Pathway Analysis of Two Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis GWAS Highlights Shared Genetic Signals with Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 361-369

  Shang, Hong ^a,b   Liu, Guiyou ^c   Jiang, Yongshuai ^a   Fu, Jin ^b   Zhang, Benping ^b   Song, Rongrong ^a   Wang, Weizhi ^b  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THE SECOND AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Genome wide association study; Parkinson s disease; Pathway analysis

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84896412275     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: 15591182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-014-8673-1     Document Type: Article

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