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Alpha-1-antichymotrypsin (ACT or SERPINA3) polymorphism may affect age-at-onset and disease duration of Alzheimer's disease.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Oct 2006
Kamboh M Ilyas, Minster Ryan L, Kenney Margaret, Ozturk Ayla, Desai Purnima P, Kammerer Candace M, DeKosky Steven T
Abstract excerpt
In addition to genetic effects on disease risk, age-at-onset (AAO) of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is also genetically controlled. Using AAO as a covariate, a linkage signal for AD has been detected on chromosome 14q32 near the alpha1-antichymotrypsin (ACT) gene. Previously, a signal peptide polymorphism (codon -17A>T) in the ACT gene has been suggested to affect AD risk, but with inconsistent findings. Given that a...
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