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The relationship between ADAM17 promoter polymorphisms and sporadic Alzheimer's disease in a Northern Chinese Han population.
Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia - 1 Oct 2010
Wang Min, Li Yang, Lu Yan, Zuo Xiumei, Wang Fen, Zhang Zhijun, Jia Jianping
Abstract excerpt
The deposition of amyloid beta peptides (Abeta) in the brain is crucial in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). A disintegrin and metalloproteinase (ADAM) 17 cleaves the amyloid precursor protein (APP) within the Abeta sequence and, therefore, precludes the formation of neurotoxic Abeta....
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