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Missense variants in CR1 are associated with increased risk of Alzheimer' disease in Han Chinese.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Feb 2014
Ma Xiao-Ying, Yu Jin-Tai, Tan Meng-Shan, Sun Fu-Rong, Miao Dan, Tan Lan
Abstract excerpt
Complement receptor 1 (CR1) has been considered to play an important role in late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) pathogenesis. To explore the correlation between the CR1 gene and LOAD, a 2-step design study was conducted in our Northern Han Chinese population. We first sequenced the promoter, exons, the 5' and 3' untranslated regions and exon-intron boundaries of CR1 in a small sample (n = 100). This allowed us...
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