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Association studies of MMP-9 in Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
He Xianghua, Zhang Lifang, Yao Xiaoli, Hu Jing, Yu Lihua, Jia Hua, An Ran, Liu Zhuolin, Xu Yanming
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) share several clinical and neuropathologic features, and studies suggest that several gene mutations and polymorphisms are involved in both conditions. Matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) is implicated in the pathogenesis of PD and ALS, and the C(-1562)T polymorphism in the MMP-9 gene leads to higher promoter activity. We therefore investigated...
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