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Association between butyrylcholinesterase and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers in Alzheimer's disease patients.
Neuroscience letters - 22 Feb 2017
Gabriel António José, Almeida Maria Rosário, Ribeiro Maria Helena, Durães João, Tábuas-Pereira Miguel, Pinheiro Ana Cristina, Pascoal Rui, Santana Isabel, Baldeiras Inês
Abstract excerpt
The deficit of cholinergic activity is one of the main findings in Alzheimer's disease (AD), and is related to the synthesis of acetylcholine, and the hydrolysing enzymes, acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE). Together with the Apolipoprotein E-ε4 allele (ApoE-ε4), the BuChE-K variant has been proposed to increase AD risk in certain populations. In addition, this polymorphism has been associated...
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