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Assessment of ANG variants in Parkinson's disease.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Aug 2021
Grenn Francis P, Moore Anni, Bandres-Ciga Sara, Krohn Lynne, Blauwendraat Cornelis
Abstract excerpt
Genetic risk factors are occasionally shared between different neurodegenerative diseases. Previous studies have linked ANG, a gene encoding angiogenin, to both Parkinson's disease (PD) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Functional studies suggest ANG plays a neuroprotective role in both PD and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by reducing cell death. We further explored the genetic association between ANG and...
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