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Alzheimer's disease risk gene CD33 inhibits microglial uptake of amyloid beta.
Neuron - 22 May 2013
Griciuc Ana, Serrano-Pozo Alberto, Parrado Antonio R, Lesinski Andrea N, Asselin Caroline N, Mullin Kristina, Hooli Basavaraj, Choi Se Hoon, Hyman Bradley T, Tanzi Rudolph E
Abstract excerpt
The transmembrane protein CD33 is a sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectin that regulates innate immunity but has no known functions in the brain. We have previously shown that the CD33 gene is a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Here, we observed increased expression of CD33 in m...
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