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Genetics of clusterin isoform expression and Alzheimer's disease risk.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Ling I-Fang, Bhongsatiern Jiraganya, Simpson James F, Fardo David W, Estus Steven
Abstract excerpt
The minor allele of rs11136000 within CLU is strongly associated with reduced Alzheimer's disease (AD) risk. The mechanism underlying this association is unclear. Here, we report that CLU1 and CLU2 are the two primary CLU isoforms in human brain; CLU1 and CLU2 share exons 2-9 but differ in exon 1...
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