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Combined risk effects of IDE and NEP gene variants on Alzheimer disease.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Nov 2009
Vepsäläinen S, Helisalmi S, Mannermaa A, Pirttilä T, Soininen H, Hiltunen M
Abstract excerpt
Polymorphisms in genes encoding amyloid beta-peptide (A beta)-degrading enzymes neprilysin (NEP) and insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE) individually affect the susceptibility to Alzheimer disease (AD) among the Finnish population. Here we show that a combination of risk genotypes for NEP and IDE genes leads to a higher susceptibility to AD. Individuals with the combination of risk genotypes for NEP and IDE conferred...
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