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Synergistic effect of heme oxygenase-1 and tau genetic variants on Alzheimer's disease risk.
Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders - 1 Jan 2008
Mateo Ignacio, Sánchez-Juan Pascual, Rodríguez-Rodríguez Eloy, Infante Jon, Vázquez-Higuera José Luis, García-Gorostiaga Inés, Berciano José, Combarros Onofre
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Oxidative stress plays a role in tau hyperphosphorylation and the development of neurofibrillary tangles (NFT). In Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain, accumulation of hyperphosphorylated tau in NFT is associated with the induction of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), a potent antioxidant that downregulates th...
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