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Relationship Between Genetic Variants of ACAT1 and APOE with the Susceptibility to Dementia (SADEM Study).
Molecular neurobiology - 1 Mar 2021
Alavez-Rubio Jessica Sarahi, Martínez-Rodríguez Nancy, Escobedo-de-la-Peña Jorge, Garrido-Acosta Osvaldo, Juárez-Cedillo Teresa
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One of the hypotheses that have emerged to explain the origin of dementia relates the disease with altered lipid metabolism, particularly cholesterol. To maintain cholesterol homeostasis, the ACAT1 enzyme has an important function to regulate the production of Aβ. Moreover, APOE is the main cholesterol carrier in the brain, and it has been reported as a risk factor for this disease. This study evaluates the...
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