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Interpretation of Neurodegenerative GWAS Risk Alleles in Microglia and their Interplay with Other Cell Types.
Advances in neurobiology - 1 Jan 2024
Holtman Inge R, Glass Christopher K, Nott Alexi
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Microglia have been implicated in numerous neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory disorders; however, the causal contribution of this immune cell type is frequently debated. Genetic studies offer a unique vantage point in that they infer causality over a secondary consequence. Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified hundreds of loci in the genome that are associated with susceptibility to...
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