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GRN rs5848 variant associates with TDP-43 pathology and cancer in opposite directions.
Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology - 1 Sept 2026
Aung Khine Zin, Nelson Peter T, Ning Xiaotong, Wu Xian, Tsuchiya Inori, Karanth Shama, Abner Erin L, Fardo David W, Katsumata Yuriko
Abstract excerpt
Epidemiologic studies have reported that cancer survivors have a relatively low risk of developing dementia, but the mechanisms underlying that inverse relationship are mostly unknown. The Granulin (GRN) gene single nucleotide variant rs5848 T allele is associated with increased risk of limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy neuropathologic change (LATE-NC) and hippocampal sclerosis of aging...
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- Humans
- Progranulins
- Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
