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Insulin-degrading enzyme haplotypes affect insulin levels but not dementia risk.
Neuro-degenerative diseases - 1 Jan 2006
Marlowe Lauren, Peila Rita, Benke Kelly Suzanne, Hardy John, White Lon R, Launer Lenore J, Myers Amanda
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BACKGROUND: Insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE) polymorphism is hypothesized to regulate insulin levels as well as processes involved in neuronal compromise found in dementia. METHODS: We examined the association of IDE haplotypes with dementia and insulin levels in a single well-characterized cohort of Japanese-American men born between 1900 and 1919 and followed since 1965. In 1991, a fasting insulin was obtained;...
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