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Estrogen receptor α gene polymorphisms and risk of Alzheimer's disease: evidence from a meta-analysis.
Clinical interventions in aging - 1 Jan 2014
Cheng Daye, Liang Bin, Hao Yiwen, Zhou Wenling
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OBJECTIVE: Human estrogen receptor α (ESR1), a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily of ligand-activated transcription factors, is one of the key mediators of hormonal response in estrogen-sensitive tissues. Accumulating evidence has demonstrated that two of the most widely studied single-nucleotide polymorphisms in ESR1 - PvuII (T/C, rs223493) and Xbal (A/G, rs9340799) - are possibly associated with...
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