Cardiovascular disease contributes to Alzheimer's disease: Evidence from large-scale genome-wide association studies

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 786-792

  Liu, Guiyou ^a,b   Yao, Lifen ^c   Liu, Jiafeng ^d   Jiang, Yongshuai ^c   Ma, Guoda ^a   Chen, Zugen ^e   Zhao, Bin ^a   Li, Keshen ^a  

^a GUANGDONG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d First Hospital of Harbin   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cardiovascular disease; Genome wide association studies; Pathway analysis

Indexed keywords

APOENZYME; APOLIPOPROTEIN C2; NECTIN 2; PROTEIN BCL 3; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ABCA7 GENE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOC2 GENE; APOC4 GENE; APOE GENE; ARTICLE; BCL3 GENE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHUK GENE; CLPTM1 GENE; CLU GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CR1 GENE; CUX2 GENE; CWF19L1 GENE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERLIN1 GENE; EXOC3L2 GENE; GENE; GENE ONTOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; KNOP1 GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MS4A2 GENE; MS4A6A GENE; NUP160 GENE; PICALM GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSMC3 GENE; PVR GENE; PVRL2 GENE; RAPSN GENE; TAT GENE; TOMM40 GENE; WDSUB1 GENE;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDIES; PATHWAY ANALYSIS;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RISK; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84891371879     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.10.084     Document Type: Article

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