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Evidence supporting a role for the calcium-sensing receptor in Alzheimer disease.
American journal of medical genetics. Part B, Neuropsychiatric genetics : the official publication of the International Society of Psychiatric Genetics - 5 Jul 2009
Conley Yvette P, Mukherjee Ankur, Kammerer Candace, DeKosky Steven T, Kamboh M Ilyas, Finegold David N, Ferrell Robert E
Abstract excerpt
The calcium-sensing receptor (CASR) is a G-protein coupled, transmembrane receptor that responds to changes in Ca(2+) levels. We hypothesized that the CASR could have a role in Alzheimer disease (AD) given expression of the CASR in brain, knowledge that calcium dysregulation promotes susceptibility to neuronal cell damage, the important role that the CASR plays in calcium regulation, and the fact that systemic...
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