloid plaque formation, a hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD), and most of the drugs used in AD treatment are AChE inhibitors. Thus ACHE is an obvious candidate gene for pharmacogenetic study of AD treatment....
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