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Association between Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms of the hOGG1,NEIL1,APEX1, FEN1,LIG1, and LIG3 Genes and Alzheimer's Disease Risk.
Neuropsychobiology - 1 Jan 2016
Kwiatkowski Dominik, Czarny Piotr, Toma Monika, Korycinska Anna, Sowinska Katarzyna, Galecki Piotr, Bachurska Agnieszka, Bielecka-Kowalska Anna, Szemraj Janusz, Maes Michael, Sliwinski Tomasz
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BACKGROUND: One of the factors that contribute to Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the DNA damage caused by oxidative stress and inflammation that occurs in nerve cells. It has been suggested that the risk of AD may be associated with an age-dependent reduction of the DNA repair efficiency. Base excision repair (BER) is, among other things, a main repair system of oxidative DNA damage. One of the reasons for the...
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