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Deficiency of CARD8 Is Associated with Increased Alzheimer’s Disease Risk in Women

Deficiency of CARD8 Is Associated with Increased Alzheimer’s Disease Risk in Women

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Deficiency of CARD8 Is Associated with Increased Alzheimer’s Disease Risk in Women

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Full title

Deficiency of CARD8 Is Associated with Increased Alzheimer’s Disease Risk in Women

Publisher

Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger AG

Journal title

Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders, 2008-01, Vol.26 (3), p.247-250

Language

English

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Basel, Switzerland: S. Karger AG

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Contents

NF-ĸB, a major transcription factor controlling inflammation, is activated in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) brains. CARD8 protein has been implicated in the suppression of NF-ĸB activity, but a truncating polymorphism (p.C10X, rs2043211) renders a non-functional CARD8 protein that gives rise to a more active NF-ĸB and an amplification of the inflammator...

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Full title

Deficiency of CARD8 Is Associated with Increased Alzheimer’s Disease Risk in Women

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_69676553

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_69676553

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ISSN

1420-8008

E-ISSN

1421-9824

DOI

10.1159/000160956

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