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Gender-specific association of ATP-binding cassette transporter 1 (ABCA1) polymorphisms with the risk of late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Jun 2007
Sundar Purnima Desai, Feingold Eleanor, Minster Ryan L, DeKosky Steven T, Kamboh M Ilyas
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a multifactorial neurodegenerative disorder caused by a complex interaction of genetic and environmental factors. Increasing evidence highlights a potential role for cholesterol in the pathophysiology of AD. The ABCA1 gene, located in close vicinity to the 9q linkage peaks identified by genome-wide AD linkage studies, plays an important role in cellular cholesterol efflux, and is...
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