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Cyp46 polymorphisms in Alzheimer's disease: a review.
Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN - 1 Nov 2009
Garcia Anália Nusya Medeiros, Muniz Maria Tereza Cartaxo, Souza e Silva Hugo Rafael, da Silva Helker Albuquerque, Athayde-Junior Luiz
Abstract excerpt
Increasing research findings argue for a link between brain cholesterol turnover and Alzheimer's disease (AD). High cerebral levels of this lipid increase Ass load. The elimination of cerebral cholesterol involves two mechanisms, dependent of apolipoprotein E and cholesterol 24-hydroxylase (CYP46). CYP46 is a gene associated with AD; the most studied single nucleotide polymorphism is the rs754203, which changes...
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