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The cyclooxygenase 2 -765 C promoter allele is a protective factor for Alzheimer's disease.
Neuroscience letters - 13 Mar 2006
Abdullah Laila, Ait-Ghezala Ghania, Crawford Fiona, Crowell Timothy A, Barker Warren W, Duara Ranjan, Mullan Michael
Abstract excerpt
The cyclooxygenase-2 enzyme (COX-2) is of particular importance in the inflammatory response and recent findings have demonstrated a considerable role in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis. In order to assess the possible putative role of a COX-2 polymorphism (765G/C) in AD, we examined its distribution in 161 community-based controls and 168 AD clinic-based cases previously recruited from memory disorder...
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