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Study on the association between SOAT1 polymorphisms, Alzheimer's disease risk and the level of CSF biomarkers.
Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders - 1 Jan 2007
Lamsa R, Helisalmi S, Herukka S-K, Tapiola T, Pirttila T, Vepsalainen S, Hiltunen M, Soininen H
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: In Alzheimer's disease (AD) the beta-amyloid precursor protein is excessively cleaved into Abeta(42), causing the abundant amyloid plaque loads in affected brain areas. Sterol O-acyltransferase 1 (SOAT1) has been found to regulate the production of beta-amyloid precursor protein. METHODS: We genotyped 4 SOAT1 single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) sites (rs2247071, rs2862616, rs3753526 and rs1044925) in...
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