Integrating Genome-Wide Association Study and Brain Expression Data Highlights Cell Adhesion Molecules and Purine Metabolism in Alzheimer’s Disease

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 514-521

  Xiang, Zimin ^a   Xu, Meiling ^b   Liao, Mingzhi ^c   Jiang, Yongshuai ^b   Jiang, Qinghua ^d   Feng, Rennan ^b   Zhang, Liangcai ^e   Ma, Guoda ^f   Wang, Guangyu ^h   Chen, Zugen ^g   Zhao, Bin ^f   Sun, Tiansheng ^a   Li, Keshen ^f   Liu, Guiyou ⁱ  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^e Rice University   (United States)

^f GUANGDONG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h The First Affiliated Hospital of Herbin Medical University   (China)

ⁱ Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; Brain expression; Genome wide association study; Pathway analysis

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PURINE; PURINE DERIVATIVE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBELLUM; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PURINE METABOLISM; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; METABOLISM; RISK FACTOR;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; DATABASES, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PURINES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84937820478     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: 15591182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-014-8884-5     Document Type: Article

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