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A coding variant in CR1 interacts with APOE-ε4 to influence cognitive decline.
Human molecular genetics - 15 May 2012
Keenan Brendan T, Shulman Joshua M, Chibnik Lori B, Raj Towfique, Tran Dong, Sabuncu Mert R, Allen April N, Corneveaux Jason J, Hardy John A, Huentelman Matthew J, Lemere Cynthia A, Myers Amanda J, Nicholson-Weller Anne, Reiman Eric M, Evans Denis A, Bennett David A, De Jager Philip L
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Complement receptor 1 (CR1) is an Alzheimer's disease (AD) susceptibility locus that also influences AD-related traits such as episodic memory decline and neuritic amyloid plaque deposition. We implemented a functional fine-mapping approach, leveraging intermediate phenotypes to identify functional variant(s) within the CR1 locus. Using 1709 subjects (697 deceased) from the Religious Orders Study and the Rush...
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