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Mitochondrial DNA variants in a Japanese population of patients with Alzheimer's disease.
Mitochondrion - 1 Jan 2010
Tanaka Noriko, Goto Yu-ichi, Akanuma Jun, Kato Mayuko, Kinoshita Toru, Yamashita Fumio, Tanaka Masashi, Asada Takashi
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The evidence for the role of mitochondria in Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been well investigated, based on the amyloid hypothesis and its relation to the mitochondrial dysfunction due to oxidative stress. However, contrasting reports describe an unclear picture on the relationship between AD and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variations. Therefore, we analyzed complete mtDNA sequences from 153 AD patients and 129...
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