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BACE1 gene promoter single-nucleotide polymorphisms in Alzheimer's disease.
Journal of molecular neuroscience : MN - 1 Sept 2010
Zhou Weihui, Cai Fang, Li Yu, Yang George S, O'Connor Kathleen D, Holt Robert A, Song Weihong
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most neurodegenerative disorder leading to dementia. Neuritic plaque formation in brains is a hallmark of AD pathogenesis. Amyloid beta protein (Abeta) is the central component of neuritic plaques. Processing beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP) at the beta-secreta...
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