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The GWAS Risk Genes for Depression May Be Actively Involved in Alzheimer's Disease.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD - 1 Jan 2018
Ni Hua, Xu Min, Zhan Gui-Lai, Fan Yu, Zhou Hejiang, Jiang Hong-Yan, Lu Wei-Hong, Tan Liwen, Zhang Deng-Feng, Yao Yong-Gang, Zhang Chen
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Depression is one of the most frequent psychiatric symptoms observed in people during the development of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We hypothesized that genetic factors conferring risk of depression might affect AD development. In this study, we screened 31 genes, which were located in 19 risk loci for major depressive disorder (MDD) identified by two recent large genome-wide association studies (GWAS), in AD...
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