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Genetic association between PLTP gene polymorphisms and Alzheimer's disease in a Japanese population.
Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders - 1 Jan 2010
Kuerban Bolati, Shibata Nobuto, Komatsu Miwa, Ohnuma Tohru, Arai Heii
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: A recent paper reported that the phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP) reduces phosphorylation of tau in human neuronal cells. In addition, patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) have significantly higher levels of PLTP in brain tissue and significantly lower PLTP-mediated phospholipid transfer activity in cerebrospinal fluid. PLTP also affects apolipoprotein E (APOE) secretion from glial cells....
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