Article
The Role of MAPT Haplotype H2 and Isoform 1N/4R in Parkinsonism of Older Adults.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Valenca Guilherme T, Srivastava Gyan P, Oliveira-Filho Jamary, White Charles C, Yu Lei, Schneider Julie A, Buchman Aron S, Shulman Joshua M, Bennett David A, De Jager Philip L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Recently, we have shown that the Parkinson's disease (PD) susceptibility locus MAPT (microtubule associated protein tau) is associated with parkinsonism in older adults without a clinical diagnosis of PD. In this study, we investigated the relationship between parkinsonian signs and MAPT transcripts by assessing the effect of MAPT haplotypes on alternative splicing and expression levels...
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