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Mitochondrial DNA sequence associations with dementia and amyloid-β in elderly African Americans.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Feb 2014
Tranah Gregory J, Yokoyama Jennifer S, Katzman Shana M, Nalls Michael A, Newman Anne B, Harris Tamara B, Cesari Matteo, Manini Todd M, Schork Nicholas J, Cummings Steven R, Liu Yongmei, Yaffe Kristine
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial dysfunction occurs early in the course of several neurodegenerative diseases, and is potentially related to increased oxidative damage and amyloid-β (Aβ) formation in Alzheimer's disease. The goals of this study were to assess mtDNA sequence associations with dementia risk, 10-year cognitive change, and markers of oxidative stress and Aβ among 1089 African-Americans in the population-based Health,...
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