Elevated amyloid β protein (Aβ42) and late onset Alzheimer's disease are associated with single nucleotide polymorphisms in the urokinase-type plasminogen activator gene

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 447-460

  Ertekin Taner, Nilüfer ^a   Roland, James ^a   Feuk, Lars ^c   Prince, Jonathan ^c   Tucker, Michael ^d   Younkin, Linda ^a   Hella, Maria ^a   Jain, Shushant ^a   Hackett, Alyssa ^a   Scanlin, Leah ^a   Kelly, Jason ^a   Kihiko Ehman, Muthoni ^d   Neltner, Matthew ^d   Hersch, Louis ^d   Kindy, Mark ^d   Markesbery, William ^d   Hutton, Michael ^a   de Andrade, Mariza ^e   Petersen, Ronald C ^e   Graff Radford, Neill ^b   Estus, Steve ^d   Brookes, Anthony J ^c   Younkin, Steven G ^a   more..

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-40]; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[1-42]; LEUCINE; PLASMA PROTEIN; PLASMIN; PLASMINOGEN; PROLINE; UROKINASE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 10; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PEDIGREE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 13544273507     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddi041     Document Type: Article

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