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Variation in the uric acid transporter gene (SLC2A9) and memory performance.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Jun 2010
Houlihan Lorna M, Wyatt Niki D, Harris Sarah E, Hayward Caroline, Gow Alan J, Marioni Riccardo E, Strachan Mark W J, Price Jackie F, Starr John M, Wright Alan F, Deary Ian J
Abstract excerpt
Understanding human cognitive ageing is important to improve the health of an increasing elderly population. Serum uric acid levels have been linked to many ageing illnesses and are also linked to cognitive functioning, though the direction of the association is equivocal. SLC2A9, a urate transporter, influences uric acid levels. This study first tested four SLC2A9 SNPs, previously associated with uric acid...
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