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APOE region molecular signatures of Alzheimer's disease across races/ethnicities.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Mar 2020
Kulminski Alexander M, Shu Leonardo, Loika Yury, Nazarian Alireza, Arbeev Konstantin, Ukraintseva Svetlana, Yashin Anatoliy, Culminskaya Irina
Abstract excerpt
The role of even the strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (AD), the apolipoprotein E (APOE) ε4 allele, in its etiology remains poorly understood. We examined molecular signatures of AD defined as differences in linkage disequilibrium patterns between AD-affected and -unaffected whites (2673/16,246), Hispanics (392/867), and African Americans (285/1789), separately. We focused on 29 polymorphisms...
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