Epigenetic differences in cortical neurons from a pair of monozygotic twins discordant for Alzheimer's disease

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Mastroeni, Diego ^a   McKee, Ann ^b   Grover, Andrew ^a   Rogers, Joseph ^a   Coleman, Paul D ^a  

^a SUN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 MEHTYLCYTIDINE; 5 METHYLCYTOSINE; CYTIDINE; DNA; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 2; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY MBD3; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; RAC1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CELL; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC RISK; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MICROGLIA; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; TWIN DISCORDANCE; BRAIN CORTEX; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 68949096744     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006617     Document Type: Article

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