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Five lipoxygenase hypomethylation mediates the homocysteine effect on Alzheimer's phenotype.
Scientific reports - 6 Apr 2017
Li Jian-Guo, Barrero Carlos, Merali Salim, Praticò Domenico
Abstract excerpt
Environmental and genetic risk factors are implicated in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, how they interact and influence its pathogenesis remains to be investigated. High level of homocysteine (Hcy) is an AD risk factor and associates with an up-regulation of the ALOX5 gene. In the current paper we investigated whether this activation is responsible for the Hcy effect on the AD phenotype...
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