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Association of type 2 diabetes GWAS loci and the risk of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.
Parkinsonism & related disorders - 1 Dec 2015
Chung Sun Ju, Kim Mi-Jung, Kim Juyeon, Ryu Ho-Sung, Kim Young Jin, Kim Seong Yoon, Lee Jae-Hong
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BACKGROUND: Insulin and insulin-like growth factor contribute to normal brain function. Recent experimental and clinical studies showed that type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and Parkinson's disease (PD) or Alzheimer's disease (AD) share several dysregulated pathways. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to investigate whether genome-wide significant loci of T2DM are associated with the risk of PD and AD as well as the severity of...
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