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Dynamin 2 gene is a novel susceptibility gene for late-onset Alzheimer disease in non-APOE-epsilon4 carriers.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2008
Aidaralieva Nuripa Jenishbekovna, Kamino Kouzin, Kimura Ryo, Yamamoto Mitsuko, Morihara Takeshi, Kazui Hiroaki, Hashimoto Ryota, Tanaka Toshihisa, Kudo Takashi, Kida Tomoyuki, Okuda Jun-Ichiro, Uema Takeshi, Yamagata Hidehisa, Miki Tetsuro, Akatsu Hiroyasu, Kosaka Kenji, Takeda Masatoshi
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer disease (AD) is characterized by progressive cognitive decline caused by synaptic dysfunction and neurodegeneration in the brain, and late-onset AD (LOAD), genetically classified as a polygenetic disease, is the major form of dementia in the elderly. It has been shown that beta amyloid, deposited in the AD brain, interacts with dynamin 1 and that the dynamin 2 (DNM2) gene homologous to the dynamin 1...
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