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Pharmacogenetics of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease Dementia.
Current Alzheimer research - 22 Feb 2018
de Oliveira Fabricio Ferreira, Chen Elizabeth Suchi, Smith Marilia Cardoso, Bertolucci Paulo Henrique Ferreira
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BACKGROUND: While the angiotensin-converting enzyme degrades amyloid-β, angiotensinconverting enzyme inhibitors (ACEis) may slow cognitive decline by way of cholinergic effects, by increasing brain substance P and boosting the activity of neprilysin, and by modulating glucose homeostasis and augmenting the secretion of adipokines to enhance insulin sensitivity in patients with Alzheimer's disease dementia (AD)....
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